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| Serial set 1854 |
Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the third session of the Forty-fifth Congress of the United States. December 2, 1878. |
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| Serial set 1855 |
Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency in the Indian service during said period, showing the appropriations from which paid and the number of Indians at each agency. Report on the general index of the journals of Congress. December 20, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1878. |
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| Serial set 1856 | Statistical abstract. Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. Part I. Foreign commerce. | 1 |
| Serial set 1857 | Treasury Department. Report on the internal commerce of the United States, by Joseph Nimmo, Jr., Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department. Submitted December 1, 1879. Commerce and navigation. | 1 |
| Serial set 1858 |
Jane's Island lighthouse, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication concerning rebuilding the lighthouse at Jane's Island, Maryland. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Staunton River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon Staunton River, Virginia. January 30, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fees of Customs officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of fees and emoluments received by Customs officers during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Harbor of refuge near Cincinnati. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the construction of a harbor of refuge near Cincinnati. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Red River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from Capt. W.H.H. Benyaurd in relation to the survey of Red River. January 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sources of Mississippi, Saint Croix, Chippewa, and Wisconsin Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the sources of the Mississippi, Saint Croix, Chippewa, and Wisconsin Rivers. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Lands on Muscle Shoals Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to titles to certain lands in the work on Muscle Shoals Canal, Tennessee River. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fox and Wisconsin Rivers improvement damages. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to excessive damages awarded in cases arising out of the improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Cost of geographical surveys. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relating to the cost of geographical surveys. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Surveys of certain rivers in Virginia and North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys of North Landing River, Onancock harbor, and Nottaway River, Virginia, and Pedee, Trent, Neuse, Chowan, and Tar Rivers in North Carolina. February 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Bay Street, San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation to pay the City of San Francisco for the improvement of Bay Street along the southern obundary [i.e., boundary] of Point San Jose military reservation, California. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report on the International Prison Congress of Stockholm, held August 20-26, 1878, submitted to the Secretary of State of the United States. By E.C. Wines, United States commissioner and honorary president of the Congress. Savannah River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon an examination of the Savannah River above Augusta, Ga. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Apalachicola River and Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the examination of Apalachicola River and Bay. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Payment of arrears of pensions, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of amounts for payment of arrears of pensions, and statement of the condition of the Treasury. February 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Carlos Butterfield & Co. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, and accompanying papers, respecting the claim of Carlos Butterfield & Co. against the government of Denmark. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rogue River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of report of Maj. G.L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, of an examination of Rogue River, Oregon. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement showing the number of public documents received by that Department for distribution on behalf of the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. December 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 27, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Veto of the Chinese immigration bill. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives, assigning reasons for withholding his approval of the Bill of the House (H.R. 2423) entitled "An Act To Restrict the Immigration of Chinese to the United States." March 1, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Surveys west of one hundredth meridian. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement in regard to the total amount expended in the prosecution of surveys west of the one hundredth meridian. February 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Collection of duties on imports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing proposed amendments to the laws for the collection of duties on imports. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Survey of certain bayous and lakes in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon surveys of Tone's Bayou, Bayous Pierre and Winsey, and Lakes Bayou Pierre and Cannasanier, Louisiana, and Bayou Bartholomew, Arkansas. February 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Manasquan River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon survey of Manasquan River, New Jersey. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Coast of Long Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon surveys of Long Island coast. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Forestry. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting additional statistics from the Commissioner of Agriculture in relation to forestry. January 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Claim of John C. Landreau. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in reference to the claim of John C. Landreau against the Government of Peru. January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Beacon light at Saybrook, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the establishment of a beacon light on one of the jetty walls at Saybrook, Conn. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Surveys of Licking River, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. William E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, of a survey of Licking River, Kentucky. February 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. Wm. E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, of the results of an examination of the Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh Rivers, Pennsylvania. March 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Caney Fork and Obey's Rivers, Tennessee, and Cumberland River, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Capt. W.R. King, Corps of Engineers, of the results of examination of Caney Fork River and of Obey's River, Tennessee, and of a survey of the Cumberland River, Kentucky. March 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Enforcement of the anti-polygamy act. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting certain petitions for enforcing the anti-polygamy act of 1862. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Completion of certain monitors. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, asking an appropriation for the completion of certain monitors. February 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Wreck of schooner Addie Walton. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report in relation to removal of the wreck of the schooner Addie Walton from Delaware Bay. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Tonnage -- dues paid by certain steamship companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the German minister relative to the payment of interest on tonnage dues by certain steamship companies. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Railway mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to an additional appropriation for the railway mail service. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cost of lake survey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the cost of different classes of work on lake survey. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Clerks and contingent fund of Commissary General's Office. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Commissary General of Subsistence relative to the clerical force and contingent fund of that Office. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee of Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The flats of the Potomac River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the examination of the flats of the Potomac River. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of the Indian commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the commission appointed to make certain negotiations with the Indians of Colorado. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Burlington and Rush Chute, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the harbor of Burlington and Rush Chute, Iowa. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Missouri River at Plattsmouth and Brownville, Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey of the Missouri River at Plattsmouth and Brownville, Nebr. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Hoard's Rocks, Monongahela River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to the works upon Hoard's Rocks, Monongahela River. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Deficiency in pay of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a deficiency in the pay of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1879. February 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. February 10, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Wreck of the schooner Correspondent. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the removal of the wreck of the schooner Correspondent from Dunkirk harbor. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Illinois River and Illinois and Michigan Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the improvement of the Illinois River and Illinois and Michigan Canal. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bark Forest Belle. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to the destruction of the bark Forest Belle in Chinese waters. February 18, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kansas and Arkansas Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the examinations of the Kansas and Arkansas Rivers. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Choctaw claim. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Interior upon a certain claim of the Choctaw Nation. January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Pearl and Tangipahoa Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Capt. C.W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of Pearl River, Mississippi, and Tangipahoa River, Louisiana. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Amounts paid Washington Gas Light Company for gas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount paid the Washington Gas Light Company for gas furnished the several departments of the government. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey of Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. January 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Kentucky River and its tributaries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the survey of the Kentucky River and its tributaries. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 28, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the navigation of the lower Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Board of Engineers upon the improvement of the low water navigation of the Mississippi River below Cairo, Ill. January 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Organization of Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives concerning the present organization of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. February 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Survey of Missouri River at Saint Charles, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon survey of Missouri River at Saint Charles, Mo. February 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Landing front at Muscatine, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of the landing front at Muscatine, Iowa. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of White, Saint Francis, and L'Anguille Rivers, Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for continuing the improvement of the White and Saint Francis Rivers, the L'Anguille River, and the Buffalo Shoals in White River, Arkansas. February 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Conneaut harbor, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Maj. J.M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, calling attention to the condition of Conneaut harbor, Ohio. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Kankakee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon survey of the Kankakee River. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Arrears of pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions relative to the act approved January 25, 1879, granting arrears of pensions. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Delaware breakwater. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the harbor at the Delaware breakwater. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Chickasaha, Pascagoula, and Flint Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the results of examinations of the Chickasaha, Pascagoula, and Flint Rivers. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Collection of certain taxes in the State of South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of the 8th instant relative to the collection of certain taxes in the State of South Carolina. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Muskingum River, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the Muskingum River, Ohio. January 30, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Low water navigation of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the improvement of the low water navigation of the Mississippi River. January 29, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Missouri River at Cedar City, Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting survey of Missouri River at Cedar City, Missouri. January 31, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenditures on account of Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of expenditures on account of Coast Survey for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. January 29, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Annapolis Harbor and Patapsco River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon survey of Annapolis Harbor and Patapsco River. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Missouri River near Glasgow, Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report on Missouri River near Glasgow, Missouri. January 30, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harlem River, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the improvement of Harlem River, New York. January 30, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Chesapeake and Delaware ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report upon the Chesapeake and Delaware ship canal. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Drawbacks on sugars, sirups, and molasses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the drawbacks on sugars, syrups, and molasses, paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Delaware River, near Schooner Ledge. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon proposed improvements in the Delaware River, at or near Schooner Ledge. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1859 | Offers received for carrying the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting reports of offers received under advertisement for carrying mails on the routes therein named. February 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. February 20, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1860 | Report upon the commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries for the year 1878. | 1 |
| Serial set 1861 |
List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence, during the Forty-fifth Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1878. Homestead laws for soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a memorial to Congress of the commissioned officers and enlisted men of the Twenty-third Regiment, requesting remedial legislation in their behalf with respect to the homestead laws. January 10, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Erroneous assessments. Memorial of Robert Christy, relative to erroneous assessments in the District of Columbia. January 16, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Testimony taken by the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, House of Representatives, in reference to the Post Office Department. Eastern Band of Cherokees. Remonstrance of the principal Chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians against the passage of any bill to allow the Eastern Band of Cherokees to sue the Cherokee Nation. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Commissioned officers in the Army. Statement compiled by Capt. Geo. W. Davis, Fourteenth Infantry, showing the number of commissioned officers of different grades in the several corps and departments of the Army, and its aggregate strength, in the years 1838 and 1878, the number of field officers (including staff general officers), captains, and lieutenants in the staff and line of the Army and Marine Corps, expecting promotion, &c. February 10, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Testimony taken by the Committee of Naval Affairs, (House of Representatives), in reference to the administration of the Navy Department. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-fifth Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1878. Haralson vs. Shelley. Additional testimony in the case of Haralson vs. Shelley, Fourth Congressional District of Alabama. The world's money. Theory of the coin, coinage, and monetary system of the world, by J. Meyer. Translated from the German by Mrs. C.P. Culver. December 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property in possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Inventory of public property in possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee of Accounts and ordered to be printed. The promotion of American commerce. Resolutions adopted by the Chicago Convention for the Promotion of Commerce, in reference to the promotion of American commerce. January 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Eighth general report of the Commissioners of Claims. December 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, communicating a list of employes [sic], &c., and a report of contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, July 1, 1877, to June 30, 1878. December 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Post office building at Baltimore, Md. Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, from the Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department and the Engineer of the Fifth Lighthouse District, relative to the necessity for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building for the post office in the City of Baltimore, Md. February 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Surveys of the territories. Letter from the acting president of the National Academy of Sciences transmitting a report on the surveys of the territories. December 3, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property in possession of the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Inventory of public property in possession of the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, December 2, 1878. December 3, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee of Accounts and ordered to be printed. The survey of the Austin-Topolovampo Pacific route. Memorial of A.K. Owen, C.E., relative to the survey of the Austin-Topolovampo Pacific route. February 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. February 13, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. (To accompany H.R. 112 and H. Report 621, 2d sess. 45th Congress.) list of reports to be made to Congress during the third session of the Forty-fifth Congress by public officers, prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 2, 1878. Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, addressed to Hon. John H. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. January 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Washington Monument. Letter from W.W. Corcoran, Chairman of the Joint Committee for the Completion of the Washington Monument, transmitting, in obedience to law, a report of said commission, showing the extent and progress made in the work, and the amount of money expended. December 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1862 |
Investigation of John I. Davenport. Testimony taken by the Committee on the Judiciary, (House of Representatives), relative to certain charges preferred against John I. Davenport, supervisor of elections in the City of New York. February 13, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Investigation of Judge Blodgett. Testimony taken by the judiciary Committee to investigate charges against Hon. H.W. Blodgett, judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. February 12, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1863 |
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the third 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. March 3, 1879. Property in metal castings. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Investigation of charges preferred by Mr. J.S. Temple against Thomas P. Cheney, superintendent Railway Mail Service, New England. North German Lloyds, of Bremen, and Hamburg-American Packet Company. March 3, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Additional improvements of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, asking for additional improvements of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. February 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Interstate commerce. Resolutions of the Virginia State Grange, patrons of husbandry, in favor of the passage of the bill to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit discrimination by common carriers. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. National Home for Disabled Soldiers. Annual report of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1878. February 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Removal of obstructions in the Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota Territory, praying an appropriation for the removal of obstructions in the Missouri River. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Investigation by a select committee of the House of Representatives relative to the causes of the general depression in labor and business, etc. Luther Hall. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1864 | Presidential Election Investigation. Testimony taken by the Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Presidential Election of 1876. | 1 |
| Serial set 1865 | Presidential election investigation. Testimony taken by the Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Presidential Election of 1876. | 1 |
| Serial set 1866 |
Charles Clinton. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Andrew Burgess, John Hall, and William T. Roundtree. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Contested election case of Finley vs. Bisbee. February 5, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. An international coin, the stella, goloid metric coinage, and metric gold coinage. March 3, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Rear Admiral R.N. Stembel. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Richard T. Bryan. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Metropolitan Police Force District, of Columbia. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad. May 24, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Abbot and W.W. Barry. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Memorial of merchants of Annapolis, Md. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. new decimal system of weights and measures. March 3, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Rank and pay of fleet Marine officers. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Equal rights to all religious denominations among Indians. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Investigation of Judge Blodgett. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. George F. Brott. January 10, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Cuyamungue Pueblo Tract. January 10, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. De Forest W. Carpenter. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. M.S. Draughn. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. North Carolina cotton claims. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Emanuel Mason. December 13, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edwin Rogers. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. D.M. Cook. February 7, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Capt. Joseph Irish. February 6, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Schuchardt. February 6, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Carlos Butterfield. February 6, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Treaty with Mexico. February 13, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. J.M. Bragg Et Al. January 21, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Dadds. January 21, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Goloid metric coinage and metric gold coinage. January 21, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. George W. Brower. January 21, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Erection of a light-house at Little Traverse Bay, Michigan. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. John C. Landreau. February 21, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Chinese indemnity fund. February 21, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ventilation of the hall of the House of Representatives. February 21, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Ventilation of the Hall and ordered to be printed. Investigation of the Navy Department. February 21, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. W.W. Mills. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ford, Moorman & Co. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Appointment and pay of supervisors of elections and special marshals. February 27, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. Calvin Bronson. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Lachman. January 9, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, on the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures. January 7, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. The Medano Springs and Zapato Grant. January 10, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William H. Davis. January 7, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War-Claims and ordered to be printed. Oliver Moses. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Brig Oliver Frances. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles S. Wilder. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Confirmation of certain conveyances. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Joseph L. Stevens. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J.H. Maddox and others. December 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Centennial memorial. February 4, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles B. Roberts. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel I. Gustin. December 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. L. Madison Day. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Doughty & Card. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Agnes and Maria De Leon. December 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Morse. December 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Relinquishing the right of the United States to a certain island. January 17, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. N. & G. Taylor Co. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William T. Smith, Jonathan Browne, Jr., and Samuel Osborn, Jr. February 27, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Rebecca Straughan. February 27, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. Sale of old post office in New York to the Chamber of Commerce. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William H. Powell and F.A. McDowell. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Eyster. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Chinese immigration. January 14, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Henry B. Brown. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.D. Fisher. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George C. Jenks. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert C. Narramore. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William T. League. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William L. Adams. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Masonic Hall Company of Atlanta, Georgia. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jackson Grubb. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sidney F. Oviatt. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Augustus B. Goodale. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Washington, Cincinnati and Saint Louis Railroad Company. December 13, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Samuel A. Lowe. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Halfin and others. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles E. Fahnestock. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ann B. Hubbard. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James G. Williams. December 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Douglass. December 14, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Thomas A. McLaughlin. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charges against certain members of the House of Representatives in connection with the 3.65 bond bill of the District of Columbia. December 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with accompanying testimony. C.E. Tupper. December 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Colonel A.B. Meacham. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. G.E.W. Sharretts. December 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Great and Little Osage Indians. February 10, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Capt. Julius Grinnell. February 6, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In relation to patents. February 8, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Ponca Indians. February 10, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Herman Biggs. February 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Woolsey Teller and Eliza Livingston. February 6, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charles Dougherty. February 7, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States. February 7, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry W. Birkey. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Defacing coin. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Jabez Burchard. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. W.C. Dodge. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lieutenant Commander Cilley. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rancho Panoche Grande grant. February 13, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Dry Dock on Des Moines Rapids Canal. January 24, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Folkes & Winston and others. January 24, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Fog-bell and steam-whistle on Foulweather Bluff. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fog-signal, Puget Sound, Wash. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Frederick Carlisle. January 24, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James B.L. Primm, H.S. Bell, and H.E. Woodhouse. February 21, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. George F. Seward. February 22, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. Contested election case of Frost vs. Metcalfe. February 25, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Klamath Indian reservation lands. January 28, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Charges against Thomas P. Cheney. March 1, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. A.L. Shotwell. January 10, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Myra Clark Gaines. January 10, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mesita Juana Lopez, New Mexico. January 10, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Margaret Cassidy. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Harlow J. Phelps. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Gibson. December 10, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. William H. Thompson. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Tipton B. Collins. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Van B. Bowers. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary O'Loughlin [i.e., O'Laughlin]. December 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lucinda McGuire. December 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Nephew King. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lands to Indians in severalty. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Expenditures in the War Department. March 3, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Anthony S. Hope. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bands of Chippewas in Wisconsin. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Robert Boyd, U.S.N. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Addition to ration of naval apprentices. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charges against John I. Davenport. March 3, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Investigation of alleged electoral frauds in the late presidential election. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed together with the views of the minority. Investigation of certain charges against Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Speaker. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Pay director J.S. Cunningham. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Investigation of George F. Seward. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. John Holroyd. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lieutenant Commander James H. Sands, U.S.N. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William C. Heacock. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George W. Lawrence. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. W.M. Wood, United States Navy. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles O. Allibone. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Chinese immigration. February 18, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jonas P. Levy. February 18, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. James Miller. January 21, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Captain J.B. Campbell. January 31, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. L.T. Green. January 31, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Memorial of M.W. Galt and others, citizens of Washington City, for transportation of goods on equal terms with other cities. January 29, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. January 29, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rollin J. Reeves. January 31, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry C. De Ahna. January 30, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Port of entry at Anclote, Florida. January 29, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Transfer of the Indian bureau to the War Department. January 31, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Claims for captured and abandoned property in insurrectionary states. January 31, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. California Indian war bonds. January 31, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Port of entry at Oakland, Cal. January 29, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Caler. January 29, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. E.E. Rice. January 31, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Loyol P. Brown. January 31, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James O. Robertson. January 31, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Report of the Joint Committee Appointed To Consider the Expediency of Transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department. January 31, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Owner of the bark Grapeshot. January 31, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Samuel C. Barney. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George F. Seward. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. H.H. Beard. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Reorganization of the Army. December 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Minthorne Tompkins et al. February 27, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The negotiation of bills of lading and other commercial instruments. January 29, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Benjamin C. Bampton. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. |
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Mary B. Kirby. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob Srite. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth A. Porter. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Captain Samuel C. Schoyer. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Catherine White. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James T. Christian. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mathies and McKay. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Adelina [i.e., Adeline] A. Turner. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Foster. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Ordway. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Albert Fuller. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel Wilson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Expenditures in the Interior Department. Report of the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, accompanied by the testimony, consisting of: Part I. The arrears of pensions bill and the suspended pension attorneys; Part II. 1. The Patent Office; 2. The Official Gazette; 3. Conduct of the Pension Office. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed with the accompanying testimony. George Prince. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Smith. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The organization of the Territory of Oklahoma. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edward H. Lieb. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions to teamsters and Indians who were in the service of the United States in the War of 1812, and to widows who remarried. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Ann Atkinson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Scribner. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Geo. W. Corn. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary E. [i.e., Ann] Simmons. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amending Section 4736 of the Revised Statutes relating to pensions to soldiers of the War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. I.H. Willets. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Huggins. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions to certain teamsters and expressmen of the War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Roswell Scovill. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth T. Dubois. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Roger Merithew and others. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Olive Stephenson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Legal heirs of Charles Fierer. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob A. Conover. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Fox. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Pettijohn. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John N. Brady. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions to soldiers of War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Ross. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Relating to Revolutionary pensions and for other purposes. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. French Graham. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Simon C. Chamberlin. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Margaret A. Spencer. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lewis Roderick. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph Manner. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph Burt. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Wesley Jones. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James O. Haight. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jearum Atkins. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Francis Watt. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Helena McDonald. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ann M. Paulding. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Parker Kemp. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jane Ann Roof. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions to the survivors of the War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Sidney Saunders. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Gregorian calendar. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Extending the provisions of the act of March 9, 1878, to certain soldiers of the War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth H. Pierce. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Caroline M. Barnard. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charlotte E. Myers. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lawrence W. Smith. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Susan Adams. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James B. Furman. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lyman F. Munger. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Stephen V. Benet. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ann Jane Wendell. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Florian Grosjean. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Saunders. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Santillan grant. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henson Short. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Julia Follansbee. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Philip Flood. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Olivia C. Reed. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mathew [i.e., Matthew] McDonnell. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Drury Dunaway. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Martha A. Jones. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Cary. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Increasing certain pensions. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel H. Johnson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles J.E. Thompson. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain citizens of Cynthiana, Ky. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John C. Birdsell. March 13, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Anson K. Young. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary N. DeHaven. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pension to soldiers for loss of arm or leg. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions to survivors of the War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hiram Johnson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Franklin. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frederic [i.e., Frederick] Cook. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jacob Fry. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hattie J. Rosson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eli C. Francis. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Hamill. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edward Heinzel. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Calvin Adams. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Hughes. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Joyce. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Emmett Langston. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Ryan. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ann Heinrici. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Zacheus Fuller. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amending act granting relief to certain officers and soldiers of the War of the Revolution. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Serepta M.I. Henry. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nancy Hall. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Sarah J. Chipman. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nutting vs. Reilly. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Frank Deicher. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Salome Smith. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Angeline C. Pusey. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Public Expenditures in relation to the public printing and binding. Merrill H. Crane. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James D. Sarven. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ira Gill. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edgar Huson. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Moses Marshall. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John A. Innes. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Chrystian Shunk. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alba F. Smith. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George H. Cook and James Jenkins. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Winchell. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. W.W. Hanes. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Ann Jones. March 3, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Pratt. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amending laws so as to grant pensions to certain teamsters of the War of 1812. March 3, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 24, 1879, information in relation to commissions or other compensation paid to bankers, brokers, firms, companies, syndicates, and individuals for services in negotiating the sale of bonds and other obligations of the United States from 1862 to the present time. March 27, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 23, 1879, information in relation to balances audited and due for the transportation of mails prior to July 1, 1878, unprovided for by existing appropriations. April 28, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request from Lieut. F.C. Nichols that the law be so amended as to allow officers now in the Army, who served as officers of volunteers in the Mexican War, credit for the time thus served, in computing the length of their service, &c. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 595) entitled "An Act To Amend an Act for the Relief of Joseph B. Collins, Approved March Third, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-nine," with his objections. June 27, 1879. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, calling the attention of Congress to the immediate necessity of making appropriations for the maintenance of the marshals and deputy marshals of the United States for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1879. June 30, 1879. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating copies of reports from Capt. M.R. Brown, Corps of Engineers, showing the progress of the work of improving the South Pass of the Mississippi River. May 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a copy of a letter from the chief quartermaster, Department of Texas, in regard to the advisability of erecting barracks and quarters at San Antonio, Texas, for the headquarters Department of Texas. June 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 28, 1879, accompanying information in relation to the action recently taken by the department in reference to elevators for the public buildings in Chicago and elsewhere. June 2, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to Senate resolution of June 23, 1879, accompanying information in relation to the action taken by the National Board of Health under an act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for the purchase or construction of a refrigerating ship, &c. June 25, 1879. -- Referred to the select committee to investigate and report the best means of preventing the introduction and spread of epidemic diseases, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 20, 1879, information in relation to the International Silver Conference held in Paris in 1878. June 25, 1879. -- 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 7, 1879, information in relation to discriminations by the Union Pacific Railroad Company in the rates of freights to private shippers as against the United States. April 17, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 15, 1879, a copy of the report of the commission appointed by the President March 15, 1872, relating to the different interoceanic canal surveys and the practicability of the construction of a ship-canal across the continent. April 18, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, showing the absolute necessity that provision be made for a building for a city post office in Washington, and urging the leasing or purchasing of one for that purpose. April 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 16, 1879, information in relation to the amount of legal tender notes presented and redeemed in coin since January 1, 1879. May 19, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the payment of arrears of pay of certain soldiers of the late war. April 23, 1879. -- 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 May 7, 1879, information in relation to an alleged occupation of a portion of the Indian Territory by white settlers. May 16, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 14, 1879, accompanying information in relation to the liability of the states for the direct tax under the act of August 5, 1861, and acts amendatory thereof. May 26, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating in obedience to law a copy of the report of S.T. Abert, United States civil engineer, upon the survey of the Yadkin River, North Carolina, "between the bridge on the North Carolina Railroad and Wilkesborough." June 9, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. June 28, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, submitting an estimate of amount of appropriation required to carry into effect the provisions of the act of February 21, 1879, to fix the pay of letter carriers. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Education, asking that the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill, as passed by the House of Representatives, be amended so as to appropriate, for the salaries of his office for the next fiscal year, the sum of $25,640. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, a communication from the Chief of Ordnance on the subject of leasing the water power at Moline, Ill., to the Moline Water Power Company. April 15, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 24, 1879, information in relation to the effect produced by the dike across the East Harbor inlet at Provincetown, Mass., upon the deposit of sand in Cape Cod Harbor, at the mouth of said inlet. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the estimates of the appropriations needed, which were sent to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at the opening of the last session. March 19, 1879. -- Read, 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 14, 1879, information in relation to lands in the Indian Territory acquired by the treaties of 1866. May 26, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State in answer to a resolution of the Senate dated June 28, 1879, requesting a copy of any correspondence of the State Department with the Republic of Mexico in regard to the proposed Austin-Topolovampo railroad survey. July 1, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 1, 1879, information in relation to amounts due and uncollected under act of August 5, 1861, to provide increased revenue from imports to pay interest on the public debt. May 19, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to an increase of the appropriation for salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, with a view to the more effectual suppression of the illicit distillation of spirits. May 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. May 23, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 9, 1879, accompanied by information in relation to the time of transmission of the annual reports on internal commerce. May 23, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 17, 1879, accompanying a copy of the report of the board of naval engineer officers in relation to plans and specifications of refrigerating ship and machinery. June 21, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 4, 1879, accompanying information in relation to the arrest and removal of J.M. Bell and other Cherokee Indians from the Cherokee Nation. June 20, 1879. -- 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 March 3, 1879, information in relation to the Samoan Islands. March 21, 1879. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 24, 1879, a statement of the amounts of money drawn from the Treasury of the United States and paid to supervisors of elections in 1876 and 1878. March 26, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 21, 1879, information in relation to the accounts of the marshals of the United States in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Maryland. March 25, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 9, 1879, information in relation to the rate of postage charged for the transmission of the Citizen Soldier newspaper through the mails. April 11, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 31, 1879, information in relation to the manner in which cars and bonded warehouses containing appraised and unapprised goods are secured to prevent frauds on the revenue. April 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Acting Chief of Engineers, upon a provision in the sundry civil bill, approved March 3, 1879, discontinuing the geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian under the War Department after June 30, 1879. April 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1870 | Observations of the transit of Venus, December 8-9, 1874, made and reduced under the direction of the commission created by Congress, edited by Simon Newcomb, professor, U.S. Navy, secretary of the commission. | 1 |
| Serial set 1871 | Proceedings and report of the board of Army officers, convened by special orders No. 78, headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 12, 1878, in the case of Fitz-John Porter, together with the proceedings in the original trial and papers relating thereto. In three parts. Parts I and II. | 1 |
| Serial set 1872 | Proceedings and reports of the board of Army officers, convened by Special Orders No. 78, headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 12, 1878. In the case of Fitz-John Porter. Together with the proceedings in the original trial and papers relating thereto. In three parts. Part III. | 1 |
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In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the refusal by one House of Congress to make necessary provision for the support of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments, and for the defense of the country, except upon condition that the other House and the President shall give their assent to legislation which they disapprove... In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas agriculture is the foundation of nearly all our wealth, and it is mainly through the exportation of its products that we are paying off our large indebtedness... Papers relating to the Bill (S. 601) authorizing the allowance for loss by leakage or casualty of spirits withdrawn from warehouses for transportation. May 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Report of the Librarian of Congress upon the American Archives, or Documentary History of the American Revolution. May 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Communication from Joseph C.G. Kennedy in relation to the law for taking the tenth census. June 21, 1879. -- Referred to the select committee to make provision for taking the tenth census and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress. July 1, 1879. In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rollins submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules be, and they hereby are, directed to inquire into the expediency of an amendment to the rules of the Senate, which shall provide that the several committees shall receive the estimates and report the annual appropriation bills as herein-after named... Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to use their best exertions to forward the claims of the soldiers and sailors from that state in the late war, now pending before the Pension Department. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate be, and the same is hereby, directed to take into consideration, with the view to economy and the equalization of salaries upon the principles of justice, the question of the duties, number, and compensation of the employes [sic] of the Senate... Petition of Schuyler Hamilton, praying the passage of the bill authorizing the President to appoint him a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, in order to place him on the retired list of said Army. June 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Robert Erwin and the former creditors of Robert Erwin, asking the passage of bill for the relief of Robert Erwin. April 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 7, 1879, a schedule of water rates charged and collected in the District of Columbia. April 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1879. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules of the Senate be authorized to take into consideration the subject-matter of joint rules between the two Houses... Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, communicating information in relation to the application of the heirs of the claimants of the late private armed brig General Armstrong, for compensation for the destruction of said brig by the British fleet, at Fayal, during the War of 1812. March 25, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Petition of William Nephew King, Jr., late cadet midshipman, U.S. Navy, praying for authority to revoke his resignation as a cadet in the U.S. Navy, for the reason that said resignation was tendered under a misapprehension. June 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. June 18, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate of the United States (the House of Representatives concurring), that the complete remonetization of silver, its full restoration as a money metal, and its free coinage by the mints of the United States are demanded alike... Memorial of Ward B. Burnett, praying for a further increase of pension. April 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 477. Memorial of the Legislature of Maine, praying an appropriation to aid in the construction of bridges across the St. John and St. Francis rivers, in that state, where the same are boundary lines between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. March 19, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Petition of owners, master, officers, and crew of the bark Harvest, praying indemnity for the loss sustained by the capture of said bark by the rebel cruiser Shenandoah, the same to be paid out of the balance of the Geneva award. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from John R. French, late Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, submitting, in obedience to law, an account of all property in his possession belonging to the United States, March 25, 1879. March 27, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Rufus Ingalls and other officers of the Quartermaster's Department, U.S.A., remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 192) to correct the date of commissions of certain officers in the Quartermaster's Department. April 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Papers in relation to the reorganization of the Army. March 25, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Petition of certain seamen, officers, and shippers, of vessels destroyed by the Alabama, Florida, and Shenandoah, in their own behalf, and of others, praying indemnity for losses sustained thereby, and the payment of the same out of the balance of the Geneva award. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Memorial of W.H. Shock and others, chief engineers, U.S.N., praying the passage of a law granting them the same share of prize money that has been granted to fleet captains. April 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to which was referred the memorial of Henry M. Spofford, praying permission to produce evidence relating to the right of Hon. William Pitt Kellogg to the seat in the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1879. -- Submitted. Mr. Wallace submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the standing order of the Senate regulating the appointment and removal of clerks... Petition of the owners and proprietors of the dispatch line of packet ships between New York and China, praying indemnity for losses alleged to have been sustained by the attacks upon their vessels by the Alabama and other rebel cruisers during the late war, and the payment thereof out of the balance of the Geneva award. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of such legislation as will secure to that state her share of indemnity due the several states on account of swamp lands sold by the United States. April 28, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution by the Legislature of New York, remonstrating against the refusal of a partisan majority in Congress to appropriate moneys for the support of the government, except upon condition of the repeal or amendment of existing laws. April 25, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that if not incompatible with the public interest, the President be requested to inform the Senate if any lands in the Indian Territory were purchased from Indian tribes in such territory by the treaties of 1866, and, if so, how many acres... Resolution by Mr. Cockrell, calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information in relation to the making and transmitting to Congress of the annual reports on internal commerce. May 8, 1879. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the establishment of a national bureau of labor. April 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in answer to Senate resolutions of January 8, 1879, and May 23, 1879, accompanying reports of the auditor and the collector of the District. May 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 16, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, how many soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, the estimated value of property destroyed, with the expenses incurred... Memorial of the State National Bank of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, praying for such legislation as may be necessary to enable said bank to prosecute in the Court of Claims its claim for cotton taken by agents of the Treasury Department of the United States. May 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. June 13, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department, in relation to the appropriation for the payment of the workingmen of the District of Columbia. June 23, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany S.R. 42. In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1879. -- Submitted. June 2, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that so much of the memorial of J.B. Greene as relates to the interference of federal officers in the elections in Rhode Island and to the denial of the right to vote... In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to which has been referred memorials in relation to the election of Hon. J.J. Ingalls a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, be, and said committee is hereby, authorized and instructed to investigate the statements and charges contained in said memorials... In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Beck submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that a joint committee, composed of five senators and seven representatives, be appointed, in such manner as each House may determine, to examine and report at an early day of the next December session of this Congress what changes, if any, ought to be made in the mode of guarding or collecting the revenue... Memorial of the executors of the will of Joseph L. Lewis, deceased, remonstrating against the passage of a bill to authorize a compromise of the claims of the United States under the will of Joseph L. Lewis. June 18, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wallace submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish to the Senate a detailed statement of the accounts of the marshals of the United States in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Maryland, rendered to this date... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate of the amount of commissions or other compensation paid to bankers, brokers, firms, companies, syndicates, and individuals for services in negotiating the sale of bonds and other obligations of the United States from the year 1862 until the present time... Letter from the Surgeon General of the United States Army, to the Hon. J.W. Johnston, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, in relation to the cause and prevention of diseases of cattle. March 31, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1878, to March 24, 1879. March 24, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald presented the following as the views of the minority. In the matter of the inquiry relating to Benjamin P. Runkle, referred to the Judiciary Committee by resolution of the Senate of January 10, 1878, and reported on by said committee March 3, 1879. In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate a statement of all sums of money which have, in 1870 and in each year since, been paid out of the Treasury to John I. Davenport... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Whereas the necessity for the present special session of Congress has been occasioned by the failure of the last Congress to make appropriations for the support of the Army, and for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the next fiscal year... Imports -- duties from 1867 to 1878, inclusive. Memorial of Seth Driggs, praying for relief from the Republic of New Granada, &c. June 26, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the churches of the District of Columbia, praying the passage of a joint resolution declaring the act of June 17, 1870, to be still in force, and for the passage of a bill to relieve the churches of the District of Columbia from taxation. May 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
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