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Serial set 2480-1 Report of the tests of metals and other materials for industrial purposes made with the United States testing machine at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, during the year ended June 30, 1886. In two parts. Part I. December 14, 1886. --Referred to the Committee on Manufactures and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 2480-2 Report of the tests of metals and other materials for industrial purposes made with the United States testing machine at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, during the year ended June 30, 1886. In two parts. Part II. [December 14, 1886. --Referred to the Committee on Manufactures and ordered to be printed.] 1
Serial set 2481 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1886. 1
Serial set 2482 Hawaiian treaty. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying resolutions, relating to the treaty between the United States and the government of the Hawaiian Islands. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Equalization of Army promotions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with inclosure, a draught and recommending the passage of a bill to effect a rearrangement of grades of office in the Adjutant General's department of the Army. January 13, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Van Buren, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of the War, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information concerning the changes which have recently occurred in the harbor at Van Buren, Ark., affecting navigation and facilities for commerce. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Customs revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations for defraying expense of collecting the revenue from Customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888. January 20, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States and Brazil mail facilities. Letter from the Postmaster General, with inclosure, in response to a resolution of the House calling for a report upon the value of the service of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Line for carrying United States mails. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Michigan and Illinois Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Board of Engineers upon the proposed acquisition, by the government, of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and construction of the Hennepin Canal, made in pursuance to a provision of the river and harbor act of August 5, 1886. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Sewerage drainage, Quartermaster's corral, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation for sewer drainage for Quartermaster's corral, Washington, D.C.; also referring to estimate for drainage for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
International Prison Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relating to the appointment of delegates to the Fourth International Prison Congress, to meet at St. Petersburg in 1890. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Military Academy clerks. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with inclosure, a letter from the Adjutant General of the Army, in regard to services of clerks to disbursing officer and quartermaster, adjutant, and the treasurer at the Military Academy. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed under act of July 4, 1864. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with papers in each case, lists of claims under the act of July 4, 1864, allowed by accounting officers since January 14, 1886. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Amounts due Charles McCafferty and D. and C.P. Dull. Letter from the Secretary of War, stating, in compliance with a provision of the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882, the amounts due Charles McCafferty and D. and C.P. Dull, contractors for locks on the Great Kanawha. January 13, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of expenditures of the contingent fund of that Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. January 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed.
Ludington Harbor, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with inclosures, a communication from the Pere Marquette Lumber Company, and recommending that authority be granted by Congress to accept the tendered donation by that company of land to be used in constructing a harbor of refuge at Ludington, Mich. January 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lighthouse, Crab Tree Ledge, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Lighthouse Board relative to the appropriation for a lighthouse at Crab Tree Ledge, Maine. January 18, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lighthouse, Skilligallee, Lake Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Lighthouse Board, recommending an appropriation to rebuild the Skilligallee lighthouse tower, Lake Michigan. January 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lake Providence Reach and Pilcher's Point, Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relative to the restriction, in the river and harbor act of August 5, 1886, of the appropriation for improvement of the Mississippi River at the Lake Providence Reach and Pilcher's Point. January 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State in regard to the destruction of the monument marking the western initial point in the boundary between the United States and Mexico. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Parting and refining bullion. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Director of the Mint, recommending certain legislation in the matter of parting and refining of bullion, &c. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed.
Plum Point and Lake Providence Reaches. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Mississippi River Commission, together with a report and accompanying maps, showing the bank lines of the Plum Point and Lake Providence Reaches. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Books and manuscripts for library, State Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting an additional estimate of appropriation for the purchase of books and manuscripts for the library of the Department of State. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Board of Health. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the National Board of Health, and inclosing estimates of deficiencies in the appropriations for the salaries and expenses of the National Board of Health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Clerical force, Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing an additional estimate of appropriations for clerical force in his Department. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Navy Department employes. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating a list of persons employed in the Navy Department during the calendar year 1887, and the time each was actually employed, and the sum paid each. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed.
Spectacle Reef light-station, Lake Huron. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation of $15,000 to build a proper foundation for the fog signal structures at Spectacle Reef light-station, Lake Huron. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with accompanying maps and papers, a report by a board of engineers upon the expediency and desirability of the acquisition by the government of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. January 25, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Portage Lake Canal. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with map and accompanying papers, a report by a board of engineers upon the expediency of the acquisition by the government of the Portage Lake and River Improvement Company Canal, and the Lake Superior Ship Canal Railway and Iron Company Canal, in the State of Michigan. January 25, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
"The Dalles," Columbia River. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers relative to the proposed survey of "The Dalles," Columbia River. January 25, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Mexican pension estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation to meet expenditures under the Mexican pension bill. January 26, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Monongahela Navigation Company. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the commercial value and importance of the works of the Monongahela Navigation Company. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Court of Claims printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Chief Justice of the Court of Claims in relation to a deficiency appropriation for printing for that court for the current fiscal year. January 26, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Green and Barren River Navigation Company. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the commercial value and importance of the works of the Green and Barren River Navigation Company. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pay of assistant custodians and janitors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending a reappropriation from unexpended balance for the year 1886 to meet deficiency in the appropriation for pay of assistant custodians and janitors of certain public buildings for the fiscal year 1885. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Light-station keepers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Lighthouse Board, recommending appropriations for the erection of structures for the comfort of light-station keepers at certain lighthouses. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Records of United States courts. Letter from the Attorney General, recommending that an appropriation be made for arranging and filing the records and files of United States courts. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Sea otter hunting and seal fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a deficiency estimate of an appropriation for the protection of the sea otter hunting grounds and the seal fisheries, and for enforcing laws in Alaska. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Commerce on Saint Mary's Falls Canal, 1886. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the commerce passing through the Saint Mary's Falls Canal during the year 1886. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Fox and Wisconsin River damages. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the clerk of the circuit court, Columbia County, Wisconsin, for fees in the Fox and Wisconsin River damage cases. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Civilian engineers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names and places of residence of civilian engineers employed on works of river and harbor improvement. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Signal Service deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Secretary of War of deficiencies in appropriations for the Signal Service for the current fiscal year, in lieu of estimates submitted December 17, 1886. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments of the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of judgments of the Court of Claims against the United States presented for payment since June 14, 1886. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of bullion and coinage of silver dollars. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, in response to a resolution of the House adopted January 13, 1887, calling for information relative to the monthly purchase of bullion and coinage of silver dollars. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed.
Water supply, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Secretary of War of appropriations for increasing the water supply of Washington, D.C., and for fish-ways at Great Falls, Potomac River. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fees of steamship Dawn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate of an appropriation to pay J. Hart & Co. for tax and fees imposed on the steamship Dawn and remitted by that Department. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lake Superior Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relative to the proposed sale to the government of the properties of Lake Superior Ship Canal Railway and Iron Company, and of the Portage Lake and River Improvement Company. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings, Key West, Fla., and New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Supervising Architect relative to proposed additional appropriations for public buildings at Key West, Fla., and New York City. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Stake lights between North and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Lighthouse Board, asking an appropriation for the establishment of two stake lights in the channel between North and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legal tender notes. Reply of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 20, 1886, respecting reissue of Treasury notes, destruction of United States notes, and denominations of the latter.
The Aqueduct Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of engineers on the proposed reconstruction of the Aqueduct Bridge in the District of Columbia. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Interior Department employes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates of appropriation for the payment of detailed force employed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Indebtedness of Pacific railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information concerning the amount of the indebtedness of the subsidized Pacific railroad companies to the United States, and the effect upon said indebtedness of the passage of House Bill No. 8318. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. 		51
Serial set 2483 Mints and assay offices. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Director of the Mint in relation to appropriations for the mints and assay offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Unlawful inclosures of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, an opinion of the Attorney General relative to the unlawful inclosure of areas of public lands. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Lieutenant Schuetze's mission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, together with the report of Lieut. William H. Schuetze, U.S. Navy, relating to the distribution of testimonials of the government to subjects of Russia who extended aid to the survivors of the Jeannette Exploring Expedition. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a provision of the river and harbor act of August 5, 1886, a report upon proposed alterations of the Louisville and Portland Canal. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Additional force, Civil Service Commission. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Civil Service Commission of an appropriation for additional force for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888. February 3, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments of the Court of Claims presented for payment. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of judgments against the United States in the Court of Claims presented for payment February 1, 1887. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Jesse Campbell. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 8150, with his objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Catharine Sattler. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6832, with his objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the expenditures on the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed
Alexander Falconer. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6443, with his objections thereto. February 4, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Militia force of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed.
Mileage deficiency of Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of a deficiency in the appropriation for mileage of officers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. February 4, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cudbert Stone. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 927, with his objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a resolution of the board of managers of the Lake Carriers' Association of Buffalo, N.Y., favoring the acquisition by the United States of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
William Lynch. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6132, with his objections thereto. February 4, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Contingent deficiencies Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Attorney General of deficiencies in appropriations for contingent expenses of that Department for the fiscal years 1885 and 1886. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Abraham P. Griggs. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 8834, with his objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
James R. Baylor. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6825, with his objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Franklin Sweet. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7540, with his objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Lighting the Statue of Liberty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Lighthouse Board and recommending the passage of an act providing for a permanent plant for lighting the Statue of Liberty light-station, Bedloe's Island, New York. February 4, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Pay of jurors summoned to condemn site for Congressional Library. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, with accompanying papers, a draft and recommending the passage, of a joint resolution to provide for the payment of jurors summoned to condemn site for the Congressional Library. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
American fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence between the governments of the United States and Great Britain concerning the rights of American fishermen in the waters of British North America, supplementary to correspondence already communicated to Congress, December 8, 1886. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures, National Home Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Customhouse, Toledo, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Supervising Architect for completing approaches and painting walls and ceilings of the customhouse at Toledo, Ohio. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Emigration and immigration. Reports of the consular officers of the United States.
Refund of direct taxes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, relative to the provisions of Senate Bill No. 995, to refund direct taxes collected under act of August 5, 1861. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
State Asylum for Insane Criminals, Auburn, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the Attorney General of an appropriation to pay the account of the State Asylum for Insane Criminals at Auburn, N.Y. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Shirley C. Ward, special attorney for the mission Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Attorney General of an appropriation to pay account of Shirley C. Ward, special United States attorney for the mission Indians in California. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Courthouse at Jacksonville, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Supervising Architect recommending that the limit cost of the courthouse at Jacksonville, Fla., be increased. February 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Capt. E.J. Conway, United States Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Capt. E.J. Conway, United States Army, retired, relative to an alleged unjust discrimination against himself by section 8 of Senate Bill No. 1490, to amend Article 103 of the Rules and Articles of War, &c. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Dependent pension bill. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 10457, with his objections thereto. February 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Public building at Jefferson City, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Supervising Architect recommending an additional appropriation to complete the public building at Jefferson City, Mo. February 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Underground cables. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers upon the claim of the Standard Underground Cable Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., of cables laid in the District of Columbia. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Geological Survey employes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House, calling for a list of employes in the Geological Survey appointed under civil-service rules, and employes not so appointed. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Fees in Fox and Wisconsin River damage cases. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the account of S.M. Smith, clerk of the circuit court of Columbia County, Wisconsin, for fees in Fox and Wisconsin River damage cases. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Payment of adjusted and allowed accounts. February 16, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Substitutes in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to the resolution of the House in regard to the employment of substitutes in the Treasury Department; also transmitting to the House the number of such substitutes, their compensation, &c. February 16, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Yaquina Bay, mouth of Columbia River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with inclosures, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, recommending the acquisition of land for use in connection with the improvement of Yaquina Bay and the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon. February 16, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on River[s] and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Expenses United States marshals. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a letter from the United States Marshal of Alaska, and recommending that provision be made for payment of expenses of United States marshals for the fiscal year 1886 and prior years. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Repairs, Treasury buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending additional appropriations for furniture and repairs of furniture in certain public buildings. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
A.J. Gross. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a letter from A.J. Gross, United States Marshal for Kentucky, showing outstanding witness claims in that district for the fiscal year 1886. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenditures Interior Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the contingent fund of that Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed.
Receipt and distribution of public documents. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the receipt and distribution of public documents on behalf of the government by the Department of the Interior. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Special distribution of seeds. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 10203, with his objections thereto. February 17, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed.
Opinions of the Attorney General. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Attorney General for publishing volumes 17 and 18 of the Opinions of the Attorneys General. February 18, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental claims allowed by accounting officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental list of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury under exhausted appropriations. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fox and Wisconsin River damages. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Second Comptroller in relation to the omission to provide in the deficiency appropriation act of August 4, 1886, for the payment of the award to Charles Sweany for damages resulting from improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Signal-lights of vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels recommending that Section 4234 of the Revised Statutes be amended in respect to signal-lights on vessels. February 9, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Robert K. Bennett. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7698, with the objections thereto. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. 		49
Serial set 2484 Additional grounds for Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in reference to the acquisition of an addition to the grounds occupied by that Bureau. February 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Sitting Bull's band. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for the subsistence of the remainder of Sitting Bull's band of Indians for the fiscal year 1888. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. 1886. Ninth Number. Finance, coinage, commerce, immigration, shipping, the postal service, population, railroads, agriculture, &c. Prepared by the Bureau of Statistics under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Post office deficiencies. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Postmaster General of deficiency appropriations for the fiscal years 1885 and 1886. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fees of United States officers, Wyoming. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a communication from the United States Attorney for the Territory of Wyoming, in relation to the inadequacy of fees and mileage allowed to the United States attorney and marshal and to jurors and witnesses in that territory. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed.
American interests in Colombia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relating to the interests of American citizens whose property was destroyed by fire caused by insurgents at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia. February 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Director of the Mint upon the production of the precious metals in the United States during the calendar year 1886.
Annual assay of coins. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Director of the Mint relating to the amendment of laws governing the annual assay of coins. February 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed.
National Cemetery road, Natchez, Miss. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation to complete road to the National Cemetery at Natchez, Miss. February 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Loss by fire of government funds in Peru. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the loss by fire of government funds at Iquique, Peru, and renewing the recommendation for the relief of the United States consul from liability therefor. February 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Margaret R. Jones. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 10082, with his objections thereto. February 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
John How, Indian agent. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7648, with his objections thereto. February 25, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Loren Burritt. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 8002, with his objections thereto. February 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
William H. Morhiser. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5877, with his objections thereto. February 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Anthony McRobertson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7327, with his objections thereto. February 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Additional list of judgments by the Court of Claims presented for payment. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional list of judgments by the Court of Claims against the United States presented for payment since February 19, 1887. February 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Emoluments of Customs officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of emoluments of officers of the Customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. February 23, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed.
Photolithographic plates. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a letter from the Commissioner of Patents in relation to expenditures and contracts for plates and copies of drawings published by the Bureau of Patents. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed.
Railway bridge, Shreveport, La. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a report relative to the removal of the sand bar formed against the piers of the railway bridge across Red River at Shreveport, Louisiana. March 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Public building, Portsmouth, Ohio. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6976, with his objections thereto. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. 		20
Serial set 2485 Commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries during the year 1885 and 1886. In two volumes. Volume I. 1
Serial set 2486 Commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries during the years 1885 and 1886. In two volumes. Volume II. 1
Serial set 2487 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 1887. 1
Serial set 2488 Amendment of Rule XXIII. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Forfeiture of land grants. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Report on interstate commerce. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Willie S. Howard. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of rules. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Report on trade guilds, etc. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Maurice Ruddlesden. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
William R. Cranna. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Report of expenditures by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting report of expenditures from July 1, 1885, to June 30, 1886. December 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Additional copies of the President's message. December 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Occupation of public lands by cattle companies. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Cause of delay on public works, etc. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
List of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing December 6, 1886.
Alphabetical list of members and delegates of the House of Representatives, and the standing and select committees of which they are members, Forty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 6, 1886.
Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 6, 1886.
Proposed rule. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
John Aigery. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Bigamy. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Printing correspondence on the fisheries question. December 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Business of the District of Columbia. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
French spoliation claims. Report from the Court of Claims of their findings of fact and conclusions of law in cases of claims on account of spoliations committed by the French considered by that court, under the provisions of the act of January 20, 1885. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Construction of Tariff Act of 1883. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Reports of heads of departments. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Printing extra copies of the Digest. December 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Business of the Committee on Commerce. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Ventilation of hall. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures for Indians and Yellowstone Park. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Woman's suffrage convention. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with Spain, 1819. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
R.H. Singleton. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. December 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Coast defenses. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legal tender notes. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Chinese treaty stipulations. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. December 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates, Navy yard, etc. December 14, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures, Agricultural Department. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting a report of expenditures in that Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. December 14, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Advance payments of bond interest. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Ella A. Ward. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to Rule X. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Ralph T. Moses. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Public exhibitions by wild Indians. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Charles Holbrook. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Silver coinage. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed.
Preservation of life and property on railroads and steamboats. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Samuel J. Long. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Business of Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Greenough's statue of Washington. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Evening sessions. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Washington Monument. Letter from Mr. W.W. Corcoran, Chairman of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument, transmitting its annual report. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Senate bills on the private Calendar. January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Educational bill. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
The trade dollar. January 13, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Report of the National Soldiers' Home. January 13, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy, made to the Secretary of War, for the year 1886. December 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. December 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund, District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting a statement of expenditure of the contingent fund of the District of Columbia, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. December 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Joseph A. Woodworth. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Business of Post Office Committee. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad Company. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
The Guardian League. January 18, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Consideration of Bill H.R. 6977. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Harry Barton. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Noah W. Halley. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Business of Committee on the Territories. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Rule XXXIII. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Business from the Committee on Military Affairs. January 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Firing on persons in Indian Territory. January 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
American vessels in Canadian waters. January 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Regulation of commerce. (To accompany Bill S. 1532.) January 15, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. January 21, 1887. -- Ordered to be reprinted as corrected.
Edwin J. Jewell. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Unlawful inclosures of public lands. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Construction, equipment and armament of vessels. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
D. Wyatt Aiken. (Report 3745.) January 10, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. January 22, 1887. -- Laid over and ordered to be printed.
Mexican pension bill. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Pacific railroad accounts. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Senate bills on private calendar. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Board of Visitors to Military Academy. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of rules. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to Rule XXVI. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Photolithographic plates. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed.
Entry of distilled spirits. January 26, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Coast defenses. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
William Tyler Page. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Commemoration of the discovery of America. January 18, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Protection of American fishermen. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Illinois and Michigan Canal. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of rules. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Change of hour of meeting. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
United States Statistical Abstract, 1886. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Educational bill. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Business of Select Committee on American Shipbuilding and Ship Owning Interests. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on American Shipbuilding and Ship Owning Interests and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of rules. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Metropolitan Railroad Company, Washington, D.C. Report of receipts and expenditures of the Metropolitan Railroad Company of Washington, D.C., for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. February 3, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of Rule XXIII. February 4, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
War claims. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Consideration of bridge bills. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Education bill. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Employes in the Navy yards. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Venezuelan claims. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Star routes and other postal matters. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
A. Vangender. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Business of the Naval Committee. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Extra hours exacted from clerks. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Labor and ordered to be printed.
Coast defenses. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Report on commerce. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Report of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations touching our fisheries. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Consideration of Senate Bill No. 2643. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
The Bowman Claims Act. January 20, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts. February 10, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed.
B.C. Kuehling. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Mary S. Logan. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Substitutes in Treasury Department. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Claims against Columbia. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
The Treaty of Ghent. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Widow of John Hayes. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Repeal of special taxes upon tobacco. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Frank H. Isham and William E. Mallory. February 14, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
The education bill. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of rules. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of rules. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
John A. Machado. February 22, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Proposed evening session. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
John Prater. February 23, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Ralph T. Moses. February 23, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Extra copies of pension act. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Resolution calling upon the Postmaster General for information in regard to boxes at post offices. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Construction of war ships. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Inventory of property belonging to the United States in the possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Stable for post office, House of Representatives. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Imprisonment of Civilo [i.e., Cirilo] Pouble. February 28, 1887. -- Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
New York national bank associations. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Expulsion of Jews from Russia. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Amendments of rules. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Repeal of internal revenue laws. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Noah W. Halley. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Shipbuilding establishments. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the rules. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Commissioner of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company to the second session of the Forty-ninth Congress for the year ending December 5, 1886. December 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking Currency and ordered to be printed.
Evening sessions. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Tenure of Office Act. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Oregon salmon fishery. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Robert Dougherty. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Tenure of Office Act. December 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Substitutes in Treasury Department. December 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Coast and Geodetic Survey. (Report 3770.) January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Ventilation of public buildings. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Abram O. Bowen. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. 		149
Serial set 2489 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Main Western Theater: Iuka and Corinth Operations/Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee/Vicksburg Campaign and Siege; June 1862-January 1863; Series 1, Vol. 17, Chapter 29, Part 2] 1
Serial set 2490 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Main Eastern Theater: Northern Virginia-Second Manassas Campaign; Fitz-John Porter Court Martial, November 1862-January 1863; Series 1, Vol. 12, Chapter 24, Supplement] 1
Serial set 2491 Reports from the consuls of the United States. Vol. XIX. April-September, 1886.
Reports from the consuls of the United States. Vol. XX. September-December, 1886. 		2
Serial set 2492 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1886. 1
Serial set 2493 Mineral Resources of the United States. Calendar Year 1885. Division of Mining Statistics and Technology.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Third annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year 1886.
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing I. -- Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-ninth 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, 1887. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, in compliance with the sixth section of the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," approved July 4, 1836.
Distribution of documents to members. March 2, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. 		4
Serial set 2494 Memorial addresses on the life and character of Lewis Beach (a Representative from New York), delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-ninth Congress, second session.
Memorial addresses on the life and character of William H. Cole (a Representative from Maryland), delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-ninth Congress, second session.
Memorial addresses on the life and character of John Arnot, Jr. (a Representative from New York), delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-ninth Congress, second session.
Memorial addresses on the life and character of William T. Price (a Representative from Wisconsin), delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-ninth Congress, second session.
Memorial addresses on the life and character of Abraham Dowdney (a Representative from New York), delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Forty-ninth Congress, second session. 		5
Serial set 2495 Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey.
Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey. Vol. V. 		2
Serial set 2496 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. VI, for 1886.
Reports from the consuls of the United States. Vol. XXI. January-March, 1887. 		2
Serial set 2497 Fifth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1883-'84, by J.W. Powell, director. 1
Serial set 2498 Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1886. Part I. 1