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Serial set 3501 Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Fifty-fourth Congress of the United States. December 7, 1896. In two volumes. Volume II. 1
Serial set 3502 Urgent deficiency estimates. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required to meet urgent demands upon the government for the service of the current and prior fiscal years. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a combined statement of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations 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, 1898.
Deficiency estimates. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 24th instant, supplemental estimates of appropriations required by the several departments of the government to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, and for the postal service, payable from the postal revenues, amounting to $3,620.09. February 26, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency estimates. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required by the several departments of the government to complete the service for the year 1897 and prior years, and for the postal service. February 2, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		5
Serial set 3503 The foreign commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1896. Vol. 1. 1
Serial set 3504 Treasury Department. The foreign commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1896. Vol. 2. 1
Serial set 3505 Survey of Redwood Creek, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Redwood Creek, California. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Apalachicola Bay, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Apalachicola Bay, Florida, and the approaches to Apalachicola. December 21, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
International exposition at Brussels in 1897. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, with inclosures, submitting an estimate for an additional appropriation for the international exhibition at Brussels. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of A. McDowell, Clerk of the House of Representatives, showing the receipts and disbursements of the House of Representatives from December 2, 1895, to June 30, 1896, inclusive. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination for canal to connect Black Warrior River and Five Mile Creek, Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination for canal to connect the Black Warrior River and Five Mile Creek, Alabama, via Valley Creek. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Old Settlers, or Western Cherokee Indians. Memorial of the Old Settlers, or Western Cherokee Indians, praying that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to pay to said Indians the balance remaining subject to his control and reserved out of an appropriation of the sum of $800,386.31, made for the benefit of said Indians in an Act of Congress appropriating said sum of money, approved August 23, 1894...
Preliminary examination of Black River, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Black River, New York. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Wallabout Channel, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Wallabout Channel, New York. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Nyack Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Nyack Harbor, New York. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
J.F. Engle and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the Court in the cases of J.F. Engle, administrator, and Asa C. Remsburg and George W. Remsburg, executors, against the United States. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Mary E. Correll, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Mary E. Correll, executrix, against the United States. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
C.B. McAfee. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Attorney-General submitting an estimate of an appropriation of $100 to recompense C.B. McAfee for legal services. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Raisin River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Raisin River, in Monroe County, Michigan. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, under instructions from the act making appropriations for the Navy for the year ending June 30, 1897, a statement of the claim of the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company for extra compensation for the building of certain vessels. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Survey of White River, Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of White River, Arkansas. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of St. Jones River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of St. Jones River, Delaware. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of North River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of North River, Washington. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Northport Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Northport Harbor, New York. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Neosho River, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Neosho River, Kansas. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Cashie River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Cashie River, North Carolina. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Additional clerks for the Customs division, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting estimate and recommendation for additional clerks in the Customs division, Secretary's office. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of the North Fork of Lewis River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of the North Fork of Lewis River, Washington. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Filtration of water for Capitol building. Letter from the Architect of the United States Capitol, transmitting a statement as to the filtration of water used in the Capitol building, in obedience to a provision in the "Act Making Appropriations to Supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1896," etc. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the Treasury. 1896.
Survey of Niantic Harbor, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Niantic Harbor, Connecticut. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Coldwater River, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Coldwater River, Mississippi. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of the harbor at Portwing, Wis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of harbor at Portwing, Wis. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of La Trappe River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of La Trappe River, Maryland. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Sarah F. Maddux. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Sarah F. Maddux, wife of J.C. Maddux, administrator of Creed T. Wise, deceased, against the United States. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Commissioner of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company to the second session of the Fifty-fourth Congress for the year ended December 5, 1896.
Preliminary examination of Potecasi Creek, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Potecasi Creek, North Carolina. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Smithtown Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Smithtown Harbor, New York. December 21, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, with an inclosure, recommending action for the protection of the interests of the United States in the sale and disposal of certain lands situated in the Chippewa Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota. December 22, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
John Ehs and R.E. Wester, administrators. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the cases of John Ehs and R.E. Wester, administrators, against the United States. December 21, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Colorado River, Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Colorado River, Arizona. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Tuckerton Creek and Flats, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Tuckerton Creek and Flats, New Jersey. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Bonds of the original State of Virginia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a reply to the House Resolution of June 6, 1896, relating to certain bonds in which the old State of Virginia is interested. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
The Quintard Iron Works. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, under instructions from the act making appropriations for the Navy for the year ending June 30, 1897, a statement of the claim made by the builders of the warship Maine, the Quintard Iron Works, for extra compensation. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Henry Tolson, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the Court in the case of Henry Tolson, administrator, against the United States. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Beach Thoroughfare, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Beach Thoroughfare, New Jersey. December 9, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Extension of North Capitol Street. Letter from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives relating to the extension of North Capitol Street through the Prospect Hill Cemetery. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
John W. Burkitt, administrator, and Jane E. Wherry, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the Court in the cases of John W. Burkitt, administrator, and Jane E. Wherry, administratrix, against the United States. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of channel between Brazos River and Galveston Bay, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of channel between Brazos River and Galveston Bay, Texas. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Dividing Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Dividing Creek, New Jersey. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
International catalogue of scientific works. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, with the draft of a proposed Joint Resolution and inclosures from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, recommendations for an appropriation to enable the United States to participate in the work of making an international catalogue of scientific works. December 18, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Suisun Creek, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Suisun Creek, California. December 18, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Salary Commissioner of Education. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an increase of the salary of the Commissioner of Education, and of certain other employees of the Bureau of Education, and of the Interior Department proper. December 15, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Mispillion River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Mispillion River, Delaware. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Coney Island Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Coney Island Creek, New York. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Southport Harbor, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Southport Harbor, Connecticut. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures of United States Fish Commission. Letter from the United States Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries, transmitting a statement showing expenditures under all appropriations for propagation of food-fishes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, and also under certain other appropriations. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered to be printed.
Building for the Library of Congress. Letter from the officer in charge of the construction of the building for the Library of Congress, transmitting his report of the construction of the building for the year ending December 1, 1896. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Survey at Galveston Island, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey for the purpose of further determining the cause of the erosion of the easterly of Galveston Island, Texas. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War transmitting a supplemental estimate for appropriation for National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. December 22, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Richard M. Isler and Lowesky Bouvillian. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the Court in the cases of Richard M. Isler and Lowesky Bouvillian against the United States. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
James H. Kennan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the Court in the case of James H. Kennan against the United States. December 11, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Coney Island Channel, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Coney Island Channel, New York. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of nautical almanac officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an additional estimate of appropriation for salaries, nautical almanac office, for the fiscal year 1898. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for completing two revenue steamers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for completing the two revenue steamers for the Great Lakes. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Survey of White River, Indiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of White River, Indiana. December 9, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Baltimore Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. December 9, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Mary A. Hart. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Mary A. Hart against the United States. December 8, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Catskill Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Catskill Creek, New York. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Josiah C. Ury. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Josiah C. Ury against the United States. December 9, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Sewerage system, Fort Monroe, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the receipts and expenditures of the construction and maintenance of the sewerage system and other improvements, at Fort Monroe, Va. December 8, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of certain officials in the Bureau of Animal Industry. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture submitting certain changes in estimates affecting the salaries of certain officials in the Bureau of Animal Industry. December 8, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Edward E. Eslick, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Edward E. Eslick, administrator, against the United States. December 8, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for rent of building in Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation to cover the cost of one year's rent of the Rand-McNally building in Chicago, which is occupied by federal officials. December 9, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Land adjacent to site for public building at Camden, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury recommending the enactment of legislation to enable his department to acquire certain land adjacent to the site of the new public building at Camden, N.J. December 9, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures by Commissioner of Labor. A letter from the Commissioner of Labor, submitting a statement of all money expended under his direction during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. December 8, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Labor and ordered to be printed.
Extension of Connecticut Avenue. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia reporting the results of their examination of the project for the extension of Connecticut Avenue from Florida Avenue to the district line, with map accompanying. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Survey of harbor at Milwaukee, Wis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Milwaukee Harbor, Wisconsin. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination for channel connecting Flushing Bay and Newtown Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination for channel, connecting Flushing Bay and Newtown Creek, New York. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Ship Island Pass, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Ship Island Pass, Mississippi. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Mohawk River, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Mohawk River, New York. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Menominee Harbor, Michigan and Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Menominee Harbor, Micighan [Michigan] and Wisconsin. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of St. Francis River, Arkansas and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of St. Francis River from the sunk lands to Poplin, Mo. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Fletcher B. Neblett, administrator. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Fletcher B. Nebblett, administrator of Richmond T. Rutledge, deceased, against the United States. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Cedar Creek, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Cedar Creek, Delaware. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Augustine M. Swain. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of heirs of Augustine M. Swain against the United States. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Wading River, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Wading River, New Jersey. December 14, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Milton Taylor and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the cases of Milton Taylor, administrator of Henry Shobe, deceased, Nimrod Shobe, and Solomon Shobe, against the United States. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for defending suits in Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for defending suits in the Court of Claims against the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1897. December 18, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cases dismissed by Court of Claims. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of cases (disposed of since the last former return) wherein the court has found upon preliminary inquiry, that those in whose names the claims are made were not loyal throughout the war. December 15, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency appropriation for printing and binding, State Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for printing and binding, Department of State, for the fiscal year 1897. December 17, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures of the Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, submitting a detailed statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, under the appropriations for "International Exchanges," the "National Museum," the "Astrophysical Observatory," the "National Zoological Park," and "North American Ethnology." December 16, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Marie Eliza Payne. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Marie Eliza Payne against the United States. December 17, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Official emoluments of customs officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments of the officers of the Customs Service received by them during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. December 16, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed.
Estate of William Morris. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of estate of William Morris against the United States. December 17, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Mare Island Strait, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Mare Island Strait, California. December 22, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Ohio River. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Cambridge Harbor, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Cambridge Harbor, Maryland. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
John B. Steadman, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of John B. Steadman, administrator, against the United States. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Napa River, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Napa River, California. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of East Chester Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of East Chester Creek, New York. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for industrial boarding school at White Earth Indian Reservation, Minn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of an appropriation for an industrial boarding school at White Earth Indian Reservation, Minn. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Charlevoix Harbor, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Charlevoix Harbor, Michigan. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
William Strawhorn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of William Strawhorn against the United States. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for the construction of a covered steel lighter. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting estimates for the construction of a covered steel lighter for use at the Brooklyn Navy-yard. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of channel in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of channel in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Christopher Schmidt. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a copy a communication from the German Ambassador, relating to the claim of Christopher Schmidt for damages for injuries sustained through carelessness of United States soldiers at rifle practice. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of west side of Mississippi River, between Fort Madison and Mouth of Skunk River, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Mississippi River. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Alviso Creek, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey of Alviso Creek, California. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for Navy yards and stations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, submitting additional estimates for Navy yards and stations. January 5, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Annapolis Harbor, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Annapolis Harbor, Maryland. December 10, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Oldmans Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Oldmans Creek, New Jersey. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. 		107
Serial set 3506 Report of the Director of the Mint upon the production of the precious metals in the United States during the calendar year 1895. 1
Serial set 3507 Consular reports. September, 1896. Commerce, Manufactures, etc. 1
Serial set 3508 Special consular reports. Money and prices in foreign countries, being a series of reports upon the currency systems of various nations in their relation to prices of commodities and wages of labor. Vol. XIII-Part 1. 1
Serial set 3509 Series 1896-97. Monthly summary of the imports and exports of the United States for the fiscal year 1897. New Series, Vol. IV. Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department. Worthington C. Ford, Chief. 1
Serial set 3510 No. 7. Series 1896-97. Monthly summary of finance and commerce of the United States. January, 1897. Corrected to March 6, 1897. 1
Serial set 3511 Geology of the Castle Mountain mining district, Montana, by Walter Harvey Weed and Louis Valentine Pirsson. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 139.]
Artesian well prospects in the Atlantic coastal plain region, by Nelson Horatio Darton. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 138.]
The geology of the Fort Riley Military Reservation and vicinity, Kansas, by Robert Hay. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 137.]
Report of progress of the Division of Hydrography for the calendar year 1895, by Frederic Haynes Newell. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 140.]
Department of the Interior. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey No. 142. [A brief contribution to the geology and paleontology of Northwestern Louisiana, by T. Wayland Vaughan.]
Eocene deposits of the middle Atlantic slope in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, by William Bullock Clark. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 141.] 		6
Serial set 3512 Earthquakes in California in 1895, by Charles D. Perrine. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 147.]
Bibliography and index of North American geology, paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy for the Year 1895, by Fred Boughton Weeks. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 146.]
Bibliography of clays and the ceramic arts, by John Casper Branner. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 143.]
The Potomac formation in Virginia, by William Morris Fontaine. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 145.]
Analyses of rocks and analytical methods, by F.W. Clarke and W.F. Hillebrand. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 148.]
The Moraines of the Missouri Coteau and their attendant deposits, by James Howard Todd. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 144.]
Bibliography and index of North American geology, paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy for 1896, by Fred Boughton Weeks. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 149.] 		7
Serial set 3513 Twenty-eighth annual list of merchant vessels of the United States, with the official numbers and signal letters awarded them by the Commissioner of Navigation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4177 of the Revised Statutes; also lists and distinguishing signals of vessels of the United States Navy, Quartermaster's Department, U.S.A., Engineer Department, U.S.A., Mississippi and Missouri River Commissions, ... 1
Serial set 3514 The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for the year 1897 second edition. 1
Serial set 3515 Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. [Operations in the Gulf of Mexico, November 1860-June 1861; Operations on the Atlantic Coast, January-May 1861; Operations on the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, January-December 1861; Series 1, Vol. 4] 1
Serial set 3516 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteers Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. December 7, 1896. -- Referred to the Committees on Military Affairs and Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Branch Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Inspector-General of the Army of the annual inspection of the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. February 9, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		2
Serial set 3517 Tenth annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. December 1, 1896. 1
Serial set 3518 United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XXI. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1895. 1
Serial set 3519 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 fiscal year ended June 30, 1896. December 18, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 3520 Bulletin of the Department of Labor. 1