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Serial set 589 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the report of Dr. George B. Loring and Dr. T.O. Edwards, who were appointed to collect facts and information in relation to marine hospitals and the Marine Hospital Fund. January 20, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Colonel McCall's reports in relation to New Mexico. February 10, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 11, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for certain information touching the public moneys, a report of the Treasurer. January 24, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Board of Topographical Engineers on the inundations of the lower Mississippi. January 17,1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the report of Lieutenant Whipple's expedition from San Diego to the Colorado. February 1, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, with lists of the clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year 1850. February 17, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating the report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the Mint and branch Mints during the year 1850. February 4, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, with statements of contracts and purchases made by the bureaus of that Department during the year 1850. January 8, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence in relation to a proposed military road from Dubuque to Fort Clark, in Iowa. January 23, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence in relation to the claim of the owners of the Amistad for compensation, on account of the liberation of the negroes on board that vessel. February 14, 1851. Ordered to be printed, with such of the documents as have not already been printed by order of Congress
Report of the Secretary of State, relative to the resolution of the Senate, calling for information as to the expediency of adopting a graduated scale of diplomatic salaries. February 15, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of the discipline of the Navy, suggesting amendments necessary in consequence of the abolition of flogging. January 10, 1851. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. January 28, 1851. Bill S. No. 430.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, showing the number of insane persons supported by the United States in the lunatic asylums of Maryland, and the cost of transporting them from the District of Columbia. December 26, 1850. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a copy of the report of William Carey Jones, special agent to examine the subject of land titles in California. April 23 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. May 2, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 30, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the report of C. Ellet in reference to the deepening of the passage over the bars at the mouths of the Mississippi. January 30, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the transfer of the survey of the coast from the Treasury to the Navy Department. February 15, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the transfer of the survey of the coast from the Treasury to the Navy Department. February 15, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the room necessary for the proper accommodation of the Patent Office. February 12, 1851. Read. February 15, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, as to the expediency of granting the fort at Chef Menteur Pass to the owner of the land upon which it is erected. February 15, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence in relation to the seizure of the British ship Albion, in Oregon, for a violation of the revenue laws. February 15, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the harbor of New Castle, and other harbors, in the Delaware. February 8, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement showing the quantity and value of certain articles imported into the United States from Canada during the years 1849 and 1850. February 8, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the computation of tables, to be used with the hydrometer recently adopted for use in the United States Custom-houses, made under the superintendence of Professor A.D. Bache, by Professor R.S. McCulloh. February 10, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Finance. February 11, 1851. Committee discharged. February 14, 1851. Ordered to be printed; and that 3,000 additional copies be printed -- 1,500 of which for the use of the Senate, and the remainder for the use of the Treasury Department.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, relative to the drafts drawn by the Mexican government on the Treasury of the United States, under a contract alleged to have been made with I.D. Marks. February 15, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the proceedings of the court-martial in the case of David Butler, late military storekeeper, and the correspondence in relation thereto. February 12, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with an exhibit of contracts authorized by the Department during the years 1849 and 1850; a statement of payments made at the Treasury during the year ending 30th June, 1850; and statement of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund for the same period. February 10, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Secretary of State, containing the correspondence between that Department and the Austrian charge d'affaires respecting the agent sent to Hungary during the recent struggle for independence. December 30, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, with a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms and appendages made and repaired thereat, during the year ending June 30, 1850. January 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence in relation to the possessory rights of the British Hudson's Bay Company in Oregon. February 4, 1851. Ordered to be printed. 		29
Serial set 590 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the trade and commerce of the British American colonies with the United States and other countries since 1829. February 6, 1851. Ordered to be printed. February 8, 1851. Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. 1
Serial set 591 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information in relation to the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. February 19, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report from the Secretary of State, showing the disbursements for the service of that Department, including foreign missions, during the year ending the 30th June, 1851. February 17, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for correspondence in relation to taxation by the government of New Grenada on citizens of the United States when in transitu [i.e., transit] across the Isthmus of Panama, and also in relation to the mail service of the United States at the Isthmus. February 21, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the proceedings of a court-martial on Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, and certain correspondence between the Secretary of the Navy and Commodore Jones. February 24, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the difficulties between the British authorities and San Salvador. March 1, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of W.H. Sidell's survey of a route for a railroad from the Great Bend, on Red River, to Providence, on the Mississippi River. February 28, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence relative to the prisoners captured by the Spanish authorities at or near the island of Contoy; and also the correspondence relative to any projected expedition to the island of Cuba, not heretofore communicated. February 27, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information concerning the forcible abduction of a citizen of the United States, and of his conveyance to be reduced to peon servitude in the Republic of Mexico. March 3, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. 		8
Serial set 592 Memorial of members of the Legislature of Virginia, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamers between the United States and the western coast of Africa. February 11, 1851. Ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying for the extinguishment of the Indian title and the removal of the Indians from certain portions of that territory; payment of the debt growing out of the recent Indian war, and the debt occasioned by the maintenance of the provisional government; establishment of military posts for the protection of emigrants; donations of land to citizens and emigrants; change in the place for delivering the mails transmitted from New York; construction of roads; purchase of the land held by the Puget Sound Agricultural Society; exploration of the territory; establishment of a branch Mint; and the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River. January 6, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Territories. January 10, 1851. Bill S. No. 405.
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from New Harmony, Indiana, to Chester, Illinois. January 24, 1851. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Report of a committee of the Legislature of Virginia on the subject of outstanding Virginia land bounty warrants. January 27, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the President of the Senate pro tempore and the Secretary of the Senate, of the lettings of the printing for the 32d Congress, under the joint resolution of the 3d August, 1846, and the contracts relating to the same. March 3, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the placing of buoys to show the channel over Mosquito Bar. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a donation of land to aid in the construction of the Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a bureau of agriculture. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the enactment of a law granting to the state the public lands therein. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a donation of land for the Alligator and Jacksonville plank road. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the enactment of a law to graduate the price of the public lands in that state. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of a donation of land for the improvement of the Kaskaskia River. February 24, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail between Marianna and Ocheesee, and between Marianna and Abes Spring Bluff, in that state. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to school lands in that state. February 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying an appropriation for the payment of expenses incurred by the provisional government of Oregon in the Cayuse War. February 25, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers of the War of 1812. February 28, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones submitted for consideration the following resolution...
Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at Astoria. February 26, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report and resolution adopted at the Maryland Reform Convention, held at Annapolis, approving of the measures of compromise passed at the last session of Congress. December 18, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of a national railroad from the Pacific Ocean to the Mississippi River. December 30, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the Des Moines and Rock River rapids, in the Mississippi River. January 22, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate with a statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate approved and passed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, for the year ending the 1st December, 1850. January 22, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-first Congress. December 4, 1850.
Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in relation to the course pursued by the senators and representatives of that state in Congress on the question of the admission of California, and the questions before Congress at its late sessions involved in the slavery controversy. December 17, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of granting land to every landless head of a family who will settle and cultivate the same. January 23, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of a reduction of the rates of postage. January 27, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of members of the Virginia Reform Convention, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamers between the United States and the western coast of Africa. February 11, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of granting Fort Atkinson, and the land attached, to the state, for a normal manual-labor and military institute. February 10, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the repair of the public piers at Chester. February 10, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of the completion of Michigan City harbor. February 7, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of granting to soldiers and sailors of the last war with Great Britain, and of the Indian wars, the same quantity of bounty land as was allowed to those who served in the war with Mexico. February 10, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Communication from W.W. Guthrie, on the causes of explosions of steam-boilers, and the remedies to be applied to prevent the loss of life and property resulting therefrom. January 29, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 30, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of a donation of land to aid in the construction of the Alton, Mt. Carmel, and New Albany Railroad, and also the Northern Cross Railroad. January 23, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. 		33
Serial set 593 In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 385.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred certain documents relative to the claim of Charles Melrose...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 416.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Wm. P. Green [i.e., Greene], have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1851. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 427.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Just Settlement of the Accounts of John C. Bergh..."
In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Caroline L. Eustice [i.e., Eustis], report...
In Senate of the United States. December 11, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 369.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William C. Easton, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 392.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the subject of an asylum for invalid soldiers, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred certain documents relative to the claim of Samuel Wilson to be placed on the pension roll for services as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Meribah Chandler, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elijah Buchanan...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Greenbush, Wisconsin, relative to the title to, and disposition of, certain lands in that vicinity alleged to be unsurveyed and not disposed of by the government, report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 402.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Crandall, widow of James Coon, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norris made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 429.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Don B. Juan Domercq, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 426.) The Committee of Claims have had under consideration the petition of Bryan Callaghan, praying compensation for goods used and destroyed by the United States troops under Colonel Harney, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foote, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the memorial of the American Peace Society and numerous other memorials and petitions, praying the adoption of measures for the amicable adjustment of international controversies, reported the following resolution...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Relief of Lewis Hastings," which was passed by the House of Representatives the 8th of March, 1850...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel D. Davis...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.G. Bucknor, executor of John J. Bulow, Jr., praying indemnity for property destroyed by the Seminole Indians, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 434.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Harman Blennerhassett and Joseph Lewis Blennerhassett, sons and only heirs of Harman Blennerhassett, deceased, praying compensation for property destroyed by militia in the service of the United States in 1806...
In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 453.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Ezekiel Lincoln, of Philadelphia, and sundry other memorials from Philadelphia, praying for the establishment of a line of mail steamers from Philadelphia to Rio de Janeiro, in the Empire of Brazil, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 435.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Mary F.B. Levely, widow of Captain Henry Levely, of the privateer service in the War of 1812, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 442.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sally T. Floyd, widow of George R.C. Floyd, formerly a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norris made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 484.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Winslow, in behalf of himself and his sureties, David Winslow and James N. Winslow...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chase made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Reynes, praying for the confirmation of his title to forty thousand arpents of land granted to his father by the Spanish government, or the privilege of locating elsewhere the same quantity, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 477.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Ketcham, for a pension...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 475.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John B. White, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 476.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Chambers C. Mullen, for increase of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the resolution instructing them "to inquire into the justice and expediency of so amending the act passed for the relief of Charlotte Lynch, sole surviving child of the late Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Gray, of the Connecticut line of the Revolutionary Army, as to provide for the payment of an equal share of the amount granted by said act to Charlotte Lynch to the children of her deceased brother, Samuel Gray, as being, equally with the said Charlotte Lynch, representatives of the said Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Gray, and entitled to succeed to his rights," ask leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Ladd for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Ann C. Berger, for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 473.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Brown, for a pension...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Bright, widow of Jacob Bright, for a pension...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hector St. John Beetley for arrears of pensions, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frances Fowler, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 474.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Taylor...
In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Eleazer Williams, praying for a pension...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the legal representatives of John Forbes, deceased, ask leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 481.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jane Irwin, asking compensation for services rendered and losses sustained by the memorialist's father, Colonel Jared Irwin, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 381.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 381) "To Remit the Tolls on the United States Stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, and To Purchase the Shares of Individual Stockholders, and To Make the Navigation of Said Canal Free," have considered the same, and report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, of February 19, 1851, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling upon him for information relating to a recent case of forcible resistance to the execution of the laws of the United States in the City of Boston, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of A.G. & A.W. Benson, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Lieutenant Colonel Abraham R. Woolley, praying for relief, together with the accompanying documents, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 471.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case,' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the act for the relief of Aldin [i.e., Alden] & Williams...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Victor Morass, praying a grant of land in lieu of certain lands confirmed to him by Congress, but sold to other persons by the United States, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 403.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Wormsley, accord with the views entertained and reported by the committee on the 3d of January, 1849, and adopt the same as part of their report, and report a bill for his relief...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Smith and others, citizens of the State of New Hampshire, praying "that widows of Revolutionary soldiers who have married since the year 1800 may be placed on the same footing as those married prior to that time," beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas B. Livingston, United States consul at Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, had had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 446.) The Committee on Pensions, who, by the resolution of the Senate of August 26, 1850, were "instructed to examine and report on the propriety of allowing a pension to Emelie Hooe," widow of Brevet Major Alexander Seymour Hooe...
In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the representative of William Russwurm, praying to be allowed interest on commutation pay, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Mary Pike, Widow of Ezra Pike," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution directing said committee to inquire and report at what period the term of service of a senator appointed by the executive of a state, during the recess of the legislature thereof, rightfully expires...
In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna McLean, for a pension, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 437.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Wright, widow of James Wright, and the petition of the citizens of Boston, praying that a pension be allowed to the said Nancy Wright, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 432.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William B. Hart, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 451.) The Committee of Claims have had the same under consideration the petition of Richard Mackall, praying indemnity for the destruction of his property by the British during the War of 1812, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 424.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Harriet R.F. Capron, widow of the late Captain E.A. Capron, of the first regiment United States Artillery, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Nathan King, an officer in the Army of the Revolution, praying commutation pay...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 83, "for the Relief of William Slocum, of New York," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert Butler, late surveyor general of Florida, praying compensation for extra labor in that office, and for the allowance of certain items of account rejected at the department, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William H. Harrison, for a pensions, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard G. Dove, praying increased compensation for duties performed as assistant messenger in the Third Auditor's office...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of certain citizens and seamen of the City of Philadelphia, praying that bounty land and extra pay be granted to the seamen of the Navy who were engaged in the war with Mexico, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of H.R. Robards, asking "payment of a balance due him as surgeon in the Army during the late war with Mexico, and for extra pay," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Asenath M. Elliott, widow of Captain E.G. Elliott, of the United States Army, praying for a pension...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of E.P. Hale, late assistant surgeon United States Army, for arrearages of pay, allowance for transportation, extra pay, and bounty land, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of S.G. Grover and others, praying for an amendment to the pension laws...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Act H.R. No. 271.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 271, entitled "An Act for the Relief of George C. Thomas," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, from the Committee on Public Buildings, made the following report: The Committee of the Senate to whom was referred the subject of the enlargement of the Capitol building, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norris made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of certain clerks who have been employed in the Second Auditor's office, asking additional compensation, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norris made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Derbis, in behalf of himself, Ernest Eude, and Clement Duhamel, submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles W. Carroll, praying redress for injuries suffered in consequence of his arrest and detention on a false charge of being a deserter from the recruits enlisted for the Army, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Hester L. Henry, widow of General William Henry, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham L. Knickerbocker, for a pension...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Edith Forns, widow of Edmund Forns, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Smith Wetmore, for a pension, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Whitcomb made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 460.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary B. Renner, made the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 158.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 158, being "A Bill for the Relief of Certain Surviving Widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War," also a letter from C.L. Harrington relative to pension laws, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: (To accompany Act H.R. No. 268.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 268, entitled "An Act For the Relief of James F. Green, " report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norris made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Tobias Purrington, a clerk in the Second Comptroller's office, asking additional compensation for his services, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norris made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 459.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John McAvoy, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Davis Tucker, praying for arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire whether the clause in the first section of the act of September 28, 1850, providing for the construction of a sectional or balance floating dry-dock, basin, and railway at such harbor on the coast of the Pacific as the Secretary of the Navy may select, can be so amended, and the plan so modified, as to save a large amount of public money," have had the same under their consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas M. Hope, praying reimbursement of moneys paid out by him as United States marshal for the district of Illinois, and disallowed him by the accounting officers of the Treasury, having had the same under consideration, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Emily [i.e. Emma] C.B. Thompson, widow of Captain Ch. C.B. Thompson, late of the United States Navy, praying for an increase of pension, and that the same be continued to her during her life...
In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of A.W. Burns, late assistant paymaster United States Army, praying to be allowed a balance found against him on the final settlement of his accounts, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel M. Bootes...
In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of officers and soldiers of the Army who served in California...
In Senate of the United States. January 2, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the subject of courts-martial and punishments in the Army...
In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 395.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Dunning, praying interest on account of the delay in paying him an amount due under a contract with an officer of the government, having had the same under consideration, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Evelina Porter, widow of the late Commodore David Porter, praying for a pension, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the construction of a military road from Council Bluffs, on Missouri River, to Sacramento City, in California, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 42.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution to amend the act of September 28, 1850, for the payment of a company of Indian volunteers...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of P.A.S. Dearborn, widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Greenleaf [i.e., Greenlief] Dearborn...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Winthrop made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 401.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Martha Gray...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of H.H. Cooley and others, citizens of Cayuga County, in the State of New York, praying that a pension be allowed to Phebe Morris, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of J.D. Pollok, in behalf of the heir of William Harper, deceased, for a grant of one hundred and sixty acres of the public lands, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 413.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Jemison and Benjamin Williamson...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the report of the Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to damages sustained by purchasers of certain lands, owing to erroneous or fraudulent surveys, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the "petition of F.W. Jobson, praying payment for carrying the mail," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 415.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the consideration of the petition of Robert D. Sewall, as executor of Robert Sewall, deceased, praying compensation for the property of said Robert Sewall destroyed by the public enemy during the late war with Great Britain...
In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1850. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and professors of William and Mary College, in the State of Virginia, praying compensation for the destruction of certain buildings during the Revolutionary War, ask leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 443.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the "petition of Josiah Snow and A. Bangs and their associates, praying the right of way and subscription to the stock of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the reply of the Secretary of War to the resolution of the Senate of September 30, 1850, directing him to ascertain the opinion of the officers of the Ordnance Bureau and of the United States mounted regiments as to the relative efficiency of the repeating pistols invented by Samuel Colt and other inventors...
In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 436.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Lavinia Taylor, asking to be allowed a pension, beg leave to report... 		104
Serial set 594 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the second session of the Thirty-first Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1850, in the seventy-fifth year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 595 Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-first Congress. December 2, 1850. Read, referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and 15,000 extra copies, with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 596 Balances of appropriations, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of balances of appropriations, &c. December 10, 1850. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts for the 3d and 4th quarters of 1849, and the 1st and 2d quarters of 1850. December 5, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Indians -- Mexican frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Mexican minister relative to Indian incursions upon the Mexican frontier. December 10, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement showing the receipts and expenditures on account of the Navy Pension Fund. December 10, 1850. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. 		4
Serial set 597 Finance report. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury showing the receipts and expenditures, &c., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850. December 17, 1850. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed for the use of the House, and 1,000 extra copies for the use of the Treasury Department.
Land Office report. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 10, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Pensioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting sundry lists of pensioners. December 10, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Texas boundary. Message from the President of the United States, announcing to Congress the agreement by Texas to the propositions of boundary offered by a late act of Congress. December 16, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. December 16, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department. December 16, 1850. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. 		6
Serial set 598 Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year ending November, 1850. December 19, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Registered American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns showing the number of American seamen registered in the several ports of entry of the United States, &c. January 10, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Charles F. Sibbald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting information relative to the claim of Charles F. Sibbald. January 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Light-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the general superintendent of the light-house establishment. December 20, 1850. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. January 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 10, 1851. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses of the national armories, &c. January 3, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Claim of Sibbald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of Mr. McCulloh in reference to the claim of Charles F. Sibbald. January 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Commissioner of Public Buildings -- contracts. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all contracts made in his office from 1st December, 1849, to 1st December, 1850, &c. December 20, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Emigration. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement showing the number of emigrants to this country during the year 1850. January 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
General Patterson's route of march. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the route of General Patterson's division from Matamoras to Victoria. December 19, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. 		11
Serial set 599 Marine condensers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a communication on the subject of condensers. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting list of balances, &c. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Pay of Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the pay, &c., allowed officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. January 21, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Dry-dock in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reference to a dry-dock in California. January 22, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Contracts, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an exhibit of contracts, &c., &c. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Mint and branches. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Mint and branches. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Clerks in Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed
Clerks in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks employed in that Department. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Balances of Customs. Letter from the Commissioner of Customs, transmitting a statement of balances due from officers of the Customs. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Charles Borland, agent, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in reference to the appointment of Charles Borland, &c. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the general annual return of the militia of the United States. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in reference to the Chickasaw fund. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements in reference to the contingent expenses of that Department. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Light-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report respecting light-houses. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Frauds upon the revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to frauds upon the revenue. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Department of the Navy, &c. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Supplying Washington City with water. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the subject of supplying pure water to the City of Washington. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting his annual report for 1850. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting lists of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Balances. Letter from the First Comptroller, transmitting lists of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor and of the Register of the Treasury. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department during the year 1850. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Contracts, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts and purchases, &c. January 10, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an estimate of the sums of money expected to be required for the service of the Department for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1851. January 20, 1851. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Clerks, &c., of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks and others employed in that Department. January 21, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Rank in the Army and Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports relative to rank, &c., in the Army and Navy. January 21, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Indian bureau. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication relative to the re-organization of the Office of Indian Affairs. February 11, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contingent expenses, &c. January 10, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the War Department.
Employees -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of persons employed, &c. January 21, 1851. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. 		31
Serial set 600 Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1850. Part I. Arts and manufactures. 1
Serial set 601 Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1850. Part II. Agriculture. 1
Serial set 602 Opinions of Attorneys General. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting opinions of Attorneys General. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 603 [Opinions of Attorneys General. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting opinions of Attorneys General. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.] 1
Serial set 604 Commerce and navigation. Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending the 30th June, 1850. January 1, 1851. 1
Serial set 605 Industrial exhibition. Letter from the Executive Committee, transmitting a copy of their proceedings in regard to the contemplated industrial exhibition at London. January 23, 1851. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Resolution of the General Assembly of Florida, asking an appropriation of land to aid in the construction of a plank road from Jacksonville to Alligator. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Florida volunteers. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Florida, relative to the payment of certain companies of volunteers. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions and memorial of the Legislature and Governor of Florida, for a grant of land to aid in construction of a railroad from the Atlantic to the Gulf. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S., in compliance with the act to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes, passed July 4, 1836. June 2, 1851.
Resolution of the General Assembly of Florida, in reference to losses sustained by citizens of Florida in the Seminole War. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the General Assembly of Florida, asking a cession to the State of Florida of the public lands in said state. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Calhoun County, Fla. -- grant of land. Resolution of the General Assembly of Florida, relative to a quarter-section of land for the county site of Calhoun County. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of Florida, relative to the sixteenth sections. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Public printing. Report of the Speaker of the House of Representatives U.S. and the Clerk of the House, of the lettings of the printing for the 32d Congress, under the joint resolution of the 3d August, 1846, and the contracts relating to the same. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Death of General Taylor. Letter from the Mayor of Cincinnati, transmitting the proceedings of citizens of that city in reference to the death of General Taylor. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of Florida, for the establishment of a bureau of agriculture. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Home industry. Resolutions of the State of North Carolina, in reference to the encouragement of home industry. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Levi F. Mocher. Resolution of the General Assembly of Florida, relative to the claim of Levi F. Mocher, deceased. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of Florida, in favor of a graduation of the price of the public lands. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
list of reports to be made to Congress, at the second session of the Thirty-first Congress, by public officers.
Western interests. Memorial from a meeting of citizens of the West, held at Evansville, Indiana, on the subject of western interests. December 18, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Mississippi -- senators and representatives. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in relation to the senators and representatives in Congress from that state. December 23, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in reference to slavery. December 16, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Land to heads of families, &c. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, asking land for landless heads of families, &c. January 22, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, &c. January 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. 		21
Serial set 606 Captain J.L. Fremont. February 18, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Dauphin Island. February 18, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
J. Alexis Porte [i.e., Port]. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
David Duke. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Jeremiah Ireland. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Osborn [i.e., Osborne] Cross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 485.) March 3, 1851.
E.M. Chamberlain. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Robert M. Walsh. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John H. Naff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) March 3, 1851.
Fleming Wood. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mary Ann Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) March 3, 1851.
Nicholas Boilvin. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Alexander Ray. January 29, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J.W. Jackson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander Ray, guardian of the children of Templin W. Rose, report...
Mary Woodbury and Elizabeth Odell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) January 29, 1851
Samuel T. Cooper. January 22, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Opinions of Attorneys General. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 32.) January 22, 1851.
Matthew Jack -- heirs of. January 22, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Peter Randon. January 29, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Captain William Armstrong -- legal representatives of. January 29, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Sureties of Samuel H. Bunch. January 29, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mary Baury. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Anthony G. Willis's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) February 18, 1851.
Augustus Buchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) February 18, 1851.
Georgia battalion. February 18, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Tennessee Volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 304.) February 18, 1851.
Captain George P. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) February 18, 1851.
Naval service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 473.) February 20, 1851.
Increase of Engineer corps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) February 18, 1851.
Lieut. Thomas J. Churchill. February 18, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
David Witherow. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed
William Alexander. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Jeremiah Smith. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Hannah Cock. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
James Cahill. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Nancy Thompson. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Rachel McMurphy. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
David Troxel [i.e., Troxell]. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Modification of bounty land law. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Charles C. Carson, et al. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
William Thomas. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Charlotte Granger. March 3, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
R.B. Sumner, et al. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
F. Manzy and R.G. Ward. (To accompany J.R. No. 41.) March 3, 1851.
Peter G. Washington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) March 3, 1851.
John M. Handsby. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Legal representatives of Joseph Janney and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) March 3, 1851.
Christian Roselius. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
James Frazier. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Devereux D. Bartlett. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Practice of state courts, &c. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Samuel Quinton. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Susan Cook. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Interest to the State of New Hampshire. (To accompany Bill No. 449.) March 3, 1851.
Mary A. Kendle. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Philema Phelps, widow. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
David Towle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) March 3, 1851.
Richard H. Nodine, et al. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Steamers between California and China. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) February 19, 1851.
Reports of the Supreme Court. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Colonel Ebenezer Gray, deceased. (To accompany J.R. No. 40.) March 3, 1851.
American Colonization Society. (To accompany Bill S. No. 4.) December 12, 1850
Moses Head. January 22, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Lieutenant W.J. Sherman. February 18, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant W.J. Sherman for increased pay while serving as assistant adjutant general in the tenth military division, beg leave to report...
Hon. Thomas Irvine. February 26, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Hanna Avery. March 1, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Charles F. Sibbald. (To accompany Bill S.R. No. 15.) March 1, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Intercourse with the Indian tribes. (To accompany Bill S. No. 293.) February 25, 1851.
Roswell Tarbox. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
William K. Blair. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Gershom Munchester. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Sarah Teas. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Maria Hills. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Mary Hoskins. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Aaron Stafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) March 3, 1851.
Robert Baker. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Specifications of applicants for patents, &c. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
George Nix. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Francis Tribon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) March 3, 1851.
James Crooks. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
P.J. Farnham & Co. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Post road from Fort Smith to San Diego. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) March 3, 1851.
Jared Perkins. December 16, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Jacob Banta. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) January 22, 1851.
Jacob Kerr. January 22, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Peter Straber -- heirs of. January 22, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Peter Dygert -- heirs of. January 22, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
New Bedford fortifications. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) February 6, 1851.
Reimburse Vermont for militia services. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) February 6, 1851.
Horatio Boultbee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) February 6, 1851.
William S. Messervy. February 6, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
A.C. French and others -- for Jacob Shy. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Augustus Steele. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 484.) March 3, 1851.
Statue of America. (To accompany J.R. No. 42.) March 3, 1851.
Military reserve on the St. Peter's River. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Bounty land. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432.) January 6, 1851.
John Baldwin. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
James A. Fawns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) March 3, 1851.
Patent laws. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
James S. Buckley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 488.) March 3, 1851.
Captain F. Forrest, U.S. Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 494.) March 3, 1851.
Portugal -- wines, &c. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Washington Gas Light Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 489.) March 3, 1851.
William H. Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 491.) March 3, 1851.
James H. Jenkins. March 3, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John Frazier and John Reed. January 21, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Hyacinth Riopell and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 412.) December 12, 1850.
First Christian and Orchard parties Oneida Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 450.) January 29, 1851.
Clarissa Marvin. March 3, 1851. Ordered to be printed. 		108
Serial set 607 Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, correspondence between the State Department and the United States Minister at Constantinople, respecting the liberation of Kossuth and his companions. March 11, 1851. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Fifth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, during the year 1850. March 1, 1851. Read. March 7, 1851. Ordered, that the report of the Smithsonian Institution be printed; and that three thousand additional copies be printed -- one thousand copies of which for the use of the Smithsonian Institution.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the orders by which Brevet Colonel Plympton was assigned to duty according to his brevet rank, together with the correspondence in relation thereto. March 1, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table. March 7, 1851. Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Hon. D.L. Yulee, stating the reasons which will induce him to contest the seat of the Hon. Stephen R. Mallory, who was declared to be elected the Senator from Florida for the ensuing term. March 8, 1851. Read and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, relative to the construction to be given to the act of September 20, 1850, so far as it relates to the mileage of senators from California. March 10, 1851. Submitted and ordered to be printed. 		5
Serial set 608 Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains, by Howard Stansbury, Captain Corps Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. 1