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Serial set 664 Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants United States Navy. Part II. By Lt. Lardner Gibbon 1
Serial set 665 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from Mr. Bartlett on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement from the Auditor for that Department, relative to the postage collected under the postal treaty with Great Britain. February 23, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report of Edward F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, respecting the condition of Indian affairs in that state. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Postmaster General, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate calling for copies of propositions made, or contracts entered into, for the transportation of the mails from New York, New Orleans, and Vera Cruz, to San Francisco. February 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, respecting the settlement of the accounts of Mr. Williamson and Mr. Clarke, disbursing agents of the Department of the Interior, for payments made and money advanced to Joseph C.G. Kennedy, as secretary of the Census Board. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the defence of Portland, the entrance of the Kennebec River, and the entrance of the Penobscot River. February 26, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of Lieutenant Meigs, with surveys, plans, and estimates for supplying the cities of Washington and Georgetown with water. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered, that 2,000 extra copies be printed -- 500 copies thereof for Lieut., Meigs, 1,000 for the City of Washington, and 500 for the City of Georgetown.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the establishment of permanent arsenals and depots of arms on the Pacific, the Gulf, the Southern Atlantic and the Northern Atlantic coasts. February 22, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, communicating abstracts of the diplomatic and consular correspondence, in that Department, respecting the commercial regulations of foreign nations. February 26, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the commission appointed to examine the qualities of the coal-fields and coal-mines on the western waters. February 21, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the board of officers recently appointed to make a survey and examination of the various plans for canals around the falls of the Ohio River. February 16, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate for information in relation to the defence of the harbor of San Francisco. February 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 17, 1853. -- Discharged, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the establishment of a line of mail and war steamers between the western coast of the United States and the free ports of China. February 22, 1853. -- Referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. February 23, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message from the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, embodying the substance of recent communications from the British Minister on the subject of the inter-oceanic canal, by the Nicaragua route. February 19, 1853. -- 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 in relation to the fisheries on the coasts of Florida. February 21, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. 		15
Serial set 666 Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852. By Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth Infantry U.S. Army; assisted by George B. McClellan, survey captain U.S. Engineers. 1
Serial set 667 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Volume IX. Part I. Arts and manufactures.
Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Part II. Agriculture. 		2
Serial set 668 Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, by Captain Sitgreaves. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed; and that 2,000 extra copies be printed, 200 of which for Captain Sitgreaves. 1
Serial set 669 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1852. Volume XI. [Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year 1852. March 1, 1853... 1
Serial set 670 Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the states bordering on the Pacific. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land to Wakulla County, to enable the people of that county to purchase a county site and erect a court-house. January 24, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of a grant of land for the establishment of institutions for the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind of that state. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear River. February 7, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 13, 1852.
Petition of Selina C. Sumner, praying a gratuity in consideration of the discovery by her husband, Thomas H. Sumner, of a new method of finding a ship's position at sea. December 14, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. December 16, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the State of Georgia, in behalf of herself and the State of Alabama, praying indemnity for damages committed upon the citizens of those states by the Creek Indians in 1836-'37. December 20, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Statement by the Secretary of the Senate of the sums paid under the resolutions of the Senate of August 30, 1852. Prepared and printed by order of the Senate.
Memorial of a committee appointed at a railroad convention, held at Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 4th of July, 1852, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. December 27, 1852. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a land office at Tampa, in that state. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an appropriation of land for a geological survey of the state. January 3, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the sale of so much of the public lands contiguous to the Navy yard at Pensacola as may not be necessary for the public use. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the removal of the obstructions to navigation in the Ocklawaha River. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the survey of the line of the half-breed tract in Lee County. February 11, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed
Petition of Philip Gormley, a contractor for hauling stone for the addition to the Capitol, representing that he has been defrauded by Samuel Strong, the late superintendent of the work, and praying indemnity. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Frauds, &c., and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the erection of a marine hospital at or near Smithville or Wilmington, in that state, and the abolition of the duty on railroad iron. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that so much as relates to the marine hospital be referred to the Committee on Commerce, and so much as relates to railroad iron to the Committee on Finance.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a grant of the right of way to New Albany and Salem Railroad Company, and to other railroad companies. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a liberal appropriation for the improvement of Michigan City harbor. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a change in the mail route from Tampa to Fort Mellon, and the establishment of a mail route, by water, from Tampa to Old Tampa Bay. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida in favor of the removal of obstructions at the bar of Volusia, on Lake George, Florida. January 3, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail between Appalachilola, Florida, and Bainbridge, Georgia. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting land to heads of families. February 10, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a grant of land to indemnify the state for loss sustained by the failure of the title to a portion of the lands granted to the state for a seminary of learning. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the granting of land to the state for railroads, and other purposes. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, on stipulated arbitration as a substitute for war. February 15, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of Shoal River. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the erection of light-houses at certain places on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an extension of the Champagnole land district. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Van Buren, in that state, to Springfield, Missouri. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to navigation in Yellow River. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Seventh annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution during the year 1852, and the proceedings of the Board of Regents up to date. [Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the annual report of the Board of Regents. March 1, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.]
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in his office during the year 1852. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a port of delivery at Bayport, in that state. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 4, 1852. January, 3, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, declaring that the state is bound to enforce her rights, under the treaty of Payne's Landing, by expelling the Seminole Indians. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the legislature of Florida, asking permission to use the United States arsenal in Gadsden County as a depository for the arms belonging to the state. February 17, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Thomasville, in Georgia, to Alligator, in Florida. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Francis W. Rice, late United States consul at Acapulco, in Mexico, relative to the outrages committed upon him and other American citizens by the Mexican authorities. February 4, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana side of the river. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relating to the reciprocity of trade between the United States and the Canadian provinces. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying that the proposed railroad to the Pacific may pass through that territory, and that a line of telegraphs may be established in connexion with it. February 10, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the amount paid for documents, books, and maps printed or purchased for distribution by order of the Senate since the 1st May, 1832. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, relative to the selection of school lands in fractional sections. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the payment of the net proceeds of the sale of lands within that state, in accordance with the compact between the state and the general government. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of Palatka as a port of delivery. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Dixon to report the Joint Resolution (S. 69) declaratory of the views of the United States respecting colonization on the North American continent by European powers...
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land to Sumpter County, for the purpose of building a courthouse. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the appointment of an agent to examine the archives of Cuba, and copy all manuscripts relating to the early history of Florida or any other state of the Union. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the claim of James M. Bates. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an additional donation of public land to the University of Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an appropriation for removing the obstructions to navigation in the St. Francis River. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of the President of the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of that road. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 		53
Serial set 671 In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report. The Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of so regulating the emoluments of persons employed by the Senate, as to provide such a regular compensation for them as may be sufficient without the extra allowances which it has been usual to give them...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ann Dudley, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. James made the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the memorial of Levi L. Hill, in reference to his alleged discovery in heliochrome, or sun-painting, -- so denominated by said Hill -- ask leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Harriet O. Read, executrix of the late Lieutenant Colonel A.C.W. Fanning, of the United States Army, make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the mode in which the Marine Corps is supplied with clothing, arms, subsistence, &c., and also to inquire into the expediency of a thorough reorganization of said Corps, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 641.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Elias P. West, praying compensation for his services as United States District Attorney, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1852. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 564.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. McElderry, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1852. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564 [i.e., 569.] The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Morris, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1852. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John W. Phillips, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Edwin James, Sr., and Edwin James, Jr., praying compensation for loss sustained by the abrogation of contracts for certain public surveys, respectfully report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1852. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 567.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the claims of Maine and Massachusetts to indemnity for lands conveyed by said states to enable the government of the United States to fulfil stipulations in the Treaty of Washington...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 575.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Interior on certain private land claims within the Bastrop grant in Louisiana, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith made the following report: (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the court of inquiry in relation to the loss of the United States steamer Edith, charges of Lieutenant Craven against Commodore Jones, correspondence in relation to the erection of a steam saw-mill at San Francisco, Commodore Jones's charges against Lieutenant Craven, and correspondence in relation to the appointment and transportation of Lieutenant Meade, and other officers, for the steamer Edith, from Boston to the Pacific, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Mason made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 4th January...
In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom it was referred to inquire into and report to the Senate, "what sum, if any, is equitably and justly due from the United States to the Menomonee tribe of Indians; and on what terms and conditions, and in what manner, such sum should be paid to said Indians," have had the inquiry under consideration, and now ask leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry M. Rice, praying remuneration for expenses incurred in subsisting certain Winnebago Indians, and in preventing them from returning to the State of Wisconsin and Iowa, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of James Robertson, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The select committee to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, under date of January 12, 1853, upon the subject of the Mexican boundary, beg leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 628.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Varn, sen., report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 614.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram O. Alden and James Eddy, asking for the right of way for a telegraph to the Pacific, and a grant of land in aid of the construction of such telegraph, having considered the same, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of David W. Alexander, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain papers relating to the claim of Jacob Cole to arrears of pension alleged to be due his father, on account of services during the War of the Revolution, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 576.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Sylvanus Culver, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 625.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the claims of Joseph Nock for damages arising from the annulment of his contract for supplying the Post Office Department with mail locks and keys, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Tell Zollickoffer for arrears of pensions, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 615.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.H. Henderson and the heirs of Robert Henderson, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor Adam Hays for arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Elisha Putnam, praying payment of arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred numerous petitions praying for the adoption of such measures as may secure to our citizens resident in foreign countries the right freely and openly to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 78.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Ritchie for relief on his contract as assignee of W.M. Belt, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the memorials of citizens of Lee County, in the State of Iowa, praying the appointment of a commissioner to examine and settle all claims for land in the Sac and Fox half-breed reservations, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Badger made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 590.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Stearns, praying to be allowed indemnity for expenses incurred by him in defending his title to certain lots of ground claimed by the United States, and for expenses incurred in two criminal prosecutions brought against him by the United States authorities at Springfield -- one for riot and one for malicious trespass on the lands of the United States -- have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 592.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Mitchell for pay and bounty land as a soldier in the last war with Great Britain, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Charlton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 597.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Mary Perry, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 600.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Foster and others, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jabez Rogers, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 593.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, of January 23, 1851, "relative to the pension of Silas Messenger," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Louisa E. Merrill, praying a renewal of her pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rhoda Frisbee, with accompanying documents, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna Norton and Louis Foskit, heirs of Zephaniah Ross, deceased, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 634.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Gusman, praying the confirmation of a certain land claim, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 646.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of David Herrick and others, citizens of Brooklin and Sedgwick, Maine, praying that fishing bounty may be allowed to the owners of the schooner Union, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 629.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Joyner...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 645.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. A. Burt, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents or papers relating to the services of John Walker in the War of 1812, and to his claim to a pension and bounty land, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A.W. Denham, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 574.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having had under consideration the organization of the naval establishment of the United States, and the Navy Department, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 585.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrators of John Anderson, together with the papers on file in the case, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the several memorials of Captain William Waldo, and of a committee of citizens of the City of Sacramento...
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas M. Iardella, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. The committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Gray, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents and papers relating to the claim of Aaron H. Hoyt to a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Foot made the following report. The Select Committee to whom was referred the petition of James S. French, asking an appropriation of Congress for the purpose of testing the practical value of a new plan of railroad and locomotive-engine...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 616.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah Lawrence, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 621.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albert G. Howell, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 623.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William B. Scott, late Navy agent, praying the settlement of his accounts upon the principles of equity and justice, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 611.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amos Knapp, praying that the pension allowed to him by the act for his relief approved the 12th of July, 1852, may be made to commence on the 3d of April, 1848, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 601.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents and papers in support of the claims of Moses Olmstead to a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Scruggs for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Corrigan, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 605.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Brognard, with the accompanying documents...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Nancy Whiting, widow of Henry Whiting, an officer in the Army during the last war with Great Britain, praying a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abner Hancock, asking that his pension may commence "from the date of his disability," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Allen, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 604.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Selina Sumner, wife of Thos. H. Sumner, late a master mariner, having considered the facts alleged, and the proofs adduced in support thereof, report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Roger Pinckney and Susannah Hayne Pinckney, heirs at law of Richard Shubrick, deceased, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the American Peace Society, signed by its principal officers, and various other memorials, numerously signed, from many states of the Union, praying for the adoption of measures to avert the evils of war, and suggesting the propriety of "securing in our treaties with other nations a provision for referring to the decision of umpires all misunderstandings that cannot be satisfactorily adjusted by amicable negotiation," have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom the memorial of J. Thomas, proprietor of the Irving Hotel, in the City of Washington, was referred, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. January 20, 1853. -- Motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. January 21, 1853. -- Report in favor of printing made and concurred in. Mr. Badger made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred sundry petitions praying Congress to abolish the office of chaplain...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 589.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary C. Hamilton, widow of Captain Fowler Hamilton, late of the United States Army, for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain additional documents and papers in relation to the claim of Hugh W. Dobbin, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the President's message of the 18th January, 1853, in relation to the Seminole Indians in Florida, and their refusal to abide by the treaty for their removal west of the Mississippi, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Badger made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 71.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of L.E.L.A. Lawson, sole surviving child and heiress of General Eleazer [i.e., Eleazar] W. Ripley...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report. (To accompany an amendment intended to be proposed to the act (H.R. 336) "Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year Ending June 30, 1854.") The select committee, to which were referred the various memorials in regard to the discovery of the means by which the human body is rendered uniformly and safely insensible to pain under surgical operations, has had the subject under consideration, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 647.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, report... 		75
Serial set 672 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Thirty-second Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1852; and in the seventy-seventh year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 673 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 6, 1852. -- Read. December 7, 1852. -- Ordered, that the message be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and printed; and that 15,000 extra copies, with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the House. Volume I. Part I. 1
Serial set 674 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 6, 1852. -- Read. December 7, 1852. -- Ordered, that the message be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and printed; and that 15,000 extra copies, with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the House. Volume I. Part II. 1
Serial set 675 American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of American seamen. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates, &c., for continuing river and harbor improvements. December 23, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1854. December 10, 1852.
Additional estimates -- Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the Indian service, &c. December 23, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the 3d and 4th quarters of 1851, and 1st and 2d quarters of 1852. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. 		5
Serial set 676 Schooner Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Spanish minister relative to the case of the Amistad. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of the Navy Pension Fund. December 30, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations and balances. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Additional estimate -- Navy hospital, Norfolk. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the Chief of the Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks, asking an additional estimate for the Navy hospital at Norfolk. December 30, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks and other employees of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting list of clerks, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts for 1852. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of accounts, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the Indians remaining in Florida. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Willard Richards, Acting Secretary of Utah. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Comptroller recommending an appropriation for the payment of Willard Richards, while acting as Secretary of Utah. January 5, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Estimate -- Congressional Library. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate to cover deficiency in the appropriation for repairing the Congressional Library. January 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Midshipmen. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the number of midshipmen to each state, &c. January 14, 1853. --Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Finances. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered, that 13,000 extra copies of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, and 2,000 copies of the portion of it relating exclusively to the fisheries, be printed separately, for the use of the House.
Reports of Surveyors General of California and Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting annual reports of the Surveyors General of California and Oregon. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered, that there be printed for the use of the Commissioner of the General Land Office 1,000 copies of the supplement to the annual report of said Commissioner for the year 1852-'53.
Estimates P.O. Department -- explanation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Auditor of the Post Office Department, in explanation of estimates heretofore submitted. January 5, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. 		17
Serial set 677 Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of contracts entered into by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and an abstract of offers to furnish articles under the cognizance of that Bureau. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. February 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Penitentiary, D.C. -- report of Inspectors. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
Minnesota -- expenses of Legislative Assembly. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of expenses of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota. February 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statement of balances, &c. February 2, 1853. Ordered to be printed.
Fisheries and commercial reciprocity with Canada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the subject of the fisheries and commercial reciprocity with Canada. February 8, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Balances -- officers of the Customs. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Customs, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Lieutenant Browning. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in reference to the claim of the heirs of Lieutenant Browning. January 25, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Custom-house officers -- additional pay. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to claims of Custom-house officers for additional pay. January 25, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register. February 1, 1853. Ordered to be printed.
Claims on Spain -- barque " Georgiana" and brig "Susan Loud." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in reference to the claims on Spain in the cases of barque "Georgiana" and brig "Susan Loud." January 21, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts for receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks of the War Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Weighers and gaugers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications respecting the compensation of weighers and gaugers. February 1, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Contingencies War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of expenditures for contingencies of the War Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement in reference to the national armories. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pay of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting tabular statements showing the pay and allowances of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, &c. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingencies -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the Navy Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. 		19
Serial set 678 Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenants United States Navy. Volume V. Part I. By Lieut. Herndon. 1
Serial set 679 Army Register for year ending June, 1850. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting transcript of the official Army Register for the year ending June 30, 1850. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Revenue cutter on Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the building a revenue cutter for the Pacific coast. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the Navy Register for 1853. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for that Department. February 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Navy steamers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information respecting Navy steamers built since 1835. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Inter-oceanic canal -- Nicaragua route. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the inter-oceanic canal by the Nicaragua route. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Marine Hospital Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army Register for year ending June 30, 1851. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the official Army Register for the year ending 30th June, 1851. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
State Department -- contingent expenses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of contingent expenses of the State Department, statement of balances, &c. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting lists of the clerks and others employed in the Department of the Interior. February 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army Register for year ending June 30, 1852. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register for the year ending 30th June, 1852. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Estimates for salaries of inspectors of steamboats. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of appropriations for salaries of supervising and local inspectors of passenger steamboats. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Cape Vincent harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Topographical Bureau in reference to the harbor of Cape Vincent. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting tabular statements showing the number, &c., of passengers who arrived in the United States during the last year. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting lists of clerks, &c. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Militia of the States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstract of returns of the militia of all the states. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting list of clerks. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Chickasaw trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the Chickasaw trust funds. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed
Receipts and disbursements -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. 		19
Serial set 680 Mail contracts, etc. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of mail contracts, &c. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 681 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1852. Volume VIII. 1
Serial set 682 Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting his annual report. March 2, 1853. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered that 110,000 extra copies of the agricultural, and 60,000 extra of the mechanical part, be printed; 10,000 of each of which are for the use of the Patent Office. 1
Serial set 683 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Volume IX. Part II. Agriculture. 1