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Serial set 893 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 18, 1856. Resolved, that there be printed for the use of the members of this House, eighteen thousand six hundred copies of the annual message of the President, together with the accompanying documents, and that two hundred additional copies of the said message and documents be printed and furnished to each of the Secretaries of the State, War, Navy, Treasury and Interior Departments, the Attorney General and Postmaster General 1
Serial set 894 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 18, 1856. Resolved, that there be printed for the use of the members of this House, eighteen thousand six hundred copies of the annual message of the President, together with the accompanying documents, and that two hundred additional copies of the said message and documents be printed and furnished to each of the Secretaries of the State, War, Navy, Treasury and Interior Departments, the Attorney General and Postmaster General 1
Serial set 895 [Maps to accompany the State of the Union Message, 34th Congress, third session.] 1
Serial set 896 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1856. 1
Serial set 897 Unsettled balances. Letter from the First Comptroller, stating his inability to comply with certain acts of Congress requiring an annual statement of accounts more than three years unsettled. December 11, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting additional estimates of appropriation rendered necessary by the passage of the "Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," &c. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns of American seamen. December 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed.
Hamet Caramally [i.e., Caramalli]. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relative to Hamet Caramally [i.e., Caramalli] since his connexion with the government. December 11, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts with the United States. December 9, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department, &c. December 15, 1856. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Stereotyped diplomatic correspondence of the Revolution. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the purchase of five hundred copies of the stereotyped diplomatic correspondence of the Revolution. December 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Nebraska -- additional estimate. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate for mileage and per diem of members of the Nebraska Legislature. December 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Balances unsettled. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing balances which were due for more than three years prior to 1st July last. December 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. December 22, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Persons employed in the Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report showing the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey, &c. December 23, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Estimate -- North Carolina arsenal. December 30, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service, &c. December 30, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- foreign mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the foreign mail service. December 30, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Estimate -- commission under Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an estimate for continuing the work assigned the Fishery Commissioner under the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. December 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations -- service of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations applicable to the Service of the War Department for 1855-'56. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Michael Pappreniza, an Austrian subject. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting sundry papers in relation to the claim of Michael Pappreniza, an Austrian subject. January 5, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses, &c., of the national armories for the year ending June 30, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- 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 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior. January 7, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the official Army Register for the year ending the 30th of June, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Employes [sic] -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of persons employed in the State Department. January 7, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
China -- consular judicial powers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of the United States in China, and a copy of the decree and regulations for consular judicial jurisdiction in China, &c. December 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Additional compensation -- employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, upon the claim of the employes [sic] of the House for extra compensation. January 5, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Estimate -- light-house works at Coffin's Patches. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for restoring the light-house works at Coffin's Patches, in Florida. December 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Kansas Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an extract from a letter of Governor Geary, together with a copy of the executive minutes of Kansas Territory. December 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates -- clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, calling attention to a deficiency in the existing appropriation for clerks in the State Department. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 		27
Serial set 898 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1856. 1
Serial set 899 Additional estimates -- Mint, San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the branch Mint at San Francisco. January 9, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Disbursements for the benefit of the Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts by persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, goods, &c., for the benefit of the Indians. January 7, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures, etc., in Kansas Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports in regard to expenditures and liabilities of persons called into the service of the United States in the Territory of Kansas. January 13, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Louisville and Portland Canal, with estimate of the cost of repairing the same, &c. January 12, 1857. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks and others -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. January 13, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
New Mexico -- certain land claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating supplemental reports from the Surveyor General of New Mexico in regard to certain land claims in that territory. January 16, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Public building -- Springfield, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to the insufficiency of the appropriation for the construction of a public building at Springfield, Illinois. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Supplemental estimates -- Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting supplemental estimates for the Indian service in California, Texas, and several of the distant territories. January 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting list of persons employed in his Department. January 19, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. 		9
Serial set 900 Kansas -- money paid and liabilities incurred for the support of persons called into the service of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the expenditures in Kansas, &c. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fines and deductions. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the annual report of fines and deductions. January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
The Hermitage. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Executive of Tennessee, tendering a portion of the "Hermitage" to the general government, on certain terms and conditions. January 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Public building at Ogdensburg. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the public building (Custom-house) at Ogdensburg. January 22, 1857. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Estimate -- taking testimony in Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to an additional appropriation for taking testimony in cases pending in the Court of Claims. January 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
The ship "Resolute." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence growing out of the restoration of the ship "Resolute" to her Britannic Majesty's service. January 20, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Government architect. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House asking by what authority a government architect is employed, &c. January 22, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks, &c., employed in that Department. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ninian Edwards, as Superintendent of Wabash Salines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House, calling for information as to the salary of Ninian Edwards, as Superintendent of Wabash Salines. January 24, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks, &c., in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks of that Department. January 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Light-house or light-boat for "marshes," Head of Pamlico Sound. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report relative to light-house or light-boat recommended for "marshes" at head of Pamlico Sound. January 27, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contracts -- War Department -- for 1856. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts for that Department for the year 1856. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of appropriations for that Department for the year 1855-'56, showing balances of appropriations, &c., &c. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register for 1857. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pensacola basin, dock and railway. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House inquiring as to the basin, dock, and railway at Pensacola. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
United States Mint. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Chickasaw trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Chickasaw trust funds. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Militia returns. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of the several states and territories, &c. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pay of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report exhibiting the pay and allowance of the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ninian Edwards. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in further answer to a resolution of the House calling for information in relation to the appointment of Ninian Edwards as superintendent of Wabash saline. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Commerce, tonnage, &c., of the Ohio, and other western rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the value of the commerce, &c., of the western rivers, &c. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. 		24
Serial set 901 Report of the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement from the Superintendent of Statistics of the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations, for the year ending September 30, 1856. 1
Serial set 902 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume I. 1
Serial set 903 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume II. 1
Serial set 904 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume III. Illustrations. 1
Serial set 905 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Agriculture. 1
Serial set 906 Consular returns on shipping, ship building, &c., in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the consular returns on shipping, ship building, &c., in foreign countries. February 9, 1857. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the contingent fund for that Department for 1856. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Bridges across the Potomac, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports, plans, and estimates for permanent bridges across the Potomac, and for the improvement of the river. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Land claims -- New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting transcripts of three land claims in New Mexico. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Indian affairs on the Pacific. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report in regard to Indian affairs on the Pacific. February 16, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Building for post office at Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House, making inquiry as to the building for a post office at Philadelphia. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual report of passengers arriving in the United States during the year ending December 31, 1856. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
United States Court-house, Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting plan and estimate for United States Court-house in Philadelphia. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates -- diplomatic mission to Persia. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking appropriations for the diplomatic mission to Persia. February 23, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Additional estimates for light-house purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for light-house purposes. February 23, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
Contingencies for issue of loans and Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation for contingencies under act for the issue of loans and Treasury notes. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
Slave trade. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade; also, correspondence with E. Whittlesey and others in regard to an appropriation of $30,000 for the same object. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
Plans, etc., for building for Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting plans and estimates for a building for the accommodation of the Interior Department. February 12, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Assay of foreign coins. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the fineness and value of certain foreign coins. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Saltpetre -- military service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry letters on the subject of furnishing saltpetre for the military service, &c., &c. February 14, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 		16
Serial set 907 Offers and contracts for carrying the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an abstract of offers and contracts for carrying the mails. February 26, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures for agricultural purposes. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting a report showing the manner in which the appropriation for the purchase of seeds was expended. February 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Francis Dainese. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of papers relating to the claim of F. Dainese. February 26, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Estimate -- disposition of the public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of amount required to enable the Department to furnish a tabular statement of the disposition of the public lands. February 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. 		4
Serial set 908 Receipts and disbursements for 1855-'56. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1856. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 909 Estimates of appropriations. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1858.
Land and water mails established for the year ending June 30, 1856. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of land and water mails established within the year preceding July 1, 1856, &c. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Banks throughout the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting reports as to the condition of banks throughout the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. 		3
Serial set 910 Report of the 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 June 30, 1856. 1
Serial set 911-1 list of reports to be made to Congress, during the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, by public officers prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1856.
Estimates -- Medical and Hospital Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, accompanied by estimates for the Medical and Hospital Department. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, furnishing additional estimates of appropriation made necessary by the enactment of the law "To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," &c. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency in appropriation for clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, calling attention to a deficiency in the existing appropriation for clerks in the State Department. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 14.) December 19, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed.
Massachusetts -- district and circuit courts. Presentment of the Grand Jurors of District of Massachusetts, in relation to the inadequacy of accommodations for the district and circuit courts. December 12, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for works at Navy yards, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting estimates for works at the several Navy yards. December 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
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. December 23, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Diplomatic salaries. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, in reference to the salaries of diplomatic officers. December 30, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Mode of paying the salaries of foreign ministers, consuls, and commercial agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, in regard to the mode of paying the salaries of foreign ministers, consuls, and commercial agents. December 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, in relation to fortifying Port Royal Harbor in said state, &c. December 30, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Andrew H. Reeder, contesting the right of John W. Whitfield to a seat as delegate from the Territory of Kansas. January 10, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Public printing. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, transmitting his annual report. January 13, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Kansas delegate. Memorial of the inhabitants of the Territory of Kansas, protesting against the admission of John W. Whitfield as delegate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and praying the admission of Andrew H. Reeder as delegate. January 10, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives -- additional compensation. (To accompany Ex. Doc. No. 27.) Correspondence between the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and the Secretary of the Treasury, growing out of the communication of the latter of the 5th instant, in regard to the claim of the employes [sic] of the House for additional compensation. January 14, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Corpus Christi. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, as to the necessity of making Corpus Christi a port of entry. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Estimate -- additional watchman at the Capitol. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting an estimate for the pay of an additional watchman at the Capitol. January 17, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Life-boats on the coast of New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York, relative to the establishment of life-boat stations on the coast of New York, and compensating persons for saving life and property with said boats. January 17, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Texas navy. Resolves of the Legislature of the State of Texas, asking the incorporation of the officers of the late navy of Texas into the Navy of the United States. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Compensation of the bureau and clerical forces of the Executive departments. Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means to the several heads of Executive departments, and their responses thereto, in regard to the compensation of the bureau officers and clerks of said departments. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mail route -- Brownsville to Austin. Resolves of the Legislature of the State of Texas, asking the establishment of a mail route between Brownsville and Austin. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Estimates -- public printing. Letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the printing of the 34th Congress. January 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks and other employes [sic] -- House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of the clerks and others employed in his Office. January 24, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Quartermaster's Department -- deficiency of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General, relative to the deficiency of appropriations for his Department. January 27, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mail from Leon to Nebraska City. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting increased mail facilities. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Additional mail facilities. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting increased mail facilities. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Mail facilities in Tama, Marshall, and Hardin. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting increased mail facilities. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Boundaries of the State of Iowa. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the enlargement of state boundaries. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Marine hospital and Custom-house at Keokuk. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, requesting the building of a marine hospital and Custom-house at Keokuk, Iowa. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Estimate -- temporary clerks in the Office of the Quartermaster General. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for payment of temporary clerks employed in the Office of the Quartermaster General. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates -- barracks at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for rebuilding the barracks at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Canada -- public documents. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the order of the Legislative Assembly of Canada for furnishing the United States with Canadian public documents. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library.
Extra compensation -- employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a further report from the Comptroller of the Treasury on the subject of additional compensation. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Saint Mary's canal. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in reference to "Saint Mary's canal." February 4, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
New Mexico -- state-house. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking for an additional appropriation for completion of state-house. February 9, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Claims of citizens of New Mexico against the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in regard to the claims of citizens of that territory against the United States. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Sugar. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the tariff on sugar. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- branch Mint at California. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to an appropriation for the contingent expenses of the branch Mint at San Francisco. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimate -- Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting an estimate for the purchase of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimate -- stipulations entered into with Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, calling attention to the necessity of an appropriation, in order to execute stipulations entered into with the Sioux Indians. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates -- additional pay to officers of the Army who were sent to Europe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for additional compensation to Army officers for collecting military information in Europe. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Commerce of Ways and Means.
Estimate -- experiments on gun metal. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting estimate for testing gun metal. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mail facilities -- Iowa. Joint resolutions, of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting the establishment of mail routes, &c., in said state. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Lands for railroads in Iowa. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, requesting a grant of land to aid in the construction of certain railroads therein named. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Marine hospital at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, asking an appropriation to aid in the construction of a marine hospital at Council Bluffs, Iowa. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the annual report of the Board of Regents. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. March 3, 1857. -- Resolved, that there be printed of the report of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution 10,000 copies; 7,500 for the use of the members of the House, and 2,500 for the use of the Institution.
Duty on railroad iron. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, memorializing Congress to repeal the duty on railroad iron. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Slavery in the territories. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to slavery in the territories. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed
Estimate -- repairs of long bridge. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate for repairs on the long bridge across the Potomac. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimate -- temporary clerks Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, asking an appropriation for the payment of temporary clerks. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates -- government bridge at Old Point Comfort. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for repairs of government bridge over Mill Creek, Virginia. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates -- arrears of pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates for arrears of pensions, &c. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Furniture, &c. -- President's house. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in regard to furniture, &c., for the President's house. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Removal of buildings about the presidential mansion. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting correspondence in regard to the necessary removal of certain buildings about the presidential mansion, &c., &c. February 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Duty on railroad iron. Resolutions of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in regard to the repeal of duties on railroad iron. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Brooklyn Navy yard -- new sewer. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reference to the construction of a new sewer in Brooklyn, New York, &c. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimate -- defence of suits vs. United States at harbor of San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, suggesting that provision be made for the defence of suits against the United States for lands occupied by marine hospitals, &c., &c., at the harbor of San Francisco. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Clerks War Department -- compensation of. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to the salaries of the clerks of that Department. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Navy Department -- contingent fund, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, asking an addition of $20,000 to the contingent fund of that Department, and recommending an appropriation to arm and man the ordnance ship "Plymouth." February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Deficiencies -- contingent fund House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, submitting estimates for deficiencies in the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Pacific railroad. Supplementary report in reply to the comments of the Secretary of War upon the minority report submitted by Mr. Kidwell, of the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed.
Kansas affairs. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to Kansas affairs. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed
Kansas and slavery. Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union. February 6, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed
Absecom and Great and Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, relative to an appropriation for Absecom and Great and Little Egg Harbor. February 3, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Custom-house, &c., at Burlington. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, asking an appropriation to aid in the construction of a Custom-house, &c., at Burlington, Iowa. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Estimate for increased pay of officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting additional estimates for pay, &c. of the officers of the Army. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Utah -- contingent disbursements. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, in reference to disallowed amounts applying to contingent fund appropriation for the Territory of Utah. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
New York Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the insufficiency of space for the accommodation of the force required for the collection of the revenue at the port of New York, &c. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
New Mexico -- education of the people. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking for further provision by Congress for the education of the people of said territory. February 9, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates -- deficiencies for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates for deficiencies in the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 14, 1857.
Cape Fear River. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, asking further appropriation for the improvement of Cape Fear River. February 6, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Cod fishing bounty. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in reference to the proposed repeal of the cod fishing bounty. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. 		73
Serial set 911-2 List of private claims brought before the Senate of the United States, from the commencement of the 14th to the close of the 33d Congress. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to the orders of the Senate of April 9, 1840, February 27, 1841, February 8, 1848, and March 3, 1855. 1