Source List - documents (48001 - 56000 of 376936)
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| Northwest Boundary Commission. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the Northwest Boundary Commission. February 13, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-13 |
| Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Expenditures. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-13 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, correspondence and papers relative to the case of the United States vs. Vicente P. Gomez, involving the claims to the land called "Panoche Grande." February 15, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 937.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of several citizens of New Hampshire asking a pension for Daniel B. Lewis, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 938.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Hodgson, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 939.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Agnes Ellen Kleiss, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 940.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Augustus W. Punchard, having considered the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 941.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin C. Stone, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 942.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of Wayne County, Iowa, for a pension for Sarah E. Haines, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 943.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Almira Scott, having considered the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 944.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a memorial of Roswell W. Silsbee, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 945.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Shelton and others, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 910.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 910, having had the same under consideration, report: The bill in this case provides that the pension of $15 per month heretofore paid to Mrs. Josephine Slocum... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 790.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (S. 790) "for the Benefit of Mrs. Sarah E. Brooker," having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of granting a pension to George A. Schreiner. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of granting to the central branch of the Union Pacific Railway and the St. Joseph and Denver City Railway a subsidy in money and bonds equal in amount to that granted to the Central Branch Union Pacific Railway. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an increase of the mail service on the mail route from Fort Scott to Oswego, in said state. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Homesteads in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to increasing the amount of homesteads in certain counties in said state. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Treaty with Great and Little Osage Indians. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas protesting against the ratification of the Treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Winchester and Alabama Railroad. Memorial of the State of Tennessee, relative to the claims of the Winchester and Alabama Railroad. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-15 |
| Delaware breakwater. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to surveys for a harbor at the Delaware breakwater. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 | 1869-02-15 |
| Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the division of the tribal funds of the Pottawatomie Indians. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 | 1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 768.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred for investigation the claim of Mrs. Jane Northridge, widow of William Northridge, deceased, late colonel of the 59th Regiment New York State Volunteers, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1868.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of H.A. White, of Madison County, North Carolina, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1872.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of Captain Golman Bryson, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-16 |
| Department of Education. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-16 |
| Adjustment and settlement of accounts against the government. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of a proclamation of the President, dated December 25, 1868, purporting to extend pardon and amnesty to a class of persons guilty of treason, &c., respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of dropping the names of certain Indians from the roll of their respective tribes, and that their lands may be subject to taxation. February 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-17 |
| Fines imposed -- deductions made -- contractors carrying the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of contractors for carrying the mails of the United States for the year 1868. February 17, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-17 |
| Simon Jones vs. James Mann, and Caleb S. Hunt vs. J. Willis Menard. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1869. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Parker, captain United States Navy, praying to be restored to the active list, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-18 |
| Gold medal presented to Cyrus W. Field. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the gold medal presented to Cyrus W. Field. February 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-18 |
| Thomas A. Hamilton. February 18, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 899.) The undersigned, a majority of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, beg leave to say, that when it was determined in committee to report to the Senate, Bill No. 899, granting aid to the Northern Pacific and other railroads, it was not understood that the bill should be presented with a report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1130.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 1130, for the relief of H.G. Aukeny, ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany H.R. No. 1326.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred H.R. No. 1326 for the relief of Anthony Bucher, submit this as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1255.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred H.R. 1255, for the relief of Champe Carter, Jr., ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 842.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 842, together with the petition of John Titus, in aid of the same, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 957.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the matter of S. & H. Sayles, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 958.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Judson A. Mosman, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and that one thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report. The Committee on Printing, instructed by the Senate "to examine and report the cost of each and all documents annually published for distribution.... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report. The Joint Committee on Public Printing, to whom was referred the publication of the actual proceedings and debates in Congress, by the third section of the act approved July, 20, 1868, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, having considered the petition of Horace L. Emery, of Albany, New York, praying for an act of Congress to authorize the Commissioner of Patents to receive and consider such application in the same manner as if it had been regularly filed in its proper time, for the endless-chain horse-power, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-19 |
| Outrages in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the request of the Committee on Reconstruction, the report of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Rose, U.S.A., relative to outrages in southwestern Virginia. February 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence in relation to the use of passports by citizens of the United States in France. February 20, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 965.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Mathys, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 966.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna E. Frei, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) The Committee on Commerce, having had under consideration the Bill H.R. 375, entitled "An Act To Repeal an Act Approved March 2, 1867, Entitled 'An Act To Regulate the Disposition of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Received Under the Laws Relating to the Customs, and for Other Purposes,' and To Amend Certain Acts for the Prevention and Punishment of Frauds on the Revenue, and for the Prevention of Smuggling," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-20 |
| Waste lands, Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the memorial of General Roberts, United States Army, relative to waste lands of Mississippi River. February 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-20 |
| Publication of documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Adjutant General on the publication of documents relative to the rebellion, &c. February 20, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-20 |
| Index to Executive documents and reports. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to printing index to Executive documents and reports. February 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-22 |
| Support of Indians. February 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-22 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to a contract with the Commercial Navigation Company of New York for carrying the mails between New York and Bremen. February 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in relation to the discontinuance of proceedings against persons in New York charged with a violation of the internal revenue laws. February 23, 1869. -- Read twice, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, information in relation to persons convicted for violating the revenue laws, and for counterfeiting. February 23, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 288.) The first serious question that arises in opposition to the passage of Joint Resolution H.R. 288 is, shall a non-commissioned officer and private draw pay while exercising illegal authority, and while all his acts were void, as would be necessarily the case to enable him to draw pay under the resolution... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1280.) Bill H.R. 1280, passed the House of Representatives for the relief of Lieutenant L. Smith, for pay, ten months and twenty-nine days, as quartermaster 22d Indiana Regiment, is favorably recommended by the War Department, and its passage or concurrence in by the Senate is recommended... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1871.) Bill H.R. 1871 designs pay to Daniel Boarden, late captain and assistant adjutant general, for commutation of quarters and fuel and three months' extra pay, or $1,058, the difference between the pay of a provost marshal and an assistant adjutant general. Boarden was commissioned assistant adjutant general March 24, 1862; May 1, 1862, appointed by the President to be provost marshal; May 9 relieved of duty as assistant adjutant general; May 16, accepted the appointment of provost marshal... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1876.) Bill H.R. No. 1876 is intended to enable private Samuel H. Moore, Company G, 57th Ohio Volunteers, to draw $300 veteran bounty and $100 government bounty from the Treasury, and to that end seeks to have the charge of desertion removed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1838.) The House of Representatives have passed House Bill No. 1838, for relief of W.F. Scott, adjutant 4th Iowa Cavalry. It gives him the difference between the pay of a sergeant major and an adjutant for a part of the time he performed the duties of adjutant, until he was mustered as adjutant... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1869.) Bill H.R. No. 1869 grants the pay of captain from September 15, 1863, to August 16, 1865, to George C. Haynie, who claims to have been appointed captain under authority of General Burnside, granting authority to Colonel Kutz to recruit the 2d North Carolina Mounted Infantry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1870.) Bill H.R. No. 1870. Lieutenant Ulio's pay was stopped for amount of post and regimental funds stolen from his trunk... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| New York election frauds. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1389, Session Vol. No.2 | 1869-02-23 |
| J.S. Casement. February 23, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-23 |
| Message of the President of the United States, in relation to points upon the coasts of Oregon, Washington Territory, and Alaska, for light-houses. February 24, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1869. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) The undersigned, of the Committee on Private Land Claims, respectfully submit the following report as to House Bill No. 65, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of William McGarrahan:"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-24 |
| Sac and Fox Indian trust lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, relative to Sac and Fox Indian trust lands. February 24, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-24 |
| International horticultural exhibition. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to a proposed international horticultural exhibition, to be held at Hamburg, September, 1869. February 24, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-24 |
| List of clerks, &c., in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of clerks and other employes in the several bureaus of the Department during 1868. February 24, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-24 |
| Postal telegraph. (To accompany Bills H.R. 1083, 1415, 1504, and 1689.) February 24, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Grimes made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 225.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to Place a Vessel at the Disposal of the Commissioners of Charities and Corrections of the City of New York, to be Used for the Purposes of a Nautical School," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 970.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Joshua Hill for compensation for eleven bales of cotton, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1063.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1063, "for the Relief of Henry Barricklew," having had the same under careful consideration, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 971.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Samuel Miller, of Campbell County, Virginia, asking reimbursement of certain moneys in the Treasury, proceeds of certain bonds of the State of Indiana, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. February 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and that two thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Howard, from the Joint Committee on Ordnance, submitted the following report. The joint committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the 30th of March, 1867, to investigate the purchases, contracts, and experiments of the Ordnance Department... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-25 |
| Memorial of Clara Barton, praying the passage of an act for the purpose of remedying any defect in the existing laws in relation to the payment of bounties, back pay, and pensions. February 25, 1869. -- Motion to print 1,606 additional copies, referred to the Committee on Printing. February 26, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1873.) Bill H.R. No. 1873 proposes to give Jefferson W. Davis, first sergeant Company H, 64th Regiment New York Volunteers, the pay of a first lieutenant from the 1st of June... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1869. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 975.) This is a claim presented by Margaret Riddle, executrix and devisee of George Read Riddle, deceased, for Army supplies taken from the farm of the deceased during the late rebellion... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-26 |
| Report of the Board of Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. February 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-26 |
| Army organization. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-26 |
| Purchase of tools for Philadelphia Navy Yard. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-26 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, a copy of the report of the special commissioners upon the Central Pacific Railroad of California. February 27, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1869. Mr. Grimes made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 241.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Joint Resolution To Restore R.L. May to the Navy," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-27 |
| American steamship companies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the establishment of American steamship companies. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-27 |
| Rondout Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of chief engineers relative to the improvement of Rondout Harbor. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-27 |
| Constitutional convention of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commander of the fifth military district, relative to the adjournment of the constitutional convention of Texas. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-02-27 |
| Alaska investigation. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-27 |
| Contingent fund House of Representatives. February 27, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Accounts. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-27 |
| Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1869. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 269.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial and evidence of John Wightman of Pennsylvania, having considered the same, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred "the petition of Jonathan Elliot, late commercial agent of the United States at San Domingo and Porto Plata, praying compensation for services rendered, and reimbursements for money expended in negotiating a treaty with the Dominican Republic in 1856," have had the same under consideration and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-01 |
| Convention with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-03-01 |
| Passage of vessels through Straw Shoe Channel. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relative to prohibiting steamers sailing under the flag of the United States from using or passing through Straw Show Channel in the Yangtsze River. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-03-01 |
| Marine hospital at Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Supervising Architect, relative to the marine hospital at Chicago, Illinois. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-03-01 |
| Decoration United States Capitol. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the cost of art decorations at the United States Capitol. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-03-01 |
| Mrs. Susan A. Shelby. March 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-01 |
| New York election frauds. March 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1390, Session Vol. No.3 | 1869-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred Senate resolutions in relation to the price of gas and the business of the gas company in the District of Columbia, have had the same under consideration, and have elicited the information contained in the appended communication from said company, which is hereto attached and made a part of this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-02 |
| Persons turned over for trial to civil authorities. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of commanders of military departments south, relative to persons turned over for trial to civil authorities. March 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 | 1869-03-02 |
| Prince Edward Island. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-02 |
| Jones, Fowler, Kirtland & Co. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-02 |
| Arrest of American citizens in Great Britain. March 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information concerning the remnant of the tribe of the Seminole Indians in South Florida. March 3, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report of the trustees of colored schools of the cities of Washington and Georgetown. March 3, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. March 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. March 3, 1869. -- Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Buckalew, from the Select Committee on Representative Reform, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 772.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment having been directed by the concurrent resolution of the two houses adopted in March, 1867, to make the investigations therein named, as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| Commercial intercourse with Great Britain. March 3, 1869. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Fortieth 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, March 3, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| Assignees in bankruptcy. March 3, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| Condition of affairs in Georgia. Letter from Governor Bullock, of Georgia, in reply to the statement of Hon. Nelson Tift to the reconstruction committee of Congress. March 3, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-03 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1869. In the ninety-fourth [i.e., ninety-third] year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1392 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents, printed by order of the Senate, for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In six volumes. Vol. III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1395, Session Vol. No.3 | 1869-03-04 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1395, Session Vol. No.3 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents, printed by order of the Senate, for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In six volumes. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1396, Session Vol. No.4 | 1869-03-04 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1396, Session Vol. No.4 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents, printed by order of the Senate, for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In six volumes. Vol. V. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1397, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-03-04 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1397, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents, printed by order of the Senate, for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In six volumes. Volume VI. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1398, Session Vol. No.6 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents, printed by order of the Senate, for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In six volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents, printed by order of the Senate, for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In six volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1394, Session Vol. No.2 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the Executive documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States. Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| John Covode. Papers in the prima facie case from the 21st District, Pennsylvania. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Papers in the case of C.B. Darrall vs. Adolphe Bailey, Third Congressional District, Louisiana. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Papers in the case of Frank Morey vs. G.W. McCranie, Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Papers in the case of A.S. Wallace vs. W.D. Simpson, Fourth Congressional District, South Carolina. Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Papers in the case of S.L. Hoge vs. J.P. Reed, Third Congressional District, South Carolina. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1398, Session Vol. No.6 | 1869-03-04 |
| Index to the reports of committees and miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Papers in the case of J.H. Sypher vs. Louis St. Martin, from the First Congressional District of Louisiana. Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Papers in the case of Charles H. Van Wyck vs. George W. Greene, Eleventh Congressional District, New York. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| The reports of the committees of the House of Representatives made during the first session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Myers vs. Moffet. Papers in the case of Leonard Myers vs. John Moffet, relative to the contest for a seat in the 41st Congress as a representative from the Third District of Pennsylvania. March 5, 1869 [i.e., 1868]. --Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-04 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States; being the first session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1869, in the ninety-third year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1400 | 1869-03-04 |
| Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from March 5, 1869, to March 3, 1871, inclusive. Vol. XVII. | US Senate Executive Journal | 1869-03-05 |
| Message of the President of the United States, recommending that Alexander T. Stewart, appointed and confirmed to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, may be exempted from the operations of the eighth section of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 6, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-06 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying a confirmation of the Rio Grande land grant to the actual settlers who have occupied, improved, and lived upon said land for the last ten years, and against the confirmation of an old land grant, the conditions of which have not been complied with. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Lands Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of the claims of citizens of that state for houses taken for the military service of the United States. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the passage of the bill to establish a line of American steamships between the United States and Europe. March 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-09 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a list of the public and private acts and resolutions passed at the third session of the 40th Congress. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-09 |
| Message of the President of the United States, withdrawing his message of the 6th instant, requesting the passage of a joint resolution to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from the disabilities imposed by section 8 of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Orlando Brown, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the Fifteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 11, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-11 |
| Memorial of Oliver Evans Woods, suggesting a plan for the safe delivery of letters. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the matter of S. & H. Sayles, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-11 |
| Petition of David J. Millard, praying payment of balance due him on a contract with the government for the manufacture of sabres. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to guaranteeing the payment of certain bonds to be issued by the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi for the purpose of building and repairing the levees in said states. March 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 121. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| Memorial of the New York and Antwerp Mail Steamship Co., asking that American steamships employed in carrying the mails may be released from the payment of all dues payable to the United States. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| Coin contracts. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to coin contracts. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| Claim of Kansas. Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Kansas, for indemnification for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the rebel invasion in 1864. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| Losses by citizens of Kansas Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 115.) Memorial for indemnity from government for losses sustained by the citizens of Kansas Territory. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the appropriation of pubic lands, &c. March 15, 1869. -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| St. James and Little Rock Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the St. James and Little Rock Railroad. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting the right of way and aid for the purpose of building a railroad from the shore of Green Bay, or Bay De Noc, to the iron district in Menomonee County. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a report of the government board of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad relative to the election of directors for the ensuing year. March 16, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-16 |
| Porter C. Bliss and George F. Masterman. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information whether the government of Venezuela has paid the first instalment due to American citizens under the award recently made by the mixed commission of the two governments. March 17, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-17 |
| North Carolina. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the commissioners appointed under the 13th article of the treaty between the United States and the Senecas and mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and other Indians, concluded February 23, 1867, to ascertain and report the amount of money due by the United States to the Wyandott Indians. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-19 |
| S.A. Peugh. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of S.A. Peugh relative to rent due him for the occupancy of his building by the Pension Office. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-19 |
| Constitution and ordinances of the State of Mississippi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-19 |
| Amendment to the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the 15th article of the amendment to the Constitution. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Delaware River. March 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-20 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 20, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-20 |
| Letter of J. Gregory Smith, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, addressed to Hon. George F. Edmunds, enclosing two communications in relation to the treaty with Great Britain concerning the island of San Juan. March 22, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mineral Range Railroad. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1869. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 94.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act Granting Lands to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific Railroad in California to Portland in Oregon,' approved July 25, 1866," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Indian depredations in Utah. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, praying for an appropriation to pay for Indian depredations and expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed with the accompanying papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Penitentiary in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, praying that the net proceeds of internal revenue be set aside for the erection of a penitentiary. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Survey of public lands in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for an appropriation for a resurvey of the public lands. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Town sites in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for a change of the act approved March 2, 1867, relating to town sites. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Territorial library. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for an appropriation to increase the territorial library. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-22 |
| Memorial of Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the settling of various Indian tribes on the Cherokee domain west of the 96th degree of west longitude. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1869. Submitted by Mr. Sprague, to accompany the Bill S. 194, and ordered to be printed. The liberties and interests of the American people imperatively demand that scarcity of capital and high rates of interest for money shall cease... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-23 |
| Interest on the public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the payment of the interest on the public debt. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-23 |
| Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Fondrin. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to procure an appropriation for Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Fondrin. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-23 |
| Rules of the Committee of Elections, House of Representatives. March 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-23 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-first Congress. March 24, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-24 |
| Custom-house at St. Louis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a communication from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department relative to the Custom-house at St. Louis, Missouri. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 24, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-24 |
| Joseph Anderson. March 24, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-24 |
| Ninth decennial census. Memorial of life insurance companies of the United States, relative to the taking of the decennial census of 1870. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Census and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-26 |
| Foster vs. Covode. March 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-29 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-29 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-29 |
| Secret sales of gold and bonds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) Memorial from the business men and boards of trade of Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, relative to secret sales of gold and bonds by the Treasury Department. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-29 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, correspondence between James Buchanan, President of the United States, and Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, regarding the policy to be pursued to avert the war of the rebellion. March 30, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-30 |
| Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. Constitution of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, with all the acts of Congress relating to the institution, from its organization, February 16, 1857, to March 3, 1869. March 30, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-30 |
| Constitution of the State of Texas. Constitution of the State of Texas, adopted by the constitutional convention convened under the reconstruction acts of Congress passed March 2, 1867, and the acts supplementary thereto; to be submitted for ratification or rejection at an election to take place on the first Monday of July, 1869. March 30, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-30 |
| Hoge vs. Reed. March 30, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-30 |
| Newsham vs. Ryan. Papers in the contested election case of Newsham vs. Ryan, from the Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana. March 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-31 |
| Hunt vs. Sheldon. March 31, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the European and North American Railway Company, praying aid in the construction of a railroad... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of the sureties of Israel T. Canby, late receiver of public moneys at Crawfordsville, Indiana, having duly considered the same, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-01 |
| Ninth census. Communications from Dr. Franklin B. Hough and others, relative to the ninth census of the United States. April 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-01 |
| Wallace vs. Simpson. April 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to navigation between the United States and Canada. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1869. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 2.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, for the relief of John E. Reeside, having had the same under consideration, respectfully beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-02 |
| Condition of affairs in Georgia. Nelson Tift's rejoinder to the letter of Governor Bullock, relative to the condition of affairs in Georgia. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-02 |
| Hoge vs. Reed. April 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-02 |
| Statement prepared in the Office of Internal Revenue in relation to tax on manufactured tobacco. April 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. No. 140. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-03 |
| Memorial of A.L. Bogart, praying the introduction of Wilson's electric lighter over the Senate Chamber. April 3, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. April 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-05 |
| Owen Thorn. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing copies of papers filed in his department relative to the claim of Owen Thorn. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-05 |
| Destruction of merchant vessels. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the destruction, during the late war, by rebel vessels, of certain merchant vessels of the United States, and concerning the damages and claims arising therefrom. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-05 |
| Wallace vs. Simpson. April 5, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-05 |
| Appropriations. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order for to-morrow (April 6) after the reading of the journal, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the military importance of San Juan Island. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to cheap ocean postage. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Polly Hunt, administratrix, and George W. Hunt, administrator of Walter Hunt, deceased, praying to be allowed a rehearing before the Commissioner of Patents of their application for an extension of patents for improvements in manufacturing paper collars, beg leave to make the following report thereon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of March, 1869, instructing them to "inquire into the mode of appointment and tenure of office of the subordinate officers of the Senate, and to report if any changes are desirable in the same," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| Myers vs. Moffet. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| Morey vs. McCranie. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| Sypher vs. St. Martin. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-06 |
| Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying the organization of a single local government of the district, under the provisions of a law of Congress, similar to that proposed in the bill generally known as the Morrill Bill. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. April 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, in relation to the restoration of the states which were engaged in the rebellion to their proper relations to the government and country. April 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-07 |
| John B. Rodgers. April 7, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1403, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of the law authorizing the holding of a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the District of Kansas, at Leavenworth City in that state. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-08 |
| Paraguay difficulties. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of despatch of February last from William Van Vleck Lidgerwood, relative to events which have transpired in Paraguay. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-08 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State upon claims against Great Britain. April 8, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie upon the table. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1394, Session Vol. No.2 | 1869-04-09 |
| Report of Samuel Purdy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of Samuel Purdy, special agent of the Treasury Department. April 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information in relation to contracts with Norman Wiard for the fabrication and delivery of ordnance. March 31, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-09 |
| Reed and Simpson. Papers in the contested election cases of Reed and Simpson, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts, South Carolina. April 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-10 |
| Appropriations, new officers, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-first 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 10, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-04-10 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating a list of persons employed by him to assist district attorneys in the discharge of their duties, and the amount of compensation paid to each. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-06 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-06 |
| Letter of the Chief Clerk of Court of Claims, communicating a statement of the judgments rendered in the Court of Claims for the year ending December 6, 1869. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-06 |
| Message of the President of the United States, with the reports of the Postmaster General and of the Secretary of the Navy, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1411, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-06 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-06 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1869, in the ninety-fourth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1404 | 1869-12-06 |
| Illustrations to accompany the annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume IV. Illustrations of patents. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1423, Session Vol. No.9 | 1869-12-06 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1869, in the ninety-fourth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1410 | 1869-12-06 |
| Clerks in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with the second section of the act approved March 3, 1869, transmitting a report of desks and number of clerks in the Department. January 28, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1869-12-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement showing the number of clerks employed in that Department during the last fiscal year, and the amount of compensation received by each. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report from the Surgeon General of the expenditures of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-07 |
| Address of the Republican state convention, held in Richmond, Virginia, on the 24th and 25th of November, 1869, relative to the election in that state on the 6th of July last. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-07 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstract of returns by collectors of Customs for the relief and protection of American seamen, showing the number registered in the several ports during the year ending September 30, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| Receipts and expenditures in the Patent Office. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting statement of receipts and expenditures in the Patent Office for the year ending November 30, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| Clerks in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting report of the number, compensation, reduction, &c., of the clerical force in his Department. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| Clerks in Office of Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the clerks in his Office. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| Providence Hospital. Letter from the Surgeon General, inclosing a report of expenditures for the completion of Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., during the year ending December 6, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| Estimates of appropriations for Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, submitting estimates of appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the next fiscal year. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| International exhibition. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) Memorial of citizens of Washington City, in relation to international industrial exhibition to be held in Washington City in 1871. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-07 |
| Statue of Major General Greene. Letter from the Secretary of the State of Rhode Island, announcing that the statue of Major General Nathaniel [i.e., Nathanael] Greene, designed for the old hall of the House of Representatives, is completed, and asking instructions as to the consignment thereof. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-07 |
| Soldiers' cemetery at Gettysburg. Letter from the Governor of Connecticut, transmitting an act of the legislature of that state entitled "An Act Authorizing the Cession to the United States of All the Title and Interest of this State in the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in the State of Pennsylvania." December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-07 |
| Transient paupers in Providence Hospital. Letter from the Surgeon General, asking for an appropriation for care, &c., of transient paupers at Providence Hospital during the present fiscal year. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, reports of the military commander of the district of which Georgia is a part, in regard to the political and civil condition of that state. December 9, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-09 |
| Petition of members of the Virginia Legislature, praying that that state may be admitted to representation in Congress. December 9, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-09 |
| Letter of the Governor of South Carolina, transmitting a copy of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of South Carolina, in favor of recognizing the independence of Cuba. December 9, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-09 |
| Publishing laws of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking for an appropriation for publishing the laws of the United States. December 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-09 |
| Taylor vs. Reading. Testimony in contested election case of C.N. Taylor against John R. Reading. December 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-09 |
| Report of the Comptroller of the Currency. Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his annual report for 1869. December 10, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1415, Session Vol. No.4 | 1869-12-10 |
| Test oath in Virginia. Papers relative to the test oath in Virginia. December 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-11 |
| Switzler vs. Dyer. Papers in the contested election case in the 9th Congressional District of Missouri. December 11, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 | 1869-12-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the disbursements for the maintenance of peace among the various Indian tribes, under act of April 10, 1869. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-13 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of March 23, 1869, relative to the Fort Ridgely military reservation in Minnesota. December 13, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-13 |
| Memorial of the regents of the University of California praying amendments of existing laws granting lands for the support of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts. December 13, 1869. -- Referred with Bill S. 325 to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-13 |
| Disbursements for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting tabular statement of disbursements by superintendents and agents on account of Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-13 |
| Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, transmitting a list of the states ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-13 |
| Disasters on the lakes. (To accompany House Bill No. 602.) Papers relative to losses of vessels on the lakes. December 14, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-14 |
| St. Paul and St. George, Alaska. Letter from Frank N. Wicker to Hon. Robert C. Schenck, with copy of report made to the Solicitor of the Treasury relative to the Islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska. December 14, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-14 |
| Memorial of the laboring men of the United States, in convention assembled, in the City of Washington, Dec. 6, 1869, praying that the surveyed public lands in the southern states may be subdivided into tracts of forty acres each, and that any freedman who shall settle on one of such subdivisions, and cultivate the same for one year, shall receive a patent for the same. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-15 |
| Murder of an Indian. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of commanding officer at Camp Gaston, California, relative to the unprovoked murder of an Indian by a white settler. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-15 |
| Ryan-Hitchcock marine fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a joint resolution of February 19, 1869, relative to the Ryan-Hitchcock mode of marine fortifications. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-15 |
| Harbor at Plymouth. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the public works and improvements in the Harbor of Plymouth, Massachusetts. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-15 |
| S. Seymour. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting account of S. Seymour of expenses in making survey for bridge across the Potomac. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-15 |
| Harbor at Oswego. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers upon the public works in the harbor at Oswego, New York. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-15 |
| William A. Howard. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the claim of William H. Howard for pay as colonel of the Regiment of New York Marine, &c. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-15 |
| Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th instant, requesting a copy of any correspondence had with Spain relative to Cuba. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-16 |
| Claims in Missouri -- Fourth Congressional District. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 1, 1869, transmitting reports in regard to claims of persons claiming to reside in the Fourth Congressional District in Missouri. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-16 |
| Clerks employed in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of desks, clerks, &c., employed in his Department for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-16 |
| Impediments in rivers and harbors of Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, transmitting surveys as to impediments and obstructions in the rivers and harbors of Massachusetts. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-16 |
| Fifteenth Amendment. Message from the President of the United States, in further answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, transmitting the action of Alabama on the Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-16 |
| Charles L. Green, United States Navy. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting the charges, testimony, findings, and sentence in the case of Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles L. Green, United States Navy. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-16 |
| Sailors for relief ships. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, recommending that authority be given him to enlist 1,500 men in addition to the 8,500 now allowed by law. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-16 |
| Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Norfolk, Va., in favor of the passage of the bill for the establishment of a line of steamships by the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New York, from certain ports in the United States to southern Europe and the Mediterranean ports. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-17 |
| Report of the Librarian of Congress, showing the progress of the Library during the year ending December 1, 1869. December 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies be printed with covers for the use of the Library. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 6, 1869. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-17 |
| Resolutions of the Louisville Commercial Convention, in favor of granting aid to the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, of New York, for the establishment of an American line of steamships between New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Port Royal, Mobile, New Orleans, and Cadiz, Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, and other Mediterranean ports of southern Europe. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in regard to the progress of the revolution in Cuba, and the political and civil condition of the island. December 20, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-20 |
| Report of Special Commissioner of the Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue upon the industry, trade, commerce, &c., of the United States for the year 1869. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-20 |
| Harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers of survey of the harbor at Port Washington, in Wisconsin. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-20 |
| Public lands in Virginia and other states. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House requiring the number of acres of public lands in Virginia and other states. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1869-12-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, statements showing the number of desks, the number of clerks now employed in the War Department and its bureaus, the number employed during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1869, and the amount of compensation paid. December 21, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information in relation to orders restoring the lands in California previously withdrawn for the uses of the Southern Pacific Railroad. December 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-21 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, correspondence between the United States and Great Britain concerning questions pending between the two countries since the rejection of the claims convention by the Senate. December 22, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to the lands claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department for naval or other purposes in the State of Louisiana. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. December 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to the present condition of the United States marine hospital and grounds in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. December 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-22 |
| Wallace vs. Simpson. Evidence in the contested election case in Fourth Congressional District of South Carolina. December 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-22 |
| Eggleston vs. Strader. Testimony in the contested election case of Eggleston vs. Strader, in the First Congressional District of Ohio. December 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-22 |
| Shields vs. Van Horn. Testimony in the contested election case of Shields vs. Van Horn, in the Sixth Congressional District of Missouri. December 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1869-12-23 |
| Barnes vs. Adams. Papers in the contested election case of Sidney M. Barnes vs. George M. Adams, in the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky. December 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 | 1869-12-23 |
| Reid vs. Julian. Papers in the contested election case of Reid against Julian in the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana. December 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 | 1869-12-23 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1419, Session Vol. No.8 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to the Senate Executive documents for the second session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869-'70. In three volumes. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In one volume. From No. 9 to No. 265, inclusive. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to the Senate Executive documents for the second session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869-'70. In three volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to the Senate Executive documents for the second session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States of America, 1869-'70. In three volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. From No. 1 to No. 164, inclusive. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2311.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2311, granting a pension to Enoch Lytle, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume II Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1413, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1413, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress. 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1414, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1414, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1411, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume V. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume II Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1412, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1415, Session Vol. No.4 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| A list of reports to be made to Congress during the second session of the Forty-first Congress by public officers; prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 6, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-first Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 6, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1415, Session Vol. No.4 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume IX Part 3. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1422, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1420, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume IX Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1420, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States; Forty-first Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 6, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume III. Illustrations of patents. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1422, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume IX, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1421, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume IX, Pt. 4. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1423, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Van Wyck vs. Greene. Argument of contestant. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume XI. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress. 1869-'70. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1421, Session Vol. No.9 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1428, Session Vol. No.14 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1429, Session Vol. No.15 | 1870-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Deputy Special Commissioner of the Revenue in charge of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1429, Session Vol. No.15 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index of reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume X. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1424, Session Vol. No.10 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume VI. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1434, Session Vol. No.4 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index of reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1428, Session Vol. No.14 | 1870-01-01 |
| Index of reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume VII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume XIII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-01-01 |
| Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869-'70. In thirteen volumes. Volume XII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1412, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Sub-Committee of Elections in Louisiana. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1435, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-01 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains, by Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1424, Session Vol. No.10 | 1870-01-01 |
| Papers in case of Covode against Foster. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-01 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1869, correspondence with the French government relative to a modification of the postal convention with France of March 2, 1857. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1869, information in relation to the amount of land claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department, in the State of Florida, for naval or other purposes. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of July 29, 1869, relating to our national cemeteries in the lately rebellious states. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the contracts and purchases of the Ordnance Department during the year 1869. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, information in relation to the United States arsenal buildings and grounds at Little Rock, Arkansas. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1869, information relative to a reciprocity treaty on the subject of trade and commerce between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. January 10, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, submitting to the Senate a draught of a bill to provide for the disposition of useless military reservations. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, in relation to a transfer of fund for sick and wounded soldiers to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Resolutions of the National Typographical Union, adopted at a meeting held at Albany, N.Y., June 7, 1869, in favor of the favorable consideration of the bill for the establishment of a postal telegraph. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Rock Island Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Rock Island bridge. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-10 |
| Expenditures of the armory at Springfield. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting annual report of expenditures at the national armory at Springfield during the year 1869. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-10 |
| Lands to Grand Haven railroad. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 15th December, 1869, relative to the acceptance of certain lands granted to the State of Michigan in June, 1856, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Grand Haven to Flint. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-10 |
| Benjamin Mooers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 760.) January 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Indian depredations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) Papers accompanying bill for commission to investigate claims for Indian depredations. January 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 9, 1869, information relating to the action which has been had in the District of Virginia under the act "authorizing the submission of the constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas to a vote of the people, and authorizing the election of state officers provided by the said constitutions, and members of Congress." January 10, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of William and Joseph Nourse, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of expenditures made under the provisions of the act for the improvement of rivers and harbors of the United States between July 1, 1868, and November 30, 1869. January 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-11 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill S. No. 273, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Rollin White," with his objections. January 11, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-11 |
| Settlement of officers' accounts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) January 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-11 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, repealing, rescinding, and annulling the preamble and resolution of the legislature of that state, passed April 14, 1869, ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-12 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 9, 1869, information in relation to the present condition of the United States branch mint at New Orleans, Louisiana. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-13 |
| Bounty for the capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th December, relative to the payment of the bounty for the capture of Jefferson Davis, allowed by act of Congress, July 27, 1868. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 15, in relation to the payment of the reward authorized by law for the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 5, transmitting a copy of the report of the late special agent of his Department for Alaska. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Report of a board of admirals. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 16th instant, transmitting report of a board of admirals, convened in 1865, of which Admiral Farragut was president. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Retired officers of the Army now on duty. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to request of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting statement of retired officers of the Army now on duty, with regard to pay, &c. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Sale of surplus military arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a request by Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting draught of a proposed bill, providing for the sale of certain surplus military arsenals of the United States. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Postal convention with France. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th December, inquiring as to the appointment of any person holding a United States office having been employed by that Department to treat with foreign nations. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of the House of December 21, 1869, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the condition of New Haven Harbor. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, relative to the Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Passes of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, relative to the progress made in the work of deepening the passes of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Patapsco River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9th, relative to the condition and improvement of the Patapsco River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Contracts with Mr. Abecassis. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy relative to contracts with Mr. Abecassis. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-13 |
| Territorial government for Indian tribes. Resolution directing the Committee on the Territories to inquire into the expediency of establishing a territorial government over certain Indian tribes. January 13, 1870. -- Read and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-13 |
| Acquisition of territory. January 13, 1870. -- Read and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-13 |
| Statue of General Nathaniel [i.e., Nathanael] Greene. Letter from the Governor of Rhode Island, in relation to the statue of General Nathaniel [i.e., Nathanael] Greene. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-13 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting annual report of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-13 |
| Artillery School at Fortress Monroe. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting certain papers relating to the site of the United States Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-13 |
| Land office, Topeka, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation required to replace archives of land office at Topeka, Kansas, destroyed by fire in November, 1869. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-13 |
| Aggression upon our commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars paid the United States as indemnity for aggression upon our commerce, pursuant to stipulations of a treaty with Japan of October 22, 1864. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-13 |
| Line and staff rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, 1869, relative to proceedings before a board of naval officers on the subject of line and staff rank. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-13 |
| Survey of Indian reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with estimate of appropriations required for surveying Indian reserves, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, &c. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-13 |
| Payment of pensions through money-order bureau. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th ultimo, relative to the payment of pensions to pensioners through the money-order bureau of the Post Office Department. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-01-13 |
| Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1869. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 350.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 35, to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801, beg leave to report that they now adopt the report of the Committee on this bill made to the Senate April 4, 1864, as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the harbor of San Diego, California. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 19, 1869, information in relation to obstructions to navigation at the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a public building for the accommodation of the post office and the United States courts at Jefferson City, in that state. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-17 |
| Harbor at Mobile. Memorial and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, asking for appropriation for improvement of the harbor of Mobile. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-17 |
| Changes in consulates. Letter from the Secretary of State addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs proposing changes in regard to compensation and duties in several of the consulates of the United States. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-17 |
| Navy pension laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs relative to the Navy pension laws. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-17 |
| Beneficial Society of Cumberland. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Quartermaster General relative to a piece of land purchased for the burial of officers and soldiers, and now desired by the "Beneficial Society of the Laboring Sons of Cumberland." January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the withdrawal from private entry of all the public lands within that state. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-18 |
| Federal public buildings in Missouri. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, relative to the public buildings for the accommodation of the post office and United States district court at the capital of said state. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-18 |
| Bronze doors. Letter from the Architect of Capitol Extension, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13, relative to the bronze doors now in the passage leading from the rotunda to the House of Representatives. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-18 |
| J.M. Hutchings, J.C. Lamon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) January 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-18 |
| Ninth census. January 18, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-18 |
| Sale of Fort Gratiot reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of July 20, 1868, providing for the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation, State of Michigan. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| David's Island for marine hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appointment to purchase the buildings on David's Island for marine hospital purposes. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7, stating the amount appropriated and expended for the construction and completion of the Washington Aqueduct. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Errors in book of estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to some errors in the book of estimates. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting papers relating to the claim of the estate of the late Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Expenses of Texas election. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Fifth Military District, urging an immediate appropriation for expenses of the recent election in Texas. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Oath in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting certain papers from citizens of Texas, requiring all persons elected to office in Texas to take the oath required by the 12th section of the state constitution. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of the Adjutant General recommending the adoption of a system of military prisons, and submitting a draught of a proposed law upon the subject. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Survey of Housatonic River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, relative to a survey of the Housatonic River. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Breakwater at Hyannis. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of December 11, transmitting report upon the condition of the breakwater at Hyannis, Massachusetts. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-18 |
| Petition of Samuel Adams, praying compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred in the exploration of the Colorado River of the west, its tributaries, and the country adjacent thereto. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, with Bill (S. 412) and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-19 |
| Letter of Millard Fillmore communicating a report upon the Southern Pacific Railroad, made to the Louisville Commercial Convention. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-19 |
| Memorial of Edward Downey, Mayor of Brownsville, Texas, praying that measures be taken to procure from the Mexican government the abolition of the "zona libre," (free belt) established by the Legislature of the State of Tamaulipas, by act passed on the 28th December, 1837, and approved by the Congress of Mexico July 30, 1831, along the frontier of the Republic of Mexico, on the Rio Grande, with a view to prevent smuggling into the United States, and for the protection of American interest on that frontier. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-19 |
| Administration of civil law in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the administration of civil law in Virginia. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-19 |
| Solicitor and additional clerks for the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State to Hon. N.P. Banks, recommending the appointment of a solicitor of claims for the State Department and an appropriation for the compensation of three additional clerks for indexing records and papers received by the Department. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-19 |
| Minnesota State University. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 253.) January 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-19 |
| Channel through Hallett's Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1869, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to the cost of cutting a channel through Hallett's Point, at the head of Long Island. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-19 |
| Estimates for Sisseton, Wahpeton, and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for Sisseton, Wahpeton, Santee Sioux Indians, at Lac Traverse and Devil's Lake, Dakota. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-19 |
| Deficiencies in appropriations for Utah. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of Utah, in relation to the deficiency in appropriations for that territory. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-19 |
| China and Japan "indemnity funds." Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the "indemnity funds" received from the governments of China and Japan by the Department of State. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-19 |
| Omitted estimate for 1870-'71. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to an omitted estimate for the year 1870-'71. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-19 |
| Site for State Department building. Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the commission appointed by Congress to select a site for the erection of a building for the State Department. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1870. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, pursuant to a resolution passed on the 10th day of January, 1870... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-20 |
| Memorial of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, asking an appropriation to reimburse said city for money expended in the construction of Milwaukee harbor. January 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-20 |
| Suppressing Indian hostilities in Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of expenses for suppressing Indian hostilities in Utah. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. April 5, 1869. -- Reported back, Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-20 |
| Acquisition of foreign territory. January 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of California in favor of the restoration of the land now claimed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to settlement by pre-emption, and against further grants of land in large tracts in that state for any purpose. January 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Petition of the German Colonization Company of Colfax, Fremont Co., Col., praying a grant to said company of 40,000 acres of unsurveyed and unoccupied public lands in Fremont County, Colorado. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Dwight J. McCann. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Jonas W. Nye. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Frederick Brosenne. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| J.G. Lane. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| James F. Shattuck. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Henry Lenhart. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Mrs. Catharine Jackson. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Green and Trainor. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Simon Van Etten. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the Falls of St. Anthony. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-24 |
| Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, representing the several boards of trustees and other authorities having charge of public schools within said district, praying aid for maintaining and extending the advantages of education in said District of Columbia. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that, with a view to the more speedy settlement and disposition of the public lands of the United States in the State of California... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-24 |
| Detention of vessels in loyal states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to steamboats and other vessels owned in the loyal states and taken by the government without the consent of the owners, during the war. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-24 |
| James Belger. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States upon the case of James Belger, formerly colonel and quartermaster of the United States Army. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Pedro Armendaris. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th January, relative to the claim of the heirs of Pedro Armendaris, for the use and occupancy of Fort Craig military reservation, in the Territory of New Mexico. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Reports of national banking associations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 21, 1869, transmitting a report from the Comptroller of the Currency, relative to the national banking associations. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Report of the United States Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the annual statement of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, as required by act of March 3, 1853. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Indemnity from Japan. Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the sum of $600,000 in gold paid to the United States as indemnity for aggression upon our commerce, pursuant to stipulation of a treaty with Japan, of the 22d October, 1864. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a statement of expenditures of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the year 1869. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Georgia. Letter from the General of the Army, relative to certain officers of the United States Army, acting in the Legislature of Georgia as a committee of election. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-24 |
| Reorganization of the Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 976.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the reorganization of the Navy of the United States. January 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-25 |
| Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. Report of the receipts and expenditures of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for the year ending June 30, 1869. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-25 |
| Treasury -- balances unexpended. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing statement of balances unexpended on the 30th of September, 1869; also, amount to complete service of the current fiscal year. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Estimates of appropriations for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting an estimate of appropriations required for the service of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Darien ship canal. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant relative to appropriations for Darien ship canal. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Treaty with Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, in reference to report of the special commission detailing the proceedings of the negotiation of the treaty with the Delaware tribe of Indians. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Appropriations for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners in relation to appropriations for Indians. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Survivors of the War of 1812. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to survivors of the War of 1812. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Estimates of deficiencies in War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting estimates of appropriations required to meet deficiencies for the service of that Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1869 and 1870. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1869, the reports of Captain Charles Bryant, late special agent of the Treasury Department for Alaska, and H.A. [i.e., H.H.] McIntyre, special agent of the Treasury Department. January 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of Committee on Finance, inclosing copy of a letter from his predecessor in the Interior Department, and draught of a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold any moneys due from the United States to a defaulting state on any account whatever. January 26, 1870. -- Referred, with Bill S. 441, to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of the bill for the early apportionment of representation under the coming census. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Junction City to New Scandinavia, in said state. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of the national capital from Washington to Fort Leavenworth military reservation, Kansas. January 26, 1869 [i.e., 1870]. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a law to extinguish the title of the Indians to the Black Bob Shawnee reservation. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-26 |
| Disasters on the lakes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) Letter addressed to the Hon. Halbert E. Paine relative to storm telegraphy. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 327.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 327, for the relief of William H. Murphy, of Farmington, Missouri, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report that the petition of the said Murphy was acted upon by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the second session of the Fortieth Congress, and a report made thereon, which report this Committee adopts and herewith presents to the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 449.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Carson praying compensation for subsistence furnished to prisoners confined in the Bourbon County jail, in Kentucky, by order of the military authorities of the United States, from August, 1862, to the latter part of 1865, having considered the same, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 170.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Henry Otis, of Indiana, ask leave to report that the said bill was referred to the same Committee during the Fortieth Congress, and that, having again examined the case, the Committee do, upon reconsideration thereof, adopt the report then made, which is as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary E. Hill, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services as a nurse in the Army during the late war of the rebellion, and for reimbursement of moneys expended by her in aid of sick and wounded soldiers, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George F. Brott, praying payment for the "model barge, Brott & Davis" impressed by the military authorities of the United States, and lost during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| Management of Indians in British America. Report on the management of the Indians in British North America by the British government. January 27, 1870. -- Presented by Mr. Clarke, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-27 |
| Land claims under Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. (To accompany Bill No. 740.) January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| John Covode vs. Henry D. Foster. January 27, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, a statement from the Special Commissioner of Revenue, relative to the cost of American pig-iron. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-28 |
| Kansas claims. (To accompany H.R. 112.) Papers relative to the claim of the State of Kansas for claims against the government. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-28 |
| Wagon road in Montana. Memorial from the Legislature of the Territory of Montana praying for an appropriation of forty thousand dollars. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-28 |
| Postage on newspapers. Memorial of John W. Munday on the subject of newspaper postage. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-28 |
| Georgia election cases. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-28 |
| Wallace vs. Simpson. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-28 |
| Napoleon B. Giddings, (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1009.) January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-28 |
| Quantity of fine whiskies. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, with statement of the quantity of fine whiskies produced during the months of September to December, 1868, as compared with the same months of 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Harbor of Black Lake, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the condition of the harbor of Black Lake, Michigan. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Captured and abandoned property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relating to captured and abandoned property, showing that there are outstanding claims against the government to the amount of several thousand dollars. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Mail contracts by railroad. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of January 20, whether the contracts for transporting the mails on the railway lines of the different states of our Union are by the mile or by weight, and the price for the same. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Pay and emoluments of officers of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, relative to the pay and emoluments, or either, of the officers of the United States Navy. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Change of name of United States vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13, transmitting a list of the vessels [of] the United States, the names of which have been changed since the 4th of of [sic] March, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Clerks and others employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a statement of the number of clerks and others employed in the bureaus of the Department during the year ending June 30, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Duty on saltpeter. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury calling the attention of the Committee of Ways and Means to the duties on saltpeter. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Banking capital in the several states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, transmitting statement of the amount of banking capital in the several states in the month of December, 1860. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Men employed in Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, transmitting statement of the number of men employed in the several Navy yards on the 1st of March, July, September, and December, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation to supply a deficiency in appropriation for the mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| Assimilated rank in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of 14th December, 1869, inclosing the record of proceedings of the board of officers appointed to take into consideration the subject of assimilated rank in the Navy. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 462.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom is referred the petition, with accompanying papers, of John Somers Smith, late commercial agent at the City of St. Domingo, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 422.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred "A Bill To Establish a Postal Telegraph System, and To Incorporate the United States Postal Telegraph Company," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-31 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating the report of the Secretary of State, made in compliance with the requirements of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856, relative to fees collected by consular officers. January 31, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, by navigable channels through the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio ratifying the amendment proposed by Congress as the Fifteenth Article of the Constitution of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-01-31 |
| A.A. Vance. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1013.) Papers relative to claims for relief of A.A. Vance. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Duty on foreign coal. Letter from the Governor of West Virginia transmitting the proceedings of the legislature in relation to the duty on foreign coal. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Harbor at Duluth. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota to improve the harbor at Duluth. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment. Letter from the Governor of Ohio transmitting the action of the Legislature of Ohio in adopting the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Duty on coal. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia in relation to a reduction of duty on foreign coal. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Tucker vs. Booker. Testimony in the case of George Tucker vs. Geo. W. Booker, Fourth Congressional District of Virginia. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Whittlesey vs. McKenzie. Testimony in the case of Chas. Whittlesey vs. Lewis McKenzie, Seventh Congressional District Virginia. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-01-31 |
| Post office at Havre de Grace. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, in relation to the abstraction of stamps from the post office at Havre de Grace, Maryland. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-31 |
| Marine hospital service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill for the reorganization of the marine hospital service. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-01-31 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1870, information in relation to the action of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in reference to the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 1, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-01 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st of January last, information in relation to opinions given by him concerning affairs in Georgia. February 1, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-01 |
| Memorial of the Anti-Collie and Anti-Monopoly Association of San Francisco, California, remonstrating against granting a subsidy to the Pacific Steamship Company for carrying the mail between San Francisco and China and Japan. February 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of mail routes from Santa Rosa to Sonoma, from Santa Rosa to Sebastopol, and from Healdsburg to Calistoga, in said state. February 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 271.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 27, for the relief of Colonel Samuel W. Price, of the Twenty-first Kentucky Volunteers, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 115.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Marth A. Estill, administratrix of J.M. Estill, deceased, praying payment for beef furnished the United States Indian commissions, of California, in 1851-'2; of Joseph Barton and General H.S. Burton, asking for payment of the claim of Pablo de la Toba for cattle supplied to the same commissioners; and of Redick McKee, one of said commissioners, asking to be refunded certain moneys paid out by him as delivering agent for the Indian department, and also additional compensation as such agent, respectfully report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James O. Carruthers, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, praying arrears of pay due him as second lieutenant of the Twenty-eight Massachusetts Volunteers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Christian Luth, of Jefferson County, Nebraska, praying compensation for property taken from him by the Indians in June, 1868, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Johnson and others, of Beaufort, South Carolina, asking an appropriation to pay for library burned in the Smithsonian Institution, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a report with abstract by John G. Pratt... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| Missouri militia. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Missouri requesting that the militia of that state be placed on the same footing as other troops for pensions and bounties. February 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-02 |
| United States ship Wyoming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1072.) February 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| Emil Ruger. February 2, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 487.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.R. Allen & Co., representing the Atlantic Steamship and the Pacific Mail Steamship Companies... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 488.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Etting, a purser in the United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1869, information relating to the presence of the honorable William McDougall at Pembina, in Dakota Territory, and the opposition by the inhabitants of Selkirk settlement to his assumption of the office of governor of the Northwest Territory. February 3, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott submitted the following resolution. Whereas in localities of some states of this Union the public peace is commonly violated, laws defied, and life and property unprotected; and whereas these facts, being indubitably attested, show either a want of efficiency on the part of the local authorities, or a disinclination to protect citizens; and whereas protection to life and property by the government of the United States is the right of every citizen... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-03 |
| Improvement of Wisconsin and Fox rivers. Letter from the Governor of Wisconsin transmitting memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin relative to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-03 |
| Execution of the laws in Utah. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1089.) February 3, 1870. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-03 |
| Van Wyck vs. Greene. February 3, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-03 |
| Custom-house at Castine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation to purchase additional land for the Custom-house a[t] Castine, Maine. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Repairs of Custom-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury calling the special attention of the House of the necessity for immediate action on the estimates for repairs of the Custom-houses at Savannah, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Lieutenant W.J. Keays. Letter from the Secretary of War, (by request of the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs,) transmitting a copy of the report of the Judge Advocate General, upon the case of First Lieutenant W.J. Keays, of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Additional clerical force in Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting communication from Chief of Ordnance Department relative to the necessity of a larger clerical force than is provided for in the pending appropriation bill. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Foreign commodities. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th January in relation to the extent and value of foreign commodities, susceptible of production within the limits of the country, as plants useful for dye-stuffs, medicines, and for other economic purposes. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Claims of Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting an abstract of a report of the United States Indian agent upon claims for stock stolen from the Delaware Indians since 1854, provided for in treaty of July 4, 1866, with said tribe. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th January, relative to the accounts of the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting a statement of the manner in which the fund for the contingent expenses of the Department has been expended from July 1, 1868, to June 30, 1869, inclusive. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| Foreign commerce and decadence of American shipping. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of Chief of the Division of Tonnage in the Treasury Department in relation to the foreign commerce of the United States and the decadence of American shipping. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Decline of American Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 349.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel F. Butterworth, praying Congress to release him, and the heirs of Arnold Harris, from all liabilities as sureties on the bond of W.G. Kendall, late deputy postmaster at New Orleans, and to whom was also referred Senate Bill No. 349, on the same subject, report that the facts of the case are as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 493.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of George Wright, praying for remuneration for the use of his patent linch pin, adopted and used by the United States government, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-04 |
| Steamboats and other vessels owned in the loyal states. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia ratifying the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia declaring the assent of said state to the condition imposed upon said state by the act of Congress of June 25, 1868, proposing to admit the State of Georgia to representation in Congress as a state of United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-07 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-07 |
| Petition of citizens of Connecticut, praying that there may be required in the next census returns an account of the net proceeds of incomes derived from every business, profession, or employment. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-07 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of the immediate recognition and adjustment of the claims of American citizens against the United States an account of French spoliations prior to the year one thousand eight hundred. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-07 |
| Pension and bounty laws. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri asking Congress to extend the pension and bounty laws to the enrolled Missouri militia. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-07 |
| St. Mary's Falls ship-canal. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, authorizing the board of control of the St. Mary's Falls ship-canal to transfer said canal to the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-07 |
| Improvement of the Chicago harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, 1869, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed improvement of the harbor of Chicago. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-07 |
| Appropriations for Indian interpreters. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report from Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for the pay of Indian interpreters. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-07 |
| Improvement of navigation of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th January, transmitting the report of General Warren, of Engineer Corps, relative to the improvement of the Mississippi River at or near the Falls of St. Anthony. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-07 |
| Copper and other metals in various arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 31, transmitting the report of the Chief of Ordnance as to the quantity of copper, tin, pig-lead, and other metals now on hand in the various arsenals of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-07 |
| Montana territorial militia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting report upon the Montana territorial militia, a military force raised by the Governor of Montana. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-07 |
| Pennsylvania Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting to the Committee on Military Affairs the report of the Adjutant General upon the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 511.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the order of the Senate to consider the expediency of repealing the charter of the Medical Society of the District, and of such other legislation as may be necessary to secure for medical practitioners in the district equal rights and opportunities without distinction of color, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Relinquish the Interest of the United States in Certain Lands to the City and County of San Francisco," beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1869, information in relation to the establishment of a branch of the Soldiers' Home on the Pacific coast. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa ratifying the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama in favor of the establishment of a postal telegraph system. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-08 |
| Railroad from Lake St. Croix to Superior. Letter from the Governor of Wisconsin transmitting the memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a re-grant of the land heretofore granted to aid in the construction of railroads from Lake St. Croix to Superior and Bayfield. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 7th instant, the report of the agent of the United States to examine consular affairs, with reports of consular offices in France and Belgium. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-08 |
| Youkon River and Island of St. Paul. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, transmitting the report of Acting Inspector of Customs concerning the Youkon River and the Islands of St. Paul and St. George. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-08 |
| Interoceanic communication at the American isthmus. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House calling for the report of Rear Admiral Davis on interoceanic communication at the American isthmus. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-08 |
| Lands in Knox County, Indiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation to the quantity of public lands in Knox County, Indiana. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-08 |
| New War Department building. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 2d February, in relation to the report of the commission to prepare plans and estimates for a new War Department building. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-08 |
| Improvement of Michigan City harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed improvement of the harbor of Michigan City, in the State of Indiana. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-08 |
| Missouri state militia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting report of the Adjutant General upon the Missouri state militia, an auxiliary force employed in the service of the United States during the rebellion. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-08 |
| Claims of Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to examine the claims of the Pottawatomie Indians, provided by the treaty of August 7, 1868. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 519.) The Committee on Territories, having had under consideration the bill to provide for the settlement and payment of expenses incurred by the territorial authorities of Montana, for troops during the year 1867, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H.B. Moulton, have had the same under consideration and direct me to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th of January last, information in relation to the constructing a harbor light-house at the mouth of Aquina Bay, in the State of Oregon. February 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating an estimate of funds required to defray the necessary expenses of a general council of certain Indians in the Indian Territory, as provided by treaties with the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. February 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-09 |
| Duty on foreign coal. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts relative to the duty on foreign coal. February 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-09 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 3, 1870, copies of papers relating to the claim of Foster Blodgett as late postmaster at Augusta, Georgia. February 10, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 1, 1870, information relative to the number, location, and rent of buildings occupied by the Quartermaster's Department of the Army. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-10 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, a statement of the bonds issued to the various Pacific railroad companies. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-10 |
| Petition of H.C. Ingersoll praying that the right of suffrage be granted to women in the District of Columbia. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-10 |
| Memorial of C.E. McKay, remonstrating against the right of suffrage being granted to women. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 13, 1869, papers in relation to the sale of certain lands in Kansas, known as the lands of the "Black Bob Band" of Shawnees. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-11 |
| Memorial of members of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians, against any attempt to force their people to break up their tribal organization, and against a division of their lands. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-11 |
| Machinery free of duty. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama relative to the admission free of duty of certain machinery for manufacturing purposes. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-11 |
| Sheafe vs. Tillman. Papers in the contested election case of Sheafe vs. Tillman, in the Fourth Congressional District of Tennessee. February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-11 |
| Richard M. Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1188.) February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-11 |
| William Conelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1189.) February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-11 |
| Tax on liquors and tobacco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 31, transmitting statement in relation to the amount of tax collected for the year ending December 31, 1869, on liquors and tobacco, respectively. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Establishment of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting letter from the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs, relative to the location and establishment of the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apache Indians. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Copyright of revenue coupon book. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in answer to a resolution of the House of 31st January, relative to the copyright of the revenue coupon book to be used by distillers, rectifiers, and wholesale liquor dealers. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Claims of Kansas Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report made by commissioners appointed under the provisions of the twelfth article of treaty of 23d February, 1867, with the Senecas, Mixed Senecas and Shawnees, and Quapaw tribes of Indians in Kansas, to investigate the claims of those Indians. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 3d February, calling for the number of copies of "Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln" now in possession of the Secretary of State. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, in relation to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Annuities withheld from Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, relative to annuities or other payments withheld from Indian tribes under act of Congress. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Distillation of "drop beer" and "slops." Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to resolution of the House of January 26, 1870, in relation to the distillation of "drop beer" and "slops" which cannot now be profitably used under existing laws. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Report Chief Engineer of Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, calling for the last report of the Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Union Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Harbor of Leland in Lake Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 19, 1870, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the practicability and necessity of improving the harbor of Leland, in Lake Michigan. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-11 |
| Louisville Commercial Convention. Resolutions of the Louisville Commercial Convention in favor of granting aid to the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New York, for the establishment of an American line of steamships between New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Port Royal, Mobile, New Orleans, and Cadiz, Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, and other Mediterranean ports of southern Europe. February 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-12 |
| Amendments to pension laws. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting amendments to the pension law. February 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-12 |
| Contract with Congressional Globe. February 12, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 534.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rachel H. Millikeu, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 102.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 102, "For the Relief of the Daughters of General Charles F. Smith, Deceased," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William F. Nelson, submit this their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary as to the date when the compensation of the Hon. J.W. Johnson [i.e., Johnston] and Hon. J.F. Lewis, senators from the State of Virginia, should commence, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in regard to the proceedings had in the State of Georgia in pursuance of the recent act of Congress entitled "An Act To Promote the Reconstruction of Georgia," and in relation to the organization of the legislature of that state since the passage of that act. February 14, 1870. -- Read, referred the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information in regard to officers of the Navy residing permanently or temporarily in Washington City; of officers of the Navy on duty in Washington at the date of the meeting of the present Congress; of officers of the Navy who have been ordered to report for special duty in Washington since that date; and of officers and members of the senior class of midshipmen attached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis who have visited Washington under orders or leave of absence since the date aforesaid. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-14 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 9, 1870, information in relation to the claim of Foster Blodgett for services as postmaster at Augusta, Georgia, while excluded from discharging the duties of that office. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the value of Indian goods lost on the Missouri River above Omaha, during the last eight years, by means of the wrecking and destruction of steamboats. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-14 |
| Resolution of the legislature assembly of the Territory of Colorado against any change of the organic law concerning the jurisdiction of probate courts in that territory. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of granting a pension to Lieutenant Colonel John C. Abercrombie, of that state, corresponding to his rank. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-14 |
| Harbor of refuge at Block Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island in relation to a harbor of refuge at Block Island. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-14 |
| Rank in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy directed to the Hon. Mr. Scofield, inclosing a communication from Admiral Farragut relative to rank in the Navy. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-14 |
| Naval rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy inclosing petition of warrant officers asking for naval rank, directed to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-14 |
| Pay of officers of Missouri militia. Resolution in reference to the extra pay of the officers of the Missouri state militia. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-14 |
| Capitol building in Wyoming. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory, asking for an appropriation for a capitol building. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-14 |
| Special agents of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, in relation to the names of all special agents and assistants of the Treasury Department on the rolls of the Department on the 4th day of March, 1869. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-14 |
| Port of Sheboygan. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 31st January, transmitting the report of a survey of the port of Sheboygan, Michigan. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-14 |
| Sundry public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting reports of the Supervising Architect, relative to the erection of public buildings at Erie, Pennsylvania, Raleigh, North Carolina, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and other places. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-14 |
| Fur seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a report of the special agent of Alaska upon the fur seal fisheries of that territory. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 53.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 53, entitled "A Bill To Pay Two Companies of Oregon Volunteers," beg leave to present the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 545.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Chinn, of Prince William County, Virginia, praying compensation for property taken and used by the military forces of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 9th instant, information in relation to the claim of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to continue and extend its road, and to receive in aid of the construction thereof, lands and bonds from the United States. February 16, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in relation to a revision of the existing tariff laws. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a suitable building in the City of Topeka for the use of the federal courts, the post office, land and revenue offices. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of the bill creating additional land districts in that state. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of all Indians who have not become citizens, from the limits of that state to special reservations, and the extinguishment of their right of possession to all lands within that state, that the same may be granted to aid in the construction of railroads, and in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of railroads in the Indian Territory. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of increased protection of the frontier of that state against depredations by the Indians, and against any further reduction of the Army. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| Duty on sugar and molasses. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to duty on sugar and molasses. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-16 |
| Breakwater at Crescent City, California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, praying an appropriation for the erection of a breakwater at Crescent City, in that state. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-16 |
| Capitol buildings in territories. February 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 233.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Pierce, praying for the extension of a patent for an improvement in cooking stores, and the bill accompanying the same, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 107.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Commodore S.B. Bissell, praying a modification of the act of January 16, 1857, so that he may receive the pay of a commander while holding the commission for that rank in the naval service, and the joint resolution for his relief, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.A. Wheeler, praying compensation for losses incurred by contracts with the Navy Department, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frank H. Johnson, praying payment for services rendered to the government in carrying the United States mail on routes Nos. 4339 and 4340, in Wythe County, Virginia, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 552.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Wilcox, captain Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, for relief from all liability on account of government funds stolen from him on the 14th day of February, 1867, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to authorize the restoration of Gilbert Morton to the naval service, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from O'Brien County, Iowa, to the Missouri River, at or near Yankton, in Dakota Territory. February 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| Causes of the reduction of American tonnage. (To accompany Bills H.R. No. 1261 and 1262.) February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 559.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of Solomon E. Bowles, praying for permission to be heard at the Patent Office on his application for the extension of his patent for raising and transporting stores, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1870, a list of officers commissioned by the Department of State, the compensation allowed to each of said appointments, and the state from where appointed. February 18, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to the appropriations heretofore made to provide for the defense of certain suits now pending in the Court of Claims, known as the cotton cases. February 18, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-18 |
| Appropriations for Indian service in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay an outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian service in Montana Territory. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-18 |
| Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay vouchers approved by General Harney, on account of Indian service in the Sioux Indian district. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-18 |
| Claims of American citizens against Spain. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to claims of American citizens against Spain for payment in coin. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-18 |
| Murder of American citizens in Cuba. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the murder of one or more American citizens in Cuba. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-18 |
| Special agents of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, relative to the number of special agents appointed and now acting for the Department. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-18 |
| Freedmen's Bureau and abandoned lands. Letter from the Superintendent of Freedmen's Bureau, etc., in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, 1870, in relation to the amount expended in the execution of said office. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-02-18 |
| Revenue and Customs receipts in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th January, transmitting a statement of the receipts from Revenue and Customs and all other sources in Alaska, since that territory was incorporated into the United States. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 9, 1870, transmitting a copy of a portion of Vincent Colyer's report relating to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Ordnance depot at Cheyenne. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a communication from the Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, relative to the establishment of an ordnance depot at Cheyenne. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Indian affairs in Oregon. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, in relation to the report of the Indian superintendent upon Indian affairs in Oregon. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in accordance with law a statement of incidental and contingent expenses of his Department for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Appropriation for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay certain claims that have been allowed and partly settled to extent of funds on hand. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Appropriations for House of Correction for Boys. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copies of two letters from the President of the Board of Trustees of the House of Correction for Boys, for an appropriation for the benefit of said institution. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Appropriations Indian service -- Fort Berthold agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian service at Fort Berthold Indian agency. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| John E. Tappan. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting accounts of John E. Tappan for goods given to Kiowa Indians, for delivery of white captives held by them in 1868. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| S.E. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay a debt due to S.E. Ward for goods furnished Indians at Fort Laramie by order of Indian Peace Commission. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Savannah River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 8, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the navigable condition of the Savannah River. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information concerning the recent engagement of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, with the Piegan Indians in Montana. February 19, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas remonstrating against the ratification of the treaty for the sale of the Kaw Indian reserve. February 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the appointment of a commission to investigate the claims of all persons who have lost property or sustained damages by reason of depredations committed since the first day of January, 1864, by any of the Indian tribes or members thereof with whom peace conferences have been held or many hereafter be held by the commission appointed under the act to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes. February 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 520.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of certain soldiers of the Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, together with Senate Bill No. 520, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-21 |
| Public buildings at Leavenworth. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kansas instructing the senators and representative from said state to vote for an appropriation to erect suitable buildings at Leavenworth for a post office and revenue office. February 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-21 |
| Harbor at Port Washington. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin relative to a harbor at Port Washington, in Wisconsin. February 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, having been authorized "to sit during the recess of Congress," and instructed to inquire into the expenditures in all the branches of the service of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-21 |
| B.F. Whittemore. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 886.) The Committee on Finance of the Senate, to whom was referred House Bill No. 886, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Lawrence L. Merry, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twentieth District of New York," report the same back and recommend its passage, and adopt the House report, as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 144.) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of E. Dicketman, a Prussian subject, asking that he might receive indemnity, or that his claim against the government of the United States for damages suffered by the action of the military authorities at New Orleans in the year 1862 might be referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a bill providing for the payment of stock and other property stolen or destroyed by the Osage, Kaw, and other Indians on the border of Kansas. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the speedy adjustment and payment of the claims of citizens of that state for services rendered, transportation, forage, subsistence, and property lost in action under Major General Curtis, in repelling the invasion of General Price, commanding the Confederate Army, and the Indian expedition in July and August, 1864. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a weekly mail from Millville to Bidwell in said state, and the establishment of post offices at certain places in that state. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-22 |
| Removal of disabilities in Virginia. Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia asking Congress, without delay, to remove political disabilities from all citizens of the State of Virginia. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-22 |
| Assignment of contested election cases. Assignment of contested election cases by the Chairman of the Committee of Elections. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-22 |
| Unexpended balances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 12, transmitting statement of the unexpended balances on the 30th of June, 1869; also the amounts estimated as necessary to complete the service of the current fiscal year, &c. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Expenditures in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, transmitting a statement of the expenditures for public and private purposes in the District of Columbia, from the establishment of the seat of government to the 31st of December, 1869. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Rio Hondo claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report on the Rio Hondo claims, Louisiana. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Number of Indians in various tribes. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, in relation to the number of Indians in each of the various tribes named in the book of estimates furnished Congress. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Harbors in Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, in relation to establishing a light to mark the pier at the harbor of Plymouth, Duxbury, and Kingston, in the State of Massachusetts. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Struggle for independence in the island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, transmitting correspondence relative to the struggle for freedom in the island of Cuba. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting draught of a bill amendatory of the act to take the seventh and subsequent censuses, and to fix the number of the members of the House of Representatives. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Ninth Census and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| Meteorological observations. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting estimates of appropriations required to carry into effect the law authorizing the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying for the restoration of eleven thousand dollars belonging to him, now in the Treasury of the United States, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 137.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (S.R. 137) for the relief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 582.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying that the value of certain property belonging to him, or the value of $3,600, confiscated under legal proceedings instituted in the district court of the United States, for the northern district of New York, may be returned to him, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Jearum Atkins, of Mokena, Will County, Illinois, praying for extension of his patent on rakes to grain-harvesters, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1869, information in relation to amount of land claimed, held, or occupied as military reservations in the State of Florida. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, copy of the reports of the special agents of the Treasury Department appointed to examine the assay office in New York and the branch Mint in San Francisco, so far as the same relates to the subjects of assaying and refining. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-25 |
| Voters of Costilla and Conejos Counties, Colorado. Memorial of the voters of the counties of Costilla and Conejos in the Territory of Colorado. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-25 |
| Boyden vs. Shober. Evidence and papers in the contested election case in the Sixth Congressional District of North Carolina. February 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-25 |
| Pilot-boat A.T. Stewart. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13 in relation to the wreck of the pilot-boat A.T. Stewart, recently sunk by collision in the main channel-way of New York Harbor. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-25 |
| Sites for national works of defense. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a proposed bill to facilitate the acquisition of sites for national works of defense and to protect the public treasury. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-25 |
| Flathead Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of mills and construction of buildings for the benefit of the Flathead Indians, to replace those destroyed by fire. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-25 |
| Jurisdiction over Sandy Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, transmitting copies of all papers on file in the War Department relating to the jurisdiction of the United States over Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and adjoining land. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-25 |
| Army recruiting service. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending an appropriation to continue the Army recruiting service for the remainder of the present fiscal year. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-25 |
| Fixtures for Treasury Building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting an estimate for the cost of cases and fixtures for the Treasury Building. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-02-25 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to the enforcement or attempt to enforce the payment of taxes by Cherokees on products manufactured in the Cherokee Nation and sold within the Indian Territory. February 28, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-28 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 14th instant, correspondence of Charles E. De Long, minister resident of the United States to Japan, relating to American interests in that country. February 28, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-28 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with two resolutions of the Senate, of the 8th instant, information relative to blank petitions recently sent from that department for the abolition of the franking privilege. February 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-28 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, information in relation to removing the United States branch Mint from the City of New Orleans to the City of New York, and in relation to the condition thereof. February 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-02-28 |
| Letter of the Governor of the State of Virginia communicating copies of the acts passed by the general assembly of that state ratifying the proposed Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-28 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia in favor of a reduction of the tax on tobacco. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-02-28 |
| Charles Schreiber. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1379.) Papers to accompany the claim of Charles Schreiber. February 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-02-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 527.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Wm. F. Scott, late adjutant Fourth Iowa Cavalry Volunteers, which gives him the difference between the pay of a sergeant-major and adjutant of cavalry, while he was performing the duties of the latter office, but before actual muster, caused by no fault of Lieutenant Scott, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the memorial and evidence of Harriet R. Clinton, widow of Charles W. Clinton, late lieutenant of the First Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry, having considered the same, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 145.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of William H. Rutherford and George Kains, for travel pay while in the military service, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 21, 1870, correspondence relating to the imprisonment of Mr. Davis Hatch by the Dominican government. March 1, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-01 |
| Tariff on foreign coal. Memorial from committee of citizens of Alleghany County, Md., appointed at a public meeting in Cumberland, Maryland, concerning the tariff on foreign coal imported. March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-01 |
| Captain John W. Bevins. Memorial of the Arkansas Legislature, asking relief for Captain John W. Bevins and his command of "Independent Rangers." March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-01 |
| Gayle H. Kyle. Memorial of Hon. Gayle H. Kyle, of Arkansas, asking compensation as a member of the Thirty-ninth Congress. March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-01 |
| Amendment to the Constitution. Letter from the Governor of the State of Nebraska, transmitting a certified copy of a concurrent resolution of said state, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by Congress as Article XV. March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-01 |
| Charles Cooper and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1395.) March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-01 |
| Gold panic investigation. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-01 |
| Harbor-masters' fees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, relative to harbor-masters' fees exacted under the statutes of the State of New York. March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of George H. Corliss, praying an extension of his patent for improvements in steam engines, asks leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Judiciary Committee, in obedience to the following resolution of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate what, if any, measures are being taken by this government to assist in suppressing the traffic in slaves now carried on on the coast of Africa... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-02 |
| Charles A. Pitcher. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Patents. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-02 |
| American citizens prisoners in Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th ultimo, relative to American citizens, native or naturalized, who may be confined in jails or prisons in Great Britain. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-02 |
| Staff rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of February 28, 1870, transmitting all correspondence with Admiral Farragut relative to staff rank in the Navy. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-02 |
| Navy yard at Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House in relation to the expediency of removing the Navy yard at Brooklyn, N.Y., to another site. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-02 |
| Circulating notes to national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1870, transmitting a report of the Comptroller of the Currency. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-02 |
| Defaulting paymasters in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of January 17, 1870, transmitting the names of paymasters who have been reported defaulters, with the amount of their respective defalcations since March 4, 1869. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 888.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred H.R. No. 888, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Harmon," make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1100.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of William A. Scott, made the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 128.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred for investigation the claim of Mrs. Jane Northridge, widow of William Northridge, deceased, late colonel of the Fifty-ninth Regiment New York State Volunteers, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-03 |
| Copies of acts of the Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory viz: "An Act To Protect Railroad Employes [sic] Who Are Injured While Performing Their Duties," Also, "An Act Providing for the Collection of Taxes Heretofore Assessed and Levied in This Territory." Also, part of an act of the legislative assembly of said territory in relation to the organization of corporations. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Du Luth. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-03 |
| Lydia E. Carhart. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Patents. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-03 |
| Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. March 3, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-03 |
| Telegraph with foreign countries. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1263.) March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-03 |
| Security of life on steam vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill to provide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and report of chief of steamboat inspection. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-03 |
| Claims of American citizens against Venezuela. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-03 |
| Spanish war vessels coming for repairs. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House relative to Spanish war vessels coming to the United States for repairs. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 346.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill S. 346, for the relief of Mary A. Coolidge, submit this their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-04 |
| Memorial of the National Association of State and City Superintendents of Public Instruction praying the requisite appropriations for keeping in active operation the present system of schools in the southern states, and the establishment and endowment of normal schools in each state. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi in favor of the speedy removal of the political disabilities of all the citizens of that state. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-04 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the payment of the claims of certain citizens of that state for services rendered in recruiting, organizing, and drilling men with a view to their muster into the military service of the United States in 1862. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 443.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to whom was referred Senate Bill 443, entitled "A Bill To Release from Government Reservation the Island Yerba Buena or Goat Island, in the Bay of San Francisco," and the memorial of B.S. Brooks and others, remonstrating against the passage of any law granting permission to the Western Pacific Railroad Company to occupy any portion of said island, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the full payment of all back pay and allowances due Peter J. Knapp, private Company H, Fifth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of removing the capital of the United States, and opposing any appropriations for buildings in the District of Columbia. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-07 |
| Petition of Nicholas P. Trist praying additional compensation for services rendered as commissioner plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-07 |
| Benjamin F. Butler. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-07 |
| Resignation of members of the House of Representatives. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-07 |
| Pay for organizing colored troops. Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas in reference to the pay of officers engaged in organizing colored troops. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-07 |
| St. Mary's Falls ship canal. Statement of the iron and copper products of Lake Superior, the tonnage employed therein, and the condition of the Sault Ste. Marie Falls canal. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-07 |
| Treaty with Cherokee Nation. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-07 |
| Constitution of the State of Texas. Letter from General Reynolds, transmitting a copy of the Constitution of the State of Texas, ratified at the election held November 30 and December 1, 2, and 3, 1869. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-07 |
| Mount Vernon relics. March 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules, submitted the following report. Resolved, that the following be adopted as a rule of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-08 |
| Message of the President of the United States relative to the obligation of Congress to make the necessary appropriations to carry out the Indian treaties made by what is known as the Peace Commission of 1867. March 8, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-08 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue communicating a statement showing the gradual and steady increase in the receipts of internal revenue for the several years ending with each month from June, 1869, to January 1870, inclusive. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 4, 1870, a list of all the steamers engaged in transporting military stores and property of the United States, which have been destroyed on the Missouri River, north of Omaha, during the last five years, together with a statement of the value of the property lost by reason of the destruction of said steamers. March 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-08 |
| Cherokee Nation. Letter from Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, inclosing petitions of numbers of various tribes against a proposed territorial government over them. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-08 |
| Soldiers of the War of 1812. Memorial and resolutions of soldiers of the War of 1812, praying Congress to grant pensions to the survivors. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-08 |
| Government offices at Paducah, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of the House of February 16, 1870, in relation to the erection of a suitable building at Paducah, Kentucky, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post office, internal revenue, customs, and other offices of the government located in that city. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| Encroachments upon Osage Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the encroachment of white settlers upon the lands of the Osage Indians in Kansas. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| James C. Strong. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Military Affairs the report of the Adjutant General of the Army upon the claim of James C. Strong to be paid as colonel of the Thirty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers during the late war. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| International exhibition in London. Letter from the Secretary of State relating to an international exhibition in London in 1871, with other papers upon the same subject. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| Lights in St. Clair River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of February 11, 1870, inclosing a report with plans and estimates from Brevet Brigadier General W.F. Raynolds, Corps of Engineers United States Army, engineer 11th Light-house District relative to establishing range lights in St. Clair River, Michigan. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| Blacksmiths in the Army, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a memorial from the cavalry and artillery officers of the Army advising for reasons fully set forth therein, that the pay of blacksmiths in the cavalry and artificers of artillery be by law augmented and that the rank of sergeant or corporal be conferred upon them. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to the resolution of the House of March 4, 1870, in relation to the late expedition against the Piegan Indians. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (H.R. 268) for the relief of Captain George E. Grisham, of Tennessee, having had the same, with the accompanying evidence, under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-09 |
| Memorial of delegates of the Creek Nation of Indians remonstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories. March 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-09 |
| Washington City market. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1084.) Specifications for Washington City market building. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-09 |
| Soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in relation to the soldiers of the War of 1812. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-09 |
| Military reservation, Fort Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending the passage of a joint resolution relative to military reservation of Fort Wayne, in Arkansas. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-09 |
| United States steamer Oneida. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of March 2, 1870, in relation to the sinking of the United States steamer Oneida, by colliding with the mail steamer Bombay, in Yokohama Bay, on the night of the 24th of January. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 648.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James M. Ellison, of the State of Delaware, praying compensation for property taken and destroyed by the United States troops during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of February last, information as to what legislation is necessary to insure the administration of justice and to protect American interests in China and Japan. March 10, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 4th instant, correspondence in regard to the so-called "Transcontinental Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company." March 10, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury asking the immediate appropriation of $150,000, to meet the current expenses of the marine hospital establishment; also, the sum of $80,000, to place the hospitals in order. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-10 |
| Certified copy of a letter from J.J. Reynolds, brevet major general U.S.A., commanding Fifth Military District, addressed to the Adjutant General United States Army, communicating a copy of the proceedings of the Legislature of the State of Texas on the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, a copy of the constitution of the State of Texas, and copies of certain general orders. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-10 |
| Letter of Brevet Major General J.J. Reynolds, commanding Fifth Military District communicating extracts from the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of the State of Texas of proceedings relating to the election of Morgan C. Hamilton and J.W. Flanagan United States senators. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 86.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to whom was committed House Resolution No. 86, "In Regard to the Suspension of the Sale of Certain Lands in California," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-11 |
| Memorial of the board of directors and members of the Union Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, and citizens of St. Louis, praying to enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and its examination and appraisement at certain designated ports of delivery instead of at the ports of entry alone. March 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-11 |
| Memorial of the St. Louis Board of Trade and citizens of St. Louis, praying the enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and its examination and appraisement at designated ports of delivery instead of ports of entry alone. March 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information respecting the title of the United States to the branch Mint property in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-14 |
| Comparative statement showing the amount of salaries paid to the line officers in the Navy, under the present organization, and under the provisions of Senate Bill No. 656, introduced by Hon. George E. Spencer, of Alabama, in the United States Senate, March 11, 1870. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to use their efforts to secure a tri-weekly mail route from Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa, via St. Sebold and Volga City, to Elkader, Iowa. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-14 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of the passage of the Bill (S.381) granting lands to the first division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point on the western boundary of Minnesota to the Winnipeg district of British America. March 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-14 |
| Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, remonstrating against a territorial form of government, legislative jurisdiction of Congress, the abrogation of existing treaties and the burden of government taxation without representation, and in favor of the payment by the United States of all just obligations to said nation. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-14 |
| Survey of Osage River. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri for an appropriation for the survey of the Osage River, in the State of Missouri. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-14 |
| Claims of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine relating to claims against the United States for advances made by Massachusetts in the War of 1812. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-14 |
| Money paid to bank note companies, etc. Letter from Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, 1870, on the above subject. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 666.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Fannie [i.e., Fanny] Kelly, praying for compensation for services rendered to immigrants, traders, and United States troops during the time she was held a captive by the Indians, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 667.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor J. Milton Best, submits this their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company of New York, praying for the reissue of United States notes to the extent of eight thousand dollars, in place of that amount alleged to be lost, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-15 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the inspector of national cemeteries of the United States for 1869. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information as to what states have ratified the amendment known as the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-15 |
| National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Annual report of the President [of the Board of Managers of the] National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-15 |
| Water communication west and east. Letter from the Governor of West Virginia transmitting memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia relative to water communication from the west to the Atlantic sea-board, through the states of West Virginia and Virginia. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-15 |
| Fort Dakota. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) Letter from the Secretary of War for the information of the Committee on Public Lands, in relation to the United States reservation at Fort Dakota, in the Territory of Dakota. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Rent for building for use of Department of Education. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation to pay for use of building for Department of Education. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Relative to soldiers' bounty. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a memorial of soldiers of the regular Army, who were in service at the commencement of the late war, to be placed on the same footing with respect to bounties as soldiers who enlisted during the progress of the war. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Penitentiaries in the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to an act of Congress entitled "An Act Setting Aside Certain Proceeds from Internal Revenue for the Erection of Penitentiaries in the Territories of Nebraska, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and Dakota," approved January 22, 1867. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Custom-house at Wiscasset, Maine. Letter from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Building in relation to an appropriation for grading, paving, and fencing around the Custom-house lot at Wiscasset, Maine. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Reservation at Fort Kearney. Letter from the Secretary of War informing the House that the United States military reservation at Fort Kearney, on the Missouri River, in the State of Iowa, in no longer required. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, calling for information to regard to the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Marine hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation of $230,000 to meet the current expenses of the Marine Hospital. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of March 3, 1870, transmitting the report of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, upon the late expedition against the Piegan Indians, in Montana. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Saint Mary's Falls ship-canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of March 1, 1870, transmitting the reports of General T.J. Cram upon the Saint Mary's Falls ship-canal. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Maria Josefa Cavazos. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, 1870, transmitting certain papers pertaining to the claim of Maria Josefa Cavazos, for rent of Fort Brown (Texas) military reservation. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| Pacific railway companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 26, in relation to the Pacific railway companies. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 673.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Samuel Miller, of Campbell County, Virginia, asking reimbursement of certain moneys in the Treasury, proceeds of certain bounds of the State of Indiana, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 509.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 509, being "A Bill for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah," beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 674.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George T. Wiggins, praying compensation for damages sustained on account of the seizure of the "Leighton House," in the City of Keokuk, Iowa, by the military authorities of the United States, for a hospital during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Masick, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, statements regarding the Revenue Marine Service. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-16 |
| Sword of General Montgomery. Letter from the Secretary of State addressed to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, relative to the sword belonging to General Montgomery, deceased. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-16 |
| Deduction from pay of members for absence. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-16 |
| Hunt vs. Sheldon. March 16, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-16 |
| R.R. Butler. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the manner in which the settlers upon the Black Bob Shawnee lands have interfered with the occupancy and disposition of the same. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-17 |
| Postal facilities for Alabama. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama asking for increased postal facilities in said state. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-17 |
| Railroad in Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking for a grant of lands, to aid in the construction of a railroad. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-17 |
| Tariff on coal. Communication from a committee of citizens of Alleghany County, Md., appointed at a public meeting in Cumberland, Maryland, to make known to Congress the wants and wishes of that community respecting the tariff on coal. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-17 |
| Sutro Tunnel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1179.) March 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-17 |
| Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with Delaware Indians. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-17 |
| Officers and vessels of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, in relation to officers and vessels of the Navy. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-17 |
| Appropriation for Paymaster General's office. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the insufficiency of the appropriations for rent, &c., for Paymaster General's office. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-17 |
| St. Mary's Falls ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to the improvement of Saint Mary's Falls ship canal. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conkling, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of Adelbert Ames, claiming to be senator elect from the State of Mississippi, report the following facts and conclusions... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 28, 1870, the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of the harbor of Du Luth, at the head of Lake Superior. February 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett submitted the following resolution resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of enacting a law requiring that all bidders, upon every mail route, for the transportation of mails upon the same... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in favor of the payment of the claims of Massachusetts and Maine for interest on advances to the United States during the War of 1812 with Great Britain. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail from Oroville to Taylorville, and the extension of the route to Round Valley, in said state. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of speedy action by the government towards perfecting the titles of certain settlers on the military reservation at Fort Ridgely, in that state. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of ceding to the United States the Sault St. Mary's canal. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Petition of J.A. Cushing, praying an investigation into the business of the gas company, of Washington City, with a view to the protection of consumers from fraud. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, with the answer of the Washington Gas-light Company, and the rejoinder of J.A. Cushing to the said answer. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Memorial of the Choctaw Nation of Indians remonstrating against the enactment into laws of the following bills, now under consideration in the House of Representatives, entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Consolidation of the Indian Tribes, and to Organize a System of Government in the Indian Territory;" and "A Bill to Incorporate the Kansas, Indian Territory and Gulf Railway Company, and to Enable the Missouri River, Fort Scott, and Gulf and the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Companies to Unite Upon and Construct a Single Track Through the Indian Territory and to Reach the Gulf." March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Printed as amended, and motion of Mr. Thurman to place resolution at the foot of the calendar pending. Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring,) that a joint special committee to consist of ten members, five from the Senate and five from the House, be appointed, to whom shall be referred the subject of the propriety of a change or modification of the Indian policy and system of governing the Indian tribes... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-18 |
| Harbor of Port Jefferson, Long Island Sound. Memorial of the Assembly of the State of New York relative to Port Jefferson harbor, Long Island Sound. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 685 and 686.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of loyal citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia, praying compensation for property destroyed by fire, and for live stock taken for the use of the Army or sold for the benefit of the United States by order of General Sheridan, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate resolution of March 14, 1870, directing said committee "to inquire into the expediency and necessity of establishing a daily mail service on the Mississippi River, between New Orleans and Cairo, and to report by bill or otherwise," beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, the report of the commander of the Department of Alaska upon the late bombardment of the Indian village at Wrangel, in that territory. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-21 |
| Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, protesting against the passage of the Bill (S. 631) "To Provide for Carrying into Effect the Provisions of a Treaty Concluded Between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians July 19, 1866." March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Penobscot River. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-21 |
| Treaty with Shawnees, etc. (To accompany House Resolution No. 205.) Letter from the Commissioner of the Land Office relative to the treaty of February 23, 1867, with the Shawnees, Quapaws, and other Indians. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-21 |
| Initial point of Union Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa relating to the initial point of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-21 |
| Questioned letter of Admiral Farragut. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of March 16, 1870, transmitting copies of the telegrams, letters, and affidavit of Paymaster Thomas H. Looker, United States Navy, in relation to the questioned letter of Admiral Farragut, of date January 29, 1869. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| Collection of revenue in New York and Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to person or persons, other than regularly appointed revenue officers, who have been, or are now, employed in the cities of Brooklyn or New York, to aid in the collection of internal revenue. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| Light-house on Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to the necessity of a light-house on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| Payments on account of public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 9, 1870, transmitting a detailed statement showing the payments on account of our public debt, including both principal and interest, from 1789 to 1836, inclusive. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| Officers on duty in southern states. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 26, 1870, transmitting reports concerning officers of the Army upon duty in the southern states, who are in receipt of salaries both from state treasuries and the Treasury of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| Pay of blacksmiths and artificers in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War inclosing a petition of officers of light artillery and cavalry for the increase of the pay of blacksmiths and artificers in the Army of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| Public buildings most necessary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the requirements of the public service for new public buildings. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 691.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, having had under consideration, and examined the memorial of Dr. John B. Read, asking compensation for improvements and discoveries made by him in the form and material of projectiles for rifled ordnance, submit the following report thereon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, so much of the report of Vincent Colyer, special Indian commissioner, as relates to the Indian village of Wrangel, Alaska, showing the condition of that village previous to its recent bombardment by United States troops. March 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1870, information in relation to the marine hospital building at New Orleans. March 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-22 |
| George Tucker vs. Geo. W. Booker. March 22, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 699.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mathilda Victor, asking for relief for damages done to her property in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for rent thereof, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Warner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 125.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred House Resolution No. 125, for the relief of James L. Ridgely, late collector of internal revenue for the Second District of Maryland, having considered the same, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 700.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Minerva Lewis, administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Lewis, her late husband, praying compensation for a steamboat belonging to the deceased, and destroyed while in the possession and use of the United States, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary J. Carlin, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-23 |
| Additional papers in the case of Davis Hatch, an American citizen, imprisoned by the Dominican government at Azua, San Domingo. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Maine in favor of the enactment of a law for the appointment of a board of commissioners for the preservation of the harbors of the United States against encroachments. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-23 |
| Stray bands of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the removal of stray bands of Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-23 |
| Loyal Indians and freedmen of the Creek Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation for the payment of losses sustained by soldiers who enlisted in the federal Army, and loyal refugee Indians and freedmen of the Creek Nation, during the rebellion. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-23 |
| A.P. Hotaling. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the claim of A.P. Hotaling for rent of land for the use of the Indian service in California. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-23 |
| Cavalry for New Mexico. Memorial from the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico asking that Congress will authorize the raising of two regiments of cavalry in said territory for defense against the Indians. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-23 |
| Abolition of internal taxes. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 11, in relation to the expediency and advantage or disadvantage to the government of abolishing the internal taxes, &c. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-23 |
| Operation of the sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, in relation to the operation of the sinking fund in extinguishing the debts of the War of the Revolution and of the War of 1812, up to the complete payment of those debts. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-03-23 |
| Message of the President of the United States recommending early legislative action toward an increase of the commerce of the United States. March 24, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-24 |
| Appointments to the military and naval academies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1606.) March 24, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Patents, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 704.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of C. Twining for an extension of his patent for a process and an apparatus by which to form ice by artificial means, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, a copy of the report of S.N. Clark, special agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, upon the condition of the freedmen in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian nations. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Letter of J.C. Fremont, president of Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, communicating a statement in relation to the affairs of said company. March 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly, Territory of New Mexico, in favor of locating the reservation stipulated by the treaty with the Utah Indians in the region of the San Juan River, and remonstrating against its location elsewhere in said territory. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-25 |
| Duty on lumber. Letter to the Committee of Ways and Means on tariff on lumber. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-25 |
| J.N. Carpenter. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Captain Edward Ball. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Albert Greenleaf, William Flynn, and S.P. Brown. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Calvin H. Frederick. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Edward Barton and others, owners of steamer Abe. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Nathaniel Tarr. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| Alfred M. Briggs. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 148.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution (No. 148) for the relief of David T. Jackson, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan R. Choat, widow of William Choat, praying for bounty, arrears of pay, and a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Emelie Sutheimer, widow of Otto Sutheimer, praying the allowance of bounty, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-28 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 15, 1870, information in relation to the iron-clad ships belonging to the Navy of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-28 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the Cherokee treaty pending before the Senate, and the claim of the Cherokees to territory west of the one hundredth meridian. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-28 |
| Colonization of persons of African descent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 23, 1870, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures out of the appropriation contained in the eleventh section of chapter 54 of Statutes of 1862, and the present condition of any unexpended balances of such appropriations. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-28 |
| Improvement of rivers and harbors. A resolution proposed to be submitted by Mr. Conger, declaring the opinion of the House of Representatives regarding the improvement of the rivers and harbors of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| Breakwater at Wilmington Harbor, California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of California relating to a breakwater at Wilmington harbor, on the coast of California, and government survey. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| Mail route in Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin relative to the establishment of a post road in said state. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| Judicial districts in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin relative to dividing the state into two judicial districts. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| Harbors on Lake Superior. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin instructing their senators and representatives to ask for appropriations for harbors on Lake Superior. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| Contest in Cuba. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa relating to the civil contest in the island of Cuba. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| Removal of Indians from Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota relative to the removal of Indians from the frontier of said state. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 144.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Joint Resolution S. No. 144, for the relief of James C. Sloo, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 355.) It appears that J.M. Keeler was, on the 22d of May, 1863, serving as first lieutenant, Fifth New York Cavalry; that on that date he was appointed provost marshal for the State of Oregon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-29 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the present condition of, and expenditures upon, the Custom-house at New Orleans, and the amount of appropriation required to complete the same. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-29 |
| Assistant treasurer in Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the establishment of the Office of Assistant Treasurer in the City of Baltimore, as an independent office. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-29 |
| Awards under Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies' treaty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury inclosing a letter from the Secretary of State asking an appropriation to pay the awards under the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies' treaty with her Britannic Majesty. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-29 |
| Duty on wire rods. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the duty on wire rods manufactured and imported into the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-29 |
| Appropriations for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the unexpectedly large demands upon the appropriation for pay to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-29 |
| Harbor of Christiana River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of March 18, transmitting report of recent surveys and examination of the harbor of Christiana River, at Wilmington, Delaware. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-29 |
| Citizens imprisoned or detained in military custody. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1869, relative to citizens imprisoned or detained in military custody. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-29 |
| Joseph Segar. March 29, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-29 |
| John R. Reading. March 29, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, for the Committee on Territories, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 644.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a bill "To Incorporate the United States Freehold Land and Emigration Company, and To Confirm Certain Legislation in Colorado Territory," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 726.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Rear Admiral Joseph Lanman, praying the difference of pay between commodore and rear admiral from December 7, 1867, to April 14, 1868, have considered the same, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph R. Brown, a sub-contractor of Charles A. Ruffee for the transportation of military stores, praying the allowance of damages to the extent of $8,575, on account of detention of his teams by the alleged negligence or fault of the agents of the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-30 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating the proclamation of the Secretary of State of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and recommending the adoption of means to promote education throughout the country. March 30, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-30 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 28th instant, copies of two reports made by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, dated, respectively, October 9, 1867, and October 24, 1868. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-30 |
| Accounts of the colonization agent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the accounts of the colonization agent. March 30, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-03-30 |
| Meteorological observations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) Report of the New York Chamber of Commerce on the bill before Congress to institute meteorological observations at military stations, and for giving notice of the approach and force of storms. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 30, 1870. -- Reported back, committee discharged, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-03-30 |
| Elias C. Boudinot. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-03-30 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the enactment of a law granting a bounty of eight and one-third dollars per month to all soldiers honorably discharged from service. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-31 |
| Petition of Anna Ella Carroll, praying compensation for suggesting certain plans of operation for the armies of the United States during the late war. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the removal of certain bands of Indians from that state. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-03-31 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a supplemental report of the commissioners appointed in accordance with the Senate amendment of the 13th article of the treaty of 23d of February, 1867, embracing the claims of the Wyandott Indians. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-01 |
| Petition of Ossian B. Hart, of Florida, claiming to be entitled to a seat in the Senate as a senator, duly elected by the Legislature of Florida, and asking that his claim to said seat may be investigated by the Senate. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-01 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of such a modification of the internal revenue law as will exempt from taxation distillers of fruit. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the abolition of the income tax. April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a mail route from San Diego, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and the establishment of post offices on said route. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-01 |
| Memorial of a committee on behalf of the colored people of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, representing their grievances, and praying the adoption of such measures as will secure to them equal rights and privileges with white citizens. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-01 |
| Salaries of internal revenue storekeepers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 1, relative to the salaries of internal revenue storekeepers. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-01 |
| Sites of military posts in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting reports setting forth the propriety and economy of acquiring permanent military posts in the State of Texas. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-01 |
| Value of the tael of China. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the value of the tael of China. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-01 |
| Survey of land within limits of Union Pacific Railroad grant. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting estimates of appropriations for the survey of public lands within the limits of the Union Pacific Railroad land grant. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-01 |
| Purchase of bonds for the sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to resolution of the House of March 21, relative to the purchase of bonds for the sinking fund. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-01 |
| Claim for improvement of Racine harbor. Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin praying that the City of Racine, in said state, be reimbursed for moneys expended and liabilities incurred in the construction and improvement of the harbor at said city. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-01 |
| Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company. Memorial from the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin in relation to a grant of land to the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-01 |
| Cherokee neutral lands of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-01 |
| Washington and Alexandria Turnpike Company. April 1, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-01 |
| George W. Huntsman. April 1, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-01 |
| Janes, Fowler, Kirtland & Company of New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1667.) April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-01 |
| Mail route, Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota for mail route from Blue Earth City to Jackson. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Letter-carrier system. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of March 21, 1870, relative to the letter-carrier system of the United States. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-04 |
| Interest due on bonds, Pacific Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 28, relative to the interest due upon the bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad Company. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-04 |
| Passengers in steamships and other vessels. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting report, in compliance with the act of Congress of March 3, 1855, regulating the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-04 |
| Loss of the United States steamer Oneida. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of March 2, calling for information regarding the loss of the United States steamer Oneida. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-04 |
| Freedman's University. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas relative to a grant of lands in aid of Freedman's University. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedman's Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Reduction of foreign postal rates. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking for reduction of foreign postal rates between this country and the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Mail route, Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking for mail route from Blue Earth City to Jackson. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Mail route, Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota for mail route from Lake City to Eyota. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Daily mail, Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking daily mail from St. Paul to Taylor's Falls, via Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Mail route, Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking mail route from Leroy to High Forest. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Mail route, Minnesota. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking for mail route from Sand Creek to Oral. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Improvement of rivers, Minnesota. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota asking improvement of upper Mississippi, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Military post near Pembina. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota relative to an appropriation for the establishment of a military post upon the northern boundary, at or near Pembina. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Homestead entries. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota relative to certain homestead entries. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Steam service to Australia. Resolution of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce relative to steam service between California and Australia. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Mail route, Minnesota, Albert Lea to Blue Earth City. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota praying for mail route from Albert Lea to Blue Earth City. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Lands -- Lake Traverse reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking that all Indians not authorized by the treaty of 1862, who are on Lake Traverse reservation, be removed to their proper reservation, and to prevent all Indians not authorized from being harbored or permitted to remain on the lands of the said Lake Traverse reservation. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Mail facilities in Iowa. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa asking increased mail facilities. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to Hon. Charles Sumner, United States Senate, transmitting a communication from John Bigelow, formerly United States consul at Paris, concerning the report of General Starring relative to the lease by him of certain property for the use of the consulate, and the transfer thereof to his successor. April 4, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 762.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Ormsby, praying for arrears of pension from the date of his son's death, on June 19, 1862, to March 6, 1869, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 18, 1870, information in relation to a settlement with the Corliss Steam Engine Company for naval engines manufactured for the government. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-06 |
| Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Whitfield County, Georgia held in Dalton on the 2d of April, 1870, enumerating the inducements of climate and productiveness of soil to emigration to that state. April 6, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-06 |
| Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between Australia and the South Pacific islands and the port of San Francisco. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-06 |
| List of privileges -- San Domingo Treaty. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo asking for a list of privileges accompanying or relating to the San Domingo Treaty. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-06 |
| Expenses headquarters general officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the Quartermaster General of the Army relative to the expenses connected with the various headquarters of the general officers of the Army. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-06 |
| Fisheries in British waters. Message from the President of the United States in answer to resolution of the House of the 7th ultimo relative to fisheries in British waters. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-06 |
| Difficulties with Indian tribes. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th ultimo, asking for information relative to difficulties with various tribes of Indians. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-06 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal. Memorial from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce relative to Louisville and Portland Canal. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of John Graham, of the Town of College Point, County of Queens, State of New York, praying compensation for carrying the mails from New Orleans to Key West for the quarter commencing April 10 and ending June 30, 1855, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 764.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Cowan & Dickinson, praying compensation for the loss of two hundred and fifty-six bales of cotton seized by order of General Burnside on the 17th and 18th days of November, 1863, and used for strengthening the defenses of Knoxville, make the following report upon said claim... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Stuart Barnes, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 6th instant, a statement of the Superintendent of the Census relating to the amount to be saved to the Treasury by dispensing with certain copies of the census returns required by the act of 1850. April 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Bernhard, complaining of the minister of the United States at Berlin, and praying that the Prussian government be requested to return to him a fine of fifty dollars, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-08 |
| Bounties to colored soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 7th ultimo, relative to collection and payment of bounties to colored soldiers. April, 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-08 |
| Advertising for Thirty-seventh Congress. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives in answer to a resolution of the House of this date relative to payments made to D.C. Forney, for advertising certain statements relative to Thirty-seventh Congress. April 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 633, for the relief of Ambrose Morrison, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram W. Love, asking compensation for his cotton crop destroyed by the Army of the Union States, during the late war of the rebellion, ask leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the enactment of a law dedicating the Presidio reservation, in the City of San Francisco, for the purpose of a public park. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 370. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-09 |
| Petition of Andrew McClory praying the enactment of a law authorizing him to enter the land on which he settled in Marysville District, California, at the government price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-09 |
| Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between Australia and the South Pacific islands and the port of San Francisco. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-09 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of April 6, 1870, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the improvement of the Louisville and Portland Canal. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-09 |
| Telegraph postal service. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts relative to postal telegraph system. April 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Postal Telegraph and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-11 |
| Revolution in Cuba. Resolution of the Senate of Maryland in reference to the present revolution in Cuba. April 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph M. Buckland, praying for arrears of pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 173.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of certain citizens of Johnson County, State of Kansas, being the civil officers thereof, and also the petition of the Black Bob Indians of the Shawnee tribe, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-12 |
| Memorial adopted by citizens of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at a mass meeting held in said city March 31, 1870, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 1089,) "in Aid of the Execution of the Laws in the Territory of Utah, and for Other Purposes." April 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ossian B. Hart, of Florida, claiming a seat in the Senate from the State of Florida, for the term which commenced March 4, 1860, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 10, 1870, a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office showing the amount and location of unsurveyed public lands in the State of Indiana, the value thereof, the amount of such lands disposed of in 1869, the price received therefor, the expense of maintaining the land office at Indianapolis, and the expediency of removing the same to the General Land Office at Washington City. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-13 |
| Letter of the warden of the jail in the District of Columbia communicating a statement of the number of prisoners confined therein during the year ending October 31, 1869, and amount of disbursements for the year ending March, 1870; also a statement showing the expenses of the criminal court of said district for the year 1869. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-13 |
| Appropriations for fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a request made by the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting a statement of the amount of money appropriated up to the present time for fortifications, and other works of defense. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-13 |
| Finding of military commission, Little Rock, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of March 30, transmitting copy of the proceedings and finding of a military commission held at the post of Little Rock, in the Department of Arkansas, in the year 1864. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Seamen's Fund and Retreat, at a meeting held in New York, January 13, 1870, asking that action be taken by Congress which shall result in placing the care of sick and disabled seamen arriving at the port of New York under the exclusive care of either the state or national authorities, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ross Wilkins, praying additional compensation for services rendered as one of the judges of the United States for the Territory of Michigan, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Solomon Stover, of the City of Washington, praying compensation to the amount of $7,450 for the use and occupation of, and damage done to, certain real estate owned by him, situate[d] in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of aid to the Cape Cod Ship Canal by the construction of a breakwater at the eastern end of the canal. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-14 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River by the construction of a canal around the Des Moines Rapids. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-14 |
| Petition of John W. Garrett, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and P.G. Van Winkle, president of Parkersburg Branch Railroad Company, praying a reduction of the duty on iron and steel rails. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-14 |
| Telegraph between America and Asia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1778.) Memorial of Cyrus W. Field relative to telegraphic communication between America and Asia. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-14 |
| Sturgeon Bay ship-canal. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-14 |
| Post office buildings. April 14, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of William A. Parker, captain, and William Gibson, commander, United States Navy, both praying to be restored to the active list of the Navy, have considered the same, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating a report from the Secretary of State, relative to results of the proceedings of the Joint Commission at Lima, under the convention between the United States and Peru, of 4th December, 1868, in relation to the claim of Esteban G. Montano, and recommending an appropriation to discharge the obligation of the United States in said case. April 15, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-15 |
| Metropolitan Police. April 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 641.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Senate Bill No. 641, granting a pension to I.G.F. Holston, late brigade surgeon United States volunteers, with his accompanying petition, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 196.) This claim is made by J. Edwards Clarke, and the legal representatives of John T. Peabody, deceased, for salary and office expenses while serving as marshal and clerk, respectively, of the United States provisional court of Louisiana... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Gasnell, praying to be allowed a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-18 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers concerning the survey and improvement of the upper Columbia River. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of such legislation as will set aside the verdict of the military court in the case of William B. Critchfield and Henry C. Anderson, late soldiers of the Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, upon a charge of absence without leave, and that they be allowed their pay and allowances forfeited by reason of such decision. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-18 |
| Observations on eclipse of the sun. (To accompany Bill H. Res. No. 252.) Letter from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey relative to observations of the next total eclipse of the sun in Europe or Asia. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-18 |
| Money-order offices. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa for an additional number of money-order offices. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-18 |
| Medal to Pennsylvania troops. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-18 |
| James Mercer. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1795.) Letter from Hon. F.C. Le Blond relative to this claim. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-18 |
| J.H. Sypher. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Annie M. Wright, widow of William T. Wright, praying for a pension, arrears of pay, and bounty, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-19 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to that state to indemnify persons who have purchased from the United States, or pre-empted, any of the odd sections of land lying along the Des Moines River and held invalid on account of previous grants by Congress. April 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-19 |
| Income tax. April 19, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 547.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 547, for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Hutchins, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) The facts in this case are well established by good evidence. They are as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 818.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and supplemental petition of the regent and curators of Kentucky University, asking compensation for the value of the medical hall destroyed by fire while occupied by the government as a general hospital; also for damages sustained by the removal of the museum and by the detailed injuries suffered by other property and grounds, and for rent of the same, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Annie B. Ross, daughter and executrix, and William P. Ross, successor and executor of John Ross, deceased, late principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, praying compensation to the amount of $66,437.88, for losses sustained in the destruction, abstraction, and appropriation of the property of the deceased during the war of the rebellion, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-20 |
| Major General Grenville M. Dodge and others. Letter from the Secretary of War asking for an appropriation to satisfy a judgment obtained against Grenville M. Dodge, late an officer of the United States, and others, for acts done by them in the line of their duty. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Marine hospital at Mobile. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of April 7, 1870, in relation to the condition and management of the marine hospital at Mobile, Alabama. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Rents of headquarters. Letter from the Secretary of War in compliance with the request of the Committee on Military Affairs transmitting statements prepared by the quartermaster general of the amount paid during the past year for rental and other expenses connected with the headquarters of the general, lieutenant general, and major generals of the Army. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Deed to land in Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting copy of deed executed by Levi C. Guptill, of Iowa, conveying certain land to the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Sales by post traders. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to sales to enlisted men by post traders. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Spirits distilled for trial of spirit meters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in relation to certain spirits distilled under the direction of a committee appointed to make certain tests of spirit meters. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Surgeon George E. Cooper. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the presentation of a gold watch and chain to Surgeon George E. Cooper, of the Army, by the government of France. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-04-20 |
| Tice meters. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue relative to the Tice meter. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 16.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred S.R. No. 16, for the relief of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 828.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Newell, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 535.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 535, for the relief of Kenneth Mackenzie, have had the same under consideration and now report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 831.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, having under consideration the case of Baron Creutz, of the Netherlands, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-22 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress. April 22, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Anita to Carroll Center, in said state. April 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of the surrender of the National Road in that state to the several counties in which it is located. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- On motion by Mr. Howard, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, ordered to be printed. The sub-committee of the Pacific Railroad Committee, to whom was referred, for the purpose of investigation, a bill "Incorporating the Southern Transcontinental Railway Company and Granting the Right of Way to Lands in Aid of its Contractions," presented to their committee the following report, accompanied by the testimony and statements laid before them... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1488.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred House Bill 1488, for the relief of Elizabeth N. Jackson, having considered the same, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Johanna Roach, widow of John Roach, praying for arrears of pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick W. Bogen, praying for arrears of pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| Letter of the Solicitor of the Treasury in relation to the enactment of a law authorizing the payment to district attorneys of two per centum upon all moneys hereafter collected or realized in suits or proceedings upon official bonds of public officers, &c. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point on the Missouri River, between the parallel of forty-two and one-half degrees of north latitude and the mouth of the Niobrara River, to the Pacific Ocean, via to City of Helena, Montana. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to an increase of service on the mail steamship route from San Francisco to Japan and China. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-25 |
| Newsham vs. Ryan. April 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 181.) The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom were referred numerous petitions praying Congress to appropriate fifty thousand dollars in aid of Wilberforce University, in Ohio, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram R. Rhea, praying for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy S. Ledford, praying for the passage of an act of Congress giving her and her minor children a pension, to commerce on May 8, 1867, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumber made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 692.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was recommitted Senate Bill No. 692, for the relief of J. Ross Browne, late minister of the United States to China, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 847.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Richard M. Hoe, praying an extension of his patent for an improvement in printing machines, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria W.D. Orme, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria W.D. Orme, to be paid for services of her late husband in the Second Auditor's Office, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.M. Johnson, E. Ann Johnson, executrix; H. and W. Ellison, executors of Wm. Ellison, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas A. Cook, of Alabama, praying restoration of certain property sold by the United States for taxes, or compensation for the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 224.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution of the House of Representatives, No. 224, for the relief of Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, of Kentucky, and also the petition of that lady referred to this Committee, by order of the Senate, on February 3, 1870, having had the same under consideration, now submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 679.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred S. Bill No. 679, respectfully beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 40, to confirm the title of William McGarvey to a certain tract of land, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 846.) The Committee on Pensions find, from the evidence on file in this case, that the applicant, Rebecca Shoemaker, is the widow of Absalom Shoemaker, who was mustered into the service as a private in Company I Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, at Camp Jefferson, Kentucky, on the 10th day of January, 1862... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-27 |
| Washington Aqueduct. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-04-27 |
| Morey vs. McCranie. April 27, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 850.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George Henry Preble, a captain in the United States Navy, praying relief on account of the decision of the accounting officers of the Treasury as to his pay, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 891.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Bill H.R. [891] entitled "An Act for the Relief of Charles E. Dole," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-28 |
| Letter of the Treasurer of Washington City Savings Bank of Washington City, D.C., communicating, in obedience to law, the annual statement showing the condition of said bank for the year ending April 1, 1870. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-28 |
| Petition of owners and masters of steamships and sailing vessels engaged in the coasting trade between New Orleans and ports on the Gulf of Mexico, praying such an amendment to the act declaring the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans and Chattanooga Railroad Company a post road, as will compel said company to construct a draw-bridge, of not less than three hundred feet wide, across the Great Rigolet. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-28 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Finance communicating a report of John Jay Knox in relation to a revision of the laws pertaining to the Mint and coinage of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered that five hundred additional copies be printed for the use of the Treasury Department. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-28 |
| Darrall vs. Bailey. April 28, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 860.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John E. Griffin, private Company E Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, praying for pay and allowance as private in the United States service from September 1, 1863, to August 16, 1865, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-29 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 11, 1870, a statement of the number of foreign-built vessels, under enrollment or register, now employed in the commerce of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-04-29 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of aid by the United States in the early construction of the Kanawha and James River Canal. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-29 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio requesting the senators and representatives in Congress from that state to use their influence to secure the immediate intervention of the government in behalf of American citizens now confined in British dungeons. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-29 |
| Petition of the National Executive Committee of the Colored People, praying that public instruction in the District of Columbia may be given without proscription of any class on account of color. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-04-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 865.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Coonan, late second lieutenant of Company A, Eighteenth Regiment of New York Cavalry, praying an increase of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 868.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben Grindle, of Castine, Hancock County, Maine, praying the reissue to him of three United States ten-forty bonds, in lieu of certain bonds of that description, destroyed by fire in 1865, have had the same under consideration and respectfully make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 869.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Horace Tyler, praying compensation for deepening the channel across the bar at the Southwest Pass of the mouth of the Mississippi River, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 870.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the United States Express Company, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury may be authorized to issue to it bonds and notes to replace those alleged to have been destroyed in a car burned upon the Erie Railroad on the 30th January, 1866, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of L. Merchant & Co., praying Congress to refund to them the amount realized from the sale of the steam lighter Ingomar, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.S. Golladay and John W. Bowling, praying to be remunerated for fifty barrels of whisky libeled and sold under act of July 13, 1861, by the district court of the United States in Kentucky, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War (with accompanying papers) relative to granting the Presidio reservation to the City of San Francisco for a public park, as proposed by Bill S. 370. April 4, 1870. -- Bill (S. 370) postponed indefinitely. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 618.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 618) increasing the pension of Mary Louise Gareshe, widow of Colonel Gareshe, from thirty to fifty dollars per mouth, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-02 |
| Postal telegraph. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska in relation to a postal telegraph. May 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Postal Telegraphs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having considered the petition of James Kelley, captain of the Thirty-fourth United States Infantry, asking pay as captain in the United States Army from July 1, 1864, to September 16, 1867, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred a treaty between the United States and the several tribes and bands of Indians residing in the State of New York, concluded at the council house, Cattaraugus Reserve, New York, the 4th of December, 1868, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 21, 1870, information in relation to the Indians of southeastern Oregon. May 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-03 |
| Claims of the State of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) May 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 880.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry C. Weatherby, praying to be allowed a pension, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 758.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 758, for the settlement of the account of Captain E.M. Buchanan, have had the same under consideration and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-04 |
| Troops in Kansas. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st March last, relative to the movement of troops to Kansas, at the request of the governor, to preserve the peace. May 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 19.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 19, "Granting a Pension to Mary Lincoln, Widow of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States," respectfully reports... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill No. S. 683.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill 683, beg leave to report the following substitute for the same, and the accompanying reasons therefor... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, having been directed by resolution of the Senate "to inquire into the expediency of so amending the laws relating to patents that the right to the free use of every patent hereafter issued shall be retained by the United States in all its departments," have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-05 |
| Paraguayan investigation. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1146.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1146, for the relief of the heirs of Jonathan Haines, deceased, having considered the same, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1691.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred H.R. 1691, "An Act for the Relief of Timothy Baker, of St. Johns, Michigan," having had the same under consideration, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Josiah Copeland praying for an extension of his patent for a new and useful improvement in boot crimps, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 622.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 622, granting a pension to Nancy E. Ammons, as also her petition and the accompanying proofs, submit the following report to the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 682.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 682, entitled "A Bill To Increase the Pension of Maria Antoinette Rousseau, Widow of the Late General Lovell H. Rousseau," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 897.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Spence, praying compensation for property taken and used by the Army of the United States, in the years 1862 and 1863, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-10 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 15, 1870, information in relation to public lands in Louisiana. May 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-10 |
| Proposed additional rule. May 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-10 |
| Charles E. Buck. May 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-10 |
| Customs revenue laws. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 905.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds have had under consideration the subject of extending the Winder building for the use of the War Department, and report a bill for the same, with the following statement of facts... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 906.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles and Henry W. Spencer, for compensation on account of the illegal seizure of their trading boat O.K., and the stock of goods on board, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Van Name, Joshua Van Tassel, and Jonas Sparks, owners of the schooner M. Van Name, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-11 |
| Letters of the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War, relative to surveys for a harbor at the Delaware breakwater. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-11 |
| Petition of the President and Secretary of the Citizens Association of New York, praying the passage of the bill to incorporate the "International Society of the United States for the Promotion and Protection of Immigration." May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-11 |
| Bounty decision of Supreme Court. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the bounty decision of the Supreme Court. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-05-11 |
| Survey of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a letter from the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, asking for an appropriation to survey Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-05-11 |
| Fort Porter. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the improvement of the grounds owned by the United States in the City of Buffalo, and known as Fort Porter. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-05-11 |
| Ventilation of the Treasury Building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury inclosing a letter from the supervising architect, asking for an appropriation of $24,630 for the purpose of ventilating the south and north portion of the west wing. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Granville [i.e., Grenville] M. Dodge. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a suit brought against Granville [i.e., Grenville] M. Dodge, in the state courts of Kansas, for acts done by him in the discharge of his duty as an officer of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Appropriations for surveyor general. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting estimate of appropriations for expenses of surveyor general's office in Wyoming Territory. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Efforts to educate and civilize Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of March 24, 1870, in relation to the efforts that have been made by the government to educate and civilize the Indian tribes within the limits of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Appropriations for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior inclosing a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking for an appropriation of $250,000 for the purchase of subsistence for the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and other tribes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Expenses of headquarters of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting to the House a statement of headquarters expenses of generals of the Army. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Harbor at Oswego. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 26, 1870, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the improvements of the harbor of Oswego, in the State of New York. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Boston and New York Harbors, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of April 25, 1870, in relation to the expenditures on Boston and New York harbors, Delaware breakwater, and mouth of the Mississippi. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Elections in second District of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 28, 1870, transmitting copies of the returns of the election held in the Second Congressional District of Texas, in November and December last. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| International Monetary Conference at Paris. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of Samuel B. Ruggles, a delegate from the United States to the recent International Monetary Conference at Paris. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Balances due from internal revenue collectors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 21, 1870, transmitting a statement of the balances due from collectors of internal revenue who are not now in office. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Quarantine steamer Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the United States transport steamer Illinois being transferred to the State of New York, by authority of law, for quarantine purposes. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 3, 1870, in relation to the late expedition against the Piegan Indians, in the Territory of Montana. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| Sea-coast defenses. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the board of engineers upon their experiments in connection with an efficient system of sea-coast defenses for the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 123.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred S.R. 123, for the relief of C.E. Rogers, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 901.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah N. Engleton, praying Congress to pass an act authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to hear and determine her application for an extension of a patent, together with a bill for the relief of the said Sarah N. Engleton, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Lydia E. Carhart, praying an extension of the patent granted to her husband, Jeremiah Carhart, for certain improvements in reed musical instruments, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 92.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a Joint Resolution (S.R. No. 92) "For the Relief of Certain Contractors for the Construction of Vessels of War and Steam Machinery," have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to present the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-12 |
| Fines and forfeitures to Revenue officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, relative to abolishing all allowances of penalties, fines, forfeitures, or recoveries to officers of the Revenue or informers in the collection of internal revenue taxes. May 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Printing, instructed by the Senate "to examine the second and third parts of the Globe of 1866-'67, and report what action is necessary to correct the misplacement of dates and pages of those volumes," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-13 |
| Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois in favor of the removal of the national capital to some point in the Mississippi Valley. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-13 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate communicating a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to all the Indian tribes within the bounds of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies by printed for the use of the Department of the Interior. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-13 |
| Captain Dominick Lynch. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-13 |
| Joseph Humphreys. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-13 |
| Charles W. Whitney. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 623.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 623, granting a pension to Celia Tweed, as well as her accompanying petition, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 783.) The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 783, "To Repeal All Existing Laws Authorizing the Transportation and Exportation of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise in Bond to Mexico Overland, or by Inland Waters, and for Other Purposes," having considered the same, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 142.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 142, for the relief of William M. Kimball, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 910.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of John E. Wheeler, have had his case under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Thomas, praying the passage of a bill granting him a pension, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-16 |
| Outrages committed by Indians on western and southwestern frontiers. (To accompany H. Res. No. 288.) May 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 922.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob B. Cuyle, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 923.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Leann Cox, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the last Friday and Saturday of this month be assigned exclusively to the consideration of bills and matters relating to the District of Columbia. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that from and after the 20th day of this month, and until the close of the present session, there shall be, unless the Senate otherwise order, three evening sessions... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-17 |
| Material, etc., for the service of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, relative to expenses for material, officers, and men for the naval service. May 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 926.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan H. Kearney for confirmation of title to certain land in New Mexico, have had the same under consideration, and find that the case has already been reported upon by the same Committee, in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-18 |
| Buildings rented in the District of Columbia. May 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-18 |
| A.S. Wallace vs. W.D. Simpson. May 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-18 |
| Benjamin F. Reynolds. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the petition of Benjamin F. Reynolds, late captain Company K Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, for relief. May 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-18 |
| Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States transmitting report of the receipts and expenditures (in compliance with section 7 of the act of July 2, 1836,) for the service of the Post Office Department for fiscal year ending June 30, 1867 and 1868. May 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Town Smith, praying compensation for services rendered as attache of the United States legation at Madrid, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Asa O. Butman, administrator of James A. Cutting, deceased, having considered the same, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate of April 18, 1870, instructing them to inquire and report whether any corrupt or improper means have been used or attempted to be used to influence the vote of any senator in respect to the bill then pending, relating to the admission of the State of Georgia to representation in Congress, with power to send for persons and papers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 890.) Table showing the internal revenue taxes collected in the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, the amounts of such that are repealed by Senate Bill No. 890, and the amounts that are retained... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President be requested, if in his judgment it be deemed expedient, to open negotiations with the government of Great Britain... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-19 |
| Water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. Letter from the Governor of the State of Iowa transmitting a memorial of the State of Iowa in relation to water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. May 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-19 |
| Mexico to fulfill treaty stipulations. May 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-19 |
| Examination of statements in the report of Special Commissioner of Revenue. May 19, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-19 |
| Children and heirs of John Chilton. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a statement of the account for the relief of the children and heirs of John Chilton, deceased. May 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-19 |
| Number of officers and seamen and vessels in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th February, in relation to the number of officers now on the active list in the Navy, the number of vessels of each rate now in the Navy, the whole number of non-commissioned officers and seamen now in the naval service. May 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-19 |
| Petition of John Warren, praying redress for his arrest and imprisonment by the government of Great Britain under the charge of giving aid and comfort to the enemies thereof: April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-20 |
| Letters of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, the Superintendent and Inspector of Sewers in Washington City, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Rich'd Delafield, Brevet Major General Corps of Engineers U.S.A., to the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, in relation to the improvement of the Washington Canal. May 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-20 |
| Education of Indians of central superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to an appropriation required to carry on the work of instructing and aiding the Indians of the central superintendency, in the arts of civilization and self-support. May 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-20 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to postage statistics. May 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-23 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 10, 1870, information in relation to the Fort Ripley military reservation in Minnesota. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-23 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, information in relation to the passage of any English or Canadian steamer through the canal of the Sault Ste. Marie. May 23, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-23 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to an organized band of persons at Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming or vicinity, the number and designs of such persons. May 23, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-23 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, the report on the final completion of the Pacific Railroad. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-05-23 |
| Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 679) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, consolidate the Indian tribes under a territorial government, and carry out the provisions of the treaties of 1866 with certain Indian tribes. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-23 |
| Eggleston vs. Strader. May 23, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-23 |
| Barnes vs. Adams. May 23, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1996.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1996, granting a pension to Horace Clough, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 936.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram R. Rhea, praying for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of W.A. Richardson and others, surviving privateersmen of the War of 1812, residing at Marblehead, Massachusetts, praying for pension, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of Herman J. Schulters [i.e., Schulties], first lieutenant, &c., First Wisconsin Cavalry, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-24 |
| Whittlesey vs. McKenzie. May 24, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have had under consideration the petition of Ethelen H. Robb, widow of John Robb, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by her husband as Acting Secretary of War, for which judgment was rendered by the Court of Claims for $2,876.73, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, adopted on the 26th day of January, 1869, in behalf of Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Foudrin [i.e., Fondrin], citizens of that state, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Edward McGhee, of the State of Mississippi, praying compensation for property destroyed by the United States troops in the year 1864, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 939.) The petitioner, Bryan R. Young, in 1861 owned a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Reynolds, asked and obtained leave of the Senate to submit in reference to said claim the following... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, information in relation to the action of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, of Missouri... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kellogg made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 942.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 942) for the relief of Susan A. Shelby, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Rhode Island setting forth, by reference, the 14th and 15th Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-26 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Cape Cod Ship Canal. May 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-26 |
| Memorial of merchants, underwriters, ship-owners, and ship-masters of the City of San Francisco, praying an appropriation for the removal of Rincon Rock from the harbor of San Francisco. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Peter P. Pitchlynn, delegate of the Chocataw Indians, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-27 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania remonstrating against the construction of bridges across the Ohio River unless said bridges shall have one span over the main channel of water-way at least four hundred feet in the clear. May 27, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-27 |
| Banking facilities. (To accompany H.R. No. 1900.) May 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-27 |
| Improvement of Wisconsin River. Letter from the Governor of the State of Wisconsin transmitting a resolution adopted by the state board of assessors of said state, in relation to the improvement of the Wisconsin River. May 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-27 |
| Contract with Dempsey & O'Toole. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House calling for information relative to contract with Dempsey & O'Toole for stationery. May 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-27 |
| John R. Brady. Message from the President of the United States transmitting papers in answer to a resolution of the House of 5th instant, relative to claim of John R. Brady. May 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-27 |
| Exploration of Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting an estimate of appropriations to prosecute to completion the geological and topographical exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries. May 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-27 |
| Exploration of the Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed continuation of the exploration of the Colorado River. May 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-27 |
| Little & Brown's Statutes at Large. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to furnishing circuit judges of the United States courts with sets of Little & Brown's edition of the Statutes at Large, &c. May 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-05-27 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, a copy of a dispatch of Henry T. Blow, United States minister to Brazil, dated December 18, 1869, in relation to the commercial interests of the United States with South America. May 28, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-28 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 9, 1870, a report of the special commission appointed to consider and report upon the character of vessels best adapted for the revenue marine service. May 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bills S. Nos. 551 and 896.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 551, beg leave to submit the following report, to accompany Senate Bills Nos. 551 and 896... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 953.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of L. Merchant & Company, for indemnification for the loss of the steam-tug I.G. Neafie, have had the same under consideration, and now submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Franklin Peale, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.F. Baum, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of B.H. Wright, praying the repayment of a certain sum of money exacted of him as a succession tax under an erroneous construction of the law, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-05-28 |
| Indian depredations in Texas. Memorial of three hundred and fifty citizens of the northwestern frontier of Texas relative to Indian depredations, and prayer for relief. May 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 192.) The Committee on Claims have had under consideration Senate Joint Resolution No. 192, in relation to the claims of Ward B. Burnett, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.P. Hunt for compensation for fitting out a schooner as a light-ship, in Galveston Bay, at the beginning of the war, submit this as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 733.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Shelton, late lieutenant Company E, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, praying to be allowed pay, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 28.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert L.D. Burchfield, praying to be allowed pay as second lieutenant of Company D, Third North Carolina Infantry, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-01 |
| John W. Leftwich vs. W.T. Smith [i.e., W.J. Smith]. Testimony in the case of John W. Leftwich vs. W.T. Smith [i.e., W.J. Smith], in the Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-01 |
| Claim of Massachusetts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2,104.) June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-01 |
| Claims of American citizens against Venezuela. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-01 |
| Improvement of the upper Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of May 18, in relation to the improvement of the upper Mississippi River. June 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-01 |
| Penitentiaries in the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to certain proceeds of internal revenue for the erection of penitentiaries in western territories. June 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-01 |
| Thomas W. Fry, Jr. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the claim of Thomas W. Fry, Jr., late captain and assistant quartermaster of volunteers. June 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-01 |
| Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th ultimo, transmitting copies of General Terry's reports on Georgia. June 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-01 |
| Fines imposed and deductions made from pay of mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General in compliance with law, transmitting a list of fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of contractors for transporting the mails for the year ending June 30, 1869. June 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Warner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 659.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 569, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of A.A. Delong," having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 123.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (H.R. 123) allowing late Acting Ensign George M. Smith a share in certain prizes captured by United States steamer Aries, have considered the same and report the following statement of facts... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating amendments to the Cherokee treaty concluded July 9, 1868. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany the treaty with the Cherokee Indians. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-02 |
| Grafton vs. Conner. Papers in the contested election case of Grafton vs. Conner, in the Second Congressional District of Texas. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-02 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 18, 1870, correspondence relating the political questions in Germany. June 3, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a list of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 124.) It appears that the band of which John M. Broome was leader, and which was attached to the Twelfth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, entered the service of the state on the 3d day of January, 1862; was mustered into the service of the United States in June of the same year... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 966.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze and Mallet, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 967.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Brigadier General Thompson... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Catharine Bourshett, administratrix of Thomas Bourshett... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 211.) In the year 1837 a treaty was negotiated in Washington City between the United States and Sioux Nation of Indians, which contains these provisions... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules, submitted the following amendment to the thirtieth rule... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 23, 1870, a report of the Chief of Engineers relating to the Washington Aqueduct. June 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 974.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy S. Ledford praying for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-06 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the massacre of Israelites in Roumania. June 8, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert W. Dawson, of Kanawha County, in West Virginia, praying compensation for certain saw-logs, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating a copy of an opinion of the Attorney General, and a letter of L.E. Chittenden, relative to the eviction by state courts of certain purchasers of lands sold for taxes in the late insurrectionary states. June 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Radeliff, praying payment of the amount due his son, first Lieutenant H. Ganseroort Radcliff, at the time of the latter's death, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have had under consideration an act for the relief of Lorenzo A. Phelps... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto the following... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-09 |
| Commerce and navigation. Letter addressed to Hon. John Lynch, with report on commerce and navigation, by John Meredith Read, Jr., United States consul general of France. June 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Decline of American Tonnage. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-09 |
| Kansas claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2176.) June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-09 |
| Indebtedness of certain southern railroads. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2178.) June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking that measures be taken to prevent the Republic of Mexico from harboring hostile bands of Indians depredating the southwestern frontier of that state. June 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-10 |
| Zeigler vs. Rice. Testimony in the case of John L. Zeigler vs. John M. Rice, relative to the contest for a seat in the 41st Congress as a representative from the Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. December 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 703.) The undersigned, a sub-committee, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 703, entitled "A Bill for the Encouragement and Protection of Dramatic Compositions Designed and Suitable for Public Representation, By Securing to the Authors and Proprietors of the Same Certain Rights During the Time Herein Mentioned," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-11 |
| Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance transmitting a tabular statement showing the rates of increase and decrease of duty on articles mentioned in the bill before the Senate entitled, "An Act To Reduce Internal Taxes and for Other Purposes." June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-11 |
| Claim of Black Beaver, a Delaware Indian. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the claim of Black Beaver, a Delaware Indian. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Appropriations -- delegations of Indians to Washington. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior estimating for an appropriation to defray the expenses of delegations of Indians visiting Washington City and for the purchase of presents. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Laws relating to navigation and collection of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a draught of a bill to remedy the embarrassment in the enforcement of the laws relating to navigation and the collection of Customs. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Bryan Tyson -- transportation of the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General relative to his action in rejecting all bids made by Bryan Tyson for the transportation of the mails. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Sale of Battery in New York for Customs store houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the sale of the Battery for the erection of Customs store-houses thereon. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Survey of Arkansas River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of May 12, 1870, transmitting a copy of a report of S.T. Abert on the survey of the Arkansas River. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Indian reservation in San Diego County, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of May 24, 1870, in relation to establishing an Indian reservation in San Diego County, California. June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-11 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating information and making certain recommendations in relation to the existing insurrection in Cuba. June 13, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 438.) The charter of the Great Southern Railway was granted by the Legislature of the State of Florida in February, at which time the company perfected their organization, and the necessary stock to insure the building of the road was subscribed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 592.) The first section of this bill provides for the right of way through the public lands and reservations, and a grant of public lands, to a railroad to be built from Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Florida, a distance of forty-two miles... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, submitted the following as the views of the majority of the sub-committee of the Pacific Railroad upon the title of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company to the lands and franchises granted to it by the State of Texas... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-13 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking an appropriation to improve the bars at Galveston, Pass Cavallo, Aransas Pass, Sabine Pass, and Brazos Santiago. June 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-13 |
| Fort Kearney reservation in Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2196.) Letter of register and receiver in relation to Fort Kearney reservation. June 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-13 |
| George F. Robinson. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in relation to George F. Robinson, for protecting the life of William H. Seward, late secretary of state. June 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-13 |
| Special report of the Commissioner of Education on the condition and improvement of public schools in the District of Columbia, submitted to the Senate June, 1868, and to the House, with additions June 13, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 886.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for relief of Colonel James F. Jaquess, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-14 |
| Petition of citizens of Washington praying the passage of certain pending bills for the improvement of the city, in order to give employment to a large number of surplus laborers now in the city. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-14 |
| Letter of the Cherokee delegation of Indians transmitting an address of the Grand International Council of Indians inhabiting the Indian Territory, adopted on the 4th instant, asking a strict observance of treaty stipulations on the part of the United States. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-14 |
| Letter of the Governor of Mississippi transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that state in favor of an appropriation and grant of lands for rebuilding the levees of the Mississippi River. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of a through investigation into the cause of the disaster to the steamer Oneida. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-14 |
| Cuba. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 990.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Clara Moore, administratrix of the estate of Ely Moore, late register of the land office at Lecompton, Kansas, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 139.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 139, for the relief of Catherine H. Crown... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-15 |
| Petition of citizens of Arkansas praying the removal of political disabilities of James C. Tappan. June 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-15 |
| Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation to pay to the upper and lower bands of Sioux Indians according to treaty of June 19, 1858. June 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-16 |
| Ridgway revolving battery. Memorial of Harriet A. Ridgway in relation to the "Ridgway revolving battery," invented by her late husband. June 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-17 |
| Marine hospital service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation for the maintenance of the Marine hospital service for the for the next fiscal year. June 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations ad ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 994.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Mareus Otterbourg, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-18 |
| William Eddy's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2241.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Frederick Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2242.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| James R. Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2243.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| The Brazil mail. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2244.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Wallis Pattee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2245.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| George S. Wright, administrator of John T. Wright, deceased. June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| William Selden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2246.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Commodore Charles Steedman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2248.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| John Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2250.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Dr. John H. McQuown. (To accompany H. Res. No. 335.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Colonel Thomas P. McManus. (To accompany H. Res. No. 336.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Barbara Schorr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2254.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Richard M. Hodgson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1277.) June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of June 20, 1868, the report and survey of the officer acting as commissioner of public buildings and grounds, relative to the new Navy Yard bridge across the Anacostia River. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 145.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred [a] joint resolution for the relief of the First Battalion Heavy Artillery of Massachusetts Volunteers, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 209.) The facts as shown by the proof on file in this case are briefly as follows: On the 23d of April, 1863, General J.D. Morgan appointed a board of appraisers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of State addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, communicating copies of a correspondence between the French minister and the Secretary of State, relative to landing upon the coast of the United States the submarine cable designed to connect this country with France. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1005.) In the matter of the application of Julia Traynor for a pension, it appears, from the statement of General George Crook, that her husband died March, 1868, of wounds received in battle with Indians at Infernal Caverns, Oregon, the said General Crook being in command... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 225.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Sarah A. Ward... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-21 |
| Memorial of William F. Smith, President of the International Ocean Telegraph Company, praying to be admitted to a fair participation in any benefits to be granted by Congress for the promotion of international telegraphic communication, and proposing to establish and maintain certain lines of submarine telegraphs. June 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-21 |
| Mrs. Jane A. Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2281.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| George J. [i.e., I] Langworthy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2283.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| James Weeks, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1668.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| Lucy A. Smith. (To accompany H. Res. No. 343.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| William J. Clark, adm'r. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2284.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| Daniel M. Page. (To accompany H. Res. No. 344.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| George H. Bonebrake. (To accompany H. Res. No. 345.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| John Milone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2285.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| Hiram A. Cutting. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1010.) June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| The State of Massachusetts coast defense. (To accompany H. Res. No. 346.) June 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1176.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1176, to provide for the settlement of the claims of Archer N. Martin, late assessor of internal revenue for the Seventh Collection District of Pennsylvania, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1905.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Howell H. Trask... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 836.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 836, for the relief of Jane Allen Birckhead... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas T. Scanlon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton of Texas, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred sundry petitions of certain citizens of the State of Kansas remonstrating against the imposition, by the Cherokee Nation, of a tax upon cattle driven through their territory from Texas to northern markets, have considered the subject very carefully, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-22 |
| W. Scott Smith. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 291.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred [a] joint resolution for the relief of Chief Engineers George Sewell and William H. Shock, of the Navy, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 80.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution No. 80, for the restoration of Captain Dominick Lynch, United States Navy, from the reserve to the active list, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jesse Warren and Joseph A. Moore... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 39.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 39, for the relief of Anson B. Sams... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-23 |
| Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, a copy of a letter addressed by the Department of the Interior to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the right of the State of Kansas to certain lands sold to the United States by the Osage Indians under the treaty of September 29, 1865. June 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 227.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of March 10, 1870, covering a report of the Secretary of State and correspondence concerning the Chinese Indemnity Fund... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of James H. Bennett, asking the passage of a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to hear and determine an application for the extension of a certain patent for a straw-cutter, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Charles H. Sayre... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 46, for the relief of Samuel H. Moore, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-24 |
| Message from the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, proposals of the International Steamship Company for constructing and placing iron steamships in transatlantic service. June 25, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-25 |
| Patrick Woods. June 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 extra copies of the report and accompanying testimony be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Howard, from the Select Committee appointed to investigate the memorial of Davis Hatch, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kellogg made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1022.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary C. Lane, formerly of Vermont, for compensation for property alleged to have been destroyed by the government troops in Mississippi during the rebellion, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James McCullum... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information relative to the alleged occupation of private property situate within the Fort Barrancas military reservation. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-27 |
| Tice meter. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in relation to the Tice meter. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1425, Session Vol. No.11 | 1870-06-27 |
| Florida Telegraph Company. Memorial of the Florida Telegraph Company. June 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. June 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-27 |
| Ninth census. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation for the ninth census. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Light and ventilation of Interior Department. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the condition of his building as to light, ventilation, sufficient room and accommodation for clerks, &c. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Gross receipts of telegraph companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th May, relative to the refusal of telegraph companies in New York to report to internal revenue assessor the amount of gross receipts. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Dr. Alexander Dunbar. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the claim of Dr. Alexander Dunbar. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Appropriation for removal of Kaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation for the removal of the Kaw Indians from Kansas to the Indian Territory. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Government exchange at Lisbon. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of June 4, 1870, in relation to rates of government exchange at Lisbon. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Point San Jose Military Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting reports from the Chief of Engineers, relative to Point San Jose Military Reservation, in California. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| Penitentiary in Wyoming. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting letter from the Governor of Wyoming Territory, relative to a penitentiary building in Wyoming Territory. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2241.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2241 for the relief of the heirs of William Eddy, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-29 |
| Memorial of the International Ocean Telegraph Company in answer to the memorial of the Florida Telegraph Company, praying to be allowed the privilege of laying a submarine cable from the coast of Florida to the West India Islands. June 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-06-29 |
| Switzler vs. Dyer. June 29, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-29 |
| Mints, assay offices, and coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker of the House of Representatives communicating a report of John Jay Knox, deputy comptroller of the currency, giving the correspondence of the Department relative to the revision of the Mint and coinage laws of the United States. June 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1426, Session Vol. No.12 | 1870-06-29 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in response to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, a report of Brevet Major General Warren, upon the survey and cutting out of a road from Du Luth to Fort Bois reservation. June 30, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-30 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers on Bulkhead Rock, Providence River, Rhode Island. June 30, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-30 |
| John L. Zeigler vs. John M. Rice. June 30, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-30 |
| Sea Islands, Beaufort, S.C. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2289.) June 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Reconstruction. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-06-30 |
| Colonel James Belger. July 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-01 |
| Jacob R. Davis. (To accompany H. Res. No. 356.) July 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-01 |
| The Jose Dominguez land grant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2026.) July 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-01 |
| Alexander C. Twining. (To accompany Bill S. No. 704.) July 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-01 |
| Commander J.H. Upshur. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting copy of the proceedings of the naval general court-martial in the case of Commander J.H. Upshur, United States Navy. July 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-01 |
| Claims on Venezuela. (Supplementary to executive document H.R. 176, second session Forty-first Congress.) Papers from the Department of State relative to the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. July 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-02 |
| Arnton Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2360.) July 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1038.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of John B. Emerson, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-04 |
| Postal telegraph in the United States. (To accompany H.R. No. 2365.) July 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-05 |
| Postal telegraph system. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2366.) July 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of June 20, 1870, information relative to the settlement of the claim of the legal representatives of George Fisher, deceased, for the use and destruction of property in the Creek Indian War. July 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-06 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate, of the 17th ultimo, information in relation to the practice of the Court of Claims in the matter of remanding for further evidence or argument cases submitted to its consideration, and of ordering new trials in cases decided by the court; and submitting the draught of a bill to secure the rights of the United States in that respect. July 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 242.) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of R.B. and J.M. Forbes, and others, owners of the steamship Meteor, asking indemnity for her improper seizure and detention by the government, respectfully report the accompanying joint resolution, and recommend its passage... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2094.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2094, being "An Act for the Relief of Mrs. M.S. Morse, Administratrix and Widow of Isaac E. Morse, Deceased,"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 226.) The Judiciary Committee to whom was referred Joint Resolution No. 226, for the relief of R.P. Hammond, formerly collector of Customs at San Francisco, California, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 207.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Marcus P. Norton, and Charles Eddy acting as trustee for himself and Jacob Shavor and Albert C. Corse... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-06 |
| John S. Reid vs. George W. Julian. July 6, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-06 |
| Purchasers of lands of Bartholomew Cousin's representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2372.) July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-06 |
| Black Bob Indian lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the follwing [i.e., following] report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1044.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Ethan A. Sawyers, of Jefferson County, Tennessee, asking compensation for services as guide, scout, and recruiting officer, and for property taken and used by the federal Army, and for services in destroying the rebel railroad communication, and securing a large quantity of rolling-stock to the Union Army in 1863, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah Thorpe and Robert Thorpe... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1047.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of John Bachelder... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States is hereby requested to institute an inquiry by such means as in his judgment shall be deemed proper into the present condition of the commercial relations between the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1917.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1917 for the relief of Leonard Harding, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 245.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret C. Bell... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-08 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 26th of May and the 14th of June, 1870, information in relation to the seizure of American vessels, and injuries to American citizens, during the hostilities in Cuba. July 9, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1051.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George C. Bestor, of Peoria, Illinois, praying additional compensation for expenses incurred in constructing the iron-clad steam-battery Shiloh, have considered the same, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2061.) The Committee on Naval Affairs have had under consideration House Bill No. 2061, an act to compensate the officers and crew of the Kearsarge... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1052.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah L. Spring and Harriet Spring, of Waterville, Maine, heirs of Captain Williams Barker, deceased, of the continental establishment of the Revolutionary Army, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 336.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Resolution of the House (H.R. 336) entitled "Joint Resolution for the Relief of Colonel Thomas P. McManus, of Texas," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 919.) This is an old claim for the value of property belonging to George Fisher, used and destroyed by the Army of the United States in the Creek Indian War during the years 1813 and 1814... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-11 |
| Petition of citizens of California praying the interposition of Congress in behalf of American citizens imprisoned by the British government for political offenses. July 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in relation to the removal of James F. Casey, as Collector of Customs at New Orleans. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-12 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of June 27, 1870, information in relation to the proceeds of the sale of abandoned lands under the act of June 7, 1862. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1055.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of E.B. Chamberlain, for the heirs of Joshua Chamberlain, deceased, late an officer of the Revolutionary War, praying Congress for half-pay and bounty-land, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1056.) John Montgomery filed his petition, setting forth the taking possession of his tavern-house and premises by the United States Army... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Baldwin... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment. Mr. Schurz, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following testimony taken under the resolution of the Senate of May 28, 1870, relative to contracts for steam machinery, and settlements thereunder... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-12 |
| Theodore Adams. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1065.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles W. Whitney, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1061.) The Committee on Claims, who have had under consideration the claim of Dr. W.B. Carpenter... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-13 |
| Digest of election cases. Cases of contested election in the House of Representatives from 1865 to 1871, inclusive. Compiled by D.W. Bartlett, clerk to Committee of Elections. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1434, Session Vol. No.4 | 1870-07-13 |
| City of Milwaukee. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-13 |
| Charges against General Howard. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed with minority report. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-13 |
| Message of the President of the United States returning with his objections the Bill S. 476, entitled "An Act To Fix the Status of Certain Federal Soldiers Enlisting in the Union Army from the States of Alabama and Florida." July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the condition of the commercial relations between the United States and the Spanish-American states on this continent, and between those countries and other nations. July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to the emancipation of slaves in Cuba. July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, copies of correspondence between the United States and Great Britain concerning questions pending between the two countries. July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1066.) The Committee on Claims, to whom the petition of Louisa Kearney was referred, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1971.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 1971 for the relief of the sureties of A.R. Hetzell, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1068.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas P. Trist, have had the same under consideration, and now report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 251.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the George R. Wilson... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-14 |
| Cherokee neutral lands. Argument of W.R. Laughlin. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-14 |
| Unexpended balances in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of July 2, 1870, transmitting a full statement of all unexpended balances remaining in the Treasury or in the hands of the Treasurer as agent of the War or Navy Department, &c. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-14 |
| Public debt at the end of each fiscal year since the organization of the government, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of July 6, 1870, in relation to the amount of the public debt at the end of each fiscal year since the organization of the government, the rate of interest, &c. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-14 |
| Appropriation to pay certain Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation of $100,000 to pay certain Indian depredation claims. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-14 |
| Collection of direct taxes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a report made to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in regard to the collection of direct taxes. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-14 |
| Organization of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting the following reports, as required by the act of Congress to change the organization of the Post Office Department, &c., approved July 2, 1836. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-14 |
| Customs cartage system of the port of New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of June 27, 1870, in relation to the Customs cartage system of the port of New York. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 | 1870-07-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States, calling the attention of Congress to the necessity of the passage of certain measures before the adjournment of the session. July 15, 1870. -- Read and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to the importation of Chinese coolies into the United States. July 15, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1407, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, made the following report. The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred a memorial containing statements concerning the Congressional Printer, with directions to inquire into and report upon them, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 100.) In the matter of the claim of C.M. Lockwood, mail contractor on route No. 16637, the committee make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-07-15 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the diseases of cattle in the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1430, Session Vol. No.16 | 1870-07-15 |
| Obstructions at Hell Gate. Resolution relative to the removal of obstructions at Hell Gate. July 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-15 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-first Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. July 15, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-15 |
| Shields vs. Van Horn. July 15, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed with the minority report. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1438, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-07-15 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in the Department of the Interior, December 1, 1870. December 5, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1870, in the ninety-fifth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1439, Session Vol. No.0 | 1870-12-05 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1450, Session Vol. No.4 | 1870-12-05 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1446, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-12-05 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1447, Session Vol. No.2 | 1870-12-05 |
| Reports of the Secretary of the Navy and the Postmaster General, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1448, Session Vol. No.3 | 1870-12-05 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 5, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Letter of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate communicating, in obedience to law, an account of property of the United States in his possession December 5, 1870. December 5, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that on Tuesday, at 1 o'clock, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the calendar... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Petition of residents on the Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkansas, praying to be permitted to enter certain sections of land of said reservation. December 5, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to the passage of a bill providing for the payment of the balance of the war claims due that state from the general government. December 5, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of receipts and expenditures for the year ending December 5, 1870, and also an account of property in his possession at that date. December 5, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-05 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1449, Session Vol. No.4 | 1870-12-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1870 [i.e. 1871]. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred Senate resolution of April 29, 1870, as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the third session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1870, in the ninety-fifth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1444 | 1870-12-05 |
| Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1451, Session Vol. No.5 | 1870-12-05 |
| Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Forty-first Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1445, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the regulations prescribed under the act providing that merchandise imported at certain ports of the United States and destined for certain other ports may be immediately transported to such other ports. December 6, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-06 |
| Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating a statement of all the judgments rendered by said court during the year ending December 5, 1870. December 6, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-06 |
| Land titles in California. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2448.) Memorial of settlers in Sierra Valley, California. December 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-06 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-07 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives, transmitting a list of the public property of the United States in his possession. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-07 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of the public property of the United States in his possession. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-07 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Accounts, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-07 |
| Estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for appropriations for his Department for the year ending June 30, 1872. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-07 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns made to his Department by the collectors of Customs, pursuant to the act of May 28, 1796, for the relief and protection of American seamen. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-07 |
| James A. Laizure. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the claim of James A. Laizure. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-07 |
| Public property in charge of Secretary of State. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting an inventory of the public property under his charge. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-07 |
| Commercial relations. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report on the commercial relations of the United States and foreign nations, for the year ending September 30, 1869. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a report from the Secretary of State relative to the correspondence with the United States minister at Paris since the commencement of the war between France and Prussia. December 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, inventories of the property of the United States in the possession of the War Department. December 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-08 |
| Bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati, relative to the bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati. December 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-08 |
| Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to consular fees for the year ending December 31, 1869. December 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate, if, in his opinion, not incompatible with the public interests, copies of all papers and correspondence relating to the proposed annexation of the Dominican portion of the Island of San Domingo, or the purchase of any part thereof... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be, and hereby is, requested to transmit to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, the following information... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 375.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill 375... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 717.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the case of Harmon E. Wentworth, late second lieutenant Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, was referred, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the disqualifications and disabilities imposed upon persons lately in rebellion against the government of the United States were dictated by imperative public necessities, and not by a spirit of hatred or vindictiveness... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-12 |
| Resolutions adopted by a convention of the Iron Molders' International Union held at Philadelphia in July 1870, against the further introduction of coolie labor into this country. December 12, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-12 |
| Louis W. Viollier. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the removal of Louis W. Viollier, a consular clerk, for disobedience of orders. December 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-12 |
| Message of the President of the United states, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th of June, 1870, information in relation to charges made by the International Ocean Telegraph Company upon messages passing over their lines. December 13, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-13 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of the passage of the bill known as the Oregon Branch Pacific Railroad bill. December 13, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-13 |
| Capitol Hill Savings Bank. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2518.) December 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-13 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting inventory of the public property held by the Post Office Department. December 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-13 |
| Memorial of William C. Barney, praying the adoption of a system of rules for the operation of international telegraph lines. December 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-14 |
| Printing done for private persons. Letter from the Congressional Printer, transmitting a statement of printing done under the act of June 25, 1864, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7, 1870. December 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed by resolution of the Senate, of April 7, 1870, "to inquire into and report to the Senate the effect of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution upon the Indian tribes of the country; and whether by the provisions thereof the Indians are not citizens of the United States, and whether thereby the various treaties heretofore existing between the United States and the various Indian tribes are, or are not annulled," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-14 |
| Indemnity case of ship Canada. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th January last, transmitting correspondence relative to a claim for indemnity in the case of the ship Canada. December 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-16 |
| Condition of affairs in Paraguay. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th April, 1869, relative to the condition of affairs in Paraguay. December 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-16 |
| Deeds for Brooklyn Navy yard property. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, transmitting copies of deeds for the land now occupied by the Brooklyn Navy yard. December 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-16 |
| Unexpended balances, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, being statement of balances unexpended June 30, 1870; amount appropriated for fiscal year current; net expenditures for quarter ending September 30, 1870; amount necessary for the completion of year, and amount that may be carried to surplus fund. December 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-16 |
| Estimates of deficiencies -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. December 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1870-12-16 |
| Letter of the Surgeon General communicating a contract made with the Providence Hospital for the care of sixty transient paupers, under act of July 15, 1870. December 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-19 |
| Captain Samuel Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2565.) Communication from Captain Samuel Adams relative to the exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries. December 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-19 |
| Geological survey of Michigan. Joint resolution of the State of Michigan, asking for an appropriation for a geological survey of Michigan. December 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2332.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2332, granting a pension to Sarah Gillett, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2317.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2317, granting a pension to Melissa Andrews, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2300.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2300, granting a pension to Laura Baker, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating reports of the consular agents appointed under section two of the act of July 11, 1870, "Making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year Ending June 30, 1871, and for Other Purposes." December 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-20 |
| Importers of ribbons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2590.) Memorial of certain importers of ribbons, praying Congress to give them relief. December 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2293.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred H. Bill No. 2293, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pension, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2333.) The committee to which was referred House Bill No. 2333, granting a pension to William Erwin, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of June 13, 1870, a copy of the report of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Holabird, of a reconnaissance made by him in the Department of Dakota, in 1869. December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| Schooner Granada. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, relative to the alleged seizure of the schooner Granada, of Provincetown, Massachusetts. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the appropriation for incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Uniformity in the mode of appointing appraisers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting draught of a bill to secure uniformity in the mode of appointing appraisers, and for other purposes. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Wreck of Scotland light-ship. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, 1870, relative to the wreck of the Scotland light-ship. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Light-house reserve, Port Huron. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1870, relative to the light-house reserve at Port Huron, Michigan. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Railroad and telegraph from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, 1870, in relation to the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Choctaw Indian claim. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of an opinion given by the Attorney General of the United States upon the claim of the Choctaw Indians to the issue of United States bonds to the amounts of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Expenses of Indian delegations to Washington. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting joint resolution to enable the Department to use, subsequent to January 1, 1871, the balance of appropriation for defraying expenses of Indian delegations to Washington. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Indian orphan accounts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting estimate of appropriation for expenses of settlement of Indian orphan accounts. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting joint resolution to render an appropriation of $75,000 available for feeding Navajo Indians. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in reply to House resolution of the 15th instant, in relation to the census. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Ninth Census and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Books of record for Recorder of Deeds for District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations for books of record for Office of Recorder of Deeds for District of Columbia. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| New jail in the District of Columbia. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution calling for a certified statement of the vouchers for disbursement on account of the new jail for the District of Columbia. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Newport and Cincinnati Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the report of Board of Engineers on Newport and Cincinnati bridge, &c., to accompany letter of Chief of Engineers to Secretary of War, of December 21, 1870. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Des Moines Rapids. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of December 12, 1870, transmitting a report upon the present condition of the Des Moines Rapids improvement. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Fort Wilkins military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the transfer of the Fort Wilkins military reservation, Michigan, to the custody of the General Land Office, for the purpose of disposing of the same by sale or otherwise. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Stamped envelopes. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House December 16, 1870, in relation to stamped envelopes. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| American fishing vessels. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of July 1, 1870, relative to the arrest and detention of American fishing vessels. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1870-12-21 |
| Memorial of Victoria C. Woodhull praying the passage of a law carrying into execution the right vested by the Constitution in citizens of the United States to vote, without regard to sex. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| Falls of the Ohio and Louisville Canal. Letter from General Weitzel, (addressed to the Hon. James B. Beck) urging appropriations for the improvement of the Falls of the Ohio and Louisville Canal. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 59, for the relief of Jordan & McPike, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. C.S. Wilson... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 271.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A.G. Lee, praying for remuneration for property destroyed by United States troops... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 748.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of Lieutenant Colonel Humphrey M. Woodyard, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| Telegraph between United States and foreign countries. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2591.) December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1870-12-21 |
| Index to the Executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-first Congress, 1870-'71. In two volumes. Vol. I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume V. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1451, Session Vol. No.5 | 1871-01-01 |
| Index to the Executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-first Congress, 1870-'71. In two volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1441, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume IV, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1450, Session Vol. No.4 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume VI. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1445, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume II, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1446, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume II, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1447, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1448, Session Vol. No.3 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume IV, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1449, Session Vol. No.4 | 1871-01-01 |
| Report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the third session of the Forty-first Congress of the United States. December 5, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1451, Session Vol. No.5 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume VII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-01 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-first Congress. January 25, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1461, Session Vol. No.13 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1461, Session Vol. No.13 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. The miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In two volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| A list of reports to be made to Congress during the third session of the Forty-first Congress by public officers; prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 5, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-first Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 5, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-first Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 5, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-first Congress, 1870-'71. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-first Congress, 1870-'71. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Reports of the committees of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume XII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. The miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In two volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-01 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Forty-first Congress; II. Offices created and the salaries thereof; III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 4, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1869. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1870. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1455, Session Vol. No.9 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume X. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-first Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1870-'71. In twelve volumes. Volume IX, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1455, Session Vol. No.9 | 1871-01-01 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1870, a report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, relative to the collection of the tax on the forty-five million scrip dividend of the New York Central Railroad Company. January 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-04 |
| Charles Cooper and others. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill 1395 with his objections. January 4, 1871. -- Laid on the Speaker's table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-04 |
| Public documents and libraries in care of foreign ministers. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th December, transmitting correspondence of minister to Portugal relative to public documents or libraries in the care of foreign ministers. January 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-04 |
| Memorial of settlers on agricultural lands in California, praying such legislation as will aid them is protecting their lands and crops from overflow during the rainy seasons of the year. January 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, communicating copies of opinions of the Attorney General and the decision of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, in relation to the fifth section of the act of July 12, 1870, in relation to unexpended balances of appropriations. January 4, 1871. -- Submitted by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-04 |
| Indemnity to the United States in certain cases. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2437.) January 4, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-04 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. January 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1452, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-01-05 |
| Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Washington Aqueduct. January 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-05 |
| Ocean steamship lines. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2486.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, suggesting alterations in House Bill 2486, and inclosing copy of such alterations as proposed. January 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-05 |
| Public property in the public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting inventories of the public property of the United States in the public buildings and grounds. January 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the communication of the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress, transmitting a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States upon the claim of the Choctaw Nation of Indians for $250,000 of United States bonds, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-05 |
| Railroad to Oregon [i.e., Arizona]. Petition of citizens of California, praying for railroad communication with Arizona. January 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-06 |
| Clerks employed in the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in his department. January 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-06 |
| Legislature of Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking for an extension of the time for the session of the legislature. January 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, the last correspondence between Mr. Motley, as minister to the Court of St. James, and the Department of State. January 9, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1870, information in relation to certain Indiana state bonds, held by him as trustee for various Indian tribes. January 9, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Dominican Republic. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relative to the Dominican Republic. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-09 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to Hon. Willard Warner, communicating information on the subject of spirit meters. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Siletz Indian reservation. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying that the Siletz Indian reservation in said state may be vacated and the Indians removed therefrom. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Location of lands and salt springs in Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for an extension of time for the location of certain lands and salt springs in said state. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Umpqua River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Umpqua River. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Wagon road in Utah and Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Winnemucca, in the State of Nevada, to Pendleton, in the State of Oregon. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Eastern [i.e., northern] boundary of Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for a rectification of the eastern boundary of said state. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Wagon road in Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Snag Harbor to the Siuslaw Valley, in said state. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Post routes in Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon praying for the establishment of certain post routes in the State of Oregon. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Preemption claimants. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, praying for repeal of law relative to proof to be made by preemption claimants. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Expenses incurred by the legation at Paris. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Hon. H.L. Dawes, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, relative to extraordinary expenses incurred by the legation at Paris. January 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Stamped envelopes. Letter from the Postmaster General, addressed to the Hon. Henry L. Dawes, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the contract with Dempsey & O'Toole for stamped envelopes. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary A. Simpson... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Duncan... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Ann G. Barker, praying to be allowed arrears of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-09 |
| Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, praying the establishment of ocean mail steamship service between the United States and Australia. January 10, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-10 |
| Apportionment of representatives to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2687.) January 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-10 |
| Reservation at Point San Jose, San Francisco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2688.) January 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-10 |
| Sheafe vs. Tillman. January 10, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating to the Senate his acceptance of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, executed by Vinnie Ream, and recommending an appropriation to pay the remaining installment due for the same. January 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| Dominican Republic. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 5th instant, transmitting report of Captain George B. McClellan upon the Dominican Republic, in the year 1854. January 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-11 |
| Memorial of John Roach, praying the passage of an act for the encouragement of iron ship building, and the formation of a line of first-class iron steamships. January 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1192.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of D. Jay Brown, dated March 9, 1864, praying compensation for losses by reason of his discharge from official position while in foreign countries, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 887.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 887, for the relief of Rebecca J. Sheppard, of Philadelphia, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jerome J. Getty... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of R.S.M. Hunter... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1193.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted Senate Bill No. 870, for the relief of the United States Express Company, and the petition upon which said bill was reported, make the following supplemental report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| Cherokee neutral lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indians Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| Entries under homestead law. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2702.) January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th of December, 1870, information relative to the probable cost of the improvement of the Umpqua and Willamette Rivers, in the State of Oregon. January 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-12 |
| Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the War Department for contingent expenses during the year 1870. January 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-12 |
| Expenditures at the national armory, Springfield. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures at the national armory at Springfield, and of the arms and repairs to arms made at said armory, during the year ending June 30, 1870. January 12, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-12 |
| Survey of the Grande Ronde Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs upon the survey of the Grande Ronde reserve, and asking for an appropriation. January 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-12 |
| Appropriations for Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the appropriation of $75,000 made July 15, 1870, for feeding Navajo Indians in New Mexico. January 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-12 |
| Annuities to Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of funds required for the payment of annuities to certain Winnebago Indians. January 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-12 |
| Memorial of citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying such alterations and modifications of the plans of the Newport and Cincinnati bridge as will elevate the spans forty feet above high-water mark. January 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-12 |
| Bridges over the Ohio River. Testimony taken by the Committee on Roads and Canals, in the Fortieth Congress, relative to bridges over the Ohio River. January 12, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 687.) The Committee on Claims, having had under consideration the petition of Mary Dunn for restoration of property on Dawfuski Island, South Carolina, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-12 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, a statement of the amount of free matter passing through the mails during the period of six months ending June 30, 1870. January 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Appropriations for Pension Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation to supply deficiencies in the Pension Bureau. January 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-13 |
| Marine hospital establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of joint resolution providing for the transfer to the marine hospital establishment at New Orleans, certain buildings. January 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman submitted the following resolution. Whereas the Constitution (Art. 1, Sec. 9) provides that "a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Memorial of the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County, California, and others, praying the establishment of certain post offices and post routes in that state. January 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, in favor of an appropriation for the extension of the Sioux City and Missouri telegraph line to Fort Randall. January 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Warner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 375.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution 375, for the relief of Robert Moir & Co., having had the same under consideration, report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it pass, for reasons which are set forth in the accompanying letters of Internal Revenue Commissioners Delano and Pleasonton... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Charles Pomeroy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2706.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Henry A. Messenger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2493.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| John C. McQuiston and Jeremiah D. Skeen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2707.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Henry Clay Williams. January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| William M. Henry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2711.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Arlington property and national cemeteries. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2715.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-13 |
| Ninth census. Letter from the Superintendent of the ninth census, addressed to Hon. W.B. Stokes, relative to field-work performed by assistant marshals. January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Ninth Census. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-14 |
| Polly W. Cotton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2718.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-14 |
| Robert P. Chowden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2719.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-14 |
| A.V. Richards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2720.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-14 |
| Northwestern Boundary Commission. (To accompany H. Res. No. 464.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information relative to the proposed annexation of the Dominican portion of the island of San Domingo. January 16, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-16 |
| Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. (To accompany H. Res. No. 443.) Memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. January 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-16 |
| Public buildings in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking Congress for an appropriation to erect a suitable building for a custom-house, post office, and United States court-house at Pembina, in said territory. January 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-16 |
| Removal of obstructions in Red River of the north. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking Congress for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Red River of the North. January 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-16 |
| Boyden vs. Shober. January 16, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th of December, 1870, information in relation to outrages committed by disloyal persons in North Carolina and other Southern states. January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-17 |
| Revolutionary claims. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, addressed to Hon. S.H. Boyd, on Revolutionary claims and laws applicable thereto. January 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 918.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the East Tennessee University... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-17 |
| Mail steamship service in the Gulf of Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1955.) January 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-17 |
| Survey of Indian reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the survey of Indian reservations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Survey of Green River. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriation to complete survey of Green River. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Disbursing clerk Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the disbursing clerk of his Department. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Certain officers of volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 4, transmitting a report of the construction placed by the War Department upon the law of July 11, 1870, for the relief of certain officers of volunteers. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Deficiencies in Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the Quartermaster's Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Construction of an experimental rifled gun. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Chief of Ordnance recommending an appropriation of $200,000 for the construction of an experimental rifled gun. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Relief of poor in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Lieutenant Bridges of the number of persons relieved under the act of Congress granting temporary relief to the poor of the District of Columbia. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Bonds to Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 9, 1871, in relation to bonds of the United States issued to Indian tribes and other parties; also the amount of the principal of said bonds. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Treasurer's report third and fourth quarters of 1867, and first and second of 1868. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, making report of receipts and expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1868. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Postal telegraph system in Europe. Communications from the officers of the postal telegraph system in Great Britain, Norway, etc., introduced by Mr. C.C. Washburn, relative to said system. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Postal Telegraph Lines, ordered to be printed, and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| Claim of Choctaw Nation. Memorial in behalf of the Choctaw Nation in relation to their claim to the net proceeds of their lands ceded to the United States by treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, September 27, 1830. January 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. A.L. Henry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 672.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 672, "For the Relief of the Trustees of the Theological Seminary and High School of Virginia," have examined the same, and beg leave to submit the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1213.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary M. Clark, widow of Leonard Clark, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1215.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William H. Colledge, praying compensation for clerical labor performed in the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1216.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Phoebe Hepburn | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-18 |
| Engineer's report of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-01-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, in relation to the donation of bronze cannon to monumental associations. January 19, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 8th of December, 1870, the reports of the board of trustees of colored schools of Washington and Georgetown. January 19, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| Memorial of a committee of the National Labor Convention, praying the appointment of a commission to inquire into the condition of affairs in the southern states. January 19, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| War between France and Prussia. Memorial of citizens of Washington, protesting against the cruelties practiced in the war between France and Prussia, and in favor of maintaining the Republic of France. January 19, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| Postal telegraph. Memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard, on the subject of postal telegraph system. January 19, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Postal Telegraph Lines and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1140.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Rear-Admiral Henry Walke, praying a modification of the act of January 16, 1857, so that he may receive the pay of a commander while holding the commission for that rank in the naval service, and the bill for his relief, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1225.) The Committee on Foreign Relations having had under consideration certain papers referred to them by the Secretary of State, concerning the application of George Sydney Clement, a British subject, for indemnity on account of a United States bond destroyed by fire, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lewis made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1724.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred House Bill 1724, "To Authorize a Subscription by the Corporate Authorities of the City of Washington to the Capital Stock of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad Company, or the Washington and Ohio Railroad Company, As the Case May Be," respectfully submit... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Edwin M. Chaffee, praying the passage of an act of Congress extending certain letters-patent granted to him for the machine patent, so called, used in the manufacture of India-rubber, having duly considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1226.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, having had under consideration certain papers, referred to them by the Secretary of State, concerning the application of Christine Mahler, a Prussian subject, for indemnity on account of United States bonds destroyed by fire, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-19 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana in favor of the passage of the bill granting pensions to the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812. January 20, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-20 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the extension of the operation of the second section of the act of July 14, 1870, "To Extend the Provisions of the Preemption Laws to the Territory of Colorado, and for Other Purposes," to January 1, 1873. January 20, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 285.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution No. 285, to authorize the President of the United States to reappoint Joshua Bishop, late a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1154.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Bill S. No. 1154, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 253.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 253, entitled "A Joint Resolution Explanatory of the Act Admitting the State of Oregon into the Union," respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-20 |
| Claims of Wyandott Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting claims of Wyandott Indians for property taken from them by whites. January 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating information relative to the claims of Jordan & McPike and others arising out of the expedition against the Pi-Ute Indians in 1860. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the contracts of the Quartermaster's Department during the year ending December 31, 1870. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating information in regard to alleged outrages committed by lawless bands in the State of Tennessee. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the contracts and purchases of the Ordnance Department during the past year. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Thurman to the resolution reported by the Judiciary Committee, declaring Joshua Hill entitled to a seat in the Senate as a senator from the State of Georgia. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of allowing settlers on the Osage Diminished Reserve to enter and prove their claims in any shape in which they may have claimed them by legal subdivisions. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Report of the Surveyor General of Wyoming. Letter from the Commissioner of the Land Office, addressed to Hon. George W. Julian, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of the Land Office for Wyoming. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Land ceded to Great Britain on northeastern boundary. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the owners of certain land on the northeastern boundary ceded to Great Britain. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Navigation of Wabash River. Resolution of the Indiana Legislature asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the Wabash River. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Annexation of Dominica. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the annexation of Dominica. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Navigation of Wabash River. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, instructing their senators in Congress and requesting their representatives to use all proper means to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the Wabash River. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Ship-canal at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of St. Louis, asking for the construction of a ship-canal at the mouth of the Mississippi River. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Sale of arms to France. Memorial of German citizens of the District of Columbia, praying for the revocation of the sale of government arms and munitions of war to the agents of the French government, who are waging war against a people friendly to this government. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Wagon roads and bridges in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, asking for the construction of government wagon roads, and appropriations for bridging streams on said roads. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1239.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Ann Green and Mrs. Maria Bohrer, of the District of Columbia, asking to be allowed the arrears of half-pay claimed to be due to Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Forrest, of the Maryland Line of the Revolutionary War, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2357.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred Bill H.R. No. 2357, for the relief of Jacob J. Anderson, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1242.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Horace L. Emery, of Albany, New York, praying that the Commissioner of Patents be authorized to hear and determine his application for the extension of his letter-patent for an improvement in the endless railway horse-power, having considered the same beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1243.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Albert W. Gray, praying leave to apply to the Commissioner of Patents for an extension of letters-patent for an improvement in horse-powers, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of Joshua Hill, H.V.M. Miller, Henry P. Farrow, and Richard H. Whitely, claiming to have been elected senators from the State of Georgia, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-23 |
| Deficiencies in Paymaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of amounts required to supply deficiencies for the Pay Department for the current fiscal year. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Deficiencies in Quartermaster and Paymaster Departments. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of appropriations for deficiencies in the Paymaster and Quartermaster's Departments for current fiscal year. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Deficiencies contingent expenses Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of deficiencies contingent expenses Quartermaster's Department, year ending June 30, 1871. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Expenses of general council of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates to defray expenses of general council of certain Indians in the Indian Territory. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Aid to civilize the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to aid in the civilization of the Indians. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| C.E. Hedges. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the claim of C.E. Hedges for supplies furnished Yancton Sioux Indians. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Broken sets of congressional documents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of broken sets of congressional documents, &c. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Clerks employed in Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting list of clerks employed in the Navy Department. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-23 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1870, information in relation to the amounts paid for transportation and freights via the Isthmus and Cape Horn during the twelve months last past. January 24, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| Letter of the Chief Clerk of the Treasury, communicating a statement of the amounts refunded to states for expenses incurred in raising volunteers, from 1861 to January 1, 1871. January 24, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| Annual report of the Librarian of Congress, exhibiting the progress of the Library during the year ending December 1, 1870. January 23, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. January 24, 1871. -- Ordered that five hundred additional copies be printed for the use of the Library. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| Thomas P. Beard. Memorial of Thomas P. Beard, claiming his seat as member of the House from Fifth Congressional District of Georgia. January 24, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| Indian confederacy. Papers relative to the confederacy of Indian tribes introduced by Mr. Shanks. January 24, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1253.) In the matter of the petition of Sarah Evans for pension... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 174.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 174, entitled "A Bill Granting Relief to Lois Clark," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-24 |
| Memorial of William B. Whiting, praying such an amendment of the postal law of June 12, 1866, as will allow letters sent in care of authorized parties to be remailed to persons to whom addressed without prepayment of postage. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, communicating his views on the petition of J.Q. Preble & Co., praying the discontinuance of the manufacture and sale of stamped envelopes by the government. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company in reply to the report of board of engineers in relation to their bridge. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| Men for practice ships at Annapolis. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending that he be authorized to enlist three hundred men to constitute the crews of the practice ships at Annapolis. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| Public property in charge of Architect. Letter from the Architect of the U.S. Capitol Extension transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and the Botanical Garden. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1255.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Johnson, Lewis J. Davis, and David Walker, bankers of the City of Washington, composing the firm of Lewis Johnson and Company, praying to be reimbursed for certain moneys paid by them on a check drawn by Paymaster Benj. F. Gallaher, United States Navy, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2535.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2535, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Noah Fisher," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 294.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of J.W. Parish & Co., praying compensation for losses sustained on account of the refusal on the part of the government to receive from them twenty thousand tons of ice, parcel of thirty thousand tons contracted to be delivered at various points on the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, during the year 1863, and for refusal to pay according to the terms of the contract, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-25 |
| Cabinet of minerals and natural history connected with the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the history and present condition of the cabinet of minerals and natural history connected with the General Land Office. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-25 |
| Survey in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for survey of township in Louisiana in which New Orleans is situated. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-25 |
| Fort Bridger Military Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting memorial of citizens of the town of Merrill in relation to the Fort Bridger reservation. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-25 |
| Survey of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 14, 1871, in relation to the survey and improvement of the Ohio River. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-25 |
| Contingent appropriations incidental expenses of departments. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to an act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects as have usually been included in the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain incidental expenses of the departments and offices of the government. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-25 |
| Memorial of citizens of the United States, praying for legislation looking to the establishment of lines of American steamships between the United States and Europe. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, in favor of an appropriation for postal steamship service between that city and foreign countries. January 26, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| Petition of judges, officers, and members of the bar of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying that defendants in criminal cases, in federal courts, may be permitted to testify. January 26, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| Income tax. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to Hon. Samuel Hooper, Chairman Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the income tax. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| Congressional representation. Concurrent resolution to the Legislature of Illinois, relative to congressional representation. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| Receipts and disbursements of Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. Report of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, showing the receipts and disbursements for the year ending June 30, 1870; with a statement of the salaries paid to the officers and teachers of the Institution. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1993.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1993, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Josephine Donahue," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2236.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2236, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Mary J. Pearson," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 1118.) The bill now reported, while it differs from the bill of the same company before the Senate at its last session, seeks to accomplish the same important results... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 217.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 217, for the relief of James A. Waymire, have considered the same and beg leave to submit the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-26 |
| Clerks and others employed in the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of clerks and other persons employed in the Department of State. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| Bligh E. Wood. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the claim of Bligh E. Wood on account of depredations by Yancton Sioux Indians. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| James Bourdeau and Clement Lamoureaux. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting claims of James Bourdeau and Clement Lamoureaux, for depredations by Sioux Indians. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| W.H. Moore & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting claim of W.H. Moore & Co. for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| Joseph Bissonnette. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the claim of Joseph Bissonnette for depredations committed by Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| Andrew J. Smith. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting claim of A.J. Smith for supplies furnished to the Sheep-Eaters, a northern band of Shoshone Indians. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| Baltazar Marfin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the claim of Baltazar Marfin for depredations committed by Navajo Indians. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| Foreign commerce and the practical workings of maritime reciprocity. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d instant in relation to the foreign commerce of the United States. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-26 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of regulations for the consular courts of the United States in Japan, decreed and issued by the minister of the United States in that country. January 27, 1871. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of legislation to protect the rights of bona fide settlers in the Cherokee Neutral Lands, sold in accordance with the treaty of August 11, 1866. January 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of claims of citizens of that state for losses sustained by the illegal invasion of the territory by pro-slavery mobs in 1855, 1856, and 1857. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| John L. Thomas, Jr. (To accompany H. Res. No. 471.) January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| Navigation of the Mississippi River. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Flanagan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2243.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2243, an act for the relief of James R. Young, late postmaster at Lisbon, New Hampshire, with the memorial and evidence accompanying it, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Flanagan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2285.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2285) entitled "An Act for the Relief of John Milone, Postmaster at Uhrickville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio," with the memorial and evidence accompanying it, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Flanagan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2415.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 2415,) entitled "An Act for the Relief of Lot North, Late Postmaster at Patriot, Indiana," with the memorial and evidence accompanying it, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1019.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 1019) entitled "An Act To Incorporate Branches of the Southern Trans-continental Railway Company, Under the Name and Style of the Western North Carolina Extension Railway Company," have authorized me to ask that the following report may be printed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-27 |
| Advertising casualties to light vessels and buoys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to advertising, and stating the importance of giving prompt notice by advertisement, of the breaking adrift of light vessels and buoys, and the occurrence of other casualties. January 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-27 |
| H.C. Jackson. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the claim of H.C. Jackson, of Nashville, Tennessee. January 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-27 |
| Saint Mary's Falls Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking for an appropriation of $100,000 to continue the improvement of the Saint Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan. January 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-27 |
| Fines imposed on mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of fines imposed on contractors carrying United States mails for year ending June 30, 1870. January 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-27 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the proceedings of the council of Indian tribes held at Ocmulgee, in December, 1870. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. No. 1146. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. New Mexico. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1006.) The Territory of New Mexico has within its limits the following counties viz... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the renewal of the grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from St. Croix River or Lake to the west end of Lake Superior or Bayfield. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Amended rules of the House. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| German immigrants. Memorial of the German Society of New York, relative to the proceedings in Congress regarding immigration. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Judicial districts in Ohio. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the division of the state into three judicial districts. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Homestead to soldiers and sailors. Joint resolution of the Indiana Legislature in favor of homesteads for soldiers, without requiring occupancy of the same. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Equalization of bounties. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana on the subject of equalization of bounties to soldiers. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Report of Washington and Georgetown R.R. Co. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting report of the transactions of said company during the year ending January 1, 1871. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to Hon. William Lawrence, transmitting list of the bonds issued to the several Pacific Railroad companies. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| British ship Duke of Edinburgh. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, inclosing correspondence upon the subject of a claim of a British citizen for the destruction of the British ship Duke of Edinburgh by the steamer General McPherson, belonging to and in the service of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Homesteads to soldiers. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of homesteads to soldiers. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Victoria C. Woodhull. January 30, 1871. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Claim of the State of New Hampshire. (To accompany H. Res. No. 226.) January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| George Chorpenning. Report of the Postmaster General in the matter of George Chorpenning. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1140.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom has been referred the case of Charles Trichler, of Adams County, Ohio, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1273.) The Committee on Claims, having had under consideration the claim of S.E. Ward... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 555.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 555, "For the Relief of Pitcher & Hayford and Otis & Ferguson, of Maine," having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 944.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 944, for the relief of Mrs. Lucy H. Carroll, administratrix of George W. Carroll, deceased, late of Conway County, State of Arkansas, and Mrs. Hibernia Armstrong, of the same county and state, have considered the same, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1274.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William J. Phillips, praying compensation for services as assessor of internal revenue for the Second District of Texas, having duly considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 230.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of David Braden," having had the same under consideration, instruct me to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2396.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of James J. Hiles, Late a Private in the Third Missouri Cavalry," having had the same under consideration, have instructed me to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1275.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George W. Hall, Charles F. Sampson, John E. Chase, Alfred W. Fish, W.H. Bradford, Moses Taft, Colin C. Baker, Philander Crosby, Charles T. Childs, and Jesse Davis, of Providence, Rhode Island, praying indemnification for losses occasioned by the seizure and detention, by authority of the United States, of bark A 1, at Philadelphia, in the winter of 1863-'64, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles L. Thompson, guardian of the minor children of William S. Thompson, deceased, late an engineer on the iron-clad Atlanta, praying that a pension be allowed his wards, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth B. McCormick... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elkanah Huddleston, praying compensation for services rendered as second lieutenant from August 13, 1863, having duly considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-30 |
| Breakwater in the Potomac River. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2740.) Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the breakwater in the Potomac River. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-01-30 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the progress of the improvement of the Cape Fear River. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a letter of the Governor of South Carolina relative to outrages committed upon citizens of the United States resident in that state. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Outrages in the South and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating an application from R.L.M. Camden for military protection for employees of an association engaged in gold-mining in South Carolina. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Outrages in the South and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| Public lands. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the donation of public lands. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| Harbor and ship canal at Monroe. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the improvement of harbor and ship canal at Monroe, Michigan. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| Harbor of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying memorial. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1462, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2718.) The bill is for the relief of the widow of a soldier, giving ten months captain's pay and allowances, deducting therefrom the pay of a private... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1281.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred R. Cruikshank's petition for relief, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-01-31 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. James Harlan, in relation to the absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas. February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of New York, in favor of a treaty with the Seneca Indians, by which they will give up the Allegany reservation. February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| Memorial of H.L. Gamble, widow of the late Lt. Col. John M. Gamble, U.S. Marine Corps, praying compensation for the capture by her husband, during the War of 1812, of the vessel "Seringapatam." February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| Memorial of citizens of Anacostia Village, Washington County, praying the erection of a bridge across Anacostia River near the Navy yard. February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota in favor of the construction of a military road from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Pembina, in that territory. February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 734.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Isaac H. Allen, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 679.) The Indian Territory, proposed to be organized by the bill, is about 350 miles in length by 200 miles in width, with an area, therefore, of about 70,000 square miles... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the account of the Northwest Fur Company, for provisions and payment of men for the defense and protection of government property at Fort Union in 1866 and 1867, and the claim of T. Bruguin & Geowey, for subsistence furnished for the protection of the fort at the same time, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 465.) The Committee on Claims, having had under consideration Joint Resolution H.R. 465, for relief of W. Buck, late surgeon Sixth Maine Volunteers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| William McGarrahan. February 1, 1871. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-01 |
| Annual report of the Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, transmitting his annual report to Congress. February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-02-01 |
| Bayou Teche. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 23, 1871, relative to an appropriation for the improvement of Bayou Teche. February 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Letter of the Secretary of State, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1870, copies of all treaties and conventions (except postal conventions) entered into by the United States, the ratification whereof has been exchanged. February 2, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1441, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-02 |
| Memorial of Thomas H. Dowling, praying the relief which in equity may be due by reason of his forcible ejection by the military authorities of the United States from the Island of Yerba Buena, to which he claims title. February 2, 1871. -- Referred (with Bill S. 1296) to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-02 |
| Petition of citizens of the Des Moines Valley, Iowa, praying protection in their rights and the preservation to them of their homes on the odd-numbered sections of land in said valley. February 2, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1293.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred the memorial and papers of Miss Carroll, of Maryland... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1295.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. Leonidas Russell and his wife, Martha L. House [i.e., Howse] Russell, praying compensation for property of hers taken and used by the troops of the United States at the Battle of Stone River, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of January 19, 1871, the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of Charleston Harbor. February 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island in favor of the passage of an act granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors, and widows of those who served in the War of 1812. February 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Memorial of a committee appointed by the commercial convention held at the City of Cincinnati, in October, 1870, urging that measures be taken for a congress of representatives of all the governments on the western continent to consult upon the best means for inaugurating an American system of commercial intercourse. February 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania against the passage of the bill for the removal of the military stores at the Allegheny arsenal, at Pittsburg, and the disposal of the remaining property to said city. February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Thomas Tyner. February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Ethan Ray Clarke [i.e., Clark] and Samuel Ward Clarke [i.e., Clark]. February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1299.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of R.M. Corwine, praying that the money now in the Treasury of the United States, the proceeds of the sale of certain cotton and other property captured by the Porter expedition up Red River in 1864, may be paid into the district court for the Southern District of Illinois, to enable that court to make distribution of the same among the claimants, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-03 |
| Purchase of United States statutes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation of $7,000 for the purchase of two thousand copies of the sixteenth volume of the United States Statutes at Large. February 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-02-03 |
| Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the number, age, sex, and occupation of passengers arriving in the United States by sea, from foreign countries, during the year 1870. February 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-02-03 |
| Commercial relations. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report on the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations for the year ending September 30, 1870. February 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-02-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of January 27, 1871, information in relation to the non-execution of the act of July 14, 1870, requiring the laying of a water-main from the reservoir to Capitol Hill, through the Cities of Washington and Georgetown. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-04 |
| Housatonic River and New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 31, in relation to the improvement of the Housatonic River and the Harbor of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-04 |
| Appropriation for Montana Indian war claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking for an appropriation for expenses of investigation into Montana Indian war claims. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-04 |
| Montana Indian war claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-04 |
| Tift vs. Whitely [Whiteley]. Memorial of Nelson Tift, relative to the election in the Second Congressional District of Georgia. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-04 |
| Beard vs. Corker. Testimony in the case of Beard vs. Corker, of the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 309.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the papers relating to the claim of Samuel Houston, of Arkansas, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1305.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Fredrick [i.e., Frederick] P. Dimpfel, of the City of Philadelphia, praying an extension of his patent for an improvement in steam-boilers, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-04 |
| Engineer's report of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Chief Engineer upon the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-02-04 |
| State of trade with British North American provinces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the state of trade between the United States and the British North American possessions. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1454, Session Vol. No.8 | 1871-02-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating copies of the reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Superintendent Hoag, and J.D. Lang, relative to the extension of the time of payment by settlers on the Osage Indian lands in Kansas. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-06 |
| Memorial of Robert Squires and others, praying the passage of House Bill No. 2591, relating to telegraph communication between the United States and foreign countries, without amendment. February 6, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-06 |
| Memorial of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends, praying the aid of Congress in the establishment of a common-school system in that state. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-06 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, withdrawing its assent to the ratification of the Fifteenth Article of Amendments to the Constitution. February 6, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-06 |
| Irish Emigrant Society. Memorial of the Irish Emigrant Society of New York. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Income tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to Hon. Samuel Hooper, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the income tax. February 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| McGregor and Mississippi [i.e., Missouri] Railroad. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Territory of Dakota, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the McGregor and Missouri River Railroad. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Navigation of Wabash River. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Wabash River. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Montana Central Railroad. Memorial of the Executive Board of Trustees of the Montana Central Railroad Company, praying for a grant of public lands to aid in the construction of said road. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Bridge over the Big Sioux River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Territory of Dakota asking an appropriation to build a bridge across the Big Sioux River below the mouth of Rock River. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Bridge over Big Sioux at Blue Earth City. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Territory of Dakota, asking an appropriation to build a bridge across the Big Sioux River at the crossing of the Sioux Falls and Blue Earth City Road. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| New territory from Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, asking for the organization of a new territory out of the northern portion of Dakota. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Oregon Indian reservations. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in relation to Indian reservations in said state. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| Pensions to soldiers of the War of 1812. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to pensioning the soldiers of the War of 1812. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1161.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1161, "A Bill for the Relief of Roxana W. Sawyer," reports... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1331.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1331, for the relief of A.F. McMillan, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-06 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, Senate Joint Resolution (No. 92) for the relief of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and steam machinery. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of January 4, 1871, copies of correspondence with and orders issued to the commander of our naval squadron in the waters of the island of San Domingo since the commencement of the late negotiations. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| Union of the states of Germany. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the union of the states of Germany. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Cadet barracks, West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking for an appropriation to repair cadet barracks at West Point. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Cadet barracks, Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of a special appropriation required to repair damages to the cadet barracks at the United States Military Academy. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Sisterhood of St. John. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the Sisterhood of St. John. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Deficiency in surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to supply deficiencies in the surveying service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Survey of private land claim of Bernabe Manuel Montano et al. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claim number 49, and accompanying papers. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Claim of Northwest Fur Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the claim of the Northwest Fur Company for subsistence furnished by them for the Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian agency. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Alaska seal fishery lease. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the leasing of the Alaska seal fishery. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying the interposition of Congress in behalf of the oppressed loyalists of that state. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern States and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying the enforcement of the laws and suppression of disorders in that state. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern States and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| Expulsion of cadets from Military Academy. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 479.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Resolution No. 479, a joint resolution repealing the joint resolution approved July 15, 1870, entitled "A Joint Resolution Authorizing the Postmaster General To Adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning," beg leave to report the same back to the Senate with a recommendation that it pass as it came from the House... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Frances A. McCauley... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1315.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was rfeerred [i.e., referred] the petition of Mrs. Fanny Kelly, praying for compensation for losses sustained by the destruction of property by the Sioux Indians, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 996.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 178 and Senate Bill No. 827, providing for the collection of debts due the United States from certain southern railroad corporations, and also House Bill No. 996, which passed the House of Representatives February 2, 1871, and is identical with Senate Resolution No. 178, respectfully report said last-named bill and recommend its passage... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-07 |
| Engineer's report of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-02-07 |
| Pay and allowances to officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 25, 1871, in relation to the pay and allowances of the several grades of officers in the Army, under the act of July 15, 1870. February 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a paper relative to the desire of certain Indian tribes in the northern superintendency to sell a portion of their lands with a view to the purchase of other lands. February 8, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-08 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, rejecting the Fifteenth Article of Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. February 8, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-08 |
| Settlers on certain lands in California. February 8, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of U.P. Monroe, praying compensation for expenditures and services in opening the Sacramento River to navigation, have considered the same, and submit the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1319.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jesse Warren and J.A. Moore, composing the firm of Warren & Moore, praying compensation for lumber taken from them for the use of the Army in 1862, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having had under consideration the petition of David J. Millard, of Clayville, New York, for compensation on a contract, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, information in relation to the early labors of the missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions in Oregon, commencing in 1836. February 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri in favor of such an amendment to the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, as will permit settlers to make proof of the settlement and cultivation of the lands entered by them before some officer having a seal in the county in which they are situated. February 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, in regard to carrying out treaty stipulations with the Choctaw Indians. February 6, 1871. -- Referred with Bill (S. 1307) to the Committee on the Judiciary. February 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1087.) The petitioner is the widow of Charles O. Collins, of the regular Army, who graduated at West Point in 1828, and served continually until he died, a captain, at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, in August, 1846... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1326.) In the matter of the application of C.O.F. Clark for increase of pension... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2296.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2296, granting a pension to William Sickles, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stearns made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 280.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Carlton A. Uber, a second assistant engineer in the United States Navy, on the retired list, and a Joint Resolution (S.R. 280) for his relief, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stearns made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2356.) In the matter of the petition of Stephen Hull for an act granting him a patent... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1870, the report of the Engineer Bureau of the proposed ship canal from Fort St. Philip to Breton Island. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating the second annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-10 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, asking for a repeal of the duty now imposed on quicksilver. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-10 |
| Elias C. Boudinot. February 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-10 |
| Building-yards and transatlantic steamers. Memorial of the International Steamship Company; synopsis of proposals to create building-yards and establish transatlantic steamers without other subsidy than postages as now established by law. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-10 |
| Production of iron steamships. Explanatory memoranda of the International Steamship Company, relative to the production of iron steamships, cost of iron and of ships, our ability to compete in these with Great Britain; advantages to the government and the people. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Asa O. Butman, administrator, for renewal of letters patent to James A. Cutting, for an improvement in composition for making photographic pictures, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, and Piankeshaw Indians, in accordance with the treaty of February 23, 1867. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, the report of General Pope upon the enlargement of the military post and depot at Fort Leavenworth. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| Ponca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for supplies and transportation furnished the Ponca Indians. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-11 |
| James River and Kanawha Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, relative to the survey of the James River and Kanawha Canal. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating information in relation to the Black Bob band of Indians in Kansas. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| John Black. February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| John Seys, Consul General to Liberia. February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| George F. Robinson. (To accompany Joint Resolution H. Res. No. 501.) February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| John E. Hagerty. (To accompany H. Res. No. 503.) February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-11 |
| Depredations by Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for depredations committed by Apache Indians in May, 1870. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Sale of United States vessels of war, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1870, in relation to the sale of United States vessels of war, transports, and other vessels, during and since the conclusion of the war for the rebellion. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Durfee & Peck. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the account of Messrs. Durfee & Peck for supplies furnished certain Indians during the winter of 1869. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Durfee & Peck. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing an account of Messrs. Durfee & Peck, for rent of agency buildings at Fort Berthold. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Harbor of Marcus Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution in relation to the further improvement of the harbor of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Service on mail route from Baltimore to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of February 1, 1871, in relation to the amount of service performed on route no. 6462, from Baltimore, Maryland, to New Orleans, Louisiana. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| United States District Attorney for Virginia. Letter from the Attorney General, in relation to the account of the United States District Attorney for Virginia, for services in the case of an attachment against the United States marshal, in the case of a habeas corpus issued by the circuit court of Richmond, Virginia, in behalf of one Patrick Woods. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Receipts of internal revenue officers in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 9, in relation to moneys received by the internal revenue officers in Virginia since the 1st day of April, 1869. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Violation of internal revenue laws in Virginia. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 9, 1871, in relation to persons arrested in Virginia for violations of internal revenue laws. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| St. Paul Island, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the special agent of the Treasury Department, stationed at St. Paul Island, Alaska Territory, in charge of the seal fishery. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Apache and Kiowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for depredations committed by the Apache and Kiowa Indians. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Harbor of Monroe, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the further improvement of the harbor of Monroe, Michigan. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Navigation and collection of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill in relation to navigation and the collection of the Customs. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-11 |
| Expenses special agent Treasury Department at New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 12, in relation to the expenses connected with the office of special agent of the Treasury Department at New York. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1458, Session Vol. No.10 | 1871-02-11 |
| Elections in California in 1868. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 6, transmitting correspondence with the Governor of California, relative to use of the military forces in preserving the peace at the election in 1868. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-13 |
| Mail service in Texas. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, calling attention to the great negligence and mismanagement which characterize the mail service of that state. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-13 |
| Public lands to private corporations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, on the subject of granting public lands to private corporations. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-13 |
| Public lands to railroads. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to oppose all further grants of the public lands to railroad and other corporations, and approving the President's policy on that subject. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-13 |
| American Printing House for the Blind. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to favor the granting of aid by an appropriation of money to the board and regents of the American Printing House for the Blind. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 214.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 214, "For the Further Relief of the Officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian Regiments," beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-13 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. February 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-14 |
| Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the late fire at the Military Academy. February 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating to the Senate his reasons for allowing the bill prescribing the oath of office to be taken by persons who engaged in the late rebellion, but who are not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, to become a law without his signature. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas asking Congress to grant the right of way to the Chicago, Kansas and Texas railroad through the Indian Territory. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Duluth. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| Government for the District of Columbia. February 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| Bridges across the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bridges across the Ohio River. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-15 |
| W.P. Adair. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting the papers relative to the claim of W.P. Adair, of the Cherokee delegation. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-15 |
| Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-15 |
| Osage Indians in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Osage Indians in Kansas. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-15 |
| Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the benefit of the Pottawatomie Indians. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-15 |
| Major General E.R.S. Canby. Petition of citizens of Virginia, praying for an investigation into the conduct of Major General E.R.S. Canby in regard to the appointment of a sheriff of Pittsylvania County. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kellog made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1963.) The Committee on Claims have had under consideration House Bill No. 1963, for the relief of William T. Stotts, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1341.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of J. and C.M. Dailey for goods and provisions furnished the Sioux Indians in Minnesota in the year 1862, would report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Reuben Wright against the Chickasaw Indians, would report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 290.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a "Joint Resolution To Prevent Obstruction to Navigation of the Ohio River," which resolution refers to the bridge being built by the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-15 |
| Engineer's report of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Chief Engineer upon the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-02-15 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1870, certain statements relative to the collection and distribution of fines and forfeitures under the Customs laws. February 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| Memorial of A.H. Davis and others, in relation to the disposal of the Miami Indian lands in Kansas. February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of the passage of a law reapportioning the congressional representation on the basis of the census of 1870. February 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| Public highways in the District of Columbia. (To accompany H.R. No. 3018.) February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| Osage Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Osage Indian lands in Kansas. February 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-16 |
| Railroad from Cincinnati to Chattanooga. Memorial signed by four hundred and thirty citizens of Chattanooga, asking Congress to charter a railroad from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. February 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 208.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate joint resolution, relative to claims of certain northern creditors, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 321.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of T.T. Garrard and others, proprietors and lessees of salt works near Manchester, in the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for the destruction of their salt and injuries committed upon their works by the troops of the United States, in the year 1862, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1347.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Messrs. Brott & Davis, praying payment for the model barge "Brott & Davis," impressed by the military authorities of the United States, and lost during the late war of the rebellion, having duly considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2095.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the act for the relief of John W. Massey, (H.R. 2095,) have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1348.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs-at-law of William Humphrey, a Revolutionary soldier, praying that they be allowed the arrears of pension due to the said William Humphrey, ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1870, the cost of transportation of mails and freights, and the expense of guarding the overland route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, from the annexation of California to July 1, 1864. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-17 |
| Appropriations for the ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to meet the expenses of taking the ninth census. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-17 |
| Appropriation for Eastern Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, requesting an appropriation for the benefit of Eastern Cherokees. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-17 |
| Appropriation for Indian service in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for expenses incurred and supplies furnished for the Indian service in Montana, from June, 1868, to July, 1869. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-17 |
| Tulalip Indian agency, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for a deficiency to pay outstanding indebtedness incurred by H.C. Hale, late sub-agent, during his administration of the Tulalip Indian agency, Washington Territory. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-17 |
| Regulation of vessels proceeding up James River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting proposed bill for the regulation of vessels proceeding up the James River, in the State of Virginia. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-17 |
| Ship-owners of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of ship-owners of the United States. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-17 |
| Accounts between United States, Mississippi and other states. (To accompany H. Res. No. 379.) Papers relative to the settlement of accounts between the United States and Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, submitted by Mr. Cook, from the Committee on the Judiciary. February 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2707.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2707, entitled "An Act for the Relief of General John C. McQuiston and Jeremiah D. Skeen, of Indiana," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2700.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William W. Spiers, have instructed me to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, the instructions issued to the commander of the Tennessee on her present cruise, and a list of the vessels in the waters of the island of San Domingo since the commencement of the negotiations with Dominica. February 18, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War transmitting a communication from Joseph Richerson, complaining that he has been driven from his home in Kentucky by the so-called Ku-Klux Klan. February 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern States and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that in the present disturbed relations of the governments of the United States and Great Britain... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking Congress to extinguish the Indian title to all Indian reservations in that state, and open the same to settlement. February 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-18 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. February 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-18 |
| Petition of citizens and property-holders along the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, praying the enactment of a law authorizing the sale of the timber lands along said road. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-20 |
| To protect loyal and peaceable citizens of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 3011.) February 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Reconstruction. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-20 |
| Tobacco and spirituous liquors. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, concerning internal revenue on tobacco and spirituous liquors. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Repeal of income tax and franking privilege. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Newark, N.J., for the repeal of the income tax and abolition of the franking privilege. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Removal of the capitol [i.e., capital]. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, asking for the removal of the national capital to some more convenient and central location. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Grant of land for railroad in Wisconsin. Memorial of citizens of Wisconsin, asking for regrant of land for railroad purposes, from St. Croix River to Bayfield, Wisconsin. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Amendment of the bankrupt law. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, asking an amendment of the fourteenth section of the bankrupt law. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Literary fund. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, requesting aid of Congress in erecting a literary fund. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Breakwater at Marquette. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to make an appropriation for the completion of the breakwater at Marquette, on Lake Superior. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Hon. A.M. Waddell. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina in relation to the disabilities of the Hon. A.M. Waddell and Sion H. Rogers. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Bounties on articles used in constructing steam and sailing ships. Resolutions of the Council of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, asking Congress to allow bounties on all articles of domestic manufacture used in construction of steam and sailing ships engaged in foreign commerce equivalent to duties paid on imported articles used in building American vessels, &c. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| Bridges over the Ohio River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting Congress to prohibit the construction of any bridges which may obstruct the navigation of the Ohio River, or impede the transit of boats and barges and their cargoes on said river. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 303.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Joint Resolution S.R. 303 in relation to the claim of the American Board of Foreign Missions, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-20 |
| Memorial of J.M. Hutchings, praying a grant of lands in the Yosemite Valley, California. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 21, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that clerks be allowed to the following committees of the Senate only... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-21 |
| Agency buildings in Creek and Seminole country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, requesting an appropriation for erection of agency buildings in the Creek and Seminole country. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-21 |
| Survey of Pima and Maricopa reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the proposed extension of the survey of the Pima and Maricopa Indian reservation in Arizona. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-02-21 |
| Settlers upon Cherokee Neutral Lands. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, requesting Congress to pass such laws as may be necessary to fully protect the rights of bona fide settlers upon the Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas, under the homestead and preemption laws, and the right of the state to the 16th and 36th sections for the support of common schools. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-21 |
| Engineer's report of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Chief Engineer upon the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1453, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Letter on the economic values of American coals, addressed to Hon. William M. Stewart, Chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining, United States Senate. February 22, 1871. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations to accompany amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Stewart to the Bill H.R. No. 2789 and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of placing the victims of the Lawrence massacre, in 1863, in the same position as regards pensions as though they had been killed in the military service of the United States. February 22, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that the government military post at Fort Harker, Kansas, be not abandoned. February 22, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of an act authorizing the issue of patents for the lands allotted to children of members of the Delaware tribe of Indians, in accordance with the treaty of March 4, 1866. February 22, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of an appropriation to pay the citizens of Kansas for losses sustained during the political troubles of 1855 and 1856. February 22, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1131.) Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in regard to the proceedings of United States district tax commissioners in the distritc [i.e., district] of South Carolina. February 22, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the extension of the operation of the extradition treaty now existing between the United States and Great Britain. February 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for deepening and completing the channel between the waters of Lake Superior and Eagle Harbor. February 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-23 |
| Change and modification of bankrupt act. February 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Revision of the Laws. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-23 |
| Removal of the capital. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, instructing members of Congress to vote against appropriations for permanent improvements in the City of Washington, and in favor of a removal of the national capital to a central portion of the Mississippi Valley. February 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1366.) Mr. Thayer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the petition and papers of Miss Rebecca L. Wright, beg leave to report that they have examined the same, and find the following facts... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2249.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred House bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Thomas Allen," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 267.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to which was referred Senate Resolution No. 267, in relation to freights on the Pacific railroads, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, who were authorized by resolution of the Senate of December 9, 1870, to inquire and report whether the railway companies which have received aid in bonds of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-24 |
| Direct tax. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 3066.) Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to Hon. Mr. Maynard, relative to the direct tax. February 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-25 |
| Redick McKee. Memorial of Redick M'Kee, late disbursing agent of the Indian department in California, praying certain allowances. February 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-25 |
| Affairs in the Indian Department. February 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th of December, 1870, information relative to an alleged unlawful traffic with rebels in the State of Texas during the late war, entered into by Harris Hoyt, Byron Sprague, and others. January 4, 1871. -- Referred to the select committee of five, consisting of Mr. Thurman, Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Trumball, Mr. Howe, and Mr. Willey, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of January 12, 1871, information as to what states and territories have paid their proportion of the direct tax levied by the acts of August 5, 1861, &c. February 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the construction of the fifteenth and sixteenth articles of the treaty of July 19, 1867 [i.e., 1866], with the Cherokee Nation, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate. February 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, to accompany amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Harlan to the Bill H.R. No. 3064. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Memorial of the council of the Seneca Nation of Indians, remonstrating against the sale of any portion of the Allegany Reservation. February 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Two per cent. claim of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. February 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Choctaw Nation. February 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Bills for raising revenue. February 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-27 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating information in regard to the military depot at Fort Leavenworth, and recommending an appropriation for the improvement of that post. February 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-28 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, in favor of a grant of lands in aid of the Omaha and Northwestern Railroad. February 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-28 |
| Norman Wiard. February 28, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-28 |
| Logan H. Roots. February 28, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-02-28 |
| Tift vs. Whiteley. Documents in connection with the contested election case of Tift vs. Whiteley, in the Second Congressional District of Georgia. February 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-28 |
| Stamped envelope contract. Evidence taken by the Committee on Appropriations, on the investigation of contract for stamped envelopes with Dempsey & O'Toole. February 28, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-02-28 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating information in relation to the claims to the invention for postmarking and postage-stamp canceling, in use in the postal service. March 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-01 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, inclosing matters of appropriation and legislation which, in the opinion of the Department of the Interior, should be provided for. March 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations to accompany Mr. Harlan's proposed amendments to Bill H.R. No. 3064. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and proposed as an amendment by Mr. Hamlin to the Bill H.R. No. 3064. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the establishment, on a firm basis, of the rights of our citizens on the fishing grounds on the northeast coast. March 1, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-01 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed improvement of the Mississippi River from Alton to the mouth of the Maramee River. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-02 |
| Memorial of soldiers and veterans of the volunteer Army of the United States, praying the passage of an act granting a bounty of $8.33 for each month's service of all honorably discharged soldiers of the late war. March 2, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-02 |
| Memorial of members of the late General Assembly of the State of Georgia, remonstrating against the admission of Foster Blodgett to a seat in the Senate. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-02 |
| Memorial of the chiefs of the confederated tribes of the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians, praying to be reimbursed for the alleged misapplication of funds belonging to them by the Indian department. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1442, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-02 |
| National asylum. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott from the Committee of Conference, appointed by the two Houses, to consider the question as to the power of the Senate to originate the Bill (S. 1083) to repeal so much of the act approved July 14, 1870, entitled "An Act To Reduce Internal Taxes and for Other Purposes," as continues the income tax after the 31st day of December, 1869... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating the report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, correspondence from the legation of the United States at Constantinople, relating to the restrictions on the passage of the Straits of Dardanelles and the Bosphorus by the ships of other nations. March 3, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of February 1, 1871, dispatches of Hon. Henry T. Blow, minister of the United States to the court of Brazil. March 3, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1440, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Brady's collection of historical portraits. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Joint Committee on the Library. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| William H. Powell. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Library. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Ventilation of Senate chamber and hall of House of Representatives. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Senate chamber and hall of the House of Representatives. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Thomas H. Dowling -- claim to Yerba Buena. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Contracts in the Treasury Department. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Removal of the national capital. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| William and Mary College, Virginia. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1464, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Balances due from collectors of internal revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, 1870, transmitting a statement of the balances due from collectors of internal revenue who are not now in office. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Clerks employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the number of clerks and other persons employed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the different bureaus of the Treasury Department, during the year ended December 31, 1870. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Names of persons employed in Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, the amount of their compensation, and time of employment. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Tonnage admeasurement. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, 1871, in relation to the inequality of tonnage admeasurement between American and foreign vessels. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Lands in Forest County, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, 1871, in relation to certain lands in Forest County, Pennsylvania. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Burning of Brenham, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the burning of the town of Brenham, Texas, by United States soldiers, as alleged, in the year 1866. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Ballard S. Humphrey. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to Ballard S. Humphrey, late first lieutenant First United States Artillery. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Fort Randall military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a bill for the relief of certain settlers upon the Fort Randall military reservation in Dakota Territory. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Contracts for mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting reports, as required by the act of Congress to change the organization of the Post Office Department, &c. March 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Contracts by P.M. General for stationery, etc. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to contracts made by him for supplying the Post Office Department with stationery, wrapping paper, cotton and hemp twine, and letter balances for one year from the 1st February, 1871. March 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to an appropriation to indemnify certain individuals in Paris for the amount expended by them in giving aid to distressed United States citizens there. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Inventory of public property, Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting inventory of public property in the Navy Department, &c., agreeable to the act of July 15, 1870. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Henry Willman. Message from the President of the United States, vetoing Bill H.R. No. 2566, for the relief of Henry Willman. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1460, Session Vol. No.12 | 1871-03-03 |
| Tift vs. Whiteley. (Supplementary to Mis. Doc. No. 68, pt. 2.) Additional documents relative to the contested election case of Tift vs. Whiteley, in the Second Congressional District of Georgia. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-03 |
| Removal of the national capital. Memorial of the Cincinnati convention, in relation to the removal of the national capital. December 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. March 3, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-03 |
| Modification of grades near the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the United States Capitol Expansion in relation to the modification of the grades in the vicinity of the Capitol. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1463, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Traffic with Rebels in Texas, submitted the following report. The Select Committee to whom were referred a resolution of the Senate offered by Mr. Sprague, and adopted by the Senate, December 13, 1870, and also four communications, with accompanying papers, from the Secretary of War in compliance with said resolution -- the dates of which communications are, respectively, December 22, 1870, January 9, 1871, January 17, 1871, and February 27, 1871 -- being Ex. Doc. No. 10, parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, Forty-first Congress, third session, now report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Hegeman, praying for compensation for the use by the United States Army of his improvement on the ponton [i.e., pontoon] boats, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Fiedler... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, who were by a resolution of the Senate, passed December 14, 1870, instructed "to furnish a comparative detailed statement of the cost of collecting the Customs... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1443, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-03 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey showing the progress of the survey during the year 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1459, Session Vol. No.11 | 1871-03-03 |
| Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1873, inclusive. Vol. XVIII. | US Senate Executive Journal | 1871-03-04 |
| First session, Forty-second Congress. The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1871. In two volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-04 |
| First session, Forty-second Congress. The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1871. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-second Congress, first session, commencing Saturday, March 4, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| John Cessna vs. Benjamin F. Meyers. Papers in the case of Cessna vs. Meyers, introduced by Mr. Schofield. March 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| Election contest, Third District of Arkansas. Response of Hon. John Edwards to the memorial of Hon. Thomas Boles, contestant, for a seat in the Forty-second Congress from the Third Congressional District of Arkansas. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1871, in the ninety-fifth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1465 | 1871-03-04 |
| First session Forty-second Congress, and the special session of the Senate convened May 10, 1871. The Executive documents of the Senate of the United States. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-second Congress and the special session of the Senate, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| Index to the reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-second Congress and the special session of the Senate 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1468, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1871, in the ninety-fifth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1469 | 1871-03-04 |
| Special report on immigration, accompanying information for immigrants relative to the prices and rentals of land, the staple products, facilities of access to market, cost of farm stock, kind of labor in demand in the western and southern states... Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| First session, Forty-second Congress. The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1871. In two volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-04 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-04 |
| Memorial of Joseph C. Abbott, claiming a seat in the Senate, from the State of North Carolina, for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1871. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a national bureau of immigration. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the payment of bounty to the First Regiment of Minnesota Mounted Rangers. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of making the port of Duluth a port of entry. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-07 |
| Petition of the Ottawa Indians of the united bands of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf, praying an investigation of the disposition made of lands granted them by treaty of June 24, 1862, for the education of their children. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, asking that the provisions of the act granting swamp and overflowed lands to the State of Arkansas and other states of the Union be extended to that state. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-07 |
| Virgil Hillyer vs. A.T. McIntyre. Memorial of Virgil Hillyer, in contested election in First District in Georgia. March 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, requested to prepare and furnish to the Senate at his earliest convenience, his opinion of the expediency of providing for the appointment of a competent practical person, who, from personal observation, &c., shall prepare a report relative to each of the land states and territories... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, calling attention to the condition of the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas. March 9, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-09 |
| Land subsidies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to land subsidies by the general government. March 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-10 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-second Congress. March 10, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the removal of the political disabilities of all persons engaged in the late Civil War. March 10, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott from the Select Committee of the Senate to Investigate Alleged Outrages in the Southern States, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1468, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that as organized bands of desperate and lawless men, mainly composed of soldiers of the late rebel armies, armed, disciplined, and disguised, and bound by oaths and secret obligations, have, by force, terror, and violence, subverted all civil authority in large parts of the late insurrectionary states... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-12 |
| Income tax. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to the repeal of the income tax. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Louis Goldstone. Memorial of Louis Goldstone, relative to the Alaska seal fishery. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Public buildings, Jefferson, Missouri. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, memorializing Congress to make an appropriation for the building of a post office and United States court-room at the City of Jefferson, the capital of the State of Missouri. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Harbor at Superior City. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an appropriation to complete the harbor at Superior City, Wisconsin. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Improvement of Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Railroad -- Keweenaw Bay. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, to procure a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the head of Keweenaw Bay to Montreal River, in said state. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Breakwater at Mackinaw. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan relative to a breakwater at Mackinaw City. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the extension of the operation of the extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, addressed to Hon. J.F. Chaves, communicating a copy of the instructions issued to the Surveyor General of New Mexico August 21, 1854. March 13, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation to construct a light-house and fog bells at the mouth of Little Traverse Bay in the State of Michigan. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Memorial of William McGarrahan, praying a patent for the tract of land known as the Panoche Grande Rancho. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating information relative to the unadjusted claims of the State of Florida arising out of the several Indian wars in that state. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-13 |
| Taxation and tariff. March 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of listing over the lands belonging to the Central Pacific Railroad in that state. March 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-14 |
| Postal service between Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the discontinuance of postal service on the route between Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-15 |
| Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-15 |
| Encroachment of river at Vicksburg. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relative to the encroachment of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-15 |
| Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Territory of Alaska. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-15 |
| Army engineer contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contracts of the Engineer Department of the Army for the year 1870. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-15 |
| Claim of Lieutenant R.H. Pratt. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the claim of Lieutenant R.H. Pratt, United States Army. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-15 |
| Memorial of Lewis Wieser, praying the erection of a bureau in the Department of the Interior, in connection with the Patent Office, to be known as the Bureau of Industry. March 9, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents. March 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-16 |
| Heirs of Benjamin W. Ladd. Petition, papers, and statement of facts, in the case of the heirs of Benjamin W. Ladd. March 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, information relative to the states ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution since March 30, 1870. March 17, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information as to the amount necessary to carry into effect the decision of the Supreme Court relative to bounties to soldiers. March 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-17 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking a grant of the United States arsenal and grounds at Dearborn, Michigan, for state arsenal and military purposes. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking an extension of time for payment by preemptors for their lands. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the removal of the political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Article of Amendments to the Constitution. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking the establishment of certain mail routes in that state. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of the repeal of the duties on coal. March 18, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of additional legislation for the protection of emigrants in this country. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the credentials of the Hon. Morgan C. Hamilton, Senator-elect from the State of Texas, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1468, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-18 |
| Claims for bounty. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, praying for an extension of time and payment of bounty claims. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Protection from hostile Indians. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, asking protection from hostile Indians. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Mail route from Carver to Henderson. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, for a mail route from Carver to Henderson. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Modification of excise laws. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, asking for a modification of the excise laws. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Protection to emigrants. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to protecting emigrants in this country. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Cape Fear River. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking for appropriations to remove obstructions from Cape Fear Bar and Pamlico River. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Brief of protestants in the case of Foster Blodgett, claiming to be a senator-elect from the State of Georgia. March 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Letter of the Governor of Rhode Island, presenting to Congress a statue of Roger Williams. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking an amendment to the Homestead Act. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the extension of the jurisdiction of the Light-house Board over the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of granting additional bounties to soldiers enlisted in 1861 and 1862 and discharged before serving two years. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of George Goldthwaite, claiming a seat in this body as a senator from the State of Alabama, and the credentials of Foster Blodgett, claiming a seat in this body as a senator from the State of Georgia, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1468, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-20 |
| Supplies for Arapahoe and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the purpose of purchasing supplies for the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-21 |
| Northwestern Boundary Commission. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the expenses of a joint commission to mark the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-21 |
| Balances due from collectors of internal revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to balances due from collectors of internal revenue. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into the condition of the late insurrectionary states... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Memorial of John E. Bryant, protesting against the admission of Foster Blodgett to a seat in the Senate. March 21, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Memorial of members of the Forty-first Congress from the State of California praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a canal from the mountain lakes of El Dorado and Amador Counties to Sacramento, in that state. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Appropriations for horses lost. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for payment for horses, &c., lost while in the military service. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Appropriations for claims of colored sailors and soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the omission of the last Congress to appropriate money for the payment of claims of colored soldiers and sailors during the fiscal year of 1871-'72. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending that the act of July 15, 1870, be so amended as to allow the code of regulations prepared under that act to be in force and obeyed when approved by the President. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Mining statistics west of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the special commissioner for the collection of mining statistics in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1470, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-21 |
| Tennessee election. March 22, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed as agreed to. Resolution prescribing the legislative business of the Senate during the present session of Congress... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-22 |
| Petition of citizens of Eastern Nevada, praying that a land grant be made to aid is constructing a railroad running south from the Central Pacific Railroad, and through the eastern portion of said state. March 22, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-22 |
| Condition of affairs in the South. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the condition of affairs in the South. March 23, 1871. -- Referred to a select committee of nine members to be appointed by the Speaker, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for life-saving stations on the coast of that state. March 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-23 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, information in relation to the mail-letting on route No. 17401, from Santa Fe to El Paso. March 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-23 |
| Final report of the United States Geological Survey of Nebraska and portions of the adjacent territories made under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, by F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. March 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions regarding the employment of the Navy of the United States on the coast of St. Domingo during the pendency of negotiations for the acquisition of part of that island... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-24 |
| Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the equalization of bounties to soldiers and sailors of the United States. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-27 |
| Homesteads to soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to homesteads to soldiers. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-27 |
| Ship-builders of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the ship-builders of the United States. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-27 |
| Lands to railroad companies. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to donations of land for railroad purposes. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-27 |
| Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1871, in relation to charges made by the late agent for the Blackfeet Indians, in the Territory of Montana, against the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for said territory. March 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-03-28 |
| Archie C. Fisk. Memorial of Archie C. Fisk, claiming that he was duly elected a member of the Forty-second Congress from the Fourth District of Mississippi, and protesting against the right of all the sitting members from said state. March 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, asking the payment of the balance due that state for advances to the United States during the War of 1812. March 28, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into and report upon the outrages committed in that state during the past five years by bands of Indians living within the United States, and harbored within the Republic of Mexico. March 28, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretaries of the Treasury, of War, and the Navy do report to the Senate, at its next session, by appropriate schedules, all property by classes, with its estimated value, which has been seized or taken possession of since January 1, 1861... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-30 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of certain officers of colored troops in that state in 1862. March 30, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-30 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, the reports of Samuel B. Ruggles, delegate from the United States to the International Statistical Congress at the Hague, in the year 1869. March 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-31 |
| Memorial of D. Little and others, of Castine, Maine, praying indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800. March 31, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-31 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking legislation to authorize settlers upon homesteads to make proof of settlement before county clerks of the counties where the lands are situated. March 31, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-31 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, a report from the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. March 31, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-03-31 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of the Adjutant General on the claim of George W. Kirk. April 3, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-03 |
| Memorial of the City Council of Fernandina, Fla., asking a grant of certain unsurveyed beach and swamp lands within the jurisdiction of that city. April 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-03 |
| Robert C. Schenck. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the compensation of Robert C. Schenck, United States minister to Great Britain. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-04-05 |
| Land grants to railroads. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, to receive land grants to railroads. April 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-05 |
| Homestead laws. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to amendment of the homestead laws. April 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-05 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating the report of the commission of inquiry to the island of Santo Domingo. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, for the establishment of a tri-weekly mail between the towns of Elko and Tuscarora, in that state. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, asking the establishment of weekly mail service from Wadsworth in that state to Fort Independence, California. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, asking the establishment of a tri-weekly mail service from Pine Grove to Rockland, in that state. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, asking an appropriation for the establishment of the American Printing House for the Blind and the American University for the Blind in the District of Columbia. April 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-07 |
| Kansas City and Memphis Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) Papers relative to Kansas City and Memphis Railroad. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Freedmen of the Chickasaw Nation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) Copy of an act passed by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, relative to the freedmen of the Chickasaw Nation. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Public lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to public lands granted by Congress to the State of Nevada. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Swamp and overflowed lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to swamp and overflowed lands. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Annexation of a portion of Idaho Territory to Nevada. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the annexation of a portion of Idaho Territory to the State of Nevada. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Reduction works. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the establishment of reduction works by the United States. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Immigrant wagon roads. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, asking for the construction of immigrant wagon roads through the public domain of Dakota Territory. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| McKenzie vs. Braxton. Papers in the case of Lewis McKenzie vs. Elliott M. Braxton, in the Seventh Congressional District of Virginia. April 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking the confirmation of title to lands purchased under the act of Congress known as the graduation act. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-10 |
| Japanese pupils to West Point. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting the draught of a bill for admitting six Japanese pupils to West Point Military Academy, and recommending the passage of the same. April 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-04-11 |
| David S. Gooding vs. Jeremiah M. Wilson. Papers in the case of David S. Gooding vs. Jeremiah M. Wilson, in the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana. April 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance is hereby instructed, during the recess of Congress, to carefully examine the existing system of taxation by the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-11 |
| Memorial of a committee appointed at a meeting of colored citizens of Frankfort, Ky., and vicinity, praying the enactment of laws for the better protection of life. April 11, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to Indian reservations in that state. April 12, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-12 |
| Occupation of Rome by the King of Italy. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 31st ultimo, relative to the occupation of Rome by the King of Italy. April 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1471, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-04-13 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of March 13, 1871, proposals made by the International Steamship Company for establishing iron-ship building yards and docks. April 14, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-14 |
| Captain Samuel Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) Communication from Captain Samuel Adams, relative to the exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries. April 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking a grant of land for the endowment of normal schools in that state. April 15, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking relief for Captain James Murrie. April 15, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-15 |
| School lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, relative to confirmation of title to school lands. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-17 |
| Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of aid by grant of lands to the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad Company. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-17 |
| Woman suffrage. Memorial of the St. Louis County Woman Suffrage Association. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with resolution of the Senate dated April 13, 1871, statement of the representative and total population of the United States, as shown by the ninth census. April 17, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-17 |
| Report of a reconnaissance of the Yukon River, Alaska Territory. July to September, 1869. By Captain Charles W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-17 |
| Letter of the Treasurer of Washington City Savings Bank, transmitting annual statement for the year ending April 1, 1871. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-17 |
| Toledo a port of entry. Resolution of the Board of Trade of Toledo, asking that Toledo be made a port of entry. April 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-18 |
| Rooms for the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, in relation to setting apart additional rooms in the Capitol for the use of said court. April 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-20 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-second Congress; II. Offices created and the salaries thereof; III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 20, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1472, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-04-20 |
| Ninth census -- Volume III. The statistics of the wealth and industry of the United States, embracing the tables of wealth, taxation, and public indebtedness; of agriculture; manufactures; mining; and the fisheries, with which are reproduced, from the volume of population, the major tables of occupations, compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1475, Session Vol. No.4 | 1871-04-20 |
| Ninth census -- Volume I. The statistics of the population of the United States, embracing the tables of race, nationality, sex, selected ages, and occupations, to which are added the statistics of school attendance and illiteracy, of schools, libraries, newspapers and periodicals, churches, pauperism and crime, and of areas, families, and dwellings, compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1473, Session Vol. No.2 | 1871-04-20 |
| Ninth census -- Volume II. The vital statistics of the United States, embracing the tables of deaths, births, sex, and age, to which are added the statistics of the blind, the deaf and dumb, the insane, and the idiotic, compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1474, Session Vol. No.3 | 1871-04-20 |
| A compendium of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) compiled pursuant to a concurrent resolution of Congress, and under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1476, Session Vol. No.5 | 1871-04-20 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the special session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, the report of a board of engineers appointed to examine and report upon bridges across the Ohio River. May 17, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a copy of the reports made by Hon. William Whiting, on claims made by the subjects of foreign nations for damages in consequence of the war against the rebellious states. May 17, 1871. -- Read and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. May 19, 1871. -- Reported, considered, and agreed to. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1466, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the following rule be adopted by the Senate, viz: All treaties with foreign powers shall be considered in public and open session of the Senate, unless when communicated in special confidence by the President, or when ordered otherwise by special vote for the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate requesting the Committee to "examine and report whether the members of the Senate are entitled to mileage at the present special session," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1468, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-22 |
| Tables prepared by George S. Wagner, showing the commencement, duration, and termination of each session of Congress, and of each special session of the Senate, from 1789 to 1871. May 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Select Committee To Investigate How and by Whom the Treaty Known as the Treaty of Washington Was Made Public, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1468, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-25 |
| Letter of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, in relation to the levee system of the Mississippi River. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River. May 26, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1467, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-05-26 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1871, in the ninety-sixth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1477 | 1871-12-04 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be, and is hereby, requested to inform the Senate under what provisions of the law of April 20, 1871, if any, and if not under that law, by what authority he has caused the Constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina to be set aside and martial law declared... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Report of the commissioners appointed to revise and consolidate the statutes of the United States under acts of June 27, 1866, and May 4, 1870. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Letter of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of all the property of the United States in his possession December 4, 1871. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by said court for the year ending December 4, 1871. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement of receipts and expenditures for year ending December 4, 1871, and also an account of the government property in his possession on the same date. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 27, 1871, information relative to claims incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories, and which were acted and reported upon by the commission authorized by act of August 18, 1856. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate February 15, 1871, information relative to claims incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories, and which were not acted or reported upon by the commission authorized by act of August 18, 1856. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Navy; being part of the message of documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1507, Session Vol. No.4 | 1871-12-04 |
| Appropriations for foreign claims commissions. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to an appropriation for the service of the foreign claims commissions. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-04 |
| Appropriations, Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a detailed statement of the amounts required to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-04 |
| Increase of expenses and compensation of certain consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Department of State relative to increase of expenses and compensation of certain consular agents. February 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-04 |
| A list of reports to be made to Congress during the second session of the Forty-second Congress by public officers, prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Honorable W.T. Clark. Certificate of the election of Hon. W.T. Clark, as a member of the Forty-second Congress from the First District in Texas. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Honorable W.S. Herndon. Certificate of the election of Hon. W.S. Herndon as a member of the Forty-second Congress from the First District in Texas. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1507, Session Vol. No.4 | 1871-12-04 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1871, in the ninety-sixth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1501 | 1871-12-04 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-second Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-04 |
| Annual report on the commercial relations between the United States and foreign nations, made by the Secretary of State, for the year ending September 30, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1523, Session Vol. No.18 | 1871-12-04 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1505, Session Vol. No.3 | 1871-12-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, an inventory of all the property of the United States now in his department. December 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-05 |
| William Heine. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the removal of William Heine, a consular clerk. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement from State Department relative to consular fees. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| Names of consular agents and amounts paid. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement from the Treasury Department, relative to the names and amounts paid to consular agents. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting returns of relief and protection of American seamen during the year ending September 30, 1871. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| Contingent fund, State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842, a statement of payments made from the contingent fund, &c. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, in relation to inventories and accounts of the property of the United States in the public buildings and grounds belonging to the United States in the District of Columbia. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| General receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1869. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his adjusted quarterly accounts of general receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1869. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-05 |
| Public property in charge of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting inventory of public property in his charge. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-05 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Memorial of Denis Sullivan, praying compensation for cotton destroyed by order of Major General Banks on or about the 27th day of April, 1864. December 6, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, appointed under and in pursuance of a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress of April 7, 1871, ask leave to report in part as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, appointed under and in pursuance of a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress of April 7, 1871, ask leave to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-06 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. December 7, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following resolution. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that a Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, consisting of four members of the Senate and seven members of the House, be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 20, 1871, a letter of the Superintendent of the Census, accompanied with a report of the number of persons employed in obtaining the ninth census, time employed, amount paid to each, &c. December 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, correspondence in relation to the retirement of Constantin Catacazy, minister from Russia to the United States. December 6, 1871. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. December 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-07 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the action of the Department of the Interior relating to the Kansas Indian lands in the State of Kansas. December 11, 1871. -- Referred with Bill (S. 346) to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| Number of inhabitants in each state and territory, and of those denied the right to vote. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant. December 11, 1871. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-11 |
| Property in public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to inventory and accounts of the property of the United States, in the public buildings and grounds. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-11 |
| Surfmen at life-saving stations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the employment of surfmen on the New Jersey coast. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| Elias C. Boudinot. (To accompany Bill H.R. 603.) Memorial of Elias C. Boudinot, a Cherokee Indian, for relief against certain proceedings under the internal revenue laws. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| International exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Honorable N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting a communication from the Austro-Hungarian minister relative to an international exposition of agriculture, industry, and fine arts, to be held at Vienna in 1873. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| Modification of pension laws. Resolution of the General Assembly of Tennessee, relative to the modification of the pension laws of February, 1871. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| Meteorological observations. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, relative to the establishment of a systematic plan of meteorological observations and crop reports. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| Amendment to the rules. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-11 |
| Additional rule. December 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 163.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. Leonidas Russell and his wife, Martha L. House [i.e., Howse] Russell, praying compensation for property of hers taken and used by the troops of the United States at the Battle of Stone River, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-13 |
| Memorial of Louis Baker, praying that the necessary steps be taken by Congress to introduce into the southern states certain palms for the production of sugar and fruits. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be instructed to inquire into the expenditures in all branches of the services of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 105.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor J. Milton Best, submits this their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1871, the reports of the Deputy Comptroller of the Currency and the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, in relation to the branch Mint at New Orleans, its operations, &c. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-14 |
| Delivery of manifests. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the House a draught bill entitled "A Bill in Aid of the Laws Requiring the Delivery of Manifests in Certain Cases." December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-14 |
| Balances of appropriations unexpended. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to balances of appropriations unexpended on the 30th of June, 1871; the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872; the net expenditures for the quarter ended September 30, 1871. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-14 |
| Fur-seal fisheries, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of report of the special agent in charge of the fur-seal fisheries at the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1871-12-14 |
| Commissioners of Claims. First general report of the Commissioners of Claims. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-14 |
| Boundary between the United States and British possessions. (To accompany H. Res. No. 57.) December 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-15 |
| Memorial of the Industrial League, setting forth the benefits of the system of tariff protection which has existed since 1861, and praying the repeal of the entire system of internal revenue except excise taxes, the repeal of the import duties upon tea and coffee, and remonstrating against any general reduction in the tariff rates upon manufactured goods. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Memorial of Benjamin Severson, engineer, in behalf of property holders of the City of Washington, for an investigation of the work on the Washington Canal. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Memorial of A.C. Cleveland, Commissioner for the State of Nevada, asking remuneration for moneys paid by the Territory of Nevada for the use and benefit of the United States, and also for moneys paid since the territory became a state. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1871. -- Amended, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be composed of the following senators... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of Foster Blodgett and Thomas M. Norwood, each claiming a seat as senator from the State of Georgia for the term which commenced March 4, 1871, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, calling the attention of Congress to a discrepancy in the act of February 24, 1871, which locates the Fort Walla-Walla military reservation in Oregon instead of Washington Territory, and recommending the passage by Congress of an amendatory act correcting said error. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in obedience to law, a list of all the attorneys employed as assistants to the United States district attorneys since the commencement of the session in 1870, with the compensation paid to each. December 18, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Pensions to widows of soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of an act granting pensions to the widows of soldiers of the War of 1812. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Refunding tax paid upon cotton. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of the passage of a law refunding the tax paid upon cotton in the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| Exempting towing-boats on western rivers from certain restrictions. Petition of the underwriters, manufactures, and merchants of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to exempt steam towing-boats on the western rivers from certain restrictions and regulations imposed upon passenger boats. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| W.T. Clarke. December 18, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1871. -- Submitted. December 19, 1871. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Whereas, it has been declared in the Senate that at the port of New York there exists, and is maintained by officers of the United States, under the name of the general order business, "a monstrous abuse," fraudulent in character; and whereas the following statement has been made by a senator... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 362.) The Committee on Finance have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 362, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1871. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 349.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.B. Allen & Co... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States transmitting the report of the commissioner appointed to devise rules and regulations for the purpose of reforming the civil service. December 19, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1871. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be authorized in their discretion to hold sessions in the City of New York, or elsewhere, during their proposed investigation... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1871. -- Agreed to. December 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire whether any minister of the United States at any foreign court is, or has been, interested in and a director of any mining company... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1871. -- Submitted and agreed to. December 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be, and hereby are, instructed to inquire into the recent defalcations in the Treasury Department, and to report what, if any, guards and checks are necessary to protect the public Treasury, and for that purpose to examine persons and papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1871. -- Submitted. December 19, 1871. -- Agreed to. December 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. December 11, 1871. -- Taken up for consideration. Mr. Trumbull moved to strike out all after resolved, and insert his resolution for a Joint Committee on Retrenchment. Mr. Conkling submitted the following resolution... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1871. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the sum of five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary for the expenses of the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment, is hereby directed to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| Banks in the City of New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, in relation to banks in the City of New York, organized under the banking system of the United States, concerned or interested in promoting any artificial scarcity of money. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| Subsistence of Navajo Indians in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation of $185,000 for subsisting the Navajo Indians in New Mexico up to the 30th of June, 1873. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| Appropriation for purchasing supplies for Indians of the Milk River Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the purpose of purchasing supplies for Indians of the Milk River Agency. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| Inventory of property of Post-Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting to the House an inventory of the property of the Post-Office Department. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| Condition of the Indians of Fort Berthold Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the condition of the Indians of the Fort Berthold Agency, in Dakota Territory, together with an estimate for an appropriation of $40,000 for the support of certain Indians. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| School buildings for the Sacs and Foxes and Iowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for schools and school buildings for the benefit of the Sacs and Foxes and the Iowa Indians in Nebraska. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| Redemption of five-twenty bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th instant in relation to the amount redeemed of the twenty millions five-twenty bonds. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1871-12-20 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Architect of the United States Capitol, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and the Botanic Gardens. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| Eugenia P. Bertinetti. Additional report from the Commissioners of Claims, upon the claim of Madame Eugenia P. Bertinetti. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| Salary of Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg. Letters from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing dispatches from the American minister at St. Petersburg, in reference to the insufficiency of salary of the Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg, and of the American consuls in Russia. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| Boles vs. Edwards. December 20, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1871. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be instructed to inquire if any moneys have been paid on account of any asserted lease of the Bay of Samana to the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-21 |
| Annual report of the Librarian of Congress. December 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. December 21, 1871. -- Resolution to print additional copies for the use of the Library of Congress reported, considered, and agreed to. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-21 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. December 21, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Sarvant, praying for arrears of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John G. Wicks, praying to be placed on the pension roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1871-12-21 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. In two volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part I. Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England in 1871 and 1872, by Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner, with supplementary papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1485, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. North Carolina. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1485, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1487, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony in relation to alleged frauds in the New York Custom-house, taken by the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1499, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Proceedings of the National Agricultural Convention, held at Washington, D.C., February 15, 16, and 17, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In three volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In three volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| International Congress on the Prevention and Repression of Crime, including penal and reformatory treatment: preliminary report of the commissioner appointed by the President to represent the United States in the Congress, in compliance with a joint resolution of March 7, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 8, 9 and 10. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1491, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 11 and 12. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1494, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1484, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 3, 4 and 5. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1486, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1494, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1486, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 6 and 7. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1489, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Part 13. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1496, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Florida. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1496, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In seventeen volumes. Volume II, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1503, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1504, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1490, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1488, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume IV, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1498, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume IV, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1499, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. 1871-'72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1500, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony in relation to alleged frauds in the New York Custom-house, taken by the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1500, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. By Robert W. Shufeldt, captain United States Navy. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1480, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1495, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1497, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume X. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1491, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, together with the reports of the heads of departments, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1502, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In seventeen volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1502, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the Executive documents of the House of Representatives of the United States of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1508, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Forty-second Congress of the United States. December 4, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1508, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1508, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume VII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1493, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1503, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In seventeen volumes. Volume II, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1504, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In seventeen volumes. Volume III, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1505, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress. 1871-'72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1517, Session Vol. No.14 | 1872-01-01 |
| The case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Transmitted to Congress by the President of the United States, April 24, 1872. In three volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1517, Session Vol. No.14 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress. 1871-'72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1519, Session Vol. No.14 | 1872-01-01 |
| Special report on the Customs-tariff legislation of the United States; with appendixes, by Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1512, Session Vol. No.9 | 1872-01-01 |
| The case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Printed by order of Congress, U.S.A. In three volumes. Volume III [plus an additional section entitled Volume IV]. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1519, Session Vol. No.14 | 1872-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1522, Session Vol. No.17 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In seventeen volumes. Volume III, Part 3. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1506, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume VII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XVII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1522, Session Vol. No.17 | 1872-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1509, Session Vol. No.6 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume VIII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XIII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony of S.L. Spink in the case of S.L. Spink and W.A. Burleigh against M.K. Armstrong, of Dakota. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XVI. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1521, Session Vol. No.16 | 1872-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-second Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume IX. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1512, Session Vol. No.9 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In seventeen volumes. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1507, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1512, Session Vol. No.9 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-01-01 |
| Thomas Boles vs. John Edwards. Papers in the case of Thomas Boles vs. John Edwards, Third Congressional District of Arkansas. Papers of contestant. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 11 and 12. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1539, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XVIII. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1523, Session Vol. No.18 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 8, 9 and 10. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1536, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| Preliminary report of the United States geological survey of Wyoming, and portions of contiguous territories, (being a second annual report of progress) conducted under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, by F.V. Hayden, United States geologist. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-01-01 |
| Preliminary report of the United States geological survey of Montana and portions of adjacent territories; being a fifth annual report of progress, by F.V. Hayden, United States geologist. Conducted under authority of the Secretary of the Interior. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1536, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Part 13. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1541, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1492, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. In two volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1489, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Part 1. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1529, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1530, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. North Carolina. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1530, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1506, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 3, 4 and 5. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1531, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Printed by order of Congress, U.S.A. In three volumes. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1518, Session Vol. No.14 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1531, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| The Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In eighteen volumes. Volume XIV, Part 2. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1518, Session Vol. No.14 | 1872-01-01 |
| The counter case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871, together with Volumes V, VI, and VII of appendix to the British case. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1521, Session Vol. No.16 | 1872-01-01 |
| B.W. Norris vs. W.A. Handley. Papers in the case of Norris vs. Handley, Third Congressional District of Alabama. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1539, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1538, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1537, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1533, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. 1871-'72. In four volumes. Volume II, Parts 6 and 7. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1534, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1534, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1532, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1535, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the fourth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1540, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Florida. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1541, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1537, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1538, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1540, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1532, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1535, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1533, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1495, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress, 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1493, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1492, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1487, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1490, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Index to the reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-72. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1488, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-01 |
| Land for Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to certain selections of land made for members of the Shawnee Indians, also a draft of a joint resolution to confirm the sale of said selections. January 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1872. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be authorized to sit during the sessions of the Senate. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Letter of W.A. Shannon to Hon. S.C. Pomeroy, Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, inclosing a statement of the sales of lands at the land office at Augusta, Kansas, embracing the months of October, 1870, to November, 1871, and recommending that all fees to the register and the receiver be abolished, and that an adequate compensation be fixed by law. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Resolutions adopted at a public meeting held in Washington City January 5, 1872, in favor of the passage of the Bill (S. 99) supplementary to an act entitled, "An Act To Protect All Citizens of the United States in Their Civil Rights, and To Furnish the Means for Their Vindication," passed April 9, 1866. January 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, inventories of public property in the possession of the War Department and its bureaus. January 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Utah in relation to the establishment of a military post in the southern part of that territory, and recommending an appropriation for that purpose. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1871, information in relation to the improvement of the Columbia River near and below the mouth of the Willamette River, and the removal of obstructions in the Columbia River above Celilo, Oregon. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Estimates of deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, and of prior years. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1867. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Expenses of national loans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a paragraph in relation to the expenses of national loans. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| United States notes destroyed by fire in Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting two petitions praying for relief in consequence of the loss of certain United States notes destroyed by fire in Chicago. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Disbursing agent of the appropriation made for the ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the disbursing agent of the appropriation for the ninth census. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Appropriation for Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking an appropriation for subsisting the Apache Indians of Arizona and New Mexico the remainder of the present year. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Appropriations for certain public works. Letter from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1871, in relation to appropriations for certain public works on harbors and rivers. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Spanish West Indies. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, transmitting reports from the Secretaries of State and the Navy, with reference to the Spanish West Indies. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-08 |
| Boles vs. Edwards. Petition and affidavit from Hon. John Edwards, in contested election case of Boles vs. Edwards, asking for time to take evidence, to be referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Lands for educational purposes. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking Congress to grant said state public lands to aid her in her educational purposes. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Appropriation for the improvement of the Gasconade River. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation for the survey and improvement of the Gasconade River. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Clerks employed in the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in his department. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| Cod and whale fisheries. Report of Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, on the subject of the cod and whale fisheries, made to the House of Representatives, February 1, 1791, also report of Lorenzo Sabine, esq., on the principal fisheries of the American seas, being part of House Executive Document No. 23, of the second session, Thirty-second Congress. January 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States so far as regards the execution of the laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, papers relative to and recommending the construction of a government line of telegraph from San Diego, California, via Yuma and Maricopa Wells, to Prescott and Tucson, Arizona. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commission to examine and report upon the Sutro Tunnel, in Nevada. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-09 |
| McKenzie vs. Braxton. January 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid on the table. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-09 |
| Election frauds in Arkansas. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1872. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter introduced the following resolution: Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires the President to nominate, and, by and with the consent of the Senate, to appoint all officers of the United States whose appointments are not in said Constitution... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-10 |
| Brevet Brigadier General George W. Balloch. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1871, in relation to the suspension or mustering out of Brevet Brigadier General George W. Balloch. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Persons employed and compensation paid in the collection of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the number of persons employed and compensation paid in the collection of Customs, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, in the United States, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Quantity of paper required to replace the present national bank circulation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 31, 1871, transmitting an estimate of the number of pounds of paper that will required to replace the present national bank circulation, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Pay of mail-contractors in the late insurgent states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 18, 1871, in relation to any appropriation out of which mail-contractors may be paid for carrying the United States mails in the late insurgent states prior to May 31, 1861. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Preservation of records in the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, 1871, requesting information as to what action is necessary for the preservation of public records in the State Department, transmitting report and accompanying papers from the Secretary of State. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Land-grants to railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1871, transmitting map showing land grants to railroads, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Estimates of appropriations for surveying public lands, and to supply deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for surveying the public lands, to supply deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, and June 30, 1871, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-10 |
| Laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the District of Columbia, transmitting to the House, in compliance with the act of February 21, 1871, four copies of the laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and accompanying letter ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-10 |
| Improvement of the Osage River. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, as to the improvement of the Osage River. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-10 |
| Improvement of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, transmitting a concurrent resolution of the general assembly asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-10 |
| Black & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) Memorial of Black and Company, praying relief for losses sustained as contractors for improving Louisville and Portland Canal. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 352.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Benjamin H. Campbell, marshal of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-11 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th of December last, correspondence relating to the subject of international coinage. January 11, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-11 |
| Report of the Secretaries of War, Treasury, and State, communicating in obedience to law the award made by them to the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, for the use of the building and adjoining grounds by the United States. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-11 |
| Harbor of Wareham, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 27, 1871, in relation to the harbor of Wareham, Massachusetts. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-11 |
| Expenses of agent to the Eastern or North Carolina Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation of $3,503 65 required to pay the amount found due on account of expenses incurred by the special agent to make payment of moneys belonging to the Eastern or North Carolina Cherokees. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-11 |
| Appropriation for Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, calling for an appropriation of $8,400 to provide school facilities for the children of the Pawnee tribe of Indians. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-11 |
| Estimate of appropriation for Choctaw and Chickasaw Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required for the Indian service at the Choctaw and Chickasaw Agency, Indian Territory. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-11 |
| Estimate of appropriation to reimburse subsistence department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to reimburse the subsistence department for supplies furnished Indians by Army officers. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-11 |
| Appropriation for the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the act of July 15, 1870, making appropriation for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department. January 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-12 |
| General George W. Balloch. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1871, in relation to the suspension or muster-out of General George W. Balloch. January 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-12 |
| Arts and manufactures not produced in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the arts and manufactures not produced in the United States. January 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-12 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to Hon. D.S. Bennett, in regard to the propriety of issuing an American register to the brig A.S. Palmer [i.e., A.L. Palmer.] January 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-15 |
| Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, asking the removal of disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. January 15, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-15 |
| St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church, Selma, Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) Petition of the St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church of Selma, Alabama, praying for relief. January 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1524, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-15 |
| Petition of the heirs and legal representatives of the late Joseph Wheaton, praying for the pay stipulated by the government for those officers who served to the end of the Revolutionary War. January 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-16 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office concerning the line of railway from the mouth of the Ohio River to the City of Mobile. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-16 |
| Deficiencies -- expenses of beacons and buoys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to deficiency in the appropriation for the current fiscal year on account of the expenses of beacons and buoys. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, transmitting his annual report for the year 1871. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Statue of Brevet Lieut. Gen'l Winfield Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking for an appropriation for the erection of an equestrian statue to the memory of Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Ex-Colonel J.V.D. Reeve. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting case of Ex-Colonel J.V.D. Reeve. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Harbor of Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 12, 1871, in relation to the channels leading to the harbor of Baltimore. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Harbor of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 9, 1871, in relation to the harbor of Duxbury, Massachusetts. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Improvement of Oswego River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of December 18, 1871, relative to the improvement of the Oswego River. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Jail for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 8, 1872, in relation to the construction of a jail for the District of Columbia. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Agricultural college land-scrip. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to agricultural colleges and college land-scrip. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Deficiency -- surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriation required for the surveying service to supply deficiencies for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1870, 1871, and 1872. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Black Bob Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to certain lands in the State of Kansas belonging to the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians, with bill for the sale of the same. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Buildings for Seminole Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for the erection of buildings on the reservation of the Seminole Indians. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Kaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the present condition of the Kaw Indians. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the benefit of the Winnebago Indians. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-16 |
| S.L. Niblack vs. J.T. Walls. Papers in the case of S.L. Niblack vs. J.T. Walls, of Florida. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-16 |
| Amounts refunded to the states in raising volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, transmitting a statement of the amounts refunded to the states in raising volunteers from 1861 to 1872. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 490.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the East Tennessee University, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-17 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy relative to the cases of the ship Hudson and the schooner Washington. January 17, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-17 |
| Public building at Fall River, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, 1870, in relation to the erection of a public building at Fall River, Massachusetts. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-17 |
| Expenses incurred in removal of Pension-office to the Seaton House. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the removal of the Pension Office to the Seaton House in September, 1871. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-17 |
| Penitentiaries in territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the act of January 22, 1867, making appropriations for the erection of penitentiaries in certain territories. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-17 |
| Additional allowance for United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia. Letter from the Attorney General, in relation to an additional allowance to be made to the Office of the Attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-17 |
| Military reservation at Fort Snelling. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of May 7, 1871, in relation to a permanent military post at the military reservation of Fort Snelling. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-17 |
| Claims of the State of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1063.) Papers relative to the claims of the State of Kansas for expenses of troops raised to suppress the rebellion. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-17 |
| C.C. Bowen vs. R.C. De Large. Papers and testimony in the case of C.C. Bowen vs. R.C. De Large, in the Second District of South Carolina. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525 | 1872-01-17 |
| Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, in regard to foreign commerce of the United States. January 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-18 |
| Petition of W.A. Adams, praying to be indemnified for spoliations committed by the French prior to the year 1801. January 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-18 |
| Memorial of Brevet Brigadier General Benj. S. Roberts, praying a royalty for the use by the government of his patents for improvements in fire-arms and cartridges. January 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 494.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Theodore S. Comparet, late first lieutenant and quartermaster One Hundred and Forty-second Indiana Volunteers, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 49.) Your committee, to whom Senate Bill No. 49 was referred, have fully considered its provisions, which authorize the establishment of ocean steamship service between the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, touching at various islands in the Pacific Ocean; the service to consist of thirteen round voyages per annum... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-18 |
| Securities for public deposits in national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to Hon. H.L. Dawes, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the securities for public deposits in the national banks. January 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-18 |
| To establish military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draught of a proposed act to establish military prisons. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-19 |
| Money appropriated to Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of January 18, 1872, in relation to money appropriated for the State of Texas, under the acts of March 3, 1859, and June 21, 1860. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-19 |
| Clerks employed in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or in any of its offices, during the year 1871. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-19 |
| Restoration of the specie standard. Resolutions of the National Board of Trade, held in the City of Saint Louis, relative to the restoration of the specie standard by a contraction of the currency. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, in regard to inaugurating a system of military prisons and of prison discipline for the Army. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 506. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| Petition of Mary Ann Randolph Lee, widow of Robert E. Lee, praying an appropriation of three hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of the property known as "Arlington," in the County of Alexandria, State of Virginia. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| Petition of I. & L.M. Hellman and others, on behalf of the Liquor Dealers' Association of St. Louis, praying the enactment of a law requiring that all the tax on spirits distilled within the United States may be collected at the distillery or distillery warehouse. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of Committee on Indian Affairs, inclosing papers relating to the removal and subsistence of scattered bands of Chippewa Indians. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 506. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and copies of accompanying papers from the Committee of Friends, in relation to the disposition of portions of Indian reservations in the Northern Superintendency. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 308. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 341.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred "A Bill To Reduce the Rates of Correspondence by Telegraph and To Connect the Telegraph with the Postal Service," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating information, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 21, in relation to the persons liable as sureties on the official bond of Norton, the late defaulting money-order clerk in the New York City Post-office. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the board of officers organized to examine into the cases of such officers as may deem themselves unjustly passed over by promotions made in conformity with the act of Congress approved July 25, 1872. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| William P. Calvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1129.) Papers accompanying the case of William P. Calvert relative to a pension. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| Water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, to the Congress of the United States, relative to water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| Two per cent. fund. Memorial of the governors of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, in relation to the two per cent. fund. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| Captain William W. Montgomery's heirs. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking the Congress of the United States to pass an act giving a pension to the widow and minor children of Captain William W. Montgomery. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| Tax on tobacco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1181.) Letter addressed to Hon. Charles H. Porter, relative to a tax of sixteen cents as a uniform rate on manufactured tobacco. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| Charles A. Weidner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1094.) Petition of Charles A. Weidner for relief for work done for jail in the District of Columbia. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| W.A. Burleigh vs. M.K. Armstrong. Papers and testimony in the case of W.A. Burleigh vs. M.K. Armstrong, as delegate from Dakota Territory. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-22 |
| Secretary of the Treasury -- negotiation of loan. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, with leave to report at any time. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Tabular statement to accompany Bill H.R. 243. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-23 |
| Improvement of the Tennessee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 11, 1872, in relation to the examination, survey, and estimates for the improvement of the Tennessee River. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Improvement of Patapsco River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Patapsco River. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Bounties to soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bounties to soldiers discharged for disabilities. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Bounty to Missouri state militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, with copy of opinion of the Solicitor of the War Department, given in 1864, respecting the subject of bounty to which the Missouri state militia were entitled by law. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Claim of T.R. Curtis. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of T.R. Curtis on account of depredations by Cheyenne Indians in 1865. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| J.A. Viall. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, 1871, in relation to affidavits filed in his department in answer to charges made by M.M. McCauley against J.A. Viall, Superintendent of Indian affairs for Montana Territory. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Interest due Seneca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations to pay interest due Seneca Indians. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Removal of Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the removal of Chippewa Indians to the reservation provided for the near White Earth Lake. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Indian reservations in the northern superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the disposition of portions of Indian reservations in the northern superintendency. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1510, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-01-23 |
| Deputy collector at the port of Ounalaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an allowance for the compensation to the late acting deputy collector of Customs at the port of Ounalaska. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-23 |
| Freedmen of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Petition of freedmen of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, with other papers on the same subject. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, urging that the tract of land known as the Cherokee strip be opened to entry by actual settlers, and that the Indian title thereto be extinguished. January 24, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-24 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1871, information in relation to the present condition of the life saving stations on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-24 |
| Appropriations for Kaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for the relief of the Kaw Indians in Kansas. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-24 |
| Appropriation for Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation required to subsist and care for the Apache Indians. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-24 |
| Sale of arms and ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the sale of arms and ordnance stores. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-24 |
| Loss of funds by fire at Fort Buford. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the loss of government funds by fire at Fort Buford. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-24 |
| I.G. McKissick vs. A.S. Wallace. Papers of contestant in the case of Isaac G. M'Kissick vs. Alexander S. Wallace, Fourth Congressional District of South Carolina. January 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-24 |
| H.W. Carter and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, praying Congress to remove political disabilities from H.W. Carter and others, of said state. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-24 |
| B.C. Pressley. Petition of B.C. Pressley, late Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Charleston, South Carolina. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-24 |
| Protest of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations. Protest of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations against propositions pending in Congress to frame territorial governments. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-24 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of Committee of Indian Affairs, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in regard to placing at the disposal of the Department the balance of an unexpended appropriation for promoting education among Indian tribes. January 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 535. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-25 |
| Petition of E.S. Ingalls and seventy-seven others, residents of Menomonee County, in the State of Michigan, for a circuit and district court for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. January 25, 1872. -- Referred, with Bill S. 529, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in favor of the passage of the supplemental civil-rights bill. January 25, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting copy of a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to certain selections of land made for members of the Shawnee tribe of Indians. January 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 536. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Elizabeth S. Bladen, Olympia Brown, Susan B. Anthony, and Josephine J. Griffing, citizens of the United States, praying for the enactment of a law, during the present session of Congress, to assist and protect them in the exercise of their right, and the right of all women, to participate in the elective franchise, which the memorialists claim they are entitled to under the Constitution of the United States, together with various other petitions and memorials to the same effect, and various protests in opposition thereto, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-25 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant relative to the Louisville and Portland Canal. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Public building at Oshkosh. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 14, 1871, relative to the erection of a public building at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Henry Hegwer. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Henry Hegwer for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians in 1867. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Christopher Weidner. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Christopher Weidner, for depredations committed by Kiowa Indians in 1868. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Curtis & Cole. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Curtis & Cole for depredations committed by Cheyenne and Kiowa Indians in 1864. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| C.W. Denton. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of C.W. Denton for depredations committed by Indians in Oregon from 1854 to 1860. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Bickford & Stanley. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Bickford & Stanley on account of depredations by Kiowa Indians in 1864. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Thomas Hetherington. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Thomas Hetherington for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians in 1867. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Joseph Howsley. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Joseph Howsley for depredations committed by Navajo Indians in 1868. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations for subsisting Teton and other bands of Sioux Indians, in Montana. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-25 |
| Estimate of deficiencies -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for service of the War Department for present fiscal year. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-25 |
| Postal contracts. Correspondence of the Postmaster General with the Attorney General, relative to postal contracts. January 25, 1872. Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-25 |
| Grant of lands to Alabama for railroads. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of lands for railroad purposes. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-25 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the removal of political disabilities under which a portion of the people of that state are laboring. January 26, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 476.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 476, for the extension of letters-patent to Alexander Smith and Haleyon Skinner, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, copies of the examination and survey of different harbors. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-26 |
| Claim of Lorenzo Krouse and others. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to sundry claims for depredations committed by Osage Indians. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-26 |
| Survey of Indian reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for surveying Indian reserves. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-26 |
| J.E. Martin's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 620.) January 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-26 |
| Treasurer's report. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his adjusted quarterly accounts for 3d and 4th quarters of 1869, and 1st and 2d quarters of 1870. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 451.) It appears to the Committee, from the evidence in this case, that the petitioner was a first sergeant in the Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers, and that on the 12th day of May, 1864, the commanding officer of his regiment recommended him for promotion to a first lieutenancy in said regiment... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 420.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the City of Carondelet, now merged in the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying that jurisdiction may be conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine a claim now pending in said court against the United States, have considered said petition and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-29 |
| Additional clerks for Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking that he be authorized to employ additional clerks in his office. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-29 |
| Robert Sutherland. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Robert Sutherland for pay for certain alleged military services. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-29 |
| Rev. Jonathan L. Mann. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the relief of Rev. Jonathan L. Mann. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1511, Session Vol. No.8 | 1872-01-29 |
| Iron-ship building yards. Memorial of the International Steamship Company, relative to iron-ship building yards and docks for economizing naval expenditures and constructing iron steamers. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-29 |
| New territory in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking for the organization of a new territory out of the northern portion of Dakota. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-29 |
| Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying for a renewal of the land grant to the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-29 |
| William and Mary College, Virginia. January 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to be Committee on Education and Labor. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment inquire, ascertain, and report whether Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, now has, or heretofore has had, any interest, certain or contingent, in any contract to do work for the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-30 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in relation to the removal of settlers from the Indian Territory bordering upon Kansas, and also in favor of a change of boundary of said state. January 30, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-30 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of such laws as will secure to bona-fide settlers upon the Cherokee Neutral Lands the full benefit of the homestead and pre-emption laws, and also to secure to the state the 16th and 36th sections of land in each township, for school purposes. January 30, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 514.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred Bill S. 514 for the relief of Albert Wieland, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-30 |
| Camp Mohave. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the relief of citizens expelled from their homes at Camp Mohave, Arizona Territory. January 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1512, Session Vol. No.9 | 1872-01-30 |
| Rev. J.W. Green. Letter from Rev. J.W. Green, of the District of Columbia, presented by Mr. Farnsworth, asking that certain charges which he makes may be inquired into. January 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-30 |
| E.C. Boudinot. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-30 |
| Boles vs. Edwards. January 30, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-30 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking aid from the general government for the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of Niagara, on the American side. January 31, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, asking the passage of an act granting the right to build a bridge over the Mississippi River at Clinton. January 31, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-31 |
| Memorial of the Choctaw Nation of Indians, remonstrating against the establishment of a territorial government over their country. January 31, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-01-31 |
| Edgartown Harbor. Papers relative to the re-opening of Edgartown Harbor, being memorial of the board of harbor commissioners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 31, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-01-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the improvement of the harbor of the St. John's River of Fernandina, Florida, and asking an appropriation for the same. February 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking the completion of improvements already commenced to open a water-route from the Mississippi Valley, by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, to Lake Michigan, and another by way of Lake Superior. February 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation of $100,000 for ordnance and ordnance stores, in addition to what has been asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. February 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the drainage of Beaver Lake, Indiana. February 1, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, an additional statement of contracts made by the subsistence department during the calendar year 1871. February 1, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-01 |
| Seth M. Whitten. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the discharge of Seth M. Whitten, private Company K, Fourth Michigan Volunteers. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-02 |
| S.H. Bogardus and L.L. O'Connor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the service of Stephen H. Bogardus and L.L. O'Connor. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-02 |
| Clerical hire in surveying districts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimated appropriations required for clerical hire in surveying districts. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-02 |
| Discharged soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to soldiers discharged for minority. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-02 |
| William G. Halpine [i.e., Halpin]. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to release of W.G. Halpine [i.e., Halpin], Fenian prisoner. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-02 |
| Goods free of duty for Chicago. Letter from the St. Louis Board of Trade, relative to the pending bill in Congress relative to admitting certain articles free of duty for the benefit of Chicago. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-02 |
| Duties on wool. Resolution of the Convention of Wool-Growers, at Syracuse, New York, relative to duties on wool. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-02 |
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from S.S. Riker, President, transmitting the annual report of Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-02 |
| Improvement of Wisconsin and Fox rivers. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in relation to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-02 |
| Chinese Indemnity Fund. Memorial and draft of a bill from the Committee of Citizens of New York, in relation to the Chinese Indemnity Fund. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-02 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in favor of an appropriation for the benefit of schools in that territory. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-05 |
| Petition of Ellen Call Long, daughter of the late General Richard K. Call, praying that the government pay her a judgment obtained by her father against the United States. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 91.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 94, for the relief of Miss Keturah Cole, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 230.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary M. Clark, widow of Leonard Clark, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of an engineer survey to determine the practicability of re-opening to navigation the Cabaret Slough, in the Mississippi River. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-05 |
| Massachusetts fisheries. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the fishing interests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-05 |
| Cundurango. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing correspondence of the Department of State with the minister of the United States in Ecuador, in relation to "cundurango." February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking the passage of an act equalizing bounties to soldiers. February 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, recommending the purchase of Independence Hall. February 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-06 |
| Memorial of the American Temperance Commission, asking that the President be authorized to appoint a commission to investigate and report the results of prohibitory legislation in Maine and other states for the suppression of intemperance, and to recommend any necessary legislation to prohibit the manufacture, importation, and sale of intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage. February 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1481, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Harper, of Houston, Texas, praying to be relieved from the payment of certain money for internal revenue stamps stolen from him on or about the 20th of March, 1867, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1872. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Conkling submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the Committee of Investigation and Retrenchment, now sitting in New York, be instructed to inquire into abuses alleged to exist and extortions said to be practiced at the port of New York upon importers, in connection with quarantine and health regulations, and that said committee be further instructed to inquire into the treatment of immigrants arriving at said port. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 603.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the United States Express Company, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury may be authorized to issue to it bonds and notes to replace those alleged to have been destroyed in a car burned upon the Erie Railroad on the 30th January, 1866, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of John Thompson Mason... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-07 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, information concerning the seizure and retention of the American steamers Hero, Dudley Buck, Nutrias, and San Fernando, the property of the Venezuelan Steam Transportation Company, an American corporation. February 7, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-07 |
| Survey of Cherokee strip adjoining Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for expense of survey of Cherokee strip adjoining Kansas. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-07 |
| Major George W. Burchard. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to George W. Burchard, late of the Second Arkansas Colored Volunteers. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-07 |
| Duty on rice. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the repeal of protective duty on rice. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-07 |
| Collection of Customs revenue. Memorial of the National Reform Association, suggesting corrections and modifications of the laws relating to the collection of the Customs revenue, and manner of ascertaining values of imported commodities. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-07 |
| John Cessna vs. Benjamin F. Meyers. February 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-07 |
| Lewis D. Campbell. Petition of W.H. Blair and other electors, of the Third Congressional District of Ohio, asking leave to take testimony in the contest of the seat of Lewis D. Campbell. February 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections. February 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1872. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment be instructed to inquire whether any United States senator has received money, under color of counsel-fees or otherwise, from the Treasury of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-07 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to a public building at Trenton, in that state. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in regard to the navigation of the Delaware River. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 518.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 518, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William Nixon, of West Virginia," have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 610.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Lizzie Gilmer, postmaster at Pittsfield, Illinois, praying for relief for the loss, by burglary, of postage-stamps, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 470.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred a bill authorizing an increase of United States mail steamship service between San Francisco and China, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 360.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred Senate Bill 360, entitled "A Bill To Establish the Territory of Ojibway and Provide a Temporary Government Therefor," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying the transmission of information respecting the nature and extent of the raft in the Red River, above Shreveport, Louisiana, and also with regard to surveys, estimates, and appropriations made with a view to the removal of the raft. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the passage of the bill granting bounty-land warrants to certain persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States from and after the 4th of March, A.D. 1861, introduced into the House of Representatives by Hon. D.L. Shoemaker, of Pennsylvania. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to water communication between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-08 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the renewal of the grant to aid in the construction of a railroad from St. Croix River, or lake, to the west end of Lake Superior, and to Bayfield. February 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-08 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the improvement of the harbor of Du Luth. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-08 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking an increase of pension for Mrs. Charlotte D. Crocker, widow of General M.M. Crocker, of Iowa. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 156.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick P. Dimpfel, of the City of Philadelphia, praying an extension of his patent for an improvement in steam-boilers, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-09 |
| Contingent expenses of the military establishment, 1871. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1871. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-09 |
| Military reservation of Fort Sanders. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military reservation of Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-09 |
| Claims of M. Bellmard, H. Pappan, L. Pashall, and H. Grigsby. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claims of H. Pappan and others for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-09 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1514, Session Vol. No.11 | 1872-02-09 |
| Survey of Cuivre River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the survey of the Cuivre River. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-09 |
| The American fisheries. Memorial of the Committee on Fisheries, appointed in Boston, on the American fisheries as affected by the Treaty of Washington. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-09 |
| Martha G. Vaughn and Louisa Jackman. Petition of Mrs. Martha G. Vaughn and Mrs. Louisa Jackman, with other papers relative to their claim. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-09 |
| Railroad from Chicago to Mobile. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the act granting lands to the State of Illinois for the purpose of building a railroad from Chicago to Mobile. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-09 |
| Gun-boats Kineo and Chocura. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-09 |
| Mary A. Adams. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-09 |
| Joseph M. Caton and others. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-09 |
| William Quinn. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-09 |
| Robert Soper and others. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds modified his resolution to read as follows: Resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested, if not in his opinion incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate any information in his possession respecting the complaint made by the English government against the case submitted by the government of the United States to the arbitrators at Geneva... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 107.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George C. Bestor, of Peoria, Illinois, praying additional compensation for expenses incurred in constructing the iron-clad steam-battery Shiloh, have considered the same, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 134.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 134) for the relief of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and steam-machinery, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 636.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Elbridge Gerry, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-12 |
| Salary of Secretary of New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to non-payment of the salary of the Secretary of New Mexico, and ex officio Superintendent of Public Buildings in that territory. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-12 |
| Francis V. De Costa [i.e., Coster]. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the services of Sergeant De Costa in the Marine Brigade Cavalry. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-12 |
| Harbor of Cape Fear River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, relating to the harbor of the Cape Fear River. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| Commodore M.F. Maury's meteorological observations. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, concerning Mathew [i.e. Matthew] F. Maury's international meteorological observations, essays, &c. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| State government for Colorado. Memorial of the Legislature of Colorado, relative to state government. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| Civil service. February 12, 1872. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvements. February 12. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| Removal of disabilities. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to removal of political disabilities imposed by the third section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| International copyright. Resolution relating to international copyright. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-12 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1871, information in relation to the Touro Hospital, New Orleans. February 13, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-13 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, the case of the United States presented to the board of arbitration at Geneva. February 13, 1872. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-13 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating information, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1871, relative to questions with Spain growing out of affairs in Cuba. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-13 |
| Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Waukegan harbors. Letter from the Secretary of the War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 1, relative to the improvement of the harbors of Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Waukegan. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Expenses of observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal. Letter of the Secretary of the War, relative to the expenses of the observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Repairs of forts in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the War, showing the expenditures for construction and repairs of buildings at each fort and military post in Texas. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Presents and provisions for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the purchase of presents and provisions for Indians during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Trade by sea -- northeastern frontier. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill relating to the trade by sea on the northeastern frontier. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Wood's End Bar shoals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 22, relative to establishing a light to mark the shoals known as "Wood's End Bar," Provincetown, Mass. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Northern boundary of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the survey of the northern boundary of Nebraska. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| Indians of White Earth reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to aid and encouragement to Indians on the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| William E. Daugherty. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim William E. Daugherty on account of depredations alleged to have been committed by Sioux Indians. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-13 |
| French spoliations. Resolution of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in relation to indemnity for French spoliations on American commerce. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, transmitting a copy of the report of the board of officers appointed under the resolution approved July 1, 1870, to examine the cases of such officers as may deem themselves unjustly passed over by promotion made in conformity with the act of Congress approved July 25, 1866. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-13 |
| Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, on the decline of American commerce. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-13 |
| Ex-Lieutenant John F. Wotring. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to claim for services in Company L, West Virginia Cavalry. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| Bridge connecting Rock Island with Moline. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking an appropriation for the completion of the wagon-road bridge connecting Moline with Rock Island, Illinois. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| Northern and northwestern lakes. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to appropriations for improvements of the northern and northwestern lakes. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| Survey of rivers and harbors of Long Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of January 30, relative to the survey of rivers and harbors of Long Island Sound. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| New Haven Harbor and Housatonic River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the improvement of New Haven Harbor and Housatonic River, Connecticut. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| Steam-vessels in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 18, 1872, transmitting statement of statistics pertaining to steam-vessels upon the different waters of the United States during the years 1868, 1869, 1870, and 1871. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| Payments to internal revenue officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December, 1871, relative to the amounts paid to officers of internal revenue as salaries, traveling or contingent expenses, fees, and moieties, for the twelve months next preceding the 1st of March, 1869, and 1st of December, 1871. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-14 |
| Kansas Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, asking such legislation by Congress as will prevent the present action of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in discriminating against the interests of said Kansas company in the transportation of freight and passengers, whereby the government and general public are greatly damaged. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-14 |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, concerning the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, and the extension of the time for the completion of its railroad. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, instructing senators and requesting representatives from that state to oppose the passage of the bill for the remission of import duties on materials used in rebuilding the burnt district of Chicago. February 14, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 138.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of John B. Emerson, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-15 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in relation to the detention of the California mails on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. February 15, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-15 |
| Patent-Office Official Gazette. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, relative to the Official Gazette, issued weekly from the Patent-Office. February 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-15 |
| Navigation on the Mississippi River. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1027.) February 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-15 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of January, 1869, information in relation to the resources and extent of the fishing-grounds of the North Pacific Ocean, opened to the United States by the treaty of Alaska. February 18, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-16 |
| John Carrigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to John Carrigan, late lieutenant Battery A, First New Jersey Light Artillery. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-16 |
| Improvement of the Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of February 8, 1872, relative to the improvement of the Connecticut River. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-16 |
| Improvement mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to continue work on the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-16 |
| Survey of Monongahela River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a survey of the Monongahela River from New Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown, West Virginia. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-16 |
| Hancock Barracks, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Hancock Barracks, Maine. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-16 |
| Removal of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation required to defray certain expenses connected with the removal of the Osage Indians. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-16 |
| American Sharpshooters' Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Sharpshooters' Society of Illinois. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-16 |
| Oswego Distillery Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 636.) February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-16 |
| D.M. Page. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-16 |
| Jay Kling. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-16 |
| Two per cent. fund. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 579.) The Committee on Naval Affairs have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 579, for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Kearsarge, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1484, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| Public buildings in Kansas City. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation by Congress for the erection of certain public buildings at Kansas City, in said state. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| Humphreys and Abbot's report on hydraulics, etc. (To accompany H. Res. 100.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to report on hydraulics and physics of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| Claimants for certain losses in Kansas. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in behalf of certain claimants for relief for losses sustained in the years of 1855 and 1856. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| Petition of citizens of Chicago, praying the passage of the bill to allow a drawback of the duties paid on materials used in the construction and repair of buildings in the burned district of that city. February 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| Letter from the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, in relation to the Japanese admitted into that institution as cadet midshipmen. February 19, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| Affairs in the late insurrectionary states. February 19, 1872.-- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1529, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 674.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of William Blanchard for relief, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, engineer reports of the survey of Aquia Creek, Virginia; Accotink, Neabsco, Quantico, and Choppawamasic bays; East Chester Creek, New York; Rondout Harbor, New York; and Passaic River, New Jersey. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1478, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-20 |
| Payments for reporting and publishing the debates in Congress. February 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking the passage of an act to extend the time in which to make further selections of swamp and overflowed lands, and to refund to that state moneys arising from the sale of said lands. February 20, 1872. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-20 |
| Memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of Colorado Territory asking the passage of an act granting titles to lodes or veins whenever sufficient improvement has been made to establish the fact of discovery in good faith. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking the passage of the bill providing for the sale of the interests of the federal government in Beaufort County. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-20 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the erection, at the capital of that state, of public buildings for the accommodation of the United States courts, post office, pension-office, land-offices, internal revenue, and other federal offices; also, for suitable buildings for post-office, custom-house, and revenue offices of the United States at Leavenworth, in said state. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking the passage of an act for the relief of innocent purchasers of land under the act of August 14, 1854, relating to the entry of public lands. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a grant of public lands to aid in the construction of the Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 97.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Henry Otis, of Indiana, ask leave to report that the said bill was referred to the same committee during the Fortieth Congress, and that, having again examined the case, the Committee do, upon reconsideration thereof, adopt the report then made, which is as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 686.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Horace Tyler, praying compensation for deepening the channel across the bar at the southwest pass of the mouth of the Mississippi River, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 687.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles and Henry W. Spencer for compensation on account of the illegal seizure of their trading-boat O.K., and the stock of goods on board, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 201.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Phoebe Hemburn, praying to be relieved from losses sustained in the accidental destruction of certain land-warrants, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 426.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred Senate bill entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Thomas Allen," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, the report of the supervising surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital Service for the six months ending December 31, 1871. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-21 |
| John C. Chamberlain [i.e., Chamberlin]. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to John C. Chamberlain [i.e., Chamberlin], late lieutenant Company A, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Fort Collins reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Fort Collins reservation. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Horses left on line of march taken by General Hobson. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to horses left on the line of march taken by General Hobson while in pursuit of the confederate General Morgan, in 1863. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Status of teamsters in quartermasters' employ. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the status of teamsters in quartermasters' employ. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the Pottawatomie Indians. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Support of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for settlement, subsistence, and support of the Osage Indians. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| United States court in Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to holding a term of court for the Western District of Arkansas at Okmulgee once in each year. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Trade and tonnage with certain countries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 2, relative to trade and tonnage for the year 1870 with the west coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, Sandwich Island, &c. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-21 |
| Water communication between the James and Ohio rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. 962.) Letter from the Chief of Engineers to Hon. Messrs. Kerr and Stevenson, relative to water communication between the James and Ohio rivers. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-21 |
| Bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. 785.) February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-21 |
| Testimony taken by the Select Committee to Investigate the Condition of Affairs in the State of Louisiana. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-02-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the formation of a new judicial district composed of Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-21 |
| Memorial of the Western Union Telegraph Company, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 341) to connect the telegraph with the postal service, and to reduce the rates of correspondence by telegraph. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution: Whereas it appears from a recent cable telegram that the Committee of the French National Assembly on war contracts has adopted a resolution asking the United States government to furnish the result of inquiry into the conduct of American officials suspected of participating in the purchase of arms for the French government during the War with Germany... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 507.) February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 241.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill 241, for the relief of Chauncy [i.e., Chauncey] M. Lockwood, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 161.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of T.T. Garrard and others, proprietors and lessees of salt-works near Manchester, in the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for the destruction of their salt and injuries committed upon their works by the troops of the United States, in the year 1862, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 692.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas M. Redd, late of Paducah, Kentucky, praying compensation for the loss of his house and contents, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the petition of John D. Hester, praying to be placed on the pension-roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the memorial of Ann E. Boyle, widow of the late Commodore James J. Boyle, praying to be placed on the naval pension-roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| Charles F. Tracy. (To accompany Bill H.R. 546.) February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in reference to the opening of the Indian Territory for settlement. February 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking that the amount of tax collected on cotton during the years 1865, 1866, and 1867 be refunded. February 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for the renewal of land-grants to aid in the construction of the Elyton, Corinth and Tennessee River Railroad. February 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-23 |
| Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Red River. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of additional compensation to Richard G. Murphy, for the time he served as Indian agent for the Sioux of Minnesota. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 12, a list of the military reservations in and near the City of San Francisco, California, giving the name and approximate extent in acres of each. February 26, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Warrior and Tennessee River Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of land to the Warrior and Tennessee River Railroad. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a grant of public lands to aid in construction of the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Decatur, Aberdeen and Columbia Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad leading from Decatur, Alabama, to Aberdeen, Mississippi, and a branch of said road from Aberdeen to Columbia, Mississippi. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Arms issued to California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to arms issued by the United States to the State of California. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Mail route in California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, urging the establishment of a weekly mail. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Refunding the tax collected on raw cotton. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to refunding the tax collected on raw cotton. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Uniform tax on manufactured tobacco. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to a uniform rate of tax upon all kinds and descriptions of manufactured tobacco and snuff. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Fort Ripley reservation. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress to vacate a certain portion of Fort Ripley Military Reservation. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Improvement of the Monongahela River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, relating to the improvement of the Monongahela River. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Payment of Montana militia vouchers. Joint memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for an appropriation to pay what are known as the Montana militia vouchers. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Duty on quicksilver. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, urging upon Congress the necessity of abolishing the duty on quicksilver. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Petition of citizens of Savannah, Georgia, praying the establishment of the Exchequer of the United States of America. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1872, information relating to mail service rendered in Louisiana. February 26, 1872 -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, additional information, comprised in the report of Lieutenant Colonel W.F. Raynolds, regarding a recent survey of the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the Missouri. February 26, 1972. --Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, submitting the draught of an act to expedite the transaction of business in the General Land-Office, and bring up the arrears of work, and also a draught of a bill to reorganize the clerical force of the General Land-Office. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-27 |
| Memorial of a committee appointed by a convention held in Washington City, February 15, 16, and 17, 1872, under a call issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture, praying a grant of lands or a part of the proceeds of the sales of the public domain for the benefit of agricultural colleges. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. February 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-27 |
| Petition of the President, directors, and officers of the First National Gold Bank of San Francisco, California, praying the passage of an act giving the right to use the issue of national gold banks for the payment of duties on imports and other coin payments to be made to the government. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 291.) The Committee on Naval Affairs have had under consideration the Bill (S. 291) for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States ship Wyoming, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-27 |
| Deficiencies, contingent expenses of the General Land-Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the General Land-Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Expenses of removal of certain Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for expenses of removal of certain Cherokee Indians from North Carolina. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Expenses of general council of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expenses of the general council of Indians in the Indian Territory. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Military prison at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the erection of a Military prison at Rock Island, Illinois. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Military reservations in Kansas, Montana, and Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 6, 1872, relative to the military reservations of Fort Harker, Kansas; Fort Benton, Montana Territory; and Fort Ripley, Minnesota. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Clothing and equipage. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the preservation of clothing and equipage during the next fiscal year. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Appropriations for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to appropriations for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Sale of Chippewa Indian reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the sale of certain reservations of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota and Wisconsin. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-02-27 |
| Thomas Crymes. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking Congress to remove the political disabilities of Thomas Crymes, of Anderson County. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-27 |
| The Yellowstone Park. February 27, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 159.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of J.W. Parish & Co., praying compensation for losses sustained on account of the refusal on the part of the government to receive from them twenty thousand tons of ice, parcel of thirty thousand tons contracted to be delivered at various points on the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, during the year 1863... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 200.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William H. Colledge, praying compensation for clerical labor performed in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department, and also Senate Bill No. 200 for his relief, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 197.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of D. Jay Brown, dated March 9, 1864, praying compensation for losses by reason of his discharge from official position while in foreign countries, and the Bill (S. 197) for his relief, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph C. Abbott, claiming to be entitled to a seat in this body as a senator from North Carolina, for the term commencing on the 4th day of March, A.D. 1871, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-28 |
| Fishing interests of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the fishing interests in that state. February 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-28 |
| Cost of public buildings in the several states named. February 28, 1872. -- Reported by Mr. Halsey, from the Committee on Public Building and Grounds; ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-28 |
| Refunding the cotton tax. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, in relation to refunding the cotton tax. February 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of sustaining the President of the United States in his present policy for the management of the various Indian tribes, and against the opening of the Indian country for settlement, corporate, or speculative purposes. February 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-02-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 710.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill 710, entitled "A Bill to Refund Certain Duties Paid by the Winona and Saint Peter's Railroad Company," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-02-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob B. Power... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, concerning the necessity for a connecting line of telegraph between important military posts in the military division of the south. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of Major W.E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, upon the survey of the harbor at Evansville, Indiana. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-01 |
| Wm. F. and G.M. Dyer. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an account of Wm. F. and G.M. Dyer for beef-cattle furnished the Pi-Ute Indians in Nevada during the winter of 1861-'62. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-01 |
| C.W. Seaton. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to C.W. Seaton for the use of a patent for the compilation of the statistics of age and sex. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-01 |
| Survey of dam in the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20, 1872, relative to the survey of the dam in the Ohio River near the mouth of the Cumberland River. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-01 |
| Civil-rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking Congress to adopt the supplementary civil-rights bill. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-01 |
| S.H. Bogardus. March 1, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528 | 1872-03-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the passage of a law granting one hundred and sixty acres of land to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the war of the rebellion. March 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-02 |
| Resolutions of the National Board of Trade, held in the City of Saint Louis in December 1871, in relation to the resolution of specie payments; limit of taxation and the liquidation of the national debt; the shipping interest; local quarantine regulations; the light-dues paid by vessels in Great Britain; the Treaty of Washington and the fisheries; direct importations to interior cities; freedom of trade with the dominion of Canada; revision of the tariff; protection of the telegraph; the abrogation of state inspection laws; and the improvement of the Mississippi levees. March 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-02 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking an appropriation for the construction of a canal around the Falls of Niagara, on the American side. March 4, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the recognition of belligerent rights of the people of Cuba by the government of the United States. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1872. -- Submitted by Mr. Sherman and referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules. March 4, 1872. -- Reported by Mr. Pomeroy with amendments and ordered to be printed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy, from the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the standing rules of the Senate be amended as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, an engineer report of an examination or survey of the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, and of the Elizabeth River. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| San Luis Park Transportation Company. Memorial of the promoters of San Luis Park Transportation Company for right of way for a railroad from San Luis Park to Great Colorado River. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| Post routes on rivers in Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking postal facilities on routes of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| Eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, for the enforcement of the law of Congress fixing the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| Refund Milwaukee for straight-cut harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to refunding Milwaukee for expenses of straight-cut harbor. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| Grant of lands to farm mortgagors. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a grant of lands for the benefit of farm mortgagors. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the expenses of the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment, is hereby directed to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 749.) The Committee on Private Land Claims report upon the memorial of John M. Scott and others, praying relief and the issue of land-scrip to them, in lieu of lands confirmed to their ancestors by Governor St. Clair and Governor Harrison... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 750.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred petition for the relief of C.E. Rogers, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-05 |
| Freight to Salt Lake City by the Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the carriage and freight to Salt Lake City by the Colorado River. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-05 |
| Lieutenant J. Scott Payne. (To accompany H.R. 1530.) Letter from the Secretary of War, returning the Bill (H.R. 1530) for the relief of J. Scott Payne, with an accompanying report of the Adjutant General thereon. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-05 |
| William Weeks's land claim. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the disapproval, by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, of the private land claim of William Weeks, New Orleans. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-05 |
| Claim of Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Delaware Indians for stock stolen from them by the whites since the treaty of 1854. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-05 |
| Appropriation for surveying public lands in Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for surveying public lands in Oregon. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-05 |
| Apportionment of representatives to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1343.) March 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 112.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 112) for the relief of G.S. Baker, of Maysville, Missouri, for the re-issue of a certain bond, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 59.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 59) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to settle and pay the accounts of Colonel James F. Jaquess, have had the matter under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Wolf and Jacob H. Brown, praying compensation for horses taken for the use of the Army in Colorado, in the year 1865, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Winter, praying compensation for the destruction of property in Columbus, Georgia, during the late war, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, an engineer report of the survey of Otter Creek, Vermont, from Vergennes to its outlet on Lake Champlain. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 4, 1872, information relating to the sale of lands by the State of Texas to the United States, known as the Pan Handle. March 6, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 19, 1872, information in relation to what amount is due to any of the states lately in insurrection, under provisions of the 12th section of the act of Congress approved June 7, 1862, entitled "An Act for the Collection of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary Districts, and for Other Purposes;" also "whether any, and, if so, what amount has been paid to any of said states under and in accordance with the provisions of said act or other acts amendatory thereof." March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-06 |
| Expenses of the ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an additional appropriation for the expenses of the ninth census. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Employes [sic] of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the names and compensation of the clerks, messengers, and laborers of his Department employed during the year 1871. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Case of the Acting Secretary of Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1872, relative to the case of the Acting Secretary of the Territory of Idaho. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Military post of Camp Three Forks. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military post of Camp Three Forks, Owyhee, Idaho Territory. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Military reservation at Fort Steilacoom. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military reservation at Fort Steilacoom. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Improvement of the Wisconsin River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, 1872, relative to the improvement of the Wisconsin River. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Signal stations. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of signal stations. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-06 |
| Memorial of the National Board of Trade, in favor of legislation to facilitate the restoration of American tonnage. March 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-07 |
| Memorial of W.H. Gleason, asking that a light-house be constructed at the harbor of Punta Rassa, on Sanibel Island, Florida. March 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 895.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 895) granting a pension to Hannah Gray, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 760.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Beverly M. Botts, Rosalie S. Lewis, Isabella McLean Lewis, and Mary Minor Hoxsey, heirs-at-law of John Minor Botts, deceased, praying compensation for losses occasioned by the Union forces upon the land of the deceased, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-07 |
| Claims against Venezuela. (To accompany H.R. 1869.) March 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-07 |
| Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, remonstrating against the passage of the bill granting a part of Goat Island, in the harbor of San Francisco, to the Central Pacific Railroad Company. March 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Maine in favor of a faithful observance of treaties made with the Indian tribes. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1209.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1209) granting a pension to George J. St. Louis, and also the Bill (S. 474) granting a pension to the same person, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, information in relation to the wharf or river frontage at the Port of New Orleans now claimed or occupied by the government. March 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, an engineer report of the survey of Cumberland River between Nashville and the head of steamboat navigation. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-08 |
| Property sold by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1872, relative to property of the United States sold by the War Department since the 30th day of June, 1865. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| Obstructions in Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1872, relative to removing obstructions in the Missouri River. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| Pensacola Bay and harbor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting memorial of the mayor and city council of the City of Pensacola, relative to Pensacola Bay and harbor. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| Light-house on Bullock's Point. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1872, relative to a light-house on Bullock's Point, Providence River, Rhode Island. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| Senecas and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to aid the Senecas, Mixed Senecas, and other confederated bands of Indians in the Indian Territory. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| Reservation to Red Bear, Chief of Chippewas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a reservation made to Red Bear, Chief of the Chippewas, by provisions of ninth article of the treaty of October 2, 1863. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| New State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to an appropriation for carrying on the work on the new State Department. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| Wisconsin and Fox rivers improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of arbitrators for the improvement of water-communication between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, by the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conkling submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested, if in his judgment not incompatible with the public interest, to inform the Senate of the number of recommendations for appointments to or removals from office, so far as the same can be ascertained... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-08 |
| Memorial of D.H. London, praying the establishment of the Exchequer of the United States of America. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. March 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 646.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph W. Fowle, respectfully report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. E.J. Brossman, requesting the refunding of certain taxes paid to Captain F.J.P. Chilty, provost marshal at Camp Stoneman in 1865, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, statements of the expenditures at the Springfield armory, and of the munitions of war manufactured, altered, and repaired thereat during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-11 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt law. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-11 |
| Consular and commercial agents. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th of May, relative to the number of consular and commercial agents who speak or write the language of the country to which they are accredited. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-11 |
| Ship-canal through Florida peninsula. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relating to ship communication between the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean by ship-canal through the Florida peninsula. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1525, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-11 |
| Shipping interests of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the shipping interests. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Niagara ship-canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the Niagara ship-canal. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Ship-building and mercantile interests. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to ship-building and mercantile interests. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Harbor, mouth of Patuxent River. (To accompany H.R. 1879.) Joint resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, relating to survey of harbor at mouth of Patuxent River. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Harbor at mouth of Menomonee River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for an appropriation for the harbor at the mouth of Menomonee River, between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Port of delivery at La Crosse. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a port of delivery at La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Repeal of the bankrupt law. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for the repeal of the bankrupt law. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Homestead law for officers, soldiers, and sailors. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to homesteads for officers, soldiers, and sailors of the Navy. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Quota of arms for Virginia. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, requesting Congress to furnish Virginia her quota of arms. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Chinese immigration. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that state in Congress to urge upon the federal government the adoption of such treaty regulations and legislation as shall discourage further immigration of Chinese to the United States. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Mail-route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the establishment of a mail-route from Red Bluff to Shasta City, California. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Mail-route in California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the establishment of mail-route from Red Bluffs to Yreka, California. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Capitol buildings in Colorado. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, in relation to capitol buildings in said territory. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Wagon-road in Colorado. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, for the construction of a wagon-road to White River Indian Agency, in Colorado Territory. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Green Bay and Superior Railway. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of public lands to aid in the construction of the Green Bay and Superior Railway. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Time of Attorney General's report to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1891.) Letter from the Attorney General, addressed to the Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, relative to a change of the time for making report to Congress. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| William H.H. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1900.) Papers relating to the claim of William H.H. Anderson, for pension. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking an appropriation for the construction of a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara, on the American side. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom were recommitted the petition and papers of John Thompson Mason, have again had the subject under consideration, and submit the following additional report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-12 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 13, 1871, further information in relation to proposals for establishing iron ship building yards and docks. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-12 |
| Destruction of soldiers clothing. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the destruction of clothing of soldiers of Company B, Fourteenth Infantry. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-12 |
| Appropriations for surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the surveying service during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1869 and 1872. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-12 |
| Fort Tompkins, New York Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 1, 1872, relative to Fort Tompkins, New York Harbor. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-12 |
| Facilities for the trial of offenders. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20, 1872, relative to the inadequacy of the facilities for the trial of offenders against the laws of the United States, in the southern judicial district of New York. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-12 |
| Supplies for the Post-Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in compliance with the act of July 17, 1862, relative to contracts made by him for supplying his department with stationery, wrapping-paper, cotton and hemp twine, and letter-balances for one year from the 1st of February, 1872. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-12 |
| Commerce of the Schuylkill River. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1769.) Resolution of the Select and Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, relative to the commerce of the Schuylkill River. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-12 |
| Losses of certain cadets by fire. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of the losses of certain cadets by fire in their barracks on the 5th of February, 1871. March 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 806.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the State of Nevada asking for an appropriation of six thousand dollars to compensate J.A. Thompson for carrying the United States mail from Placerville, California, to Carson Valley, in Utah Territory, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 807.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred memorial and papers for the payment of vouchers at Lawrence, Kansas, for the erection of works of defense, under the command of Major General Curtis, report a bill, and submit the following extracts from the report of Brevet Major General Hardie... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 904.) The Committee on Patents, to whom were referred the bill for the relief of Charles P.S. Wardwell and the accompanying papers, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1939.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| Norris vs. Handley. March 14, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| William Vail [i.e., Vails]. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1275.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| Horace B. Shepard. (To accompany Bill H.R. 357.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| James O.P. Burnside. (To accompany Bill H.R. 309.) March 14, 1872.-- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 8, information in regard to the occupancy of the Indian Territory by unauthorized persons. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-15 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Patents in relation to a reorganization of the Patent-Office. March 15, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-15 |
| Chippewa half-breeds of Lake Superior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1871, relative to the issuance of scrip to the half-breeds or mixed-bloods belonging to the Chippewas of Lake Superior. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-15 |
| Registration of foreign-built vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a bill entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Registration of Foreign-built Vessels Owned by Citizens of the United States." March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-15 |
| Yerba Buena, or Goat Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of telegrams addressed to the President, from San Francisco, concerning Yerba Buena, or Goat Island. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-15 |
| Harbor of Ogdensburgh, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contract of Cornelius Daly for dredging the harbor of Ogdensburgh, New York. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-15 |
| Commercial agent at Belize. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relating to the compensation of the commercial agent at Belize, British Honduras. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-15 |
| Protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the annual report on the relief and protection of American seamen. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-15 |
| Treaty with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to an alleged delinquency on the part of the United States in carrying into effect the concluding paragraph of the ninth article of the treaty of 1819, between the United States and Spain. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 204.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Johnson, Lewis J. Davis, and David Walker, bankers, of the City of Washington, composing the firm of Lewis Johnson and Company, praying to be reimbursed for certain moneys paid by them on a check drawn by paymaster Benj. F. Gallaher, United States Navy, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-18 |
| Harbor of Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the harbor of Superior, and statement of the most unwarrantable interference of certain persons with a controversy pending between the State of Wisconsin and certain citizens of Du Luth. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-18 |
| Harbor at Port Washington. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for appropriation for improvement of the harbor at Port Washington, in said state. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-18 |
| Custom-house and post office at Saint Joseph, Missouri. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress for an appropriation for a post office and Custom-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-18 |
| Port of entry -- San Diego. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to making San Diego a port of entry. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-18 |
| Condition of the inhabitants of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the inhabitants of Alaska who resided there prior to the date of our acquisition of that territory. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-19 |
| Treaty with Nez Perce Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the third article of the treaty of August 13, 1868, with the Nez Perce Indians. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-19 |
| Navigation of Delaware River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the navigation of the Delaware River. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-19 |
| Refunding the cotton tax. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, requesting Congress to refund to the people of the cotton-growing states the amount of tax on cotton collected from them during the years 1865-'66-'67. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-19 |
| Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. (To accompany H. Res. --, first session 42d Congress.) Supplementary memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-19 |
| Albert Grant. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2035.) March 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-19 |
| Sale of stamped envelopes. March 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-19 |
| Beaver Lake in Indiana. (To accompany Bill S. 616.) March 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-19 |
| Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, in favor of raising the diplomatic representation at the court of Yedo to a first-class mission. March 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, in favor of an amendment to the bankrupt act. March 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, against the reduction of the duty on sumac. March, 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 435.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 435) to authorize the restoration of George Plunkett to his original rank as paymaster in the United States Navy, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 841.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James A. Waymire, praying to be paid arrears of pay while in the Army, have examined the same and beg leave to bring in the following report upon said claim... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-20 |
| Uniform tax on tobacco. Petition of workmen of Petersburgh, Virginia, for a uniform tax on tobacco. March 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, addressed to Hon. A.H. Cragin, Chairman Committee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate, inclosing copy of a communication from the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, in relation to the distribution of prize-money. March 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 849. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-21 |
| Letter from the Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 18, the memorial of the citizens and property-holders along N Street against the passage of the bill incorporating the National Junction Railroad Company. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-21 |
| Public property sold by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1872, in relation to public property sold by the War Department since July 1, 1865. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Navigator's Islands. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th of March relative to a protectorate over the Navigator's Islands. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Reservation at Fort Steilacoom. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain plots of the military reservation at Fort Steilacoom for the Committee on Territories. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of certain Indians known as Pottawatomies. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Appropriation for twelve Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to pay twelve Winnebago Indians. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Tonnage to and from San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 2, transmitting letter from the Collector of Customs at San Francisco. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Re-indenture or re-enslavement of Chinamen in Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting answer of the Secretary of State to House resolution of the 28th ultimo, relative to the re-indenture or re-enslavement of Chinamen in the island of Cuba by decrees lately issued by Captain General Valmaseda. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Correspondence between the War Department and Colonel Emory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 8, 1872, relative to the correspondence between the War Department and Colonel Emory, commanding the United States forces in Louisiana. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Appropriations to continue geological survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the expenses of continuing the geological survey of the territories during the ensuing fiscal year. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-21 |
| Expenditure of judiciary fund. Letter from the Attorney General, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, with exhibit of expenditure of judiciary fund from July 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-21 |
| Japanese Indemnity Fund. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the installments of the Japanese Indemnity Fund which remain unpaid. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution: Whereas the fourteenth section of an act approved July 1, 1862, incorporating the Union Pacific Railroad Company, provides... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-22 |
| Petition of residents of Utah Territory, praying that the protection of the general government may not be withdrawn from them by the admission of that territory as a state. March 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed, with the names of the petitioners, and an accompanying letter. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-22 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-second Congress. March 22, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 13.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Fanny Kelly, praying for compensation for losses sustained by the destruction of property by the Sioux Indians, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman made the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 260 and 850.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 260, together with the petition of loyal citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia, praying compensation for property destroyed by fire, and for livestock... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-22 |
| Condition of the Mississippi River between Alton and Saint Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the present condition of the Mississippi River between Alton and Saint Louis. March 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-22 |
| Direct importations. Memorial of the National Board of Trade, urging such amendments to the act of July 14, 1870, in regard to direct importations, as will include wines and distilled spirits in the advantages conferred by section twenty-nine of said act, and such regulations as will simplify the required entry at the port of arrival, allowing the goods to be forwarded without delay to the port of destination, as contemplated by said act. Also asking that the port of Mobile shall be added to those included in the privileges granted by said act. March 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of December 20, 1871, a statement in relation to the expenses of vessels on the coast of San Domingo. March 25, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 8, 1872, information in relation to the wharf or river-frontage used by the United States at New Orleans. March 25, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 9, 1872, information relative to the estimated cost of improving the navigation of Red River at or near Tone's Bayou. March 25, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-03-25 |
| Experiments on the coals of the Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, inclosing report of experiments on the coals of the Pacific coast, in compliance with a resolution of the House of March 22, 1872. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-25 |
| Fort Collins military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Fort Collins military reservation. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1513, Session Vol. No.10 | 1872-03-25 |
| Various Pacific Railroad Companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1872, relative to the various Pacific Railroad Companies. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-25 |
| Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1359.) Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-25 |
| Harbor at Mobile. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor at Mobile, Alabama. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-25 |
| Lands to be reclaimed in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2002.) Papers relating to bill on this subject. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Silk manufacture, Paterson, New Jersey. Memorial of over eight hundred freeholders, merchants, storekeepers, mechanics, and other citizens of the City of Paterson, New Jersey, asking that no reduction be made in the present duties on silk goods of foreign manufacture. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Breakwater at Trinidad Harbor, California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking an appropriation for a sea-wall or breakwater at Trinidad Harbor, in said state. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Public lands for support of public schools. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the donation of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands of the United States to the states and territories in which such lands are situated for the support of public schools. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Chicago relief bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the Chicago relief bill now pending before Congress. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Standard of silver coin. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting that the weight of silver coins be raised to the standard of 1850. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Public buildings at Racine. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a post office and Custom-house at Racine, Wisconsin. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Placerville Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, praying that if the Placerville Railroad is not constructed by 1873, the lands granted in favor thereof be declared forfeited. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Chippewa reservation. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, to secure the cession of the Chippewa Indian reservation at the mouth of Pigeon River, in the State of Minnesota. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Wagon-road from Lake Superior to Net Lake Reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for an appropriation to improve and complete a wagon-road from Lake Superior to the Net Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| Night accumulating reservoirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2110.) Letter from Mr. A. Watson, on night accumulating reservoirs. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 868.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of J. and C.M. Dailey for goods and provisions furnished the Sioux Indians in Minnesota, in the year 1862, would report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 485.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Harlow J. Phelps, of New Orleans, Louisiana, praying the return of a tax on cotton alleged to have been illegally collected of him in 1865, have examined the same, and beg leave to present the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Broaddus, praying compensation for a horse taken from him by the United States troops in 1862, have examined the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Caleb White and Bettie A. Thomas, to be reimbursed for overcharges in the shipment and sale of certain cotton seized and sold by an agent of the government, have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-26 |
| Failures of national banks. Mr. Samuel Hooper reported the following testimony taken by the Committee on Banking and Currency relative to national banks. March 26, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 96.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 96) for the relief of Cowan and Dickinson... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 160.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 160) relative to claims of certain northern creditors, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, made the following report. The case before the Committee on Finance arises on the application of William Ropes & Co., and other importers, of Boston and New York, as stated by them... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 873.) Under an act of Congress appropriating $100,000 for the construction of a building for use of the Department of Agriculture proposals were invited by the Commissioner... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1197.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 1197, granting a pension to Captain Henry M. Scott, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 879.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Armstrong for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 554.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of James F. Joy, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1073.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1073) granting a pension to Sarah Whiting, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-03-28 |
| Affairs on the Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the political complexion of affairs on the Texas frontier. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-28 |
| Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Washington Aqueduct. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-28 |
| Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the enlistment and service of the First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-28 |
| Newspapers publishing the law of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, transmitting a list of newspapers publishing the laws of the United States. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-28 |
| Consular and commercial agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, relative to the authority that can properly be conferred upon consular and commercial agents for the protection of the revenues of the country. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-28 |
| James M. Hanks, administrator of Dr. John F. Hanks. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1550.) Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House the Bill (H.R. 1550) for the relief of Dr. John F. Hanks, with his objections thereto. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-03-28 |
| Records of Ohio soldiers in War Department. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the records of Ohio soldiers in the War Department. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 196.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 196) for the relief of the owners of bark A 1, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 95.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill S. 95, for the relief of Minerva Lewis, administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Lewis, her late husband, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 199.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 199) for the relief of L. Merchant & Company, have had the same under consideration, and now submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 889.) The Committee on Claims, having considered the claims of Joseph Segar, of Virginia, for compensation for use and occupation of his farm by the United States during the late war of rebellion, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 895.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Milo Pratt, praying remuneration for losses sustained by the alleged failure of the Quartermaster's Department to comply with a contract made with him, in 1864, for furnishing coal, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 79.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 79, "for the Relief of Dudly [i.e., Dudley] D. Smith, in His Own Right and as Administrator of Whitcomb Smith, Deceased," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Julius Frank... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having before them the memorial of Brevet Brigadier General B.S. Roberts, U.S. Army, (retired,) asking Congress to provide for the payment to him of a royalty for the use by the government of devices in breech-loading arms, and for a machine for tapering metallic cartridges invented by him, beg leave, after due examination, to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Jones, praying compensation in consequence of the failure of the government to comply with a contract with him for supplying cloth for the use of the Army, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committe [i.e., Committee] on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary J. McMullin, praying the refunding to her of certain money taken by the military authorities during the war of the rebellion, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of L. Merchant & Co., praying Congress to refund to them the amount realized from the sale of the steam-lighter Ingomar, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-01 |
| Dr. J.E. Houard. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, with papers, relative to Dr. J.E. Houard. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-01 |
| John T. Johnson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1867, with his objections. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-01 |
| Amendment of organic act of Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah, praying for an amendment of the organic act of that territory. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| University in Montana. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for a grant of land for the establishment of a university therein. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| School lands in Montana. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for authority to grant temporary leases of the school lands therein as an aid to public schools. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| Salaries of territorial officers. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for an increase in the salaries of federal officials therein. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| Harbor of refuge, North Cheboygan River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, urging appropriation to complete harbor of refuge at mouth of Cheboygan River. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| Removal of troops from South Carolina. Joint resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking that the federal troops be not removed from that state. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| Indian affairs in Arizona. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of California, relating to Indian affairs in the Territory of Arizona. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| Soldiers' homesteads. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to soldiers' homesteads. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| D.C. Giddings vs. W.T. Clark. Papers in the case of Giddings vs. Clark, Third Congressional District of Texas. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-01 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, addressed to Honorable P.W. Hitchcock, in relation to the encouragement of the growth of timber on western prairies. April 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 680. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-02 |
| Resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to the form of an amendment for the Bill of the House (H.R. 1537) entitled "An Act To Repeal Existing Duties on Tea and Coffee." April 2, 1872. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 905.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah L. Spring and Harriet Spring, of Waterville, Maine, heirs of Captain Williams Barker, deceased, of the continental establishment of the Revolutionary Army, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-02 |
| Round Valley Indian Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 18, 1872, relative to the extension of the Indian reservation known as the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in the State of California. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Expenses of sales of useless military reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to carry into effect the act of February 24, 1871, for the expenses of survey, appraisement, and other contingent expenses necessary and attendant upon the sale of useless military reservations provided for by said act. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Appropriation for records in recorder's office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for records, &c., in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, for the current fiscal year. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Evidence in claims for bounty. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the third section of an act of Congress, approved May 17, 1856, admitting parol evidence to establish claims for bounty-land warrants, where no record evidence is found to exist. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Lands to Mississippi and Alabama. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 15, 1872, relative to the disposition of the lands granted to the states of Mississippi and Alabama, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the mouth of the Ohio River to the City of Mobile, Alabama. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Employes of subsistence department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the number of enlisted men on extra duty, and of civilian employes in the subsistence department. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Claim of Dakota Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Dakota Territory for pay, &c., of troops in the Indian War of 1862. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Officers and employes of the Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to officers and employes of the Quartermaster's Department. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Keerl & Miller. Letter from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the payment of $582.70 to Messrs. Keerl & Miller. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Trade with Atlantic and foreign ports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 2, 1872, transmitting letters from the collectors of Customs at Portland and Astoria, Oregon. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-02 |
| Admission of Utah into the Union. Memorial of the convention to frame a constitution for the admission of Utah into the Union as a state, convened at Salt Lake City, February 19, 1872; with the constitution of the State of Deseret, adopted in convention March 2, 1872, ratified by vote of the people March 18, 1872. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-02 |
| P.P. Pitchlynn. Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, delegate of the Choctaw Nation, upon the subject of the claim of the Choctaw Nation to the net proceeds under the award of the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-02 |
| Letter from Admiral David D. Porter, on the subject of Senate Bill No. 848, entitled "A Bill for the Reduction of the Number and Grades of Officers of the Navy, and Other Purposes." April 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 908.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Potts, submit the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pool made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 909.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the administrator of the estate of the late Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton, and the letter of the Secretary of the Interior of the 27th of March, 1872, relative to the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Simon Van Etten, formerly of Corning, New York, and now a citizen of Wisconsin, praying compensation for certain services and expenditures therein set forth, have, according to the order of the Senate, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 911.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-03 |
| The Workingmen's Co-operative Colonization National Bank. Petition of citizens of New York, praying for the establishment of the Workingmen's Co-operative Colonization National Bank of America. April 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-03 |
| Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the Niagara Falls ship-canal. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 892.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 892, granting a pension to Margaret Lee, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth S. Lathrop, praying for an increase of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a petition, numerously signed, embracing certain resolutions adopted at a public meeting in Milwaukee, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevenson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 788.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 788, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Red Bear, a Chief of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-04 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 26, 1872, information in relation to the lands in Louisiana granted to said state in aid of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-04 |
| Survey of lands in the Indian Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1192.) Protest of the Indian delegates to the survey of their lands in the Indian Territory, as proposed in the Indian appropriation bill. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-04 |
| Cost and sales of public lands. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, giving information as to the cost and sales of public lands. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-04 |
| Contracts for transportation of the mails. April 4, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with leave of the minority to submit their views. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-04 |
| Resolution of the House of Representatives, expressive of the regret with which Congress has heard of the demise of Professor S.F.B. Morse. April 5, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the transfer of the public lands of the United States to corporations. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-05 |
| Abstract of returns of an election held in Utah Territory, on March 18, 1872, for the purpose of voting for or against the constitution of the proposed State of Deseret. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 929.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert Lowry, asking compensation for the value of a dwelling-house, furniture, wearing-apparel, &c., burned under military authority, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-05 |
| Message from the President of the United States, accompanying information called for by a Senate resolution of January 18, 1872, in relation to the correspondence which has passed between the governments of the United States and Great Britain relating to the dues now collected in the latter country from merchant-shipping for the support of light-houses and beacons. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-05 |
| Ship-canal -- Chesapeake to Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, relative to a ship-canal between Chesapeake and Delaware bays. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-05 |
| Black River Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th March, relative to the need of further improvements in the harbor of Black River, Ohio. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-05 |
| Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the expenses incurred in the arbitration had between the United States and the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-05 |
| Light-house at New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 20, relative to removing the light-house at New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, to Southwest Ledge. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-05 |
| Board of Pilot Commissioners, New York. Letter from the Hydrographic Inspector of the Coast Survey Office, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the Board of Pilot Commissioners of New York. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-05 |
| Oliver Moses and others, owners of ship John Carver. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1221.) Memorial of Oliver Moses and others, owners of the ship John Carver. April 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-05 |
| Swamp and overflowed lands, Brooklyn Navy-yard. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1436.) Memorial of New York and Brooklyn Improvement Company, relative to swamp and overflowed lands at Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-05 |
| American Printing-house for the Blind. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to granting aid to the American Printing-house and University for the Blind. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-05 |
| Steamers Nutrias and San Fernando. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, relative to the seizure of the steamers Nutrias and San Fernando. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-05 |
| Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting report preliminary for continuing the survey of the Colorado of the west and its tributaries, by Professor Powell. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-05 |
| Reform School of the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1083.) April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-05 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of reserving public lands in that state for actual settlers only, under the homestead and pre-emption laws, and for a more rapid extension of the surveys of public lands in said state. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-08 |
| Memorial of the chiefs and principal men of the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin, praying to have secured to them the quiet possession of their reservation. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. West made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 755.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill for the Relief of the Former Occupants of the Present Military Reservation at Point San Jose, in the City and County of San Francisco," beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1288.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 1288, with accompanying papers, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2042.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2042) providing for the relief of Fannie M. Jackson, of Tennessee, have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1700.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 1700, praying for certain relief, have considered said bill, with the accompanying papers, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2046.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution No. 2076, for the relief of Theodore Adams, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James M. Ellison, asking compensation for property taken and destroyed by United States troops in Virginia, in 1861, after due consideration submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-08 |
| Dr. J.E. Houard. Statement from Dr. John G. Houard, of Philadelphia, relative to the arrest, trial, and conviction of Dr. John E. Houard by the Spanish authorities in the island of Cuba. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-08 |
| Dr. John E. Houard. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs with leave to report, at any time, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Navigation of Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for the protection of the navigation of the Saint Croix River and the improvements thereof. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Bands of roving Indians. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking the removal of certain bands of roving Indians to their western reservations. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Asylum for orphans of deceased soldiers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for authority to the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers to transfer a parcel of ground to the State of Wisconsin for the uses of an asylum for the orphans of deceased soldiers. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Church and school-building in Santa Fe. (To accompany H. Res. 130.) Memorial on the subject of a church and school-building in Santa Fe. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Disabilities in West Virginia. Resolutions of the constitutional convention of West Virginia, recommending that all political disabilities growing out of the late Civil War shall cease in West Virginia. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Private land claims in New Mexico. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-08 |
| Memorial of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company asking increased mail steamship service between the United States and Brazil. April 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 162.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 162) to refund certain moneys now standing to the credit of the Navy Pension Fund, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 944.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the Pottawatomie Indians remaining in Michigan and Indiana for the payment of annuities due them, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-09 |
| Alabama claims and indirect damages. April 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-09 |
| Relief of William F. Barker. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1564.) April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-09 |
| Gooding vs. Wilson. April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-09 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts on the subject of French spoliations. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 835.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill 835, for the relief of Cecilia Barr, widow of William Barr, have examined the same and accompanying papers, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2032.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. John H. McQuown, of Illinois, for allowance for his services as surgeon of volunteers, have considered the same, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 569.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 569, accompanied with the petition of Thomas B. Wallace, praying compensation for his dwelling-house and its contents destroyed by order of Colonel James A. Mulligan, in command of the United States forces at the City of Lexington, Missouri, on the 13th of September, 1861, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James A. Harrold... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 526.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 526), for the relief of Ambrose Morrison, adopt the report upon the memorial of said Morrison, made by Mr. Window, in the House of Representatives, 1st session 38th Congress, in the following words... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 377.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Senate Bill 377 for the relief of the legal representatives of George T. Wiggins, of Keokuk, in the State of Iowa, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting according to law, statement of contingent expenses of the said Department. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 2, 1872, relative to the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Obstructions in East Chester Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 25, 1872, relative to the cost of removing certain obstructions in the East Chester Creek. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Coosa and Tennessee Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1872, relative to the Coosa and Tennessee Rivers. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Fishing-grounds of North Pacific Ocean. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th of January last relative to a report made by Colonel Cutts. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Beaver Lake, Indiana. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 2, 1872, relative to Beaver Lake, in the County of Newton, State of Indiana. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Creek orphans of 1832. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to restore to the Creek orphans of 1832 certain funds to which they are entitled under the treaty of March 24, 1832. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Post-office building, North Providence. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 3, 1872, relative to a post-office building at North Providence, in the State of Rhode Island. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Treasurer of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill for the relief of the Treasurer of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Columbia Hospital for Women. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation of $30,000 for purchasing a site for the Columbia Hospital for Women. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| Property sold by the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the sales of property belonging to the United States by any officer or agent of the Navy Department since the 30th of June, 1865. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-10 |
| G.W. Whitmore vs. W.S. Herndon. Papers in the contested election case of G.W. Whitmore vs. W.S. Herndon, in the First Congressional District of Texas. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-10 |
| Purchase of Wiard gun. Letters from the Secretary of the Navy and Admiral Porter, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the purchase of the Wiard fifteen-inch gun. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-10 |
| Famine in Persia. Petition of fifty-three citizens of Belpre, Ohio, asking that Congress provide some method of sending contributions of the benevolent to those suffering by famine in Persia. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-10 |
| Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. April 10, 1872. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to a uniform tax on tobacco by the federal government. April 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-11 |
| Resolutions of tobacco manufacturers and dealers of Kentucky, in favor of a uniform tax of twenty cents per pound on all kinds and grades of manufactured tobacco. April 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 953.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of James Cameron and Emma S. Cameron, his wife, praying compensation for the use and destruction of property by the Army, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 954.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Cicero Sims, guardian of William Hutchison... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 956.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the petition and papers for the relief of Timothy Baker, of Saint John's, Michigan, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 28, 1872, information concerning the Presidio Military Reservation, near San Francisco. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-11 |
| Dr. John Emilio Houard. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-11 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, accompanying a comparative statement of operations of the Post-Office Department from 1868 to 1871, inclusive. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of John W. Smith, for expenses incurred and losses sustained in the United States service as a scout, spy, and partisan in the years 1861, 1862, and 1863, have examined the same, and made the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-12 |
| Improvement in Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives February 8, in relation to the improvement of the Connecticut River below Hartford. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-12 |
| Survey of certain rivers in the southern states. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of certain rivers in the southern states. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-12 |
| Wagon-road in Wyoming. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1512.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a wagon-road in Wyoming. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-12 |
| Revenue marine steamers on the lakes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th January relative to United States revenue marine steamers on the lakes during the past season. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-12 |
| Children of John M. Baker. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House the Bill (H.R. 2041) for the relief of the children of John M. Baker, with his objections thereto. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-12 |
| Criminal cases in district courts of Utah. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1872, relative to criminal cases pending in district courts of Utah Territory. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-12 |
| Life-preserving stations. (To accompany Bill H.R. 461.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, Chairman of Committee on Commerce, relative to the bill for life-preserving stations. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-12 |
| Reduction of postage. Memorial of W.C.H. Waddell, reported by Mr. Potter, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, relative to a reduction of postage. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-12 |
| Dr. J.E. Houard. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing a telegram from the charge d'affaires at Madrid, relating to the claim of Dr. Houard for protection as an American citizen. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-12 |
| Testimonials to diplomatic and consular officers. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to the acceptance of testimonials from the Emperor of Germany by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, for services rendered German subjects during the late war between France and Germany. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-12 |
| W.A. Burleigh and S.L. Spink vs. M.K. Armstrong. April 12, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-12 |
| Levees of the Mississippi River. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-12 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of an increase of the ocean mail steamship service between San Francisco, Japan, and China. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-15 |
| Annual statement of the Washington City Savings Bank, for the year ending April 1, 1872. April 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to confirming to the Great and Little Osage Indians a reservation in the Indian Territory. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 976. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimates of the Chief of Engineers in relation to the Falls of Saint Anthony. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 9, 1872, information relating to the canal and dike at Du Luth, Minnesota. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-15 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning Bill S. 805, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Abigail Ryan, Widow of Thomas A. Ryan," with his objections. April 15, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-15 |
| American seamen. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to American seamen. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Manufacture and issue of arms. Statement from the Ordnance Department relating to the manufacture and issue of arms for the militia. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Improvement of channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, respecting the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Improvement of the Ohio River. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Martha L. Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2126.) Papers reported by Mr. Frye, relative to the claim of Martha L. Hambleton. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Signal service. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, recommending an additional appropriation to the signal service. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Improvement of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the Saint Louis Board of Trade, concerning improvement of the Mississippi River. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-15 |
| Jane A. Birckhead and Virginia Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. 400.) April 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-15 |
| Sales of ordnance stores. April 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the construction of a causeway across the west branch of the Ohio River at Wheeling. April 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-16 |
| Petition of members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Mississippi, praying that a law be enacted similar to the bill known as the "Sumner Amendment to the General Amnesty Bill." April 17, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the passage of an act to place lumber on the free list. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-17 |
| Communication from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in regard to direct taxes apportioned to the several states by act of Congress of August 5, 1861. April 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 781.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 409.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 409) for the relief of Rear-Admiral Thomas Turner, made the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 983.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret B. Franks... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1942.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 1942, entitled "An Act for the Relief of D.C. Farrell, of Peoria, Illinois," respectfully submit to the Senate the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1545.) The Committee on Claims to which was referred House Bill No. 1565 [i.e., 1545], for relief of Naomi Stevens, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-17 |
| Abraham P. Eyre. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1233.) Letter from the Secretary of War, at the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to claim of Abraham P. Eyre, of Philadelphia. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Treaty with the Cherokee Nation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the sixteenth article of the treaty of 19th July, 1866, with the Cherokee Nation of Indians. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Collector of Customs at Port Townsend, W.T. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in further response to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1872, relative to the collector of Customs at Port Townsend, Washington Territory. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Trowel-bayonet. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 4, 1872, relative to the experimental trial made in the Army of the trowel-bayonet. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Claim of Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Chickasaw Nation for interest due on certain state stocks belonging to the Chickasaw Nation fund. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Major General Don Carlos Buell. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of March 1, 1872, relative to Major General Don Carlos Buell. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Government building in Washington City. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an additional appropriation for modification, renovation, and repair of the government building at the corner of F and Seventeenth streets. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| Bounty for slaves. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bounty for slaves who enlisted in the Army. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 989.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, praying Congress to allow a pension to John Carbaugh, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 990.) The committee to whom was referred the petition of Reuben Goodrich, late receiver of public moneys at Traverse City, Michigan, praying to be reimbursed certain moneys paid on settlement of his accounts, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Morris, praying a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 720.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill (No. 720) entitled "A Bill for the Relief of John Milone..." | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 882.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 882, to authorize the settlement of the claim of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-18 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, lists of the clerks, messengers, and laborers employed in the various bureaus of the War Department during the year 1871. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-18 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying engineer reports upon the survey of the mouth of Saint Mark's River and of Choctawhatchee River, Florida. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-18 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying an engineer report of a reconnaissance of the Yellowstone River in 1871. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-18 |
| Marine hospital charges. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to regulate marine hospital charges for sick or disabled foreign seamen. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-18 |
| Pay of professors of the Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to pay of the Military Academy professors. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-18 |
| Light-house at New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 20, 1872, relative to removing the light-house at New Haven Harbor to Southwest Ledge. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-18 |
| Two per cent. fund, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1872. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the Committee on Finance be and hereby are instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending section 29 of "An Act To Provide a National Currency Secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to Provide for the Circulation and Redemption Thereof," so as to read as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 670.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 670) for the relief of Benjamin W. Reynolds, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Hedley... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, a report of the Board of Engineers, relative to the improvement of Mobile Harbor. April 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-19 |
| Condition of affairs in the southern states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of 25th January last relative to the lawlessness in insurrectionary states. April 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Insurrectionary States and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-19 |
| Ralph King. April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-19 |
| Andrew Ten Brook. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1150.) April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-19 |
| Samuel Bromberg. April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-19 |
| Washington National Monument. April 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 7, 1872, a preliminary report of Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, of the progress of the engineer exploration of the public domain in Nevada and Arizona. April 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-20 |
| Proposals of the Western Iron-Ship and Boat-Building Company to construct vessels of war and their machinery. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 667.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 667) for the relief of Elijah J. Woolum, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-22 |
| Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a copy of the counter case of the United States, presented to the tribunal of arbitration, at Geneva, under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-22 |
| Tariff on wool. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, opposing the reduction of the tariff on imported wool. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-22 |
| Ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-22 |
| Unsold government lands in Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to grant to the State of Missouri the government lands remaining unsold in said state, the proceeds to be applied to the public-school fund of the state. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1020.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Vincent... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-23 |
| Richard B. Crawford. (To accompany Bill H.R. 622.) Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill 622, granting a pension to Richard B. Crawford, with his objections. April 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-23 |
| Foreign-built vessels. Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, protesting against any enactment permitting the unrestricted purchase of foreign-built vessels, as against the interest of American shipping and commerce. April 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1526, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-04-23 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 3, 1872, a statement of the statistics of wools and woolens, showing the importation and domestic production thereof. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1021.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A.W. Moss, praying compensation for services as a member of a military Custom-house board, at Nashville, in 1863, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Bernard Hess... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of L.C.P. Cowper... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Caleb H. Blood, asking compensation for expenses incurred as consul at Monterey, Mexico, and for money and goods furnished to refugees, upon orders of the United States consul and military officers at Matamoras, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1944.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1944) for the relief of Edward T. Gates, postmaster at Thomaston, Connecticut, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 355.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 355) "Referring the Claim of Ingersoll & Graham for Damages Under a Contract for Building a Marine Hospital at Detroit, Michigan, to the Court of Claims," beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having before them the petition of William Alcorn, praying compensation for damages to property at Jefferson City, Missouri, during the late war, after due examination, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Annie Dorsey Reeves, praying compensation for the use and occupation of her property by the Freedmen's Bureau, in Charleston, South Carolina, having examined the same with accompanying evidence, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 166.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of David Braden, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| Payment of female nurses. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to Committee on Military Affairs, relative to payment of female nurses for services during the late war. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-24 |
| Clothing to soldiers in national asylums. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to clothing issued to disabled soldiers in the national asylums. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-24 |
| Light-station at Solomon's Lump. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1872, relative to a light-station at Solomon's Lump, in Kedge's Straits, between Tangier Sound and Chesapeake Bay. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-24 |
| Penitentiaries in territories. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 19, 1872, showing the cost of equipping and maintaining penitentiaries in the territories of Colorado, Montana, and Idaho. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-24 |
| Richard B. Crawford. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2503.) April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1198.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1198) granting a pension to Ann Hunter, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 752.) The committee to whom was referred the Bill (S. 752) granting a pension to Peter Campbell, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 761.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 761) granting a pension to Albert A. Morey, have had the same under consideration, and now submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Manuel Roberts praying that he be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 19, 1872, the report of a board of engineers upon the present condition of the Mississippi River between Saint Louis and Alton. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-25 |
| New Orleans wharf property. Letter from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the New Orleans wharf property. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-25 |
| Oath of office of officers of Customs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to facilitate the taking of the oath of office by subordinate officers of the Customs. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-25 |
| Appropriations for Quapaw Indian lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to appropriations for land ceded to the United States by the Quapaw Indians. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-25 |
| Charges against the Navy Department. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on the pending bill and amendments thereto to five minutes... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Revision of the Rules, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the 28th rule be amended by adding thereto the following words... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the thirtieth rule be amended by inserting after the word "Senate," in the second line of the second paragraph, the words "or proposed in pursuance of an estimate from the head of some of the departments." | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: resolved, that the twelfth rule be amended by adding thereto the words... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 104.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Rear-Admiral Joseph Lanman... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1032.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred the memorial and supplementary memorial of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-26 |
| Building on government dock, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a building on the government dock at New York. April 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, on motion of Mr. Garfield, from the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-26 |
| Legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. April 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the passage of the bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Light-house Board so as to include the Mississippi River from Saint Paul to its mouth, the Missouri River from Sioux City to its mouth, and the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to its mouth. April 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-27 |
| J. Ross Browne. April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-27 |
| John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2568.) April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-27 |
| Mrs. M.S. Morse, administratrix. (To accompany Bill H.R. 333.) April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-27 |
| T.H. Holderness. April 27, 1872 -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Duell, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of State of January 28, 1871, transmitting the claim of T.H. Holderness, owner of the British ship Duke of Edinburgh, would respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-27 |
| Memorial of the Columbia Typographical Union, remonstrating against the repeal of the eight-hour law. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Vickers submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on the Revision of the Rules be instructed to inquire into the propriety of so amending the thirtieth rule of the Senate as to confine amendments to appropriations bills to matters germane or pertinent to such bills. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1872. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-29 |
| Improvement of Ohio River at Zane's Island. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, praying the passage of an act authorizing the construction of a fill, or causeway, across the west branch of the Ohio River, from a point at or near the head of Zane's Island, to the west bank of said river, in Belmont County, Ohio, for the purpose of improving the navigation of said river. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-29 |
| Lights and buoys on western rivers. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, memorializing Congress in reference to the establishment of lights and buoys in western rivers. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-29 |
| Amendment of the rules. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-29 |
| Albany a port of entry. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking that Albany be made a port of entry. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-29 |
| James De Long. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2622.) April 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, directed to transmit to the Senate a statement of the following particulars in regard to certain railroad companies respectively, namely, the Central Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads, the Union Pacific Railroad, the Kansas Pacific, the Central Branch Union Pacific, Sioux City and Pacific... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Kleinman, praying compensation for property taken by United States troops at Washington, D.C., in 1865, have considered the same and make the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-04-30 |
| Message from the President of the United States, accompanying the transmission of the annual report of the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-04-30 |
| Chippewa River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Chippewa River, Wisconsin. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-04-30 |
| Appropriation required for investigation of Indian bounty frauds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation to meet expenses incurred in the investigation of Indian bounty frauds. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-04-30 |
| Professorship of dental surgery in Military and Naval Academies. (To accompany H.R. 2140.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to creating a professorship of dental surgery at the United States Military and Naval academies. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-04-30 |
| First Regiment Florida Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Company E, First Regiment Florida Cavalry. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-04-30 |
| Signal-station at Hatteras. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to signal-stations at Hatteras. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-04-30 |
| Claims of the State of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report concerning the history and character of certain claims of the State of Texas. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1515, Session Vol. No.12 | 1872-04-30 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the building of a bridge across the Big Sioux River. May 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in relation to settlers on swamp-lands or land claimed as such. May 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 198.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 198), for the relief of Warren & Moore, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1026.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Commander D.L. Braine... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pool submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1060.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Saran S. Stafford, for payment of the services of her father, James Bayard Stafford, an officer in the Navy of the Revolution, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 952.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 952) to advance Homer C. Blake one grade in the Navy, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1551.) May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1551) for the relief of S.B. Mitchell, George W. Mitchell, and John W. Mitchell, have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. On the 13th of April, 1867, a contract was entered into by A. Grant and Darius C. Jackson, under the firm name of A. Grant & Co., with the United States, through Major General George H. Crosman, acting for the government, by the terms of which the contractors agree to erect, in the City of Philadelphia, and complete, according to specifications, on or before the 13th of March, 1868... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 706.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 706, to authorize the continuance of mail steamship service between the United States and Cuba, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1071.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a petition that certain United States bonds burned in Spitzendorf, Germany, may be re-issued in duplicate to the executors of the owner, have had the same under consideration, and report thereon as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Alcorn, from the Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River, submitted the following report. Private enterprise in Louisiana had brought into market swamp-lands held by the federal government to the extent of two millions of acres. In consideration of this gain to the Treasury, the act of March 2, 1849, granted the remaining swamp-lands in Louisiana to that state for the uses of her levees... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| Report on the condition of the office of the Treasurer the United States. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-05-02 |
| Lots sold at Fort Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to complete survey of lots sold at Fort Gratiot military reservation. May 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-02 |
| Heirs of Ely Moore. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| T.R. Curtis and J.H. Richmond. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| Territory of Oklahoma. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| Erastus S. Joslyn. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| Elbridge Gerry. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2637.) May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1074.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A. Gordon Millin... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were "directed to inquire into the facts connected with the placing of Doctor James C. Palmer's name above that of Doctor Ninian Pinkney, as surgeon in the Navy," have attended to the duty assigned them, and submit the following statement of facts... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-04 |
| Georgia claim -- use of Western and Atlantic Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2670.) Memorial of his excellency James M. Smith, governor of the State of Georgia, praying for the payment of money due by the government of the United States to the State of Georgia for the use of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the property of the State of Georgia, by the authorities of the United States since the war. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-06 |
| Against the admission of Utah as a state. Memorial of citizens of Utah, against the admission of that territory as a state. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-06 |
| King's geological report. May 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Printing. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-06 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 23, 1872, information relative to the recent affray at the court-house in Going Snake, Indian Territory, and recommending the erection of a judicial district in the Indian Territory. May 7, 1872. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a report of the examination and survey of Red River from its mouth to a point above Shreveport, Louisiana. May 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-07 |
| Military post, Beaver City, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for a military post near the town of Beaver City, Utah. May 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-07 |
| Collector of Customs at Alexandria, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill to increase the compensation of the collector of Customs for the District of Alexandria. May 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-07 |
| D.C. Giddings vs. W.T. Clark. Third District of Texas. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-07 |
| Isaac G. McKissick vs. Alexander S. Wallace. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-07 |
| Bounty to Missouri state militia. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-07 |
| Paymasters' clerks. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-07 |
| Military prison. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2692.) May 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-07 |
| Memorial of Thomas E. Tutt & Co., assignees of Smith and Vernon, praying compensation for goods furnished the Osage Regiment of Missouri Volunteers in 1861. December 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. May 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 639.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 639, for the relief of Jane A. Green, together with the accompanying petition and papers, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2400.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2400) granting a pension to William B. Taylor, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2339 [i.e., 2399].) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2399, granting a pension to Ada H. McDonald, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1088.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the claims of Messrs. Durfee & Peck... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1089.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred petition and accompanying papers of the State of Nevada, asking an appropriation for payment of claims of the state against the United States, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 1090.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William L. Utley, praying to be relieved from the payment of a judgment, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1098.) The committee to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Navy, recommending the proposals of the International Steamship Company for creating dock and building yards... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| Lay's torpedo. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to Lay's torpedo plan. May 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-09 |
| Signal-service and telegraph companies. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2397.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2397, granting a pension to Margaret C. Gibson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 858.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 858) granting a pension to John B. Rose, of Indiana, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1106.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. F. Selina Buchanan, widow of McKean Buchanan, late paymaster in the Navy, praying relief for losses occasioned by the arbitrary order of his commanding officer, have considered the same, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1108.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1076) for the relief of George R. Wilson, have considered the same and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the select committee appointed to investigate all sales of ordnance stores made by the government of the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1497, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-11 |
| Difficulties in Cherokee Country. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of April 29, relative to the recent difficulties in the Cherokee Country. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-11 |
| Money paid into the Treasury by War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, relative to money paid into the Treasury by the War Department for sales of property. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-11 |
| Caleb H. Gurk, (Greek.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the charge of desertion against Caleb H. Gurk, (Greek,) First Michigan Volunteers. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-11 |
| Sale of light-house reservation at Fort Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the sale of the light-house reservation at Fort Gratiot. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-11 |
| Claim of owners of steamer Aroostook. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House, of 15th March last, relative to claim by the owners of the steamer Aroostook used by the United States legation in Japan. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-11 |
| Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. Communication from the Governor of Alabama, transmitting a report concerning the establishment of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-11 |
| Waddy Thompson. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting their report in the case (No. 27) of Waddy Thompson. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-11 |
| Benjamin W. Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1634.) May 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1528, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-11 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. S.C. Pomeroy, Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, inclosing copy of a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, asking for such constructive legislation as will enable him to administer with certainty the law commonly known as the soldiers' homestead law. May 13, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 1, 1872, statements from the commandants of the armories at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Rock Island, Illinois, showing the operation of the eight-hour law. May 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-13 |
| Eight-hour law at Springfield armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 12, relative to the operations of the armory at Springfield in the working of the eight-hour law. May 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-13 |
| Affairs in the District of Columbia. May 13, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-13 |
| Message from the President of the United States, recommending legislation in relation to the transportation of immigrants to and within the United States. May 14, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-14 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 955) granting a pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, widow of William W. Montgomery, late captain in Texas Volunteers, with his objections. May 14, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-14 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 28, 1872, correspondence in regard to the persecution and oppression of the Israelites in Roumania. May 14, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-14 |
| Report of the Solicitor General and Acting Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 23, 1872, information in relation to proceedings which have been taken in the judicial courts to restrain the digging of a canal across Minnesota Point, near Du Luth, in the State of Minnesota. May 14, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-14 |
| Drake's patent fuse. (To accompany Bill H.R. 880.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 880) authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase Drake's patent fuse. May 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 924.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah S. Trapp, widow and executix of William Trapp, late of Elmira, New York, deceased, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gilbert submitted the following report. The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom, at the first session of the Forty-second Congress, was referred S. 213, a bill authorizing the Postmaster General to continue in use in the postal service of the United States a machine for postmarking and for the cancellation of postage-stamps, and to make settlement with the inventor, patentee, and assignees thereof for the past and future use of the same by the Post-Office Department... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1945.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1945, "for the Relief of E.W. Whitaker, of Hartford, Connecticut," together with the accompanying petition and papers, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth B. McCormick, of Washington, District of Columbia, praying compensation for loss sustained in her business of keeping boarders, and extraordinary rents paid, by reason of being suddenly dispossessed of the houses she was occupying by the military authorities, who took and held possession thereof for military purposes, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 19, 1872, estimates of appropriations necessary for the next fiscal year to carry out the recommendations of the report of Captain Faunce, and render operative and effective the life-saving stations on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island. May 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-15 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking grants of land for university and normal school purposes. April 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and committee discharged. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 217) to amend an act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Rebecca S. Harrison," approved February 25, 1865... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2417.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2417, granting a pension to Abraham Cooper, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 884.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 884, for the relief of the sureties of Frederick Bochmler, of the State of Iowa, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1042.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1042) for the relief of Thomas Hollis, of Morgan County, Georgia, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 103.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 103) "for the Relief of Henry N. Galpin, Postmaster at Berlin, Connecticut," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1564.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1564), "for the Relief of William F. Barker, Postmaster at Northville, Fulton County, New York," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2255.) The Committee on Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2255) "for the Relief of W.H. Kirk," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 744.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill 744, for the relief of William G. Langford, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2623.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2623, to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitter Root Valley, in the Territory of Montana, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-16 |
| Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1872, information in regard to certain railroad companies. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-16 |
| Treaty of Washington. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to the differences of opinion which have arisen with regard to the powers of the Tribunal of Arbitration created under the Treaty of Washington. May 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-05-16 |
| Claim of Connecticut and other states. May 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of an increase of ocean mail steamship service between San Francisco and Japan and China. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of maintaining the present duty on chiccory flour. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the erection of fortifications for the defense of the city and harbor of San Diego. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of reimbursing the settlers on Suscol Rancho for moneys expended for the survey of United States lands and for the erection of buildings thereon. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 599.) The committee, to whom was referred Senate Bill 599, granting a pension to Julia Belle Dunlap, have had the same under consideration, and now submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2416.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2416) granting a pension to Andrew Reinfort, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2418.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2418) granting a pension to Nancy E. Pugh, as the alleged widow of David H. Pugh, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-17 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the inspector of the national cemeteries for the years 1870 and 1871. May 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 17, 1872. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-17 |
| Pay of railway post office clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations in relation to an additional appropriation for the payment of the clerks of railway post-offices. May 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-18 |
| Montana war-claim. Testimony in relation to Indian war-claims of the Territory of Montana. May 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-18 |
| New German "mark." Letter from the Secretary of State, to Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing translation of a note from Mr. Schlozer, the German Minister, in relation to the rate of exchange in the United States of the new German "mark." May 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-18 |
| Hamilton Woolen Company. May 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-18 |
| Mary Barlow. May 18, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 291.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was recommitted the Bill (S. 291) for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States ship Wyoming, have examined the same, and report the bill with an amendment... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-20 |
| Consolidation of the navigation and Customs collection laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend the navigation and Customs collection laws of the United States. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-05-20 |
| Public buildings at Cincinnati. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a site for the erection of public buildings at Cincinnati, Ohio. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Claim of Juan Carlos Santistevan et al., (claim No. 61, New Mexico.) Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, transmitting the report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land-claim in said territory numbered 61. May 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Improvement of Edgartown Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 5, 1872, in relation to the improvement of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Fines, penalties, and forfeitures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to regulate the remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures and the distribution of the proceeds thereof. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Sergeant John R. Williams. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Lance Sergeant John R. Williams, general service, United States Army, for reimbursement of clothing destroyed during the great fire at Chicago. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Alonzo J. Marsh. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the proposed act restoring Alonzo J. Marsh to his rank as captain in the Eleventh Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| James De Long and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of James De Long and others, of Kentucky, for compensation for services rendered during the late war. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Military barracks at Plattsburgh. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, 1872, relative to the military barracks at Plattsburgh, New York. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Connection of waters of Tennessee River with Atlantic Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the surveys ordered by Congress with a view to connecting the waters of the Tennessee River and Atlantic Ocean through Alabama and Georgia. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| William Marvin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the private land-claim of William Marvin, of Florida. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Thomas Haslam. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the muster of Thomas Haslam as a second lieutenant in Company K, Twenty-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-20 |
| Reneau Female University. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2815.) Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the Reneau Female University of Mississippi. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-20 |
| Maria M. Dickens, Eloise C. Dickens, Amelia J. Dickens. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, relative to the claim (No. 9842) of Maria M. Dickens, Eloise C. Dickens, and Amelia J. Dickens, of Washington, D.C. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-20 |
| International ship-canal. Resolution of the House of Representatives and letter from the Secretary of State in relation to an international ship-canal. May 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-20 |
| S.S. Potter. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-20 |
| James A. McCullah. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-20 |
| James A. McCullah. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-20 |
| Japanese Indemnity Fund. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 11, 1872, a statement in regard to certain railroad companies. May 21, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-21 |
| Annual statement of the National Savings-Bank of Washington, D.C. for the year ending December 31, 1871. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the Governor of the State of Tennessee, praying an appropriation to the state for materials belonging to the Winchester and Alabama Railroad, used by the government during the late war, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1261.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 1261, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Thomas D. West, of Sandusky, in the State of Ohio," having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1274.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1274) for the relief of Thomas F. Spencer, of Indiana, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 663.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 663) for the relief of David L. Wright, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1142.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of War dated June 28, 1870, to the Committee on Claims, submitting the claim of S.E. Ward, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-22 |
| Nez Perce Indian reservation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the purchase and improvement of the Nez Perce Indian reservation in the Territory of Idaho. May 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-22 |
| Transfer of an appropriation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, asking for transfer of appropriation for widows and dependent relatives and pensions for the War of 1812 to cover deficiency in the appropriation for invalid pensions for the present fiscal year. May 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-22 |
| Investigation of Navy Department. May 22, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-22 |
| Investigation of Navy Department. May 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Leonard J. Rose, for compensation for losses sustained by Indian spoliation, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 991.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 991, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1151.) The Committee on Patents respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-23 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 22, 1872, information in regard to assistance rendered by the Navy Department in pursuance of the provisions of "An Act To Encourage and Facilitate Telegraphic Communication Between the Eastern and Western Continents." May 23, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-23 |
| Interpreters in China. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing correspondence upon the insufficient appropriations made for employment of interpreters in China. May 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-23 |
| Claims against Venezuela. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing letters in relation to the claims of American citizens against the government of Venezuela. May 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-23 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1872, information respecting the amount of money expended by the government during the last three years for telegraphing by ocean cables. May 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-24 |
| Hudson's Bay Company lands. May 24, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-24 |
| Montana war-claims. May 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-24 |
| Dwight J. McCann. May 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-24 |
| Charles W. Denton. May 24, 1872. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-24 |
| Charles F. Carr. May 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-24 |
| Norman Wiard. May 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-24 |
| Agricultural college land-scrip. May 24, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1542, Session Vol. No.3 | 1872-05-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following report. (To accompany S. 1161.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Harriett W. Pond, of Maine, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1162.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers for the relief of Dr. Edward N. Calvert, of the District of Columbia, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 18, 1872, a statement of the amount of coin on deposit in or to the credit of the Treasury on the first day of each of the preceding four months. May 25, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 887.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 887, entitled, "A Bill for the Relief of Samuel Black and Albert R. Cooper," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 2429.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H.R. 2429) granting a pension to Sarah P. Wing, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 114.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 114, for the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Colonel Humphrey M. Woodyard, late of the Twenty-first Missouri Infantry, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-27 |
| Samuel Brooks. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the claim of Samuel Brooks. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| John Scott Payne. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of J. Scott Payne, late first lieutenant Fifth United States Cavalry. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Montana war-claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the House of Representatives additional papers pertaining to the investigation into the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Bounty to Louisiana Scouts. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1970.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill of the House No. 1970, and transmitting information in relation thereto. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Claim of Dakota Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to the claim of Dakota Territory from troops called out for the defense of the territory. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Restoration of wounded Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the restoration to the Army of all officers mustered out under act of July 15, 1870, who have been wounded. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Grades in military service. (To accompany Bill S. 393.) Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the Senate Bill 393. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Treatment of the Jews of Roumania. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, relative to a protest, in connection with the Italian government, against the intolerant treatment of the Jews of Roumania. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Investments of the National Savings Bank. Letter from the treasurer of the National Savings Bank of the District of Columbia, transmitting report of the funds and investments from its organization to December 31, 1871. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-27 |
| Government property in and around Washington. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 8, 1872, submitting statement of the condition of the government property in and around Washington, and estimates of cost for the improvement of the same, &c. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-27 |
| Commerce with certain British possessions. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the commerce between the United States and certain British possessions. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Examination of accounts of consular officers of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of De B.R. Keim relative to examination of the accounts of consular officers of the United States. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-05-27 |
| Franklin Institute of Philadelphia -- Franklin Peale. May 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-27 |
| Territory of Oklahoma. May 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-27 |
| Storm and flood signals. May 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Hipkins, asking compensation for losses sustained in consequence of his alleged illegal discharge from the naval service of the United States, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Messrs. Woodhouse, Southmayd & Rudd, praying compensation for losses sustained by the seizure of certain hides, wool, &c., on board the schooners Carrie and Arthur, at New York City, after due examination, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 414.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 414, for the relief of William S. Mitchell for money claimed to be due him for goods furnished the commissioner of public buildings, have duly considered the same and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1017.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1017) for the relief of Alex. McLeod, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1172.) The Committee on Claims have had under consideration the petition of Levi J. Powell, praying compensation for printing done by order of the military authorities during the war, at Clarksburgh, West Virginia, and, after due consideration, instructed me to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-29 |
| Dempsey & O'Toole. May 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2419.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1816) granting an increase of pension to William Freshour, late a captain in the Eighth Regiment of Cavalry, Ohio Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pool submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1177 [i.e., 337].) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Fanny A. Thompson, legal heir and representative of Brigadier General Thompson, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 2050.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of J.S. Underhill, have examined the same and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-05-30 |
| Affairs in Louisiana. May 30, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-30 |
| Seneca stone investigation. May 30, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 31, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions: Resolutions concerning arbitration as a substitute for war in determining differences between nations... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-31 |
| Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the ambiguity of an act to aid in the erection of an equestrian statue of the late General John A. Rawlins. May 31, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-05-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred that portion of the President's message that relates to the telegraph system of the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-01 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, "An Act for the Relief of J. Milton Best." June 1, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-06-01 |
| Memorial of William P. Ross, W.P. Adair, and C.N. Vann, in favor of the establishment of a separate court for the Indian Territory. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred a certified copy of the report of the Joint Committee of Investigation, appointed by the Kansas Legislature of 1872, to investigate all charges of bribery and corruption connected with the senatorial elections of 1867 and 1871... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-03 |
| Offers and [sic] land and water mail-routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting abstracts of offers for carrying the mails upon the different routes in the United States, and statement of all land and water mails established by the Post Office Department within the year ending July 1, 1871. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1516, Session Vol. No.13 | 1872-06-03 |
| Persons employed in Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and statement of the expenditures under the superintendent thereof. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-06-03 |
| American Printing-House for the Blind. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of granting aid by an appropriation of money to the Board of Regents of the American Printing-House for the Blind and the American University for the Blind. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-03 |
| National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the Board of Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1871. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-03 |
| Prisoners on account of Fenian raid in Canada. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to a joint resolution referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, stating that no persons are now in prison in Canada on account of complicity in the Fenian invasion of Canada in June, 1866. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-03 |
| Northern Pacific Railroad. June 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-03 |
| School property of Ottawa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the disposition of the school property of the Ottawa Indians in Kansas, under treaty of June 24, 1872. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-06-03 |
| Lands patented to Florida for educational purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to lands conveyed to the State of Florida for educational and school purposes. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-06-03 |
| Sutro Tunnel. June 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Mines and Mining. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pool submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1188.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the following resolution, offered by the Senator from Delaware, Mr. Bayard, to wit... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment, submitted the following report. The Committee of Investigation and Retrenchment, to which was referred the following resolution: Whereas it has been declared in the Senate that at the port of New York there exists, and is maintained by officers of the United States, under the name of the general order business, "a monstrous abuse," fraudulent in character... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1498, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pool submitted the following report. The committee find that, on the 31st day of March, 1861, there was in the possession of J.T. Miller, then collector at the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, the sum of about $9,000 belonging to the government of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-07 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, "An Act for the Relief of Thomas B. Wallace, of Lexington, in the State of Missouri." June 7, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-06-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a report of the Solicitor of the Treasury relative to the claim of the Choctaw Indians, known as the "net proceeds claim." June 7, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1479, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-06-07 |
| Commerce between the United States and British possessions. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of May 14, transmitting letter from the Postmaster General relative to carrying mails between the United States and certain British colonial possessions. June 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-06-07 |
| Extradition treaty with Belgium. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th May, transmitting copies of correspondence relative to an extradition treaty with Belgium. June 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1520, Session Vol. No.15 | 1872-06-07 |
| Union Home and School, New York. June 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Storm, from the Committee on Education and Labor, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-07 |
| Memorial of Anna Ella Carroll, asking compensation for service rendered the United States in the war of the rebellion. June 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1482, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany H.R. 2777.) In regard to House Bill No. 2777, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of S.F. Marks, Former Postmaster at New Orleans," the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2900, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred a communication of Hon. George Vickers, a senator from Maryland, to the President of the Senate, to wit... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-08 |
| Bureau of Sanitary Science. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2986.) Memorial of Dr. Christopher C. Cox, relative to the establishment of a Bureau of Sanitary Science. June 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-08 |
| As to certain loyal creditors whose moneys were confiscated by the Confederate Congress in the State of Louisiana. June 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-08 |
| Alleged frauds against certain Indian soldiers. June 8, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Burdett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-08 |
| Records in the case of Major General Don Carlos Buell. June 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and re-committed to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Coburn, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-08 |
| Northern Pacific Railroad. June 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1543, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, on behalf of the chairman, Mr. Wright, of Iowa, from the committee to inquire into certain allegations against Hon. Powell Clayton, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1483, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-06-10 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-second Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. June 10, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1527, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-06-10 |
| Dr. John F. Hanks. January 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution: Resolved, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the twenty-first joint rule be, and the same is hereby, suspended for the present session... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that on Monday next, at 1 o'clock, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the calendar, and bills that are not objected to shall be taken up in their order... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by said court for the year ending December 2, 1872. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872. Part II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1557, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the third session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1872, in the ninety-seventh year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1551 | 1872-12-02 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1872, in the ninety-seventh year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1544, Session Vol. No.0 | 1872-12-02 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872. Part II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1555, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the third session of the Forty-second Congress of the United States, December 2, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-02 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-02 |
| Public property in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting inventory of the public property in charge of that Department. December 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-02 |
| A list of reports to be made to Congress during the third session of the Forty-second Congress by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, December 2, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-second Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-second Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1553, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, papers relative to the canal at the falls of the Ohio River known as the Louisville and Portland Canal. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of an act for the reversion of an island in the Missouri River to the public domain. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, an account of property belonging to the United States in the possession of that Department. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-02 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1559, Session Vol. No.2 | 1872-12-02 |
| Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1562, Session Vol. No.4 | 1872-12-02 |
| Charles J. Davis, administrator of John Davis, late of Chester County, Pennsylvania. December 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-03 |
| Drawback and reduction of duties on damaged goods. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 12, 1872, transmitting a statement of the amount of drawback or reduction of duties allowed on goods and merchandise imported into New York in a damaged condition from the Pacific. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Maps to illustrate volumes of ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the importance of illustrating the three quarto volumes of the ninth census. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Net proceeds claim, Choctaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the claim of the Choctaw Indians known as the "net proceeds claim." December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Indian depredation claims now pending. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to pay certain Indian depredation claims now pending before Congress. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Agreement with Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of an agreement dated September 20, 1872, between the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians and United States Indian agents, in conformity with law. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Depredations on the Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to depredations on the Texas frontier. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Lance-Sergeant John R. Williams. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draught of a bill for the relief of Lance-Sergeant John R. Williams, United States Army. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Aged destitute persons in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the disbursement of the $12,000 appropriated by an act of Congress approved April 20, 1871, for the relief of aged destitute persons of the District of Columbia. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Relief of Company H, Second Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a bill for the relief of certain members of Company H, Second Cavalry, for loss of clothing. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Surgical appliances. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for providing surgical appliances for certain classes of disabled persons. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Relief of the State of Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 3000.) Papers relative to claim for relief from the State of Tennessee. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-03 |
| Public property in custody of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual report of public property in his possession. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-03 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-03 |
| Treasurer's report of the receipts and expenditures of the United States. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the act of September 2, 1789, his quarterly accounts of general receipts and expenditures of the United States for the third and fourth quarters 1870, and the first and second quarters 1871, being for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-03 |
| Convention with Shoshone and Bannock Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of articles of convention concluded with the chiefs and head-men of the Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Indians for the relinquishment of a portion of their reservation. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-03 |
| Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in accordance with law, statements of disbursements of the contingent fund of the Department and balances of appropriations remaining on hand, &c. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-03 |
| Maps to illustrate ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the expenses of twenty maps to illustrate the quarto volumes of the ninth census. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-03 |
| Clothing to certain enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of an act authorizing issue of clothing to enlisted men of Battery F, First Artillery, and Company B, First Infantry. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the civil service, and in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. December 5, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-05 |
| Compensation for extraordinary services by consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, relative to compensation to consular officers for extraordinary services growing out of the war between Germany and France. December 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-05 |
| Consular and diplomatic. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the consular and diplomatic systems of the United States. December 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-05 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to deficiencies in the appropriation for the ninth census. December 5, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending such an amendment to the act of Congress entitled "An Act To Authorize the Sale of Certain Public Property," approved June 10, 1872, as will establish a minimum price for the property to be sold. December 5, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending that authority be granted for the exhumation of the remains of Major-General James Wilkinson, and their transfer to the National Cemetery in the City of Mexico. December 5, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, regarding animals stolen by Indians at San Antonio, Texas. December 5, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, against a division of that state into two or more judicial districts. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-06 |
| Exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing a dispatch from the minister of the United States at Vienna concerning the Exposition of the World's Industry at Vienna. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-06 |
| Exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting a paper relative to negotiation for freight rates. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-06 |
| Amendment of the rules. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution: Whereas the productions of our country have increased much more rapidly than the means of transportation... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, information in relation to quarantine on the southern and Gulf coasts. December 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-09 |
| Dakota Indian War of 1862. Memorial and accompanying papers of the Legislature of Dakota Territory, relative to the Dakota Indian War of 1862. December 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-09 |
| Bridge over the Mississippi River at La Crosse. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3099.) Petition of the Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, for permission to bridge the Mississippi River at La Crosse. December 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the execution of an amendment to an act entitled "An Act To Establish and Protect National Cemeteries," approved February 22, 1867. December 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-09 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 5th, a report from the Secretary of State. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-10 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating additional information in relation to "An Act To Authorize the Sale of Certain Public Property," approved June 10, 1872. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-10 |
| Second general report of the Commissioners of Claims. Letter from the President of the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting the second general report of the Commissioners of Claims. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-10 |
| Annual report of the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy. Report of the Visitors at West Point on the part of the House of Representatives. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-10 |
| Charles B. Wilder. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Charles B. Wilder. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Salary for matron at Pawnee Indian agency. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the salary of the matron of the school at the Pawnee Indian agency. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Deficiency -- surveying service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate required for the surveying service to supply deficiencies for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1873. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Increase in clerical force, Interior Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an increase of clerical force in his Department. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Ottawa University, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the affairs of the Ottawa University, Kansas. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Claims of settlers on Fort Randall reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claims of certain settlers on the Fort Randall military reservation in Dakota. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to payment of forged checks by Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco, and draught of a bill for his relief. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Public property in Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting a list of the articles purchased and disposed of by his Department since the inventory made December 1, 1871. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Safekeeping of public money. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a bill to regulate and secure the safekeeping of public money intrusted to disbursing officers of the United States. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Repairs of post hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the permanent repair of the post hospitals of the Army. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-10 |
| Carl Epping, C.B. Phillips. December 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-11 |
| Memorial of Centennial Commission. Memorial of the Centennial Commission, asking aid to carry into effect the proposed National Centennial Exposition. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Centennial Exposition. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-11 |
| Military reservation near Mare Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 8 last, relative to the status of military reservation No. 7, opposite Mare Island, California. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-11 |
| Post office building, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 3, 1872, relative to a public building for a post office at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-11 |
| Removal of stray bands of Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the removal of stray bands of Winnebago Indians from the State of Wisconsin. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-11 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, under the act of May 28, 1796, a report of relief and protection to American seamen during the year ended September 30, 1872. December 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1207.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 1207, giving an increase of pension to Warren Raymond, a soldier of the War of 1812, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2443.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2443, granting a pension to Wesley Hensley, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 855.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 855, granting a pension to John S. Corlett, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2444.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2444, granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret S. Fair, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2426.) The committee to whom was referred House Bill 2426, granting a pension to Mary A. Diamond, mother of Thomas Diamond, late a private in Fourteenth United States Infantry, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2436.) The petition of Mollie L. Roberts sets forth that she is the widow of John S. Roberts, late first lieutenant Twenty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2435.) The proof satisfies the committee that Ann C. Butler is the mother of Charles F. Butler, private in Company F, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-12 |
| Hugh McCormick. December 13, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers showing the necessity for telegraphic communication between the military stations in Arizona. December 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 25, 1872, a report of the supervising surgeon of marine hospitals upon the necessity of a marine hospital at San Francisco, California, and as to the fitness of Saint Mary's College building for the purpose. December 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Winslow J. Fries, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-13 |
| Daniel Woodbury. December 13, 1872. - Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-13 |
| Venezuela claims. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating in obedience to law a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from December 5, 1871, to June 30, 1872. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to per cent. claims of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois now pending before Congress. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the 47th rule of the Senate be amended by inserting after the words "Heads of Departments" the words: "and such of their assistants as are designated by law, or by the President, to act in their absence;" so that, if amended, it will read as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. Petition of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company, praying for relief. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Judicial districts in Indiana. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to judicial districts in said state. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Julia A. Nutt. (To accompany H.R. 3251.) Petition of Julia A. Nutt, widow and executrix of Haller Nutt, deceased. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Improvement of the Ohio River. Memorial of the Board of Commissioners appointed by certain governors, suggesting a method for the improvement of the Ohio River. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Depredations on the frontiers of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the commissioners for inquiring into the depredations committed on the Texas frontiers. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1257.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1213, "For the Relief of Settlers on the Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-16 |
| Report of the Librarian of Congress, exhibiting the progress of the Library during the year ended December 1, 1872. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. December 17, 1872. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies with covers be printed for the use of the Librarian. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rice submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that in the late general election in the State of Arkansas, and during the campaign preceding said election, frauds unparalleled in the history of any country were resorted to by the party in power in that state... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| Report of the Board on the Improvements of the Harbors of Washington and Georgetown, of the District of Columbia. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the request of the Cherokee Nation in regard to the application of funds due or that may accrue to that nation from the sale of certain lands. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending a reduction of the limits of the military reservation of Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| United States northern boundary. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3254.) Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, requesting appropriation for the completion of the survey of the boundaries between Great Britain and the United States. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| To amend postal code. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, concerning House Bill No. 3006. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-17 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to a survey of the line dividing the Creek ceded lands from the Creek reservation, and recommending legislation to authorize negotiations with the Creek Indians for the cession of a portion of their reservation occupied by friendly Indians. December 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1274. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-18 |
| Niagara ship canal. Memorial and report of the executive committee of the Detroit Commercial Convention, held at the City of Detroit, Michigan, on the 13th day of December, 1871, in relation to the Niagara Falls ship canal. December 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-18 |
| Lock-up of currency by any national bank. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| To connect the telegraph with the postal service. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the increase of compensation of the deputy collector of Customs at Saint Paul, Minnesota. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 1279. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the abandonment of the military reservation at Fort Ransom, Dakota Territory. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Deficiencies for expenses of United States courts. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, respecting an application for deficiencies of appropriation for expenses of United States courts, and statement of expenditures under former appropriations for the same. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Atlantic and Great Western Canal. Memorial of the National Commercial Convention at Saint Louis, in relation to the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Statutes in force in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Governor of the District of Columbia, transmitting report of a commission to revise the statutes in force in the District of Columbia. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Retiring officers of Revenue-Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill for retiring certain officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Relief of Assistant Treasurer at New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report on the condition of the independent Treasury, New York City, and draught of a bill for the relief of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York City. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Increased issue of legal tender notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information relative to the increased issue of legal tender notes in October last, and also relative to the cancellation of the retired notes to the amount of $44,000,000, or thereabout. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Southern Cheyennes and Arapahoes, for the release of land ceded to them by second article of treaty of 28th October, 1867. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Sac and Fox and Seminole Indian reservations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to a recent survey of the line dividing the Creek ceded lands, upon which the Sac and Fox and Seminole Indians have reservations. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Ottawa Indian trust fund bonds. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the disposition of the Ottawa Indian trust fund bonds. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Public grounds surrounding the Capitol. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the extension of the public grounds surrounding the Capitol. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Purchase of squares in Washington City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an additional appropriation to complete the purchase of squares Nos. 687 and 688 in this city. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Purchase of property near San Antonio arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for purchasing certain property adjoining the San Antonio arsenal, San Antonio, Texas. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Stoves for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an increased appropriation for stoves for the Army. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Contingent expenses of the office of Quartermaster General. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contingent expenses of the Quartermaster General's office. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| To illustrate the geological survey of the territories. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the expense of preparing, engraving, and publishing maps, charts, geological sections, and other illustrations. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Snag-boat J.M. Thayer. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to replacing the snag-boat J.M. Thayer, sunk in the Arkansas River. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Expenses of general Indian council. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expense of holding a general Indian council in the Indian Territory within the next fiscal year. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| Limits of collection district of Puget's Sound. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to define the limits of the collection district of Puget's Sound, and for other purposes. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 341.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was recommitted "A Bill To Reduce the Rates of Correspondence by Telegraph, and To Connect the Telegraph with the Postal Service," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of John R. Graton, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2442.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2442 granting a pension to Charles B. Fairchild, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2445.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2445 granting a pension to Susan Schofield, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2446.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2446 granting a pension to Benjamin Clark, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2892.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2892 for the relief of John Clinton, of Brownsville, Tennessee, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2904.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2904 for the relief of George Reber, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 938.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 938, "Conferring Jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims To Hear and Determine an Informer's Moiety Case," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2463.) The facts, as they appear from the papers is this case, are briefly these: That in the year 1863 a certain William Cleft undertook to raise a regiment, to be called the Seventh Tennessee, within the lines of the Confederate forces... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2465.) The papers in this case allege that James C. Cooksy, husband of Hilla A. Cooksy, had been in the military service and was discharged on account of bad health in April, 1863... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2466.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2466 granting a pension to Angelica Hammond, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2467.) The facts in this case appearing in the papers accompanying the bill are these: Abraham E. Autry was a corporal in Company K, Thirty-seventh Kentucky Infantry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of certain citizens of West Virginia praying that compensation may be made to Henry Garrett, of Carolina County, Virginia, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-19 |
| Affairs in the District of Columbia. December 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2453.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2453, being an act granting a pension to Rosa Wollaner, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2455.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2455, being an act granting a pension to Jerome E. Pampell, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 705.) The committee find, on investigation, that John Cleghorn was register of land office at Sioux City, State of Iowa, from July 17, 1867, till July 19, 1871... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1187.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 1187, "For the Relief of Jacob R. Davis, of Richmond County, Georgia," have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1291.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Orich, guardian of the minor children of John C. Orich, who was a private in the First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1872-12-20 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1570, Session Vol. No.12 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73, and special session. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-second Congress and special session of the Senate. In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-second Congress and special session of the Senate. In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1547, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part II. Report of the Commissioner for 1872 and 1873. A. -- Inquiry into the decrease of the food-fishes. B. -- The propagation of food-fishes in the waters of the United States. With supplementary papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1547, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1557, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1560, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1560, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1552, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872, preceded by a synoptical list of papers and followed by an alphabetical index of persons and subjects. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1552, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1555, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1561, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Index to the Senate executive documents for the third session of the Forty-second Congress of the United States of America, 1872-'73. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1558, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1873-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1571, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| The national celebration of the centennial anniversary of the independence of the United States by an international universal exhibition, to be held in Philadelphia in the year 1876. Report to Congress by the United States Centennial Commission, February, 1873; accompanied by a classified compilation of the journal of the proceedings of the Commission and other papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1577, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1554, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872. Part II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1554, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1568, Session Vol. No.10 | 1873-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1561, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1578, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73, and special session. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73, and special session. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1549, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1553, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. By F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. Conducted under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-01 |
| Report on the International Penitentiary Congress of London, held July 3-13, 1872. By E.C. Wines, D.D., LL. D., United States Commissioner. To which is appended the second annual report of the National Prison Association of the United States, containing the transactions of the National Prison Reform Congress, held at Baltimore, Maryland, January 21-24, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-01 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the fifth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1559, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1556, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1562, Session Vol. No.4 | 1873-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Navy, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1562, Session Vol. No.4 | 1873-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1564, Session Vol. No.6 | 1873-01-01 |
| Combined statement of the receipts and expenditures, (apparent and actual,) of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1564, Session Vol. No.6 | 1873-01-01 |
| Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the Thirty-second to the Forty-first Congress, inclusive; exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, etc., elucidating its progress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1574, Session Vol. No.4 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, 1872-'73. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-01 |
| First annual report of the Supervising Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States for the year 1872. Containing a brief historical sketch of the Service from the date of its organization in 1798. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-01 |
| Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1575, Session Vol. No.5 | 1873-01-01 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872. Part II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1556, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-01 |
| Third session, Forty-second Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1872-'73. In twelve volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1558, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-01 |
| Instruction to Indians of central superintendency. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to aid and instruct the Indians of the central superintendency in the arts of civilization. January 2, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-02 |
| State government for Colorado. January 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| American Printing House for the Blind. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to granting aid to the American Printing House for the Blind in the District of Columbia. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying for aid in the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Idaho, asking for aid in the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| Additional aid to industrial colleges. Memorial of the East Tennessee University, showing reasons why Congress should render additional aid to colleges established and to be established under the original and amended law of 1862. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| Harbor at Michigan City. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to an appropriation by Congress for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City, Indiana. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| Statue to Major-General George H. Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3302.) Memorial of the members of the Army of the Cumberland, praying for an appropriation to aid in the erection of a statue to the memory of the late Major-General George H. Thomas. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| French claims. Petition of merchants of Boston, in relation to French claims. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| President's salary. Resolution of the Eight-Hour League of Boston, against an increase of the President's salary; also against the one term principle. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| Vienna Exposition. Resolution of the Board of Trade of the City of Burlington, Vt., asking appropriation in aid of the Vienna Exposition. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-06 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-second Congress, January 6, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections is directed to inquire and report to the Senate whether the recent election of electors for President and Vice-President has been conducted, in the States of Louisiana and Arkansas... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be instructed to examine and report, at the next session of Congress, upon the best and most practicable mode of electing the President and Vice-President... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to an appropriation for the repair of the lake survey steamer Search. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of a speedy confirmation of the title of that state to the swamp and overflowed lands to which that state is entitled under the acts of Congress. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of the bill to enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphan children, to acquire homesteads. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Major J.W. Barlow, who accompanied a surveying party of the Northern Pacific Railroad, in relation to Indian interference with that road. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending a re-appropriation of such part of the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars granted last year for the manufacture of arms at the national armory as may remain unexpended at the expiration of the present fiscal year. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the enactment of a law authorizing the administration of oaths to witnesses before boards of survey in the Army. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1872, a list of officers of the regular Army who have been retired under the provisions of the 32d section of the act approved July 28, 1866. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Report from the Secretary of War, under the provisions of the act approved March 3, 1871, for the care, support, and medical treatment of sixty transient paupers in the City of Washington. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1872, information in regard to the government works in the harbor of Du Luth. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-06 |
| Edmund Jussen. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his objections to signing House Bill Number 2291. January 6, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-06 |
| Memorial of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, asking an increase of mail service between New York and Rio de Janeiro. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-07 |
| Report of the commission created by law to examine and report in relation to the railroad track in front of the western entrance to the Capitol. January 7, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-07 |
| Claim of the New-Yorker Demokrat. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of the New-Yorker Demokrat for publishing certain advertisements of the War Department. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1563, Session Vol. No.5 | 1873-01-07 |
| Wrecks upon the Atlantic coast. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain wrecks upon the Atlantic coast and the waters adjacent thereto. January 7, 1873. -- Reported to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Monroe and Ashtabula harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the improvement of Monroe harbor, Michigan, and Ashtabula harbor, Ohio. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Appropriation for Providence Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Surgeon General of the Army of the manner in which the appropriation of $30,000, granted for the completion of Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., has been expended. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Ship canal from Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the cost of a ship canal from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Broadkiln River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of an examination of the Broadkiln River, Delaware. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Depot for supplies at San Antonio, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, withdrawing the recommendation for the construction of a permanent depot for military supplies at San Antonio, Texas. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Depredations by Kiowa and Arapaho Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to claims for compensation for depredations committed by Kiowa and Arapaho Indians on the 18th of July, 1864. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Kickapoo money as a trust fund. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the retention of Kickapoo money as a trust fund. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Survey of boundaries of Indian reservations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the survey of exterior boundaries of Indian reservations and subdividing portions of the same. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Agreement with Wichitas and other Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, inclosing articles of agreement with the Wichitas and other affiliated tribes, granting them a home in the Indian Territory, concluded in this city October 19, 1872. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Pi-Ute Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the Pi-Ute Indians. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Christian Indians to become citizens. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to enable the united bands of Swan Creek and Black River Chippewas and Munsee or Christian Indians to become citizens of the United States. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Private land claim -- Jose Sanchez et al. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the private land claim No. 62, known as "the Town of Cieneguilla," in the name of Jose Sanchez et al. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Choctaw claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the claim against the government known as the Choctaw claim. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| Names of employes [sic] of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or in any of its offices, during the year 1872. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1549.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William H. Vesey praying to be relived of a certain loss sustained while consul at Havre, France, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-07 |
| Military reservation near Mare Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military reservation No. 7, near Mare Island, in the harbor of San Francisco. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-07 |
| Rebecca A. Marcher. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Black Beaver. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Niblack vs. Walls. Additional testimony in the case of Niblack vs. Walls, of Florida. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-08 |
| Memorial of the Common Council and Chamber of Commerce of the City of Du Luth, Minnesota, in relation to Du Luth harbor. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking a change of the northern boundary of the State of Oregon so that it will conform to the boundary described in its constitution. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking a donation to the State of Oregon of the unfinished building intended for a branch mint at Dalles City, in that state. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation to construct a breakwater at Port Orford, in Oregon. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that a new collection district be established in Southern Oregon, with a port of entry at Coos Bay. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolved, that the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated out of the contingent fund of the Senate to defray the expenses to be incurred by the Committee on Privileges and Elections in making the investigations required by the resolution... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting, in obedience to law, a statement of expenditures at the Springfield armory during the year ended June 30, 1872. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-08 |
| Improvement of the Upper Monongahela River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Upper Monongahela River, near Morgantown, West Virginia. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-08 |
| George S. Fisher. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| Memorial of the governors of the New England states, asking an appropriation to defray the expenses of the American Department of the International Exhibition at Vienna, Austria, in 1873. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, remonstrating against the passage of the bill which provides that the names of battles with fellow citizens shall not be continued in the Army Register, or placed on regimental colors of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying information called for by the Senate resolution of May 10, 1872, relative to the expediency of preserving Goat Island for military purposes. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 6, 1873, reports relative to expenses incurred by the territories of Washington and Oregon in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the year 1856. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| Bridge over the Mississippi River at La Crosse. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report locating a bridge across the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| J.B. Ely's heirs. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claims against the government on account of the alleged use of certain patented devices in the mechanism of the Springfield breech-loading rifle-muskets. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Relief of Indians in Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of an act to amend an act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency," approved June 10, 1872. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Subsistence of Kansas Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to provide for necessary subsistence, &c., for Kansas Indians. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Toll bridge in Chickasaw country. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a petition of a citizen of the Chickasaw country, Indian Territory, praying for a charter to construct and operate a toll bridge across Red River, on the line between said Chickasaw country and Grayson County, Texas. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Wagon road to Red Lake agency, Minnesota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the construction of a wagon road for the transportation of supplies from Red Lake Crossing, on the Northern Pacific Railroad, to the Red Lake agency, in Minnesota. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Expenses of sale of Chippewa lands in Wisconsin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to defray the expenses connected with the appraisal and sale of the tract of land in the State of Wisconsin set apart for the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Sale of certain lands in Nebraska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expenses connected with the appraisal and sale of certain lands in the State of Nebraska. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Cheyenne River agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to remove the Cheyenne River agency from its present location at the mouth of Cheyenne River, on the Missouri River. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Artesian well on Fort D.A. Russell military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the artesian well on the Fort D.A. Russell military reservation in Wyoming Territory. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Hugo Wedeles. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Hugo Wedeles for depredation committed upon his property in February, 1867, by Arapaho Indians. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Expenses of sale of Kansas Indian lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expenses connected with the appraisal and sale of the lands belonging to the Kansas Indians in the State of Kansas. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| Canal around falls of the Saint Mary's River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the construction of a canal around the falls of the Saint Mary's River, Michigan. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2537.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2537) granting a pension to Charles Lynch, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2476.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the Bill (H.R. 2476) for the relief of Anne Penny, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2497.) The evidence to sustain the claim of Armstine [i.e., Armstead] Goodlow to favorable consideration is very meager. He alleges in his petition that he was in the service, which is proved by the papers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2496.) The facts appearing by the papers accompanying the Bill (H.R. 2496) granting a pension to Almon P. Gram, are succinctly these... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2498.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2498) granting a pension to Amelia S. Parsons, widow of Nathan A. Parsons, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2464.) The papers accompanying the bill granting a pension to Evan Johnson, (H.R. 2464,) show that he was a soldier belonging to Company I, Forty-seventh Regiment of Illinois Volunteers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2495.) John Nolan, it appears from the papers accompanying the Bill (H.R. 2495), was never in the military service but was a drafted man, and wounded in 1864 while detained by the enrolling board at Quincy, Illinois... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2515.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2515) granting a pension to Catherine Ross, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2516.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2516) granting a pension to Ivory F. Snow, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-09 |
| Henry B. Mears. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| Emma E. Gardner. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| Eli H. Jarrett. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| George E. Gustin. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| David Shelton, Sr. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| Ethan A. Sawyers. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| Kreel & Miller. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| George A. Armes. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| District and circuit courts Northern District of Pennsylvania. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| Bark Jewess. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to Senate Bill 1144, granting an American register to the bark Jewess. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-10 |
| Tonnage employed in the home trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the tonnage of the United States employed in the home trade on the 30th day of June, 1872. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-10 |
| Deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an estimate of an appropriation required to complete the service of fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, and prior years. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-10 |
| Charles Autobees. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Charles Autobees on account of depredations alleged to have been committed upon his property by Comanche, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-10 |
| Negotiation with Ute Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain negotiations with the Ute Indians in Colorado for the extinguishment of a portion of their reservation, made in pursuance of a treaty concluded March 2, 1868. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2543.) The petition and accompanying papers show that petitioner Jerusha A. Goodrich, widow of Colonel Luther Goodrich, deceased, is now drawing a pension of eight dollars per month for self, and has been drawing two dollars per month for two children... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2542.) This is a petition by Johanna Lusky, widow of William Lusky, late private in the militia company of Captain Dellaughter, of Minnesota, for pension... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-10 |
| Purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry. January 11, 1873. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Military reservation at Point San Jose, California. January 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Jonathan L. Mann. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Jackson Roberts. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Military posts in Texas. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| James Murphy. January 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Dr. Theodore A. Tellkampf. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| William Mount. January 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Stephen Phillips's heirs. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| James F. Early. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| William E. Franklin. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Charles Trichler. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Captain Alonzo J. Marsh. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-11 |
| Statue to Major-General Thomas. Memorial of the Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, in reference to the donation of bronze for the erection of an equestrian statue to Major-General Thomas. January 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-11 |
| Military road from Portland to Astoria and Fort Stevens. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying Congress for an appropriation of $60,000 to construct a military road from Portland to Astoria and Fort Stevens. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-13 |
| Military road from Roseburgh to Coos Bay. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying aid to construct a military wagon road from Roseburgh to Coos Bay, in said state. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-13 |
| Improvement of Tualatin River. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying for a appropriation for the improvement of the Tualatin River, in said state. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-13 |
| Improvement of Yamhill River. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the Yamhill River, in said state. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-13 |
| Mississippi levees. Memorial of citizens of the State of Louisiana, in favor of nationalizing the levees of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3419. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-13 |
| Letter from the Governor of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in obedience to law, a report of the committee appointed to make a valuation of all real estate in said district belonging to the United States. January 13, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2893.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Miss Mary Love, having considered the same, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2792.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2792) for the relief of Galen E. Green, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2787.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 2787) "For the Relief of Harlow J. Phelps and Company," have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-13 |
| Condition of affairs in Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 16 last, relative to the condition of affairs in Louisiana. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1565, Session Vol. No.7 | 1873-01-13 |
| Re-organization of the Indian Territory. Resolution of the National Commercial Convention, memorializing Congress on the subject of re-organizing the Indian Territory. January 14, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, reports of improvements of certain rivers and harbors. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1275.) It appears from the papers and evidence in this case that William Vials [i.e., Vails], late a private of Company A, Third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, served his first term, was honorably discharged, and re-enlisted as a veteran, and served until the close of the war... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, as follows: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be directed to inquire whether the Secretary of the Treasury has power, under existing law, to issue United States notes in lieu of the forty-four million dollars of notes retired and canceled under the act of April 12, 1866... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 861.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom House Bill 861 has been referred, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 122.) Walter J. Lee, late second lieutenant, Company D, Twenty-eighth Regiment Michigan Volunteers, was commissioned and mustered in September 22, 1864, having previously been honorably discharged from First Regiment Michigan Sharpshooters... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1722 [i.e., 1772].) In the case of Reuben H. Bishop, late a private in Company G, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers and Mississippi Marine Brigade, the committee, after examination, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-14 |
| Dakota claims for stores and supplies to volunteers. January 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-15 |
| Mail service by railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3498.) Table of service of the mail by railroads. January 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-15 |
| Inventory of public property about the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol Extension, transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and botanical garden. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-15 |
| Choctaw net proceeds claim. Answer of P.P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, to the communication of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the Choctaw net proceeds claim. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-15 |
| Protection and improvement of Boston Harbor. Memorial of the harbor commissioners of the State of Massachusetts, concerning the protection and improvement of Boston Harbor. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-15 |
| Improvement of navigation of Delaware River. Resolution of the city councils of Philadelphia, requesting of Congress an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the River Delaware, by the removal of the obstructions at the Horseshoe Shoals and Fort Mifflin Bar, and for the erection of additional lighthouses. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-15 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota asking a grant of land for railroad purposes. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 6, 1873, information regarding allowances made to disbursing officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. January 15, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-15 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, accompanying a letter from the Superintendent of the Census, relative to unpaid claims for services rendered at the eighth census by persons unable to prove their loyalty, as required by the act of June 24, 1870. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-15 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 14, 1873, copies of reports of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad Companies and a copy of the report of the directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-15 |
| Appropriation for rebuilding Fort Griffin, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for rebuilding Fort Griffin, Texas. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| State, War, and Navy Departments building. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to an appropriation for carrying on the work on the new State, War, and Navy Departments building. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| Claim of Walnut Grove Mining Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Walnut Grove Mining Company of Arizona, on account of depredations committed by Apache Indians. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| Teton Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition, location, &c., of the Teton Sioux. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| Collector of Customs at Annapolis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a bill for the relief of the collector of Customs for the District of Annapolis. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| Officers of Customs acting as disbursing agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a bill authorizing deputy collectors and other officers of the Customs to act as disbursing agents in certain cases. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-15 |
| Nathaniel McKay. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| Survey of Kent Island Narrows. Letter from the office of the Chief of Engineers, relative to the examination and survey of Kent Island Narrows. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-16 |
| Harbor of Plymouth, Massachusetts. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, in relation to the James River and Kanawha Canal. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the erection of a monument to the memory of the Union soldiers who died at Salisbury, North Carolina. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1384. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, accompanying information called for by the Senate resolution of January 8, 1873, relative to the Modoc and other Indian tribes in Northern California. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1380.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jane Humphrey praying for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2345) for the relief of Daniel O. Cleveland, postmaster at Broadalbin, in the State of New York, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2478.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2478) granting a pension to Sarah Baird, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2538.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2538) granting a pension to Mary A. Chute, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2505.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2505) to increase the pension of Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, widow of Major-General Edwin V. Sumner, deceased, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2509.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 1487, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2539.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 2539) for the relief of Frederick Walter, Company A, Fourth United States Artillery, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2958.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2958) granting a pension to Joseph Greer, late private Company G, First West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2510.) The committee find that Amos Farley enlisted in Company G, First Regiment Michigan Sharp-shooters, July 7, 1863... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2546.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2546, being an act granting a pension to Daniel Wooden, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2487.) William L. Black, private Company K, Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, died in the service at Jackson United States general hospital, North Carolina, on the 28th March, 1865, of swamp-fever, leaving the applicant, Elizabeth Black, his widow, to survive him... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2978.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2978) for the relief of Francis B. Stewart, postmaster at Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2529.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2529) granting a pension to Martha P. Greenlee, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2526.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2526) granting a pension to Christiana W. Murry, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2528.) The committee, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2528) granting a pension to Joseph Cressey, have had the same under consideration and cannot recommend its passage... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2525.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2525) granting a pension to Lucinda Thomson, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2499.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2499) granting a pension to Mary A. Miller, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2511.) It appears by evidence from Adjutant General's office, that applicant entered service as a recruit at Camp Chase, Ohio, February 15, 1864, Company I, Forty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and was mustered out July 13, 1865... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2452.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abagail Stuckey for a pension, having examined and considered the case, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2514.) Petition and corroborating proofs show that William A. Hoon was assistant engineer on the steamer Champion, No. 3, employed in United States service, and that he was killed on Red River, April 27, 1864, by the blowing up of the boat while attempting to pass batteries of the enemy while engaged in the Red River expedition, said deceased at the time acting as assistant engineer... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2513.) In this case the papers show that Walter O'Donald, late private Company A, Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, enlisted September 23, 1861, and was accidentally killed by the explosion of a shell July 9, 1864, near Petersburgh, Virginia... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2512.) Application of Susan W. Mecham, widow of Abel F. Mecham, surgeon United States Army, deceased... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 762.) Application of John W. Crawford, late private Company H, Fifth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, to be restored to the pension-roll... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of F.W. Swift, postmaster at Detroit, Michigan, praying that Congress will authorize the Postmaster General to relieve him from the liability under which he is placed to refund the amount of $2,463, embezzled by William H. Gregor, a dishonest clerk in his office, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Barnett, late postmaster at Vicksburgh, Mississippi, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 940.) The Committee on Claims, to whom the above case was referred, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 309.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred "An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury To Refund Certain Moneys to James O.P. Burnside," passed the House of Representatives April 9, 1872, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2894.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2894) for the relief of Nicholas Jose Merrimet, have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1127.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1127) for the relief of Charles W. Willey, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William L. Anderson, praying compensation, &c., have examined the same and bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2951.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2951) granting a pension to Mary J. Morse, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1052.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1052) referring the claim of John H. Russell to the Court of Claims, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-17 |
| Bowen vs. DeLarge. January 18, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-18 |
| Josiah Morris. January 18, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-18 |
| Executive Mansion. Letter from the engineer in charge of the public buildings and grounds, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 6, instant, relative to the Executive Mansion. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-18 |
| Atlantic and Great Western Canal. Memorial and argument of B.W. Frovel, in behalf of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-18 |
| Post office building in New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the suspension of work on the new post office building in the City of New York. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Otter Tail band of Pillager Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the expenses of removing the Otter Tail band of Pillager Indians to the White Earth reservation, Minnesota. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Reservation for Pembina Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for appropriation of $35,000 for the purchase of one township of land in White Earth reservation for the use of the Pembina band of Chippewa Indians. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Site for marine hospital, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a marine hospital at or near the port of New York. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for collecting and subsisting Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Military post, Key West, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an extract from a report of the Inspector General of an inspection of the post of Key West, Florida, in which he recommends the purchase of five acres of land for the enlargement of the post. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Surveys in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain examinations and surveys in Rhode Island and Connecticut. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Entrance to Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the entrance to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Condition of affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 3, 1872, transmitting a copy of the report of Assistant Adjutant General Vincent on the condition of affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-18 |
| Survey of Penobscot River. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-20 |
| Jurors in the United States courts. Joint resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in regard to the manner of drawing jurors for the federal court in said state. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-20 |
| To amend the pension laws. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking Congress to amend the pension laws. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-20 |
| Removal of disabilities. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking removal of disabilities. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2993.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2993) entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Sufferers by Fire in Boston," which act is as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1402.) The Committee on Claims, to whom this case was referred, report that it appears from the proofs in the case that on the 15th of September, 1861, the fairgrounds of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Lexington, Kentucky, were taken possession of by the United States troops, then under Colonel Grigsby, and his troops encamped thereon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thaddeus C. Hubbell for relief, &c., have considered the same, and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1403.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. A.B. Sellars, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2572.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2572) granting a pension to Herman J. Ehle, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-20 |
| Mrs. Mary A.P. Brown. January 21, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Silas L. Niblack vs. Josiah T. Walls. January 21, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Benjamin Burton and Charles C. Stockley. January 21, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Antonio Pelletier. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3195.) Memorial of Antonio Pelletier. January 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Submitted. January 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into, and report to the Senate as soon as practicable upon, the cost of construction and present market value of existing telegraph lines now in successful operation within the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Letter of Thomas Foster, of Minnesota, in relation to the proper management and civilization of the Indian tribes. January 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to pay for transportation furnished by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company to certain Cherokee Indians. January 21, 1873 -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Letter from the acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to pay the Osage Indians the annual interest on the net proceeds of sales of the Osage trust and diminished reserve lands. January 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1417.) The memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, through their committee, Thomas C. Hand and others, referred to the Committee on Finance, represents... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-21 |
| Swamp lands on the Potomac River. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to swamp lands on the Potomac River. January 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-21 |
| Fox and Wisconsin Rivers improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 3rd December, relative to the improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. January 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-21 |
| Civil rights. Memorial of colored citizens, praying for appropriate legislation in accordance with the Constitution, and in the interests of freedom; respect for their civil and political rights as citizens of the United States. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-22 |
| Transfer of certain rights and franchises of West Virginia to the United States. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, providing for the transfer of certain rights and franchises of the State of West Virginia to the United States. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-22 |
| Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, La., asking that the national government assume the construction and care of the levees of the Mississippi River. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1427.) The Committee on Finance, being instructed by the following Senate resolution, to wit... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, having had under consideration the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury of January 6, 1873, in relation to the payment of $250,000 in bonds of the United States to the Choctaw Indians, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-22 |
| New trials in the Court of Claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. 630.) Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (H.R. 630) in relation to new trials in the Court of Claims. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the Committee on Commerce the report of Major C.B. Comstock, of the Corps of Engineers, in relation to the survey of the northern and northwestern lakes. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Albert F. Watson, guardian of Hendrick S. Carter and Emma J. Carter, minor children of Samuel M. Carter, deceased, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2535.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2535) for the relief of the minor children of Captain William E. Scherr, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of the Northwest Fur Company for supplies furnished Indians at Fort Union, Dakota Territory, in March, 1866, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2957.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2957) granting a pension to Mary E. Cochrane, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2439.) Petitioner is the mother of D.C. Mumford, late captain Company G, Nineteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, who was killed in action at Prospect Hill, Virginia, May 31, 1864... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2438.) The applicant is the widow of Charles B. Davis, late captain Company F, Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers, who was killed on the 9th June, 1863, in action at Beverley Ford... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2437.) Petitioner was a member of Company E, Second Regiment of the brigade known as Washington Guards, of the City of Philadelphia, commanded in the early part of 1861 by Brigadier General William F. Small, who testifies that he was ordered by the then Secretary of War... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1802.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1802) granting a pension to John Nichman, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2536.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2536) granting a pension to Maria L. Lee, widow of Abel H. Lee, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-23 |
| Clerks and employes [sic] appointed in Navy Department during the year 1872. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to clerks and employes [sic] appointed during the year 1872 under the civil service rules. January 23, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Reorganization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-23 |
| Claims of loyal citizens for private property taken for public use. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking an appropriation to remove obstructions to the navigation of the Red River of the North. January 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking for a scientific exploration of that territory. January 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking that an additional land district be created in the northern portion of that territory. January 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking an appropriation for a military wagon road in the valley of the Red River of the North. January 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to surgical apparatus and appliances for the relief of persons disabled in the military and naval service of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1442.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry E. Janes, late private in Company B, Third Regiment Virginia Volunteers, and afterward a private in Company B, Sixth Regiment West Virginia Cavalry, the service having been changed by consolidation... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1443.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of the heirs at law of Thomas Lawson, deceased, late Surgeon General of the United States, praying payment of a balance of rent claimed to be due them from the United States for the use and occupation of certain property in the City of Washington, D.C., have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. West submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1775.) In this case, which contains the petitions of Kitty Ann Smith, widow of Thomas A. Smith, and of James A. Stevens, both of the Home Guards, of Ohio County, Kentucky, the committee submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2762.) The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2762, entitled "An Act Providing for a Life-size Marble Statue of the Late Senator Edward Dickinson Baker," have attentively considered the same and report that... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2910.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2910) for the relief of Orville J. Jennings, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2507.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2507) granting a pension to Mary Petrie, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2477.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 2477) granting a pension to John S. Hall, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Walker praying compensation, &c., beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gurden Chapin praying relief, &c., have considered the same and beg leave to bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas F. Bowler for relief, &c., have considered the same, and bring in the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clavin Bronson praying that the tax on tobacco alleged by him to have been illegally collected may be refunded, have had the same under considered, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-24 |
| Postal cards and stamps. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting to the House of Representatives the documents and correspondence relating to postal cards, and the contract for, and charges in, postage stamps, as called for by the resolution of December 13, 1872. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-24 |
| Sutro Tunnel. January 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Mines and Mining. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-25 |
| Widow of Alexander F. Crosman. (To accompany Resolution H.R. 173.) January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-25 |
| John B. Emerson. January 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Patents. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-25 |
| Indigent Americans in foreign states. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the relief of indigent Americans in foreign states. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-25 |
| Re-organization of the diplomatic and consular systems. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Mr. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to the re-organization of the diplomatic and consular departments. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-25 |
| Northern Boundary Commission. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Mr. Banks, in relation to the Northern Boundary Commission. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-25 |
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting a report of the transactions of said company during the year ending December 31, 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-25 |
| Indebtedness of the State of Missouri for ordnance, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the indebtedness of the State of Missouri on account of ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said state during the rebellion. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Charles J. McKinney. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2284.) Letter from the Secretary of War, returning to the House a bill for the relief of Charles J. McKinney, of Tennessee. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Employes [sic] in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of clerks and others employed in the War Department in 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Expenditures for Army contingencies. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures for Army contingencies for year ended December 31, 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Survey of Sandusky harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of Sandusky harbor. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Daniel R. Steen. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the report of the charge of desertion borne upon the records of the War Department against Daniel R. Steen, Fifty-third Illinois Volunteers. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| H.G. Cole. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of H.G. Cole for material furnished for the Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Transfer of appropriation for Medical and Hospital Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the transfer, on the books of the Treasury Department, of $200,000 from the balance on hand of the appropriation for the Medical and Hospital Department for the fiscal year prior to July 1, 1870, to the appropriation for the same Department for the fiscal year 1870-'71. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Improvement of Elk River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Elk River, Maryland. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Improvement of Saybrook Bar, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Saybrook Bar, at the mouth of the Connecticut River. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Harbor of Portland. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor of Portland, Maine. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| East Tennessee University. (To accompany Bill S. 490.) Letter from the Secretary of War, returning to the House the Bill (S. 490) for the relief of the East Tennessee University. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting six reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claims in said territory. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Appraisement of squares in Washington City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to pay certain persons for assisting in making the appraisement of squares numbered 687 and 688, and of portions of squares numbered 575 and 576. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Seizure of books and papers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to seizure of the books and papers of any citizen of the United States except by duly authorized process of law. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Clerks and employes [sic] appointed in the Post Office Department during the year 1872. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerk and employes [sic] in his Department appointed during the year 1872, with the states from whence appointed. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Military convicts in state penitentiaries. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to meet outstanding claims for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance, and like necessaries of military convicts in state penitentiaries. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Freight on materials, stores, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the amount paid for freight on materials, stores, &c., during the fiscal years ended June 30, 1870 and 1871. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Names of clerks and employes [sic] appointed in the War Department during the year 1872. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the names of the clerks and employes [sic] of the War Department who were appointed for employment in the City of Washington during the year 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Protection of buoyage and lighthouse property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to protect United States buoyage and lighthouse property. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Appropriation for Indians northwestern Dakota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to meet indebtedness contracted by the agent for the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians, in the northwestern part of Dakota. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Amendment of appropriation bill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend section five of the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1873. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Map of the United States for the American Department of the Vienna Exposition. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for preparing a map of the United States for the American Department of the Vienna Exposition upon a large scale, with a map of Western Europe. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Protest of Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a protest of the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation against certain measures providing for the opening of the Indian Territory to white settlement. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Osage Indians' annual interest. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to pay the Osage Indians the annual interest at 5 per cent. on the net proceeds of sales of the Osage trust and diminished reserve lands. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Goodsell, Budillon & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the merchants' appraisement of lambskin or kid gloves imported during the year 1872, by Goodsell, Budillon & Co., of Boston. January 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Clothing for troops. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the quantity of clothing that should be manufactured during this fiscal year for issue to troops in the next fiscal year. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-25 |
| Alabama claims. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-27 |
| Pembina band of Chippewa Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, relative to the Pembina band of the Chippewa Indians. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Education in the territories. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking congressional aid in the cause of education in the territories. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Hostile Indians in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, in reference to the Black Hills country serving as a retreat for hostile Indians. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Division of Dakota Territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking for the division of the present Territory of Dakota, and the erection of an additional territorial organization out of the northern part of the same. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Soldiers of War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to pensions of soldiers of the War of 1812. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Against repeal of Bankrupt Act. Memorial of the Legislature of Virginia, protesting against the repeal of the Bankrupt Act. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Water privileges at Harper's Ferry. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the passage of a bill to resell the water privileges at Harper's Ferry. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| James River and Kanawha Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that, as a national enterprise, the James River and Kanawha Canal be enlarged and completed in such a way as to connect the navigable waters of the Ohio and James Rivers. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Re-organization of the clerical force of the Land Office. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1790. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Japanese Indemnity Fund. Petition of the president and faculty of colleges in the United States, school superintendents, and others, for the restoration to Japan of the unexpended balance of the Japanese Indemnity Fund -- 452 signatures. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-27 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, transmitting two reports from Major O.M. Poe, United States Engineers, in charge of the construction of a canal around the Falls of Saint Mary's River, Michigan. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1453. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1452.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jesse Warren and Joseph A. Moore, of Nashville, Tennessee, praying compensation for a building destroyed by the Army, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles D. Arter, praying compensation for use and destruction of property at Cairo, Illinois, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-27 |
| Reduction of postage. January 28, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-28 |
| Postal telegraph. Proceedings of the Committee on Appropriations in the matter of the postal telegraph. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-28 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 13, 1873, information concerning the number of lakes in the land states, the quantity of land covered by them, &c. January 28, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1478.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of William D. Ludlow for relief, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Birdsall, Jr. praying payment of arrearages of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the "petition of De Witt C. Chipman, praying the payment of moneys withheld from him to cover uncollected revenue tax during his incumbency of office," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2979.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert K. Enbody praying for relief, having had the same under consideration, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 46.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred House Resolution No. 23, to enable the Secretary of War to pay the expenses incurred in suppressing the Indian hostilities in the Territory of Montana in the year 1867, having had the same under consideration, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 693.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 693) for the relief of Charles Trichler, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-28 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 20, 1873, submitting a statement of the operations of the Department of Justice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872. January 29, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-29 |
| Merchants' National Bank of Washington. January 29, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-01-29 |
| Resolution of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in favor of devoting the Chinese Indemnity Fund to the uses of education and science in China. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, accompanying a statement showing the action of the Senate and House of Representatives relative to examining and counting the electoral votes for President and Vice-President of the United States from 1789 to 1869. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2508.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2508 granting a pension to Eliza J. Fracker, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2524.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2524 giving a pension to Flora D. McKay, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2420.) The committee to whom was referred House Bill 2420 granting a pension to Margaret A. Renshaw, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2470.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2470 granting a pension to Robert H. Brown, late assistant surgeon Twenty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, have had the same under consideration... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2556.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2556 granting a pension to Jane Thompson and Margaret Thompson, minor children of John Thompson, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2468.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2468 granting a pension to Samuel B. Davis, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2412.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Helen M. Smith, widow of Preston D. Smith, praying for a pension, and House Bill 2412, being an act for the relief of Helen M. Smith, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1092.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1092 granting a pension to Agnes Ellen Kleiss, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-30 |
| Clerks and employes [sic] in the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, respecting numbers, &c., of persons appointed in his Department for duty in Washington during the year 1872. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Columbia Hospital for Women. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the completion of the Columbia Hospital for Women in the District of Columbia. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Examination of candidates for clerkships in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in his Department. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Report of immigrants. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an act to transfer the duty of making an annual report of immigrants in the United States from the Department of State to the Treasury Department. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Unexpended balances of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the balances of appropriations unexpended on June 30, 1872, the amount appropriated for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, &c. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Contracts and purchases of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contracts and purchases made by the Ordnance, Subsistence, Quartermaster General's, Chief of Engineers', and the Signal Bureaus of his Department, during the year ended December 31, 1872. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Banking facilities between the United States and China. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing a communication from the consul at Hong-Kong, China, in relation to the manner of transacting business between citizens of the United States and the East, with a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the same subject. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| Annual report on the commercial relations between the United States and foreign nations made by the Secretary of State, for the year ending September 30, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1568, Session Vol. No.10 | 1873-01-30 |
| Harbor at Toledo. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor at Toledo, Ohio. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| Superior Bay and harbor, and Duluth harbor and dike. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Superior Bay and harbor, and Duluth harbor and dike. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| Consular agent of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of De B. Randolph Keim, agent, &c. December 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. January 6, 1873. -- Reported back and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| Examination of candidates for clerkships in the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in his Department. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| Removal of Snake or Pi-Ute Indians to their reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the removal of the Snake or Pi-Ute Indians to the reservation provided for them on the headwaters of the Malheur River, in the State of Oregon. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| William H. Newman and L.A. Van Hoofman [i.e., Hoffman]. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claims of William H. Newman and L.A. Van Hoofman [i.e., Hoffman]. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| The per cent. ad valorem tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting the ten per cent. ad valorem tax, levied by act of March 3, 1865. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-01-30 |
| Cost of transportation of mails on the Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the amount paid the Union Pacific Railroad Company for transportation of mails in each fiscal year since June 30, 1866. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee of Investigation on the Credit Mobilier, appointed under the resolution of the House of January 6, 1873, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-30 |
| San Francisco Land Association of Philadelphia. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| Report of the survey of the Colorado of the West. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a report of the survey of the Colorado of the West, and its tributaries. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-31 |
| Criminal and penitentiary statistics. Memorial of the National Prison Reform Congress of Baltimore asking aid from Congress in the work of collecting criminal and penitentiary statistics in the states and territories of the Union. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-01-31 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, remonstrating against the repeal of the bankrupt law. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Dakota Central Railroad. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 490) "For the Relief of the East Tennessee University," with his objections. January 31, 1873. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1418.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1418) for the relief of Charles H. Mallory and Company, of New York, have had the same, together with the accompanying papers and evidence, under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2259.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of James M. Hagar, having considered the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: Daniel D. Leary, as appears by the petition and papers filed in this case, was the owner of steamer John Farrow, of about two hundred and fifty tons burden... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 692.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 692 for the relief of Daniel M. Page, late first lieutenant of the Thirty-eight United States Infantry, have considered the same, and submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 987.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 987) for the relief of Henry Warren, &c., have examined the same, and beg leave to bring in the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2902.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Isaac Watts, administrator of the estate of William Gerrish, asking damages on account of an annulment of a contract of Abel Gilbert, of the firm of Gilbert & Gerrish, have considered the same, and ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| Appointment of clerks in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the appointment of clerks in his Department during the year 1872. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Freedmen's Hospital in District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the condition of the Freedmen's Hospital in the District of Columbia. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Materials of old penitentiary in Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the taking down and removing the material of the old penitentiary situated on the Washington arsenal ground. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Montana Indian war claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Survey of Bear Creek harbor, Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of the harbor of Bear Creek, Lake Ontario. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Geological survey of the territories. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the continuation of the geological survey of the territories of the United States, under the directions of his Department. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Freights via Isthmus of Panama. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the amounts paid on materials, stores, &c., shipped via the Isthmus of Panama and Cape Horn for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1870 and 1871. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-01-31 |
| Consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, relative to consular agents, their reports and expenses. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-01-31 |
| Joseph Coffman. February 1, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-01 |
| Purnell Howard's heirs. February 1, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-01 |
| John B. Thibault. February 1, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-01 |
| Provisions of treaty between the United States and Great Britain. February 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-01 |
| Removal of bank taxes. Petition from banks, justifying the movement for the removal of bank taxes. February 1, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-01 |
| Army staff organization. February 2, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-02 |
| National civil rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, urging the passage of a national civil rights bill. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-03 |
| Colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. (To accompany Bill S. 693.) Memorial from the board of trustees of the Arkansas Industrial University, for the passage of Senate Bill No. 693 to provide for the further endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-03 |
| Chinese laborers. Petition of citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, relative to Chinese laborers. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-03 |
| Improvement of lower Mississippi River. Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of Saint Paul, Minnesota, relative to improving the lower Mississippi River. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-03 |
| Endowment of agricultural colleges. (To accompany Bill S. 693.) Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, praying that Senate Bill No. 693 for the more complete endowment and support of agricultural colleges, &c., become a law. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-03 |
| Improvement of the Ouachita River. Petition from citizens of South Arkansas, relative to the improvement of the Ouachita River. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-03 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to Indian outrages committed in that state. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Fox Rivers. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the Senate of January 16, 1873, relative to the Central Pacific, the Union Pacific, or other railroad companies. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of B.F. Rittenhouse for relief, have examined the same, and bring in the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William F. Walsh, of New Orleans, praying payment of a certain judgment, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 141.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 141 for the relief of Alstorphius Weininger, Sr., have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2805.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 2805, "An Act for the Relief of J.T. Newcomer," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-03 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Frank Lynch. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| Jehu F. Wotring. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| William H. Pilkinton. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| Army Medical Museum. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| Correspondence between the legation of the United States at Paris and the French government, relative to the duties imposed in France upon agricultural implements manufactured in the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying a report of the superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park for the year 1872. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1465.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred a bill for the extension of a patent to Alexander Douglas, of New York, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2864.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred House Bill 2864, being an act for the relief of John W. Mears, administrator of the estate of Henry D. Mears, deceased, and of William Moulton, Jr., respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of California in favor of the passage of an act for the relief of the settlers on the Suscol Rancho, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1471.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1471, being a bill for the relief of Josiah George Jennings, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3135.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred House Bill 3135, being an act for the relief of Thomas Warker, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Patents, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1516.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of A.G. Batchelder and Mrs. Alsie M. Thompson for an extension of the patent for an improvement in railroad car brakes, granted July 6, 1852, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the "petition of merchants of New York, praying the enactment of a law of facilitate the discharge of cargoes of West India green fruit," report the same back adversely, for the reasons given in the following letter of the Secretary of the Treasury... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1224.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1224 for the relief of Howard F. Moffatt, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1481.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1481) for the relief of John C. Conner, have had the same under consideration and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-04 |
| Marmaduke M.C. Hobbs. February 5, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| James Carey. February 5, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, concerning Indian tribes. February 5, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1522.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of E.P. Torrey and William B. Tilton for an extension of their patent for an improvement in door springs, granted September 8, 1857, and re-issued February 10, 1863, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1523.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Ann Green and Mrs. Maria Bohrer, of the District of Columbia, asking to be allowed the arrears of half-pay claimed to be due to Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Forrest, of the Maryland Line of the Revolutionary War, ask leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1524.) Your committee, to whom was referred the claim of John H. Pendery for five hundred dollars, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1526.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William W. Low, a captain on the active list of the Navy of the United States, praying that the act of January 16, 1857, may be so modified that he may be allowed the difference between the pay he received and the pay of a lieutenant from the 14th day of September, 1855, to January 16, 1858, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 840.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Anson Atwood, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 586.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill 586 for the relief of Ellen Call Long, the only child and heir of Richard K. Long, deceased, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 836.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill 836, entitled "A Bill Declaring the True Intent of a Statute," respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1446.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1446) for the relief of Nathaniel McKay, ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1339.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1339) for the relief of George W. Lawrence, Damariscotta, Maine, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1340.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1340) for the relief of Larrabee & Allen, of Bath, Maine, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-05 |
| Swamp and overflowed lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3845.) Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, to extend the time for selecting swamp and overflowed lands. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the passage of an act setting apart a portion of the Island of Mackinac, within the State of Michigan, as a national park. February 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that the Fort Harker military reservation be donated to that state for the purpose of an industrial normal school. February 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying information called for by a resolution of the Senate of January 6, 1873, relative to the Du Luth harbor. February 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2552.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2552, being an act granting a pension to James McAlfee, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2518.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2518, an act granting a pension to George W. Swartz, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2534.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 2534) granting a pension to Cornelia C. Dougherty, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2527.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2527) granting a pension to Deborah Witham, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2522.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2522) granting a pension to Judith Dunham, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2431.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2431) granting a pension to John Davis, corporal of the night-watch on board the United States ship Octorora, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2521.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2521) granting a pension to John Greenwalt, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2523.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was submitted the Bill (H.R. 2523) granting a pension to Henry Riemann, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2520.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2520) granting a pension to Thomas Lunney, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2469.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2469 granting a pension to Peter Brewer, late a private in Company F, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2471.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2471 granting a pension to John Heddinger, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2557.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2557) granting a pension to William D. Boyd, having considered the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2558.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2558) granting a pension to Elizabeth Jones, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2559.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2559) granting a pension to Henry A. White, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2561.) The Senate Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2561) granting a pension to Edward F. Tucker, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2545.) Mrs. Cross is a widow, the mother of nine children, four of whom served in the war of the rebellion, and three out of the four were killed in battle... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2550.) The Committee report that petitioner is the widow of Thomas Maynard, who was murdered in October, 1864, while recruiting for the Kentucky state service... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2551.) Committee report that there is no evidence whatever to support the claim of the petitioner except his own statement. By his own neglect, he cut himself off from arrears of pension, and presents no real excuse... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2547.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2547) granting a pension to Nancy Mason, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2485.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2485) for the relief of Washington Frisbie, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-06 |
| Salaries of executive, judicial, and legislative officers. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation to a Bill (S. 1422) "For the Protection of Settlers on the Public Lands of the United States"; also, a Bill (S. 1385) "To Establish a United States Land Office at the Crossing of the Northern Pacific Railroad on the Upper Missouri River, in the Territory of Dakota." February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking that Yankton be made a port of entry. February 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking early action on the proposition of the Otoe and Missouria Indians to sell their lands. February 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, two reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico, concerning certain private land claims in that territory. February 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2039.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted Bill H.R. 2039, "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Wescott, of Portland, Maine," have again had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3514.) On the 28th of October, 1868, Willie A. Wysory, collector at Baltimore, collected from the firm of William Shillings & Co. $925.50, tax on 1,851 gallons of spirits, or whisky... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Alcorn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1337.) The Committee on Mines and Mining, having had under consideration Senate Bill 1337, report the same with amendments and with a written report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1475.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Daniel S. Mershon, Jr., have examined the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye submitted the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 1210, S. 1209, and S. 1260.) This Bill (S. 1210) proposes to allow the claim of Nathaniel McKay for additional compensation as a contractor for the war vessel Squando and her machinery to be presented to the Court of Claims for examination and adjudication... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 315.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 315 for the relief of John M. Lamb, with his accompanying petition, have considered the same, and submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, from the Joint Committee on the Library, submitted the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution directing them to inquire into the practicability of securing to authors the benefit of international copyright, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the message of the President of the United States of June 1, 1872, returning to the Senate without his approval "An Act for the Relief of J. Milton Best," having considered the same, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-07 |
| William B. Wilson. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Luigi Botto. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Samuel Hunt. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Major William T. Brinton. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Cyrus P. Mandenhall. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Emanuel Mason. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Charles W. Denison. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| William Rutherford. February 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Henry P. Sanger and Henry K. Sanger, estate. February 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-08 |
| Fish propagation for food. Letter of Professor Baird, relative to an appropriation for the propagation of food fishes in the rivers of the United States. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-08 |
| Condition of affairs of the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen. Communication of General O.O. Howard, late commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the report of the Assistant Adjutant General as to the condition of the affairs of the Bureau, made October, 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-08 |
| Payments to the Union Pacific Railroad Company by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the amounts paid to the Union Pacific Railroad Company since June 30, 1866. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Credit Mobilier (No. 2) and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Failure of Merchants' National Bank, D.C. Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting copies of all papers on file in his Office relating to the failure of the Merchants' National Bank of the District of Columbia; also correspondence relating to certain bonds deposited in said bank by Joseph B. Stewart prior to its failure. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Credit Mobilier (No. 2) and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Building for Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the cost of a suitable building for the use of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the storage of the books and papers of his Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Deficiency in appropriation, Medical Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a deficiency for the Medical Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Clerks in Treasury Department appointed in 1872. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks and employes [sic] now in his Department who were appointed for duty in the City of Washington during the year 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Clerks employed in Attorney General's department. Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the number of clerks and employes [sic] in his department during the year 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the Government and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Utah Indian War claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of the Territory of Utah for Indian War expenses for the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Mississippi Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the relief of the Mississippi Chippewa Indians on the White Earth reservation. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Site of Fort Houston, Nashville, Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to confirm the purchase of a portion of the site of Fort Houston, at Nashville, Tennessee, and to provide for the sale of the same; also to confirm the purchase of certain land at Fort Hamilton, New York. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Fort Sanders military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the reduction of the Fort Sanders military reservation. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Military telegraph line in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of a military telegraph line in Texas. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Road from Santa Fe to Taos. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the proposed road from Santa Fe to Taos, in the Territory of New Mexico. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2747. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Cotton tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the propriety of refunding the cotton tax. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Expenditures from contingent fund -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the contingent, fuel and lights, and furniture and carpet funds of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Removal of Great and Little Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation of $1,240,000 for the removal of the Great and Little Osage Indians from Kansas, in conformity to law and treaty stipulations. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Public building at Saint Joseph, Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the erection of a public building at Saint Joseph, Missouri. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Mississippi levees. Letter from the Secretary of War, returning a Bill (H.R. 3419) to aid in the rebuilding of the levees of the Mississippi River. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3419. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Removal of certain Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, praying that the Pembina band of Chippewa Indians be removed from the lands on the Dakota side of the Red River of the North to the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Preservation of Army clothing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate to carry out the plans adopted for the preservation of Army clothing and equipage. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Examination of candidates for clerkships in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in the Navy Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the Government and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Questions in civil service examinations in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to candidates for appointments and promotions in his Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the Government and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Questions in civil service examinations -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in his Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-08 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1872. February 8, 1973. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1564, Session Vol. No.6 | 1873-02-08 |
| Branch mint, Charlotte, North Carolina. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in regard to the branch mint of the United States at Charlotte, North Carolina. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-10 |
| Creditors of the late Republic of Texas. An act of the Legislature of Texas, asking that the balance of the appropriations under the acts of September 9, 1850, and 28th of February, 1855, for the payment of the creditors of the late Republic of Texas, be refunded, and assuming all liability of existing indebtedness in that behalf, and releasing the United States of the same. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-10 |
| Improvement of the Ohio River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to aid by the general government for the permanent improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-10 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of Senate Bill No. 1257 for the relief of settlers on the Cherokee Neutral Lands. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 7, 1873, calling for information regarding the net earnings of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad Companies for the years 1870 and 1871. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, returning the Senate resolution of January 29, 1873, in relation to enlisting a company of Indian scouts to serve in prosecuting the Modoc Indian war. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the land grant to Antonio Sandoval. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1556.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Spence, praying compensation for property taken and used by the Army of the United States in the years 1862 and 1863, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 1349 and H.R. 3382.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill 3382 and Senate Bill 1349, to reimburse John E. Woodward for certain moneys paid by him, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2909.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2909) for the relief of Joseph L. Haywood and others, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Gardiner praying for the payment of a balance which he claims to be due him from the government of the United States, said balance being for compensation for personal services in putting up gas lighting apparatus in new dome of the Capitol, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: On the 7th of January, 1873, the Senate adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections is directed to inquire and report to the Senate whether the recent election of electors for President and Vice-President has been conducted, in the States of Louisiana and Arkansas, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims of the House of Representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3859.) The Committee to whom was referred the petition of William Selden, late United States marshal of the District of Columbia, asking an additional allowance at the hands of Congress for his maintenance and support of public prisoners confined in the jail of said district, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-10 |
| Tice Meters. February 11, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, together with the views of the minority, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Loss of stamps in sub-treasury, New York. February 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| A.S. Macomber. February 11, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| William H. Reid and others. February 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Edwin Butler and George D. Pitkin. February 11, 1873. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, in regard to the public lands of that state. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in relation to outrages perpetrated by Sioux and Arapaho Indians in that state. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in relation to the Fort Harker reservation. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 7, 1873, information relative to Port Orford, Oregon, as a harbor of refuge. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 13.) The Joint Committee on Public Printing, to whom was referred the reporting and publication of the debates in Congress, by the third session of the act approved April 2, 1872, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 13.) The Joint Committee on Public Printing, to whom was referred the reporting and publication of the debates in Congress, by the third session of the act approved April 2, 1872, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-11 |
| Works on rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, &c. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| James A. McCullah. Message from the President of the United States, returning with his objections the Bill of the House (H.R. 2852) for the relief of James A. McCullah, late collector of the Fifth District of Missouri. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Lieutenant R.H. Pratt. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of First Lieutenant R.H. Pratt, Tenth Cavalry. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Charles B. Madden. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Charles B. Madden, late first lieutenant Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Bernhard Bernstein. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of Bernhard Bernstein. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Proceeds of property pertaining to the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repeal of section 5 of the act of May 8, 1872, as applies to moneys or proceeds of property pertaining to the Army or under the control of the War Department. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Miami Indians, and the rights of settlers of their lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the Miami Indians, and the rights of certain settlers upon the lands of said Indians. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Purchase of Gatling guns. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the purchase of a limited number of Gatling guns for the use of the Army. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Modoc Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the present difficulties with the Modoc Indians. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Purchase of land at Omaha, Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to confirm the purchase by the executive department on the 8th September, 1868, of a certain tract of land at Omaha, Nebraska. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| John J. Cladeck. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Joint Resolution (H. Res. 114) for the relief of John J. Cladeck, late colonel Thirty-fifth New Jersey Volunteers. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Ephraim P. Showalter. Letter from the Secretary of War, returning the Bill (H.R. 1611) for the relief of Ephraim P. Showalter. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New York remonstrating against any reduction of the pay or pension of certain veteran soldiers. February 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-12 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning the act (S. 161) for the relief of those suffering from the destruction of the salt works near Manchester, Kentucky, pursuant to the orders of Major-General Carlos Buell. February 12, 1873. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1576.) The principles and facts in this case are similar to those involved in the Senate Bills Nos. 1209, 1210, and 1260... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1338.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1338) "For the Relief of the Portland Company," having considered the same, ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1260.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Miles Greenwood, ask leave to present the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-12 |
| Debates in Congress. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Printing. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| Ship canal. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of appropriations for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| Annual statement of the National Savings Bank of the District of Columbia for the year ending December 31, 1872. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3484.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 3484 granting a pension to Asenath Stephenson, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2988.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 2089) granting an increase of pension to Jedediah Gray, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pool submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1582.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Montgomery, heir of Hugh Montgomery, having had the same under consideration, and concurring in the views of this Committee at last session of the 34th Congress, as explained in their report of that session, adopt that report as their own at the present session; and they accordingly report the bill back to the Senate without amendment, and recommend its passage... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2554.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2554) granting a pension to Jennie E. Savage, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2562.) The Senate Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (H.R. 2562) granting a pension to John Fink, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2563.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2563) granting a pension to William E. Farley and John M. Farley, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2533.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2533, granting a pension to James W. Wharton, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2130.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2130) granting a pension to Simeon Farnsworth, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2440.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 2440, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2530.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2530) granting a pension to Mrs. A.D. Brooks, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3799.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2612) for the relief of Antoine Brossa, of Company I, Eighty-third Regiment New York Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3833.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 3833) increasing the pension of Helen M. Stansbury, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1588.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Ann E. Boyle, widow of the late Commodore Junius J. Boyle, praying to be placed on the naval pension roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1499.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1499) for the relief of Erastus S. Joslyn, of Washington Territory, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-13 |
| Appropriations for Indian service in various states. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations required for the incidental expenses of the Indian service, in various states and territories, for the year ending June 30, 1873. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-13 |
| Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for the subsistence for the Sioux Indians. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-13 |
| Negroes of the Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an act passed by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation entitled "An Act To Adopt the Negroes of the Chickasaw Nation," &c. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-13 |
| Restoration to market of certain lands in Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the restoration to market of certain lands in Michigan. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-13 |
| Enlisted men and civilians employed in the Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the enlisted men and civilians employed in the Quartermaster's Department. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion, and such motions shall be decided without debate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in relation to the time of payment for certain Indian lands within that state known as the Cherokee Strip. February 14, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the condition of affairs in the Territory of Utah. February 14, 1873. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claims Nos. 71 and 72. February 14, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1592.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram Prather, of North Vernon, Indiana, late lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2887.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2887) for relief of William Johnston, of Ripley County, Indiana, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catherine [i.e., Catharine] Harris, praying to be placed on the pension-roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in favor of establishing a wagon road from North Platte, in that state, to the White River Indian reservation. February 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the passage of the "bounty land bill." February 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a communication from the Quartermaster General of the Army, calling attention to the omission in the Army appropriation bill of a provision for the manufacture of clothing during this fiscal year. February 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1375.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eva, Etta, Henry, and Guy Carleton, heirs of General James H. Carleton, deceased, late of the United States Army, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3855.) The Committee on Claims, to whom this bill was referred, after a full examination of the case, concur in the report of the House Committee of Claims, and recommend the passage of the bill, and ask that the report of the House committee be printed for the use of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1246.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Siloma Dick [i.e., Deck], widow of Philip H. Dick [i.e., Deck], praying to be re-imbursed for losses sustained in consequence of the depredations of the Sioux Indians in Minnesota, in 1862, with the accompanying papers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims of the House of Representatives, to accompany Bill H.R. 1242. The Committee have had before them the case of William Ivers, a citizen of the Territory of New Mexico, who claims to be paid by the Government $1,500 for the destruction of his building, rented by him to the Quartermaster's Department as a store-house for the public stores of the United States Army at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1862... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-15 |
| Railroad lands in Nebraska. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in relation to certain lands in said state. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-17 |
| Mining statistics. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-17 |
| Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri asking appropriation to improve the navigation of the Mississippi River. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-17 |
| Choctaw claims. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, in answer to the letter of the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Solicitor of the Treasury in relation to the Choctaw claims. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-17 |
| Suffrage in Utah. Memorial of the New York Woman Suffrage Society, protesting against the sixth section of the bill regarding Utah. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be directed to procure and report to the Senate at its next December session complete information of the amounts of the salaries, compensations, and emoluments of the marshals, clerks, registers, and assignees, and also the established fee-bills in bankruptcy proceedings... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| Memorial of citizens of Utah Territory, remonstrating against legislation asked for in a recent memorial of members of the legal profession, and asking the appointment of a commission to investigate all matters of complaint relating to that territory. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| Arguments before the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate for and against the Bill (H.R. 1553) to lease Goat Island for a railway terminus. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany House Bill 1553. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| Petition of Jonthan S. Tayloe, praying to be allowed a pension. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3860.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3860) for the relief of William Rutherford, of Washington, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. West submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 98.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Shelton, late lieutenant Company E, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, praying to be allowed pay, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3513.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3513) "for the Relief of Dr. W.J.C. Duhamel," according to order, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 1777.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of G.W. Standifer, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1774.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of J.W. Holiday, having had the same under consideration, would submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1428.) John L. Bullard, late captain and commissary of subsistence, United States Volunteers, in his account with the government stands charged with an unexplained balance of $9,690.50... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, sub[mitted] the following report: On the 11th day of May, 1872, the Senate adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be authorized to investigate the election of Senator S.C. Pomeroy, by the Legislature of Kansas, in 1867, and the election of Senator Alexander Caldwell in 1871... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2899.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2899) for the relief of Charles F. Carr, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-17 |
| Memorial of underwriters of the City of Baltimore, remonstrating against being excluded from a participation in the damages awarded by the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration. February 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-18 |
| Credit Mobilier investigation. February 18, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed with the evidence, and the further consideration postponed until Tuesday next, after the reading of the journal. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1577, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the petitions of bankers and merchants for the removal of all taxes whatever on state and national banking institutions, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-18 |
| Jonathan D. Hale. February 19, 1873. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-19 |
| Growth, culture, and preparation of tea in Japan and China. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing dispatches from the legation at Yokohama and consulate at Shanghai in relation to the growth, culture, and preparation of tea in Japan and China. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-19 |
| Laws governing the Marine Hospital Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the present laws governing the Marine Hospital Service of the United States. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| Honorably discharged soldiers of the regular Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of honorably discharged soldiers of the regular Army to be placed upon the same footing as soldiers who enlisted under the President's call in 1861. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| Military posts on Northern Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the erection of two posts along the Northern Pacific Railroad. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| Purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a bill to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the claim of the government upon the purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3594. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| Unexpended appropriations for Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill granting authority to use the unexpended balance from appropriations heretofore made for the subsistence of Navajo Indians to meet deficiencies in the appropriations for the present fiscal year for the benefit of said tribe. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| Number of letters annually transmitted since 1820. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the number of letters annually transmitted since 1820, with the ratio of postage each year, together with the annual receipts and expenditures of his Department, &c. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| Fines imposed and deductions made from mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of all fines imposed upon and deductions made from the pay of contractors for transporting mails of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1872, for failure to deliver the mails. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3877.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, praying compensation to Anna Peale, on account of the benefits derived by the United States from the discoveries, inventions, and improvements in the processes and machinery used in the Mint of the United States, introduced and perfected by her father, Franklin Peale, deceased, and also the Bill (H.R. 3877) for the relief of Anna E. Peale, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-19 |
| Nathan B. Abbott. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a Bill (H.R. 3041) for the relief of Nathan B. Abbott, Company H, Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany H.R. 3041. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1567, Session Vol. No.9 | 1873-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1624.) This is an application by Joseph A. Chambers, father of John W. Chambers, late a private in the Thirty-second Regiment Maine Volunteers, for back pay and bounty due his said son... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1619.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin F. Berkley, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1444.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 1444) granting a pension to Susan Davis, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3731.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3731) entitled "An Act To Confirm Certain Land Titles in the State of Missouri," report the same with the following amendments... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in favor of the establishment of a postal telegraph system. February 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. February 20, 1873. -- Committee discharged, and ordered to be printed with the memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the Mississippi River, through the Arkansas Valley and the Rocky Mountains, to San Francisco. February 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-20 |
| Affairs of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1577, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1621.) The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred Senate resolution of January 16, 1873, as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1549, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2484.) This is an application of Elizabeth Zluhan, widow of Jonathan Zluhan, late private Company K, Ninety-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, for commutation money allowed her late husband in lieu of artificial arm... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2480.) This is an application of John Tuell, father of Daniel Tuell, late private Company D, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for pension... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1548, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2138.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 2138) granting a pension to Zenas Bradley, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vickers, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report: A majority of the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the expediency of regulating by Congressional legislation the rates of freight on railroads having continuous lines running into or through two or more states, and to report by bill or otherwise, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3815.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3815) granting a pension to James P. Rader, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3800.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3800) granting a pension to Job S. Goff, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3797.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3797) granting a pension to Ada Lois Harrison, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3798.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3798) granting a pension to James A. Sanders, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3796.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3796) granting a pension to Emily Booth, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1592.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred petitions of several officers of the Navy, praying a modification of the act of January 16, 1857, that they may receive the pay of their actual rank, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2766.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2766) granting a pension to Mary Whalen, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1513.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1513, to carry out certain Indian treaties of 1866, and to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3801.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2735) granting a pension to Mary E. Foster, of Chillicothe, Missouri, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2767.) The committee to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2767) granting a pension to Ardella D. Warfield and Lindsley N. Warfield, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2768.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2768) granting a pension to Mary A. Dodd, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2481.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Mary E. Shultz has been referred, finds the following facts in this case... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 1068.) In the case of Martha B. Williams, mother of Captain John F. Caven, late captain Company G, Eleventh Indiana Volunteers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1065.) The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1065) granting a pension to Charles J. Hanson, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3817.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3817) granting a pension to George W. Bradley, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3803.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3803) granting a pension to James C. Bates, of Indiana, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3819) granting a pension to Thomas Smith, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1665.) The committee to whom was referred House Bill 1665, entitled, "An Act To Enable Honorably Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, their Widows and Orphan Children, to Acquire Homesteads on the Public Lands of the United States," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following adverse report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, remonstrating against the withdrawal of the United States troops from that state. February 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Menomonee River. February 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-21 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to Hon. William M. Stewart, United States Senator, relative to the present clerical force in his office. February 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 718. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 28, 1873, relative to the amount of fines, compromises, forfeitures, and seizures paid to the officers of Customs and others. February 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1800.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 1800) granting a pension to Samuel Schuler, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3941.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3941) for the relief of Joseph B. Rothchild, of Findley, Ohio, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of H.M. Barnes, postmaster at Pioche, in the State of Nevada, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Window submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3134.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the application of Rebecca A. Marcher for relief, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Lanman, praying compensation for loss and damage sustained by alleged infringements, by order of Congress, of his copyright of a work entitled "Dictionary of Congress," of which he is the author, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2804.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 2804, for the relief of Joseph Dawson, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3137.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh McCormick for relief, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3864.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition, papers, and House Bill 3864, for the relief of the heirs-at-law of James B. Armstrong, deceased... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1785.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred House Bill 1785, being an act for the relief of Samuel A. Duncan, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-22 |
| Washington Monument. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-22 |
| Treaty stipulations with Choctaw Nation. February 22, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-22 |
| Alabama claims. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, relative to Geneva awards for damages growing out of the depredations by the Confederate cruisers. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-22 |
| New York Stock Exchange investigation. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1572, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-22 |
| Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for wagon roads to Yellowstone Park. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4009.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred H.R. 4009, for the relief of Lieutenant John F. Wotring, having considered the same, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3516.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3516) for the relief of Jesse E. Peyton, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| Memorial of the Governor and Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia, asking the United States to pay for the interest of the district in the city-hall building in Washington, now used entirely for United States purposes. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-24 |
| Inquiry as to impeachment in Credit Mobilier testimony. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1577, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-24 |
| Credit Mobilier and Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted with testimony already ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1577, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-02-24 |
| Treaty of Washington relative to fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, calling attention of Congress to his message of December, 1871, relative to the fisheries by the treaty of Washington. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-24 |
| National domain for benefit of common schools. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of setting apart the national domain for the benefit of common schools. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| Newspaper postage. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relating to newspaper postage. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| Additional federal court for Illinois. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, requesting the passage of the bill to create an additional federal judicial district for the State of Illinois. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| Tax on spirits distilled from fruit. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, memorializing Congress to abolish the internal tax on all liquors made from fruit. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| Lands to supply deficiencies in sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, memorializing Congress for a sufficient grant of lands to supply deficiency of sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections for school purposes, lost to the state by Indian reservations. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| Entry of lands on Osage reservation. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying for extension of time for settlers to enter lands of the Osage reservation. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| George B. Mortimer. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting their report upon the claim of George B. Mortimer, of Copiah County, Mississippi. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4002.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4002) for the relief of Jonathan Diehl and George Blymer, sureties, &c., report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3812.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3812) granting a pension to Ann Woods, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3807.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3807) granting a pension to William D. Tomlinson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3810) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3810) granting a pension to Anderson W. Scott, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2479.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2479) granting a pension to Annie Maria Bailey, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3856.) The Committee on Claims have considered memorial, claim, and House Bill 3856, for relief of Henry Fulenwider, deceased, of Alabama, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3802.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3802) granting a pension to Obadiah Whiston, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3809.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3809) granting a pension to Henry H. Kaiser, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and papers of Wells, Fargo & Co., (mail sub-contractors,) for loss of property, &c., by Indians, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1559.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1559) for the relief of William G. Barnard, late a clerk in the Custom-house in the City of New York, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1195.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 1195, granting a pension to Melissa Rankin, mother of Oliver S. Rankin, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2412.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2412, granting a pension to Helen M. Smith, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3820.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3820) granting a pension to Thomas R. Hardwick, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3836.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was submitted the Bill (H.R. 3836) granting a pension to Laura Baker, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3838.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3838) granting a pension to Ellen M. Cummings, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3840) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3840) granting a pension to Susan E. Alger, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-25 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in relation to the settlement of certain Indian lands in that state. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of the Kansas, asking a new survey of the boundary line between Missouri and that state. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the erection of certain public buildings at Topeka. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Report of the Comptroller of the Currency upon the condition of the savings banks of the District of Columbia. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Memorial of artists and others, asking the establishment of a national art academy. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Petition of Alexander McLeod, of South Carolina, praying to be paid for cotton seized by authority of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. February 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Message from the President of the United States, inviting attention to the condition of affairs in the State of Louisiana. February 25, 1873. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-25 |
| Observation and report of storms. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the expenses of observation and report of storms, &c. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| John McLaughlin and William South. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the amount due John McLaughlin and William South, privates in Company H, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, at the time of their discharge. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Military history of N.R. Gruelle. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military history of N.R. Gruelle, late of the Thirteenth Illinois Volunteers and Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Lincoln W. Tibbits. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Lincoln W. Tibbits, master and managing owner of the brig Tornado. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Aggregate payments on public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the aggregate amount paid on the public debt since the 4th day of March, 1861. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Night-signals in the mercantile marine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to night-signals in the mercantile marine of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Grade of officers in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to House Bill 3400, to regulate and establish the grade of certain officers in the United States Navy. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Cost of lines of telegraph connecting military posts. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the probable cost of the construction and operation of telegraph lines connecting the military posts, and from post to post, on the frontiers of Texas. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Jose A. Baca and Romaldo Baca. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Jose A. Baca for depredations committed in August, 1868, by Kiowa and Comanche Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Cyrus M. Cutler. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Cyrus M. Cutler, for depredations committed in March, 1867, by Kaw Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| M. Desmarais & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of M. Desmarais & Co. for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Probst and Kirchner. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Probst and Kirchner for depredations, in 1869, by Navajo Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Civil employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the civil employes [sic] of his Department during the year ended December 31, 1872. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Seth E. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Seth E. Ward for compensation on account of depredations committed by Brule and Ogallala Sioux Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Relief of certain Indians in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to House Bill 3090, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of the Alabama, Cooshatta, and Muscogee Tribes of Indians in Texas." February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Christopher Weidner. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Christopher Weidner for depredations in October, 1868, by Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Right of way to Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a Bill (H.R. 2012) granting the Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company the right of way through the national cemetery at Vicksburgh, Mississippi. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Dempsey & O'Toole. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill of the late firm of Dempsey & O'Toole for stationery furnished the War Department in 1868. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Army retired list. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Army retired list. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Public property in the bureaus of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting inventories of the public property in the possession of the several bureaus of the War Department on the 31st day of December, 1872. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-02-25 |
| John Heberer. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of John Heberer, enrolling officer Forty-second Subdivision, Twelfth Congressional District, State of Illinois. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| Payment of Florida militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a detailed statement containing the amount of money, and by whom expended, in payment of the Florida militia. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1569, Session Vol. No.11 | 1873-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3841.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3841) granting a pension to Harper Smith, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3874.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3874) for the relief of Benjamin Crawford, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3870.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3870) for the relief of Mark Davis, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the committee to inquire into certain allegations against Hon. Powell Clayton, submitted the following report: The undersigned select committee, to whom was assigned the duty of inquiring into certain charges against the Hon. Powell Clayton, a member of this body from the State of Arkansas, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following final report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1240.) About the 28th of May, 1862, General N.P. Banks, in command of a portion of the Army of the United States, retired from Charlestown, in Jefferson County, Virginia, to Harper's Ferry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3511.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3511) for the relief of James Coats, of Jackson, Mississippi, have examined the same, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3853.) The committee, to whom was referred the memorial of William Wheeler Hubbell, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2555.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2555) granting a pension to Robert S. Dumont, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3831.) Mark Collins enlisted as a private in Company B, Fifty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, September 17, 1861, and was honorably discharged September 16, 1864, having served three years. He returned home with a bad cough and in feeble health, unable to work, and grew worse until his death, July 21, 1866. His widow now applies for a pension... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1233.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1233, "To Prevent an Appropriation Therein Mentioned from Lapsing Because of Delay in the Adjustment," have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-27 |
| Memorial of Allan Rutherford, J.J.S. Hassler, et al., of New York, claiming recognition as the originators of the first organized movement to raise volunteers to aid in suppressing the late rebellion. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. J.A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, in relation to the increase of the salaries of assistant secretaries of state and examiner of claims in the Department of State. February 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed, to accompany proposed amendment to the Bill H.R. 3921. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, from the Select committee on Evidence Affecting Certain Members of the Senate, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-02-27 |
| Rollin White. February 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, exonerating Hon. Louis V. Bogy from all suspicion of having used corrupt means to secure his election to the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-28 |
| Memorial of Francis W. Sykes, of Alabama, setting forth his claim to a seat in the Senate as a senator from Alabama. February 28, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-28 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying information relating to the expediency of erecting a light-house at the mouth of the Umpqua River, Oregon. February 28, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-02-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4003.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 4003, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1704.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1704) for the benefit of Charles Cosby, late postmaster at Uptonville, Hardia County, Kentucky, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-01 |
| Revised Army regulations. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Central Pacific Railroad Company. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. James Harlan, transmitting copies of correspondence in relation to a treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations or tribes of Indians, concluded April 28, 1866. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1650. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of legislation to secure relief to settlers in good faith upon the Osage ceded lands. March 1, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, in relation to public lands in that state. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of the establishment of a postal telegraph system. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, asking an appropriation to extend the public surveys in that state. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, in relation to saline, borax, and soda lands in that state. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Report of the National Academy of Sciences. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Letter from the Attorney General, in reply to a resolution of the Senate in relation to cases authorized to be brought, or that are pending, in the United States Court of Claims to settle the title to lands in the Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying the report of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the grant to Pedro Martin, being private land claim reported as No. 73. March 1, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a letter addressed to him by the Third Auditor of the Treasury, in reply to statements made by Lieutenant Thomas H. Bradley to the Secretary of War. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 20, 1873, the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. March 1, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1545, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2808.) The Committee on Claims find, upon examination of the papers in this case, that petitioner, as postmaster at Franklin, Pennsylvania, had authority to deposit funds belonging to the government in the Venango National Bank of Franklin, which has been designated as a depository of public funds by the Secretary of the Treasury... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the select committee to inquire into certain allegations against Hon. S.C. Pomeroy, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-03 |
| Expenditures in the War Department. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Expenditures in the State Department. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Steamer Clara Dolson. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| National university. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| J. Hale Sypher. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Mark W. Delahay. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Loss of papers in case of General Don Carlos Buell. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Oliver Moses and others. March 3, 1873. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| E.H. Durell. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1872. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rice submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to furnish to the Senate information in regard to a recent application for United States troops to be sent to the State of Arkansas... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Manistique River. March 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Memorial of citizens of South Carolina, protesting against John J. Patterson being seated as senator from that state. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Union Pacific Railroad and Credit Mobilier. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1577, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-03-03 |
| Territory of Oklahoma. Protest of the Creek and Cherokee delegations against the passage of House Bill No. 2635, creating the Territory of Oklahoma. March 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2635. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-03 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Forty-second Congress. II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 3, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1573, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-03 |
| Statue of Admiral Farragut. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1576, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-03 |
| Investigation of Indian Frauds. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1578, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-03 |
| Kerry Sullivan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Kerry Sullivan, Company G, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1566, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-03-03 |
| Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875, inclusive. Vol. XIX. | Sessional Volume Title Pages | 1873-03-04 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the United States Senate in executive session. (Forty-third Congress, special session, commencing March 4, 1873.) | US Senate Executive Journal | 1873-03-07 |
| Credentials of W.L. McMillen, claiming a seat in the Senate as senator from the State of Louisiana. March 7, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Commerce be authorized and directed to sit during the recess, and to investigate and report upon the subject of subsidies to steamship lines... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Whereas at the last session of the Senate a resolution was reported from the select committee on evidence affecting certain members of the Senate, "That James W. Patterson be, and he is hereby, expelled from his seat as a member of the Senate"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Revision of the Rules be instructed to inquire into the propriety of so amending the rules as to provide... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. West submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River be authorized to sit during the recess, and to investigate and report upon the condition of the levees of the Mississippi River... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard be authorized to sit at such places as they may designate during the recess, and to investigate and report upon the subject of transportation between the interior and the seaboard... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the following be added to the rules of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, that the Senate of the United States have received with joy the intelligence that the republican government of Spain have abolished slavery in the island of Porto Rico and raised the colored people of that island from the condition of slaves to the rights and privileges of citizens of the Spanish Republic... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard be directed to inquire and report to the Senate, at its next session, as to the nature and extent of the obligations subsisting between the railroad companies and the postal service of the country... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the memorial of thirty-seven members of the Legislature of Missouri in regard to the election of Lewis V. Bogy to the Senate of the United States from that state, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1550, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1873. -- Submitted. March 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be directed to inquire what measure or measures can be adopted by the government which shall give to the country a currency convertible into gold at the will of the holder... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-25 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the special session of the Senate. March 26, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1546, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-03-26 |
| Index. (Volume XIX.) | Index | 1873-12-01 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions: Whereas by international law and existing custom war is recognized as a form of trial for the determination of differences between nations... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be instructed to consider the expediency of providing for a national system of banking and currency, in lieu of the present one, which shall embody the substantial features following, to wit... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| Statement of the Sergeant-at-Arms, communicating a list of property in his possession belonging to the United States. December 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement of receipts and expenditures from July 1, 1872, to June 30, 1873. December 1, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of the appointment by the United States of a commission to act with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of California, to examine and report upon the condition of the harbor of San Francisco... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 686.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 686) for the aid of geological and other surveys in the several states, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of J.B. Chandler, of New Orleans, praying that he be paid for carrying mail by express, &c., have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 533.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 533) granting a pension to Uriah W. Briggs, having had the same under consideration, present the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 768.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Long, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report: The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of A.G. Batchelder and Alsie F. Thompson, praying for a further extension of the patent granted July 6, 1873, to Henry Tanner, as assignee of said Batchelder and Lafayette F. Thompson, for an improvement in car brakes, ask leave to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-01 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1873, in the ninety-eighth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1593 | 1873-12-01 |
| Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the first session of the Forty-third Congress of the United States. December 1, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1604, Session Vol. No.6 | 1873-12-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1603, Session Vol. No.5 | 1873-12-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Navy, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1600, Session Vol. No.3 | 1873-12-01 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1873, in the ninety-eighth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1579 | 1873-12-01 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-third Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 1, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| A list of reports to be made to Congress during the first session of the Forty-third Congress by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1601, Session Vol. No.4 | 1873-12-01 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the United States Senate in executive session. (First session, Forty-third Congress, commencing December 1, 1873.) | US Senate Executive Journal | 1873-12-02 |
| Judgments of the Court of Claims to December 1, 1873, the names of the parties in whose favor rendered, and the amount and nature of the claims. December 2, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-02 |
| Petition of M.C. Mordecai & Company, praying compensation for mail service between Charleston, S.C., and Havana, Cuba. December 2, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to Senate resolution of March 26, 1873, information relative to the pneumatic tube. December 2, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, an inventory of all the property belonging to the United States in the buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by that Department and under its charge. December 2, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-02 |
| Petition of Alexander McLeod, of South Carolina, praying to be paid for cotton seized by authority of the United States. December 3, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-03 |
| Petition of George W. Clark, of South Carolina, praying satisfaction of judgment in the case of McLeod vs. Callicot, &c. December 3, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-03 |
| Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-03 |
| Contingent expenses State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842, statements of the disbursement of the fund for the expenses of the State Department for the year ending June 30, 1873. December 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-03 |
| Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with a report of the fees collected by the consular officers of the United States during the year ended December 31, 1872; the rates or tariff of fees prescribed by law, and a list of all consular officers in office on the 25th of September, 1872. December 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying reports of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the private land claims of Bartoleme Marquez and Francisco Padilla, and of Juan Luis Ortiz. December 4, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| John Gibson's Son & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. 57.) Memorial of John Gibson's Son & Co., and others, in relation to spirit-meters. December 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-04 |
| Michigan ship canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for survey of the Michigan ship canal. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Niagara Falls ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| E.C. Boudinot. (To accompany Bill H.R. 163.) Memorial of E.C. Boudinot. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Read, considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Telegraph operator at the Capitol. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to the appointment of a person to operate the telegraph connecting the Capitol with the various departments of the government and the government printing-office. December 4, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-04 |
| Salaries of members of Congress. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Salaries. December 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Whereas under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States the power is vested in Congress "to regulate commerce among the several states," and "to establish post offices and post roads;"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Memorial of W.H. Enochs, commissioner to represent the State of Ohio in the matter of claims growing out of the Morgan raid, in relation to their payment. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency in relation to the organization of national banks without circulation. December 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 71. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Special appropriation for Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, asking for an appropriation to meet extraordinary expenses in his Department. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the sale of Indian lands in the State of Kansas. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. (To accompany H.R. 63.) Memorial of the Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Mode of collecting internal revenue. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in regard to the mode of collecting internal revenue by United States officials. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Citadel at Charleston, S.C. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking appropriation for repairs of Citadel, occupied by United States troops. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| National bank currency. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking for the passage of an act by Congress to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to issue to national banks circulating-notes or currency equal to 90 per cent. of current market value of the United States bonds transferred and delivered by such national banks. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| Proceeds of sales of public lands -- Fort Saint Philip Canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to proceeds of sales of public lands and the Fort Saint Philip Canal. December 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and referred as follows: the first to the Committee on Public Lands and the second to the Committee on Commerce. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gordon submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to report, for the information of the Senate -- 1st. The number of bales of cotton seized under orders from the Department after the close of the war... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: Resolved, that it is the duty of Congress during its present session to adopt definite measures to redeem the pledge made in the act approved March 18, 1869, entitled "An Act To Strengthen the Public Credit," as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gordon submitted the following resolution: Whereas the abolition of the franking privilege was intended to economize the expenditures of the government... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate all information in his office relating to the fixing of the salaries of senators and representatives in Congress from the formation of the government... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-11 |
| Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, in relation to the application of Henry S. Welles for compensation for removing obstructions from the harbor of Savannah, Georgia. December 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of William Thwing, of Boston, praying that the duties paid by him, August 26, 1862, upon an invoice of nitrate of soda, imported from South America, which was on shipboard on and after the 1st day of August, 1862, (the vessel not arriving in Boston until August 24, 1862,) be refunded, having considered the same, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-11 |
| Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the House certain developments connected with the late Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-12 |
| Public property in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, an inventory of the public property of the United States in his possession. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-12 |
| Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting agreements, three in number, with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians for the relinquishment of the reservation provided for them by the treaty of 1867. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-12 |
| Commissioners of Claims. Third general report of the Commissioners of Claims, submitted December 8, 1873. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the credentials of P.B.S. Pinchback for a seat in the Senate of the United States, for six years, commencing on the 4th of March, 1873, being in regular form, he is entitled under the law, and in conformity with the usages of the Senate, to be sworn in as a member... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of December 4, 1873, information in relation to the sale of government property at Harper's Ferry. December 15, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Jonathan L. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. 786.) Petition for relief of Jonathan L. Jones, with accompanying papers. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1873-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of A.S. Rosenbaum & Co., that they be re-imbursed the cost of tax stamps on certain tobacco, burned at sea, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Civil rights bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, passed December 5, 1873, requesting the representatives and instructing the senators from that state to vote for the civil rights bill. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Vermont Centennial Commissioners. Memorial of Dr. Middleton Goldsmith and Henry Chase, Centennial Commissioners for Vermont. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Returning soldiers' names to original rolls. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking that the names of certain soldiers therein named be restored to their original rolls. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Judicial districts. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, against any division of the state into two or more judicial districts. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Homesteads for soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking Congress to provide by law for homesteads for soldiers, &c. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Homestead law. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to the homestead law. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Harbor at Michigan City. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Pensions to soldiers of the Mexican War. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of granting pensions to the surviving soldiers, &c., of the war with Mexico, and of the Indian war of 1836. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, for improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries, particularly the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Weather reports. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of establishing a system of crop and weather reports, with branches in each state. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Centennial Exposition. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of an appropriation by Congress to aid the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Claim of the Southern Methodist Publishing House. Resolution of the Senate of Tennessee, asking Congress to adjust the claim of the Southern Methodist Publishing House against the United States. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Two per cent. claims of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the two per cent. claims of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, now pending before Congress. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Public building at Raleigh, North Carolina. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the United States court house and post office to be built in Raleigh, North Carolina. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| District court at Fort Wayne. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking the establishment of a district court of the United States at Fort Wayne, Ind. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-15 |
| Petition of the International Steamship Company, praying the acceptance, in a modified form, of its former proposals for the construction of iron steamships. December 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-16 |
| Annual report of the Librarian of Congress, exhibiting the progress of the library during the year ending December 1, 1873. December 16, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Antoinette Darling, praying compensation for damages sustained in consequence of Indian depredations in Minnesota, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frank C. Darling, praying compensation for property destroyed in Minnesota by Indians in 1862, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-17 |
| Ship canals in Mississippi Valley. Resolution requesting the Committee on Railways and Canals to inquire into the expediency of maturing a bill for a better system of national defense and cheap transportation. December 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-17 |
| Revolution in Cuba. Memorial of the people of New York City in relation to the revolution in Cuba. December 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-17 |
| Estimates, vouchers, and explanations of deficiency estimates. Letter from the Postmaster General, to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, with estimates, vouchers, and explanations of deficiency estimates. December 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-17 |
| Penitentiary for Wyoming Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for building a penitentiary in Wyoming Territory. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Increase of clerical force in Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an increase of the clerical force in his Department. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Telegraph operator for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the employment of a telegraph operator for his Department. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Private Frank M. Kelly. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of Private Frank M. Kelly, Company F, First Cavalry. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Survey of the Grand Calumet River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 3, 1873, in relation to the survey of the Grand Calumet River, in the State of Indiana. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Clothing to certain enlisted men of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a joint resolution authorizing the issue of clothing to certain enlisted men of the Army. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Kansas Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a bill providing for the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to actual settlers, and for the disposition of the proceeds of sale. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Pottawatomie Indian funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill relative to investments of certain funds belonging to the Prairie band of Pottawatomie Indians. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Subsistence for Modoc Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to subsist the Modoc Indians during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Subsistence of Indians in Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a special estimate of appropriations required to purchase subsistence for Indian tribes in the Indian Territory. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Indians in the Central Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill for the civilization of Indians of the Central Superintendency. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Report of Iowa land commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of commissioners under the act of March 3, 1873, to examine lands in Iowa above the Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines River, with estimate of appropriation for payment of the commissioners. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Geological and geographical survey of the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation of March 3, 1873, for the continuation of the geological and geographical survey of the territories. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Pension bureau deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the clerical force of the pension bureau during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Abolition of franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the abolition of the franking privilege. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Examination of mail matter by Custom-house officers. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, 1873, relative to allowing any Custom-house officer or detective to examine correspondence passing through the New York and Boston post office. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-18 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 11, 1873, information in relation to the expediency of dedicating to the public use part of the island of Mackinac, in the State of Michigan. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1873. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard J. Murray, of the State of Mississippi, praying to be restored to the pension allowed him... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| Collisions at sea. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York on the subject of collisions at sea, dated December 17, 1873. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| Civil rights. Memorial of National Convention of Colored Persons, praying to be protected in their civil rights. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| Indians in Michigan and Indiana. Memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana, for relief. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| Ocean National Bank. Resolution relative to the Ocean National Bank of New York City. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| Inventory of property. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting inventory of property belonging to the United States in possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives on the 1st day of December, 1873. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-18 |
| Memorial of the National Convention of Colored Persons, praying to be protected in their civil rights. December 19, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-19 |
| Military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the subject of military prisons. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1873-12-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a contract entered into for the treatment of patients in the Providence Hospital. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1873. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the petition of Calvin Chipman, for pension for services during the War of 1812, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-19 |
| Irredeemable currency. Memorial of J.W. Parker and others, bankers and merchants of the City of Columbia, S.C., praying Congress to prohibit by law the issuance of an irredeemable currency by certain corporations, &c. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-19 |
| Additional amount of currency. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking Congress to grant relief for the present financial embarrassment by authorizing the issue of an additional amount of currency. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-19 |
| Subsidies to railroads. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1873-12-19 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress. In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1588, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1598, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1598, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1604, Session Vol. No.6 | 1874-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1604, Session Vol. No.6 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1592, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Joint Select Committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the affairs of the government of the District of Columbia; together with the journal of the committee, answer of the governor, charges, argument, and testimony. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1592, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1597, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1597, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1603, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia for the year 1873; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1603, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-01 |
| The executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| The executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1589, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1594, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, with the accompanying documents, transmitted to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1594, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1600, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1612, Session Vol. No.14 | 1874-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1612, Session Vol. No.14 | 1874-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In six volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| M.L. Bell vs. O.P. Snyder. Papers in the case of M.L. Bell vs. O.P. Snyder. Second Congressional District of Arkansas. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-01-01 |
| Gause vs. Hodges. Papers in the case of L.C. Gause vs. Asa Hodges. First Congressional District of Arkansas. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the sixth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In six volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-01-01 |
| O.G. Van Dusen. June 16. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In six volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of explorations and surveys for the location of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, through Nicaragua. 1872-'73. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1582, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April --, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Davis, mother of W.L. Davis, praying to be restored to the pension-roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1591, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Joint Select Committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the affairs of the government of the District of Columbia; together with the journal of the committee, answer of the governor, charges, arguments, and testimony. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1591, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1596, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress, with the annual message of the president, December 1, 1873. Preceded by a list of papers, and a list of persons whose correspondence is contained in this volume, and followed by an index of persons and subjects. Part II. Papers relating to the American and British joint claims commission. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1596, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives. 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1602, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1605, Session Vol. No.7 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1611, Session Vol. No.13 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1602, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In six volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Reports of the committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In four volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1590, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1601, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1595, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Joint Select Committee of Congress appointed to inquire into the affairs of the government of the District of Columbia; together with the journal of the committee, answer of the governor, charges, arguments and testimony. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1590, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress, with the annual message of the President, December 1, 1873. Preceded by a list of papers, and a list of persons whose correspondence is contained in this volume, and followed by an index of persons and subjects. Part I. -- General correspondence; and papers relating to naturalization and expatriation. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1595, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1620, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-third Congress, first session. Commencing Monday, December 1, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Gunter vs. Wilshire. Papers in the case of Thomas M. Gunter vs. W.W. Wilshire, Third Congressional District of Arkansas. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1620, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress. In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1585, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Andrew Sloan vs. Morgan Rawls. Papers in the case of Andrew Sloan vs. Morgan Rawls, First Congressional District of Georgia. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1585, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| John M. Burns vs. John D. Young. Papers in the case of Burns vs. Young, Tenth Congressional District of Kentucky. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| C.Y. Thomas vs. A.M. Davis. Papers in the case of Thomas vs. Davis, Fifth District of Virginia. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-01-01 |
| George R. Maxwell vs. George Q. Cannon. Papers in the case of Maxwell vs. Cannon, for a seat as delegate from Utah Territory in the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1617, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives. 1873-'74. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report upon the reconnaissance of Northwestern Wyoming, made in the summer of 1873 by William A. Jones, Captain of Engineers U.S.A. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-'74. In five volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-01-01 |
| First session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1873-'74. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1599, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1599, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-01 |
| Mission Indians of Southern California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the special agent appointed to visit the mission Indians of Southern California, and recommending an appropriation for the said Indians. January 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-02 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Senate, submitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1873, information relating to the fixing of salaries of senators and representatives in Congress from the formation of the government. January 5, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that in order to prevent inflation of the currency, and to meet the necessities of the government, the Committee on Finance be requested to consider the expediency of reporting a bill to the Senate, which shall empower the Secretary of the Treasury to make temporary loans, and which shall authorize national banking associations to use certificates of indebtedness issued for such loans as a part of their reserve... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-05 |
| Steamer Virginius. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents and correspondence relative to the capture of the steamer Virginius, and proceedings subsequent thereto. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-05 |
| Tax on tobacco. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, against an increase of taxation on manufactured tobacco. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-05 |
| Matagorda Bay. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, memorializing Congress for the improvement of the entrance into Matagorda Bay. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-05 |
| Harbor of Galveston. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives in Congress from that state to endeavor to secure the improvement of the harbor of Galveston, and requesting for the memorial of the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Galveston upon that subject the early and favorable consideration of the Congress of the United States. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-05 |
| Artesian wells. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, asking for the donation of land to encourage the sinking of artesian wells. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-05 |
| Codifying territorial laws. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, relative to codifying the territorial laws. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-05 |
| Civil rights. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, re-affirming the third resolution of the conservative platform of 1873, and protesting against the passage of the civil rights bill now pending in the Congress of the United States. January 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-06 |
| Boston post office. January 6, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 193.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 103) for the benefit of Uriah Porter, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate, the number of officers and employes [sic] in or connected with the Department of State who have been furnished with official postage-stamps. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-07 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate, the number of officers and employes [sic] in or connected with the Post Office Department, and who have been furnished with official postage-stamps. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending legislation authorizing the sale of the military reservation at Camp Crittenden and old Camp Grant, Arizona Territory. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-07 |
| Expenses incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Attorney General in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the expenses incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege, &c. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Military wagon-road from Wallula to Seattle, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the construction of a military wagon-road from Wallula to Seattle, Washington Territory. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1799, from the relief and protection of American seamen. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| List of persons employed in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the act of April 20, 1818, and August 26, 1842, the names of the clerks and other persons employed in his Department, or in any of its offices, during the year 1873. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Education of Sac and Fox Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for educational purposes for the Sac and Fox Indians of the Missouri. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Indian reservation in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting to the House a draught of a bill to establish a reservation for certain Indians in the Territory of Montana. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Removal of Kickapoos and other Indians from Texas and Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill and estimates of appropriation for the removal of the Kickapoo and other Indians from Texas and Mexico. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Indians of Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to aid Indians of Northern Superintendency in arts of civilized life. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation for collecting and subsisting the Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to indemnify the Pawnee Indians for 4,800 acres of land. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Relief of certain tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to the House of the relief of certain tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations required to fulfill treaty obligations with the Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| Kansas tribe of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the removal of the Kansas tribe of Indians to the Indian Territory. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 128.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 128) for the relief of T.C. Callicot, &c., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 56.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 56) for the relief of George Wright, and the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 452.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition, and Bill (S. 452) and accompanying papers, for the relief of John McHarg, after due consideration make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-07 |
| Revised estimates of appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a revision of the estimates for the expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1605, Session Vol. No.7 | 1874-01-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information called for by resolution of the Senate of December 2, 1873, as to amount expended in aid of the construction of public works in the states and territories. January 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information in response to Senate resolution of the 5th of January, 1874, in relation to the number of officers furnished with official postage-stamps. January 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-08 |
| Causes of steam-boiler explosions. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commission appointed to investigate the causes of steam-boiler explosions. January 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-08 |
| Reform School in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for the erection of buildings for the Reform School in the District of Columbia. January 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-08 |
| Wheat trade in Europe and America. Letters from the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Agriculture, (with inclosures), relative to the wheat trade in Europe and America. January 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 82.) The petitioners, Margaret E. West, widow of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Robert M. West, late captain Seventh United States Cavalry, and sundry other respectable citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, represent that the late Captain West entered the United States service as a volunteer, under Andrew J. Porter, in 1856, for five years... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-08 |
| Robert N. McMillan. January 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-09 |
| John B. Weber. January 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-09 |
| Col. E. McCarty. January 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-09 |
| Charles Clinton. January 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-09 |
| Gilbert & Gerrish. January 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company, praying compensation for property destroyed by Apache Indians in Arizona during the years from 1864 to 1869, have had the same under consideration, and submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-09 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the enactment of a civil rights law. January 12, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-12 |
| Correspondence between Hon. J.H. Mitchell and the Director of the Mint, in relation to the establishment of an assay-office at Portland, Oregon. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, to accompany Bill S. 289 and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-12 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, submitted in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, communicating information in relation to officers and employees furnished with postage-stamps for official correspondence. January 12, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-12 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of expenditures at the Springfield armory during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-12 |
| Amount expended on permanent forts and batteries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing in detail the amount of appropriations which have been or will be expended on each of the permanent forts and batteries for which regular appropriations have been made, from the period of commencement of each work to the present time. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Expense of abolition of franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, transmitting a statement of expenses incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Falls of Saint Anthony. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the preservation of the Falls of Saint Anthony. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Fred. Rettig. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of Fred. Rettig, first lieutenant First Florida Battery. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Fort Reynolds military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the sale of the military reservation at Fort Reynolds, Colorado Territory, &c. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Sales of commissary stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill repealing so much of section five of the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government as relates to the proceeds of sales of commissary stores. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement concluded with the Ute Indians in Colorado, September 13, 1873. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Unexpended balances, Indian appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use certain unexpended balances of appropriations for the Indian service. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Civilization of Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill making available certain unexpended balances of funds to be used for the civilization of the Pawnee Indians. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| Manner of paying annuities. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill providing for the manner of paying annuities to Indian tribes under treaty stipulations. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1606, Session Vol. No.8 | 1874-01-12 |
| W.H. Moore & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1120.) Claim of W.H. Moore & Co. January 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-12 |
| Michigan ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for the survey of the Michigan ship canal. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-12 |
| Niagara ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to provide for the early construction of the Niagara ship canal. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-12 |
| Indians of the Northern Superintendency. Letter from Samuel M. Janney, on behalf of Executive Committee of Friends, relating to the Indians. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-12 |
| Central Pacific Railroad Company. Preamble and resolution submitted by Mr. Luttrell. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed, together with accompanying papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gordon submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment be and is hereby instructed to report a bill to reduce, as far as the same may be reduced with due regard to economy, and with reference to the salaries of civil officers, and as far as may be consistent with the efficiency of the service, the salaries of all officers of the Army and Navy whose salaries and allowances exceed $5,000 per annum. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that a committee of four members, two of whom shall be members of the House and two of the Senate, shall be appointed, who shall inquire into the condition of the Navy of the United States... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, information in relation to officers or employes [sic] furnished with official postage-stamps. January 13, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, information in relation to officers or employes [sic] furnished with official postage-stamps. January 13, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-13 |
| Revolutionary pensions and War of 1812. Communication from the Commissioner of Pensions, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812, relative to Revolutionary pensions and War of 1812. January 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-13 |
| Temporary loans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of temporary loans authorized by acts of February 25, March 17, and July 11, 1862, and June 30, 1864. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, information in relation to officers and employes [sic] furnished with official postage stamps. January 14, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| Merchant marine. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, relative to the merchant marine. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-14 |
| Double-track freight railway between Chicago and New York. Petition of one thousand two hundred and forty citizens of the several states, in favor of a double-track railroad between Chicago and New York, to be worked exclusively in the tonnage business, at slow speed and at cheap rates. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-14 |
| List of clerks and employes [sic]. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement containing the names of the clerks and other persons employed in his office. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-14 |
| West Virginia contested elections. January 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be laid on the table and printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 302.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor Edward Jarvis, asking pay for services in compiling statistics for census, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 69.) The Committee on Claims to whom was referred the memorial of William H. Vesey, praying to be relieved of a certain loss sustained while consul at Havre, France, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Julius Frank, to be compensated for sutler supplies seized by order of General Thomas, in 1864, have considered the same, and make the following as their report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 68.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram Prather, of North Vernon, Indiana, late lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Herring, of Alleghany County, Md., for remuneration for a quantity of whiskey and other spirituous liquors destroyed, as is alleged, by Captain George H. Braganier by the exercise of usurped authority, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Caroline L. Hoey, of the parish of Jefferson, in the State of Louisiana, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of M.C. Mordecai & Co., praying that compensation be made to them for carrying the mails of the United States from Charleston S.C., to Havana, Cuba, in the year 1859, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of William C. Williams, of Brooklyn, N.Y., asking re-imbursement of the amount paid by him in the year 1864 for a substitute to supply his own place as a drafted man in the Army, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-14 |
| Letter from the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 24, 1873, information in relation to the expenses of proceedings in bankruptcy in United States courts. January 15, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-15 |
| Revenue reform. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, relative to revenue reform. January 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-15 |
| Approaches to the House of Representatives. January 15, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 149.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 149) for the relief of certain settlers on the Fort Randall military reservation, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James A. Hyde, asking for arrears of pension from June 14, 1865, to May 22, 1871, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the application of Samuel Spalding for arrears of pension for services in the War of 1812, from 1814 to 1835, amounting to $2,016, which the petitioner prays may be allowed, with interest... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the petition of Mary D. Lond, mother of Joseph R. Newman, late private... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the memorial of Lizzie M. Mitchell, widow of Capt. John Mitchell, praying for a pension... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-15 |
| China mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, inclosing a copy of all papers and correspondence relating to the additional monthly mail service on the China line of steamers. January 16, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-16 |
| Bankruptcy laws. Resolutions passed at a meeting of working men and women (held in Philadelphia, 11th instant,) against the repeal of the bankruptcy laws, and urging more stringent provisions. January 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-16 |
| Edward P. Johnson. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Abner Y. Ellis. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Barbara McGlenan. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Michael Shields. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Ellen Wilson. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Fannie B. White. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Joseph R. Blackwell. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| George W. Keyes. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Abel M. Lewis. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Sarah F. Lincoln. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| James W. Glover. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Willard Howe. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| L.S. Campbell. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| W.H. Dennison. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| W.E. Prince. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Francis Bernard. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Eliza A. Maxham. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Mary Storrs. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Elizabeth Prindle, guardian. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Edmund M. Randolph. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah W. Vreeland, praying for a pension, submits the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amelia Ferguson, widow of Prof. James Ferguson, of the Naval Observatory at Washington, D.C., praying for a pension on account of the services of her husband to the government, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 316.) The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the petition of Elizabeth F. Thompson, praying to be allowed a pension, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 317.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry C. Smith, praying that he may be allowed the pay of a second lieutenant from June 10, 1865, to June 18, 1865, and the pay of first lieutenant from June 18 to November 25, 1865, submitted the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-16 |
| Letter of J. Beale, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, suggesting larger appropriations in support of the medical department of the Navy. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending the passage of a bill for the relief of the Chickasaw Indians. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 335. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating copy of a letter from the Adjutant General of the Army, relative to unexpended balance of appropriation for collection and payment of bounties to colored soldiers and sailors, and recommending certain legislation relative thereto. January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-19 |
| Ann Jennette Hathaway, executrix. Memorial of Ann Jennette Hathaway, executrix, praying an extension of patent. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1317.) January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| Reports on immigration. Letters from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that the reports on immigration may be transferred from the Department of State to the Treasury Department. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| District court, etc., at Kansas City, Mo. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to make an appropriation for the erection of a Custom-house and post-office building at Kansas City, Mo., and for the establishment of a United States district court at said city. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| Public buildings at Kansas City, Mo. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to make an appropriation of money for the erection of a court house and post office building at Kansas City, Mo. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| Post route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Happy Camp, Del Norte County, to Orleans Bar, Klamath County. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| Public lands for school purposes. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, regarding public lands for school purposes. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-19 |
| Commerce by railroad among the several states. January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the credentials of the Hon. P.B.S. Pinchback be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanying a statement showing the indebtedness on account of the Indian service prior to July 1, 1873. January 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to a bill to create a reservation in the Territory of Washington for the Coeur d'Alene and other Indian tribes. January 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with Bill S. 349, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-20 |
| Expense of abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the expenses incurred in his Department upon the abolition of the franking privilege, and also inclosing a copy of a report to the Senate on the same subject. January 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-20 |
| Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report from the Secretary of the Interior relative to information called for by a Senate resolution of January 8, 1874, regarding encroachment upon Indian Territory. January 20, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-20 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 15, 1873, communicating information relative to the expense saved to the government by the abolition of the franking privilege. January 20, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 341.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Anderson J. Smith, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, transmitting correspondence relative to a claim made by the authorities of Charlestown, Mass., to be re-imbursed for expenses incurred in the improvement of that portion of Chelsea Street bordering on the United States Navy-yard. January 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, transmitting correspondence relative to the reduction made by the House of Representatives in the appropriation for the preparation and publication of the Nautical Almanac. January 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey in favor of an appropriation in aid of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence. January 21, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-21 |
| Private land claims in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain private land claims in Louisiana. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 157.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 157) for the relief of Joseph Nock, and the memorial of the latter, dated May 9, 1872, addressed to the Committee on Claims of the two Houses of Congress, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to moieties given to Customs officers and informers. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard be instructed to consider and report a bill creating a commission of five eminent and skilled persons, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall examine and make report to Congress what legislation is necessary and practicable, in regard to inter-state railroads, to promote the following objects... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto the following... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| Petition of Susan B. Anthony, praying for the remission of a fine imposed upon her by the United States Court for the Northern District of New York, for illegal voting. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| Treaty with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to articles of convention concluded with the chiefs and headmen of the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, for relinquishment of a portion of their reservation in Wyoming Territory. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-22 |
| Fire escape and fire ladder. Memorial of National Convention of Chief Engineers, held at Baltimore in October, 1873, praying for a premium to be offered for a fire escape and fire ladder. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-22 |
| Protest against railroad land grants in Indian Territory. Memorial of the General Indian Council of the Indian Territory, established under the treaty of 1866, to the President and Congress of the United States, praying for the repeal of certain land grants to the Indian lands granted by Congress to certain railroad companies in 1866. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-22 |
| Indians west of the Rocky Mountains. Statement of Major J.W. Powell, made before the Committee on Indian Affairs, as to the condition of the Indian tribes west of the Rocky Mountains. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-22 |
| Protest against Indian territorial government. Protest of the Indian delegates of the Indian Territory against the establishment by Congress of a territorial government over the Indians, without their consent. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-22 |
| Protest against Indian territorial government. Protest of the General Indian Council of the Indian Territory, organized under the treaties of 1866, to the President and Congress of the United States, protesting against a territorial government being established over the Indians without their consent. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers in the case of Dr. Samuel Davis, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Wilson praying to be allowed a pension, together with a petition from a large number of citizens of the State of Ohio on the same subject, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Ann Daniel, of Yorkshire, England, praying for increase of pension to Major John Townsend Daniel, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 361.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Scrotha [i.e., Sciotha] Brashears, of Kentucky, praying for a pension, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 83.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Josiah Brivard, praying for a pension, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles J. Hansen, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Calvin Hess, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin H. Shepard, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Marshall, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Parker, praying for a mother's pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles S. and Jane A. Movers, for a pension, beg leave most respectfully to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 257.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Shelton, Nancy Shelton, Cerena Metcalf, Nancy King, Patsey I. Shelton, Sarah Metcalf, Cloa Shelton, and Mary Franklin, citizens of Shelton Laurell, Madison County, in the State of North Carolina, praying that pensions may be granted to them, respectively, as the surviving widows of soldiers who were killed in the service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 298.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 298) to increase the pension of Harriet De Witt Mitchell [i.e., Mitchel], daughter of the late General O.M. Mitchell [i.e., Mitchel], report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-22 |
| Bridge across the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a bridge now in process of construction across the Schuylkill River at South Street, Philadelphia, Pa. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Milwaukee harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 8, 1874, transmitting a copy of a report upon the condition, &c., of the harbor at Milwaukee, Wis. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Bridging the channel between lakes Huron and Erie. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Board of Engineers relative to the practicability of bridging the channels between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Flint and Chattahoochee rivers in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 7, 1874, transmitting a report of the survey of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers in Florida. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Bounties to colored soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the insufficiency of the unexpended balance of appropriation for collection and payment of bounties, &c., to colored soldiers and sailors for the current fiscal year. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Rock Island and Davenport bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 966), relating to the use by the public of the bridges and roads connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Providence Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report on contract of the Providence Hospital, District of Columbia, for the treatment of transient paupers. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Armament of fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for armament of fortifications. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Suits against certain railroad corporations. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain suits instituted by the United States against certain railroad corporations on account of property sold to said corporations by the government. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Buildings on Fort Bridger military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a board of arbitrators convened for the purpose of appraising the valuation of certain buildings on the military reservation of Fort Bridger, Wyo. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| P.P. Pitchlynn. Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, delegate of Choctaw Nation of Indians, upon the right of that nation to be paid the money awarded to it by the United States Senate on the 9th day of March, A.D. 1859. January 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-23 |
| Eight-hour law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to the decisions of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury based upon the act of Congress known as "the eight-hour law." January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Expense of abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the expenses incurred in his Department by the abolition of the franking privilege. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Geological and geographical survey of the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an estimate of appropriation for the continuation of the geological and geographical survey of the territories of the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, &c. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Postal savings institutions. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 11, 1873, in relation to how many employes [sic] of all grades it will require to carry on the postal savings institution in the United States and territories, and also in relation to the postal telegraph system. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Expense of abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, transmitting a statement of the expenses incurred by his Department in consequence of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Shipping commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 12, 1874, in relation to a statement showing the amount or amounts of money paid into the Treasury of the United States, under the act of June 7, 1872, authorizing the appointment of shipping commissioners, and for other purposes. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Mechanics at Pawnee Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the employment and support of a carpenter and a shoemaker at the Pawnee Agency in Nebraska during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of indebtedness on account of collecting upon reservations and subsisting Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico prior to July 1, 1873. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-23 |
| Consulate at St. Michael, Azores. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Penelope T. Heald. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Margaret Edwards. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| William Swanzie. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| James S. Elliott. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Col. Ezra Taylor. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| John A. Fisher. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| John Baker. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Thomas R. Hardwick. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| William F. Kerr. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Victor Mylius. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| William Stoddard. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Homesteads to actual settlers. January 23, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal. January 23, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| Railroad from Texas state line to Vicksburgh. January 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Barbara A. Nock, mother of William H. Nock, deceased, late a private in Company D, Seventy-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, praying for arrears of pension, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 366.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Oliver Powers, to remove charges of desertion and receive back-pay, bounty, &c., report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane McMurray, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-24 |
| Statement prepared at the Navy Department, of reductions which may be made in the estimates for the fiscal year 1874, 1875, with least injury to the public service, to accompany letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the President, dated January 5, 1874. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-26 |
| Five per cent. land-warrant claim. Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, instructing her senators and representatives in Congress to use their influence to secure to the state the amount due from the United States on account of the claim of five per cent. on the lands within the state taken up by land-warrants issued by the United States. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Pensions to survivors of Mexican War. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1419.) Memorial of the survivors of the Mexican War of 1846, 1847, and 1848, concerning their services rendered, and accompanying a bill granting pensions. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Memorial of the Fulton County, Illinois, Farmer's Association asking for immediate appropriations to improve the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Weather reports, pensions, Centennial Exhibition, and improvement of the Ohio River and tributaries. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to an appropriation securing a system of weather reports; asking the passage of a law granting pensions to the survivors of the Mexican War; asking liberal appropriations for the Centennial Exhibition, and the passage of a law affording cheap transportation by improving the Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers and their tributaries. January 26, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Railroad lands. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the restoration to the public domain of certain lands reserved for railroad purposes in said state. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Water routes. Memorial on the subject of the water routes, from the American Cheap Transportation Convention. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Public buildings at Key West. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, requesting the delegation in Congress to use their efforts to secure an appropriation for the erection of public buildings at Key West, Fla. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| Toussaint Mesplie. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1548.) Petition and papers of Toussaint Mesplie, praying relief for acting as Indian agent and negotiator, peace-maker, and chaplain to the United States Army. January 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-26 |
| List of clerks and employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with section 11, act of August, 1842, transmitting a list of the clerks and other employes [sic] in the Navy Department. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking an appropriation for the removal of the ship Patrician, and the rock known as the "Noonday Rock," near the entrance to the harbor of San Francisco. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-27 |
| Channel connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1873, in relation to an estimate of expense of deepening and widening the navigable channel of the rivers connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Berwick Bay, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the examination of the channel in Berwick Bay, at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River, within the State of Louisiana. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Railroad bridge at Davenport, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the removal of the north pier of the old railroad bridge of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad at Davenport, Iowa. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Examination of rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain reports of examination of rivers and harbors under the act of March 3, 1873. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Yellow fever epidemic of 1873. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13, 1874, transmitting a report of the Surgeon General concerning the epidemic of yellow fever in the United States in 1873. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Military telegraph lines in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the want of a law affixing a penalty for tampering with the military telegraph lines in Arizona. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Arming the militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing amounts due to or overdrawn by the several states under the law for arming the militia on the 22d day of January, 1874; also the annual report of Chief of Ordnance for the year ending June 30, 1871. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the plan and route of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Agreement with Crow Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement concluded with the Crow tribe of Indians in accordance with the act of April 23, 1872. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Kickapoo and other roaming bands of Indians in Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for removing the Kickapoo and other roaming bands of Indians from Mexico to the Indian Territory. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Survey of Indians reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to defray the expenses incident to the survey of Indian reservations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Expenses of general Indian council. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to defray the expenses of holding a general council of Cherokee, Creek, &c., as provided by treaties with said Indians. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| White Earth reservation in Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to secure eighty acres of land in the White Earth reservation of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota to the Episcopal Board of Missions. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports in relation to the Union Pacific Railroad. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| Rush Valley military reservation, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the disposition of the Rush Valley military reservation, Utah Territory. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report: The Committee on Printing, to which was recommitted the letter of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of all accounts received at his office from persons charged with the disbursements of moneys, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians, in obedience to the act of June 30, 1834, having examined the same, beg leave to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 264.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 264) for the relief of the officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian Regiments, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-27 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the passage of "A Bill Making Provision for Arming and Equipping the Whole Body of the Militia of the United States, and for Other Purposes." January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-28 |
| Letter of H.H. Emmons to the Attorney General in relation to clerical assistance to circuit judges in certain cases. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 393. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-28 |
| Reorganization of clerical force in the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1060.) Letter from Hon. Willis Drummond, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to Hon. W. Townsend, Chairman of Committee on the Public Lands, concerning the reorganization of the clerical force of the General Land Office. January 28, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-28 |
| Inflation of the currency. Memorial of banks, bankers, merchants, and others, of the City of New York, against any further inflation of the currency. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-28 |
| Invitation to Centennial Celebration. Resolution of the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia, inviting the members of the Senate and House of Representatives to assemble in the hall of the company on the 5th day of September next, (1874) that being the one hundredth anniversary of the meeting in said hall of the First American Congress. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Centennial Celebration and the Proposed National Census of 1875, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-28 |
| Relief of United States Assistant Treasurer at New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York City. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Matthew Wright, asking relief for destruction of property by the Sioux Indians in 1862 and by soldiers in 1865-'66, after due consideration submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 131.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 131) for the relief of John P. Kelsey, and the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-28 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 11, 1873, information in relation to the space allotted to each steerage-immigrant on board ship. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-29 |
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting a report of the transactions of said company during the year ending December 31, 1873. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-29 |
| Pensions to totally disabled persons. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, transmitting the petition of certain citizens of Massachusetts praying for an increase of pension to those persons so disabled as to require the constant personal aid and attendance of another person. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-29 |
| List of pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 19, 1874, in relation to the number of pension agents appointed under the existing laws, their residence, and the amount of compensation received by each since the 4th day of March 1869. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-29 |
| List of clerks, etc., employed -- reports of contracts other than mail -- inventory of public property -- expenditures of contingent fund. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of January 8, 1872, to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to the Post Office Department, certain reports. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-29 |
| Number and compensation of persons employed in the internal revenue bureau. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 19, 1873, transmitting a statement showing the number of persons employed by the internal revenue bureau, and the compensation paid them December 1, 1866, and December 1, 1873. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-29 |
| Government of United States armies in the field. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to "Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field." January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 395.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers for the relief of Dr. Edward H. Calvert, of the District of Columbia, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 307.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 307) granting a pension to Henry Oglesby, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1874. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 217) granting a pension to Julia A. Smith, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-29 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Territories, accompanying information in relation to the charge upon the Treasury for each of the territories. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Harbor of refuge at Cleveland, Ohio. Resolutions and memorial of the city council and Board of Trade of Cleveland, Ohio, relative to the construction of a harbor of refuge at Cleveland, Ohio. January 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-01-30 |
| Richard H. Dutton. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Richard H. Swift. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Reves B. Fuller. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Susan L. Galloway. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Martin Kalbfleisch's sons. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Joseph J. Petri. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Asbury Disckins's heirs. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| George S. Wright, administrator of John T. Wright, deceased. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Census takers of 1860. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| John K. Mayo. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| B.F. West & Co. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| C.C. Spaids. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Charles J. McKinney. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Seth Lamb's heirs. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Marie B. Greene. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| William H. Pilkinton. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Henry Savage. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Protection of the frontier of Texas. January 30, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed with accompanying papers. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| James De Long. January 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 398.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram W. Love, praying reparation for damages sustained by him in the destruction of his cotton crop by the United States Army during the war for the suppression of the rebellion, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30. 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 42.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 42) granting a pension to Caleb A. Lamb, late a private in Company E of the Forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 387.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (S. 387) granting a pension to Captain Benjamin Farley, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ruth Ellen Greeland, widow of John H. Greenland, late a captain in the Fourth Artillery, United States Army, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah Brooks, of Cloud County, Kansas, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-01-30 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to Hon. W.M. Stewart, Committee on Public Lands, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1168) to amend the act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Removal of the Flathead and Other Indians from the Bitter-Root Valley, in the Territory of Montana," approved June 5, 1872. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1168.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-02 |
| School lands. Concurrent resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, in relation to school lands in all fractional townships numbered sixty-seven in ranges eight to forty-three west of the fifth principal meridian. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Reduction of rates of postage. Additional memorial of William Coventry H. Waddell, on reduction of international and domestic postage. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Cheap transportation. Memorial of the commercial convention, held at Atlanta, Ga., May 20, 1873. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Duty on grain sacks, burlaps, etc. Resolutions of the Legislature of California to admit free of duty all jute, grain sacks, and burlaps, &c. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Cheap transportation. Resolutions adopted by the American Cheap Transportation Association in convention at Washington City, January 14, 1874. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Impeachment of Judge Richard Busteed. Articles of impeachment against the Honorable Richard Busteed, judge of district courts of the United States in the State of Alabama. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Osage ceded lands in Kansas. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to the title of the Osage ceded lands in Kansas. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1724. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-02 |
| Proposed Indian reservations in Idaho and Washington Territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting to the House a draught of a bill to provide for the establishment of a reservation for the Indians of the Colville Agency, in the Territory of Washington, and for the Coeur d'Alene Indians, of the Territory of Idaho, with additional papers. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-02 |
| Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho. February 2, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1225.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1225) granting a pension to William E. Price, of the State of Iowa, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1229.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth R. McCracken, praying for the passage of a special act granting her a pension, have considered the same and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna Hancock, praying for a pension, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1226.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1226) granting a pension to Francis Bernard, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-02 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1873. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1583, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-02-02 |
| Life-saving stations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the act of March 3, 1873, entitled "An Act To Provide for the Establishment of Life-saving Stations on the Coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina." February 3, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-03 |
| Henry S. Welles. February 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William McCarrick, praying for arrears of bounty, &c., submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 418.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan Dayton Anderson, administratrix de bonis non of Lieut. Joseph Wheaton, deceased, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bogy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 419.) The Committee on Private Land-Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sebastian Reichert, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanying a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a report of the commission to establish the northern boundary by the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California in relation to said boundary. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 435. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-04 |
| Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1873, showing progress of work on harbor of refuge at mouth of Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal at close of navigation, 1873. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Powder-magazine near Fort Mifflin, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the proposed construction of a powder-magazine on the old Lazaretto tract, near Fort Mifflin, Delaware. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Property adjoining Winder's building. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the purchase of the property adjoining Winder's building. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Unsettled accounts of disbursing officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a number of accounts of disbursing officers of the Army as still unsettled under the act of June 23, 1870. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Intercourse with Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend the acts of June 30, 1834, and February 13, 1862, to regulate trade and intercourse with various Indian tribes. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Omaha Indian lands in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation for the purchase from the Omaha Indians in Nebraska, of such quantity of land as may be required for the Winnebagoes in Wisconsin, &c. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Allegany reservation, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to leasing or selling a portion of the Allegany reservation, in the State of New York. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| Unsettled accounts of Army paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 7, 1874, in relation to what accounts of regular and additional paymasters of the Army, for disbursements during the late war, remain unsettled; what amounts, and from whom, are due, and what has been done toward their collection. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-04 |
| John T. Watson. February 4, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Thomas, administrator of the estate of Rev. Robert S. Thomas, of Kansas City, Mo., praying for compensation for property destroyed by United States soldiers, have considered the same, and submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph R. Curtis, praying compensation for extra work in the erection of the branch mint at San Francisco, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 433.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Susan A. Shelby, praying compensation for cotton seized at Port Gibson, Mississippi, in 1864, have had the petition, proofs taken, &c., accompanying the same, under consideration, and beg leave to submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-04 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 26, 1874, transmitting a copy of the annual reports of a portion of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the years 1872 and 1873. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| Canal connecting the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1871, in relation to a ship canal to connect the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. February 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-05 |
| Growth of timber on western prairies. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| Edward Savage. February 5, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary C. Haile, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report: Your committee have had under consideration the petition of William Martin, asking to be placed on the pension-rolls... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report: Your committee have had under consideration the application of Elizabeth O'Neil, the mother of John O'Neil, who died in the United States Army, on the 6th of November, 1858... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Canady O'Brien, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 439.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.B. Allen & Co., representing the Atlantic Steamship and the Pacific Mail Steamship Companies, for compensation, for carrying the United States mails during the suspension of the overland mail service in 1864 and 1865, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-05 |
| Petition of citizens of North Carolina, praying for an appropriation for continuing the work of improvement on the bars at the mouth of Cape Fear River. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Petition of citizens of North Carolina, praying for an appropriation for continuing the work of improvement on the bars at the mouth of Cape Fear River. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| R.F. Farrell. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with papers, in the case of R.F. Farrell, late United States Consul at Cadiz, Spain. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-06 |
| Bronze statue of George Clinton, deceased. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the governor of New York, relative to a bronze statue of George Clinton, deceased. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-06 |
| Statement of duties collected. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 17, 1873, transmitting a statement of the amount of duties collected and paid on all the goods, wares, and merchandise specified and provided for in the act of June 6, 1872, &c. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-06 |
| Eight-hour law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the operation of the eight-hour law. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-06 |
| Ephraim P. Showalter. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| George H. Herring. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Citadel in Charleston, S.C. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Julius. W. Ulrich. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| George H. Hickman. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Lieut. H.A. Kelly. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Frank Y. Commager. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Upper and lower bands of Sioux Indians. February 6, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Lucius A. Rountree. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| James Long. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Capt. A.B. Dyer. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| John N. Newman. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Jonathan L. Mann. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Rice M. Brown. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| William N. Williams. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Samuel E. Rankin. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Matthias Whitehead. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Foster A. Hixon. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| George L. Yount. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| James C. Livingston. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Alexander Burtch. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Matthew Woodruff. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| William E. Childs. February 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Simeon J. Thompson. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 272.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 272) for the relief of Bishop & Co., bankers, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, having had the same under consideration, report.. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Coonan, late second lieutenant Company A, Eighteenth Regiment New York Cavalry, praying an increase of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 322.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill "Granting a Pension to Mrs. Alme D. Brooks," with the petition and accompanying papers, after having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-06 |
| Petition of masters of vessels trading at the Port of Wilmington, N.C., praying an appropriation to complete the government improvement at the mouth of Cape Fear River. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of indemnifying the holders of pre-emption and homestead certificates, and certificates of entry and patents upon public lands in that state, within the Des Moines River Grant. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of the opening of the railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Clinton, Iowa, to the use of all railroad companies desirous of crossing the same. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| Civil rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking the passage of the civil rights bill. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Repeal of general bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, instructing her senators and requesting her representatives in Congress to vote for the unconditional repeal of an act of Congress known as the "General Bankrupt Law." February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Submarine cable telegraphs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1900.) Statement of facts relating to submarine cable telegraph companies. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Internal waterline. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, providing for the transfer of certain rights and franchises of the State of West Virginia to the United States. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Pre-emptions. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for extension of payment of pre-emption claims. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| A.P. Jackson and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, for the relief of A.P. Jackson and others. February 9, 1974. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Mail route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California for the establishment of a daily mail between Shasta, via Fort Jones, and Yreka. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Ship canal across the peninsula of Florida. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing and requesting the congressional delegation of said state to urge upon Congress the survey and construction of a ship canal across the peninsula of Florida. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Improvement of French Broad River. Petition of John E. Davis and three hundred others, citizens of Jefferson County, Tennessee, asking certain improvement in the French Broad River. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Non-Mormon citizens of Utah. Memorial of a committee of forty-five gentlemen, selected at a public meeting of non-Mormon residents and voters of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah, held on the 19th of January, 1874, to prepare a memorial to Congress, setting forth the grievances of the non-Mormon people of said territory, and for such legislation by Congress as is needed for the full protection of all classes of people residing in said territory. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Colville Reservation, Washington Territory. Extract from Superintendent R.H. Milroy's report touching the Colville Reservation in Washington Territory. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-09 |
| Round Valley Indian Reservation, California. Draught of a bill transmitted by the Secretary of the Interior, to amend an act to restore a part of the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in California, to the public lands and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1873. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-09 |
| Makah Indians, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to pay for improvements by settlers on lands set apart for Makah Indians in Washington Territory. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-09 |
| Commissioners of Claims. February 9, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| Thomas M. Gunter vs. W.W. Wilshire. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| Spencer and Mead. February 9, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 172.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael McGrayel, late captain of Company E, Ninety-third Indiana Volunteers, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell submitted the folowing [i.e., following] report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Rufus Mead, United States Consul at San Juan del Sur, praying compensation for services rendered in the absence of C.N. Riotte, minister resident near the government of Nicaragua, do respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-09 |
| Resolutions of the Ramsey County Medical Society, in favor of the passage of a bill to increase the efficiency of the medical department of the United States Army. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| Memorial of the Vice-President of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company with accompanying statements in relation to alleged unfair and illegal charges made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of Agriculture, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 6, 1874, transmitting a paper prepared by Hon. George P. Marsh, on the subject of irrigation. February 10, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested to communicate to the Senate the information called for by the following resolution, which passed the Senate the 1st day of March, 1873... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| Laws relating to public lands. Letter of Hon. Willis Drummond, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to Hon. Washington Townsend, Chairman of Committee on the Public Lands. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1928. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-10 |
| Contracts, purchases, and expenditures for the Indian service. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the extent and nature of the contracts, purchases, and expenditures for the Indian service made since July 1, 1873. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-10 |
| Saginaw River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4, 1874, transmitting a report of the survey and estimate of cost for the improvement of the Saginaw River, in the State of Michigan. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-10 |
| Claims of loyal citizens growing out of the late war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Subsistence, giving their views upon certain classes of claims growing out of the late war. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-10 |
| Modoc war. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the correspondence and papers relative to the war with the Modoc Indians in southern Oregon and northern California, during the years 1872 and 1873. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1607, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-02-10 |
| James L. Johnson. February 10, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| James Preston Beck, administrator. February 10, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report: The Senate Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of C.B. Dean, praying for arrears of pension, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 465.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Council, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, remonstrating against the passage of a bill known as "An Act Supplemental to and Amendatory of the Act Entitled 'An Act To Develop the Mining Resources of the United States.'" February 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of an Indian reservation in Siskiyou County. February 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the passage of an act granting pensions to soldiers of the Mexican War. February 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of an appropriation for turning the San Diego River. February 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 10, 1874, information as to the length of time which will be required for the mints to manufacture the amount of subsidiary silver coin requisite to replace the fractional currency. February 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| Siloma Deck. February 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Annie Dorsey Reeves, praying compensation for the use and occupation of her property in Charleston, S.C., and for damages resulting from such use, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clement Wetle, of Saint Cloud, Minn., praying compensation for losses sustained at the hands of the Sioux Indians, in June, 1861, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of William Mason, of Taunton, Massachusetts, praying an appropriation for the amount of damages sustained by him by reason of breach of contract made with him by the United States in January, 1862, for the manufacture of arms, have had the same under consideration and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 185.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 185) for the relief of M.S. Hellman, of Canyon City, Oreg., submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of granting pensions to surviving soldiers and the heirs of soldiers of the Mexican War. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| Construction of emigrant vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, in relation to sending experts to England to aid in framing the necessary regulations, &c., as to emigrant ships. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-12 |
| Expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners in relation to an unexpended balance of appropriation made by the act of May 29, 1872, to pay the expenses of said board. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-12 |
| W.H. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of W.H. Ward for compensation for the use by the government of his improved bullet-machine. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-12 |
| Bridges over navigable waters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to regulate the construction of bridges over the navigable waters of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-12 |
| Pat. O. Hawes. February 12, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| William J. Scott. February 12, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| Dewight Desilva. February 12, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 215.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred "An Act To Exempt George M. Richard, of Pittston, in the State of Pennsylvania, from the Payment of $881.29, for Postage Stamps Stolen from his Office While Postmaster," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of R.S. McKay, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Elizabeth Reidenbach, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the petition of the Susan Ten Eyck Williamson for increase of pension, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the joint petition of Fleming Crump and William Williamson, praying, for themselves and their widows after them, a pension of $15 a month, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Phebe Riker, praying for arrears of pensions, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 470.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of James R. Young, late postmaster at Lisbon, New Hampshire, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of Mrs. Almira H. Thompson, praying for a pension for the services of her son, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Lansing, of Massachusetts, praying for an increased pension, beg leave most respectfully to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John O'Connor and others, have had the same under consideration, and beg to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition and papers, with a bill for a pension to William Daily, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 477.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Jemima Maxwell, widow of John Maxwell, for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-12 |
| Suits, etc., for violation of the revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the amount of money paid since the 4th of March, 1869, by any person or persons, in the settlement of suits, judgments, or claims made by or in behalf of the United States for the violation of the revenue laws at the Boston and New York Custom-houses, etc. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1605, Session Vol. No.7 | 1874-02-12 |
| Jesse J. Simkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1200.) Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the case of Jesse J. Simkins, late collector of Norfolk. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-02-13 |
| Bannack and other Indians in southern Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement concluded November 7, 1873, with the Bannack and other Indians in southern Idaho. February 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-13 |
| Jicarilla Apache and Ute Indians of New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an agreement with the Jicarilla Apache and certain Ute Indians in the Territory of New Mexico. February 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-13 |
| Relief of the State of Tennessee. February 13, 1874 -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Indebtedness of certain southern railroads. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Joab Bagley. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Crawford M. Hall. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| James L. Collins. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| George P. Fisher. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Jotham Sewell. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Frederick F. Baury. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Alexander Thomson. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| James Rea. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| William Haffords. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Jefferson W. Davis. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Martha E. Northup. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Helen M. Stansbury. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Minor children of Michael Weisse. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Charlotte Crane. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Juliet E. Hall. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Mary B. Dallas. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Nancy Patton. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| William D. Boyd. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Jane La Font. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| George Holmes. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Mary S. Prince. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Mary J. Blood. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Timothy Paige. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Ann M. Brackett. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Thomas J. McIntire. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| William H. Edwards. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Betsie Lewis. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Isaac M. Grant. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Nancy C. Marlette. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Charles T. Drumwright. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Susan W. Marshall. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| William D. Morrison. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Henry B. Ryder. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| John Henderson. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Willard Davis. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Alonzo Snyder. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-13 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1609, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-02-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, approving the repeal of the clause of the bill giving increased pay to members of Congress and others. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the repeal of the law requiring prepayment of postage on newspapers sent to subscribers in the counties in which said papers are published. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| Memorial of the Shawnee chiefs and council in relation to the lands in the Black Bob reservation in Kansas, and asking the repeal of the 14th section of the act of July 15, 1870, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1871. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 490. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the payment of the expenses of two commissioners appointed from civil life on the military prison board. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| Naval enlistments and appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9, 1873, in relation to the appropriation made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874; also how much of said appropriation was expended prior to January 1, 1874; and also how much of the $4,000,000 appropriated by the present Congress has been expended and for what purposes. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Cherokees east of the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend an act entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for Fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with Various Indian Tribes, for the Year Ending June 30, 1849, and for Other Purposes," February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Improvement of Galveston Harbor, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the improvement of Galveston Harbor, Texas. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Equestrian statue of General Winfield Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the memorial of H.K. Brown, for an additional allowance to that already allowed him for his equestrian statue of General Winfield Scott, lately erected in this city. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Sea-board and Roanoke Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 785) for the relief of the Sea-board and Roanoke Railroad Company. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Civil service reform in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the various bureaus in his Department in relation to civil service reform. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Martial law in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the date of the President's proclamation declaring martial law within the District of Columbia, and the period of its continuance. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-16 |
| Compensation of members of Congress. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in regard to the compensation of members of Congress. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Sewing machine patents. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, protesting against the extension of sewing machine patents. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, urging a sufficient appropriation for the early completion of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Tax on leaf tobacco. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, praying for a repeal of the revenue law in reference to the sale of leaf tobacco. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in reference to the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Companies. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Wisconsin Central Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for extension of time to complete the Wisconsin Central Railroad. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Homesteads. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas respecting the rights of homestead settlers upon the public lands within railroad limits. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Settlers on the Osage lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in reference to the rights of settlers on the Osage lands. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Kansas Indian reservation. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in reference to the sale of Kansas lands. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Public lands in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the survey of the public lands in said state. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Boundary line between California and Oregon. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to establishing boundary line between California and Oregon. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| San Joaquin River. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the San Joaquin River. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Santillian [i.e., Santillan] land grant. Resolution the Legislature of California, asking Congress to oppose the passage of the Santillian [i.e., Santillan] land grant. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Investigation into Utah affairs. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah. asking for a commission of investigation to be sent to Utah to inquire into all alleged abuses in affairs there. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Commerce by railroad. Memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard, concerning commerce by railroad among the several states. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Currency. Petition of citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying that Congress may not authorize an increase of the irredeemable paper currency of the country. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Indian treaties of 1866. Memorial of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Indians, in relation to the treaties of 1866. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-16 |
| Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations. February 16, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2064. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 63.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 63) for the relief of Perez Dickinson, the surviving partner of James Cowan, deceased, heretofore trading and doing business under the firm name and style of Cowan & Dickinson, of Knoxville, East Tennessee, and likewise a memorial of that firm drawn before the death of Mr. Cowan, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 48.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 48) for the relief of loyal citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia, therein named, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-16 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanying a copy of a report of Inspector E.C. Kemble in relation to the condition of the Indians of the Siletz agency in Oregon. February 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, in compliance with the act of March, 1869. February 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of a committee from the American Institute of Homeopathy, asking extension of the signal-service so as to obtain information for the benefit of the public health, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying affidavits of Silas Hurd, Seth Hurd, Ezra C. Blackman, and James Blackman, of Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut, praying damages, &c., have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1224.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of W.H. Denniston, late acting second lieutenant of Company D, Seventieth Regiment New York Volunteers, together with Bill H.R. 1224, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Reisinger, of Oregon, for a pension, report adversely, and ask to be discharged from its further consideration. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 108.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 108) to relinquish the interest of the United States in certain lands to the City and County of San Francisco, in the State of California, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 171.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 171) "For the Benefit of the Legatees of Asbury Dickins, Deceased," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 496.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of T.T. Garrard and others, proprietors and lessees of salt-works near Manchester, in the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for the destruction of their salt and injuries committed upon their works by the troops of the United States, in the year 1862, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that Senators may be elected by a direct vote of the people. February 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the restoration, for the benefit of settlers thereon, of the lands granted in aid of the construction of a railroad from Stockton to Copperopolis in that state. February 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the report of John M. Thacher, a delegate to the Vienna Exposition, held in August, 1873, on the subject of the protection of patents. February 18, 1874. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| National banks of Rhode Island. Memorial of the National Bank of North America and thirty-one other national banks in Rhode Island, remonstrating against the withdrawal of any part of their circulation. February 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-18 |
| Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad Company. February 18, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| Eastern Judicial District of Kentucky. February 18, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| Laws of Dakota. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| Acknowledgment of God and the Christian religion in the Constitution. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 53.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 53) for the relief of Mary E. Purnell, have considered the same, together with the papers submitted therewith, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 508.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition, accompanying affidavits, certificates, and other papers of Andrew Johnson, of Logansport, in the State of Indiana, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 507.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas B. Wallace, praying compensation for his dwelling-house and its contents, destroyed by order of Col. James A. Mulligan, in command of the United States forces at the City of Lexington, Mo., on the 13th of September, 1861, has had the same under consideration, and submits the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A.M. Wilson, praying compensation for property taken, used, and enjoyed by the military forces of the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jesse Connell and Barrett S. Johnson, praying compensation for corn delivered under a contract with the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Henry A. Peeler, having considered the same, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of P.W. Whitcomb, praying compensation for services rendered as a clerk of the first class, while employed as a laborer in the Office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, from October 1, 1866, to April 1, 1872, have had the same under consideration, and present the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-18 |
| Expenses of the Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a detailed statement of the amount of moneys expended and indebtedness incurred in connection with the Indian service from June 30, 1873, to Dec. 31, 1873, &c. [Feb]ruary 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-18 |
| Annual statement of the National Savings Bank of the District of Columbia for the year ending December 31, 1873. February 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an amendment to the Constitution, providing for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people. February 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| Memorial of A.G. Neugent, agent of the State of Missouri, praying the passage of a bill to re-imburse that state for expenses incurred in placing soldiers in the field during the war of the rebellion. February 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| Channel at the mouth of the Mississippi. Memorials of marine insurance companies, shippers, ship owners, pilots, underwriters, and the Tow-boat Association of New Orleans, against military interference with the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-19 |
| Oath of loyalty. February 19, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 429.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 429) creating an additional land district in the Territory of New Mexico, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 517.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 517, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1222.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1222, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a petition, numerously signed, asking Congress to grant, by special act, a pension to William C. Parker, of Marshall County, West Virginia, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Barnet Simonson, for a special act to correct the muster-roll of his company in the War of 1812 by removing the charge against him to desertion, for a bounty land warrant and for pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Celia, widow of Thomas Tweed, with accompanying papers and proofs, praying a pension, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred petition and papers in the case of Abram Hoevener, late of the Second Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, of African descent, claiming pay of second lieutenant from May 9, 1863, to December 22, 1863, less amount received by him as pay of sergeant of 127th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, have had the same under consideration and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John P. McElroy, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-19 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in relation to the cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests. February 20, 1874. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Illinois and Michigan Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the extension of the Illinois and Michigan Canal from the Illinois to the Mississippi River. February 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-20 |
| Branch mint in San Francisco. (To accompany H. Res. 58.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, in regard to the unexpended balance of appropriation for construction of the branch mint building, San Francisco. February 20, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-20 |
| R.W. Clarke. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Oliver P. Mason. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Julius Griesenbeck. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| James Lillie. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| C.W.C. Dunnington. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Joseph B. Rothchild. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| William Chester. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| John Brennan. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| James Coats. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Mrs. Louisa P. Molloy. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Jacob Harding. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Mrs. Jane Northedge, widow of Colonel William Northedge, deceased. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Dr. John W. Divine. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| General Samuel W. Crawford. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| William A. Snodgrass. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Olive S. Breed. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Mrs. Ann Crane. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| John C. Farnham. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Gilmon Bennett. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Mary A. Chute. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Caroline P. Gerrish. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Clarissa D. Swain. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Caroline E. Thomas. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| William P. Bartlett. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Henry M. Fife. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Penelope C. Brown. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Martha E. Brixey. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Mrs. Sally Oatly. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Charles McCarty. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| James Roach. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Sophronia Austin. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Nancy Parkhurst. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Oliver C. Denslow. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Elizabeth Copeland. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Charles Fitchett. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Sarah Shackelford. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Martin Hoff, Casper Doerr, and George Gebhart. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Steamer Clara Dolson. February 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1402.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1402) granting a pension to John A. Fisher, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 518.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin C. Skinner for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 141.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 141) for the relief of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and steam machinery, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 249) authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to give to George A. Armes, late captain Tenth United States Cavalry, an honorable discharge, to date June 7th, 1870, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 519.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor J. Milton Best, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-20 |
| Cheap transportation. Memorial of American Cheap Transportation Association. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-21 |
| Anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Petition of T.N.C. Liverpool, Peter H. Clark, and other citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, asking that the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday be declared to be a legal holiday. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-21 |
| Annual report on the commercial relations between the United States and foreign nations, made by the Secretary of State, for the year ending September 30, 1873. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1611, Session Vol. No.13 | 1874-02-21 |
| Clothing lost by enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to clothing lost by the enlisted men of Company F, 3d United States Cavalry, during a flood in Blackwood Valley, May 31, 1873. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-21 |
| Survey of the Upper Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the surveys made upon the upper Mississippi River, between Minneapolis and Saint Cloud. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-21 |
| Captured and abandoned cotton and other property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the amount of money paid into the Treasury of the United States arising from cotton and other captured and abandoned property, &c. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-21 |
| Yellowstone Park. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill amendatory of and supplementary to the act entitled "An Act To Set Apart a Certain Tract of Land, Lying Near the Head-waters of the Yellowstone River, as a Public Park." February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanying a copy of a memorial of the Indians of Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations, in the State of New York, protesting against the passage of the House Bill 1053, entitled "An Act To Authorize the Cattaraugus and Allegany Indians in the State of New York to Lease Lands, Confirm Leases, and Quiet Titles to Their Lands." February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of confirming title to land in homestead settlers in good faith, in case of conflict of title with railroad or other corporations. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the construction of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 5, 1874, a report of the Chief of Engineers as to the condition of the breakwater at Du Luth, and the amount necessary to put the same in repair. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Timber lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relating to the sale of school, timber, and swamp lands. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-24 |
| Protection of citizens of Montana. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, in relation to the protection of citizens of Deer Lodge and Missoula counties. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-24 |
| New York Indian lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for the re-appraisement of the New York Indian lands in Bourbon County, Kansas. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-24 |
| Niagara Falls ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-24 |
| Sheer booms at bridges on the Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the construction of sheer booms at the bridges on the Mississippi River. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-24 |
| Removing Wisconsin Indians. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, indorsing the action of the Secretary of the Interior in removing Indians from the State of Wisconsin, and asking that all tribes be removed from the borders thereof. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-24 |
| Lands in Scott County, Missouri. February 24, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Titles to lands in the Northwest and Indiana territories. February 24, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Issue of patents in cases of private land claims. February 24, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 154.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the Bill H.R. 154 was referred, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1585.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 1585, having had the same under consideration, would report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 415.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 415) granting a pension to Bartholomew Diggins, late ordinary seaman United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 527.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Hanson Harmon, asking an allowance for office rent, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 510.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 510) granting a pension to Thomas R. Hardwick, late a sergeant in Company E, Eighth Regiment Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1401.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1401) granting a pension to Penelope T. Heald, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Adrian S. Lee, late of the United States Marine Corps, praying to be placed on the Navy pension roll, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 512.) The Committee on Public Lands, having had under consideration the Bill (S. 512) to extend the time for constructing the Wisconsin Central Railroad, in Wisconsin, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-24 |
| Ojo Caliente private land claim, No. 77. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, the transcript of private land claim, reported as No. 77, in the name of the Town of Ojo Caliente, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-24 |
| Land grant to Antonio Chaves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, the transcript of the land grant to Antonio Chaves, being private land claim reported as No. 79. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-24 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Centennial Commissioners. February 25, 1874. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| Improvement of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Ohio River. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-02-25 |
| Ottawa and Chippewa Indian lands in Michigan. February 25, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| John R. Bond. February 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| Correction of errors in prize lists. February 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| Memphis and Kansas City Railroad. February 25, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| Heirs of William C. Brashear. February 25, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Julia A. Nutt, administratrix and widow of Haller Nutt, deceased, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Susan Vincent, praying the repayment of a balance of money advanced, &c., beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 384.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 384) for the benefit of the Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Road Company, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 6.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred, on the 13th of February, 1874, the following resolution... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-25 |
| Estimates of deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary to the Treasury, transmitting estimates of the deficiencies in appropriations required to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| The Rio Grande at Fort Brown, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the protection of the river banks of the Rio Grande upon the site of Fort Brown, Texas. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Colorado River at Yuma depot. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a project for the protection of the banks of the Colorado River at Yuma depot. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Leaves of absence. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the House a petition of officers of the 6th Infantry, asking that troops serving on the frontier be placed on better footing with regard to leaves of absence. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Mission Indians in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report showing the necessity that exists for legislation in behalf of the mission Indians in California. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Ute, Pai-Ute, Go-si Ute, and Shoshone Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the condition and wants of the Ute Indians of Utah; the Pai-Utes of Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California; the Go-si Utes of Utah and Nevada; the northwestern Shoshones of Idaho and Utah, and the western Shoshones of Nevada. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Relief of Indians in Shasta County, California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to aid the Indians in Shasta County, California. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in reply to Senate resolution of January 20, 1874, information as to compensation and additional compensation of clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to an act approved July 15, 1870, relating to certain supernumerary officers mustered out of service with one year's pay and allowance. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| Western District of Arkansas. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-26 |
| William B. Thomas. February 26, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Richard H. Conner, of Company I, Sixth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, for arrears of pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joanna W. Turner, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions having had under consideration the petition of George Goerth, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Biggers, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Healy, praying for an increase of his pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Virginia A. Hindle for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 539.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eugene Smith, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 540.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Washington County, Vermont, for a pension to Fanny Newcomb, mother of Iremus P. Newcomb, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 542.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 273) for the relief of Butler, Miller & Co. and Hawkes, Miller & Co., of Ohio, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-26 |
| Memorial of the governors of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, asking payment to said states of the two per cent. land fund. February 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 27, 1874, information in relation to a treaty with the Chippewa Indians. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 27, 1874. -- Motion to print reported and agreed to. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Penitentiary in Washington Territory. Letter from the Attorney General to O.B. McFadden, relative to the penitentiary in Washington Territory. February 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-27 |
| Postmasters' salaries. Testimony taken before the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads on the salaries of postmasters in large cities. February 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-27 |
| Joseph Montanari. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| P. Hornbrook. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| W.H. McKinney. February 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Exchange of cotton seed with Egypt. February 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Promotion in the Inspector General's Department. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Marine hospital at Cleveland, Ohio. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Beck & Wirth. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Alfred Bolder. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Augustus S. [i.e., L.] Yaeger. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Margaret E. West. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Josiah Brinard. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Ann Humphreys. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Henry C. Smith. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Almon P. Graves. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Elizabeth Brady. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Elizabeth Hackleman. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Cornelia A. Washburn. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Edgar L. Spencer. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Henry Bruckner. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Sarah Summerville. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Patrick Hickey. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Andrew J. Baldwin. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Mary B. Triplett. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Hugh Wallace. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Andrew Sloan vs. Morgan Rawls. February 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Robert F. Winslow. February 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 65 and S. 31.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 65) to authorize the President to restore Captain George Henry Preble, now a captain in the Navy, to his original position on the Navy Register, and promote him to the rank of commodore on the active list; the Bill (S. 31) for the relief of Captain L.C. Sartori of the Navy, and the memorial of Commander R.F.R. Lewis, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 253.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 253) for the relief of Thomas Hillhouse, Assistant Treasurer of the United States in New York City, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-02-27 |
| Exploration of Palestine. Memorial of citizens of New York and New Haven, in favor of the adoption of the Bill (H.R. 63) to authorize the Secretary of War to detail an Army officer to continue the survey and exploration of Palestine on the east side of the Jordan. February 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-02-28 |
| Ontonagon Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to repair the existing pile-work on the west side of Ontonagon Harbor. February 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-02-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the transfer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the War Department. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-02 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the immediate payment of certain adjusted claims of citizens of Kansas for Indian depredations. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanying information in relation to the condition of the Kansas Indians recently removed to the Indian Territory. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in relation to the refunding of certain custom duties. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2073.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-02 |
| Improvement of the Mississippi River. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, relative to the improvement of the Mississippi River. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Central Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to appoint a committee to investigate the affairs of the Contract Finance Company of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and instructing the California delegation to urge said investigation. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| United States prisoners. Memorial in relation to United States prisoners. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2326. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for a survey of the water routes between the navigable waters of the Minnesota River and the Red River of the North. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Unjust discrimination by railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking Congress to pass a law to prevent unjust charges or discrimination by railroad and transportation companies. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroad and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Homesteads. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking the senators and representatives of that state to use their influence to secure the passage of the Bill (H.R. 964) confirming the title in lands to persons claiming under the homestead law, in all cases where such claimants have settled on said lands in good faith and made valuable improvements thereon. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Pottawatomie reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that a certain Pottawatomie reservation be opened to settlement. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians [sic] Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Branches of the Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that transportation on the branches of the Pacific Railway may be carried on equal terms. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Mail route from Cedar Keys to the mouth of the Withlacoochee River. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, asking for a mail route from Cedar Keys to mouth of the Withlacoochee River. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Mail route from Monticello to Perry court-house, Fla. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, asking for a mail route from Monticello, Fla., to Perry court-house, in the County of Taylor, Fla. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Southern Methodist Publishing House at Nashville. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the claim of the Southern Methodist Publishing House at Nashville. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| Harbor at Twelve-Mile Creek, New York. Memorial and petition of citizens along the shore of Lake Ontario, to establish a harbor at the mouth of Twelve-Mile Creek, in the County of Niagara, State of New York. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 281.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 281) ceding to the several states within whose limits they respectively lie, the beds of unsurveyed lakes and other bodies of water, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 548.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Christiana Bailey, of Mason County, West Virginia, praying for a pension, have considered the same and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in response to a resolution of the Senate, information as to the number of illicit distilleries suppressed within the last six months. March 3, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating additional testimony in relation to the New Mexico private land claim No. 72, known as "Ojo del Apache." March 3, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-03 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal Company. March 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 560.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of William N. Denny, late major of Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers, praying that he may be allowed the pay and emoluments of a major from June 30, 1863, to March 25, 1865, less amount already received as pay of captain, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 561.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles H. Moseley, asking that he may be allowed the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant, less the amount already received as pay of a private soldier, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, touching the petition of Mary C. Holmes, asking compensation for fifty bales of cotton, &c., make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 563.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Messrs. Jordan and McPike, having considered the same, herewith submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report: The proposition submitted by the resolution of the Senate is whether an obligation rests upon the government of the United States to re-imburse states and territories, and the citizens thereof, for expenses and damages sustained by reason of incursions of hostile Indians... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1575.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1575) for the relief of Richard H. Swift, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-04 |
| Contracts of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the various bureaus of the War Department on behalf of the United States during the year 1873. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Fort Sanders military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 773) to reduce the Fort Sanders military reservation. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Kenosha harbor, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the condition of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill providing for the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Arkansas Valley Railway Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 750) granting the right of way over the Fort Lyon military reservation, Colorado Territory, to the Arkansas Valley Railway Company. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Settlers on Fort Randall military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill for the relief of certain settlers on the Fort Randall military reservation. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Military telegraph in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the cost of a military telegraph in Texas. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Kansas Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an estimate of appropriation required for the settlement and support of the Kansas Indians on their new reservation in the Indian Territory. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Flathead Indians in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the relief of the Flathead Indians in Montana. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use funds from the sale of lands for the benefit of the Osage Indians. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-04 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, communicating information in relation to the money order system. March 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 375.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Lexington, Ky., report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 566.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lucinda Schrum, widow of Jacob R. Schrum, for pension, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 567.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary E. Naylor, widow of Osborne [i.e., Osborn] Naylor, deceased, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in relation to the north branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Letter of A.M. Clapp, Congressional Printer, addressed to Hon. Mr. Anthony, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, inclosing an affidavit of a clerk in his office. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Sanborn and other contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 13, 1874, in relation to contracts made under the authority of the Treasury Department in compliance with the act of May 8, 1872. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1608, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-03-06 |
| Medical Department of the United States Army. Resolutions of the New York Academy of Medicine, relative to the present condition of the Medical Corps of the United States Army. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-06 |
| Charges against James H. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions. Petition of Helen M. Barnard, in relation to charges against James H. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-06 |
| Army Register and regimental colors. Resolution of the General Court of Massachusetts. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-06 |
| Oliver Powers. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| W.W. Elliott. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Thomas T. Crittenden. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Lafayette Ward. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Samuel L. Highlyman. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| John Clinton. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Perry Broyles. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| W.A. Sayler. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Metropolitan Police. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Burke and Kunkel. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Lemuel C. Risley. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| William F. Peake and others. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Lieut. Paris L. Reed. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Rosanna Quinn. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| E. Caroline Webster. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Henry B. Havens. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Mary A. Lowe. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Arious Kennedy. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Mary S. Moore. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Susan Bennett. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| John B. Miller. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Ezra H. Foster. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Peter J. Cratzer. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Magdalena Docks. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Lewis Hineley [i.e., Hinely]. Mr. McJunkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2353.) March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Zebina F. Rawson. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| William May, Sr. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Lucy Ann Cummings. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Adelaide Adams. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Emily L Slaughter. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Ann R. Voorhees. March 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| Alcoholic liquor traffic. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. William Trevitt, former United States Consul at Valparaiso, Chili, asking payment of salary and clerk hire, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Howard, praying to be allowed a pension, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-06 |
| G.L. Maloney. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the claim of G.L. Maloney. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-06 |
| Executive communications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the course now pursued by his Department in addressing to the speaker communications intended for the consideration of any of the committees of the House. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-06 |
| Maj. Henry Prince. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of Maj. Henry Prince, Paymaster United States Army. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-06 |
| Expense of transportation of matter formerly carried in the mails. Message from the President of the United States, relative to expenses incurred by the various departments for transportation of any matter which, before the abolition of the franking privilege, was carried in the mails. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-06 |
| Surveys of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys of Harlem River, Raritan River, Crow Shoals, Old House Channel to main channel to Pamlico Sound, entrance to Matagorda Bay, and San Antonio Creek. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-06 |
| Local self-government in Texas. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, returning thanks to the President for upholding the right of local self-government in Texas. March 9, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Kewaunee harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Kewaunee. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Indian reservation in Siskiyou County. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to the establishment of an Indian reservation in Siskiyou County. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Railroad from Saint Croix River to Lake Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an extension to the state of the time for the construction of a railroad from Saint Croix River to the west end of Lake Superior. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Chicago elevators. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in relation to compelling railways to receive and transmit grain without passing the same through Chicago elevators. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| United States district court at Martinsburgh, W. VA. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting her senators and representatives in Congress to favor the passage of an act providing for a session of the district court of the United States at Martinsburgh. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Milwaukee harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the refunding to the City of Milwaukee moneys advanced for the building of the Straight Cut Harbor of Milwaukee. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Water communication between Lake Michigan and the Atlantic Ocean. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the improvement in channels of water communication between Lake Michigan and the Atlantic Ocean. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| United States arsenal at Augusta, Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the United States arsenal at Augusta. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Election of representatives from California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking for the repeal of the act of Congress fixing the time for the election of representatives from the State of California to the Forty-fourth Congress. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Discrimination by railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, on extortion and discrimination by railroads. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| North branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the north branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of a modification of the homestead laws. March 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| Re-organization of the General Land Office. March 10, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1779.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1779) for the relief of William E. Childs, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 363.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 363) for relief of Lucius A. Rountree, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1935.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1935) for the relief of William J. Scott, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 498.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 498) for the relief of Captain A.B. Dyer, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 459.) The Committee on Finance, having before them the Bill (S. 459) for the relief of William J. Patton, and the accompanying papers, after due consideration make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevenson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 826.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill for the relief of Elias C. Boudinot, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 587.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 12th of March last, have made the inquiry therein directed and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-10 |
| Canal from Rock Island to Hennepin, Illinois. Memorial of ninety-three thousand citizens of Illinois and Iowa praying Congress to make an appropriation for the construction of a canal from Rock Island, on the Mississippi River, to Hennepin, on the Illinois River. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1618, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-11 |
| Pensions to totally disabled soldiers and sailors. March 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-11 |
| Amending pension act of March 3, 1873. March 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-11 |
| H.F. Griffin, deceased. March 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-11 |
| Boise Basin Bed-Rock Fluming Company. March 11, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-11 |
| Tide-flats, Budd's Inlet, Washington Territory. March 11, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-11 |
| James W. Long. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 1701) for the relief of James W. Long, late a captain in the United States Army. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Fort Wilkins, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the relinquishment of Fort Wilkins, Michigan. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Penalty for selling liquor to Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to existing laws fixing a minimum penalty for their violation in selling liquor to Indians. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Virginia draw in Long Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the narrowing of the Virginia draw in the Long Bridge over the Potomac River by certain obstructions placed there by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Supernumerary officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the act of July 15, 1870, making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1871, and for other purposes. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Fort Butler, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Joint Resolution (H.R. 55) respecting military reservation known as Fort Butler. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| John Watts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the claim of John Watts, for depredations committed by Comanche Indians. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Barracks, etc., at Atlanta, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to proposals made by citizens of Atlanta, Ga., to sell ground for barracks, &c., at that place, as contemplated by Bill H.R. 1429. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-11 |
| Mission to Sweden and Norway. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relating to the mission to Sweden and Norway. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Mail contractors. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal. Memorial of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, as to the Louisville and Portland Canal. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Enabling act for New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, asking the passage of an enabling act for New Mexico. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| William Hodson. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the relief of William Hodson. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| George Schwartz. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the removal of the charge of desertion from George Schwartz, of Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Revolutionary claims of Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2469.) Memorial of the State of Georgia, asking that the United States government refund the money expended by said state for the common defense in 1777. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Water route between Lake Superior and the Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the survey of the route between Lake Superior and the falls of Saint Croix. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the protection of the navigation of the Saint Croix River and the improvement thereof. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Rivers and harbors in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the improvement of harbors and rivers in Wisconsin. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Equalization of bounty. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for equalization of bounties to soldiers. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Repeal of the bankrupt law. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for repeal of the bankrupt law. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Bounties to soldiers of the Mexican War. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking Congress to give bounties to the surviving soldiers of the Mexican War. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Railroad lands in Minnesota. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for a law providing for a cancellation of certain conveyances of land granted to the State of Minnesota, in aid of the construction of certain railroads, and for the relief of settlers thereon. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Minnesota River. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, for the improvement of the Minnesota River. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Red River of the North. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for the improvement of the Red River of the North. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Winnebago Indian reservation, Minnesota. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking that government lands in this state to the amount of twenty sections on the Winnebago Indian reservation in Waseca and Blue Earth counties, heretofore sold and conveyed by the general government to private parties, be granted to the State of Minnesota. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Chinese immigration. Resolution of the Legislature of California, on Chinese immigration. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Mountain grazing lands, California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, requesting the survey of the mountain grazing lands in California. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Presidio Reservation, San Francisco. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to relinquish a portion of the Presidio Reservation for a public park to the City and County of San Francisco, Cal. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Tri-weekly mail from Shasta to Lake City, Cal. Resolution of the Legislature of California, for a tri-weekly mail from Shasta to Lake City, Cal. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-16 |
| Bridge across the eastern branch of the Potomac. March 16, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-16 |
| Lands in Michigan. March 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-16 |
| Obtaining water for mining and agricultural purposes in Nevada. March 16, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to a proposed canal from Rock Island, Ill., to the Illinois River, at Hennepin. March 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Ordnance, relative to the adoption of the Gatling gun. March 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| Cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests. March 17, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee of the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1956.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1956) for the relief of Willard Davis, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 259.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 259, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 595.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 596.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of H.W. Read, praying compensation for superintending the transportation of money belonging to the United States from Saint Louis to Santa Fe, have had the same under consideration and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 597.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of William A. Griffin, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah F. Stapler, made on behalf of the heirs of John Ross, deceased, late chief of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, praying compensation for property destroyed by the rebels during the late war, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Jamison, of New Orleans, La., praying compensation for the use of his property by the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 243.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 243) for the relief of Charles W. Denton, of Oregon, and the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 414.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 414) granting a pension to Alice Mullally, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the Rock River Canal Company, praying Congress to construe the resolution for the relief of the State of Wisconsin, passed July 1, 1864, having had the same, with the accompanying papers, under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the communication of the Secretary of the Interior, with accompanying papers, in regard to the Mission Indians of California, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of William H. Babcock, asking an increase of pension, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-18 |
| Reports of J.E. James and Richard H. Stretch, civil engineers, &c., on the practicability of turning the waters of the Gulf of California into the Colorado Deserts and the Death Valley. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-19 |
| Reply of the Commissioner of Pensions to the charges of Mrs. Helen M. Barnard. Reply of the Commissioner of Pensions to the charges of Mrs. Helen M. Barnard. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-19 |
| Lieut. B.S. Humphrey, U.S.A. Letter from the Attorney General to Hon. W.S. Holman, relating to the case of Lieut. B.S. Humphrey, United States Army. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-19 |
| Compensation of internal revenue gaugers. Memorial of the internal revenue gaugers of the First District of Ohio. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-19 |
| Cypress Bayou and Soda Lake. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Chloe Ann Ketcham, widow of Arche M. Ketcham, late of the State of Wisconsin, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1122.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1122) granting a pension to Mrs. Martha E. Northup, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 816.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 816) granting a pension to Jane La Font, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 609.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret A. Hoffner for a pension, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-19 |
| Customs fines, penalties, and forfeitures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected in the districts of Boston and New York, from November 30, 1873, to March 1, 1874, and the disposition made of the proceeds thereof. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1605, Session Vol. No.7 | 1874-03-19 |
| Horn Island military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the sale of Horn Island military reservation, in the Gulf of Mexico. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Cost of Modoc War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers showing the cost to the Quartermaster's Department of the Modoc War. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Red Cloud and Whetstone Indian agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for subsisting the Red Cloud and Whetstone Indian agencies. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Expense of the abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the expenses incurred upon the abolition of the franking privilege. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Wreck of the Patrician and Noonday Rock. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an examination of the wreck of the ship Patrician and Noonday Rock, at the entrance to the harbor of San Francisco, Cal. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Fire alarm telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to House Bill No. 1574, to aid in the construction of a fire alarm telegraph in the District of Columbia. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Making and testing new guns of large caliber. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an inclosed letter of Norman Wiard, proposing experiments in ordnance, and for making and testing new guns of large caliber. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Survey of Forked Deer River, Tennessee, and of Red River of the North. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys made of Forked Deer River below Dyersburgh, Tenn., and the Red River of the North, from Moorehead, Minn., to Pembina, Dak. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Reconnaissance in the Ute Country. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute Country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E.H. Ruffner, of the Corps of Engineers. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-19 |
| Memorial of chiefs and head-men of the Oneida Nation of Indians, asking the payment of certain sums of money claimed to be due the "Six Nations" of Indians under the treaties of 1838 and 1842. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| Land grants and subsidies to railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of California, opposing any further grant of lands or subsidies to corporations or railroad companies, and to restore certain lands to the public domain. March 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-20 |
| Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting Congress to oppose any further subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. March 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-20 |
| Wisconsin Central Railroad Company. March 20, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2096.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2096) granting a pension of James Roach, have considered the same, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1230.) Your committee have had under consideration the Bill (H.R. 1230) granting pension to Elizabeth W. Prindle, guardian of the minors of Joseph W. [i.e., F.] Doak, deceased, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Patsey Inlow for a pension, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report: Your committee have had under consideration the application of Henry Woodson, late private Company H, Fifth Regiment Missouri State Militia, praying for a pension, and find that under the statements made in the petition to petitioner would be entitled to a pension under existing laws... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1227.) Your committee have had under consideration House Bill No. 1227, directing that the name of Eliza H. Maxham [i.e., Eliza A. Maxham], mother of Samuel W. Maxham, late a private in Company E, Second Regiment United States Sharpshooters, be placed upon the pension-rolls, and that she be paid a pension at the rate of $8 a month from the death of said Samuel W. Maxham, on the 6th day of May, 1864... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 216.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 216) granting a pension to Timothy Paige, father of Wilkinson W. Paige, late captain of Company M, Tenth Regiment New York Cavalry Volunteers, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 613.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jefferson A. French for an invalid naval pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the following report. The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the following resolution: "Resolved, that the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be directed to inquire into the expediency of suspending the expenditure of all appropriations for public buildings not yet commenced, and to cover such appropriations into the Treasury," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-20 |
| Specie payments and inflation of the currency. Memorial of the citizens of Detroit, Michigan, relative to specie payments and inflation of the currency. March 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-21 |
| Grand Marais Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Hon. J.B. Rice, transmitting report of survey of Grand Marais Harbor, of Lake Superior, in Minnesota. March 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the repeal of existing laws prohibiting the free exchange of newspapers and other periodicals, and the free circulation of weekly papers in the county where published. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-23 |
| Postal service. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1874, calling for information relative to the postal service between New York and Washington, New York and Boston, and New York, Albany, Buffalo, and Suspension Bridge. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed, and motion to print two hundred additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. March 23, 1874. -- Motion to print two hundred additional copies reported and agreed to. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-23 |
| Post road from Healdsburgh to Pine Flat, Cal. Resolution of the Legislature of California, for the establishment of a post road from Healdsburgh to Pine Flat, Cal. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-23 |
| Relief of settlers of railroad lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, asking for the passage of a law for the relief of settlers on railroad lands. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-23 |
| Yellowstone Valley. Memorial from the Legislature of Montana, in relation to the protection of the Yellowstone Valley and the road from Bismarck, in Dakota, to Bozeman, in Montana. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-23 |
| Wisconsin Central Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the action of the governor of the state relative to the Wisconsin Central Railroad. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Benjamin D. Lakin, praying repayment of $1,000 paid by him for a substitute, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 44.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 44) to establish the Territory of Pembina and to provide a temporary government therefor, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, on the death of Charles Sumner. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, in respect to the memory of Hon. Charles Sumner and Hon. Millard Fillmore. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, on the occasion of the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| Eight-hour law. Memorial of citizens of New York City, in approval of the eight-hour law, and in reply to the report of Supervising Architect Mullett to Congress December 1, 1873. March 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A.J. Tynes, of Nashville, Tenn., praying compensation for buildings, &c., destroyed by military order during the war, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 345.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 345) to relieve certain persons therein names, late members of Company K, Fifty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from the charge of mutiny, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1404.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1404) for the relief of William F. Kerr, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 725.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 725) for the relief of James C. Livingston, late a private in Company E, Third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1776.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 1776) for the relief of George Yount, late a second lieutenant Third Regiment Missouri Volunteers, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2094.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 2094) for the relief of William A. Snodgrass, late first lieutenant Company H, Thirty-ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-24 |
| Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys, California. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Commissioners on the Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys, in the State of California. March 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-03-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of laws to regulate freights and fares on railroads. March 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating reports of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the private land claims under grants to Felipe Gutierres and Juan Jose Gallegos, No. 83 and No. 84. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Hannegan, praying compensation for work done, &c., submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 552.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 552) to refund to E. and J. Koch certain Custom-duties, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 558.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 558) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use funds from the sale of lands for the benefit of the Osage Indians, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 625.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of L.D. Evans, late internal-revenue collector for the Fourth District of Texas, praying to be relieved from liability for certain losses of money collected by him, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 90.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 90) for the relief of John W. Hickey, of the State of Louisiana, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-25 |
| Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas. March 26, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-26 |
| Bismarck land district, Dakota. March 26, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-26 |
| Two additional land districts in Kansas. March 26, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-26 |
| Additional land district in Idaho. March 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-26 |
| Sale of Kansas Indian lands. March 26, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-26 |
| Asiatic Commercial Company. March 26, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-26 |
| Special service division of the Pension Office. Letter from Hon. J.H. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions, giving statistics and the workings of the special service division of the Pension Office. March 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-26 |
| Saginaw River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to aid in the improvement of the navigation of the Saginaw River. March 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-26 |
| War claims and claims of aliens. March 26, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1623, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 555.) The Committee on Patents would respectfully report that House Bill No. 555 has been favorably acted upon by your committee, and that its passage is recommended... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of C.K. Curtis and als., certain graduates of the Naval Academy, praying for a re-arrangement of their names on the official list of the Navy, so that they may take rank and precedence as determined by the date of their graduation, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 629.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of Osceola C. Green, administrator de bonis non, and one of the heirs of Uriah Forest, deceased, asking such legislation as will authorize payment to the estate of said decedent to the amount of half-pay allowed by law, for services rendered by him in the war of the revolution," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish the Senate a statement, in detail, showing the amounts due and yet unpaid to the government from January, 1865, to the present time, from paymasters, quartermasters, commissaries, collectors of internal revenue, collectors of Customs, officers of the Freedmen's Bureau, or any other officer, or set of officers, whose accounts are under his supervision... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| Relief of certain naval contractors. March 27, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Martin Laffin. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Edward O'Driscoll. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| James Quigley. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Isaac Stevens. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| William J. Uhler. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John Folger. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Lucinda Jones. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Jennet H. Nisbet. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Deborah A. Swan. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mary S. Howe. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Gen. A.C. Voris. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mary A.S. Loomis. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Hannah B. Eaton. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Louis Markgraf. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Dennis McCarthy. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Rosalie C.P. Lisle. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John W. Wright. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Elizabeth J. King. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Capt. Thomas McKinster. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mrs. Nancy Brooks. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Nathaniel S. Greer. March 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Angelica Hammond. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Guadaloupe Torres. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Elizabeth McCluney. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mary G. Harris. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Charles Herbert. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| George Dayspring. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Jane Dulaney [i.e., Dulany]. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mary E. Murphy. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Josiah Kirby. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| First National Bank of Washington. March 27, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Eliza T. Moorhead. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Martha A. Ashburn. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| D.B. Allen & Co. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Joseph S. Read. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Peters & Reed. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| J.L. Tedrow. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Joseph Nock. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Duncan Marr. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| William Saunders. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| R.W. Clark. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Henry K. Sanger. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| S.D. Hicks. March 27, 1874. -- Referred to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Danford Mott. March 27, 1874. -- Referred to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John Aldredge. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Albert F. Yerby, administrator. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Emille Lepage. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| W.J. McIntyre. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| David Kleim. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mark Davis. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Randall Brown. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mrs. Flora A. Darling. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Thomas Day. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Francis Priest. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Lieut. Sidney Tinker. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| James L. McPhail. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John M. Lamb. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| George Calvert. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Benjamin W. Reynolds. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Purchase of a piece of land in Florida. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Heirs of George Fisher. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John S. Evans. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Altamirah Branson. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John F. Wheeler. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Charles W. Berry. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Capt. James M. Robertson. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Lieut. A.V. Richards. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Joseph C. Breckenridge. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| J.R. Wagoner. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Louis J. Boyer. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| John Heberer. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Robert Tillson & Co., of Quincy, Ill. March 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Edward O'Meagher Condon. March 27, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-27 |
| Protest against extension of the Wells patent. Memorial of the hat-dealers of Cincinnati, protesting against further extension of the Wells patent. March 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-27 |
| Mercy Ann Hall. Memorial of Mercy Ann Hall, widow of Capt. Charles F. Hall, late commander of the Polaris Expedition, praying for relief. March 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 381.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Bill 381, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1948.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1948) granting a pension to Mary J. Blood, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1945.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1945) granting a pension to Juliet E. Hall, daughter of Col. William Hall, late colonel of the Eleventh Iowa Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2356.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2356) granting a pension to Edward Jardine, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Flesher, praying for a pension on account of the death of her son James Flesher, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Richards for pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 581.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, with other communications, on the subject of the Yellowstone Park; have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Susan McGoulrick, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Esther M. Shubrick, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jules L. Williams, for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Cook for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Harriet J. [i.e., I.] Peabody, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Carter, praying for an increase of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2094 1/2.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2094 1/2) granting an increase of pension of Mary C. Bell, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 578.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 578) for a pension to Elizabeth Locbrick, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bogy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 205.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, having had under consideration Senate Bill 205, beg leave to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-27 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting correspondence in relation to a bill for the relief of Joseph Dunlap. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 638. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-30 |
| Resolutions of the City Council of Chelsea, Massachusetts, in respect to the memory of honorable Charles Sumner. March 30, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-30 |
| Post route in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the establishment of a weekly mail route from Kiel to Meeme post office, in the County of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Fish-ways in the Lower Fox River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the construction of fish-ways on the Lower Fox River, in the State of Wisconsin. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Improvement of the Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Light-house on Yerba Buena Island. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the establishment of a light-house and fog-bell on Yerba Buena Island. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Improvement of rivers in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting Congress to make an appropriation for the improvement of the navigable rivers in the State of California. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Public building at Green Bay. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the erection of a Custom-house and post office at Green Bay. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Public building at Oshkosh. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the erection of a Custom-house [i.e., courthouse] and post office at Oshkosh. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| Title of swamp lands in Missouri. Memorial of the County Court of Laclede County, Missouri, asking that the title of swamp lands situated in said state be confirmed. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 174.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 174) for the relief of certain settlers upon homestead and pre-emption lands, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 496.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted the memorial of T.T. Garrard and others, proprietors and lessees of the salt-works near Manchester, in the State of Kentucky, praying compensation for the destruction of their salt and injuries committed upon their works by the troops of the United States in the year 1862, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 637.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the governors of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, relating to the two-per-cent. fund arising from sales of public lands in said states, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-30 |
| Relief of the officers and crews of the Wyoming and Ta-Kiang. March 31, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-31 |
| Des Moines River Grant. March 31, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-03-31 |
| Alleged frauds and misrule in South Carolina. Petition of the Tax-Payers' Convention of South Carolina, for such relief as Congress can grant from burdens arising from alleged frauds and misrule in that state. March 31, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1934.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1934) for the relief of Pat. O. Hawes, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 345.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 345) for the relief of Alvis Smith, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 344.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 344) for relief of William Bowlin, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 455.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 455) for the relief of W.M. Kimball, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 436.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 436) for the relief of Lieut. John Shelton, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 91.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 91) for the relief of Louisa H. Hasell, with accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 492.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 492) "Authorizing the City and County of San Francisco to Use the Presidio Reservation as a Park and Highway," having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 644.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Caroline M. Purviance and Francis Wyeth, praying compensation for the use and occupation, as well as for the destruction of their property at Saint Joseph, Mo., by the military authorities of the United States, having considered the same, beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-03-31 |
| Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the construction of the Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River. March 31, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-03-31 |
| Memorial of John Beeson, asking the appointment of a delegation, composed in part of women, to visit the Indian tribes and devise means to improve their condition. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-01 |
| Counter-statement to tax-payers' memorial. Counter-statement and reply of the Republican Central Committee of South Carolina, to the memorial of the "tax-payers," so-called. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-01 |
| Appropriation for preservation of food-fishes. Letter of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, asking a deficiency appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-01 |
| Increase of currency. Memorial of the citizens and businessmen of Detroit, in favor of an increase of the currency. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-01 |
| Memorial of Colonel George W. Morse, on the subject of the construction of the Mississippi levees. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 647.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of James Cameron and Emma S. Cameron, his wife, praying compensation for the use and destruction of property by the Army, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs report back the bill to restore Captain Albert G. Clary, United States Navy, to his original position on the naval list, and ask to be discharged from further consideration thereof... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to which were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Robert M. Douglas and Stephen A. Douglas, claiming to be paid for cotton and other property, have had the same under consideration, and now ask to make a partial report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-01 |
| Presidio Military Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the present condition of Presidio Military Reservation. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Oostenaula and Coosawattee rivers in Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 26, 1874, in relation to the survey of the Oostenaula and Coosawattee rivers, in the State of Georgia. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Rush Valley military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to House Bill 1479, to restore the Rush Valley military reservation, in Utah to the public lands. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Naval asylum. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the propriety and advantages of a removal of the naval asylum from Philadelphia, Pa., to Annapolis, Md. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Mare Island Navy-yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 10, 1874, in relation to the necessity for a better supply of fresh water, and for the construction of improved roads at the Mare Island Navy-yard. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Punishment of crimes committed by and against Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill conferring exclusive jurisdiction over Indian reservations upon the United States courts, and for the punishment of crimes committed by and against Indians. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Chippewa Indians on the Red Cliff and Bad River reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to relieve the most pressing necessities of the Chippewa Indians attached to the Red Cliff and Bad River reservations, in Wisconsin. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Public buildings at Springfield, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to an appropriation for the purchase of the lot on which the United States court house and post-office building in the City of Springfield, Ill., has been erected. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a draught of "A Bill Conferring Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Indian Reservations upon the United States Courts, and for the Punishment of Crimes Committed by and against Indians." April 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 652. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| Iron ship-building yards. April 2, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ira W. Douthard, late of Company D, Thirteenth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Truehart, praying to be allowed an increase of pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 651.) In 1845 Congress made an appropriation for the construction of the first telegraph line ever built... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 753.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Bill No. 750, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Flanagan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 434.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 434) referring to the Court of Claims for adjudication and determination the claims of the parties therein named for the past and future use of Norton's postmarking and postage-canceling hand-stamp and the Robertson improved hand-stamp, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the claim and papers in the case of E.M. Dennison, of Washington, D.C., have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-02 |
| Deficiency in the appropriation for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the amount of deficiency in the appropriation for his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-02 |
| Telegraph line from Santa Fe to Tucson. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a telegraph line from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Tucson, Ariz. April 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-02 |
| Restoration of certain lands in California to pre-emption settlement. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 2298) to restore certain lands in California to homestead and pre-emption settlement. April 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-02 |
| Oliver Lumphrey. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Kerry Sullivan. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| H.P. Ingram and John K. Askins. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| John S. Dickson. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Confirmation of land entries in Missouri. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Benjamin C. Skinner. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Amy A. Hough. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Julia A. Smith. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Benjamin Farley. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Caleb A. Lamb. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Nancy Abbott. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Franklin Stoner. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| John G. Parr. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Elizabeth Clark. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Elizabeth F. Thompson. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Llewellyn Bell. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Anna Brasel. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Sciotha Brashears. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Ade [i.e., Ada] H. McDonald. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Bigsby E. Dodson. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Christiana Bailey. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Elizabeth Wolf. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| James N. Carpenter. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Rafael Madrazo. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| James W. Bowen. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| William Pelham. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| F.A. Stone. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Jacob P. Clark. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| William E. Bond. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Henry Fulinwider. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| J. & T. Green. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| B.C. Bailey. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| John J. Hayden. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| William Rood. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| David W. Stockstill. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| John Burke. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| Benjamin Crawford. April 3, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Stuart, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 60.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of P. O'Donnel, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 657.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Anderson & White, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, to Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 658.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martin V. Jackson, late first lieutenant in Captain N.J. Roscoe's Company, Second Regiment of Kansas State Militia, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2455.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2455) granting an allowance to soldiers who have lost an eye, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-03 |
| Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with act of July, 1854, three reports of the surveyor general of the Territory of New Mexico on private lands in said territory. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-03 |
| Major C.S. Underwood. April 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-04 |
| Medical staff of the United States Army. Resolution of the Rhode Island Medical Society in aid of the memorial of the American Medical Association relative to the rank and pay of the Medical Corps of the United States Army. April 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-04 |
| Memorial of G.W. Custis Lee, of Virginia, setting forth his claim to "Arlington," and proposing to convey that estate to the United States upon the payment of a just compensation, and asking Congress to pass a law to provide for the adjudication of his title, and to ascertain the fair value of the property. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-06 |
| Report of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives upon the reduction of the military establishment and in relation to the fortifications and works of defense. April 6, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2546.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-06 |
| John M. Burns vs. John D. Young. April 6, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-06 |
| Tariff on quicksilver. Resolution of the Legislature of California, urging the abolition of the tariff on quicksilver. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-06 |
| Modoc war. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, urging the appointment of a commission to ascertain the amount of property destroyed during the late Modoc war, and to whom it belonged. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-06 |
| Wagon road in Wyoming Territory. Resolution and memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming, praying for an appropriation to establish a military wagon road from Green River City, Wyoming Territory, to the Yellowstone National Park, and to Fort Ellis, Montana Territory. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-06 |
| Relief of settlers on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad grant. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, requesting the senators and representatives of the State of Michigan in Congress to use their best endeavors to secure relief from the general government to certain homestead settlers on railroad lands whose homestead certificates have been canceled by the United States of America because of conflict with the land grant of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-06 |
| Improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, recommending the passage of House Bill No. 2342 for the improvement of the Mississippi at its mouth. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-06 |
| Rates of freight and passage on the Union Pacific Railroad and branches. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to rates of freight and passage on the Union Pacific Railroad and branches. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1122.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill (H.R. 1122) granting a pension to Mrs. Martha E. Northrup [i.e., Northup], having again considered the evidence before them submitted with the first report, with additional evidence submitted, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-06 |
| James A. Drew and others. April 7, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-07 |
| Zadock Williams and others. April 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-07 |
| Sarah Burns. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-07 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to persons of African descent resident in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations on the 28th day of April, 1866. April 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 680. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and one from Enoch Hoag, superintendent of the Central Superintendency, protesting against the passage of House Bill 1725, providing for the sale of the Black Bob lands in Kansas. April 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| Encouragement of new and useful inventions. April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-08 |
| Encouragement and relief of inventors and patentees. April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-08 |
| Violation of the eight-hour law. (With testimony.) April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Charles W. Adams, by which he demands $157,665.25 for property sold and seized, loss of profits, and injury to vessel, &c., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Kennedy, of Blount County, Tennessee, praying compensation for ten bales of cotton, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1874. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Matchett, praying for relief on account of injustice alleged to have been done him by improperly striking his name from the rolls as a clerk in the Treasury Department on the 26th day of January, 1866, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of certain surgeons of the United States Navy, asking for the re-arrangement of the dates of their commissions, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conover submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 134.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 134) for the relief of Daniel S. Mershon, Jr., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1874. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac A. Morris, praying compensation for machinery sold by United States officers at Van Buren, Ark., have considered the same, and submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 27, 1874, information in relation to the receiving and disposing of United States revenue stamps and public moneys. April 9, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-09 |
| Choctaw award. April 9, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, having had the resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota in regard to an investigation of the affairs of the Pension Office under consideration... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Blanton, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary W. Jones, widow of the late Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones, praying for increase of pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 682.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and papers of the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Arlington Heights, commonly known as Hunter's Chapel, praying compensation for the use and occupation of their church building, and the use of the materials composing the same, by the troops of the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, an abstract of the militia force of the United States. April 10, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-10 |
| Contagious and infectious diseases. April 10, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-10 |
| Relief of the builders of the steamers La Portena, Edward Everett, F.W. Lincoln, Azalia, and N.P. Banks. April 10, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 486.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 486) entitled "A Bill To Revive and Continue Certain Grants of Lands Heretofore Made to the Territory and State of Minnesota to Aid in the Construction of the Several Lines of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company," having had the same under consideration, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-10 |
| International Land and Immigration Company. April 11, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Depredations on the Texas frontier. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| L'anse and Vieux De Sert Bands of Chippewa Indians. April 11, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Anne M. English. April 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| William J. Blackstone. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Dabney Walker. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| A.G. Collins. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Mrs. Louisa Eldis. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Thomas Simms. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| William Carl. April 11, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Sheridan O. Bremmer. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| F.O. Wyse. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Amanda M. Smyth. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Private land claims in Missouri. April 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| William B. West. April 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| J. & W.R. Wing. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Harriette A. Woodruff. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Josephine D. Thomas. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Mary E. Naylor. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Eugene Smith. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| John Hendrie. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| James R. Young. April 11, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-11 |
| Salaries to postmasters, etc. Statistics in reference to postmasters' salaries, clerks, etc., at various post offices in the United States. April 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-11 |
| Currency. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York in regard to the currency. April 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-11 |
| Postal railway-car service. Papers relating to postal railway-car service. April 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-11 |
| William and Mary College. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, in relation to William and Mary College. April 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-13 |
| Cost of transmission of telegraphs. Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting Congress to regulate and reduce charges for the transmission of messages by telegraph. April 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-13 |
| Oakland harbor. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in reference to the improvement of the Oakland harbor, California. April 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 228.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 228) for the relief of Bigler, Young & Co., having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1874. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company of New York, claiming the re-issue to them of legal tender notes to the amount of $8,000, in place of notes to that amount insured by them alleged to have been lost at sea, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 689.) The Committee on Public Printing, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph L. Pearson and others, employing printers of Washington, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 690.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Smith, late a private of Company E, First Michigan Light Artillery Volunteers, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-13 |
| Customs duties and internal taxes refunded. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 8, 1874, transmitting a statement of the amount of money refunded from March 4, 1873, to the date of said resolution, &c., on account of customs duties and internal taxes. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-14 |
| Treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to a treaty made with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians April 28, 1866. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-14 |
| The Juan de Mestas private land claim in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, the report of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the land grant to Juan de Mestas, private land claim reported as No. 80. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-14 |
| Mrs. James K. Polk. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting, in compliance with the request of the House, the papers and proofs in the case of Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of the late President of the United States. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2090.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2090, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 350.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 350) providing for the payment of the bonds of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, with the substitute adopted by the House of Representatives, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-14 |
| Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 20, 1874, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1873, a report upon an examination of waters for the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Ohio River. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-14 |
| Military expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement showing the appropriations for the military service for the preceding year. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-14 |
| William H. Denniston. Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the bill for the relief of William H. Denniston. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-14 |
| Statement in relation to refunding the national debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 3, 1874, transmitting statements in relation to refunding the national debt. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1610, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-04-14 |
| Estate of Major William B. Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to pay the claim of the estate of Maj. William B. Scott. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-15 |
| Reduction of the clerical force in the War Department. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, relative to the reduction of the clerical force in the War Department. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-15 |
| Coquille River, Oregon. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, relative to the survey of the mouth of the Coquille River, Oregon. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-15 |
| Payment of troops by checks. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a letter from the Paymaster General, stating in full the objections to the scheme of making payments to troops by checks, as proposed in House Bill 2546. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-15 |
| Deputy surveyors of public lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a petition of deputy surveyors of public lands asking for an appropriation. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-15 |
| Tide flats in Duwamish Bay, Washington Territory. April 15, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-15 |
| Dwight J. McCann. April 15, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1874. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of G.A. Henderson, praying payment of his salary as a clerk in the Treasury Department while suspended by order of the Secretary from January 28, 1864, to May 18, 1865, have considered the same, and submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Frederick A. Holden, asking remuneration for property destroyed in West Virginia, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial and accompanying papers of Mrs. Ellen Call Long, of the State of Florida, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 701.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jesse Warren and Joseph A. Moore, of Nashville, Tenn., praying compensation for a building destroyed by the Army, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 113.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of the Trustees of Wildey Lodge, Independent Order of Odd-Fellows," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-15 |
| Letter from the Third Assistant Postmaster General to the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads of the House of Representatives, communicating further information in regard to the transmission of the mails and the revenues derived therefrom. April 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1835.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1835) granting a pension to Mary A. Lowe, widow of Charles Lowe, late a sergeant of Company B, Third Infantry, United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2217) granting a pension to Henry Bruckner... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2679.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2679) granting a pension to George Dayspring, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conover submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 710.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of E. Laws, chief engineer United States Navy, praying compensation as such, of which he was deprived by the act of July 25, 1866, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1439.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1439) granting a pension to John Folger, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1719.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1719) granting a pension to Ezra H. Foster, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2791.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2791) granting a pension to Franklin Stoner, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 599.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 599) for the relief of Ade [i.e., Ada] H. McDonald, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 709.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a memorial praying for the relief of the trustees of the German Evangelical Church at Martinsburgh, W. Va., and an appropriation of $3,500 to re-imburse them for the destruction of their church edifice, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1586, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1616.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1616) granting a pension to John G. Parr, of Kittanning, Penn., report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 715.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution of the Legislature of California, remonstrating against granting additional subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Canal connecting the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the ship canal to connect the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. April 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-17 |
| James River and Kanawha Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 14, 1874, transmitting a report upon the James River and Kanawha Canal project. April 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1613, Session Vol. No.15 | 1874-04-17 |
| Mississippi levees. April 17, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Jesse F. Moore and Charles W. Lewis. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| J.G. Fell et al. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| C.N. Felton. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| James Atkins. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Mortimer H. Brown. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Richard Dillon. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Charles J. Sands. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| M.W. Venning. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Daniel F. Dulany. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| George Cowles. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Cora A. Slocumb and others. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Norman Wiard. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Michael Mulholland. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Mrs. Emma A. Porch. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Daniel Wormer. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| George A. Schreiner. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1624, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-17 |
| Heirs of Thomas Niles. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Sarah Hutchins. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Selden Connor. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Daniel Brown and James Robinson. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| H.A. Webster, V.B. McCollum, and A. Colby. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Peter J. Knapp. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Robert Sutherland. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Alfred Fry. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Isaac Riseden. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Walter D. Plowden. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| George A. Bacon. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| John C. Griffin. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Mary B. Belfield. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Ira Foster. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Robert Hardie. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| David Barnes. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Dr. Holmes Wikoff. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| William R. and Jasper A. Strunk. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Cordelia Wilkins. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| John J. Bottger [i.e, Bottgar]. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Fanny Newcomb. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Michael Bannon. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| John F. Smith. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| John Downey. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Joseph Lalond. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Letitia Carr. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| John Heddinger. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Samuel P. Kemp. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Caroline Duncan. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Margaret A. Chantry. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Jemima Maxwell. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Ira Douthart. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Jacob Grosch. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Jacob Parrott. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| George H. Reynolds. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| George W. Pomeroy. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Sarah A. Timmons. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| John Young. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Taxation of railroad lands. April 17, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| C.E. Rogers. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Pensions to widows and children, mothers and fathers, of soldiers killed at Centralia, Mo. April 17, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-17 |
| Finances. Resolution of the Board of Trade of the City of Portland, Maine. April 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-18 |
| Deficiencies in appropriations. April 18, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-18 |
| Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Morris County, Kansas, in favor of an amendment to the bill for the sale and disposal of the Kansas Indian lands in Morris County, Kansas, so as to make said lands taxable as soon as sold. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-20 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining, in relation to the effect of an amendment to Senate Bill No. 16 upon the Sutro Tunnel and the Comstock Lode. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 343.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 343) for the relief of purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary states, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 153.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 153) for the relief of Silas I. [i.e., F.]Field and the heirs of the late Samuel F. Dalley, of the City of Little Rock and State of Arkansas, together with a memorial of the same subject, and sundry papers and affidavits, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 718.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the memorial of the legislature of the State of Wisconsin and accompanying papers, asking the removal of the charge of desertion from George Schwartz, late a private in Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James P. Gillespie, praying payment to him of $26,545.33, alleged to be due him as informer in a case of violation of the internal-revenue laws, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the memorial of Francis W. Sykes, claiming to be senator-elect from the State of Alabama, together with accompanying documents, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 19, 1874, information relative to the Indian agencies in Nevada. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1580, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-20 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, a copy of the report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the private land claim No. 85, for the tract known as "The Dona Ana Bend," in New Mexico. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-20 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Civil Service Commission. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-20 |
| Battle-flags captured by Wisconsin soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the return of the battle-flags and other trophies captured by Wisconsin soldiers during the war, the same to be placed in the historical rooms of the capitol at Madison, in said state. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-20 |
| Clerks employed in the Treasury Department. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2064.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-20 |
| Seneca Indians of New York. April 20, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 324.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 324) for the relief of M. Von Entress Fuersteneck, late second lieutenant, Sixty-eighth New York Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 323.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Charles W. Biese, late second lieutenant Eighty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1840.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1840) for the relief of Lieut. Sidney Tinker, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-21 |
| Protection of Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1590) to provide for the better protection of the frontier settlements of Texas against Indian and Mexican depredations. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-21 |
| Sabine Pass. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to deepening the bar of Sabine Pass, Texas. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-21 |
| Education of four or six military graduates of Argentine Republic. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a communication from the president of the Argentine Republic, expressing a desire to have educated at the Military Academy at West Point, at its expense, four or six young men, graduates of the military school established by the Argentine Republic. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-21 |
| James Byers, George W. Griggs, and John Nolen. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of the persons named in House Bill 1566, for compensation on account of services alleged to have been rendered the government. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-21 |
| China mail service. Testimony taken by the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, upon the additional monthly mail service to China and Japan. April 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-21 |
| Double-track freight railway from tide-water on the Atlantic to Council Bluffs on the Missouri River. April 21, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-21 |
| James McPherson, clerk of the United States court, Southern District of Georgia. April 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of Barnegat Bay and its tributaries. April 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of E.A. Coleman, praying compensation for services rendered by his late son, Charles J. Coleman, first lieutenant Company H, First Kansas Colored Volunteers, &c., have had the same under consideration and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition, &c., of Mrs. Louisa Fitch, widow of Capt. E.P. Fitch, of Morgantown, W. Va., asking pay by the government for two horses said to have been used in the Army of the Potomac, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims to whom was referred the petition of Casper Gruber praying Congress to indemnify him for the destruction by military authority of two houses and their contents, belonging to him situate in Lexington, Mo., submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2332.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2332) for relief of S.D. Hicks, administrator of R.M. Harvey, have considered the same, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 271.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frances A. Robinson, administratrix of John M. Robinson, late of Independence, State of Missouri, deceased, together with Senate Bill No. 271, having had the same under consideration, beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin Fish, setting up a claim against the United States for the loss of a livery team and hack, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2100.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House bill and papers for the relief of Martin Hoff, Casper Doerr, and George Gebhart, of Saint Louis, Mo., report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 617) to fix the amount of United States notes and the circulation of national banks, and for other purposes, with his objections. April 22, 1874. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, and the report by which it is accompanied upon Samoa or the Navigator's Islands. April 22, 1874. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-22 |
| Working-men of the District of Columbia. Petition of the working-men of the District of Columbia, praying Congress for relief. April 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the affairs of the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of New Ulm, praying that Jacob Nix be placed on the pension roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1843.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1843) granting a pension to Lucinda Jones, widow of Thompson M. Jones, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2215.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2215) granting a pension to Elizabeth Brady, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2668.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2668) granting a pension to William J. Uhler, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-23 |
| Equalization of national bank circulation. April 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 733.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the following resolution: "Resolved, that the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be instructed to inquire as to the amount of gas consumed and paid for by the government, at Washington, whether its illuminating power is constantly tested, and whether its cost cannot properly be diminished," have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-24 |
| Report of the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, with appendix and evidence. April 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1588, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-24 |
| Report of the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, with appendix and evidence. April 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1589, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-24 |
| Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation required for the Navy pensions during the remainder of the current fiscal year. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-24 |
| Superintendent of Education for the Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2343) providing for the appointment of a Superintendent of Education for the Indian Territory. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-24 |
| Citizenship of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-24 |
| Political controversy in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the present political controversy in the State of Arkansas. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-24 |
| Jurisdiction of general courts-martial. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill giving to general courts-martial jurisdiction of the crimes of murder, manslaughter, &c. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-25 |
| Relief of the destitute on the Lower Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the purpose of furnishing food to destitute persons on the Lower Mississippi River. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-25 |
| Telegraph line from Santa Fe to Tucson. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the cost of a proposed telegraph line between Santa Fe and Tucson. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-25 |
| Indebtedness of the State of Ohio for arms. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio, relating to sums of money charged against the state for arms, &c, during the war. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-25 |
| Central Pacific Railroad land grants. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the Central Pacific Railroad obtaining patents to lands. April 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-27 |
| Public building at Green Bay, Wis. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin relative to the erection of a Custom-house and post office at Green Bay, Wis. April 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-27 |
| Survey of public lands in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California relative to a survey of the public lands in that state. April 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Googins, father of Andrew A. Googins, late a private in Company D, Thirty-first Maine Infantry Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 476.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 476) for the relief of John R. Polk, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 602.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 602) for the relief of John Barry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2223.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2223) for the relief of Robert F. Winslow, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-28 |
| Resolutions relating to free banking. April 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-28 |
| Alleged misgovernment in South Carolina. April 28, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 574.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 574) for the relief of Willis N. Arnold, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 491.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 491) for the relief of Kerry Sullivan, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John D. Leflore and James C. Harris, executors of the last will and testament of Greenwood Leflore, deceased, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-29 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the petition of the Legislature of Montana Territory, transmitted to him by order of the Senate, asking protection of citizens of Deer Lodge and Missoula counties against the depredations of roving bands of Indians. April 29, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-29 |
| Postal railway car service. Communication from the Postmaster General, in relation to the question of compensation to the railroads for the transportation of the mails. April 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-29 |
| Tenure of office of the President of the Senate Pro Tempore. April 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-04-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Jane Loonie, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-04-30 |
| Purchases by Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of the purchases made by the Ordnance Department during the year 1873, &c. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-30 |
| Barracks, Alcatraz Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation to build permanent barracks at Alcatraz Island. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-30 |
| Balances and appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 11, 1874, transmitting a statement showing the balances of appropriations July 1, 1873, made for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and previous years, limited by law to the payment of indebtedness incurred during the year for which they were made, and the amounts expended for that purpose to April, 1874. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-30 |
| Kickapoo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to subsist certain Kickapoo Indians during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-30 |
| Burning of Brenham, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the burning of the Town of Brenham, Tex., by United States soldiers, as alleged, in the year 1866. (Forty-first Congress, third session. -- H. Ex. Doc. 145.) March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. April 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be reprinted. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-04-30 |
| John Graham. April 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-30 |
| William Walker. April 30, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-30 |
| George R. Maxwell vs. George Q. Cannon -- contested election, Territory of Utah. April 30, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-04-30 |
| Washington National Monument. May 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Washington Monument. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-01 |
| Bids for Indian goods. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill for regulating bids for Indian goods, &c. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-02 |
| Private land claim in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, sending a report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Santa Fe City land claim, being private land claim reported as No. 88. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-02 |
| Geographical and geological surveys west of the Mississippi. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, 1874, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, relative to geographical and geological surveys west of the Mississippi. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-02 |
| Moieties and customs revenue laws. Evidence before the Committee on Ways and Means relative to moieties and customs revenue laws. May 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3171.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1619, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Professor Powell's report on the survey of the Colorado of the west. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a report of Professor Powell on the survey of the Colorado River of the west and its tributaries, &c., &c. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-02 |
| H.S. Van De Carr and Elsie M. Reynolds. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| James A. McCulloh [i.e., McCullah]. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Wm. H. Reid, Wm. Barnes, et al. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Charles E. Buck. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Pardon Worseley. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| B.W. Harris. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Timothy D. Crook. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| J.E. Ingalls. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| William Green. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| De Witt C. Chipman. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| J. George Harris. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Charles Bombonnel. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| William Cass. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Pleasant M. Craigmiller. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Mary K. Brower. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| John L.T. Jones. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Rev. John R. Hamilton. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Leopold R. Straus. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Children of Baker White. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Thomas Hord. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| John S. Williams. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| N.H. Dunphe. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Mrs. Mary A. Thayer. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Heirs of James Barnett, deceased. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Jonathan D. Hale. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Francis Dodge. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Adam Hine. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| R.H. Montgomery and J.W. Burbridge. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Edwin C. Fitzhugh. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Nolan S. Williams, executor of Alfred A. Williams. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Treadwell S. Ayres. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| David R. Haggard. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| J.C. Hannum. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Relief of certain settlers on the military reservation of Fort Bridger, Wyoming. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Ingalls B. Andrews. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| J. Scott Payne. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Adam Miller. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Hiram Prather. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| American Institute of Homeopathy. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Rights of parties in possession of certain lands etc., in California, etc. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Joseph Penny. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Daniel Suddarth. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| L.S. Dearing. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Charity Hurd. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Anna Taylor. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Letta Bagley. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Samuel Henderson. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Samuel Taylor. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Elizabeth P. Hull. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Frederick Vogel. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Elizabeth J. Ewing. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| David Mead. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Jacob H. Epler. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Levi H. Harris. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Susanna Espuita. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Russell Smith. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Ellen N. Doyle. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| George McNeeley. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Mary V.B. Joice. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| James Kile. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Orson Young. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Hester Coleman. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Elizabeth Brewer. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Armstrong O'Hara. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Harriet Leonard. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Elizabeth Braunix. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Elizabeth Harding. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Thomas B. Gaddis, guardian of minor children of Jackson A. Brewer. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| William H. Blair. May 2,1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Elizabeth Tipton. May 2, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| Salmon B. Colby. May 2, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 331.) The United States are now paying $224,000 per annum for carrying a daily United States mail, in four-horse coaches, each way, between Kelton, in Salt Lake Valley, and The Dalles, in Oregon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 767.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Andrew J. Lasley, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-04 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating an estimate of the amount required to complete the medical and surgical history of the war, should the balance remaining to the credit of that appropriation be covered into the Treasury. May 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-04 |
| Railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Resolution of the State of California, relative to the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. May 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-04 |
| Discovery and collection of monies withheld from the government. May 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and re-committed to the Committee on Ways and Means. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-04 |
| Enoch Jacobs. May 4, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Reitz and W.S. Babcock, praying to be paid for services rendered in saving two boats in the Cumberland River, in the year 1864, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 502.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 502) for the relief of Mrs. Martha Vaughn and Mrs. Louisa Jackman, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2788.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2788) for the relief of Henry P. Ingram and John K. Askins, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2789.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2789) for the relief of John S. Dickson, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1322.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1322) for the relief of George S. Gustin, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-06 |
| Private land claim of Francis Valle, Jr. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the private land claim of Francis Valle, Jr. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Private land claims of John Baptiste Valle and Francis Valle, Sr. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the private land claim of John Baptiste Valle and Francis Valle, Sr. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Indian service in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to meet outstanding indebtedness of the Indian service in California. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Stockbridge and Munsee Indians in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Relief of certain states and territories on account of ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to House Bill 2724 for the relief of certain states and territories on account of ordnance stores issued to them during the late Civil War. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimate of appropriation for subdivision of White Earth reservation in Minnesota. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates to pay to Osage Indians interest on net avails of land sold under second article of treaty of September 29, 1865. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Refunding duties on green fruits. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the refunding of duties on green fruits. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-06 |
| Estimates of appropriations for public buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations for public buildings for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-06 |
| Removal of certain Indians from Wisconsin. May 6, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2118.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2118) for the relief of Elizabeth Clark, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 659.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 659) for the relief of Niel Nielsson, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Barry, asking the adoption of his patented combined letter-sheet and envelope for the postal service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and upon reference of the same, along with the sample furnished the committee, to the Postmaster General, received the following communication from William M. Ireland, Acting Third Assistant Postmaster General... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander Henderson, late consul at Londonderry, for remuneration for expenses incurred and for special services rendered during his term of service, would make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 598.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 598) to refund to the State of Georgia certain moneys expended by said state for the common defense in 1777, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1673.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1673) granting a pension to Isaac Stevens, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 870.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary E. Murphey, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2794.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Wolf, widow of John F. Wolf, late a private of Company E, Veteran Reserve Corps, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 785.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Wheeler Hubbell, praying for settlement of royalty for his explosive-shell-fuse patents in the naval service, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 786.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of S.S. Potter, asking pay for the use of a building at New Albany, in the State of Indiana, in the year 1862, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Commodore Edward Middleton, praying compensation for property taken by United States troops in South Carolina during the war of the rebellion, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 650.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 650) explanatory of the resolution entitled "a resolution for the relief of settlers upon the absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas," having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-08 |
| Cheap transportation. Memorial of the Rock Island Convention, March 24, 1874, on cheap transportation. May 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-08 |
| Richard Hawley & Sons. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| John N. Reed. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Augustus Sprague. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| A.L.H. Crenshaw. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| David Huestiss [i.e., Huestis]. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| William Shaffray. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| A.H. Von Luettwitz. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Mary Conly. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| James W. Barnes. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| John Zumstein. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Jackson Case. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Robert McMurray. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Stephen M. Honeycutt. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| John T. Burchell. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Rachel W. Phillips. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| John S. Corlett. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Eli Persons. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Davenport Downs. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Frederick W. Nye. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Martha R. Robinson. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Emily Phillips. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Mary J. Raymond. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Eunice Christie. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Robert D. Jones. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Salem P. Rose. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Margaret Beeler. May 8, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Jonathan R. Spencer. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Harrison Mitchell. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Willie Parks. May 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-08 |
| Telegraph offices in the corridors of the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol, in answer to the resolution of the House of March 23, 1874, in relation to the telegraph offices in the corridors of the Capitol, and making certain recommendations in relation thereto. May 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-09 |
| Claims for war-insurance premiums. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, inclosing a list of claims for war-premiums filed subsequent to May 15, 1872. May 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. Berthold Hahn, praying compensation for services performed and property destroyed at the battle of Milliken's Bend, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-10 |
| Memorial of bankers, merchants, and others, citizens of San Francisco, remonstrating against the withdrawal of the increased subsidy granted to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for ships plying between China, Japan, and San Francisco. May 11, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 522.) The Committee on Claims, to which were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Nathaniel P. Harben, praying that he be paid for certain tobacco, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2348.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers of Rev. George Morrison, late of the State of Kentucky, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 416.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred S. 416, a bill for the relief of Belle E. Hammond, &c., have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 653.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 653) for the relief of E. Boyd Pendleton, late collector of internal revenue of the Fifth District of Virginia, and accompanying papers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 94.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 94) for the relief of Isaac H. Allen, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-11 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules relative to investigations by standing committees of the House. May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-11 |
| Northern Pacific Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3333.) May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-11 |
| Statue of the "Dying Indian." Resolution relative to the removal of the statue of the "Dying Indian" to the Statuary Hall of the House of Representatives. May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-11 |
| China mail service. Remonstrance of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, California, and business interests of California, against the cancellation of the contract of the Post Office Department for China mail service. May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution. Whereas there is a condition of affairs in the State of Arkansas that may invoke federal interference; and whereas Joseph Brooks and Elisha Baxter are each assuming to exercise the office of governor of the state, each having called on the President of the United States for aid to suppress domestic violence, and have called the legislature of the state to meet in extra session, and have each surrounded himself with large armed forces... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2207.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2207) for the relief of James M. True, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-12 |
| Joab Spencer and James R. Mead. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval the Bill (H.R. 1331) for the relief of Joab Spencer and James R. Mead for supplies furnished the Kansas tribe of Indians. May 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-12 |
| National bank circulation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the amount of the fifty-four millions of dollars in notes for circulation, which has been issued under the act of July 12, 1870, &c. May 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-12 |
| Iron-shipbuilding yards. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the working people of the State of Indiana. May 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-12 |
| David R. Dillon. May 12, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1874. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution. Whereas cheap and ample means for the interchange of commodities between the different sections of our country constitute essential conditions of the national advancement and prosperity... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 735.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 735) for the relief of D.G. and D.A. Sanford, and the memorial and other papers accompanying the same, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 778.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom the subject was referred, submit the following report. The section proposed to be amended provides that any absentee Shawnee of pure or mixed blood, being the head of a family... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 142.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 142) for the relief of Nathaniel McKay, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 807.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Washington Crossland, of the State of Missouri, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William H. Dempsey, surviving partner of the firm of Dempsey & O'Toole, praying compensation for the violation of a contract between the Commissioner of Patents and the said Dempsey & O'Toole, in 1868, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-13 |
| Hiram H. McColley. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Hiram H. McColley for the value of property from which he was ejected by military authorities at Camp McDermit, Nevada. May 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-13 |
| Relief of reconstructed states. Memorial of Samuel Watson, a citizen of Tennessee, suggesting a remedy whereby the tax-payers of South Carolina and other reconstructed states may be relieved. May 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-13 |
| Promulgation of Army regulations. May 13, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-13 |
| Additional land district in Colorado. May 13, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-13 |
| Letter from the Third Assistant Postmaster General to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to a letter-wrapper device invented by A. Watson. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 763.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 763, a bill explaining the intent and meaning of the fourth section of the act entitled "An Act in Addition to Certain Acts Granting Bounty Land to Certain Officers and Soldiers Who Have Been Engaged in the Military Service of the United States,"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary P. Jarvis, widow of the late Commodore Joseph B. Jarvis, praying for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Colahan, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the case of David F. Taylor, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Van Assune [i.e., Assum], late a private of Company B, Fifty-first Regiment New York Volunteers, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1791.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1791) granting a pension to Augustus L. Yeager [i.e., Yaeger], having had the same under consideration, concur in the House report, and recommend its passage. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 536.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Livanna Ingraham, mother of Douglass Ingraham, late a private of Company F, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteers, and widow of Warren Ingraham, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of New Jersey, praying that a pension be granted Rhoda Hart, on account of services rendered by her son, Lewis Hart... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2800.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2800) for the relief of Benjamin Crawford, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 814.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer W. Brady, praying for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-14 |
| Transportation of troops by land grant railroad companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to sums of money paid to certain land grant railroad companies for the transportation of troops and property of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-14 |
| Indian Home Guard regiments. Petition for the relief of certain soldiers of the Indian Home Guard regiments. May 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-14 |
| Memorial of a convention of citizens of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and of the District of Columbia, praying that the Chief of Engineers of the United States be directed to cause further surveys and estimates to be made of the cost of connecting the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Ohio River, and for an appropriation for those purposes. May 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules. May 15, 1874. -- Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the eleventh rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto the following words... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 819.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying affidavits of George W. Dawson, late collector, &c., have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 277.) The Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 277) for the relief of Mrs. Nancy Day, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 654.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 654) to extend the time for the completion of a railroad from the Saint Croix River or lake, between townships 25 and 31, to the west end of Lake Superior, and to Bayfield, in the State of Wisconsin, have considered the same, and ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report: The Committee on Printing, instructed by the Senate "to inquire into the numbers and the distribution of the public documents, bills, or reports printed by the Congressional Printer, and to report what changes, if any, are necessary," and also "to report suitable measures for the distribution of public documents," report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-15 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 21, 1874, information relative to the sale of government property at Harper's Ferry. May 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-15 |
| James A. McCullah. May 15, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-15 |
| Norman Wiard. May 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1874. -- Submitted, amended, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-18 |
| Letter from the Director of the Mint to Hon. A.A. Sargent, in relation to the proposed repeal of the gold coinage charge. May 18, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-18 |
| Columbian Institution for the Blind. Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. May 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-18 |
| Tax on ecclesiastical property. May 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-18 |
| Admission of New Mexico as a state. May 5, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. May 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-18 |
| Bridge across the eastern branch of the Potomac. May 18, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 828.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander Henderson, late consul at Londonderry, for remuneration for extra services incurred and for special services rendered during his term of service, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2412.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2412) for relief of Sheridan O. Bremmer, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2893.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2839 [i.e., 2893]) for relief of F.O. Wise [i.e., Wyse], late lieutenant-colonel United States Army, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-19 |
| Landing of foreign convicts on our shores. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, as to the landing of foreign convicts on our shores. May 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-19 |
| Sheridan vs. Pinchback. May 19, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-19 |
| Pacific Mail Steamship Company. May 19, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 671.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 671) for the relief of Alexander Minor, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 652.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 652) conferring exclusive jurisdiction over Indian reservations upon the United States courts, and for the punishment of crimes committed by and against Indians, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 546.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 546) for the relief of William B. Morgan, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-20 |
| Bridge across the Yazoo River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to granting the Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company the right to build a bridge over the Yazoo River. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-20 |
| Hurtt court-martial. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of Captain Hurtt, A.Q.M., U.S.A., &c. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1614, Session Vol. No.16 | 1874-05-20 |
| American-built ships. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the fostering, in every manner, of building American ships by American mechanics, of American materials. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-20 |
| Choctaw award. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2181.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2181) granting a pension to Jennet H. Nisbet, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Bagnall, of Atchison, Kans., late a fireman in the United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1193.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1193) for the relief of the estate of Cornelius S. Underwood, deceased, late major and additional paymaster, United States Army, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. West submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 577.) The Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, having had under consideration Senate Bill No. 178, to provide for the construction of the Fort Saint Philip Canal and its maintenance as a national public highway, and also Senate Bill No. 577, for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 412.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 412) granting a pension to George H. Mellan, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-21 |
| Banking and currency. May 21, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-21 |
| Memorial of the United States Centennial Commission, asking the immediate passage of the pending bill to enable them to conduct an international exhibition. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1297.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred House bill and papers for the relief of T.T. Crittenden, of Missouri, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 637.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was recommitted the Bill (S. 637) to settle certain accounts between the United States and the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, together with the report (No. 228) thereon, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 769.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 769) for the relief of Maj. J.W. Nicholls, paymaster of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 841.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the petition of Delilah Kelly was referred, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 843.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mercy Ann Hall, and of the survivors of the Polaris, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of May 15, 1874, in relation to a flag placed at the disposal of the American Commissioners to the Vienna International Exhibition. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, of May 15, 1874, in relation to the sale of pine timber, belonging to the Chippewa Indians, to A.H. Wilder, of Minnesota. May 22, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-22 |
| Petition of citizens of California, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the waterfront of the City of Oakland, in that state. May 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-22 |
| Harvey Lull. May 22, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-22 |
| John B. Tyler. May 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-22 |
| Amendments of the Senate to the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. May 22, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-22 |
| Mary W. Shirk. May 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-22 |
| Wisconsin and Fox rivers, in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to aid the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, in the State of Wisconsin. May 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-05-22 |
| Exportation of distilled spirits. May 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2081.) | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-23 |
| Barracks at Atlanta, Georgia. May 23, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-23 |
| Military Academy Band. May 23, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-23 |
| Property adjoining the Army medical museum. May 23, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-23 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the expenditure of $100,000 for the support of the Great and Little Osage Indians. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 847. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 382.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 382) for the relief of William L. Adams, late collector of customs at Astoria, Oreg., submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 844.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of G.B. Tyler and E.H. Luckett, assignees of W.T. Cheatham, praying to be re-imbursed for certain moneys wrongfully paid to the government as a distiller of whisky [sic], in Kentucky, have had the same under consideration, and beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-25 |
| Free schools in West Virginia. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to use their best efforts to secure an appropriation of the public lands of the United States for the support of free schools in their state. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-25 |
| Water privileges at Harper's Ferry. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the passage of a bill to re-sell the water privileges at Harper's Ferry. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-25 |
| Pensions to soldiers of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia concerning pensions to soldiers of 1812. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing draught of a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to make transfer of certain funds belonging to the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Wea, and Piankeshaw Indians to the United States. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 848. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-25 |
| Susan B. Anthony. May 25, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-25 |
| Seth Driggs. May 25, 1874. -- Ordered to be laid upon the table and printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1051.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1051) for the relief of Capt. J. Horace McGuire and others, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2704.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2704) for the relief of Selden Connor, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-26 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 15, 1874, correspondence in relation to the troubles in Arkansas. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-26 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers on file or of record in the Department of State, respecting the claim on Brazil concerning the Caroline. May 26, 1874. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-26 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 18, 1874, a report of the Civil Service Commission of the answers received to their circular. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-26 |
| Geographical and geological surveys west of the Mississippi. May 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-26 |
| Contingent fund of the Department of Justice. May 26, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-26 |
| Middle district of Alabama. May 26, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1625, Session Vol. No.3 | 1874-05-26 |
| Depredations on the frontiers of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, and a copy of the report of the commissioners to inquire into depredations on the frontiers of Texas. May 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-05-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1706.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds have had under consideration "House Bill 1706, To Authorize the Opening of Wight Street Through the Grounds of the United States Marine Hospital at Detroit, Michigan," and upon consultation with the Treasury Department have received the following letter... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Robertson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 304.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the case of the metropolitan police force, of the City of Washington, District of Columbia, for the 20 per centum increase of the salaries allowed by the joint resolution of February 28, 1867, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-27 |
| Charles O'Hara and others. May 27, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-27 |
| Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad. May 27, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-27 |
| Property at Harper's Ferry. May 27, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-27 |
| Judicial districts of Virginia. May 27, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-27 |
| District court at Fredericksburgh, Va. May 27, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Sallie A.E. Baley, administratrix, and S.P. Baley, acting administrator of Richard Griffith, deceased, late marshal for the southern district of Mississippi, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ellen O'Connell for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jules L. Williams for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 535.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 535) for the relief of Robert Murray, Jr., have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1955.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1955) for the relief of John Henderson, of New Orleans, submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 106.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 106) for the relief of Chauncy [i.e., Chauncey] M. Lockwood, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 62.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 62) for the relief of Margaret E. West, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2355.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2355) granting a pension to Mrs. Ann R. Vorhees, widow of the late Commodore P.F. Vorhees, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-28 |
| Admission of Colorado as a state. May 28, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-28 |
| Nicholas Jose Merrimet. May 28, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-28 |
| Heirs of Nicholas Fouque [i.e., Fouquet] and Marc Antoine Fouque [i.e., Fouquet]. May 28, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-28 |
| Statement showing the compensation of collectors and surveyors of the Customs and naval officers in the several collection districts of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1873. May 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3171. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Francis W. Sykes, late contestant from the State of Alabama, out of the appropriations for compensation and mileage for senators... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Alcorn submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby requested to furnish the Senate with copies of all cotton permits issued by Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, also with the names of agents appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase cotton in the southern states... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conover submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 314.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Madame A. Don Bernard, nee de Rochefermois, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, in obedience to the following Senate resolution, to wit: "Resolved, that the Committee on Finance is hereby instructed to inquire and report whether the provisions of law forbidding a sale of tobacco by the producer thereof to any person not a licensed dealer, ought not to be repealed," report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-05-29 |
| George Chorpenning. May 29, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-29 |
| Mrs. Mary J. Orr. May 29, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-05-29 |
| Swamp lands in Missouri. Memorial of the County Court of Franklin County, Missouri, asking the confirmation of time [i.e., title] to swamp lands in Missouri. May 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-05-29 |
| Private land claim No. 87 in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Surveyor-General of New Mexico on land grant, being private land claim No. 87. May 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. May 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-05-29 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-third Congress. June 1, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-01 |
| Memorial of Indian delegates from the Indian Territory protesting against the adoption of the amendment proposed by the Senate to the Bill (H.R. 2343) providing for the appointment of a superintendent of schools in that territory. June 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Morton submitted the following report. On the 10th day of March, 1873, the Senate of the United States adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be instructed to examine and report, at the next session of Congress, upon the best and most practicable mode of electing the President and Vice-President... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jearum Atkins, asking to be allowed a reasonable sum for his patent, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 875.) The Committee on Claims, to whom, was referred the petition and papers of Thomas Hughes, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 877.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Fort Wayne, Ind., praying a pension be granted to John W. Trewitt, late of Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2349.) I am directed by the Committee on Claims to submit to the Senate the following facts and argument upon Bill H.R. 2349, "An Act for the Relief of Burke & Gunkle," and to say that the committee are divided upon the question whether the bill should pass, and so report the same back to the Senate without any recommendation... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 104.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 104) for the relief of James Coats, of Jackson, Miss., with accompanying papers, have examined the same, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2891.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2891) for the relief of Mrs. Louisa Eldis, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 878.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Rosa Vertner Jeffrey, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 600.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 600) for the relief of Capt. J.B. Thompson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2420.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2420) allowing Army officers to wear certain emblems indicative of honors conferred upon them, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-01 |
| Appropriations for the support of the Army. June 1, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-01 |
| Mary Washington monument. June 1, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Joint Select Committee on the Washington Monument and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-01 |
| Western district of Arkansas. June 1, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-01 |
| Legal relations of the District of Columbia and the United States. June 1, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-01 |
| Geneva award. June 1, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-01 |
| Henry Warren. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing and requesting our Congressional delegation to urge upon Congress the speedy re-imbursement of Henry Warren for losses incurred by reason of the destruction of his wagon-train and other property by the Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Indians. June 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, relative to Senate Bill No. 680, for the relief of certain persons of African descent resident in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. June 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 792.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 792) for the relief of John Fletcher, surviving partner of Fletcher & Powell, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2696.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2696) for the relief of John F. Wheeler, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-02 |
| Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of May 19, 1874, information in relation to the Presidio Reservation at San Francisco. June 2, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-02 |
| New State, War, and Navy Department building. June 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-02 |
| Report of a tour of inspection of European light house establishments, made in 1873, by Major George H. Elliot, Corps of Engineers U.S.A., member and Engineer-Secretary of the Light House Board, under the authority of Hon. William A. Richardson, Secretary of the Treasury. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. June 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed, together with one thousand additional copies for the use of the Treasury Department. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 448.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred (S. 448) a bill for the relief of John T. Smith, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-03 |
| Mission of Saint James, Washington Territory. June 3, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-03 |
| Thomas M. Gunter vs. W.W. Wilshire. June 3, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1874. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. April 8, 1874. -- Considered and referred to the Committee on Finance, with an amendment proposed by Mr. West. June 4, 1874. -- Reported by Mr. Scott, with a recommendation that the resolution be disagreed to, and with accompanying papers ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby requested to furnish the Senate a statement, in detail, showing the amounts due and yet unpaid to the government... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 41.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 41) granting a pension to Margaret E. Alexander, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bogy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 748.) The Creek orphan fund was originated by the Treaty with the Creeks of March 24, 1832... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3015.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3015) granting a pension to Margaret A. Chantry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 889.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Angeline Logan, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 890.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert Lowry, asking compensation for the value of a dwelling house, furniture, wearing apparel, &c., burned under military authority, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 891.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial and accompanying papers of Mrs. Rebecca Frances Bailey, only child and heir at law of Lieutenant Edward Lloyd, deceased, of the continental line, for the half-pay for life due said Lloyd, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 892.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have had under consideration the memorial of Samuel L. Gouverneur, grandson and administrator de bonis non of James Monroe, late President of the United States, praying compensation for services rendered by him during the war of the revolution, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-04 |
| Ella P. Murphy. June 4, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-04 |
| Henry Warren. June 4, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-04 |
| Deficiency appropriation bill. June 4, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-04 |
| Jaques Clamorgan, Peter Provinchere, J.B. Valle, and Francis Valle. June 4, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-04 |
| Appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government. June 4, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-04 |
| Uniform rate of postage on newspapers, etc. Petition of Harper Brothers, Boston Daily Advertiser, New York Times, Boston Post, New York Sun, and others, asking for uniform rate of postage by weight, at one cent per pound on newspapers and two cents per pound on all other periodicals. June 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-04 |
| Letter from Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, to Hon. J.H. Mitchell, United States Senator, transmitting a report of Major Michler, Corps of Engineers, on the survey at the mouth of the Coquille River, Oregon. June 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, to accompany amendment proposed by Mr. Mitchell to the Bill H.R. 3168. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 897.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Robert Spaugh, of Indiana, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 5, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conover submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 878.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a petition of E. Mellach, passed assistant paymaster, United States Navy, respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-05 |
| Heirs of John H. Evans [i.e., John A. Evans]. June 6, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-06 |
| Navajo Indian reservation. June 6, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-06 |
| Indian appropriations. June 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-06 |
| Creek orphan fund. June 6, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-06 |
| Enoch Jacobs. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-06 |
| Pine timber on forfeited railroad lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to pine timber on lands included within forfeited or lapsed railroad grants. June 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-06 |
| Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, delegate of Choctaw Nation of Indians, upon the right of that nation to be paid the money awarded to it by the United States Senate on the 9th day of March, A.D. 1859. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-08 |
| Protest of the President, councilors, and people of the Seneca Nation of Indians, made in their National Council, against the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 3080) to authorize the Seneca Nation to lease their lands within the Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations, and to confirm existing leases. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred Senate resolution instructing the committee to report whether, under existing laws, a promotion to the rank of rear-admiral can be lawfully made without a previous examination of the officer promoted, according to the provisions of the act of Congress on the subject of promotions, approved July 16, 1862, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 591.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 591) granting the right of way to the Seattle and Walla-Walla Railroad and Transportation Company, and for other purposes, having considered the same, beg leave to recommend that the same, with an amendment by way of a substitute, do pass; and the committee submit the following statement presented by the friends of the measure in support thereof... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3010.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3010) for the relief of John Downey, of Dayton, Ohio, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 16.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the Bill (S. 16) entitled "A Bill Supplemental to the Act Entitled 'An Act To Promote the Development of the Mining Resources of the United States,' approved May 10, 1872," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-08 |
| Special agents, informers, etc., employed by the Internal Revenue bureau. Resolution directing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to inform the House of the number of special agents, informers, &c., employed by him, their salaries and perquisites, and why their services may not be dispensed with. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-08 |
| Depredations on the Mexican frontier. Resolution directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into alleged depredations on the Mexican frontier. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-08 |
| Eight-hour law. Resolutions of the Trades Assembly of Louisville, Kentucky, in reference to the violation of the eight-hour law by officers of the United States, &c. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-08 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal. Resolution requesting the Secretary of War to cause a report to be made as to the manner of utilizing the water power of the Louisville and Portland Canal, and the propriety of establishing an armory, with founderies, &c., for that purpose. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-08 |
| Memorial of Roderick Rutland, a citizen of Monroe County, Georgia, asking the cancellation of land warrant No. 97189, and the re-issue to him of the same or a duplicate thereof, the original alleged to have been stolen from him. June 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 592.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John R. Gaines, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2218.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 2218) granting a pension to Sarah Summerville, widow of Alex S. Summerville, late of Illinois, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McCreery submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 255.) The Committee on Foreign Relations have had under consideration the bill, memorial, and papers in the case of Antonio Pelletier, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred various petitions praying Congress to provide for the settlement of international difficulties by arbitration, and without a resort to war; and also a "resolution concerning international law for the determination of differences between nations,"... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the petition of John Caleb for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3266.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 3266, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Boreman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 295.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 295) for the relief of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Creek, West Virginia, with the accompanying petition and proofs, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 653.) In the case of E. Boyd Pendleton, the Committee on Finance submit the following further report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, reports of the Surveyor-General of New Mexico on Mesilla Colony Grant, reported as No. 86, for land in Dona Ana County; on private land claim, reported as No. 89, known as the Talaya Tract; and on Refugio Colony Grant, reported as No. 90. June 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1581, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-09 |
| Cost of publishing the debates of Congress. June 9, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Joint Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-09 |
| William J. Coite. June 9, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-09 |
| Statement of claims of insurance companies under the Geneva award. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3025.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3025) to authorize the Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad Company to extend their railroad to the City of Georgetown, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-10 |
| Rock Island and Hennepin Canal. June 10, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-10 |
| Smith & Matthews. June 10, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submit the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Jonas P. Levy, with the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 804.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 804) equalizing pensions, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3175.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 3175, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1275) granting a pension to William D. Boyd, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1947.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1947) granting a pension to George Holmes, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1234.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1234) granting a pension to Mary S. Prince, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3606.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 3438) granting a pension to Mary E. Grosvenor, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-11 |
| Letter from George S. Bangs, General Superintendent of Railway Mail Service, to Hon. J.R. West, United States Senate, in relation to prices paid to railroad companies for transporting the mails. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-12 |
| Letter from the Librarian of Congress to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, accompanying a memorandum of an index to documents and debates of Congress. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Rosa Vertner Jeffrey, praying compensation for cotton taken, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 862.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 862) granting a pension to Margaret S. Hastings, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 506.) The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred a bill to further protect the polls in the election of President, Vice-President, and members of Congress, authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the patentee of the safety ballot-box for the use of polls throughout the United States in the election of President, Vice-President, and members of Congress, provided that said power to use and cost thereof shall not exceed the sum of fifteen dollars a box, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Simon Celaya, praying compensation for rent of buildings and injuries thereto occupied by the military authorities of the United States, at Brownsville, Tex., during the years 1864, 1865, and 1866, after due consideration, submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Mrs. Sarah Ann Holland, of the City of Washington, D.C., have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having considered the petition and papers of William S. Mitchell, for balance claimed to be due for goods furnished, &c., submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims of the Senate, to whom were referred the petition, papers, &c., of John J.Q. Jones, of Montgomery County, Maryland, for relief, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Andrew Clark, of the State of Indiana, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 926.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers and petition of Joseph Wilson, of Kentucky, asking to have his contract for delivery of mules in 1864 referred to the Court of Claims, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 927.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Sprinkle, Jr., of Oil Creek, Ind., report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-12 |
| Moieties. June 12, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-12 |
| Report of the Committee of Conference on H.R. 1572 -- currency. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted the following report. The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be instructed to inquire, first, whether the Washington Market Company have fulfilled the conditions of the act of incorporation of May 20, 1870... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 657.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted the Bill (S. 657) for the relief of John J. Anderson, surviving copartner, &c., having further considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-13 |
| Ouachita River. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, relative to the survey of the Ouachita River from Camden, Ark., to Trinity, La. June 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 623.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 623) to enable the Secretary of State to pay salaries to certain of the [sic]Commissioners to the Vienna Exposition, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom Senate resolution was referred instructing them "to inquire whether or not the steamships employed in the ocean mail-steamship service between the United States and China, under the act of February 17, 1865, and of June 1, 1872, have been subjected to inspection and surveyed by a United States naval constructor, and so constructed as to be readily adapted to the armed naval service of the United States in case of war... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-15 |
| John M. Bradley against William J. Hynes. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed, together with Mr. Hynes's statement. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Government of the District of Columbia. June 16, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee to Inquire into Affairs of the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Susan B. Anthony. June 16, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Calvin Hess. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Sarissa B. Cole. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| John Mich. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| George Chorpenning. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Fines imposed on beneficiaries of the national soldiers' home. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Sarah B. Morrison. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Will R. Hervey. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Owners of the schooner Ada A. Andrews. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Anna W. Osborne. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Heirs of James B. Armstrong. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Montraville Patton. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Gustavus F. Jocknick. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Joseph San Roman. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Thomas Lynch and others. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| James G. Harrison. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Workmen at Poverty Island light-house. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Peter P. Marrion. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Andrew J. Barrett. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| California Indian-war bonds. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Norman H. Ryan. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| F.B. Stewart. June 16, 1874. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| John Henderson. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Francis A. Gibbons. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Simon M. Preston. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Robert H. Stapleton. June 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| R.F. Graves, Jr. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Gideon J. Pillow. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| William White. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Nathan A. Winters. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Martha Wold. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Hannah E. Currie. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Stephen Weatherlow. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Joseph V. Cartwright. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Henry B. Berger. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| John W. Darby. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Catharine A. Winslow. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Louisa Thomas. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| William M. Drake. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Theron W. Hanks. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Melissa Rankin. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| George A. Schreiner. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Nancy Curry. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Victoria L. Brewster. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| William O. Madison. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Bernard Sailer. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Peter Campbell. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| James Burris. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Harriet W. Wilkinson. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Aaron B. Hughes. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Belinda Craig. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| William C. Davis. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Mrs. Maria D.C. Bache. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Alice Roper. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Catharine Lee. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Mary E. Stewart. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Arthur M. Lee. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Margaret A. [i.e., H.] Pittenger. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Eunice Wilson. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| William H.H. Buck. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Henry C. Mills. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Martin D. Chandler. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Stillman C. Spaulding. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Sarah S. Cooper. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Moses B. Hardin. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Sarah Bacon. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Sarah McAdams. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Cornelia M. Arthur. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Matthew B. Whittaker. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Charles C. Haight. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Ezra C. Owen. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| John Fink. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Mary Logsdon. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Michael Quarry. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Mary Ann Eaton. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Catharine H. Gallagher. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| John M. Allen. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Abby A. Dike. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Ann Eliza Brown. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Washington A. Holloway. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Bridget Collins. June 16, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Beauford Webb. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| James S. Cutbush. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Edward Heinzel. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Isaac Harris. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Benjamin R. Crest. June 16, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-16 |
| Remonstrance of the Choctaw delegates. June 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Jeremiah Beatty, of West Virginia, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John W. McClure, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3668.) The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the Bill H.R. 3668 and accompanying papers, submit this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 951.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred petition and accompanying papers of John Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, asking pay for property taken, used, or damaged, near Virginia end of Long Bridge, at Washington, D.C., report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 952.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of J. Kinney, administrator, &c., of the State of Missouri, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-17 |
| Judge E.H. Durell. June 17, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2456.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill (H.R. 2456) entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Revise, Consolidate, and Amend the Laws Relating to Pensions, approved March 3, 1873,'" having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-18 |
| Joab Spencer and James R. Mead. June 18, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-18 |
| Delaware Indians. June 18, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-18 |
| Relief of sufferers by Mississippi floods. Resolution of city councils of Philadelphia, urging an appropriation by Congress for the relief of the sufferers by the Mississippi flood. June 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following as the views of the minority of the Committee on Public Lands, to accompany Bill (S. 904) to provide revenue from the sale of public lands... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Territories be authorized to sit during the recess, and to investigate as to the manner of the execution of the law of the United States in the Indian Territory... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3689.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3689) granting a pension to Bernard Sailer, have had the same under consideration and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James S. Herron and others, asking that a pension be granted to Fannie M. Herron, widow of James Herron, late civil and constructing engineer at the Pensacola Navy-yard, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3424.) The Senate Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 3424, adopt the following report by the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 958.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of John E.D. Couzins, of Saint Louis, Mo., praying compensation for services rendered the government in arresting parties engaged in counterfeiting United States Treasury notes, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3177.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 3177, submit the following report thereon: De Witt C. Chipman, late collector of internal revenue for the eleventh district of Indiana... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson submitted the following report. The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 570) "To Organize the Territory of Oklahoma, and for the Better Protection of the Indian Tribes Therein, and for Other Purposes," having had the same under consideration, and failing, for want of fuller information... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 893) granting a pension to William C. Grun, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1403.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1403) granting a pension to John Baker, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-19 |
| Education of the blind. Memorial of the Board of Regents of the American University, etc., for the Blind, setting forth the needs of the blind as to means of improvement, and the obligation of Congress to aid in providing facilities for liberal education, as has been done for deaf-mutes. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-19 |
| Compulsory pilotage at Hell Gate. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relating to compulsory pilotage at Hell Gate. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton, from the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River be authorized to sit during the recess, and to investigate and report upon the condition of the levees of the Mississippi River... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1584, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-06-19 |
| Government buildings at Yuma Depot. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the number and dimensions of government buildings at Yuma Depot liable to damage from freshets in the Colorado River. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Ambrose J. Clark. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 6, 1874, in relation to Ambrose J. Clark, late paymaster United States Navy, at Brooklyn, N.Y. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| William F. King. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a draught of a bill to authorize an issue of clothing to Sergt. Maj. William F. King, Twenty-fifth Infantry. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Pawtucket River, Rhode Island. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a report upon the past improvement and present condition of Pawtucket River, Rhode Island. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 9, 1874, in relation to the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Permanent barracks at Alcatraz island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation to build permanent barracks at Alcatraz island, Cal. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| George A. Miller and George L. Maloney. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of George A. Miller, late lieutenant Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, for pay for services, and for horse, also, the claim of George L. Maloney for pay as first lieutenant Company C, Sixth Tennessee Volunteers. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Fort Wilkins military reservation, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the military reservation at Fort Wilkins, Michigan. June 19, 1874. --Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Noland, Topp, Vance, and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of Noland, Topp, Vance, and others, for cotton taken from them. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Military telegraph line in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the extension of a military telegraph line in Arizona Territory. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Wheeler's expedition of 1873. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the cost to the government of Lieutenant G.M. Wheeler's expedition of 1873. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Payment of certain volunteer companies of New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1157) to provide for the payment of certain volunteer companies in the service of the United States in the war with Mexico and in the suppression of Indian disturbances in New Mexico. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Hot Springs, Arkansas. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 4, 1874, in relation to the Hot Springs, Arkansas. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| General Orders No. 32, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, referring to the resolution of the House of April 13, 1874, to examine and report as to General Orders No. 32, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, of March 15, 1873. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Colonel B.S. Roberts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the retirement of Lieut. Col. B.S. Roberts, Third United States Cavalry. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Army Mutual Survivorship Annuity Society. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the formation of an Army Mutual Survivorship Annuity Society. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Lieutenant Wallace Mott. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the proceedings of a board of officers convened at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, to investigate and report upon the loss by fire, for which Second Lieut. Wallace Mott, Eighth Infantry, and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, is responsible. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| New jail in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an additional appropriation to complete in a substantial manner the new jail authorized to be constructed in and for the District of Columbia by the act of June 1, 1872. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Francisco Montes Vigil land grant, No. 91, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, a report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on land grant to Francisco Montes Vigil, being private land claim No. 91. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Murder of Lieut. Eben White. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, giving circumstances of the murder of Lieut. Eben White by John H. and Webster Sothoron. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Military sites in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the purchase of military sites in Texas. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Charles Olivier Duclosel. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 22, 1860, a report upon the claim of Charles Olivier Duclosel to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| B. Soulie. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the register and receiver of the land-office at New Orleans, La., upon the claim of B. Soulie to a certain tract of land in said state. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Dakota Indian War claims of 1862. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a report of Inspector-General James A. Hardie, U.S.A., upon the subject of the Dakota Indian War claims of 1862. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Printing report on immigration in the Swedish language. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics in relation to the printing in the Swedish language his special report on immigration. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-19 |
| Affairs in Arkansas. June 19, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, having considered the resolution of the Senate adopted June 12, 1874, as follows. "Resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be instructed to inquire whether any further legislation is necessary to secure the transportation of the additional semi-monthly mail between San Francisco, Japan, and China," respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Wells, administratrix of Henry A. Wells, deceased, for the extension of letters-patent for an improvement in machinery for making hat bodies, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Allan [i.e., Allen] B. Wilson, for the extension of letters-patent for improvements in sewing machines, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 391.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 391) to enable Susan B. Anthony to pay a fine imposed upon her by the District Court for the Northern District of New York, and a petition praying for the remission of said fine, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee to Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia, submitted the following report. The Joint Committee on the Affairs of the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the message of the President relative to "one feature of the bill entitled 'An Act for the Government of the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes,'" report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Public Printing, to whom was referred the letter of F. & J. Rives & George A. Bailey, proprietors of the Globe, charging the Congressional Printer with being a defaulter to the government in his paper accounts, and with other malfeasance in office, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-20 |
| Mrs. Emily Miller. June 20, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-20 |
| Government of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the payment of the debts of the District of Columbia. June 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into Affairs of the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-20 |
| International Statistical Congress, held at St. Petersburg in 1872. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the report of the delegates to the International Statistical Congress, held at St. Petersburg, in August 1872. June 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1615, Session Vol. No.17 | 1874-06-20 |
| William H. Johnson. June 20, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-20 |
| Impeachment of Judge Busteed. June 20, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-20 |
| Interest on the bonds of the District of Columbia. June 20, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-20 |
| Mail contracts and temporary service. June 20, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred the motion of Mr. Hamlin, that hereafter no order or requisition for stationery for the use of the reporters' gallery of the Senate shall be issued by the presiding officer of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate to whom was referred the resolution offered by Senator West, as follows: "Resolved, that the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby directed to pay John Ray and William L. McMillen each full compensation as senator for the unexpired term for which they were elected, as shown by their respective credentials, until the 4th of March, 1873," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-22 |
| Mount Vernon Manufacturing Company, of Alexandria, Va. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole Honse and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| C.C. Bliss, W.L. Schenck, and John Mills. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| James L. McPhail, V. Randall, and E.G. Horner. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Richard H. Garrett. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Sewell B. Corbett. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| D.W. and Minnie [i.e., Minna] H. Glassie and Joseph C. Nash. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Frederick City, Md., and the banks of the city. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Edward Gallagher. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| William H. Newman and L.A. Van Hoofman [i.e., Hoffman]. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Thomas J. Peacock. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| J.B. Sullivan. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| William Greaner [i.e., Greanor]. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Nancy M. Bean. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Stanley Cooper and Sarah Cooper. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Rosa Vertner Jeffrey. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| B.B. Connor & Brother. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| John Ahern. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Moses B. Bramhall. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| W.B. Waldran. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Ferdinand Gregorie. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| James Byers, George W. Griggs, and John Nolen. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| H. Johnson and others. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Robert H. Watts. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Sugg Fort. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| William Chenault's heirs. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| John Waugh. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Robert Armstrong. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Clara Morris. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| C.H. Forbes. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Mrs. Fannie A. Cooper. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1626, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-06-22 |
| Ralph King. June 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. June 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. June 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. June 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Investigation on the conduct of Indian Affairs. June 22, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| William Hughes. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John Fletcher. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Sir Lambton Lorraine. June 22, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| American ship building and China mail service. June 22, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Management of the Post Office Department. June 22, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Charles W. Adams. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Harriet Tubman. June 22, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Harriet Haines. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Mary E. Purnell. June 22, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Joseph H. Maddox. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Maryville College, Tennessee. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Samuel Ruth, W.F.E. [i.e., F.W.E.] Lohman, and Charles M. Carter. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| James Madison Wells. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John E. Bauman. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Robert J. Edelen. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Charles C. Gould. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Barbara Hurdle. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Richard T. Morsell. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Dr. Mary E. Walker. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Joseph Anderson. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Francis C. Buffington. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| R.H. Buckner. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| R.J. Henderson. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Washington and Ohio Railroad. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Henry S. French. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John McLaughlin and William South. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John Hobson. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Charles Valier. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Joseph D. Moyer. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Furney Jones. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Pleasant M. Williams. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John H. Hooper. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Evan S. Jefferies. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John S. Wadsworth. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| C.R. Coffey. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Robert Harrison and others. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Issachor Zacharie. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Clothing to certain enlisted men. June 22, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Charles Hoffman. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| James A. Hile. June 22, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Heirs of John W. Duff. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Henry D. Wharton. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Wilber F. Chamberlain. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Private property of certain soldiers destroyed by fire. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Adolph Von Haacke [i.e., Haake]. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John Coss. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Capt. Henry Inman. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Eldridge Weaver. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Benjamin Penny. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| George A. Miller. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Peter M. Ward. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| John Gowers. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Heirs of John H. Evans. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Charles E.H. Holmes. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Cassius C. Roberts. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Elias Anderson. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Indian hostilities in Washington and Oregon territories in 1855 and 1856. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Henry J. Drysdale. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Charles J. Carlin. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| George W. Voorhees. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| William N. Denny. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| Frederick Heidelman. June 22, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the following resolution, passed by the House of Representatives May 5, 1874, viz: "Resolved, that the Joint Committee on the Affairs of the District be, and they are hereby, directed to inquire whether the officers or employes of the United States, or any officers or employes of the district government, have been engaged in any conspiracy to defeat or hinder the investigation ordered by Congress into the affairs of the district... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1874. -- Recommitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, subcommittee of the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, submitted the following report. The subcommittee appointed by the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, having had under consideration a resolution adopted by the Senate March 24, 1873, directing such select committee to inquire and report to the Senate as to the nature and extent of the obligations subsisting between the railroad companies and the postal service... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1587, Session Vol. No.2 | 1874-06-23 |
| National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Annual report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1873. June 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-23 |
| Agricultural laborers of the south and west. Memorial in behalf of the agricultural laborers of the south and west. June 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-23 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-third Congress. II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. June 23, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1621, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-23 |
| Report of J.W. Powell. [Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1622, Session Vol. No.6 | 1874-06-23 |
| Safe-burglary. June 23, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Affairs in the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-23 |
| Production of rain by artillery-firing. June 23, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-23 |
| Mary W. Jones. June 23, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1627, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-06-23 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 7, 1874. Preceded by a list of papers and followed by an index of persons and subjects. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1634, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-07 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1874, in the ninety-ninth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1628, Session Vol. No.0 | 1874-12-07 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1874, in the ninety-ninth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1633, Session Vol. No.0 | 1874-12-07 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Navy; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1638, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-12-07 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1639, Session Vol. No.6 | 1874-12-07 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence during the Forty-third Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-07 |
| A list of reports to be made to Congress during the second session of the Forty-third Congress by public officers, prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 7, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 963.) The joint select committee appointed by virtue of the fifth section of an act approved June 20, 1874, entitled "An Act for the Government of the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes," to wit... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-07 |
| Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Forty-third Congress of the United States. December 7, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1642, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-12-07 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1642, Session Vol. No.9 | 1874-12-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1643, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-12-07 |
| Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, and of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency in the Indian service during said period, showing the appropriations from which paid and the number of Indians at each agency. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1643, Session Vol. No.10 | 1874-12-07 |
| Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations. December 7, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-07 |
| John C. Cox. February 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1874-12-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying a list of property under his control. December 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying three reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico, relative to certain private land claims in that territory. December 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. (To accompany H.R. 3847.) Memorial of J.G. Fell, Edward Hoopes, and Geo. Burnham. December 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Letter from the Postmaster General, to Hon. James N. Tyner, relative to the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for an additional monthly mail between San Francisco and China and Japan, &c. December 8, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Indians in Michigan and Indiana. Supplemental memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana, for relief. December 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Texas and Pacific Railway Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3869.) Memorial of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company. December 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 8, 1874. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish the Senate with a detailed statement, commencing with the 30th of June, 1865, and closing with the last fiscal year, showing therein the names of all postmasters... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Annual report of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1638, Session Vol. No.5 | 1874-12-08 |
| Affairs in Arkansas. Report by Mr. Poland from the Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the State of Arkansas. December 8, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the State of Arkansas. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-08 |
| Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with a statement of fees collected by consular and diplomatic officers of the United States during the years ending respectively December 31, 1873, and June 30, 1874, &c. December 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-08 |
| United States courts in Iowa. Letter from Hon. J.M. Love, judge of the District of the United States, District of Iowa, in relation to the bill to confer circuit court powers upon said court. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-09 |
| Montana Indian war claims of 1867. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the payment of the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-09 |
| Receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with law, his statement of general receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-09 |
| Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Washington, D.C. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-09 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the United States Senate in executive session. (Second session, Forty-third Congress, commencing December 7, 1874.) | US Senate Executive Journal | 1874-12-10 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 3, 1873, information in relation to the condition of the records and documents of Mexico relating to the land now embraced within the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico; also to their place of custody and deposit, and to the method of procuring authentic transcripts of such records and documents. December 10, 1874. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-10 |
| Amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-10 |
| Property of the United States in possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting an account of property belonging to the United States in his possession. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-10 |
| Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas. December 10, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, together with the annexed resolution, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-10 |
| Fort Kearney military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Fort Kearney military reservation in Nebraska. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-10 |
| Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-10 |
| Sufferers from the overflow of rivers in the South. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the issue of supplies to sufferers from the overflow on the Lower Mississippi, and on the Tombigbee, Warrior, and Alabama Rivers, under the act of April 23, 1874. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-10 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting, according to law, his annual report of the disbursement of the contingent fund of the House, &c. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-11 |
| New military post near Carlin, Nevada. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of a new military post in the Department of California, near Carlin, Nev. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-11 |
| George A. Cowles & Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of board of officers appointed to investigate the process of George A. Cowles & Co. for the preservation of clothing from moth and mildew. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-11 |
| Saint Clair and Carondelet bridge. Report of the Secretary of War, on the Saint Clair and Carondelet bridge. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-11 |
| Military roads in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 2419) to provide for the construction of military roads in Arizona. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-11 |
| Annual report of the Librarian of Congress for the year ending December 1, 1874. December 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-14 |
| Saint Albans raid claims. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Vermont, in relation to the so-called Saint Albans raid claims. December 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-14 |
| Department of Commerce. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3992.) Report of the President to the National Board of Trade. December 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-14 |
| Forty-first Parallel Railroad Company. (To accompany H.R. No. 4036.) Memorial of the Toledo and Grand Rapids Railroad Company, and others, on the subject of the construction of a narrow gauge railroad from Lake Erie to the Missouri River. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-15 |
| Re-organization of the clerical force of the General Land Office. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with accompanying documents, relative to the Bill (H.R. 1060) to re-organize the clerical force of the General Land Office. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-15 |
| Report of the commissioners of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. Letter from the commissioners of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of December 11, 1874, their report. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed, together with a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury on the same subject, transmitted May 14, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-15 |
| Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a statement of all judgments rendered by said court for the year ending December 7, 1874. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 845.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 845) for the relief of Junius T. Turner, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-15 |
| Survey of Indian reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of funds required for the survey of Indian reservations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Military wagon road in Wyoming and Montana Territories. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 2854) for the location and construction of a military wagon road from Green River City, Wyo., to the Yellowstone National Park, and to Fort Ellis, Mont. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Bridges across the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 2521) to amend the act authorizing the construction of bridges across the Ohio River, and to prescribe the dimensions of the same. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Torpedo trials. Letter from the Secretary of War, calling attention to the omission in the Army appropriation bill of the item of $10,000 for torpedo trials. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the examination of the mouth of the Mississippi River. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Fort Gratiot military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to granting the right of way through the Fort Gratiot military reservation to the City of Port Huron, Mich. for a public sewer. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Military property at Pittsburgh, Pa. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to property belonging to the War Department no longer needed for military purposes in the City of Pittsburgh, Pa. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Clothing lost by Company F, Third Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the quantity of clothing lost by the enlisted men of Company F, Third Cavalry, during a flood in Blackwood Valley, May 31, 1873. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Dempsey & O'Toole. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation to pay to the firm of Dempsey & O'Toole $588.66. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-15 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, in relation to the provision made for the care of seventy-five transient paupers in the City of Washington, in accordance with the act of March 3, 1873. December 16, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for rebuilding, or indemnity for the destruction by fire of, the courthouse in Davidson County, in that state, while occupied by United States troops in 1866, and to cover the losses of other property. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation sufficient for the completion of the work now in progress in the improvement of the bar in the Cape Fear River. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for dredging the mouth of the Scuppernong River, and points thereon as far up as Spraill's Bridge, so as to admit steamers and other vessels to carry away the produce raised on the banks thereof. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of refunding the direct taxes levied and collected on lands in that state in the year 1865. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the repeal or modification of the revenue laws. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation of $100,000 for the erection of a government courthouse and post office at Greensborough, and $50,000 for a like purpose at Asheville, in that state. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the repeal of the tax on tobacco. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Memorial of Duff Green, of Dalton, Georgia, giving his views on the finances, the exchanges of money, and the products of the United States and other nations. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-16 |
| Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his adjusted quarterly accounts of receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Yellowstone Park. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an estimate of appropriations for the purpose of enabling his Department to carry out the provisions of the act of March 1, 1872, relative to the Yellowstone Park in Montana. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Contingent expenses of the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the manner in which the contingent funds in his Department have been expended. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Public property in the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an inventory of property belonging to the United States now in his possession. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Printing report of Lieutenant Wheeler's expedition. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an omission in the act of June 23, 1874, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses in regard to the report of Lieut. George M. Wheeler. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Military post near Carlin, Nev. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of a military post near Carlin, Nev. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Sugg Fort. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Sugg Fort, of Robertson County, Tennessee. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Sioux agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to meet obligations existing under contracts for transportation to various Sioux agencies during the remainder of the fiscal year. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the removal of the Pawnee tribe of Indians from the State of Nebraska to the Indian Territory. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-16 |
| Permanent improvement of the Ohio River. Memorial from the Ohio River Commission. December 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 601.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 601) granting a pension to Mrs. Janet Scott West, widow of Cato C. West, deceased, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-17 |
| Hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to balances of appropriations for hospitals for 1872-'73 and 1873-'74. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Heavy ordnance. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the future armament of permanent works, with an estimate for $500,000 to convert smooth-bore guns into rifles, and for an experimental and proving ground for heavy ordnance. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Headstones in national cemeteries. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending that the appropriation of $1,000,000 for headstones under the act of March 3, 1873, be made permanent and available until the work is completed. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Bridge across the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bridge over the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Navigation of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to obstruction of the navigation of the Ohio River. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, making further answer to House resolution of June 18, 1874, concerning the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Northern Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, for the subsistence and support of northern Sioux Indians. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns by collectors of Customs showing the number of seamen registered as having received certificates of citizenship during the year ending September 30, 1874. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1874-12-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the repeal of the acts imposing penalties for the sale of leaf tobacco to any person except a licensed tobacco dealer. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-21 |
| Petition of citizens of California, praying a grant of occupancy of certain lands in Alaska, to be paid for at a time to be fixed, to be used and occupied by what shall be known as the "Alaska Ship Building and Lumber Company," for the purpose of ship building, &c. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-21 |
| Printing. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-21 |
| Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George McCoy, praying for a pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-21 |
| Petition of clergymen of various denominations in the District of Columbia, praying exemption of churches and church property from taxation. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking aid in the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad, and for the right of way for a branch road. December 22, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| Canal connecting the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2506.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2506) for the relief of Rev. John R. Hamilton, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| Sarah W. Jones. December 22, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| J. and T. Green. December 22, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| Elizabeth Weaver. December 22, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| Joseph Ballister. December 22, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-22 |
| Modoc War claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the claims of the States of California and Oregon, and citizens thereof, on account of the Modoc War. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims. December 17, 1874. -- Committee on War Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. December 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-22 |
| Civil rights in Alabama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of a convention of colored citizens assembled in the City of Montgomery, Ala., on December 2, 1874. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Alabama Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate recognizes the validity of the credentials of P.B.S. Pinchback as certified to by Gov. William P. Kellogg, of Louisiana, under the seal of said state... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1874. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be requested, if not incompatible with the interests of the public service, to lay before the Senate the official reports and communications of Maj. Lewis Merrill, U.S.A., relating to certain disorders in Louisiana... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the granting of pensions to the surviving veterans of the Mexican War. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation to enable the New River Canal Company to connect the inland water system of North Carolina with the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Resolution requesting information of the Secretary of the Treasury concerning gold in New York banks, etc. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Timber lands. December 23, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Mineral lands. December 23, 1874. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Lawrence County narrow gauge railroad, Alabama. December 23, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Marcus L. Bell vs. O.P. Snyder. December 23, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1874-12-23 |
| Liabilities of Choctaw Indians to individuals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting certain information relative to the amounts of liabilities due from the Choctaw tribe of Indians to individuals. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Contingent expenses of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1874. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Indians of the Central Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to aid and instruct the Indians of the Central Superintendency. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Apache Indians in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for collecting and subsisting the Apache Indians in Arizona for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| North Carolina Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the lands of the North Carolina or Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, including a draught of a bill for the benefit of said Indians. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Education of Cheyenne captives. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that $3,000 be appropriated from the annuities to the Cheyennes for the support and education of the two white female children captured from said Indians. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Removal of Modoc Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to remove the Modoc Indians from Oregon to the Indian Territory. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Absentee Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recalling his report dated April 13 last, and the claims of absentee Shawnee Indians submitted therewith. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Charles O. Wood. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Charles O. Wood, of Vigo County, Indiana. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Additional messengers in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the employment of two additional messengers or laborers in his office. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Rock Island bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the clause of the sundry civil appropriation act of June 23, 1874, which appropriates $23,400 to the Rock Island bridge. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Employment of thirteen enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the employment of thirteen enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Freedmen's Branch of the Adjutant General's Office. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Freedmen's Branch of the Adjutant General's Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Barracks at Pensacola harbor, Florida, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draughts of proposed joint resolutions for completing barracks and quarters at Pensacola harbor, Florida, &c. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Timber for the use of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity that exists for some remedial legislation in behalf of Indian tribes or bands living upon reservations who are, by a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, prevented from cutting and selling timber from the land occupied by them. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1874-12-23 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1634, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1639, Session Vol. No.6 | 1875-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, and special session of the Senate. In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1631, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part III. Report of the Commissioner for 1873-4 and 1874-75. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1631, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1636, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1635, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1641, Session Vol. No.8 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; together with the reports of the Board of Audit and the Board of Health, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President. December 7, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1641, Session Vol. No.8 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1640, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-01-01 |
| The executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75, and the special session of the Senate in March, 1875. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1638, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-third Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, and special session of the Senate. In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of Effingham Lawrence vs. J. Hale Sypher, First Congressional District of Louisiana. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of George A. Sheridan vs. P.B.S. Pinchback, Congressman at Large from Louisiana. Evidence of contestant. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1658, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1641, Session Vol. No.8 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1650, Session Vol. No.17 | 1875-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1650, Session Vol. No.17 | 1875-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year ending November 30, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1660, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. Vol. II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1640, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Gibson vs. Sheldon. Papers in the case of R.L. Gibson vs. L.A. Sheldon, Second Congressional District of Louisiana. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3362.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3362) for relief of Sarah B. Forest, widow of Lieut. Dulaney A. Forest, late of the United States Navy, offer the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1637, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume II. Part II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1637, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1642, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1647, Session Vol. No.14 | 1875-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1643, Session Vol. No.10 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1644, Session Vol. No.11 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1635, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1649, Session Vol. No.16 | 1875-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Forty-third Congress, 1874-'75. [In seven volumes.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1661, Session Vol. No.6 | 1875-01-01 |
| Second session, Forty-third Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1874-'75. In eighteen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1652, Session Vol. No.19 | 1875-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume II. Part I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1636, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-01-01 |
| Petition of Captain John G. Tod, of the United States Navy, praying to be placed on the retired list of the Navy. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| Petition of the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon, praying aid, by a guarantee of interest upon bonds, or otherwise, to secure railroad communication to the Atlantic states. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1071.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret C. Wells, of Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, praying to be placed upon the pension roll, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3193.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3193) repealing the act granting a pension to William H. Blair, approved July 27, 1868, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3694.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3694) granting a pension to Rebecca W. Taylor, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 580) granting a pension to Rosalie C.P. Lisle, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1351 [i.e., 2351].) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2351) granting a pension to John B. Miller, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3017.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3017) granting a pension to Jacob Grasch [i.e., Grosch], late a private in Company B, Eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteers... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2355.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2355) granting a pension to Ann R. Voorhees, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1953.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1953) granting a pension to William D. Morrison, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3691.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3691) granting a pension to James Burris, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1820.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1820) granting a pension to Samuel Henderson, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying copies of reports and recommendation of Generals Pope and Ord relative to the ravages of grasshoppers. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the purchase of land required for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the employment of two draughtsmen in the office of the Quartermaster General. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an amendment to the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill to authorize the retention of thirteen enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Major-General J.M. Schofield, respecting the repeal of the law which forbids promotion in the staff of the Army. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Idaho Territory, remonstrating against the abolishment of the United States assay office at Boise City. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| The emphatic remonstrance of the people of the State of Arkansas against invasion of their right of self-government, addressed to the representatives of the other United States of America, in Congress assembled. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the State of Arkansas, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking that the branches of the Freedmen's Savings Bank of that state be required to account honestly to the depositors in said banks. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Laboring men of the City of Georgetown, D.C. Petition of certain laboring men of the City of Georgetown, D.C. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation to improve the navigation of Neuse River below New Berne. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation to deepen the harbor of Edenton, in that state. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of a refund of certain taxes collected from the producers of spirits of turpentine. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3170.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3170) for the relief of John W. Marsh, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3181.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3181) for the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Thayer, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3728.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3728) granting a pension to Abby A. Dike, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3689.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3689) granting a pension to Bernard Sailer, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 888.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 888) directing that the name of James Brown, of Oregon, be placed on the pension roll, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2156.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2156) granting a pension to Nathan A. Winters, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Joseph B. Eaton. January 6, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| First Lieutenant Henry Jackson. January 6, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Charles A. Luke. January 6, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| William B. Hazen, for soldiers' savings deposit. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| L.R. Worthom. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Transportation of Army supplies. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Albert Von Steinhousen. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Rachel Frisbee. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Jacob Dice. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| George W. Graham. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Francisco V. De Coster. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Charges of desertion. January 6, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| James M. Seeds. January 6, 1875. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| John H. Franklin. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Henry C. Hirst. January 6, 1875. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Almeron E. Calkins. January 6, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Anson B. Sains. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Mrs. Ruhamy Brown. January 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Louisa Sheckels. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| George T. Cochran. January 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Wagon road in Washington Territory. January 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| R.H. Chadbourne. January 6, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| Edward Black. January 6, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2427.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2427) granting an increase of pension to Mary W. Shirk, widow of James W. Shirk, deceased, late commander in the United States Navy, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2680.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2680) granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Dulaney [i.e., Dulany], submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3707.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3707) granting a pension to Louisa Thomas, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-07 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement exhibiting the expenditures at the Springfield Armory, and its operations, during the year ending June 30, 1874. January 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of funds required for the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., for the year ending June 30, 1876. January 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire what legislation by Congress in necessary to secure to the people of the State of Louisiana their right of self-government under the Constitution, and to report, with the least possible delay, by bill or otherwise... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Hibben & Co. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 366.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 366) granting a pension to Hugh Wallace, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 749.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 749) to repeal a part of the act therein named, in relation to the compensation of pension agents, having had the same under consideration, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1943.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1943) granting a pension to Helen M. Stansbury, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2677.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2677) increasing the pension of Mary G. Harris, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3031.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3031) granting a pension to Catharine A. Winslow, widow of the late Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3700.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3700) granting a pension to Teter Wolfyoung, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1183.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1183) granting a pension to Mrs. Martha R. Robinson, of Portsmouth, Ohio, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 870.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 870) granting Mrs. Mary E. Murphey [i.e., Murphy], of New York, as the widow of Richard I. Murphey [i.e., Richard J. Murphy], a pension at the rate of $15 per month, commencing on the 19th day of November, 1871, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 836.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 836) granting a pension to William Ira Mayfield, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| William H. De Groot. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| William Joslin. January 8, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| James B. White. January 8, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| John C. Lemmon. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| W.W. Van Antwerp. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Henry Z. Eaton. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Losses from Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Mary H. Noonan. January 8, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Folkes & Winston. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Hiram W. Love. January 8, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| George F. Selleck. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Marvin H. Amesbury. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| John H. Sothoron. January 8, 1875. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Ann J. Eaton. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Charles H. Wiltberger. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Valorous G. Austin. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Mrs. Mary Geary. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Joseph Dunlap. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Elijah Crudgington. January 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| William M. Moore. January 8, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-08 |
| Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting ten reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claims in said territory. January 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-08 |
| Construction of laws imposing Customs duties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to alleged changes in the laws imposing duties on imports, or new constructions of such laws made by his Department. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-11 |
| Customhouse at Cincinnati. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, relative to the building of a Customhouse in the City of Cincinnati. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Freedman's Loan and Trust Company. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking for an appropriation to meet losses incurred by depositors in the Freedman's Loan and Trust Company. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Louisiana affairs. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Idaho Territory, asking aid for the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Railroad from Yankton to the national park. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Yankton, in Dakota, to the national park. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Wagon road in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, praying for an appropriation to aid in the construction of a wagon road from some point on the tablelands in Union County, Dakota, across the marsh lands to the Ponca landing on the Missouri River. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Black Hills. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, praying that the Black Hills of Dakota be opened for settlement, and the Indian title to the same be extinguished. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| William Maxwell Wood, Jr. Petition of William Maxwell Wood, Jr., U.S.N., for compensation for the use in the Navy of his boat detaching and attaching apparatus. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Horace Clough, late a private of Company D, Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3687.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3687) granting a pension to Victoria L. Brewster, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1844.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1844) for the relief of John Hebener [i.e., Heberer], and sundry papers accompanying it, have examined and considered the same, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-11 |
| Pavilion hospital at Hyannis, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War [Treasury], relative to the expense of erecting a pavilion hospital at Hyannis, Massachusetts. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-11 |
| Amendment to the Revised Statutes of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend section 2997 of the revised statutes of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-11 |
| Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of claims for depredations committed by Indians, &c., called for by House resolution of April 30, 1874. -- January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-11 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1875, information in relation to the massacre at Trenton, West Tennessee. January 12, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that the rate of taxation on the property of the citizens of the District of Columbia may be fixed at seventy-five cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof. January 12, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| Petition of Fleming Cramp and William Williamston [i.e., Williamson], praying to be allowed a pension for services rendered the United States in the Yellowstone Expedition in 1824, 1825. January 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| Appropriation to pay interest on the 3.65 bonds. Communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, asking an appropriation to pay interest on the 3.65 bonds. January 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 268.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 268) for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Champion, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| Signal service. January 12, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| Protection of Army officers' widows, orphans, and heirs at law. January 12, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-12 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to an alleged interference in the organization of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. January 13, 1875. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| Settlers on Fort Randall military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend an act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Settlers on the Fort Randall Military Reservation," approved May 18, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Camp Cook military reservation, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Camp Cook military reservation in Shasta County, California. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Allen or Springfield rifle and metallic cartridges. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to royalty upon the Allen or Springfield breech loading rifle and metallic cartridges. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Catalogue of the Army Medical Museum. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1831) to provide for the printing, at the Government Printing Office, of one thousand copies of the Descriptive Anatomical Catalogue of the Army Medical Museum. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Contingent expenses of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a detailed statement of all the expenditures of the contingent funds of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Geological and geographical survey of the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the estimate of appropriations heretofore submitted to the House for the continuance of the geological survey. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| William P. Lyon & Son. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of William P. Lyon & Son for printing one thousand volumes of Choctaw laws. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| Indians in Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to provide for the consolidation of certain bands or tribes of Indians in Washington Territory, and for the sale of certain reservations in said territory, and for other purposes. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Ute Indians in Colorado. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for subsistence of the Ute Indians in Colorado. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an act of the Cherokee Legislature authorizing a loan to be negotiated for their benefit (subsistence) from the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Creek annuities. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for Creek annuities. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Support of certain Indians in the Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the subsistence and support of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indians in the Indian Territory. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Indians of the Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a bill to amend the act of June 10, 1872, for the relief of certain Indian tribes in the Northern Superintendency. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| New safe for use of Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required for the purchase of a new safe for the use of the disbursing clerk of his Department. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Refusal of the Louisiana and Texas Railroad to transport troops. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in the case of the refusal of Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad to transport military supplies and troops for the United States over said railroad. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Red Fish Bar, Galveston Bay, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Red Fish Bar, Galveston Bay. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Removal of Weeminuche Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the removal of the Weeminuche Indian agency to the Ute reservation. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| James W. Terrell. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to pay balance due James W. Terrell, as disbursing agent of the Treasury Department to make payments to North Carolina Cherokee Indians. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Malheur Reservation, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for Malheur Reservation, in Oregon. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1646, Session Vol. No.13 | 1875-01-13 |
| Texas Pacific Railroad. Statements of Mr. Thomas A. Scott and Judge Baker, before the House Committee on the Pacific Railroad. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Webster, asking additional compensation for building a wharf and keeping the same in repair, at Newport News, for the use of the Army of the United States, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1121.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas M. Redd, late of Paducah, Ky., praying compensation for the loss of his house and contents, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 77.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 77) for the relief of Martha A. Booth, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3275) granting a pension to Eli Persons, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| Agricultural colleges. January 13, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-13 |
| Smuggling through the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the smuggling of merchandise through the mails. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Contingent expenses of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the disbursement of the contingent fund of the Navy Department. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Clerks and employes [sic] of the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or in any of its offices, during the year 1874, &c. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of the deficiencies in appropriations required by the various departments to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and prior years. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1853, a statement showing the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, &c. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Public building at Auburn, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the erection of a public building at Auburn, N.Y. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Amounts paid in certain cases for the transportation of troops. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 13, 1874, in relation to the sums of money paid to certain land grant railroad companies for the transportation of troops and property of the United States, transported since the first day of January, 1866. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the lands required for improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Reports of surveys. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 23, 1874, reports of surveys and examinations, as follows: Wolf Lake Cut, Indiana; Sebawaing River, Michigan; mouth of Saginaw River, Michigan; Grand Marais Harbor, Lake Superior, Minnesota; Dakota River, Dakota Territory; the estuary in Santa Barbara Channel, near Point Muger, California; Sacramento River below Tehama; and Feather River below Marysville, California. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Minnesota River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the result of the examination and survey of the Minnesota River. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing receipts and expenditures of the Louisville and Portland Canal from June 11 to December 31, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Hydraulic gates and dams in the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a report upon the applicability of movable hydraulic gates and dams to the improvement of the Ohio River. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1645, Session Vol. No.12 | 1875-01-13 |
| Indian tribes in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the treaty of February 23, 1867, with certain Indian tribes in Kansas. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-13 |
| Forty-first Parallel Railroad. Memorial of J.K. Hornish, in relation to the construction of the Forty-first Parallel Railroad. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-13 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating his approval of the act providing for the resumption of specie payments, and suggesting further legislation to carry that law into effect. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating copy of a telegram from the commanding general of the Military Department of the Pacific, in relation to the length of time of retention of military prisoners, under section 23, act of January 30, 1834. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking compensation for spoliations committed by the Modoc Indians. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that the taking of salmon in the Columbia River in traps, nets, seines, or other contrivances with meshes or apertures less than four inches square be prohibited. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Merritt Lewis, praying for an increase of pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3274.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3274) granting a pension to John S. Corlett, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3713.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3713) granting a pension to Sarah S. Cooper, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3008.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3008) granting a pension to John J. Bottgar, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3716.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3716) granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Dyer, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2949.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2949) granting a pension to James R. Borland, late a private in Company F, Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1065.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.W. Drew, late additional paymaster United States Army, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1054.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted, by order of the Senate, the Bill (H.R. 1054) granting a pension to Jefferson W. Davis, first lieutenant of Company F, Sixty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-14 |
| Indian service in Colorado. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required for the Indian service in Colorado. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-14 |
| Fond du Lac Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a proposed bill to provide for the sale of a portion of the Fond du Lac Indian reservation in Minnesota, and for other purposes. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-14 |
| Capitol building at Olympia, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an estimate of appropriations required for certain repairs to the territorial capitol building at Olympia, Washington Territory. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-14 |
| New jail in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations required for the completion of the new jail in the District of Columbia. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-14 |
| Contingent expenses of the Department of Justice. Communication of the Attorney General, transmitting a detailed statement of all the expenditures of the contingent fund of his Department from January 1, 1874, to January 1, 1875. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-14 |
| Schedule of claims allowed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with the act of June 16, 1874, a schedule of claims under the act of July 4, 1864, examined and allowed since June 30, 1874. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-14 |
| Memorial of citizens of the Chickasaw Nation, remonstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the removal of the Pawnee Indians from the State of Nebraska to the Indian Territory, and the sale of their lands in said state. January 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. To accompany Bill S. 1142. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to a sale of a portion of the Fond du Lac Indian reservation, in the State of Minnesota. January 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1143. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Condition of the South. January 15, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on the Condition of the South and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 940.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 940) granting six hundred and forty acres of land to the widow and heirs of James Sinclair, deceased, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. January 15, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Lydia Benjamin. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| J.W. Drew. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Mary Sleigle. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| James W. Huff. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Thomas Willse. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Priscilla Griffith. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Anna W. Osborne. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Axef S. Howard. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Francis Armstrong. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Margaret R. Clune. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Alice Mullally. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Thomas I. Acra. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| William R. Duncan. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Samuel P. Evans. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| W. Godfrey Hunter. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Bridget Leaffy. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| William H. Small. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Samuel Z. Cooper. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Cyphert P. Gillett. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Sarah Ann Crosby. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| George Young et als. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Luther C. French. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Charles A. Overfelt. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| O.M. Ball. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Fannie E. Records. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| James Rounsfell. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| W.T. Simms. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Mary C. Toy. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Lucius C. Chase. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| E.W. Blackinton. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| William L. Nance. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Benjamin Gratz. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Charles H. Frank. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| John Kelly. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Trustees of Bethel College. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| William S. Stevens. January 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Judicial remedies for overcharge of duties on tonnage and imports. January 15, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| D.W. McClung. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Andrew Jackson. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Almont Barnes. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| John Ammahe [i.e., Ammahaie]. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| Lowell A. Chamberlain. January 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1656, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1875. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following order: Ordered, that during the remainder of this session, after the call for resolutions shall have passed, business on the calendar shall, during the morning hour, be called for by committees... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-16 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting in compliance with a Senate resolution of June 11, 1874, information respecting assay offices at Portland, Oreg., and Boise City, Idaho. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-18 |
| Fourth general report of the Commissioners of Claims. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting their fourth general report. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1653, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-18 |
| Memorial of Jesse J. Brown, in favor of protection and encouragement to the manufacturers of polished plate glass. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion, and such motion shall be decided without debate. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-18 |
| Louisiana affairs. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to interference of United States soldiers in the organization of the Legislature of Louisiana. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-18 |
| Workingmen of the District of Columbia. Petition of the workingmen of the District of Columbia, praying Congress for relief. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-18 |
| Berthold Lowenthal. January 18, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-18 |
| Support of the government of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, relative to the support of the government of the District of Columbia. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 4452. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-18 |
| Expenses of United States courts of Nebraska. January 18, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1154.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Capt. William Williams, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for pension, report the following... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-18 |
| Harbor of Saint Mary's River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting report of the board of naval officers appointed, in compliance with House resolution of April 13, 1874, to inquire as to the expediency of establishing at the harbor of Saint Mary's River, Maryland, a naval coaling station. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-18 |
| Lieutenant Wheeler's geographical surveys. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the continuance of the geographical explorations and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-18 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs giving an estimate of the amount of the appropriation required to pay the amount due James W. Terrell, as disbursing agent for paying the North Carolina Cherokee Indians under the act of June 29, 1848. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs giving an estimate of an appropriation required for the education and civilization of the Indians of the Central Superintendency. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to Hon. George G. Wright, United States Senate, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 3628) for the relief of owners and purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in insurrectionary states, and for other purposes. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs reporting the amount of expenses incurred in negotiating the treaty with the Ute Indians, under the act of April 23, 1874. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| Cotton Division of the Treasury Department. Resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report as to the organization of the "Cotton Division" in his Department, and by what authority of law the same was done, &c. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-19 |
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting, in compliance with the act incorporating the said railroad company, a report of its transactions during the year ending December 31, 1874. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 979.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3860) for the relief of Lieut. Henry Jackson, Seventh United States Cavalry, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1156.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph H. Colton, asking the intervention of the government of the United States in aid of his claim upon the government of Bolivia, together with the accompany papers, ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 995.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 995) for the construction of a military wagon road from Sidney, Nebr., to the posts at the Red Cloud and Spotted-Tail agencies, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-19 |
| United States troops in Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a detailed statement showing the number of United States troops stationed in the State of Alabama on the 3d day of November, 1874. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Contracts of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the act of April 21, 1808, a statement of contracts made by the various bureaus of the War Department on behalf of the United States during the year 1874. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| 1. List of clerks and employes [sic]. 2. Inventory of property. 3. Contracts for mail locks, keys, &c. 4. Contracts for stationery, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with law, certain reports. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Balances required to be re-appropriated. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 20, 1874, a statement of such of the balances of appropriations carried to the surplus fund under said act as are required to be re-appropriated for the service of the fiscal year 1872 and prior years. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Galveston Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the improvement of Galveston Harbor, Texas. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Rock Island arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for Rock Island arsenal for 1876. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Saint James Mission, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of the Roman Catholic mission known as the Mission of Saint James to the military reservation at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| War with Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the number of regulars and volunteers employed during the War with Mexico, and the casualties incident to each description of force. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Osage Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an estimate of appropriation to pay Osage Indians interest on net avails of lands sold under the treaty of 1865. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Indian service in Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the Indian service in Oregon. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Indian service in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the Indian service in California. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Louisa Haskins, a Choctaw Indian. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill referring to the Choctaw. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Indian service in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the Indian service in New Mexico. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Grande Ronde Indian agency, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for certain incidental expenses in Oregon. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-19 |
| Memorial of the conservative members of the Legislature of Louisiana, giving a statement of the revolutionary proceedings in the hall of the House of Representatives, at New Orleans, January 4, 1875. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-20 |
| Communication of Hon. Michael Hahn, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the revolutionary proceedings which transpired in the hall of the House at New Orleans, January 4, 1875. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio protesting against the action of the United States military authorities in the expulsion of certain members of the Louisiana Legislature. January 20, 1875. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-20 |
| Engraving and printing official stamps. Letter from the Acting Third Assistant Postmaster General, to Hon. Samuel J. Randall, relative to the engraving and printing of official stamps. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report: The petitioner, James L. Baldwin, had been, for the four years last before the filing of his petition, a distiller in Logansport, Ind., his distillery being situated on the north bank of Eel River, and run by its waters... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3477.) The Committee on Military Affairs, having under consideration H.R. Bill 3477, for the relief of Nelson Tiffany, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1147.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Courtland Parker, administrator of George W. Anderson, deceased, asking from Congress re-imbursement of the proceeds of the sale of certain mining stock, said sale having been made under certain decrees of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-20 |
| International Exhibition of 1876. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report giving a statement of what is proposed to be exhibited by each executive department of the government at the International Exhibition to be held in the City of Philadelphia in the year 1876, together with an estimate of the expense to be incurred. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and the Proposed National Census of 1875, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-20 |
| Armament for sea coast defense. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the condition of the armament of our fortifications, and the necessity for immediate provision by Congress for the procurement of heavy cannon. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-20 |
| Transportation of cattle. January 19, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-21 |
| Ohio River improvement and transcontinental railways. Memorial of the citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, relative to the Ohio River improvement and transcontinental railways, and indorsement of same by the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. January 21, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-21 |
| J.J. Brown. Memorial of First Lieutenant J.J. Brown, Second Regiment Arkansas Cavalry. January 21, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-21 |
| Washington and Ohio Railroad. Petition of the Washington and Ohio Railroad Company for aid in the construction of their road to the Ohio River. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-21 |
| Taxation of national banks. Memorial of representatives of national banks of Cleveland, Ohio. January 21, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-21 |
| George Q. Cannon, delegate from Utah. January 21, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 938.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 938) for the relief of Thomas G. Kingsley, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3189.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3189) granting a pension to Frederick Vogel, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1644.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1644) granting a pension to Hannah E. Currie, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Toliver, mother of David Toliver, late a private of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3681.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3681) granting a pension to Wm. M. Drake, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1438.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1438) granting a pension to Emily Phillips, widow of Martin Phillips, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3722.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3722) granting a pension to John Fink, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rosa Ward, of Moretown, Vt., praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-21 |
| Memorial of H.I. Chapman, civil engineer, praying the adoption of his accompanying plans and specifications for the permanent improvement of the Willamette River in Oregon. January 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-22 |
| Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations. January 22, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Walter J. Lee. January 22, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Mrs. M.V. Brown. January 22, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| John W. Gall's heirs. January 22, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| John R. Hathaway. January 22, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Mary E. Twiford. January 22, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| William M. Cooper. January 22, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Rapheal M. Miller. January 22, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Swamp lands at the Brooklyn Navy yard. January 22, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Dwight F. Hayes. January 22, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 11, 1875, copies of correspondence relative to certain disorders in the State of Louisiana. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation for the further improvement of the navigation of the Willamette River. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that certain post routes be established in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of the construction of a military wagon road between the Illinois River and Chitco [i.e., Chetco], in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking the passage of an act to re-imburse that state for expenses incurred by its provisional government. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking the passage of an act to extinguish the title to the Umatilla Indian reservation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking aid for the construction of a military wagon road between Ashland and Hot Springs, in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that all United States securities hereafter issued shall be liable to taxation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that the duties on jute and burlap, and sacks made from them, be removed. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Yamhill River, in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that the channel of the Nehalim River be surveyed and marked by buoys. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of navigation at the mouth of the Coquille River. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, approving the action of Lieut. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan since assuming command of a part of the Military District of Missouri. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Louisiana affairs. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, relating to the expulsion of members of the Louisiana Legislature by the armed forces of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Harlem River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, asking for the improvement of the Harlem River. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Reciprocity with Canada. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in regard to reciprocity of trade with the Dominion of Canada. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Charleston Harbor. Resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina, relative to the deepening of Charleston Harbor, and asking aid for the same. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Claims of citizens of Missouri against the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, concerning certain claims of citizens of that state against the United States government. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Galveston Harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, asking Congress to make an appropriation for the improvement of Galveston Harbor. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Canal from Saint Croix River to Lake Superior. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, for a canal from headwaters of the Saint Croix River to Lake Superior. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Nomenclature of streets in Washington and Georgetown. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4523.) Memoranda relating to the proposed nomenclature of streets, places, and avenues in the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, as submitted by F.A. Stratton, January, 1875. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Bernard [i.e., Barnett] T. Swart. January 25, 1875. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Hennepin Canal. January 25, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| Post Office appropriations. January 25, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made a special order for Wednesday next after the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 900.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 900) granting a pension to the widow and minor children of Ira Wilkins, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2352.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2352) granting a pension to Louis Hinely, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3697.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3697) granting a pension to Belinda M. Craig, as the widow of William T. Craig, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3192.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3192) granting a pension to the minor children of Jackson A. Brewer, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3273.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3273) granting a pension to Rachel W. Phillips, widow of Gilbert Phillips, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2400.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2400) granting a pension to William White, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 916.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 916) for the relief of Mrs. Ann Cornelia Lanman, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3695.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3695) granting a pension to Eliza A. Flamant, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3721.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3721) granting a pension to Ezra C. Owen, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 619.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 619) granting a pension to Elizabeth Tipton, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel G. Gallion, praying for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-25 |
| Alluvial basin of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commission of Engineers appointed to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-25 |
| Columbia Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for completing the purchase of the grounds surrounding the Columbia Hospital. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 15, 1875, a copy of the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office concerning swamp lands in township 12 south, ranges 11 and 12 east, Southeastern District of Louisiana. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, a copy of the report of Maj. J.M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, upon the examination and cost of construction of the third subdivision of the Northern Transportation Route. January 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| New building for the War, State, and Navy Departments. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. James A. Garfield, submitting an estimate of $1,500,000 for continuing work on the building for the War, State, and Navy Departments. January 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-26 |
| Election of President and Vice-President. January 26, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-26 |
| Right of franchise. January 26, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-26 |
| Judicial District of Oklahoma. January 26, 1875. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-26 |
| United States district court at Burlington, Iowa. January 26, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevenson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 454.) The committee to whom was referred the Bill (S. 454) to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the claim of the government upon the purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3724.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Quarry, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3004.) Bill for the relief of John C. Griffin, late second lieutenant Third East Tennessee Cavalry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 765.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 765) for the relief of Amos B. Ferguson, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2724.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom various bills have been referred for the relief of certain states on account of ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said states during the war of the rebellion, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-26 |
| Report of the United States Centennial Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the progress made, to this date, by the United States Centennial Commission. January 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the twenty-second joint rule of the two Houses be, and the same is hereby, repealed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 821.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 821) for the relief of Peasley & McClary, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-27 |
| Survey of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the act of June 23, 1874, for the purpose of making a survey of the mouth of the Mississippi River. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Contingent fund of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the expenditures of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1874. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Modoc War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Subsistence, giving in detail the costs to those departments of the Modoc War. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Supplemental estimate for the Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations required to meet liabilities contracted on account of the Indian service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, and prior years. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Fort Harker military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the quantity of land included within the boundaries of the Fort Harker military reservation, Kansas. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Frank A. Page. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of Frank A. Page, asking to be reinstated in the Army. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Lieutenant Frank Baker. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a memorial of Second Lieut. Frank Baker, Thirteenth United States Infantry, asking to be relieved from accountability for certain subsistence funds which were stolen from him while on duty as acting commissary of subsistence at Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming Territory. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Government Hospital for the Insane. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the erection of a new building to be devoted solely to the detention and treatment of female patients at the insane asylum. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the support and civilization of the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Jicarilla Apache and Ute Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting petition of citizens of Colfax County, New Mexico, for removal of Jicarilla Apache and Ute Indians to their reservation, to be considered in connection with the treaty, or "agreement," with said Indians presented to Congress, with letter to the Speaker of the House, February 3, 1874. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Prairie band of Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill providing for the investment of certain funds belonging to the Prairie band of Pottawatomie Indians. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Kaskaskia Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an estimate of appropriation required for the confederated tribes of the Kaskaskias, &c., in the State of Kansas. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| Kickapoo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to pay certain members of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians. January 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Elijah J. Woolum, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Wise, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1175) extending the provisions of the act approved June 4, 1872, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to A. Schuyler Sutton," submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing the number of Navy yards and of naval hospitals, and authorized to visit the different Navy yards and naval hospitals on the Atlantic coast for the purpose of such inquiry, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1206.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel G. Smith, postmaster at Flemington, N.J., submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1205.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram Sawtelle, guardian of Lydia J. Church, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-28 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a letter of the Chief of Engineers relative to the purchase, by the Engineer Department in 1863, of land adjacent to the fort at Willet's Point, New York Harbor. January 29, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a protest of the officers of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry against the passage of a House bill to authorize the restoration of George A. Armes to the rank of captain. January 29, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, protesting against the use of the Army in preventing the legal organization of the Legislature of Louisiana. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3191.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3191) granting a pension to Elizabeth Brannix, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 413.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 413) for the relief of Alice Aide, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary B. Hook, widow of the late Lieut. Col. James H. Hook, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram Bateman, late a private of Company I, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteers, praying to be admitted to the invalid pension roll, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mountjoy Browning, late a private in Company A, Tenth (changed to Third) Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Coffin, for pension, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3715.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3715) granting a pension to Sarah Bacon, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1241) granting a pension to Joseph V. Cartwright, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Adams for a pension for services in the War of 1812, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1080.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1080) granting a pension to John W. Caldwell, private Company E, Seventy-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1722.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1722) granting a pension to Martha Wold, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3708.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3708) granting a pension to Eunice Wilson, mother of John C. Wilson, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3277.) In the case of Robert D. Jones, Company B, Third Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1213.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nathan Upham for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3699.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3699) granting a pension to Lydia Simpson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3682.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3682) granting a pension to Theron W. Hanks, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3723.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3723) granting a pension to Mary Logsdon, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-01-29 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 19, 1874, information in relation to the number of Indians captured or killed by United States troops during the year 1873. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia relative to the federal interference in the affairs of Louisiana. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of granting pensions to those who served in the Mexican War. February 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| Removal of obstructions in the Harlem and East Rivers. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New York, for the completion of the removal of obstructions in the Harlem and East Rivers. February 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-01 |
| Postal rights of inmates of insane asylums. Memorial in support of the bill for the protection of the postal rights of the inmates of insane asylums. February 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 911.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Flanagan, widow of James W. Flanagan, late first lieutenant in Company C, Fifty-sixth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report: The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the following resolution of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza E. Hebert, of Louisiana, praying compensation for property alleged to have been taken by the Army in 1863, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4444.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, in recommending the passage of the substitute to House Bill No. 4026, herewith reported, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1799.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1799) granting a pension to Angelica Hammond, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3729.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anne Eliza Brown, widow of General Harvey Brown, late colonel and brevet major-general of the United States Army, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1125.) This bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Terre Hante and Indianapolis Railroad Company the sum of $7,543.75, with interest from March 10, 1862, as the amount due the company for carrying the United States mail, as found and ascertained by the Court of Claims... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 340.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Baxter, only heir and minor child of Robert Baxter, late second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1216.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Claude H. Masten, surviving partner of the firm of Le Vert & Masten, of Mobile, Ala., for himself, and in behalf of Octavia Le Vert and her two children, widow and heirs of his deceased partner, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 495.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 495) for the relief of Ann L. Bland, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-01 |
| Alexander Burtch. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his reasons for withholding his approval to an act for the relief of Alexander Burtch. February 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-01 |
| Memorial of Joseph Brooks, asking that he be recognized as the lawful governor of Arkansas. February 2, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-02 |
| Memorial of citizens of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the establishment of a territorial government over them. February 2, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-02 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, remonstrating against a projected mode of improvement of the Kill Von Kull. February 2, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution: Whereas the power to regulate commerce among the several states conferred upon Congress by the Constitution, includes the power to aid and facilitate commerce by the employment of such means as may be appropriate and plainly adapted to that end, and Congress may therefore, in its discretion... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Fisk, beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-02 |
| Report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 18, 1873, in relation to the number of bales of cotton seized under orders from that Department after the close of the war. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-03 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking a grant of sixty-nine sections of public lands to that state for school purposes, in lieu of the Cherokee Neutral Lands. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-03 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, against the extension of patents beyond the time now fixed by law. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1063.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1063) to restore Capt. John C. Beaumont, of the United States Navy, to his original position on the Navy Register, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 928.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 928) for the relief of David Huestis, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 585.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Oliver Moses and others, owners of the ship John Carver, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-03 |
| Sufferers in Kansas and Nebraska. Message from the President of the United States, relative to supplies furnished the suffering people of Kansas and Nebraska in consequence of the drought and the grasshopper plague. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an amendment to Indian appropriation bill, asking an appropriation to extinguish rights to hunt, under treaty of April 29, 1868, with Sioux Indians. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Surveys and reconnaissances. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the absence from appropriation bills of the item for expenses of surveys and reconnaissances in the military divisions and departments. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Militia force of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Retired officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the effect that House Bill 2093, as amended in the Senate, will have on certain retired officers. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Fire at Fort Sanders, Wyoming. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to clothing lost by certain United States soldiers in their efforts to extinguish the fire which occurred at Fort Sanders, Wyo., April 23, 1873. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Destruction of Treasury and national bank notes in accident at Benning's Bridge. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 12, 1875, in relation to the destruction of a large amount of Treasury notes and national bank notes in the late accident on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, near Benning's Station. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Fines and deductions. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 8, 1872, a report of all fines imposed upon and deductions made from the pay of contractors for transporting the mails of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1874, &c. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Roberts breech-loading musket and carbine. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the manufacture at the Springfield armory of the Roberts breech-loading musket and carbine. February 3, 1875. -- Referred the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Harbors of Charlevoix and Monistique, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbors of Charlevoix and Monistique, Michigan. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-03 |
| Southern Maryland Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4475.) Memorial of Samuel S. Smoot, president of the Southern Maryland Railroad Company. February 4, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-04 |
| Muddy or Moapa Indian Reservation. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, asking the passage of a resolution requesting the President to rescind executive order of March 12, 1873, setting apart a large quantity of agricultural land in Lincoln County, in the State of Nevada, for an Indian reservation, known as the Muddy or Moapa Indian reservation. February 4, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-04 |
| Alleged sale of a naval cadetship. February 4, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-04 |
| Telegraph lines. February 4, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3726.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3726) granting a pension to Catharine H. Gallagher, widow of John Gallagher, late a captain in the United States Navy, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3013.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3013) granting a pension to Samuel P. Kemp, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 948.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 948) increasing the pension of H. Louisa [i.e., Louise] Gates, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3731.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3731) granting a pension to Bridget Collins, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3698.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3698) granting a pension to William C. Davis, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: On the 23d of December, 1874, the Senate of the United States adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Appropriations be instructed to inquire whether the Lighthouse Board, as organized by law, is in the best form to promote its efficiency and harmonious action... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 950.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 950) to pay the First National Bank of Saint Albans, at Saint Albans, in the County of Franklin, and State of Vermont, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Ballard, to be restored to the pension rolls, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-04 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a copy of a letter of the commanding general, Department of the Columbia, and a copy of the decision of the judge of the District Court for the District of Oregon, in the case of John A. Carr. February 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| Memorial of citizens of the Creek Nation, remonstrating against the establishment of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. February 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| Gasconade River. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, for improvement of the Gasconade River. February 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-06 |
| Texas and Pacific Railroad. Memorial of fifty-five persons, companies, and corporations of Youngstown, Ohio, asking the passage of the Texas and Pacific Railroad bill and giving reasons therefor. February 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-06 |
| Fort Wilkins military reservation. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-06 |
| Condition of affairs in the State of Arkansas. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the State of Arkansas. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-06 |
| Major J.W. Nicholls. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1246.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Ellis, of Kansas, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1142.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 1142, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1055.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1055) granting a pension to Charles H. Crippen, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 580) granting a pension to Rosalie C.P. Lisle, have considered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Albert G. Boone, have had the same under consideration, and report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 570.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 570) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, and for the better protection of the Indian tribes therein, and for other purposes, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1248.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles B. Phillips, praying to be allowed a share of the avails of the one-third part of the wharf-boat D.G. Fowler, forfeited under the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1249.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frank Kendrick, late a private of Company A, Fifth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Ann Daniel, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Keyes, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William H. Harding, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3686.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3686) granting a pension to Nancy Curry, widow of Oliver P. Curry, late a private of Company L, Thirteenth Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3701.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3701) granting a pension to Maria D.C. Bache, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3710.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3710) granting a pension to Henry C. Mills, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2504.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2504) granting a pension to Henry B. Burgor, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2355.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2355) granting a pension to Ann R. Voorhees, widow of the late Captain Philip R. [i.e., F.] Voorhees, U.S.N., after a full review of the testimony before the Committee on a former examination of the case, and a careful consideration of that since filed, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-06 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 3, 1875, information in relation to affairs in Arkansas. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-08 |
| Government of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, explanatory of bill to amend forty-first section of the act of February 21, 1871. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Louisiana affairs. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, protesting against federal interference in the civil affairs of the State of Louisiana. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Pine River, Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to aid in the improvement of the navigation of Pine River, in Charlevoix County, on Lake Michigan. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-08 |
| Saugatuck harbor, Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Saugatuck, on Lake Michigan. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Harbors at Saint Joseph, New Buffalo, and Benton, Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the harbors at Saint Joseph and New Buffalo; also, Benton Harbor, on Lake Michigan. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Harbor at South Haven, Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for ana ppropriation [i.e., an appropriation] to repair and improve the harbor at South Haven, on Lake Michigan. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Harbor at Alpena, Mich. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Alpena, on Lake Huron. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Bounty lands. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to pass a bill granting 160 acres of land to soldiers and sailors, without regard to occupation. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Additional judicial circuit in Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to establish a United States judicial circuit in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Eagle Harbor. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of Eagle Harbor. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Allegany reservation in New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the confirmation of leases between Indian and white settlers on the Allegany reservation, in said state. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Equalization of bounties. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, to urge the passage of a bill by the Congress of the United States to equalize the bounties of soldiers and sailors. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Henry C. Parry, M.D. February 8, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Promotion of three senior assistant surgeons, United States Army. February 8, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Mrs. Mary A. McComb. February 8, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1201.) The Post Office was established, and has been maintained, for the transmission of public and private intelligence... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1261.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the application of Moses Marshall for the extension of a patent for improvement in knitting machines, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to which were referred the credentials of P.B.S. Pinchback for a seat in the Senate from the State of Louisiana, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-08 |
| Wilson's sewing-machine patents. February 8, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-08 |
| Protest of the Osage Nation of Indians, against the establishment by Congress of a territorial government of the United States over the Indian nations. February 9, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Senate, made in obedience to law, of all property belonging to the United States in his possession. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 9, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1873, to June 30, 1874. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 9, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-09 |
| Mrs. M.V. Dahlgren. February 9, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1269.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Royal W. Riddell, praying that he may be allowed the pay of a first lieutenant of volunteers from June 13, 1864, to April 20, 1865, less the amounts already received by him as first sergeant during that time, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-09 |
| Memorial of the Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, Mo., in favor of the opening of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, and remonstrating against the opening of the South Pass thereof. February 9, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina in favor of an appropriation to build a post office, a Customhouse, and a court house in New Berne, in that state. February 10, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| Memorial of members of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire into alleged irregularities of officers and agents intrusted with the management of certain funds belonging to that nation. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| Louisiana affairs. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, respecting affairs in the State of Louisiana. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Louisiana Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-10 |
| Department of Agriculture. February 10, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1041.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1041) for the relief of Joseph R. Shannon, of Louisiana, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Walker, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jearum Atkins, asking a rehearing of his case upon which a previous adverse report had been made, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Tobin, late captain of Company D, Sixty-third Regiment New York Volunteers, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ezekiel Waire, Mary Potter, Martha Lord, David Waire, and Charles Waire, praying to be allowed a pension in right of their father, John Waire, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3696.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3696) granting a pension to Mary A. Hough, widow of Joseph Hough, sergeant of Company B, Sixty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Ryan for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3703.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3703) granting a pension to Catharine Lee, widow of Jesse M. Lee, private in Company B, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2765.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2765) granting a pension to John W. Darby, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1089.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1089) to amend the act entitled "An Act Granting Pension to Martha E. Orick, Mary J. Orick, and John J. Orick, Minor Children of John C. Orick, Deceased," have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3704.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3704) granting a pension to Mary E. Stewart, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3711.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martin D. Chandler, for a pension, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1274.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Urial Bundy, praying a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elmira E. Cravath, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 78.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 78) granting a pension to Salem P. Rose, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary respectfully report: That on the 15th of December, 1874, the Senate adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the extent and meaning of the act of June 22, 1874... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-10 |
| Alien claims. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on War Claims. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1658, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-02-10 |
| Annual report on the commercial relations between the United States and foreign nations, made by the Secretary of State, for the year ending September 30, 1874. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1649, Session Vol. No.16 | 1875-02-10 |
| Reform School of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 22, 1875, in relation to what action, if any, has been taken to recover from the late treasurer of the Reform School of the District of Columbia a certain sum of money involved in the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & Company. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-10 |
| Lieut. S.K. Thompson. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of the record of the court-martial in the case of Lieut. S.K. Thompson, Twenty-fifth Infantry, and also application of Lieutenant Thompson, with accompanying papers, for the information of the Committee on Military Affairs. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-10 |
| Ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the expenses of the ninth census. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-10 |
| Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill making appropriation for the purchase of certain improvements on the Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-10 |
| Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, accompanying a memorial of the Choctaw council, asking payment of the award made to the Choctaw Nation March 9, 1859. February 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| Letter of Professor Spencer F. Baird to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to a resolution of the Legislature of Oregon in reference to the protection of salmon of the Columbia River. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, in relation to the repeal of the pre-emption laws of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1760. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| Additional mail service to China and Japan. Memorial of John Roach against the cancellation of the contract for additional mail service to China and Japan. February 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-11 |
| James C. McBurney. February 11, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-11 |
| Andrew Ten Brook. February 11, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-11 |
| J.W. McClurg. February 11, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-11 |
| Washington Market Company. February 11, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-11 |
| Pawnee Indian lands in Nebraska. February 11, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 60.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 60) granting a pension to Josiah Brinard, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1644.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill (H.R. 1644) granting a pension to Hannah E. Currie, having again had the same under consideration and heard further evidence, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2119.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2119) granting a pension to Elizabeth McCluney, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3687.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3687) granting a pension to Victoria L. Brewster, have reconsidered the same, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1060.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret E. Johnson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3706.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3706) granting a pension to Margaret H. Pittenger, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1073.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1073) for the relief of John M. Dorsey and William Shepard, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 831.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 831) for the relief of D.R. Haggard, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying copies of papers relating to the military reservation at Point San Jose, California. February 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-12 |
| Memorial of John Roach remonstrating against the cancellation of the contract for a semi-monthly mail to China and Japan. February 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-12 |
| E. Boyd Pendleton. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 832.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 832) providing for the adjudication and issue of patents in mission land cases in the State of Oregon and the Territories of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, have considered the same and recommend that the same be amended as follows and passed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1093.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1093) for the relief of Reuben Goodrich, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3713.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 3713, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2170.) On the 29th day of May, 1867, Timothy D. Crook, of Nebraska City, Nebr., entered into a contract with Capt. J.H. Belcher, assistant quartermaster, United States Army... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the fifth and sixth joint rules of the two Houses be, and the same are hereby, amended by the omission of the following words in brackets, and the addition of the following words in italics, so that the rules will read... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Memorial of the Union Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, remonstrating against the transfer of the control of the Lighthouse Board from the Navy to the Army. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Memorial of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, remonstrating against the repeal of the act approved June 1, 1872, granting a subsidy for mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China, and praying for an appropriation to carry said subsidy into effect. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Memorial of the Union Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, asking the location of a mint in that city. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, furnishing information in relation to the operations of the registered letter system and the mode of extending its usefulness. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Petition of conductors and car drivers of the District of Columbia, praying for the passage of a law defining the number of hours that shall constitute a day's labor for streetcar employes [sic]. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Marie P. Evans. February 13, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-13 |
| Brannin, Summers & Co. February 13, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-13 |
| John S. Chapman. February 13, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3268.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3268) entitled "An Act for the Relief of John N. Reed," have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pease submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1302.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram W. Love, praying for compensation for his cotton crop destroyed by the military forces of the United States during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-13 |
| Shoal in the Hudson River, opposite Jersey City. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a report upon the shoal in the Hudson River, opposite Jersey City. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| Harbor of Black River, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of the harbor of Black River, Ohio. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| Harbor of Saint Joseph, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the present condition of the harbor of Saint Joseph, Mich., and an estimate of the amount required for its improvement. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| Sabine Pass, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the harbor and bar of Sabine Pass, Texas. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the widening and deepening of the main channel of New Haven Harbor, Connecticut. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| Grand River, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of the old bed by Grand River, Ohio. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| Channel of the Mississippi River opposite Saint Louis, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the channel of the Mississippi River opposite Saint Louis. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| San Jacinto River, Texas. Report of the Engineer Department, relative to examination of obstructions to the navigation of San Jacinto River, Texas. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| Holston and Tennessee Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Holston and Tennessee Rivers. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, directed to proceed to have the decree of the District Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia, for the enforcement of the purchase money of the water power at Harper's Ferry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, remonstrating against the imposition of any additional tax upon manufactured tobacco. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-15 |
| Texas and Pacific Railroad Company. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress in regard to the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| Indebtedness of contractors. Petition of the workingmen of the District of Columbia, showing the indebtedness of each contractor of the late Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia to the workingmen of said district. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| Preservation of fish in the Truckee River. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, relative to the preservation of fish in the Truckee River, and for other purposes. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| Claims of workingmen against the late Board of Public Works. Claims of workingmen who worked under the Board of Public Works, District of Columbia, showing amount claimed by each workman, amount paid to each, and amount still due to each. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| Thomas F. Ryan and Charles J. Knighton. February 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| Steamers Philo Parsons and Island Queen. February 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| John H. Russell. February 15, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| First National Bank of Saint Albans, Vermont. February 15, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Andrew J. Keeler, a citizen of Maine, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-15 |
| Memorial of William C. Kibbe in favor of the construction, under the auspices and control of the United States, of a double-track freight railway between tidewater on the Atlantic seaboard and the Missouri River, with branches to Chicago and Saint Louis. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-16 |
| Continental Railway Company. Memorial of the Continental Railway Company, by W.C. Kibbe. February 16, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-16 |
| Washington, Cincinnati and Saint Louis Railroad. Memorial of P.B. Borst, President of the Washington, Cincinnati and Saint Louis Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3983.) February 16, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition and claim of George W. Lake for $35,000, to indemnify him for alleged damage inflicted on him by Willie P. Mangum, United States consul in Nagasaki, and Charles E. De Long, United States minister, &c., at Japan, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Greenbaum, president of the German Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-16 |
| Sundry civil appropriation bill. February 16, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1657, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-16 |
| Oklahoma. February 16, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-16 |
| Surplus of the Chinese Indemnity Fund. February 16, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-16 |
| Arms and munitions of war taken from the State of Maryland. February 16, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-16 |
| James J. Waring. February 16, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-16 |
| Lewis Hinely. Message from the President of the United States, giving his reasons for withholding his approval from the act granting a pension to Lewis Hinely. February 16, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-16 |
| Eastern Band of the Cherokees. Letter form the Attorney General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, an estimate of appropriation in relation to the duty of the district attorneys and the Attorney General of the United States to institute and prosecute suits against the present and former agents of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-16 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a communication from Capt. J.B. Campbell, in relation to the illicit traffic in liquor in Alaska. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-third Congress. February 7, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| Annual statement of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, of property in his possession belonging to the United States. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in relation to the "Ridgeway Battery." February 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, accompanying a communication from Mr. Bangs, Superintendent of Railway Service, in relation to the question of merchandise in the mails. February 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| Memorial of bankers, merchants, and others, of New York City, remonstrating against annulling the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for mail service between San Francisco, China, and Japan. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 937 and Joint Resolution S.R. 18.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 937, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 534.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 534) to pay Samuel Adams for services rendered in exploring the Colorado River and its tributaries, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1198.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1198) authorizing the appointment of Henry S. Wetmore a lieutenant in the Navy on the retired list, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1319.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick F. Baury, praying that he be placed on the retired list of the Navy, in consequence of wounds received in the line of duty, have considered the same, and find the facts as stated in his memorial... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1320.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of Turner Merritt, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-17 |
| George P. Bowen. February 18, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Forty-first Parallel Railroad Company. February 18, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| William Lyon. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Betsey A. Eaton. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Emmett Langston. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Col. F. Young. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| G.W. La Pointe. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Herman Nettlefield. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| James Wilkinson. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mrs. Sidney J. Wood. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Lafayette Briggs. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Sarah A. Woodworth. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Emillia O. Black. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Ruth Isabelle Naylor. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Ferdinand Monti. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Annie Farley. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Abraanna L. Dunn. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Samuel and Mary F. Mercer. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Aaron Taylor. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Henry Hoyle. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mary T. Morrison. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Sallie T. Lee. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mrs. Sophia Green. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Continuation of certain pensions. February 18, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Elizabeth Thomas. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Charles A. Draher. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Richard G. Mobley. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Dwight A. Barrett. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Sarah Maynard. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Elizabeth Hull. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mary Bailey. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Germain Dettweiler. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Susan Ross. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Obediah P. Reams. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Anderson Davis. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mary Ann McDonald. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Coleman Simms. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Margaret Pattison. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Elizabeth Lanning. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| James A. Forgey. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Heila C. [i.e., A.] Cooksey. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Ruth Ellen Grelaud. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Joseph L. Neeley. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Susan Giles. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Harriet L. Bowman. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Elvira Kidd. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Woodson Powers. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Patrick Glackin. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Barbara Patti. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Ansel Thayer. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Robert Cavanaugh. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Ruth B. Brown. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Nancy Harrell. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Sarah Mackey. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Henry L. Kaiser. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Fannie M. Herron. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Alvah W. Hicks. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Sarah B. Howe and Mary Cranston. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Georgiana Parker. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Charles H. Bugbee. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Catharine Ferry. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Kezia Zoller. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| David Salsbury. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Samuel Sheaffer. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Elisha B. Knapp. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Thomas Allcock. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| John H. Bell. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Elizabeth A. Neibling. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mercy E. Scattergood. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| John McKinley. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Ann Jones. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Catherine Knierim. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| J. Lyle McCullough. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Maria W. Sanders. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| George W. Leamy. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Edward Hanley [i.e., Hanly]. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Condace McMillan. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| W.B. Harlan. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Josephine O. Likens. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Anthony A. Laws. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Wilhelmina Bossert. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| James R. Porter. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| William Brunt. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| John H. Looby. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Micajah Stout. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Samuel Purcell. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Nancy Tipton. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Susan C. Clark. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Levina Berrall. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Mrs. Ellen Morrow. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| William C. Edmondson. February 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Pensions of the war with Mexico. February 18, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-18 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 2, 1875, transmitting information in relation to services rendered by William P. Adair and C.N. Vann, to the Osage Indians. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of the directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Memorial of the Board of Trade, Manufactures, and Agriculture of the City and State of New York, remonstrating against the cancellation of the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Memorial of bankers, merchants, and others of New York City, remonstrating against the annulment of the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee of five members of the Senate be appointed, whose duty it shall be to examine and thoroughly investigate the several branches of the civil service... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New York in favor of the improvement of East River from the southern end of Blackwell's Island to a point off Corlear's Hook. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Erie, in that state. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Memorial of citizens of Massachusetts, in favor of the admission of Hon. P.B.S. Pinchback as a member of the United States Senate from the State of Louisiana. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Communication from the commissioners of the District of Columbia, giving reasons why the Bill (H.R. 4727) explanatory of the act of June 20, 1874, should not be passed by the Senate. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| George A. Armes. Papers transmitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, in the case of George A. Armes. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-02-19 |
| Branch mint at Saint Louis. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking for the establishment of a branch mint in the City of Saint Louis. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-19 |
| Pensions of the War with Mexico. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing and requesting congressional delegation to urge upon Congress the early and favorable consideration of the claims upon the people's gratitude of those who rendered service in the Army and Navy of the United States in the late War with Mexico. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1186.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1186 for the relief of A.P. Jackson and others, as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Legislature of California for the relief of A.B. Gilbert, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-19 |
| Modoc War. February 19, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-19 |
| Arkansas affairs. February 19, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Arkansas Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-19 |
| Public buildings in Baltimore. February 19, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-19 |
| Board of Audit of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Board of Audit upon the amount equitably chargeable to the street railroad companies, pursuant to the charters of said companies or the acts of Congress relating thereto, together with the reasons therefor. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1648, Session Vol. No.15 | 1875-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee consisting of five members of the Senate be appointed to visit the Indian Territory during the recess of Congress, with authority to inquire into the condition of affairs in that country, the necessities of the various Indian nations and tribes there located; and to report at the next session of the Senate the results of their inquiry... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-20 |
| Texas and Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, in regard to the Texas and Pacific Railroad. February 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-20 |
| Texas and Pacific Railroad. Memorial from the National Grange, asking Congress to pass the bill to aid the Texas Pacific Railroad Company to construct its road. February 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-20 |
| Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. D.P. Lowe, relative to amount necessary to indemnify certain Indians for lands of theirs erroneously sold. February 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4668.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4668) for the relief of John W. Douglass, late collector of the Nineteenth Internal Revenue District in the State of Pennsylvania, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-20 |
| Matilda Leipsker. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Charles Dougherty. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Thomas Plant. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Harper P. Hunt. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| J.W. and C. Rowland. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Jacob Kaufman. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| George C. Wedderburn. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Marie Louise Perrin and Trautmann [i.e., Trautman] Perrin. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Henry B. Ryder. February 20, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-20 |
| Statement showing amounts appropriated each year from 1866 to 1874, inclusive, for river and harbor improvements for the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; for river and harbor improvements in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, etc. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, returning thanks for the appropriation to relieve the destitute people of the western frontier. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking assent to change of line of the land grant road between Portage City and Lake Superior. February 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Mississippi River at Saint Paul. February 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-22 |
| Cherokee Indian lands. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying for such legislation as may enable persons entitled thereto to purchase certain lands under the seventeenth article of the treaty of July 19, 1866, between the United States and the Cherokee Indians. February 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pease submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1343.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Dialogue & Wood, shipbuilders, of Camden, N.J., praying for the payment of twenty-four thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents ($24,237.84) for materials furnished and labor performed by them in the construction of the United States coast-survey steamer Hassler, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-22 |
| Taxes in the Sixth Collection District of Michigan. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-22 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 3, 1875, a copy of the contract made with Miss Vinnie Ream for a statue of Admiral Farragut, and a copy of the authority under which the contract was made. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1078.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1078) for the relief of J.K. Thompson, late second lieutenant Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Patrick Sullivan, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of officers of the Masonic Lodge, praying compensation for the destruction of the Masonic Hall at Georgetown, S.C., by United States troops in 1865, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3272.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3272) for the relief of John T. Burchell, of Knoxville, Tenn., for services rendered in a smallpox hospital, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, which was directed by the resolution of the Senate adopted on the 13th instant, to inquire and report whether the United States or any department of the government is legally bound to now carry into effect any contract made pursuant to the act of June 1st, 1872, respecting additional mail service between San Francisco, China, and Japan, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred various Senate bills, proposing to establish mints, or branch mints, at Chicago, Omaha, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati, make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-23 |
| Condition of the South. February 23, 1875. -- Recommitted to the select committee on that portion of the President's message relating to the condition of the South and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1660, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-02-23 |
| Reform School. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting additional papers relative to the action of the Department of Justice to recover certain moneys belonging to the Reform School involved in the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & Co. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| Expense of sales of ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the expense of sales of ordnance stores. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| Patents on medicines and chemical compounds. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, relative to the issue of patents, under the law, for medicines and other chemical compounds, &c. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| Western Judicial District of Arkansas. Letter from the Attorney General, relative to claims arising from expenditures of the marshal's office of the Western Judicial District of Arkansas. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| Names of clerks and others employed in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of clerks and others employed in the respective bureaus of the War Department. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the seventh annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-02-23 |
| Affairs in Alabama. February 23, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Affairs in Alabama and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1661, Session Vol. No.6 | 1875-02-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of appropriations for the improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the bill for removing obstructions at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of deepening the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to the plan of Captain Eads. February 24, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a United States district court for the Indian Territory. February 24, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the passage of the bill equalizing soldiers' bounties. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-24 |
| An index of bills presented in the House of Representatives, from the First to the Forty-second Congress, inclusive, relating to banks, currency, public debt, tariff, and direct taxes, showing the title of the bill, name of person introducing, nature of report, and disposition of the bill. Prepared under the direction of Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Forty-third Congress. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1352.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and accompanying papers of Gallus Kirchner [i.e., Kerchner], of the State of Indiana, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-24 |
| Sheridan vs. Pinchback. February 24, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-24 |
| L.C. Gause vs. Asa Hodges. February 24, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-24 |
| Memorial of the republican members of the Legislature of Alabama, asking the enactment of stringent laws for the protection of all citizens of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4763.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4763) granting a pension to Lafayette Briggs, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4769.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4769) granting a pension to Mrs. Abraanna Dunn, widow of George B. Dunn, late a captain in the Seventeenth Regiment Maine Volunteers, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4786.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4786) granting a pension to Sarah B. Howe, widow of Albion Howe, late first lieutenant of Fourth United States Artillery, and to Mary Cranston, widow of Arthur Cranston, late first lieutenant of Fourth United States Artillery, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3720.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3720) granting a pension to Charles C. Haight, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-25 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, the report of the Inspector of National Cemeteries for the year 1874. February 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 23, 1875, a report of the expedition to the Black Hills, under command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer. February 26, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of two lighthouses on Albemarle Sound. February 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1259.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1259) to authorize the appointment of Walton Cable as master in the Navy, on the retired list, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Lanman, praying the payment of damages sustained by an alleged infringement of a copyright, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in relation to the duties of consular and diplomatic officers, and to a proposed amendment of the revised statues of the United States relating thereto. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 1328. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-27 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota being authorized to cede to each other mutually concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the islands in the Mississippi River lying between them. February 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-27 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the indorsement of the bonds of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-27 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, asking for an increased capacity of the branch mint at Carson City, and for increased compensation of the persons employed therein. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-27 |
| Columbia Railroad Company of the District of Columbia. Petition of the Columbia Railroad Company against being taxed for special improvements, as recommended by the Board of Audit; together with copy of correspondence between the road and said Board upon this subject. February 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Flanagan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1264.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1264) referring the claim of the heirs of Chauncey M. Lockwood to the Court of Claims, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-02-27 |
| Indian appropriation bill. February 27, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-02-27 |
| Texas and Pacific Railway. February 27, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-02-27 |
| China mail service. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-02-27 |
| Lawrence vs. Sypher. February 27, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-02-27 |
| Vicksburgh troubles. February 27, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee to Visit Vicksburgh and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1659, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-02-27 |
| Memorial of a Committee of the Board of Trade of Columbus, Miss., asking an appropriation for the improvement of the Tombigbee River. March 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of De Soto County, Mississippi, praying the return of taxes assessed and collected on cotton for the years 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John Randolph, administrator of the estate of Sarah A. Lord, widow of Wm. A. Lord, for the passage of a joint resolution removing the bar of limitation in a certain case for damages arising from illegal seizure and sale of cotton, and referring said cause to the Court of Claims, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1256.) It appears that the Alexandria Canal Company, a corporation created by act of Congress May 26, 1830, was authorized to build and maintain a canal from Georgetown to Alexandria, specific authority being given in said act to carry the canal across the Potomac by means of an aqueduct crossing the river at Georgetown... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dennis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3750.) The petitioner, E. Boyd Pendleton, was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Fifth District of Virginia in May, 1866, and entered upon the discharge of the duties of the office on the fifth of the following month... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1401.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1401) granting a pension to Penelope T. Heald, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany an amendment (to the Bill H.R. 4729) reported by him from the Committee on Printing.) The Committee on Printing, to whom were referred sundry papers concerning the pneumatic tube between the Capitol and the Government Printing Office, have had the subject under consideration, and respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-01 |
| Deficiency appropriation bill. March 1, 1875. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-01 |
| Southern Maryland Railroad Company. March 1, 1875. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-01 |
| Peter Wright & Sons. March 1, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-01 |
| Standing rules for conducting business in the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1875. -- Reported, recommitted to the Committee on Rules, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-02 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to Senate Bill 1102, to promote the efficiency of the lighthouse service. March 2, 1875. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed to accompany Senate Bill 1102. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 633.) The Senate Committee on Claims, having had Bill H.R. 633, for the relief of Randall Brown, of Nashville, Tenn., under consideration, report the same back with the following amendment, and recommend its passage... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1361.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred, upon a motion to recommit, the case of Jacob Nix, a claimant for a pension, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-02 |
| Whitelaw Reid. March 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-02 |
| A.G. Bachelder and another. March 2, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-02 |
| Western District of North Carolina. March 2, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-02 |
| Henry Meynell. March 2, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-02 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-03-03 |
| Expenditures, assessments, &c., on account of the improvement of streets in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Board of Audit of the District of Columbia, transmitting certain reports relating to street improvements in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-03-03 |
| Letter from the Superintendent of the Money Order Office of the Post Office Department to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to the operation of the money order system. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-03 |
| Jetties. Memorial of Argus Dean, of Otto, Clarke County, Indiana, in regard to the subject of jetties. March 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-03-03 |
| Cherokee Nation. Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee Nation. March 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1655, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1362.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Annie C. Grant, praying for the passage of an act to allow the Commissioner of Patents to sign the certificate of the extension of the letter-patent granted to her husband, deceased, on the 29th day of May, 1860, have considered the same, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1632, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-03 |
| Portraits printed on currency and stamps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the portraits of living originals printed upon any currency and stamps. March 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-03-03 |
| Rancho Panoche Grande. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relating to what is commonly known as the Panoche Grande Rancho, in California. March 3, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1651, Session Vol. No.18 | 1875-03-03 |
| Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-third Congress; II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof; III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 4, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1654, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-03-03 |
| Washington Market Company. March 3, 1875. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Department of Justice. March 3, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Major N.H. McLean. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| District libel law. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Joseph J. Brown. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Charles O. Shepard. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| John J. Anderson. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Butler, Miller & Co. and Hawk, Miller & Co. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| James Lindsay. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Turner Merritt. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Priscilla and Armstead [i.e., Armistead] Burwell. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Rosanna Hogan. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| James F. Blount. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Thomas Weeks. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Lucinda McGuire. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Elizabeth Gillock. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| J.E. Robertson & Co. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Jonathan L. Jones. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Thomas Mitchell. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Indians in Washington Territory. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Silas M. Norton. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Jackson Lavenburg. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Bishop and Company. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Osceola C. Green. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| John T.K. Hayward and others. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| E.G. Allen. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Eliza Howard Powers. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Dixon Shinault and others. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Harvey & Livesey. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| John Fletcher. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Bartholomew County Agricultural Society. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Sterling A. Martin. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| N.J. Bigley. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Hall Colby. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Benjamin W. Reynolds. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| William Phillips. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Silas Reed. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Gustavus A. Scroggs. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| John W. Hickey. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Sugg Fort. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Jacob Bloomstein. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| W.R. Boice. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Pottawatomie Indians of Kansas. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Mary E. Meline. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Washington and Ohio Railroad. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Jackson T. Sorrells. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| J.M. Roane. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Mary McMillen. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Samuel Hoyt. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered [to be printed.] | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| San Francisco Land Association of Philadelphia. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Margaret Janet Burleson. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Finance. March 3, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| John S. Wood. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| James G. Williams. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Mrs. Eliza Potter. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Isaac Taylor. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| War claims of New Mexico. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Martha J. Coston. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Cherrie [i.e., Cheme] M. Levy. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Hannah M. Daley. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| James Atkins. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Roman Catholic clergymen of Maryland. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| William D. Stryker. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Pensions. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Mary A. McComb. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| George W. Bradley. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Nicholas Whitehall. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Samuel A. Knox. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Robert E. Bryant. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1662, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-03-03 |
| Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from March 5, 1875, to March 3, 1877, inclusive. Vol. XX. | Sessional Volume Title Pages | 1875-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that P.B.S. Pinchback be admitted as a senator from the State of Louisiana... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, that the state government now existing in the State of Louisiana, and represented by William P. Kellogg as governor, is the lawful government of said state... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-05 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the Senate of the United States in executive session. (Forty-fourth Congress, special session, commencing March 5, 1875.) | US Senate Executive Journal | 1875-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee, consisting of four members of the Committee on Indian Affairs and three members of the Committee on Territories, making seven in all, be appointed to visit the Indian Territory during the recess of the Senate... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-08 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the special session of the Senate. March 9, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-09 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 15, 1874, a history of the yellow fever epidemic of 1873. March 12, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-12 |
| Petition of the children and only heirs of the late Senator William K. Sebastian, of Arkansas, praying that the resolution by which that senator was expelled be annulled. March 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate approve the action heretofore taken by the President of the United States in protecting Louisiana from domestic violence, and are of opinion that he should continue to recognize in that state the existing state government. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1630, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-16 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 15, 1875, information in relation to the Black Hills country in the Sioux Indian reservation. March 17, 1875. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1629, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-03-17 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1680, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-12-06 |
| Index. (Volume XX.) | Index | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1681, Session Vol. No.4 | 1875-12-06 |
| Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1875, in the one hundredth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1663, Session Vol. No.0 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume II, Part I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1675, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume I. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1674, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-12-06 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 6, 1875. Preceded by a list of papers and followed by an index of persons and subjects. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1672, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume III. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1677, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume IV. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1678, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Navy; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1679, Session Vol. No.3 | 1875-12-06 |
| Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress of the United States. December 6, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1684, Session Vol. No.7 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Board of Audit of the District of Columbia, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-06 |
| Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 6, 1875. Preceded by a list of papers and followed by an index of persons and subjects. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1673, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1685, Session Vol. No.8 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume II, Part II. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1676, Session Vol. No.2 | 1875-12-06 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1683, Session Vol. No.6 | 1875-12-06 |
| Pay of representatives-elect. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to the monthly certificates of pay of representatives-elect of the Forty-fourth Congress. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of his payments and issues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of his Office from June 30, 1875, to December 6, 1875. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Summary reports Southern Claims Commission. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to printing the summary reports of the Commissioners of Southern Claims in cases reported disallowed by them. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Erection of monuments, etc. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of representatives who have died during their term of service since the last provision for the erection of monuments, together with schedule of proposals for monuments to same, &c. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-fourth Congress, first session. Commencing Monday, December 6, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-06 |
| Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1875, in the one hundredth year of the independence of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1671 | 1875-12-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1874, to June 30, 1875. December 7, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement of property belonging to the United States in his possession December 6, 1875. December 7, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| Annual report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, communicating a statement of the property belonging to the United States in his possession December 6, 1875. December 7, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by said court for the year ending December 6, 1875. December 7, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, an inventory of property belonging to the United States in the Department of the Interior, December 1, 1875. December 7, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| Inventory of public property in possession of the Clerk of the House. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of public property belonging to the United States in his possession at this date. December 7, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| William Bowen. Letter from the First and Second Comptrollers of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Board of Audit for the District of Columbia upon the claim of William Bowen. December 7, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-07 |
| Memorial of the United States Centennial Commission and the Centennial Board of Finance, praying an appropriation of one and a half million of dollars with which to complete all preparations, and open the exhibition on the 10th of May, 1876, without debt. December 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the admission of gilling twine free of duty. December 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a survey of a ship canal from Lake Michigan to Lake Erie. December 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of pensions to soldiers (and the widows of soldiers) of the War of 1812 who have been honorably discharged after five days' service. December 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of so amending the law for the entry of homestead lands as to permit soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphans, to make entry of such lands through agents. December 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of so amending the law in reference to homestead entries of lands by soldiers and sailors, as to allow soldiers and sailors disabled by the loss of limb or other equivalent disability to have the benefit of entering such lands without settlement thereon, as now required. December 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, etc. December 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-08 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the United States Senate in executive session. (First session, Forty-fourth Congress, commencing December 6, 1875.) | US Senate Executive Journal | 1875-12-09 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of amendments to the pension laws which shall permit persons now excluded from the operation of said laws to share in their benefits. December 9, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of State, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of the expenses attending the visit of the King of the Hawaiian Islands and suite to the United States. December 9, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of State, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of consular officers, not citizens of the United States, to whom salaries were paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. December 9, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-09 |
| Report of the Secretary of State, submitting, in obedience to law, a statement of fees collected and accounted for by various diplomatic and consular officers during the year ended December 31, 1874. December 9, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-09 |
| Accounts of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting a copy of his account rendered to and adjusted by the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| Contingent fund, Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the manner in which the contingent fund for the Department of State for the year ending June 30, 1875, has been expended, &c. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| Stamp duty on manufactures of gold and silver. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to fixing a stamp duty upon manufactures of gold and silver in this country. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| Government building, Sante Fe, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the repair of the "Adobe Palace," now occupied by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| Rancho Panoche Grande. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of Richard P. Hammond on the Rancho Panoche Grande, California. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| Private land claim of Anna M. Clark, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the private land claim of Anna M. Clark, of Florida. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| Contingent fund, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of expenditures of the contingent funds of the several bureaus and offices of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1875-12-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Whereas by the 2d section of the act of Congress entitled "An Act Further To Amend the Several Acts for the Establishment and Regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," approved March 3, 1809... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-13 |
| Memorial of Pottawatomie Indians, praying payment, as provided by treaty, for depredations committed upon their reservation in Kansas. December 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the acceptance by Hon. George P. Marsh, minister of the United States at Rome, of certain presents offered to him by the Swiss and Italian governments. December 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 62. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Whereas by the 2d section of the act of Congress entitled "An Act Further To Amend the Several Acts for the Establishment and Regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," approved March 3, 1809, (2 Statutes at Large, 536,) it was enacted... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Indian Affairs, calling attention to the provisions of the tenth section of the act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department for the year ending June 30, 1876, and suggesting an amendment thereto so as to include all Indian agents and subagents in its provisions. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 79. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-14 |
| Transfer of Indian trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending the transfer of certain Indian trust funds from his custody to that of the Treasurer of the United States. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-14 |
| Transfer of Indian trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending the transfer of certain funds now held by him, for the benefit of Indian tribes, to the custody of the Treasurer of the United States. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-14 |
| Suspended entries of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting lists of suspended entries of public lands adjudicated by the Board of Confirmation during the year ending June 30, 1875. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-14 |
| Seamen registered as citizens. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, the report of Maj. C.B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, of his recent inspection of the work of improvement of the South Pass of the Mississippi River. December 14, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Uniform decimal system of weights, measures, and coinage. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Commerce by railroad. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Resolution against subsidies and granting aid to railroads. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Swamp lands in Missouri. Resolution of the General Assembly of Missouri, in regard to swamp and overflowed lands. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Sale of leaf tobacco. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Missouri, in regard to the sale of leaf tobacco, as affected by the provisions of the revenue law of the United States enacted June 6, 1872. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Resolution of the General Assembly of Missouri, in regard to ceding a portion of Nemaha County, in the State of Nebraska, to the State of Missouri. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Land office at Colfax, Washington Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, relative to the establishment of a land office at Colfax, Washington Territory. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Navigation of the Columbia River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Washington for the improvement of the navigation of the Columbia River. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Sale of spirituous liquors in South Carolina. Resolution relative to the peddling of spirituous liquors within the limits of the State of South Carolina. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| Extra fee of district attorneys. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the people of the United States constitute a nation, and are one people in the sense of national unity... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that the late election in Mississippi for members of Congress, state officers, and members of the legislature was characterized by great frauds, violence, and intimidation, whereby the freedom of the ballot was in a great measure destroyed... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Fort Harker military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Fort Harker military reservation. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-15 |
| Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Thomas W. White, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas H. Coates, praying compensation for property taken for the use of the armies of the United States, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Surplus revenue. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the surplus revenue. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Lifesaving stations. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Seneca Indian reservation. Resolution of a council of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians, asking for amendment of the act of February 19, 1875, relating to the survey and leasing of certain lands on their reservation. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Mattapony and Pamunkey Rivers. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Japanese Indemnity Fund. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Finance and currency. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| Repeal of the National Bank Act. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested to furnish the Senate, if not incompatible with the public service, with a statement of the number of military arrests made in the Territory of Alaska during the past five years... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Whereas, since the last session of the Senate, the Vice-President of the United States has deceased... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-17 |
| Heirs of L.R. Wortham [i.e., Worthom], deceased. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, for the relief of the heirs of L.R. Wortham [i.e., Worthom], deceased. December 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-17 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a special report of Mr. Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the rates of wages, the cost of subsistence, and the condition of the working classes in Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, and other countries of Europe, also in the United States and British America. December 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1875-12-20 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, the report of the commissioners appointed to investigate the affairs of the Osage Indian agency, together with the evidence taken by the board, and the separate findings of the individual members thereof. December 20, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1875-12-20 |
| Terms of service of Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of one hundred officers of the Army, asking that the laws may be so amended as to permit officers who have served as regulars or volunteers to count that service. December 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1875-12-20 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1683, Session Vol. No.6 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1681, Session Vol. No.4 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1679, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1691, Session Vol. No.14 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1692, Session Vol. No.15 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, [1875-'76.] In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| Reports of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1669, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-01 |
| The miscellaneous documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, [1875-'76.] In two volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1666, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1675, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Report of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1670, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1674, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1672, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1686, Session Vol. No.9 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1677, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1678, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1684, Session Vol. No.7 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1682, Session Vol. No.5 | 1876-01-01 |
| Report of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1673, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| The executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. In one volume. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| Report on the transportation route along the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan. By Gouverneur K. Warren, Major of Engineers and Brevet Major-General, U.S. Army. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1680, Session Vol. No.4 | 1876-01-01 |
| Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress, edited by Robert H. Thurston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume II. Science; Education. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1695, Session Vol. No.17 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1700, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-01 |
| Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency in the Indian service during said period, showing the appropriations from which paid and the number of Indians at each agency. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1685, Session Vol. No.8 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1676, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1684, Session Vol. No.7 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1706, Session Vol. No.9 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1690, Session Vol. No.13 | 1876-01-01 |
| Breaux vs. Darrall. Papers in the case of Breaux vs. Darrall. Third Congressional District of Louisiana. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1705, Session Vol. No.8 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes.76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence during the Forty-fourth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 6, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1703, Session Vol. No.6 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1704, Session Vol. No.7 | 1876-01-01 |
| Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Edited by Robert H. Thurston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume III. Engineering. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1696, Session Vol. No.17 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1701, Session Vol. No.4 | 1876-01-01 |
| Fenn vs. Bennett. Papers in the case of S.S. Fenn vs. T.W. Bennett, delegate from the Territory of Idaho. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1714, Session Vol. No.7 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1710, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1711, Session Vol. No.4 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1716, Session Vol. No.9 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1712, Session Vol. No.5 | 1876-01-01 |
| First session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives, 1875-'76. In seventeen volumes.6. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1693, Session Vol. No.16 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1709, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Edited by Robert H. Thurston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume I. Introduction; Executive Commission; Agriculture. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1694, Session Vol. No.17 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Printing and Engraving Bureau. Testimony taken before the Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury Department. First session Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Issue of United States notes and bonds. Testimony taken before the Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury Department. First session, Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Statements, letters, and testimony relative to captured and abandoned property, before the Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury Department. First session Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Letters, reports, and other papers relative to locks and seals used in Internal Revenue and Customs service of the government. Submitted to the House Committee on Expenditures of Treasury Department for investigation. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Committee on Invalid Pensions. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Testimony taken before the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department relative to the remission of forfeitures in the case of the bark Mary Merritt. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1707, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1715, Session Vol. No.8 | 1876-01-01 |
| Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Edited by Robert H. Thuston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume IV. Architecture; Metallurgy; General Index. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1697, Session Vol. No.17 | 1876-01-01 |
| Report of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. In three volumes. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1668, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to the miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1702, Session Vol. No.5 | 1876-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1690, Session Vol. No.13 | 1876-01-01 |
| Index to reports of committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-'76. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1713, Session Vol. No.6 | 1876-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1876. Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard be, and the same is hereby, directed to inquire and report whether the interests of the general government do not demand that a complete hydrographic survey be made of that portion of the Arkansas River between Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and Pueblo, in the Territory of Colorado... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, in relation to the preparation of the Union and Confederate records of the war of the rebellion. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 21, 1875, a report of the Chief of Engineers in relation to the amounts appropriated and expended, since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River, Forts Jackson and Saint Philip. January 5, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of December 18, 1872, in relation to the military reservation at Fort Ransom, Dak. January 5, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of December 20, 1873, in relation to the military reservations at Camp Crittenden and Old Camp Grant, Ariz. January 5, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| Public buildings at Baltimore, Maryland. Report of the special commission, composed of the Secretary of Treasury, the Postmaster General, and the Supervising Architect, on the government buildings at Baltimore. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Bois Blanc Island military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of December 7, 1874, relative to the military reservation on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, and renewing the recommendations therein made. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Camp Cady military reservation. Letter from Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of April 22, 1874, relative to the Camp Cady military reservation in California, and asking authority to relinquish the same to the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Relief of grasshopper sufferers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Subsistence, made in compliance with the act of February 10, 1875, for the relief of grasshopper sufferers. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Camp Crook military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of January 4, 1875, (House Ex. Doc. No. 80, Forty-third Congress, second session,) relative to the Camp Crook military reservation in Shasta County, California, and renewing the recommendations contained therein. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| New barracks at Fort Monroe, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting plans for the erection of new barracks at Fort Monroe, Va., and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Hospital for Fort Leavenworth military prison. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for a hospital for Fort Leavenworth military prison and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Losses by fire at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of six officers of the Third Artillery for indemnity for loss by fire at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., March 3, 1875. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Fort Cummings, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the transfer of the Fort Cummings, New Mexico, buildings and reservation to the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| James B. Sinclair. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request of James B. Sinclair, First Lieutenant United States Army, (retired,) that a special act be passed placing his name on the retired list as captain. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Clerks employed in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of clerks employed in the War Department from December 1, 1874, to November 30, 1875, inclusive. January 5, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Inaccuracies and omissions in the revised statutes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of heads of bureaus of the War Department showing inaccuracies and omissions in the revised statutes. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Harlem River, New York, harbor of refuge, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Harlem River, New York; and the condition of the harbor of refuge, mouth of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Harbor at Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Major Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, on the modification of plan for improvement of the harbor at Chicago, Ill., and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Improvement of Detroit River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Detroit River, and inviting attention to the suggestion of the Chief of Engineers that an appropriation be made for the improvement of the same at the "Limekilns." January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Mouth of Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the prosecution of work at the mouth of Cape Fear River. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill providing for a modification of the requirements of the fifth article of the treaty of February 19, 1837 [i.e., 1867], with the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of the Sioux Indians, and recommending the same to the consideration of Congress. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Alaska seal fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieut. Washburn Maynard, United States Navy, on the subject of the Alaska seal fisheries. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report and map of Board of Engineers of plan for the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-05 |
| Specie payments. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that state to use all honorable means to procure the enactment of such laws at this session of Congress as shall bring about specie payments at the earliest day practicable. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| Fitz-John Porter. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to Fitz-John Porter. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is well known that large sums of money are annually expended for the administration of justice in the Western District of Arkansas... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the following resolution, to wit: Whereas, since the last session of the Senate, the Vice-President of the United States has deceased... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the Senate resolution of February 27, 1875, information in relation to the establishment of a branch mint in the western states or the Mississippi Valley. January 6, 1876. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the commanding general, Department of the Columbia, of his tour in Alaska Territory in June, 1875. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of December 14, 1875, information in relation to the treatment of United States prisoners confined in state penitentiaries. January 6, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Sale of building at Stonington, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a small brick structure erected in 1813 at Stonington, Conn., and asking for its sale. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-06 |
| Jetties at Fort Brown, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for jetties to protect the river banks at Fort Brown, Texas. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-06 |
| Perneta [i.e., Pernetta] Hendley. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking that the name of Perneta [i.e., Pernetta] Hendley be placed on the pension roll. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Turnpike from Fairmont to Gauley Bridge. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking an appropriation from the federal government for the repair of the turnpike from Fairmont to Gauley Bridge. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Monongahela River. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting the senators and representatives in Congress from that state to use their best efforts to obtain an appropriation sufficient to continue the improvement of the Monongahela River to the head thereof. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Centennial celebration. (To accompany Bill H.R. 514.) January 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-06 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of White River. January 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking the construction of national levees to reclaim the alluvial lands of the Mississippi River. January 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| Petition of the heirs of William K. Sebastian, deceased, late a senator from Arkansas, praying for the pay, perquisites, and emoluments of which he was deprived by being expelled from the Senate. December 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. December 16, 1875. -- Additional papers referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. January 7, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Christiancy, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 191.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Peasley & McClary, for transporting the mails and mail agent from the depot of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad to that of the Wilton Railroad in the City of Nashua, N.H., having considered the same, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Booth, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of W.H.H. Crandall, praying to be allowed a pension, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Lafayette Elder, of Owensborough Ky., praying compensation for a wharf-boat destroyed August 26, 1864, by Confederate troops, have considered the same, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of L. Madison Day, of New Orleans, La., have considered the same, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 192.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Caroline M. Purviance and Francis Wyeth, praying compensation for the use and occupation, as well as for the destruction, of their property at Saint Joseph, Mo., by the military authorities of the United States, having considered the same, beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following resolutions. (Note. -- The first and second resolutions were unanimously agreed to.) 1. Resolved, that the tenure of a president pro tempore of the Senate elected at one session does not expire at the meeting of Congress after the first recess, the Vice-President not having appeared to take the chair... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1875. -- Submitted by Mr. Edmunds and referred to the Select Committee on Revision of the Rules. January 10, 1876. -- Reported by Mr. Hamlin with an amendment, viz: After the word "Resolved" insert "by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring.)" Reported amendment agreed to. Resolution. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Whyte submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the people of the several states, acting in their highest sovereign capacity as free and independent states, adopted the federal Constitution and established a form of government in the nature of a confederated republic... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Conover submitted the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that in compliance with the will of the people, the precedents of history, the best established principles of international law, the precepts of Christian rule and morality, and the requirements of the commercial and political interests of the United States, and taking into consideration the relations existing between the United States and Spain... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking the donation of unsold public land in that state for educational purposes. January 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Annual report of the Librarian of Congress for the year 1875. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, praying the settlement of its claim arising under the treaty of 1855. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 44.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 44) granting a pension to Jacob Nix, have examined the same, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the expenditures and operations of the Springfield armory, for the year ending June 30, 1875. January 10, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Specie payments. Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of specie payments. January 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Lands for school purposes. Memorial from the Constitutional Convention of Alabama, asking for an additional section of land in each township in the state for school purposes. January 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-10 |
| Rejected cases, Commissioners of Claims. January 11, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Whereas there appear to be material alterations and discrepancies in the official finance reports of the Treasury Department as to the annual expenditures, receipts of the government, and public debt... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William F. Walsh, of New Orleans, praying payment of a certain judgment, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of Cyrus W. Threlkeld, have duly considered the same, and beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 237.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frances A. Robinson, administratrix of John M. Robinson, late of Independence, State of Missouri, deceased, having had the same under consideration, beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| Navigation from Chesapeake Bay to Pamlico Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the extension of navigation from Chesapeake Bay to Pamlico Sound. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Lieut. J.G. Leefe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers in the case of Lieut. J.G. Leefe, Nineteenth Infantry, who asks relief from responsibility for the loss of subsistence funds stolen from him November, 1873. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Distribution of United States troops. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a statement showing the distribution of United States troops in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana on December 1, 1875. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Systems of paying enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with disapproval, a plan for a change in the present system of pay of enlisted men, by Capt. O.W. Pollock, Twenty-third Infantry, United States Army. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Deposits with paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, reporting a proposed system of deposits by officers with Army paymasters. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Deposits with paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of officers for legislation to enable officers of the Army to make deposits with paymasters. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Right of way through Camp Douglas reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report by the commanding officer at Camp Douglas, Utah, on H.R. 4301, Forty-third Congress, second session, on the right of way through the government reservation at that post. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Patrick Noonan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of the proceedings of a board of survey at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in case of Patrick Noonan, and recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to the same. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Losses of clothing by fire. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a board of survey held at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, in case of fifty men of Company A, Second Cavalry, relative to issue of clothing in lieu of that destroyed by fire, and a recommendation that the same be gratuitously issued. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Fifth general report of the Commissioners of Claims. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| Issue of clothing to Privates Hegner and Collins. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a board of survey for investigation of the fire at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dak., November 10, 1874, recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to sufferers therein named. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Sergeant Herman Theune. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the affidavit of Sergeant Herman Theune, and recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to the same in lieu of that destroyed by a fire at Fort Whipple, Ariz., November 13, 1874. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Depredations on the Texas frontier. Resolution and memorial of the constitutional convention of the State of Texas, asking the attention of Congress to the condition of Texas frontiers, and praying compensation for losses sustained by the people of Texas by reason of the incursion of Indians and Mexicans, and re-imbursement for sums of money expended by that state in defending the frontier, &c. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Texas Frontier Troubles and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| Cotton tax. Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking Congress to pass an act refunding the cotton tax. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| Statement of claims passed upon by the Quartermaster General's office. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 15th ultimo, a report of the Acting Quartermaster General and statements of claims passed upon by the Quartermaster General's office. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Inventory of public property. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol, transmitting, in compliance with section 1833 of the revised statutes, an inventory of public property in and about the Capitol, Botanic Garden, and the President's house, exclusive of books and fuel. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-12 |
| Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation to subsist the Sioux Indians at Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies, &c. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Charles Howe. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the private land claim of Charles Howe's legal representatives, Gainesville, Fla. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Catharine [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia Germain [i.e., German]. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, presenting a further communication from the War Department upon the subject of the destitute condition of Catharine [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia Germain [i.e., German], two Cheyenne captives. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| List of employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with section 11 of act of Congress approved August 26, 1842, statement of civil employes [sic] of the Department, together with the time each was employed and the sum he received, for the year ending December 31, 1875. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Contingent fund of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures of the contingent fund for the Navy Department and the bureaus and offices therein. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Norse-American line of steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of correspondence between the Departments of State and Treasury relative to a claim of the Norse-American line of steamships for the refunding of a sum of money therein specified, payment of which is urged by the minister of Sweden and Norway under certain treaty provisions also named. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| United States convicts. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House passed December 17, 1875, copy of a letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, giving a statement of number of convicts held in state prisons by authority of the United States, and the annual expense of keeping the same. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Schedule of claims allowed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with second section of act of Congress of June 16, 1874, a schedule of 355 claims arising under act of July 4, 1864, examined and allowed. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-12 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 10, 1876, transmitting information in relation to captive Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians. January 13, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Claims of the Choctaw Nation. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, asking for the settlement of their claims. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Exclusion from record of matters not a part of proceedings in the House. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Petition of women of Utah. A petition of 22,626 women of Utah asking for the repeal of certain laws, the enactment of others, and the admission of the Territory of Utah as a state. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed with the names. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Margaret E. West. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1044.) Petition of Margaret E. West, for a pension. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Centennial. Memorial from the New York Woman Suffrage Society, in reference to the Centennial. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Centennial and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Monument at Yorktown, Virginia. Memorial of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, that Congress will fulfill its pledge to erect at Yorktown, Va., a marble column commemorative of the last crowning battle of the Revolution. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-13 |
| Officers on active list of Navy or Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of inquiry adopted by the House on the 15th instant, as to whether there are in the Navy or Marine Corps any officers over the age of sixty-two. January 13, 1876. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-13 |
| Names of clerks and employes in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with section 194 of the revised statutes, the names of clerks and others employed in the Department or any of its offices during the year 1875, with the time each was actually employed and the sum paid to each. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-13 |
| Payment of interest on the 3.65 bonds of the District of Columbia. Communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, asking the consideration of Congress to the necessity for legislative provision for the payment of the interest on the 3.65 bonds authorized by the act of Congress of June 20, 1874. January 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-14 |
| C.W. Buttz vs. E.W.M. Mackey. Papers in the case of C.W. Buttz vs. E.W.M. Mackey. Second Congressional District of South Carolina. January 14, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-14 |
| Josiah G. Abbott vs. Rufus S. Frost. Papers in the case of Abbott vs. Frost, Fourth District of Massachusetts. January 14, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-14 |
| Alexander St. Bernard. January 14, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-14 |
| Alabama Claims. January 14, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-14 |
| Appropriation for Centennial. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to an appropriation of $1,500,000 for the Centennial Exhibition. January 17, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-17 |
| Improvement of certain rivers and harbors of New York. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, asking appropriation for certain rivers and harbors in the State of New York. January 17, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-17 |
| Report of the commissioners of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, statements showing the balance due on the assets of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company at the time of their transfer, the action taken to collect the same, and their present status; also, the receipts and expenditures from July 13, 1874, to December 31, 1875. -- January 18, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-18 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, statements showing names of Indian agents who have complied with section 10 of the act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department for the year ending June 30, 1876, by sending to the Office of Indian Affairs abstracts of quarterly expenditures on account of Indian service. January 18, 1876. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-18 |
| Antietam National Cemetery. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1213.) Memorial of the trustees of the Antietam National Cemetery. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-18 |
| Mail service in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to mail service from Caliente to Lone Pine, California. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-18 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1688, Session Vol. No.11 | 1876-01-18 |
| Louisville and Portland Canal Company. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the act of May 11, 1874, a report of Maj. G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, showing the receipts and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1875, of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Survey of Chippewa River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of act of March 3, 1875, the report of Maj. Francis U. [i.e., V.] Farquhar, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of Chippewa River, Wisconsin. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Survey of Elk River, West Virginia. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1875, a copy of the report of Maj. W.P. Craighill on the survey of the Elk River, West Virginia, between its mouth and Charleston and Braxton Courthouse. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Survey of Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting in compliance with provisions of act of March 3, 1875, a report of Maj. G.K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Survey of Matinicus Island harbor, and Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine; and Ipswich Bay and harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1875, copies of the reports of Lieutenant-Colonel Thom, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of Matinicus Island harbor, and Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine, and Ipswich Bay and harbor, Massachusetts. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Leak in high-service reservoir, Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Chief of Engineers, reporting leak in the high-service reservoir, and recommending an appropriation of $4,000 for immediate repair of same. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Issue of clothing to five soldiers of Company C, Sixth United States Cavalry. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting proceedings of a board of survey, held in camp on Washita River, Texas, April 15, 1875, to investigate the causes of a fire at the same place and date, and recommending that a gratuitous issue of clothing be made to five soldiers of Company C, Sixth Cavalry, in place of that destroyed by the fire. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Report of Chief Signal Officer of expenses, etc. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with section 228, title VI, revised statutes, a report of the Chief Signal Officer, showing the amount of funds appropriated for, and expended by, the Signal Office during fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Murphy & Good. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting papers in the claim of Messrs. Murphy & Good for $791.38 for laying sidewalk in front of United States arsenal grounds at Indianapolis, Ind. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| George Wright. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting the claim of George Wright for use of his patent by the government. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Army officers who have signified their intention of entering foreign military service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a House Resolution of the 6th instant, a statement of the names of officers of the Army who have signified their intention of entering foreign military service. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Reports of Postmaster General in compliance with act of June 8, 1872. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 8, 1872: (1) a report of clerks and others employed in the Department, their time and compensation, for the year ending December 31, 1875; (2) an inventory of United States property in the offices of Department for same year; (3) statement of mail equipment contracts for year ending June 30, 1875; and (4) copies of stationery contracts made for same year. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting correspondence upon the subject of the present necessities of the Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Emoluments and fees of Customs officials. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of section 2639 of the revised statutes, a statement of the official emoluments and fees received by Customs officers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-18 |
| Robert Erwin. January 18, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-18 |
| D.E. Cooper. January 18, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-18 |
| James M. Coffinberry. January 18, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-18 |
| Commercial relations with Canada. January 18, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the Committees on Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, instructed to examine, and, after conference, to report, what amendments, if any, should be made in the present joint rules of the two Houses... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of P.W. Woodlief, praying compensation for property taken by the government in 1863 at New Orleans, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Caperton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 76.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Ogden, and other ship owners of New York, praying the return of certain moneys paid as "permit money" on the entrance of ships at the port of New York, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John E. Kirwan, of Matthews County, Virginia, have considered the same and make the following report thereon... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Caperton, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Laban Heath, praying compensation for damages arising to him by reason of certain defective printing of steel-plate illustrations of bank notes, &c., by the Treasury Department, under a contract in 1868 and 1869, have had the same under consideration and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-19 |
| W.B. Spencer vs. Frank Morey. Papers in the case of W.B. Spencer vs. Frank Morey. Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana. January 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-19 |
| E. St. Julien Cox vs. Horace B. Strait. Papers in the case of Cox vs. Strait, Second Congressional District of Minnesota. January 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-19 |
| Interpreter at Klamath agency, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking for an interpreter for Snake Indians at Klamath agency, Oregon. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-20 |
| Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in accordance with a resolution of the House of 6th instant, a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs upon the disposition of the Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-20 |
| Canal to connect the Wabash River and Lake Michigan. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a copy of the report of Maj. G.L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, on routes for a canal to connect Wabash River and Lake Michigan. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-20 |
| Contingent expenses of War Department. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a report of the expenditures of the Department and its bureaus under the appropriation for contingent expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-20 |
| Inventories of public property in bureaus of War Department, November 30, 1875. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting inventories of public property in the possession of bureaus of the War Department on November 30, 1875. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the Committees on Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, instructed to examine, and after conference, to report whether any, and what, legislation is expedient in regard to the matters considered in the twenty-second joint rule of the last session. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Florida, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 309.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of William L. Nance, of Nashville, Tenn., having considered the same, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thaddeus S. Steward, have had the same under consideration, and beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Emily L. Herron, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Florida, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Davenport and twenty-five others, citizens of Richmond, Va., having considered the same, respectfully report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-20 |
| Money deposits with Army paymasters. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a petition of the officers of the Army for such legislation as will enable them to make deposits of money with Army paymasters. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-20 |
| Seal fisheries in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the House of Representatives, information relating to the seal fisheries in Alaska. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1687, Session Vol. No.10 | 1876-01-20 |
| Vermillion harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to House resolution of the 12th instant, the report of Lieut. Col. C.E. Blunt, United States Engineers, on harbor of Vermillion, Ohio. January 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-21 |
| Correspondence between the United States government and Spain in relation to the island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents. January 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-21 |
| Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting, in compliance with section 16 of the act of incorporation, a report of the operations of said company for the year ending December 31, 1875. January 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-21 |
| Lee vs. Rainey. Papers in the case of Lee vs. Rainey, First Congressional District of South Carolina. January 21, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-21 |
| Hattie D. McKain. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| Patrick Glackin. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| Henry Schnetberg. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| Ruth Isabelle Naylor. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| John G. Parr. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| G.W. La Pointe. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| Elizabeth A. Neibling. January 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-22 |
| Resolutions of citizens of Montour County, Pennsylvania, in favor of a guarantee of interest on bonds of the Texas Pacific Railway. January 24, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 160.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 160) for the relief of S.K. Thompson, late second lieutenant Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 168.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin and accompanying papers, asking the removal of the charge of desertion from George Schwartz, late a private in Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 41 and S. 254.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the Bills (S. 41 and S. 254) granting increase of pension to Frank Kendrick, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-24 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 6, 1876, transmitting information in relation to the harbor of Charlevoix, Michigan. January 24, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-24 |
| Breakwater at San Luis Obispo. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for a breakwater at the port of San Luis Obispo in that state, and that said harbor be declared a port of entry. January 24, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-24 |
| Soldiers and sailors in War with Mexico. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing senators and requesting representatives in Congress to urge favorable consideration of claims of soldiers and sailors in late War with Mexico. January 24, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-24 |
| Survey of the Monongahela River, and examination of the Louisa Fork of Sandy River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of March 3, 1875, a report of Maj. W.E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of the Monongahela River, &c. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Survey of the mouth of Big Sandy Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Maj. J.M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of the mouth of Big Sandy Creek, New York. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Racine harbor, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Maj. D.C. Houston, Corps of Engineers, on the improvement of Racine harbor, Wisconsin. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Survey of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, and of other rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of S.T. Abert on the surveys of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, and of other rivers and harbors. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Contracts of the War Department for 1875. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with section 229, revised statutes, a statement of all contracts for supplies or services made by the Quartermaster General for the year ending December 31, 1875, and filed in the Quartermaster General's office. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Bounty to colored soldiers, recruiting expenses, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures on account of payment of bounties to colored soldiers, recruiting and transporting recruits, and contingent expenses of Adjutant General's department at headquarters of military divisions and departments. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Military reservation at Camp Douglas, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relating to the military reservation at Camp Douglas, Utah. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Retired officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draught of joint resolution by Lieut. Col. John Pulford, (retired,) relative to rank and pay of retired officers of the Army. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| United States arsenal grounds near Benicia, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Chief of Ordnance on Senate Bill No. 153, to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the arsenal grounds near Benicia, Cal. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Correspondence with European governments in regard to Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State, in reply to the House resolution of the 22d instant. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inviting the attention of Congress to a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 18th instant, recommending legislation for the relief of the Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-01-25 |
| Memorial of women, citizens of the United States, asking for the establishment of a government in the District of Columbia which shall secure to women the right to vote. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-25 |
| Le Moyne vs. Farwell. Papers in the case of J.V. Le Moyne vs. C.B. Farwell, Third Congressional District of Illinois. January 25, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1700, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-25 |
| Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the case of Jesse J. Finley vs. Josiah T. Walls, Second Congressional District of Florida. January 25, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-25 |
| Bromberg vs. Haralson. Papers in the case of Bromberg vs. Haralson. First District of Alabama. January 14, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1698, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-25 |
| Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. (To accompany H.R. 410.) Memorial of J.G. Fell, Edward Hoopes, and George Burnham. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1701, Session Vol. No.4 | 1876-01-25 |
| Ezra B. Barnett. January 25, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-25 |
| Joseph W. McClurg and others. January 25, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-25 |
| Transfer of certain military reservations to the Interior Department and authorizing the sale of same. January 25, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-25 |
| H. Gold Rogers. January 25, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-25 |
| Views of certain state senators of Louisiana, in relation to the election of Hon. James B. Eustis as United States senator from that state. January 26, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 58.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 58) to pay the First National Bank of Saint Albans, in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont, the value of certain United States Treasury notes held by said bank and financial agent of the United States, and forcibly taken therefrom by raiders from Canada, in October, 1864, having considered the same, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 227.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John M. Dorsey, together with Senate Bill No. 227, for the relief of John M. Dorsey and William Shepeard, have had the same under consideration and beg to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 93.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William G. Ford, of the City of Memphis, for compensation for the use of certain premises in said city by the military forces of the United States, and the bill for his relief, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 238.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 238) to restore Julius S. Bohrer to the Navy of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel Duffy, a pilot of the Mississippi fleet, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Susan L. Harvey and others, heirs of Augustus Ford, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Caperton, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John N. Curtis, praying the passage of an act authorizing and directing the Southern Claims Commissioners to re-open and reconsider his claim for property taken and appropriated by the Union Army, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Christiancy, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William G. Ford, of Memphis, Tennessee, for the proceeds of certain cotton, alleged to have been seized by the agents of government in Mobile in May, 1865, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Louis Steine, of the City of Boston, Mass., asking compensation for his losses and services in connection with the collection of the internal revenue and the legislation in relation thereto, have considered the same and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Albrecht & Plagge, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Salvador Costa, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Henry C. Watterson, of Pennsylvania, praying to have refunded the amount paid for certain internal revenue stamps used by him, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 20, 1876, a statement of his action under the act of Congress providing for the collection of moneys due the United States from the Pacific Railroad companies, approved June 22, 1874. January 26, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-26 |
| Memorial of citizens of Arkansas, remonstrating against the establishment of a United States court in the Indian Territory. January 27, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-27 |
| James H. Platt, Jr., vs. John Goode, Jr. Papers in the matter of James H. Platt, Jr., vs. John Goode, Jr. Second Congressional District of Virginia. January 27, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1700, Session Vol. No.3 | 1876-01-27 |
| Dewitt C. Senter, of Tennessee. January 27, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-27 |
| Horace Glover. January 27, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the papers relating to the election of J.B. Eustis to a seat in this body, by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, beg leave to report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| War claims of 1812. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, requesting her senators and representatives in Congress to urge the passage of a law by Congress for the adjustment and payment of claims of Virginia for advancements made and sums lent to the United States during the War of 1812. January 28, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-28 |
| Admission of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, asking the passage of an enabling act for admission into the Union. January 28, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-28 |
| Consular and diplomatic appropriations. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Confirmation of land claims in Missouri. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Relief of Henry Jackson, Seventh Cavalry, United States Army. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| James A. Hile, of Lewis County, Missouri. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| John T. Burchell. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| James Kreps. January 28, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Capt. Egbert Thompson. January 28, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| William Welch. January 28, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Ruth Ellen Greelaud. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| William D. Cobaugh. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| William R. Duncan. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Frances C. Elliott. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Margaret E. West. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dyer. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Jane A. Harris. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Otis B. Anderson. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Edward C. Wheelock. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Margaret E. Cogburn. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| Annie Farley. January 28, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 130.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 130) to relinquish the interest of the United States in certain lands to the City and County of San Francisco, in the State of California, report as follows... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Nolan S. Williams, executor of Alfred A. Williams, deceased, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-01-31 |
| Erection of a monument at Point Pleasant, W. Va. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, to provide for the erection of a monument to commemorate the battle of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, fought October 10, 1774. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Improvement of Elk River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking aid for improvement of Elk River. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the River Ohio and its tributaries. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Modification of revenue laws. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to use their best exertions to procure a modification of the present revenue law of the United States, so as to enable the producer of tobacco to sell his product to any person, and in any quantity whatever. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Destruction of grasshoppers. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress to provide a bounty for the destruction of grasshoppers. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Red River of the North. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the Red River of the North. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Extension of time for completing the Northern Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for an extension of time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Relief of settlers on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for the protection by Congress of the rights of certain settlers on the Northern Pacific Railroad. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Repeal of stamp tax on bank checks. Resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, recommending the repeal of stamp tax on bank checks. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Debt due Virginia by United States on account of advances in War of 1812. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, asking for a re-adjustment of the debt due Virginia by the United States for advances made during the War of 1812. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, recommending that the government of the United States grant aid for the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with proper guaranties, &c. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1699, Session Vol. No.2 | 1876-01-31 |
| Tonkawa Indians at Fort Griffin, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to House resolution of the 20th instant, a brief and copies of papers touching the number and condition of the Tonkawa Indians at Fort Griffin, Tex. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Supplies for Indians at Red Cloud agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, upon the subject of supplies required at the Red Cloud agency. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Trust funds of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Indian Commissioner, inclosing draught of a bill providing for the covering into the Treasury of certain funds therein named. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Consolidation of Miami Indians with other tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, upon the subject of the consolidation of the Miami Indians of Kansas with the confederated bands of Peoria, Piankeshaw, Kaskaskia, and Wea Indians, in Indian Territory. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Jurisdiction over Indians in certain states. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, presenting draught of a bill in relation to the jurisdiction over Indians in certain states named, &c. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Fort Butler military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to inquiry of the Committee on Military Affairs, dated January 21, relative to the Fort Butler military reservation. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Enlisted men employed in Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of January 19, a statement of enlisted men employed in Washington, D.C. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of the 25th ultimo, copies of the orders and instructions under which Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs is traveling abroad. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Deposits of money with Army paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of Colonel Andrews and other officers relative to legislation for making deposits of money with paymasters. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Relinquishment of certain lands to the City and County of San Francisco, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, reporting, for the information of the Committee on Military Affairs, that no objection exists to the passage of House Bill No. 322. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| United States property at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the sale of the United States property at Harper's Ferry, Va., in November and December, 1869. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Sale of Pikesville arsenal, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill for the sale of Pikesville arsenal, Maryland. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Ship channel between mouth of San Jacinto River and Bolivar Channel, in Galveston Bay, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers on the improvement of the ship channel between mouth of San Jacinto River and Bolivar Channel, Galveston Harbor. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Construction of eight steam vessels of war. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to a resolution of inquiry of the 5th January, a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair relative to the cost of construction of eight steam vessels of war. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Deposits of money with Army paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of Blair D. Taylor et al. for legislation to enable Army officers to make deposits of money with paymasters. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| Winnebago and Pottawatomie Indians in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of January 6, 1876, transmitting a statement of the disbursements from the appropriation for the care of stray bands of Winnebagoes and Pottawatomies in Wisconsin prior to 1871. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the following concurrent resolution: Concurrent resolution proposing a common unit of money and accounts for the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1875. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1685, Session Vol. No.8 | 1876-02-01 |
| James B. Armstrong. February 1, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-01 |
| William H. Nessle. February 1, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-01 |
| Petition of Charles Brewer & Co., that an American register be granted to the bark Arctic. February 1, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.44 | 1876-02-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of Benjamin C. Card, praying that the date of his commission as major and quartermaster in the United States Army be corrected. February 2, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-02 |
| Re-organization of the judiciary of the United States. February 2, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-02 |
| Transfer of certain Indian trust funds. Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the Bill (H.R. 1561) for transferring the custody of certain Indian trust funds from the Secretary of the Interior to the Treasurer of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of relieving the several states from liability on account of the respective amounts deposited with them in accordance with the provisions of an act of Congress of June 23, 1836. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Memorial and joint resolution of the State of Iowa, asking legislation by Congress in favor of a commercial highway by water between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan via the valleys of the Fox and Wisconsin River. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Booth submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 188.) The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the Bill (S. 188) granting a pension to Patterson McNutt, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 123.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 123) for the relief of Philip S. Wales, a medical inspector in the United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 205.) The Committee on Pensions, who have had Senate Bill No. 205 under consideration, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Cunningham, who asks a pension on account of the services of his son, James Cunningham, late a private in Company B, First United States Cavalry, respectfully state... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of Fleming Crump and William Williamson, surviving soldiers of the Yellowstone Expedition of 1824, report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 89.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom Senate Bill No. 89 was referred, submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 31, 1876, information in relation to the taxation of lands granted to states and corporations. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers relative to the removal of obstructions to navigation of the Mississippi River at or near the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, Iowa. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Letter from the Attorney General communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 20, 1876, information in relation to the condition of suits between the United States and the Pacific Railroad companies, under the second section of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Act of 1873. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 19, 1876, information in relation to the fitness of the Capital University building and grounds at Columbus, Ohio, for the purposes of a mint. February 3, 1876. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1664, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Direct taxes in insurrectionary states. February 3, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-03 |
| Indian agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of the 6th ultimo, a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs respecting certain Indian agents. February 4, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-04 |
| Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in favor of the passage of a bill limiting the value of household furniture to be admitted free of duty. February 4, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 62. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kernan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 398.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Luther Hall, of Boston, praying that an act be passed authorizing the extension of the letters-patent hereinafter mentioned, respectfully report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Abraham Sellers, administrator of Frederick Vincent, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... | Serial Set Vol. No. 1667, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Lawson & Brewis. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| John B. Chapman. February 4, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Daniel Wormer. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Private land claims in New Mexico. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Anderson J. Smith. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Wilber F. Chamberlain. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Issue of clothing to certain enlisted men of Company C, Sixth United States Cavalry. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Oscar F. Stanton. February 4, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Commander R.L. Law. February 4, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Mary W. Jones. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Morris Dwight. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Lydia A. Morris. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| John A. Stewart. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Elizabeth R. Hull. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| William T. Simms. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Francis Bernard. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Mrs. Fannie E. Records. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| David J. [i.e., I.] Garrett. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Mrs. Jane Dulaney [i.e., Dulany]. February 4, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1708, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-04 |
| Appropriations for river and harbor improvements from 1824 to March 3, 1875. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Commerce, a statement of the amounts appropriated for each river and harbor improvement from 1824 to and including March 3, 1875. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-07 |
| Survey of Saginaw River, Thunder Bay, Clinton and Au Sable Rivers, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of the river and harbor act, March 3, 1875, a report of Major G. Weitzel, on Saginaw River, Thunder Bay, Clinton River, and Au Sable River, Michigan. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-07 |
| Collections, expenses, etc., in collection districts in ports of United States, etc., for fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to House resolutions of December 13, 1875, and January 6, 1876, statement showing collections, expenses of collections, and the amounts of goods examined in the ports of the United States for fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1689, Session Vol. No.12 | 1876-02-07 |
| Memorial of the Board of Trade of New York, remonstrating against the immediate resumption of specie payments. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of the resumption of specie payments. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the erection of a Customhouse, a post office, and other public buildings at Green Bay, Wisconsin. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, and report of committee on Japanese Indemnity Fund. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Serial Set Vol. No. 1665, Session Vol. No.1 | 1876-02-07 |
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