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| Serial set 1134 | Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1861. | 1 |
| Serial set 1135 |
Africans in Fort Monroe military district. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House, transmitting a report of Major General Wool, on the number, age, and condition of the Africans in his district. March 25, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Military protection to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 22, 1862, relative to military protection to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. April 3, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mileage and per diem charged by the marshal and district attorney of the northern district of New York. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, in relation to mileage and per diem charged by the marshal and district attorney of the northern district of New York of late years, &c. March 21, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Transportation of troops between the Missouri River and Pacific Coast. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of the 19th instant, inquiring as to the cost of transportation of troops between the Missouri River and Pacific Coast. March 20, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Captain Samuel F. DuPont. Message from the President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks by Congress to Captain Samuel F. DuPont, for his services and gallantry displayed in the capture, since the 21st December, 1861, of various points on the coast of Georgia and Florida. March 24, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Names of persons employed in the Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey, and expenditures, during the year ending June 30, 1861. March 25, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Chaplains in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 11th instant, transmitting the names of all the chaplains on the rolls on file in the Office of the Adjutant General. March 25, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Expenditure of the contingent fund in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with a detailed statement of the expenditure of contingent fund of the Navy Department for the year ending June 30, 1861. March 25, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Transports for the Army of the Potomac. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 17th instant, transmitting information in relation to transports furnished for the Army of the Potomac. March 26, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Charges for examination of invalid pensioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution of the House of 14th instant, in relation to charges for periodical examinations of invalid pensioners. March 26, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Military and naval defences. House of Representatives, U.S., March 26, 1862. Resolved, that fifteen hundred and fifty copies of Executive document No. 243, 1st session 24th Congress, Executive document No. 206, 1st session 26th Congress, and Executive document No. 5, 1st session 32d Congress, on fortifications, floating batteries, and other means of defence, be printed for the use of the House. Mary A. Berault, administratrix of the late Joseph Wheaton. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the claim of Mary A. Berault, administratrix of Joseph Wheaton. March 28, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Medical department of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of February 10, relative to the efficiency of the medical department of the Army. March 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Gas and coal consumed by restaurants. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in answer to resolution of the House of 26th instant, in relation to the consumption of gas and coal by restaurants in the Capitol. March 28, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Paymasters in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th December, 1861, relative to paymasters in the Army. April 1, 1862. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Government Contracts, and ordered to be printed. War claims at St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the final report made by the commission on war claims at St. Louis. April 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Signal supplies. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for signal supplies, &c. April 4, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Indian department property in Utah Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution of the House of 24th March, furnishing the evidence called for in relation to Indian department property in Utah Territory. April 4, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Pensions to wounded and disabled volunteers. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 1st instant, transmitting a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General relative to the laws conferring pensions on wounded and disabled soldiers, &c. April 4, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. System of revenue and finance in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States in answer to resolution of the House of the 4th instant, in relation to existing system of revenue and finance in any foreign country. April 9, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1136 |
Forts and other means of defence. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of the 15th instant, in relation to the construction of forts and other means of defence. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Insurgent privateers in foreign ports. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of the 24th of February last, in regard in insurgent privateers in foreign ports. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The present condition of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of the 3d of March last, transmitting report from the Department of State regarding the present condition of Mexico. April 15, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Contracts -- War Department for the year 1861. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contracts made under the authority of the War Department during the year 1861. April 24, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Alteration of bridges across the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of the 1st instant, relative to an alteration of bridges across the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown. April 24, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1137 |
Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the reports of the Surveyor General and papers in four private land claims in New Mexico. May 16, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Payments to railroads for transportation of troops. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th of February last in relation to the payments to railroads for the transportation of troops. May 19, 1862. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Government Contracts, and ordered to be printed. Change of materials and construction of forts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, in relation to the changes which may have become necessary in materials and construction of forts, &c. May 19, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a preliminary report on the eighth census. May 21, 1862. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Indemnity for maltreatment of American missionaries' agent in Egypt. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of 20th instant, in regard to indemnity obtained for the maltreatment of an agent of the American missionaries in Egypt. May 23, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Police force in Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from General John A. Dix in relation to maintaining a small police force in Baltimore, Maryland. May 23, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimates for additional appropriations for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for additional appropriations for the War Department for the present and fiscal year ending June 30, 1863. May 23, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mexican affairs. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of the 22d instant, calling for further correspondence relative to Mexican affairs. May 27, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. National debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House of May 28, 1862, transmitting statement of the particulars of the national debt on the 29th day of May, 1862. June 4, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Military governor of North Carolina. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d of June, in relation to the authority and action of the Hon. Edward Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina. June 6, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Exchange of prisoners of war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence had by Major General John E. Wool in relation to the exchange of prisoners of war. June 11, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Stevens's battery. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the expenditure of the appropriation for the completion of "Stevens's steam battery." May 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Homicide of Robert E. Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 8th instant, in relation to the homicide of Robert E. Scott, of Virginia. May 16, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Reports of the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 28th ultimo, calling for reports of commanders of the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. May 7, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Revolving batteries and river and harbor defence. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 29th ultimo, transmitting letter of George Vander Heyden in relation to revolving batteries and river and harbor defences. May 7, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing statement of the number of passengers arriving in the United States on shipboard during the year ending December 31, 1861. May 12, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Appointments to the rank of brigadier general. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 21st instant, enclosing a list of the appointments of the rank of brigadier general for the year ending April 1, 1862. April 29, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Evacuation of Jacksonville, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of the 4th instant, in regard to the evacuation of Jacksonville, Florida, by the forces of the United States. April 29, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Contracts for labor at the Custom-house, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House of the 31st ultimo, transmitting copies of contracts for the necessary labor at the New York Custom-house. April 30, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Purchase and distribution of cotton seed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution of the House of the 14th instant, in relation to the purchase and distribution of cotton seed. April 30, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1138 |
South Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 9, 1862, transmitting correspondence of Major General Hunter, in relation to arming South Carolina volunteers -- fugitive slaves. July 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Captain Andrew H. Foote. Message from the President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks to Captain A.H. Foote, of the United States Navy, for his eminent services in organizing the western flotilla and conducting operations in the western waters. June 2, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed. Payments to clerks and messengers of Mexican military contribution accounts, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolutions of the House of 20th December, 1861, and 20th January, 1862, calling for information as to amount of money paid clerks and others connected with Mexican military contribution accounts over and above their salaries. June 12, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Durfee's submarine gun. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to resolution of the House of 9th instant in relation to the propriety of an appropriation for testing Durfee's submarine gun. June 12, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Prisoners in Penitentiary of the District of Columbia by sentence of courts-martial. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution of the House of 11th instant, transmitting a list of prisoners confined in the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia by sentence of courts-martial. June 12, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Enlargement of the locks of the Erie and Oswego Canals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial in behalf of the State of New York on the subject of the enlargement of the locks of the Erie and Oswego Canals. June 13, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. United States circuit court for California. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of 9th instant, concerning the interruption of business in the circuit court of the United States for the State of California. June 16, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reorganization of the enlisted force of the Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a communication from the Chief of the Ordnance Department in relation to a reorganization of the enlisted force of that Department. June 16, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Increase of clerical force in the Paymaster's Department of the United States Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, enclosing a communication from the Paymaster General of the United States Army, asking for an increase of the clerical force in his bureau. June 16, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Relief to Indian refugees in southern Kansas. Letter from J.P. Usher, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution of the House of 28th ultimo relative to mode and amount of relief extended to Indian refugees in southern Kansas. June 16, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. South Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, in relation to the organization of South Carolina volunteers, composed of black men -- fugitive slaves. June 17, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Reorganization of the medical department of the Army. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of the 9th instant, in reference to further legislation to perfect the reorganization of the medical department of the Army. June 19, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. White House on Pamunky River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant in relation to the occupation of the White House on the Pamunky River. June 20, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Regimental chaplains. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant in relation to the number of regimental chaplains in service under pay, &c. June 20, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting his report and evidence in relation to the claim for damages of Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case. June 26, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Wreck of steamer Governor and search for United States ship Vermont. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to resolution of the House of 11th instant, transmitting reports of the wreck of the transport steamer Governor and search for United States ship Vermont by the frigate Sabine. June 27, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Prisoners taken on the sloop Velma. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th April, relative to release of the prisoners taken on the sloop Velma. June 30, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Blanks for soldiers' back pay, bounty, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolutions of the House of April 21 and June 23, in relation to blanks for soldiers' back pay, bounty, &c. July 2, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of the courts of inquiry and courts-martial in the case of Justus McKinstry. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th June, transmitting copies of all the proceedings of the courts of inquiry and courts-martial in the case of Justus McKinstry. July 9, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Occupation of the "White House," in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, on the subject of the occupation by the troops under command of General McClellan of the "White House," in Virginia. July 9, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Relations between the United States and northwest British America. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th May last on the subject of relations with northwest British America, "particularly the central districts of the Red River of the North and the Saskatchewan." July 11, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Thanks of Congress to naval officers. Message from the President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks by Congress to naval officers named therein. July 12, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Relations between the United States and foreign powers. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th ultimo, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State on that subject. July 12, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Commercial intercourse with Canada. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House of April 7 in relation to commercial intercourse with Canada. July 12, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Contracts made with bureaus connected with the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of all the contracts made by the different bureaus connected with the Navy Department. July 15, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Interest of members of Congress in government contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to any interest of members of Congress in government contracts. July 17, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1139 | Abstract of offers for carrying the mails, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an abstract of the offers and contracts for carrying the mails; a statement of the additional allowances to contractors; and also a statement of the curtailment of the mail service during the year ending June 30, 1861. June 24, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1140 | Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury, of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1861. | 1 |
| Serial set 1141 |
Approving the policy of the President in relation to the war. Resolutions adopted by the people of the Town of Newport, in the State of New Hampshire, without distinction of party, approving the policy of the President in relation to the war. March 13, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Approval of the administration of Abraham Lincoln in the conduct of the war. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, approving the administration of Abraham Lincoln in the conduct of the war. March 24, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Emancipation in Missouri. Letter from H.R. Gamble, governor of Missouri, transmitting resolutions of the convention of that state, responsive to the joint resolution of the House of Representatives passed April 10, 1862, in relation to co-operation with states desiring to emancipate their slaves. June 25, 1862. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Emancipation, and ordered to be printed Powers of the President of the United States over the Army and Navy. Preamble and resolutions declaring the powers of the President of the United States over the Army and Navy, and as to the province of the House of Representatives to control the same. December 3, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 10th December, at 1 o'clock p.m S. Ferguson Beach vs. C.H. Upton. Memorial of S. Ferguson Beach, contesting the seat of Charles Upton as a representative from the State of Virginia. December 2, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Upton. Papers and evidence in regard to the right of Charles H. Upton to hold his seat as a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Virginia. January 2, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. list of reports to be made to Congress, during the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, by public officers, prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. January 27, 1862. Byington vs. Vandever. Supplemental memorial and evidence. February 11, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. February 12, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Approval of the national administration. Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Nevada, expressive of sympathy for and approval of the national administration. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Approval of the course of the President of the United States. Resolutions of the State of Wisconsin, tendering to the President of the United States approval for his course. April 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. F.F. Low. Certificate of the election of F.F. Low as a third representative from the State of California. December 2, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Colonization of free blacks. Memorial of Leonard Dugged, George A. Bailey, and 240 other free colored persons of California, praying Congress to provide means for their colonization to some country in which their color will not be a badge of degradation. January 16, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Branch mint in Colorado Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, relative to the establishment of a branch mint in that territory. December 16, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Increase of salaries in Colorado Territory. Joint resolution and memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, praying for an increase of allowance per diem of the members and officers of the legislative assembly and an increase of salary of the territorial judges. December 23, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Foster. Papers in the case of Charles H. Foster, claiming a seat as a representative from the State of North Carolina. December 2, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Confiscation of rebel property. Resolution submitted by Mr. Campbell, on the subject of the confiscation of rebel property. December 2, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed, and further consideration postponed until the 10th instant at 1 o'clock p.m. Joseph Segur [i.e., Segar]. Certificate of election of Joseph Segur as a representative from the State of Virginia. December 2, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections, and ordered to be printed. Byington vs. Vandever. Memorial of Le Grand Byington, contesting the seat of the Hon. Mr. Vandever, of Iowa. December 2, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Clements. Memorial and other papers relative to the election of Andrew J. Clements, as a representative from the Fourth Congressional District of the State of Tennessee. December 3, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections, and ordered to be printed. Byington vs. Vandever. February 17, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the New Hampshire Legislature. Resolutions of the New Hampshire Legislature, on the subject of the war. December 4, 1861. -- Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Le Grand Byington vs. William Vandever. Additional papers in the case of the contested seat of Wm. Vandever, a representative from the State of Iowa in the Thirty-seventh Congress. December 9, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 10, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed. Board of Trade, Philadelphia. Communication from the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, in relation to maritime defences. December 11, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. The public printing. Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing and binding. December 12, 1861. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence, during the Thirty-seventh Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1861. Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-seventh Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1861. The public printing. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the printing of certain documents. January 10, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Printing, and ordered to be printed. Penitentiary buildings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) Letters from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the occupation of the penitentiary buildings in the District of Columbia as a place of storage for ammunition and other materials of war. January 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 20, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Frauds in providing supplies for the Army. Resolutions of the State of New York, in relation to reported frauds in supplies for our armies. January 24, 1862. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Army Contracts, and ordered to be printed. National armory. Resolutions from the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the establishment of an arsenal and armory at Rock Island, in the State of Illinois. February 5, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Byington vs. Vandever. Additional papers by the contestant in the Iowa contested election case of Byington vs. Vandever. February 5, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Armory in the northwest. Resolution of the State of Michigan, relative to an armory in the northwest. February 11, 1862. -- Referred to the Select Committee on National Armory, and ordered to be printed. George B. Simpson. Memorial of George B. Simpson, asking that he may be permitted to appear before the Select Committee on the Loyalty of Government Employes [sic]. February 10, 1862. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Loyalty of Government Employes [sic]. February 12, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Printing of the agricultural Patent Office report in the German language. Memorial of German-American agriculturists and citizens for the printing of the agricultural Patent Office report in the German language. February 14, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. To extinguish Indian titles in Kansas. Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, to extinguish certain Indian titles, and make an appropriation for surveys. May 19, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Articles of impeachment of West H. Humphreys. Articles exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States, in the name of themselves and of all the people of the United States, against West H. Humphreys, judge of the district court of the United States for the several districts of the State of Tennessee, in maintenance and support of their impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. May 19, 1862. -- Adopted, and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1861. Constitution of the State of Deseret. Memorials of the Legislature and constitutional convention of Utah Territory, praying the admission of said territory into the Union as the State of Deseret. June 9, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Employment of laborers of African extraction in the Island of St. Croix. Correspondence between the State Department of the United States and the charge d'affaires of Denmark, in relation to the advantages offered by the Island of St. Croix for the employment of laborers of African extraction. June 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Demand Treasury notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the issue of an additional amount of United States Treasury notes. June 11, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Prisoners in the penitentiary by sentence of courts-martial. Letter from the Attorney General, on the legality of the confinement of prisoners in the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia, by sentence of courts-martial, &c. June 12, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Iron-clad ships, ordnance, &c., &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, addressed to the Committee on Naval Affairs, in relation to iron-clad ships, ordnance, &c. June 13, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Historic medals for Major Anderson, his officers and men. June 13, 1862. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Proposed amendments to the postal laws. Letter from John A. Kasson, esq., First Assistant Postmaster General, transmitting drafts of bills for proposed amendments to the postal laws. June 13, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. St. Thomas's Episcopal Church. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 541.) Petition and papers in relation to repairs of St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, at Hancock, Maryland. June 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Expenses of select committees. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in answer to resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting an account of the expenses of select committees appointed by the House. June 27, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Expenses of select committees. Letter from the Sergeant-at-arms of House of Representatives, in answer to resolution of the House, transmitting an account of the expenses of investigating committees appointed by the House. June 27, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Lands in the military reserve at Fort Leavenworth. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, in relation to the issue of patents for lands included in the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth. July 7, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Thirty-seventh 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. August 21, 1861 [i.e., 1862]. Pacific railroad. Memorial of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California. December 9, 1861. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed, with report of Chief Engineer. Income tax. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the income tax. December 9, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Weights, measures, and currency. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of weights, measures, and currencies. December 9, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Foster. Returns of votes in the 8th and 9th precincts in Hyde County, N.C., in the 2d Congressional District of North Carolina, in the matter of the claim of Charles H. Foster to a seat in this House as representative from the 2d Congressional District of the State of North Carolina. December 9, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of F.F. Low, of California, claiming a seat in the House of Representatives from the State of California. December 12, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Charles Henry Foster. Resolution submitted by the Committee on Elections, declaring that Charles Henry Foster is not entitled to a seat as a representative of either the First or Second Congressional District in the State of North Carolina. December 18, 1861. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Solicitor of Customs for the collection district of New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the appointment of a solicitor of Customs for the collection district of New York, and to expedite revenue actions in said district. December 18, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Famine in Ireland. December 20, 1861. -- Adopted. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Branch mint in Colorado Territory. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, in relation to the establishment of a branch mint in that territory. December 23, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Byington vs. Vandever. January 6, 1862. -- Referred to Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Joseph Segar. Papers in relation to the claim of Joseph Segar as a representative of the First Congressional District of Virginia in the 37th Congress. January 6, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. John Kline vs. John P. Verree. Evidence and other papers in the matter of the contested election of Kline vs. Verree, in the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania. January 6, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. Reorganization of the Adjutant General's department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 445.) Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the reorganization of the Adjutant General's Office. May 1, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Republics of Hayti and Liberia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the recognition of the Republics of Hayti and Liberia. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. General Winfield Scott. Joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Nevada, concerning the retirement of Lieutenant General Scott from active service in the Army. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Maryland and Massachusetts. Proceedings in the Legislature of Massachusetts, upon the act of the State of Maryland appropriating seven thousand dollars for the families of those belonging to the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers who were killed or disabled by wounds received in the riot at Baltimore. May 12, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Sutlers in the Army. Joint resolutions of the Ohio Legislature, relative to the protection of our soldiers from the imposition of sutlers in the Army. February 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Fraud and corruption by agents and officers of the government. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to fraud and corruption by agents and officers of the government. February 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Naval depot on western lakes. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the establishment of a naval depot on the western lakes. February 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Branch clothing bureau. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the establishment of a branch clothing bureau, &c. February 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to opening the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. February 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Byington vs. Vandever. Brief of William Vandever, in the contested election of Byington vs. Vandever. February 25, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Collection districts in California. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 300.) Correspondence in relation to collection districts, and reducing compensation of collectors and surveyors in California. February 27, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Defences of Delaware River and Bay. Resolutions of the State of Pennsylvania in relation to the defences of Delaware River and Bay. March 3, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Payment of volunteers. Resolutions of the State of Pennsylvania in relation to the payment of volunteers. March 3, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Steamship line to Aspinwall. Letter of the Postmaster General in relation to carrying the South Pacific mails by the steamship line to Aspinwall. March 5, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Charles Henry Foster. Memorial of loyal citizens of North Carolina, asking the admission of Charles Henry Foster as the representative of the Second Congressional District in said state in the House of Representatives of the United States, and other papers pertaining thereto. March 6, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections, and ordered to be printed. Custom-house building at Port Townsend, Washington Territory. Memorial of members of the Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory, for the erection of a Custom-house building at Port Townsend, in said territory. March 10, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mail line between San Francisco and Japan and China. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, praying the establishment of a mail line between San Francisco and Japan and China. March 11, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Washington canal. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in relation to the condition of the Washington canal, and its effect on the health of the city. March 13, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Duties on wool. Resolutions of the State of Maine, in relation to the duties on wool and increase of protection to agricultural products generally. March 14, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Stationery furnished committees. Letter from the Postmaster of the House, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, furnishing a statement of the amount of stationery furnished and charged to the committees, respectively. March 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Execution of leading rebels. Joint resolutions of the Ohio Legislature, expressive of their views as to the treatment of the leading rebels. March 24, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Defence of the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the defences of the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. March 24, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Illinois and Michigan Canal. Resolutions of the Illinois constitutional convention, in regard to the enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the improvement of the Illinois River. April 1, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Admission of candidates to the Naval Academy. Letter from Captain Andrew A. Harwood, in relation to the admission of pupils at the Naval Academy. April 3, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Railroad communication between New York and Washington City. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) Proposition of the Metropolitan Railroad Company to build the Metropolitan Railroad, making direct communication between Washington City and New York. April 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Pacific railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the People's Pacific Railroad Company. April 21, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to advances to soldiers of that state who served in its defence during the War of 1812-'13-'14. April 23, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mails and mail routes in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of mails and mail routes therein named. April 29, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Arming of Fort Adams. (To accompany Joint H. Res. No. 79.) Papers accompanying joint resolution in relation to the arming of Fort Adams. June 9, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Floats for lands sold by the United States in the Las Ormigas and La Nana grants, in Louisiana. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 114.) December 12, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed. Government contracts. December 17, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed. The further consideration of the said report postponed until Tuesday, December 24, 1861. |
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Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) March 5, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Indemnity to loyal citizens of Delaware. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) March 12, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Frederick F. Brose -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) January 16, 1862. Ralph King. February 17, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. John L. Champe. February 17, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Ann Wooster. February 17, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Joseph C.G. Kennedy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) February 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. United States notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) February 18, 1862. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order for Wednesday the 19th at 1 o'clock p.m., and ordered to be printed. To establish a court for the investigation of claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) February 19, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Z.B. Caverly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 284.) February 19, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Branch mint at Denver, Colorado Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 287.) February 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Ship canal to connect Mississippi River and Lake Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 288.) February 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Clements. January 13, 1862. -- Agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Joseph Segar. January 20, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Colonel Archibald Crary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 229.) January 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Isaac Bowman and others, executors of Isaac Bowman, deceased. January 22, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for civil expenses for the years 1862-'63. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) February 11, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze & Mallet. (To accompany Bill H.R. 239.) January 22, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Loyalty of clerks and other persons employed by government. January 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 11th of February next. Charles H. Upton. January 30, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to February 6, 1862. Frederick E. Sickles. January 31, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. February 5, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Major John Ripley -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 264.) February 7, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Department of Agriculture. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 269.) February 11, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Harbor defences on Great Lakes and rivers. February 12, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Thomas Forster. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 273.) February 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. George W. Samson, heir of Simeon Samson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) December 20, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed. Benjamin Montanye -- heir of. December 20, 1861. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Israel Frisbie, surviving heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) December 23, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed. John M. Butler vs. Wm. E. Lehman. January 7, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Joseph B. Eaton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) January 8, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert Brent -- representatives of. (To accompany H.R. No. 195.) January 8, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Visitors to the jail in the District of Columbia. January 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Friday, the 24th instant. Joseph G. Totten. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 272.) February 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John Wilson. February 25, 1862. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. J.W. Nye. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 297 and 298.) February 25, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John Kline vs. John P. Verree. February 27, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Frederick A. Beelen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 303.) February 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. National armory. (To accompany H. Res. No. 42.) February 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. S. Ferguson Beach. March 3, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of West H. Humphreys, Judge of the United States District Court of Tennessee. March 4, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sylvanus Burnham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) March 5, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Louisa Abert Byrne. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) March 5, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John Goulding. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 329.) March 5, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Gordon E. Cole and Charles McIlrath. March 5, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Employment of volunteers for protection of public property. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 337.) March 6, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John Denman and George Townley -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 339.) March 6, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Captain John Mountjoy -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 340.) March 6, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Printing Patent Office report for 1860. March 6, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. George B. Simpson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 345.) March 7, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Eunice Cobb, widow of Surranus Cobb, deceased. March 7, 1862. -- Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. A.H. Jones and H.M.C. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 349.) March 11, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Slavery in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. 351.) March 12, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Chauncey A. Horr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358.) March 12, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Richard B. Jones. March 12, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Railroad facilities between New York and Washington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) March 13, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Edwin W. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 363.) March 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert B. Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) March 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Telegraph censorship. March 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Monday, April 7. W.S. Grant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 354.) Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report. March 31, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert F. Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) April 2, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Abelard Guthrie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) Mr. Loomis, from the Committee of Elections, made the following report. April 3, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Byington vs. Vandever. April 11, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Joseph Segar. April 14, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Martin F. Conway. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 398.) April 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Land titles in the State of Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 399.) April 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles Radcliff. April 14, 1862. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. William Roddy. April 14, 1862. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. James Johnson. April 14, 1862. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. J.J. Lints. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2.) April 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mary A. Berault, administratrix of the estate of Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton, deceased. (To accompany H. Res. No. 65.) April 14, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Heirs of Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart. April 14, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. J. Sterling Morton vs. Samuel G. Daily. April 14, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. F.F. Lowe. April 14, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Index to the census. (To accompany H. Res. No. 62.) April 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Frances Ann McCauley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 405.) April 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Carleton, Norwood & Co. April 18, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Half-breeds of the Sioux Nation of Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) April 18, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ely S. Parker. April 18, 1862. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Jacob Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 410.) April 18, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Nathaniel McLean, R.G. Murphy, and C.E. Flandreau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 277.) February 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. B.Y. Shelley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) February 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Odell, Mary Woodbury and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) February 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Emancipation and colonization. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 576.) July 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed Emancipation of the slaves of rebels. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) June 17, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed Coinage department of the United States Assay Office in New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) May 15, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Citizenship to certain Mexican citizens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) July 11, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Steamer M.S. Perry. June 24, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Sarah F. Berryman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 522.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Zina Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) April 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel Woodbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) May 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed W.J. Gilbert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) May 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. William B. Matchett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) May 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. J.B. Merwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 484.) May 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Jeremiah Vincent, legal representative of. May 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Annals of Congress. May 23, 1862. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. Enlargement of the locks of the Erie and Oswego Canals. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 288.) June 3, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. J.E. Martin. (To accompany Senate Act No. 109.) June 13, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Relief to the starving population of Ireland. June 13, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. William H. Van Horn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 310.) June 13, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Charles Henry Foster. June 16, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Change of location of port of entry for Puget Sound collection district from Post Townsend to Port Angelos. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 241.) June 16, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Zephaniah Knapp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry Smalley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 533.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. R.L.B. Clarke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 535.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Hannibal Graham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 536.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John Campbell and John Ferguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 537.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. George Calvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed Charles L. Nelson. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 341.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. William Sawyer and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 534.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Margaret J. Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) June 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Schooner Susan Jane. June 24, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Jacob Gates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) June 26, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) July 2, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Improvement of harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) July 3, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. William H. DeGroot. (To accompany H.R. No. 101.) July 9, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Expenditures on public buildings. July 10, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. John T. Jones. (To accompany Bill S. No. 354.) July 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. William Kennedy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 563.) July 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John P. Sherburne and H. Clay Wood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 564.) July 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Rice M. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 565.) July 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Leopold Schneider. July 10, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Accounts of the State of New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) July 11, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed William P. Bowhay. July 11, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Cole, widow of Levi Cole, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) July 12, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Obadiah B. Latham and Oliver S. Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 111.) July 15, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Colonel Joseph Paddock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) May 2, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. William Sawyer and others. May 2, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Jeremiah Pendegrast. May 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. A. Pier. May 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. John Lane. May 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Andrew Templeton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) May 2, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles Goodspeed. May 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Solicitor of the Customs for the port of New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) May 15, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Sac and Fox Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) April 24, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Panama Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 428.) April 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Rufus L. Harvey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) May 2, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Samuel Goodrich. May 2, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Permanent fortifications and sea-coast defences. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) April 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Colorado desert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) April 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Herman J. Ehle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 429.) April 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Barbara Walker -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 430.) April 28, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. John McGuinis. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Caroline E. Clark. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mary Cunningham, widow of John Cunningham, deceased. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Illinois and Michigan canal enlargement. April 28, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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Alexander D. Anderson, administrator of John Anderson. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. John Skirving. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 108.) December 3, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. R.A. Clements, administrator of James N. Mullican. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Todhunter. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. David D. Mitchell. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Thomas Hicks, executor of Isaac Hicks. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. T.S.J. Johnson. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Thomas B. Graham. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Stephen Johnston and others, heirs-at-law of Stephen Johnston. December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Subsequently the Committee of the Whole discharged, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. James Preston Beck, administrator of Preston Beck, Jr. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 109.) December 4, 1861. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Sweeny, Rittenhouse, Fant & Company. January 24, 1862. -- Reported from the Court of Claims, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. William Clark. January 24, 1862. -- Reported from the Court of Claims, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Charles P. Curtis, Jr. January 24, 1862. -- Reported from the Court of Claims, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. James L. Johnson, surviving partner of the firm of Beck & Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 110.) January 24, 1862. -- Reported from the Committee of Claims, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. |
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O.B. and Oliver S. Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 111.) May 28, 1862. -- Reported from the Court of Claims, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. John H. Aulick. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 112.) May 28, 1862. -- Reported from the Court of Claims, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. The President and directors of the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 113.) May 28, 1862. -- Reported from the Court of Claims, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. |
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Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1862, a list of the major and brigadier generals in the service of the United States. January 23, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, information in relation to instructions to deputy postmasters, in relation to restoring certain papers to the privilege of the mails; also relative to the law by which certain papers are excluded from the mails. January 20, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting the accounts of persons charged with disbursement of money and goods for the benefit of the Indians for the year ending June 30, 1862. January 30, 1863. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 14, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of January, information in relation to the number of troops raised by the State of Missouri for local defence, pursuant to the provisions of the act approved February 13, 1862. February 17, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information relative to the amount of government cotton sold in New York since the blockade of the southern ports. February 19, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter to the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, the report and maps of Captain John Mullan, United States Army, of his operation while engaged in the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla, on the Columbia River, to Fort Benson, on the Missouri River. February 19, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, information in relation to the fraudulent transactions in the Custom-house at New York. February 20, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of January, information in relation to the war steamers Ossipee and Pensacola. February 23, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a note of the 8th instant, addressed to the Secretary of State by the minister resident of the Hanseatic republics, concerning an international agricultural exhibition, to be held next summer in the City of Hamburg. January 14, 1863. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 26, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Joint Resolution S. 134. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the appropriations applicable to the service of the War Department for the fiscal year 1861-'62; the amount drawn from the Treasury during the same period; the balances on July 1, 1862; and the appropriations carried to the surplus fund. February 28, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. December 5, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 12th of July last, relative to amounts paid on account of legal and other services in investigating land titles in California in the years 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861. December 8, 1862. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in reference to the sale into slavery of colored freemen captured by the rebels. December 9, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th of March, 1862, transmitting correspondence relative to the attempted seizure of M. Fauchet, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of France, by the commander of the British ship-of-war Africa, within the waters of the United States. December 11, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in relation to the purchase of land adjacent to the Kittery Navy yard. December 11, 1862. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in relation to the amount of money paid by the government for investigating land titles in California. December 11, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant in relation to the Indian barbarities in Minnesota. December 11, 1862. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Appointments to Naval Academy. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the 8th instant, communicating information as to what Congressional district has more than two midshipmen at the Naval Academy, under what law appointed, and by whom recommended. December 12, 1862. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, the majority and minority reports of the board of officers appointed under the act approved July 15, 1862, entitled "An Act To Authorize the Secretary of the Navy To Accept the Title to League Island, in the Delaware River, for Naval Purposes." December 17, 1862. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of State, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, unpublished correspondence between his Department and our minister to the Russian government, in relation to telegraphic communication between the mouth of Amoor River and San Francisco, California. December 22, 1862. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating joint resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, accepting lands donated for the benefit of colleges for agriculture and the mechanic arts. March 2, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of February, correspondence with the workingmen of England. March 2, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a despatch to the Secretary of State from the United States consul at Liverpool, and the address of the distressed operatives at Blackburn, England, to the New York relief committee, and the inhabitants of the United States generally. March 2, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, correspondence on the subjects of mediation, arbitration, or other measures looking to the termination of the existing Civil War. February 12, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, correspondence relative to the use of Negroes by the French Army in Mexico. February 14, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the 6th instant, information in relation to the derangement of the mails between New York and Washington City. January 19, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, concerning the organization of his Office and the present condition of its business. January 21, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1862, information in relation to the Surveyor General's office in Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota. January 21, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting the joint resolutions of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, adopted September 27, 1862, and a memorial of the same, under date of October 28, 1862, both relating to and urging the construction of certain railroads concentrating upon the City of Washington. January 23, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information in relation to the compensation of collectors of Customs under the acts of May 7, 1822, and March 3, 1841. January 26, 1863. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 28, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, information whether any more major and brigadier generals have been appointed and paid than authorized by law. January 30, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of December 8, 1862, showing the number, names, and rank of the additional aides-de-camp appointed under the act of August 5, 1861; also, the number, names, and rank of additional aides-de-camp who are now drawing pay from the government, and not employed in actual service. January 30, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, in explanation of the course of that Department in recommending to the President the appointment of midshipmen in the Naval Academy. February 3, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 23d of January, information relative to the duty on printing paper, under the act of March 2, 1861. February 4, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State, relative to the building of ships-of-war for the Japanese government. February 6, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information relative to the death of General Ward, a citizen of the United States in the military service of the Chinese government. February 7, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, information as to what regiments have not been paid up to August 31, 1862. February 9, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information relative to what part of the compensation paid to collectors of Customs in enumerated districts is derived from fees and what part from storage. February 9, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information touching the visit of Mr. Mercier to Richmond in April last. February 11, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 22d December, extracts from reports in relation to the accident on board the steam-battery Passaic. January 7, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 22d December, 1862, information in relation to citizens arrested by his authority and the conditions of their discharge. January 5, 1863. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1862, information in relation to the number of captains and commanders on the active list in the Navy, and by virtue of what law any were appointed in excess of the number authorized by the law of July 16, 1862. January 5, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1862, information in relation to the appointment of rear admirals since the last session of Congress. January 5, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State on the subject of consular pupils. January 5, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, the report of Hon. Reverdy Johnson, as Commissioner of the United States in New Orleans. December 23, 1862. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. January 8, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, a copy of the report and journal of Captain Medorem Crawford, commanding the emigrant escort to Oregon and Washington Territory in the year 1862. January 9, 1863. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, correspondence between this government and the Mexican Minister in relation to the exportation of articles contraband of war for the use of the French Army in Mexico. January 23, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, transmitting the regulations, decrees, and orders for the government of the United States consular courts in Turkey. January 26, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, a copy of a report of the commissioners appointed for the district of South Carolina under the act for the collection of taxes in insurrectionary districts. January 26, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a copy of the correspondence between the State Department and the representative of her Britannic Majesty's government in relation to the capture of British vessels sailing from one British port to another, having on board articles contraband of war intended for the use of the so-called Confederate States. 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In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1863. -- Ordered that one thousand copies of the message of the Governor of Utah to the territorial legislature be printed and sent to the Governor for distribution Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the proclamation of the President of the United States, of the first of January, emancipating the slaves in the insurgent states, and pledging the State of Michigan to sustain the national administration in all its efforts to quell the present rebellion, and restore peace to the Union. March 2, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the survey of the public lands in said state. February 7, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Corporation of City of Washington, praying the immediate construction of at least two other railroads leading out of Washington, one to the Chesapeake Bay, and one to Hagerstown, by the way of the Point of Rocks, with forts at such distances along their lines to protect them from destruction. December 17, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 19, 1862. -- Committee report resolution in favor of printing the petition without the maps. January 7, 1863. -- Report agreed to. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of provision being made for bridging and improving the military road from Fort Leavenworth, via Fort Riley, to Fort Larned. February 26, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, transmitting papers relating to the case of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenskiold. December 23, 1862. -- Presented, and ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 438. Memorial of S.P. Case, in behalf of the Reading and Columbia Railroad Company, praying the construction of a railroad from Washington City to New York. February 16, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War to Hon. Henry Wilson, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, transmitting a communication from Charles H. Haswell, relative to vessels chartered for the Banks Expedition. February 18, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Petition of members of the bar in the District of Columbia, remonstrating against the passage of the bill to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia. February 19, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856. February 20, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Moses Kelly, administrator of Major W.W. Russell, deceased, praying that the accounting officers of the Treasury be authorized to make certain allowances in the settlement of the accounts of said Russell, as paymaster in the United States Marine Corps. February 23, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. An Act To Provide a National Currency, Secured by a Pledge of United States Stocks, and to Provide for the Circulation and Redemption Thereof... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the "message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, correspondence on the subject of mediation, arbitration, or other measures looking to the termination of the present rebellion," reported the following resolutions, which were read... List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Thirty-seventh Congress. December 3, 1862. Letter of the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, on the expediency of establishing near the Harbor of New York a national depot or arsenal for the storage of ordnance and arms for the military service. December 10, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed and to accompany Bill S. 409. In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1862. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. Field submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Foreign Relations be instructed to report at as early a day as practicable, whether some method cannot be devised for extending relief, or in some other way manifesting the sympathy of Congress towards those suffering operatives in Great Britain... In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McDougall submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that this government will maintain the payment of coin for interest on its indebtedness... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDougall submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be requested to inform the Senate whether a tribunal has been convened to investigate and report upon the operations of Major General D.C. Buell... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes... List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the special session. March 6, 1863. In the Senate of the United States. Saturday, March 14, 1863. Mr. Anthony submitted the following statement, which was ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate: Statement of the rules and practice of the Senate of the United States, in the appointment of its committees, from the commencement of the government under the Constitution, being from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 14th of March, 1863... Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, accepting the donation of lands by Congress for the endowment of an agricultural and mechanical college. February 13, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, accepting the grant of lands for agricultural and mechanical colleges. February 25, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, in favor of the construction of a military road from the Rio Grande to western Arizona. February 25, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying that provision may be made for the redemption of Indian captives held in servitude in that territory, and their return to their respective tribes, agreeably to the provisions of the act approved June 19, 1862, to secure freedom to all persons within the territories of the United States. February 25, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the United States paying the amount of the territorial debt due at the date of the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union, to be applied, in whole, to the payment of the direct tax due the United States as apportioned to the State of Kansas. February 26, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 1, 1862. January 13, 1863. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Emancipation League of Boston, Massachusetts, praying the immediate establishment of a bureau of emancipation. January 12, 1863. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 13, 1863. -- Report in favor of printing agreed to Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, praying the enlargement of the Erie and Oswego Canals. January 7, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militias. January 13, 1863. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 15, 1863. -- Report in favor of printing agreed to. In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDougall submitted the following resolutions. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the present attempt by the government of France to subject the Republic of Mexico to her authority by armed force, is a violation of the established and known rules of international law... communication from Thomas J. Cram, Lieutenant Colonel United States Topographical Engineers, to Hon. Henry Wilson, Chairman Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, upon the subject of the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin. January 21, 1863. -- Submitted by Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed with accompanying maps. Memorial of the Legislature of State of Wisconsin, in favor of the enlargement of the Erie Canal and of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers improvement to admit of the passage of gunboats. January 28, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Pacific Telegraph Company, remonstrating against the withdrawal of the telegraph subsidy, and reducing the rates of telegraphing. February 5, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Memorial of gold and silver mining companies of California and Nevada Territory, praying that the act of the Nevada Territorial Legislature entitled "An Act To Provide for the Formation of Corporations for Certain Purposes," may not be confirmed. February 6, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relating to the expenditure of public money for the construction of a ship canal in the State of Illinois, and the enlargement of canals in the State of New York. February 11, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of a repeal of the law imposing a duty on paper. February 12, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in favor of a modification of the law entitled "An Act To Provide Internal Revenue To Support the Government and To Pay Interest on the Public Debt," as shall prevent the multiplication of taxes upon the same article in the different processes of manufacture. January 5, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to honorable H.M. Rice, in relation to uniting the navigable waters of the Mississippi River with the Red River of the North by slack-water and canal navigation. January 5, 1863. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the chiefs and headmen of the Wyandott Indians, praying to be indemnified for losses sustained from white settlers. January 13, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 15, 1863. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 24, 1863. -- Report in favor of printing agreed to. Petition of the Wyandott Indians, praying a final settlement of all business transactions with the government. January 13, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 15, 1863. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 24, 1863. -- Report of Committee in favor of printing agreed to. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Thirty-seventh Congress. January 27, 1863. Letter of the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, recommending an enlargement of the Congressional Library rooms. January 28, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that, devoutly recognizing the supreme authority and just government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and of nations... |
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In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 509.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, having had under consideration the subject of organizing the signal corps of the Army, report for that purpose the accompanying Bill, (H.R. 352,) and recommend that it may be passed... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull made the following report. (To accompany S.R. No. 114.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Hon. Perry E. Brocchus, praying compensation as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 542.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Henry P. Blanchard, praying compensation for services performed as marshal for the consular court at Canton, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 363.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Report No. 363, and the bill accompanying, for the relief of Edwin W. Jones, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 28th January, 1863, having had it under consideration, report: The resolution is in these words: "That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire, for the purpose of extending such relief as the circumstances may require, into the case of Mr. Thomas, of Maryland..." In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 534.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rosa Renshaw and Caroline T. Renshaw, sisters of the late Commander William B. Renshaw, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 535.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Emma L. Fuller, widow of Arthur B. Fuller, late chaplain of the 16th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 537.) The facts upon which the Committee on Public Lands base a favorable report upon the above-named bill are as follows: The Soscol rancho is settled upon and occupied by an enterprising body of agriculturists... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rice submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 502.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petitions of Captain John Mullan, United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 546.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret L. Stevens, widow of the late Brigadier General Isaac I. Stevens, praying a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 726.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill granting a pension to Frances H. Plummer, widow of the late Brigadier General Joseph B. Plummer, of the United States Army, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 725.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Elizabeth Housener, widow of Christian Housener, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of a committee appointed by a meeting of the citizens of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, praying a pension for persons wounded and the heirs of those killed at the explosion of the Alleghany arsenal at Pittsburg, on the 17th day of September last, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of officers of the Army, praying that the mother of Major Theodore Talbot may be allowed a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ellen M. Abert, widow of Colonel J.J. Abert, praying a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 517.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 517, "Making a Reappropriation of Money To Pay for Work Done in the West Wing of the Patent Office Building," report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 84.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a joint resolution for the relief of the State of Wisconsin, having considered the same, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nesmith made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 553.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of Brigadier General James H. Carlton, United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 427.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Anderson, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade submitted the following report. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War beg leave respectfully to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the following report. The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the resolution of th [the] Senate of the 16th of January, in regard to the suppression of the publication of the message of the governor of the Territory of Utah, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Doolittle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 498.) The Committee on Foreign Relations having been instructed by the Senate to inquire what further legislation, if any, is required to carr [i.e., carry] into effect the fourth article of the treaty with Great Britain, of August 9, 1842, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth W. Lott, respectfully beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred House Bill No. 622, for the relief of Francis Dainese, with accompanying papers, praying compensation for judicial services performed by him while consul at Constantinople, under the act approved August 11, 1848, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States transmitting the correspondence relative to certain valuable publications presented to the Library of Congress by the trustees of the British Museum, have had the same under consideration, and now respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 422.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Phebe Ann Fisk, executrix of Almond D. Fisk, praying for relief, and the bill accompanying the same, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed with the documents. Mr. Morrill, from the special committee appointed to inquire into the facts relative to the chartering of transport vessels for the Banks expedition, and the character of the men employed to navigate them, submitted the following report in part... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the opinion of the Court of Claims in the case of James Preston Beck, administrator of Preston Beck, Jr., deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 475.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albert Brown, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, communicating information as to what congressional districts have more than two midshipmen at the Naval Academy, under what law appointed, and by whom recommended, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Arnold made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 479.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Mayo, legal representative of George Mayo, deceased, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, in the following words, to wit: "Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether the practice, which to some extent prevails in some of the departments of the government, of appointing officers to fill vacancies which have not occurred during the recess of Congress, but which existed at the preceding session of Congress, is in accordance with the Constitution; and if not, what remedy shall be applied" beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rice, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 495.) The Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the memorial and joint resolutions of the Corporation of the City of Washington relative to a railroad from the waters of the Chesapeake to Washington and thence, by the way of the Point of Rocks, to Hagerstown; also a connecting link of road between Cumberland and Connellsville -- this latter forming with the first-named roads and the intermediate road a line which shortens the distance between the capital and Pittsburg, as well as to all points west, one hundred and ten miles, as shown by accompanying map... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 510.) In the case of the ship "Argo," the facts are these: The ship was under a charter in 1861 to proceed to City Point, Va.; thence to Bremen with a cargo of tobacco, on foreign account; and thence to Quebec. While loading at City Point the ports of Virginia were blockaded, allowing to owners until the fifteenth of May, 1861, to load and clear their vessels... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed... Mr. Grimes, from the select committee to investigate the facts in regard to the employment of transport vessels, submitted the following report. The select committee appointed in pursuance of the resolution of December 22, 1862, "to inquire into and report to the Senate the facts, including brokerage, in regard to the chartering of transport vessels for the Banks Expedition, the sea-worthiness of such vessels, and the character of the men employed to navigate them," and instructed by resolution of December 23 "to inquire into the manner of the employment of transports generally by the quartermasters of the Army, or by the agents of the War Department, the rates at which they were engaged, by whom, for what purpose, and for how long time," beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca A. Correll, widow of Isaac Correll, with the accompanying papers, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 514.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth M. Baxter, widow of Lieutenant Robert Baxter, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. William T.G. Morton, asking compensation for the discovery and gift to his country and mankind of the application of ethereal vapor as a safe and practical anaesthesia, or pain-subduing agent, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
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