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Serial set 1266	Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1865	1
Serial set 1267	Restoration of Tennessee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his views relative to the restoration of Tennessee, by joint resolution, informing the House that he had signed the same. July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed Reform of the system of coinage, weights and measures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to a reform of the system of coinage, weights, and measures. July 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Arrest of American citizens in Ireland. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, with regard to the arrest of American citizens in Ireland. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for Indian service. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to appropriations and expenditures connected with the Indian service. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public lands in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to public lands within certain limits of the State of California. July 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Brevet rank in the regular Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th May, transmitting a report of all brevet ranks conferred upon officers of the regular Army since April 12, 1861, to date of report. July 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House Bill No. 613, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Dorence Atwater. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th instant, calling for the papers in the case of Dorence Atwater, late private in the general service United States Army. July 16, 1866. -- Referred to a select committee and ordered to be printed. Release of Fenian prisoners. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d instant, relative to release of Fenian prisoners in Canada, and to discontinue prosecutions against the Fenians in the United States. July 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. California volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, relative to the discharge of certain California volunteers stationed in the territories. July 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Pensioners dropped from the rolls. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of May 22, relative to pensioners dropped from the pension rolls. July 27, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Railroad property. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 4, relative to railroad property in the possession of the government. July 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Union and rebel soldiers died while prisoners. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of July 12, relative to the number of Union and rebel soldiers who died while held as prisoners of war. July 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Surveying district in Montana. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House, with his objections, the act erecting Montana into a separate surveying district. July 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Sales of gold. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the sales of gold, &c. June 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and ordered to be printed. Light-house Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an extension of the franking privilege to the chairman and secretaries of the Light-house Board. June 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. European troops in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives in regard to the employment of foreign troops in Mexico. June 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Honors to rebels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 4th instant, as to whether any of the civil or military employes [sic] of the government have assisted in the rendition of public honors to the rebel living or dead. June 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Commutation of rations. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th of June, relative to commutation of rations to soldiers while prisoners of war. July 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Dundas patent. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th of May, in regard to the reissue of the Dundas patent for cultivators. July 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Indian affairs in Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d of May, in regard to the conduct of Indian affairs in Dakota Territory. July 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Treasury receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, transmitting statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Treasury to March 31, 1866, and estimates to June 30, 1866. July 21, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.	22
Serial set 1268	Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1865.	1
Serial set 1269	Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-ninth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1865. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Thirty-ninth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1865. list of reports to be made to Congress, during the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1865. To amend the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Boutwell offered the following resolution: resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. December 13, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Dodge vs. Brooks. Papers in the case of Dodge vs. Brooks, in the Eighth Congressional District of New York. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Free education in the United States. Petition of the Town of Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, for governmental aid in securing free education to all the children in the United States. December 11, 1865. -- Presented by Mr. Banks, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 20, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Treason of Jefferson Davis and others. December 20, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.	7
Serial set 1270	Protection of emancipated slaves and freedmen. February 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed United States District Court in Louisiana. Memorial of Miles Taylor, Christian Roselius, and 34 other members of the New Orleans Bar, for the repeal of an act to better the organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana. February 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Paris Universal Exhibition. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitting a despatch from our minister at Brussels relative to the Paris Universal Exhibition. February 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Reciprocity treaty. Memorial of the American Free Trade League, relative to the reciprocity treaty. February 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad. February 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Land tax in Virginia. Letter from the Governor of Virginia, transmitting joint resolutions of the State of Virginia, relative to land tax and other imposts and taxes levied by Congress. February 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Veteran Reserve Corps. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in regard to the Veteran Reserve Corps. February 27, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Portage Lake Canal. Resolutions of the Legislatures of New York and Wisconsin, in favor of the extension of time for completing Portage Lake Canal, in the State of Michigan, and for an additional appropriation of land therefor. February 27, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Increase of the regular Army. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the increase of the regular Army and recommending the appointment of competent volunteer officers to fill positions therein. March 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Admission of Tennessee. (To accompany H. Res. No. 83.) Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying that the present state organization of Tennessee may be recognized and its perpetuity guaranteed. February 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction. March 5, 1866. -- Reported from the Select Committee on Reconstruction, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Reconstruction. Resolutions of Legislature of Wisconsin, of the grant of land to aid in the construction of Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal. March 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Waugooshance light-house. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the unsafe condition of Waugooshance light-house, in the straits of Michilimackinac. February 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Follett vs. Delano. Papers in the case of Chas. Follett vs. Columbus Delano, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States from the Thirteenth Congressional District of Ohio. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Fuller vs. Dawson. Papers in the case of Smith Fuller vs. John L. Dawson, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States from the Twenty-first District of Pennsylvania. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Baldwin vs. Trowbridge. Papers in the case of Baldwin vs. Trowbridge, for a seat in the House of Representatives from the Fifth District of Michigan. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Washburn vs. Voorhees. Papers in the case of Washburn vs. Voorhees, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States from the seventh district of Indiana. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Judicial districts in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to judicial districts in that state. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mail route in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, asking for the establishment of a mail route from Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, to Fort Sully, in the same territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. North branch Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, relative to the location of the north branch of the Pacific Railroad. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Capitol building in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, praying for an appropriation to erect a capitol building in Dakota Territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Geological survey in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, asking for a geological survey of the Black Hill Country and Bad Lands in Dakota Territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Mail route in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, for the establishment of a mail route from Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory, to Ponca, Nebraska Territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. District of country reclaimed from rebellion. January 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and other persons employed in his department for the year 1865. January 12, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, communicating his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 12, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to equalizing the bounties of all soldiers who served during the war. January 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Free-trade League. Petition of the American Free-trade League against protective duties by Congress. January 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. William Byers and others. Memorial of Hon. Wm. Byers, G.H. Kyle and James M. Johnson, representatives from the State of Arkansas for seats within the hall of the House of Representatives. January 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Condition of public affairs. Letter from Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, transmitting resolutions of that state on the present condition of public affairs. January 15, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Amendment of the Constitution. January 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. Charles D. Poston. Petition of Charles D. Poston asking to be admitted as delegate from Arizona. January 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Universal Exposition at Paris. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York relative to the Universal Exposition at Paris. January 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. American vessels under foreign registers. January 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Inventory of furniture in charge of the doorkeeper of the House. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of the furniture under his charge. January 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Mail route in Iowa. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, for the establishment of a mail route. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, asking that the 37th Regiment Iowa Volunteers be paid bounties equal to other soldiers. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Port of entry at St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Hon. E.B. Washburne, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, relative to port of entry at St. Louis. January 31, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Quarantine in the port of New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to quarantine in the port of New York. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Manufactures of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Communication from the Board of Trade of Pittsburg, relative to the manufactures of that city. February 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridges destroyed in West Virginia. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking aid from Congress to repair bridges, &c., destroyed by the Union armies as a means of safety during the rebellion. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking speedy action, by Congress, giving consent to the transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties from Virginia to West Virginia. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Temporary quarantine in New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking Congress to provide buildings for temporary quarantine purposes in the port of New York. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. National bureau of education. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) Memorial of the National Association of State and City School Superintendents, asking for the establishment of a national bureau of education. February 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Alabama on reconstruction. Memorial of loyal citizens of Alabama, on the subject of reconstruction. February 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. War debt of the several states. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the assumption by the general government of the war debt of the several states. February 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on War Debts of the States and ordered to be printed. Lands to West Virginia. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking the passage of the bill entitled "A Bill Granting Lands to the State of West Virginia To Aid in the Construction of Certain Railroads." February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Reciprocity with England. Resolution of the State of West Virginia, relative to the reciprocity with England and the duty of coal. February 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Bounties to early volunteers. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to bounties to soldiers who enlisted early in the war. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed	48
Serial set 1271	Address of the Swiss committees. Letter from the Auxiliary Committee of the American Association in Switzerland for the Benefit of Enfranchised Slaves in America, transmitting the address of the Swiss committees of Geneva, Berne, Neufchatel, &c., to the President and the Congress of the United States. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Widow of Andrew Cunningham, late a British subject. Correspondence between the State Department and the British legation, relative to the claim of the widow of the late Andrew Cunningham, a British subject, improperly enlisted into the military service of the United States. March 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Taxing mining claims. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, against taxing mining claims. April 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Winnebago and Superior Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of so much of the Winnebago and Superior Railroad as extends from Doty's Island to Stevens's Point. April 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Increase of pay to officers of the Navy. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, asking for increase of pay to officers of the Navy. April 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to Hon. E.B. Washburne, relative to the exportation of cattle bones from ports in Asia to the United States infected with rinderpest. June 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Library for Montana. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking for an appropriation for a territorial library and other purposes. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for an equalization of bounties. May 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. State government for New Mexico. Memorial of the Assembly of New Mexico, in regard to a state government for that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Capitol building for New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in regard to a capitol building for that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Veto power of the governor of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to the veto power of the governor of that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Probate jurisdiction in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to the jurisdiction of the probate judge in that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Penitentiary in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to a penitentiary in that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Agricultural college lands. Memorial from the trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College, relative to the law in relation to the lands for the benefit of said college. May 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Koontz vs. Coffroth. Papers referred to the Committee of Elections, in the contested election case of Koontz vs. Coffroth. May 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Election in Mississippi. Certificate of election of members from Mississippi to the Thirty-ninth Congress. June 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Explosion at the arsenal. Letter from Major Benton, commandant of the Washington Arsenal, transmitting a statement of the distribution of money to the sufferers by the late explosion in said arsenal. June 8, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Explosion at the arsenal. Letter from the Commandant of the Washington Arsenal, transmitting, in lieu of a report heretofore made, a detailed report of the distribution of the money to the sufferers by the late explosion in said arsenal, with the vouchers therefor. June 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas Miller and William Fisher. Correspondence of the Secretary of State, with the British minister at Washington, upon the subject of the claims of Thomas Miller and William Fisher, British subjects, on account of an alleged illegal arrest. May 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charles Allen. Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting correspondence relative to the claim of Charles Allen, a British subject, for compensation for injuries done his property near Vicksburg. May 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bancroft and Earl Russell. Letter from George Bancroft, Esq., directed to Hon. E.B. Washburne, chairman, etc., transmitting correspondence with Earl Russell relative to a portion of the memorial address on Abraham Lincoln, delivered before both Houses of Congress. May 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on the Death of Mr. Lincoln and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the first session on [i.e., of] the Thirty-ninth 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. October 5, 1866. Soldiers' convention in Pennsylvania. Letter from the secretary of the soldiers' convention in Pennsylvania, transmitting proceedings of that convention. June 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Legal restrictions upon the commerce in money. Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade to the Congress of the United States, praying for the abolition of legal restrictions upon the commerce in money, with the report of a special committee of their executive council, upon the usury laws, May 21, 1866. June 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Rinderpest. Report from Mr. Bidwell, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, transmitting papers relative to cure of rinderpest in cattle. July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Navy yard and naval depot at New London. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, relative to a Navy yard and naval depot at New London, Connecticut. July 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, remonstrating against the proposed tax on leaf tobacco. March 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Claim of the State of Missouri. (To accompany Bill S. No. 31.) Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Missouri for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the war. March 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Freedmen's Bureau bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, expressing the approbation of Congress in passing the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and in excluding representation from the rebellious districts. March 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Lands granted to Iowa. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to lands granted to the State of Iowa for railroad purposes. March 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Iowa Central Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Iowa Central Railroad. March 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Officers of the Navy. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, as to increased pay to naval officers. March 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Transportation between the western states and Atlantic seaboard. April 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Volunteer military force. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Hon. Mr. Schenck, chairman of Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the state of the volunteer military force up to 28th of March. April 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Admission of states in rebellion. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the terms and conditions upon which the states in rebellion should be admitted to representation in Congress, and national unity and peace. April 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Civil rights bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the veto of the civil rights bill. April 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Duty on wool. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking an additional duty on wool. April 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Safety of passengers by steam-vessels. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) April 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Civil rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to the civil rights bill before Congress. April 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Taxing national currency, etc. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to permission to tax national currency, &c. April 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Southern branch of Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the convention of Texas, in favor of a southern branch of the Pacific Railroad. April 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Army post chaplains. Resolution passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their representatives in Congress to vote for and use their influence to secure the passage of an act to increase the number of Army post chaplains sufficiently to meet the increased wants of the regular Army of the United States. April 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Boyd vs. Kelso. Evidence in the contested election case of Boyd vs. Kelso. April 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Civil rights bill, &c. Communication from the New York East Annual Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, expressive of thanks for the passage of the civil rights bill, &c. April 24, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Escutcheons of the states of West Virginia and Nevada. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, reporting compliance with the resolution of the House of 13th February last, ordering coats-of arms to be placed in the ceiling of the House of Representatives. April 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Soldiers' bounties. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an equalization of soldiers' bounties. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mail route in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a mail route from Trempealeau to Sumner, in that state. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the improvement of the harbor at Superior, in that state. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to a ship canal through the state, connecting the Mississippi River with the waters of Lake Michigan. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Montana. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, protesting against a joint resolution now pending, asking for the annexation of a certain portion of said territory to the Territory of Idaho. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Silver Peak mail. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to a mail route in said state. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. United States branch Mint. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the United States branch Mint. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Wellington and Austin mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to mail route from Wellington to Austin. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Jefferson Davis. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to Jefferson Davis. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Crystal Springs mail. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the Crystal Springs mail. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Security of mining titles. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada against the sale of mines. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Direct tax in Florida. Memorial of the Legislature of Florida, relative to payment of the direct tax. June 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Freedmen's Bureau bill. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the votes by the delegation of that state on the veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. May 10, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Civil rights. Address of the colored citizens of Chicago to the Congress of the United States. May 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Special land tax in Alabama. Letter from R.M. Patton, of Alabama, relative to the special land tax. May 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Provisional government debt of Oregon. Resolution of the State of Oregon, in relation to the provisional government debt. March 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Cattle plague. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, transmitting correspondence upon the subject of the cattle plague. March 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Tax on cigars. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, recommending a modification of the excise tax upon cigars. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. James Stott. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. N.P. Banks, transmitting correspondence relative to the claim of James Stott for illegal arrest by the authority of the United States. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad. Letter from George S. Gideon, president of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting report of the board of directors for the year 1865. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. National Bureau of Education. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the establishment of a Bureau of Education. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. Commodore William Radford. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to a decoration proposed to be conferred by the King of Italy on Commodore Radford, United States Navy. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Flag of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to a flag of the United States received from the working people of the City of Lyons, France. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Aid to Iowa branch of the Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, for government aid to the extension, in Iowa, of the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Crude petroleum. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to procure a repeal of the tax upon crude oil or petroleum. March 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Mans and ordered to be printed. Tariff. Remonstrance of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York on the subject of the present tariff bill. July 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Clerks of the House of Representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) July 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. National cemeteries in Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs correspondence relative to national cemeteries in Tennessee. July 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing the senators and representatives in Congress from Pennsylvania to advocate and vote for a measure that will equalize bounties, &c. April 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Constitutional amendment. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, informing the House that he did this day present to the President of the United States a certified copy of the concurrent resolution adopted on the 18th instant. June 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed	75
Serial set 1272	Amendment to the Constitution. (To accompany H. Res. No. 43.) March 13, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed Crew of the ship Nightingale. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed Assassination of Lincoln. July --, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed Eliza T. Morehead [i.e., Moorhead]. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed Breach of privilege. July 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Chorpenning. (To accompany H. Res. No. 123.) April 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Tuller and Fisher. (To accompany H. Res. No. 175.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Baldwin vs. Trowbridge. February 5, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George C. Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mineral lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 322.) June 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. War debts of the loyal states. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 282.) February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial exercises on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln. February 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Washburn vs. Voorhees. February 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John A. Prentice. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Calvert Gaither. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. George H. Bonebrake. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. B.F. Gaither. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry F. Mayer. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Thomas Wells. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Henderson Adams. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel H. Bingham. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerks of committees. March 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Coinage, weights, and measures. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 596 and 597, and H. Res. No. 141.) May 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Rear-admiral Paulding. (To accompany H.R. No. 457.) May 29, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. William G. Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) May 29, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Custom-house at Bangor. May 29, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Naval stations on the lakes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) June 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Follett vs. Delano. May 14, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks of committees. May 14. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry S. Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Geo. W. Lane. (To accompany H. Res. No. 211.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Timothy Lyden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Johnson A. Dawson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Edward Blanchard. (To accompany H. Res. No. 824.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry Rudd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Norman Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Goldsmith Brothers. (To accompany Bill S. No. 192.) July 28, 1866. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Abby Green. (To accompany S.R. No. 112.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Stephen F. Willis. July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Thomas C. McGruder. July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. John K. Hickey. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. James Preston Beck. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 109.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. James L. Johnson. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 110.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. William Townsend. (To accompany H.R. No. 393.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. City of Omaha, Nebraska. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. F.M. and B.H. Bixby. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Eliza Jane Chaney. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Amzi L. Burns. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Baptist and United Brethren Church. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. John R. Beckley. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 174.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Boyd vs. Kelso. June 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Reward for the capture of Booth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 801.) July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Neutral relations. (To accompany H.R. No. 806.) July 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. J.T. Jones. (To accompany Bill S. No. 122.) July 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. George N. Carlton. July 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. John Ridgway. July 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerks of committees. March 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Kittanning Bank. March 14, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Military post at Vermillion Lake. April 5, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Cyrus Leland. April 5, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John J. Walsh. April 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Military posts on the northern overland mail route. April 6, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J.E. Martin, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) April 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Immigration. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) April 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Lands to West Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) April 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Joseph C.G. Kennedy. April 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Modification of the oath of office. Mr. James F. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report. April 23, 1866. -- Laid on the tale and ordered to be printed. James Byers and others. April 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerks of committees. April 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Kaye. April 27. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. U.P. Monroe. April 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth C. Willett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) April 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jonathan Ball. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) May 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. W.J. Morris. December 18, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Suffrage in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1.) December 19, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jethro Bonney. March 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Francis A. Gibbons. March 14, 1866. -- Read twice, ordered to be printed, and transmitted to the Committee of Claims. Land bounties to soldiers. March 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Custom-house and post office buildings at Jersey City and Cairo. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 40 and 233.) March 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerks of committees. March 21, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks of committees. March 23, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Dodge vs. Brooks. March 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Miami Indians of Indiana. March 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John C. McFerran. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles M. Stout. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Captain John J. Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 682.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. National banks in the southern states. June 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Fuller vs. Dawson. June 21, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ober, Nanson & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. The Corporation of Washington City. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 710.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Virginia land warrants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) June 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. James C. Cook. (To accompany H. Res. No. 760.) July 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Manufactures. July 17, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The condition of Utah. July 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Steamship San Francisco. (To accompany S.R. No. 31.) July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. John Becker. January 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Randolph Bennett. January 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. F.A. Gibbons and F.X. Kelly. (To accompany H. Res. 36.) January 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Transfer of counties to West Virginia. (To accompany H. Res. No. 17.) January 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Pilots in government employ. January 18, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Wallace. January 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mrs. Mary McLain. January 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Representation. (To accompany H. Res. No. 51.) January 22, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Alexander H. Coffroth and William H. Koontz. January 26, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Baldwin vs. Trowbridge. February 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Owners of certain lands in St. Louis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 15.) February 13, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Admission of Tennessee. (To accompany H. Res. No. 83.) March 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Berry and Higgins. (To accompany H. Res. No. 128.) May 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Hon. Roscoe Conkling and Provost Marshal Gen. Fry. July 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Koontz vs. Coffroth. July 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Balmer & Weber. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Norton's marking and cancelling stamp. July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed Claims from citizens of states lately in rebellion. January 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed	113
Serial set 1273	Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the first session Thirty-ninth Congress	1
Serial set 1274	Memphis riots and massacres. July 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1275	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1866, in the ninety-first year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1276	Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1866, reports of the assistant commissioners of freedmen, and a synopsis of laws respecting persons of color in the late slave states. January 3, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating a translation of a letter of the 17th of August last from his Majesty Alexander, Emperor of Russia, in reply to the joint resolution of Congress approved on the 16th of May, 1866, relative to the attempted assassination of the Emperor. December 17, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from Hon. David A. Wells, special commissioner of the revenue, and also a bill prepared by him as a substitute for the Custom laws now in force. January 3, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Finance, ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies of the report and 500 copies of the bill be printed for the use of the Senate. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 24, 1866, information touching the probable cost of constructing a railroad on the route mentioned in the charter of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. January 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. January 7, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster General, transmitting the report of the commission appointed to select a proper site for a building for a post office and for the accommodation of the United States courts in the City of New York. January 7, 1866 [i.e., 1867]. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th December, 1866, information in respect to the progress made in collecting the products and the weights, measures, and coins of the United States, for exhibition at the Universal Exposition at Paris, in April next. January 21, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.	6
Serial set 1277	Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, a copy of the letter on which the Secretary of State founded his recent inquiries, addressed to Mr. Motley, minister of the United States at Vienna, with regard to his reported conversation and opinions. February 6, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, correspondence upon the subject of emigration of citizens of the United States to the dominions of the Sublime Porte, for the purpose of settling and acquiring landed property there. January 30, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 12, 1866, information in relation to the appointment of persons to office since the adjournment of the last session of Congress, without the submission of the name of such person to the Senate for its confirmation. February 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 30th of January, information in relation to the late massacre of United States troops by Indians at or near Fort Phil. Kearney, in Dakota Territory. February 5, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, the number and names of the deputy marshals, bailiffs, and criers in the District of Columbia who have received compensation for the year 1866. February 6, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1867, the names of officers appointed under the act of July 28, 1866, who have not joined their regiments or stations; also their rank, and the regiments to which they have been assigned; together with the reasons why they have not reported as ordered. February 7, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 462) "To Admit the State of Colorado into the Union," with his objections thereto. January 29, 1867. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st instant, correspondence between the Department of State and Mr. Motley, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Vienna, relating to his reported resignation. January 29, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 456) for the admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union, with his objections thereto. January 30, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th of December, 1866, information in relation to the amount of money paid, or ordered to be paid, since the 18th day of May last, to the several newspapers printed and published in the District of Columbia, for advertising notices and proposals for each of the Executive departments of the government, and the number and character of the advertisements for which said money was paid. January 14, 1867. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 30, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th of December, 1866, the report of the Secretary of War in relation to the amount of money paid, or ordered to be paid, since the 18th day of May last, to the several newspapers published in the District of Columbia, for advertising notices and proposals for the War Department. January 23, 1867. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. January 30, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, calling for correspondence in relation to the reported transfer of the United States minister from Stockholm to Bogota. February 12, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1867, a copy of the evidence taken at Denver and Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, by a military commission, ordered to inquire into the Sand Creek Massacre, November, 1864. February 14, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, a copy of the report of the commission relative to improvements at Rock Island. February 15, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of February, 1867, the report of General Newton in relation to the encroachments in the Harbor of New York. February 18, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, correspondence between the Department of State and any of the foreign ministers of the United States, with reference to the policy of the President towards the states lately in rebellion. February 23, 1867. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, calling for correspondence relating to the manner in which the consul at Cadiz has transacted the business of his office. February 23, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th instant, the report of Major General J.H. Wilson on the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 31, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, the official reports, papers, and other facts in relation to the causes and extent of the late massacre of United States troops by Indians at Fort Phil. Kearney. February 2, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. February 5, 1867. -- Committee discharged, referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the second instant, a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to the steps taken by him to secure to the United States the right to make the necessary surveys for an interoceanic ship-canal through the territory of Colombia. February 6, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1867, information in relation to the condition of the Indians now located in the vicinity of Lake Traverse and Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory, at the outbreak in Minnesota in 1862, the part they took in connection with that outbreak, and the cause of their being permitted to remain near the Minnesota frontier. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information as to an order of Lieutenant General Sherman relative to the protection of trains on the overland route. February 9, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of February, 1867, correspondence on the subject of grants to American citizens for railroad and telegraph lines across the territory of the Republic of Mexico. February 13, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th of January last calling for information in relation to violations of the act entitled "An Act To Protect All Persons in the United States in Their Civil Rights and Furnish the Means of Their Vindication," such information as is in the possession of the departments on the subject, and the steps taken to enforce the law. February 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 27, 1866, information relative to the practicability of establishing equal reciprocal relations between the United States and the British North American provinces, and the actual condition of the question of the fisheries. February 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, correspondence between the Department of State and the minister of the United States at Portugal, in reference to his salary. February 23, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th February, 1867, calling for information in relation to the amount of fees received by the several American consuls general, consuls, consular and commercial agents, and other agents of the Treasury Department in Europe during each of the four years preceding June 30, 1866, and the amounts of money for salaries, compensation, and expenses required to maintain such officers. March 1, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1867, a report of the Quartermaster General respecting a military commission in Nashville, Tennessee, during the war, for the adjudication of claims of loyal citizens of Tennessee. March 2, 1867. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 453) "Regulating the Tenure of Certain Civil Offices," with his objections thereto. March 2, 1867. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1867, information in relation to the amount of money received from sales of cotton or other property turned over to the Treasury Department under the several laws of Congress, and the disposition made of the same. March 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, information relative to mail contracts with A.D Trotter, of Staunton, Virginia, and the amount of money paid him on said contracts. March 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, a report from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to a treaty of commercial reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands. February 6, 1867. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	32
Serial set 1278	Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a new treaty between the general government and the Stockbridge Indians residing in that state, providing for their removal to a more genial climate and fertile soil. February 8, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Petition of citizens of Colorado, praying the admission of that territory into the Union as a state. December 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a harbor near the mouth of the Galien River, at New Buffalo, Berrien County. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a national bureau of education. February 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the ship-building interest of Maine. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Resolutions declaring the true principles of reconstruction; the jurisdiction of Congress over the whole subject; the illegality of existing governments in the rebel states, and the exclusion of such states, with such illegal governments, from representation in Congress, and from voting on Constitutional amendments. Resolution adopted at a convention of wool growers, held at Bellows Falls, Vermont, on the 12th of November, 1866, in favor of an increase of the duty on all importations of foreign wool. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting his first annual report. December 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Arkansas, for the period of the late rebellion, and to November 1, 1866. Memorial of the officers and managers of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, praying such action as may secure them from loss in a law suit instituted against them by Richard S. Cox, and protect them in their pursuits while carrying out the objects of the association. February 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. February 6, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, instructing Hon. James R. Doolittle to resign his seat in the United States Senate. February 4, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of Milwaukee to Painesville, in said state. February 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of an appropriation for the protection of certain headlands and bluffs, and the removal of certain obstructions in Boston Harbor. February 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Digest of the statutes of the United States prescribing the rates of duties on imports in force October 1, 1866. By Lewis Heyl. January 22, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands in that state for the use and benefit of the Freedmen's University. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of James E. Yeatman, of St. Louis, Missouri, to Hon. John B. Henderson, in relation to the poverty, destitution, and suffering of the southern people. February 13, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, heartily approving of the action of Congress in passing the District of Columbia suffrage bill over the President's veto. February 15, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the extinguishment of Indian titles to lands in that state. February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the adoption of measures to secure the protection of the western frontier of that state. February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a daily mail route from Owatonna to Albert Lea. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a treaty between the government and the Sioux Indians, with provisions securing to the government the right of way through the Sioux country to the Missouri River. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, against any further reduction of the currency. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a donation to that state of that part of the Fort Riley reservation lying south and west of the Republican River, and north of the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the support of an orphans home for the children of deceased Kansas soldiers. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, requesting the removal of Colonel J.H. Leavenworth, present agent of certain hostile Indians on the western and southwestern frontier of the State of Kansas. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of the Bill (S. 462) to admit the State of Colorado into the Union, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. February 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed to the several states by a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress passed on the 13th day of June, 1866. February 22, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of a committee appointed by a convention of ship-builders and ship-owners, held in Augusta, Maine, January 30, 1867, praying that the ship-building interest of Maine may be relieved from the heavy burdens imposed on that branch of industry, through a drawback on duties on all foreign articles entering into the construction of ships. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to repealing the provisions of law allowing goods imported from foreign countries to go forward into the interior of the United States under seal and without inspection at the ports of entry. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 622. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a survey of the Mississippi River between the Falls of St. Anthony and St. Cloud, and the improvement of the navigation of that river between those points. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an increase of duty on all imported wool. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois in favor of the survey of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi, with a view to the improvement of said rapids by the construction of a canal, under the authority of Congress. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, requesting Hon. David T. Patterson to resign his seat in the United States Senate. February 25, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a donation of lands to endow female colleges in the several states. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of protection to the fisheries of that state in the upper peninsula, to the people of said state, and of the United States. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, rejecting the Resolution (H.R. 127) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 18, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of such an amendment to the "Act Donating Public Lands to the Several States and Territories Which May Provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," approved July 2, 1862, as to enable the State of Tennessee to accept the benefit of the provisions of said act. February 4, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of an appropriation to enable the Department of Agriculture to make a scientific investigation of the disease among the cattle of that and adjoining states commonly known as "Spanish fever." February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Letter [from] the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, transmitting extract of the preliminary report of Brevet Major General G.K. Warren on the survey of the Mississippi River, &c., relative to the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an increase of the duty on wool. February 8, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the Navy yard at Mound City, in that state. February 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the passage of the bill which provides for placing upon the pension rolls all of the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812. January 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Communication of N. Michler, Major of Engineers, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, relative to a suitable site for a public park and presidential mansion, submitted to accompany the Bill (S. 549) for the establishment and maintenance of a public park in the District of Columbia. February 13. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to that state for school purposes, as an equivalent for the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections disposed of by the government. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to improve the harbor at Pere Marquette, Michigan. February 26, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the improvement of the channel of navigation between Lake Superior and Eagle Harbor, in the County of Keweenaw. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor of White River. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Rural to New London, in said state. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of certain mail routes in that state. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, for the year ending December 3, 1866. March 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. December 5, 1866. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of increasing the size and capacity of the mint now being erected in Carson City. March 1, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Thomas Hillhouse, comptroller of the State of New York, praying an appropriation for the payment of the debts of the states incurred for national objects. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John R. Bolles and others, remonstrating against the acceptance of League Island as a naval station. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	54
Serial set 1279	In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 346.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the House Bill 346, for the relief of Hugh Leddy, have duly considered the same, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grimes made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) Upon the petitions of Richard A. Vervalen, Samuel Godfrey Reynolds, John L. White, and Horace L. Emery, respectively, praying for relief and for leave to apply to the Commissioner of Patents for an extension of their several patents, averring that they were prevented by mistake and accident from applying to the Commissioner within the time prescribed by the act of 1861, the Committee report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 535.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill, S. 535, for the relief of Jerusha Page, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1866 [i.e., 1867]. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 494.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of the Winona and Saint Peter's Railroad Company, an incorporation of the State of Minnesota, have had the same under consideration... In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of John H. Ellis, a paymaster in the United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 497.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Adeline M. Gould, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 498.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Josephine Slocum, widow of Martin N. Slocum, late second lieutenant 65th Regiment United States (Colored) Infantry, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 499.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relating to the claim of Frank Pugsley, as a private soldier of company 1 of the 3d Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 508.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George L. Elder, lieutenant of Company D, 99th New York Volunteers, praying that the officers of said company, who were on board of the United States frigate Congress when that vessel was attacked and destroyed by the rebel ram Merrimac, have had the same under consideration, and report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 514.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Appleton, asking for an increase of his pension, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 515.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Ernestine Becker, widow of Leopold Becker, for a pension, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have considered the memorial of Seth Eastman, heretofore referred to them, and beg leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 151.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of George B. Simpson, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 160.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Dempsey Reece, praying to be relieved from any further performance of his contract to carry the mail on route No. 12,068, between Newcastle and Mechanicsburg, in the State of Indiana, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conness made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 157.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads have had under consideration Senate Joint Resolution No. 157, providing for ocean mail facilities between San Francisco and Portland in Oregon, and report... Condition of the Indian tribes. Report of the joint special committee appointed under joint resolution of March 3, 1865, with an appendix. In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles N. Weiss, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 581.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Olivia W. Cannon, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 582.) The Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Shavor and Albert C. Corse asking compensation for past and future use of "Norton's marking and cancelling [sic] stamp," report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 467.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 467, being a bill to amend the act entitled "An Act Further To Provide for the Safety of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam..." In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nesmith made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 158.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel Ellis, with a Joint Resolution (S.R. No. 158) providing for the payment of five thousand dollars for services rendered by him during the war, having fully examined the subject, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 602.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ezra B. Gordon, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Bill No. 965, "Declaring Clinton Bridge, Across the Mississippi River, at Clinton, in the State of Iowa, a Post Route," respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) Norman Wiard, at the instance of the Hon. Peter H. Watson, Assistant Secretary of War, constructed two iron-plated steam transports, called the Augusta and the Savannah. The steamers, after inspection, were approved... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 557.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Petition of James Fulton, paymaster United States Navy, praying to be relieved from all responsibility for a deficiency in the clothing and small store account of the inspection in the Washington Navy yard, discovered in October, 1866," has had the same under consideration, and beg leave respectfully to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 611.) Report of Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Wells, widow of the late Henry Augustus Wells, of the City of New York, praying for an extension of the letters patent for valuable improvements in the process of manufacturing fur hat bodies... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 612.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Tetlow, praying for relief in consequence of losses sustained by him in building ships for the United States Navy, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conness made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 613.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.B. Allen & Co., representing the Atlantic Steamship and Pacific Mail Steamship companies, for compensation for carrying the United States mails during the suspension of the overland mail service in 1864 and 1865, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 624.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Vice-Admiral David D. Porter, praying the passage of an act for the relief of the widow and children of D.P. Heap, late a paymaster in the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 630.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Annie E. Dixon, widow of Henry T. Dixon, late major and assistant paymaster in the volunteer service of the United States, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 392.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 392, for the relief of the heirs of George Faber, beg leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 554.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Carter late a private in Company H, 5th Regiment United States Infantry, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 512.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Kennedy O'Brien, asking for an increase of pension, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 513.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Patrick Meehan, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 531.) The Committee on Claims made the following report on the petition of Ethan N. Jenks, late captain in the Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers, the same having been referred to them... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 161.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Joint Resolution (No. 161) from the House of Representatives for the relief of Captain A.B. Dyer, present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fogg made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 586.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Orlaf E. Dreutser for the continuance of his salary as consul to the kingdom of Norway, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 503.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. M.J. Dixon, respectfully report...	38
Serial set 1280	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1866, in the ninety-first year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1281	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part I.	1
Serial set 1282	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part II.	1
Serial set 1283	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part III.	1
Serial set 1284	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress	1
Serial set 1285	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.	1

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