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| Serial set 1290 |
Steamer Evening Star. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 3d instant, transmitting reports relative to the loss of the steamer Evening Star. January 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Purchase of government securities. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the 16th instant, transmitting a statement of information required by act approved April 12, 1861. January 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. George St. Leger Grenfel. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th December, transmitting papers relative to the case of George St. Leger Grenfel. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Contracts for fire-arms. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, relating to contracts for fire-arms made since April, 1864. January 23, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Springfield armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, respecting small-arms manufactured at the Springfield armory, and purchased elsewhere. January 23, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1291 |
Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year ending June 30, 1866. River and harbor improvements. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 23, 1866, a report by the Chief of Engineers respecting certain public works. January 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1292 |
Steamship Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 16, 1866, transmitting papers relative to the purchase of the steamship Illinois. January 31, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Claims of Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th instant, respecting the execution of an act providing for the appointment of a commission relative to claims of the State of Iowa. February 1, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Appointments to office. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6 last, transmitting a statement from the heads of departments giving the names of all persons appointed to office, &c. February 1, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed. Bills allowed to become laws. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to bills having passed both Houses of Congress. February 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Enrolled Bills and ordered to be printed. Protestant Church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, relative to the removal of the Protestant Church at the American Embassy from the City of Rome by order [of] the government. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, in relation to the attempted compromise of certain suits instituted in the English courts against Fraser, Trenholm & Co., alleged agents of the so-called Confederate government. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. New Orleans riots. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th ultimo, transmitting all papers relative to the New Orleans riots. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on New Orleans Riots and ordered to be printed. Survey of Upper Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of December 20, 1866, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers, with General Warren's report of the surveys of the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries. January 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Disbursements of contingent fund of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of disbursements of the contingent fund of the State Department, for the year ending June 30, 1866. January 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Michael McCann. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, transmitting papers in the case of Michael McCann's claim for the services of the barge Charles Warner. January 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Condition of affairs in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the condition of affairs in Texas, in reply to a resolution of January 14, 1867. -- January 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. St. Clair flats. Letter from the Secretary of War, enclosing General Cram's report on the St. Clair flats, in reply to a resolution of January 15, 1867. -- January 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Disbursement contingent fund Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent fund for the year 1866. January 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Harbor improvements on Lake Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 1, transmitting reports relative to harbor improvements on Lake Michigan. February 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1293 |
Riot at Norfolk. Letter from the Secretary of the War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 10, calling for information relative to the riot at Norfolk. January 24, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to certain appropriations for the Territory of New Mexico. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Massacre of troops near Fort Phil. Kearney. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 29, 1867, relative to Indian massacre of United States troops near Fort Phil. Kearney. February 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Taxes paid by banking associations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 28, 1867, relative to the amount of taxes annually paid by national banking associations to the United States and to the several states. February 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Accounts of the State of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th ultimo, relative to the accounts of the State of Texas with the United States. February 5, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed States ratifying the Constitutional amendment. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, making inquiry as to the states having ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 6, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Survey of Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th January last, transmitting a report by the Chief of Engineers of the survey and improvement of the rapids of the Mississippi River. February 6, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sunken wreck near Sandy Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 1, 1867, transmitting a report by the Chief of Engineers relative to a sunken wreck near Sandy Hook light-house. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Revenue, trade, and commerce with the British provinces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Hon. Israel T. Hatch, of New York, upon our commercial relations with British provinces, and upon the comparative importance of American and Canadian commercial channels of transportation of property from the west to the seaboard. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Hot springs reserve in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d January last, relative to the hot springs reserve in Arkansas. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mail contracts in Tennessee. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 25th ultimo, transmitting a report relative to certain mail contractors in the State of Tennessee. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Visit of Professor Agassiz to Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the visit of Professor Agassiz to Brazil. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Commissioners to Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation to send commissioners to all Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Plattsburg harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers relative to the survey of Plattsburg harbor. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey at Hell Gate, East River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey at Hell Gate, New York. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey and improvement of the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Gold mines east of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing report of James W. Taylor, special commissioner for the collection of statistics upon gold and silver mining east of the Rocky Mountains. February 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Names of postmasters removed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of 6th December last, relative to the removals of postmasters. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Clerks in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of persons employed in his Department. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Paris Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Paris Exposition. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Captured and forfeited cotton. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th May last, requesting information relative to captured and forfeited cotton. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Taxes paid by banking associations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, further in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th January last, relative to taxes paid by banking associations. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Salary tax upon clerks to postmasters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th of February, relative to salary tax upon clerks to postmasters, with the regulations of the Department, &c. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Consul at Cadiz. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the importation of wines from Cadiz, Spain, &c. February 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bills allowed to become laws. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the acts of both Houses of Congress not having been returned to Congress and not signed by the President. February 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Protestant church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 24 last, relative to the removal of the American Protestant church from the City of Rome. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Names of persons pardoned by the President. Message from the President of the United States, further in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th December last, relative to persons pardoned by the President. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Ontonagon. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 17th January, relative to the harbor of Ontonagon. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement by the Quartermaster General of contracts made during the month of January, 1867, and those not previously sent in other reports. February 11, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th instant relative to the amount of bonds issued to the Central Pacific Railroad, also to the Union Pacific Railroad Companies. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Cost of Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, relative to the ultimate cost of the Union Pacific Railroad. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. States which have ratified the constitutional amendment. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th February, making inquiry as to the states which have ratified the constitutional amendment proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress. February 19, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Union and Pacific Central Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the rules by which the beginning point of the claim of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads was ascertained. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Augusta and Summerville Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, transmitting a correspondence between the commandant of the Augusta arsenal and the President of the Augusta and Summerville Railroad. February 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rations. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of July 9, 1866, relative to the issue of rations to persons not belonging to the Army. February 26, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Printing specifications of patents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th ultimo, relative to the contract for the printing of the specifications of patents. February 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Richard M. Bonton and Harriet M. Fisher. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, calling for letters and indorsements by the Chief of Ordnance. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. General Ingalls's inspection report. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 27, transmitting report of General Ingalls's inspection made in 1866. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Emperor of Russia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence, upon the presentation of resolutions of Congress, in reference to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Removals and appointments in Interior Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, relative to removals and appointments in the Interior Department. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Cotton claims. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of January, 1867, relative to cotton claims. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1294 | Message of the President of the United States, of January 29, 1867, relating to the present condition of Mexico, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 4, 1866. | 1 |
| Serial set 1295 | Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ended September 30, 1866. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1296 | Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1866. | 1 |
| Serial set 1297 | Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1866. | 1 |
| Serial set 1298 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1866. Volume I. | 1 |
| Serial set 1299 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1866. Volume II. | 1 |
| Serial set 1300 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1866. Volume III. | 1 |
| Serial set 1301 | Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Director of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1866. | 1 |
| Serial set 1302 |
Losses by citizens of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, relative to losses sustained by the citizens of the territory during the revolution of 1847, and by Indian depredations, from the arrival and formal taking possession of the territory by General Stephen W. Kearney [i.e., Kearny]. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, instructing their senators and representatives in Congress to use their influence to procure the passage of a bill equalizing bounties. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Pentwater and Pere Marquette. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of money for the construction of harbors at the mouth of Pentwater and Pere Marquette Rivers. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sympathy for the Greeks. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of New York, expressive of sympathy for the Greeks, who are now struggling for freedom. February 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Town of Prescott. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking Congress to donate two quarter sections of land to the Town of Prescott. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Geological survey in Dakota. Memorial from the Legislature of Dakota relative to a geological survey of the territory. January 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Equal suffrage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, on the subject of equal suffrage. December 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Protection of American industry. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relating to the protection of American industry. December 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Papers in the case of Thomas vs. Arnell. December 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorials and resolutions of the Central Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana. December 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. A.H. Jones. Credentials of Alexander H. Jones, a representative from North Carolina. December 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Revenue Cutter Service. (To accompany Bills H.R. 899 and 900.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, directed to Hon. E.B. Washburne, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, relative to the Revenue Service. December 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. list of reports to be made to Congress, during the second 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 3, 1866. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Thirty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 3, 1866. Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 3, 1866. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1866. Codifying the laws of Dakota Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota Territory, asking that the secretary of said territory be authorized to use what has been saved out of the appropriations made for legislative expenses of the territory, for the purpose of codifying the laws. January 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. To amend the Organic Act of Montana Territory. Joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking Congress to amend the Organic Act. January 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Appropriations for surveys, &c. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for appropriations for surveys and the establishment of a surveyor general's office, and also for a land office in Montana Territory. January 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Freedmen in Arkansas. Letter from General E.O.C. Ord, in relation to the treatment of freedmen in Arkansas. January 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Arkansas. Letter from A.W. Bishop, adjutant general of Arkansas, relative to the treatment of Union men in that state. January 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Rio Grande grant. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to Rio Grande grant of lands. January 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Military road in Dakota. Memorial from the Legislature of Dakota, praying for the establishment of a military road from Elk Point to Sioux Falls, in Dakota Territory. January 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Drainage through the Navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 995.) January 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to appropriations for increased pay to certain employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations 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 during the year 1866. January 17, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Reconstruction in Virginia. Memorial of Union citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Eastern Virginia, praying that Congress will give to Virginia a government based upon republican principles and tried loyalty. January 31, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, directed to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting a communication from General Grant on Indian affairs. February 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Issue of arms to Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the issue of a large number of arms to the Kiowas and other Indians. February 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mail route. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of Milwaukee to Painsville, in said state. February 4, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Suffrage in the District of Columbia. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, commending the action of Congress in passing a bill annulling all distinction of color in the exercise of the elective franchise in the District of Columbia. February 4, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Brazil. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting correspondence with the Brazilian minister relative to the expression of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the assassination of President Lincoln. February 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Equal political rights. Resolution of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, relative to states lately in rebellion, and equal political rights. February 6, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Repealing act of Congress. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking that the act of Congress, approved May 5, A.D. 1866, setting off to the State of Nevada all that part of the Territory of Arizona west of the 37th degree of longitude west from Washington, and west of the Colorado River, be repealed. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mail routes. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking for the establishment of new mail routes. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Southern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking for aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Amendment of the Constitution. Letter from the Governor of the State of West Virginia, transmitting resolution of that state ratifying the Fourteenth Article of the Constitution of the United States. January 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Aid to Union Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for aid to the Union Pacific Railway, southern branch. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Settlers on Osage lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying the passage of a bill extending the benefit of the Homestead Law to the settlers on the lands recently purchased from the Osage Indians. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Cherokee neutral lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying the passage of Senate Bill No. 489, giving right of pre-emption to settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Capitol in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, asking an appropriation to erect a capitol building at the seat of government in Dakota Territory. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Citizens of western Texas. Memorial on behalf of the citizens of western Texas, setting forth the grievances of the loyal Union men of that state; the oppressions by the government established by President Johnson, and by the disloyal majority under his government, encouragement, and protection, and praying that the loyal Union men of western Texas may be protected by law, and allowed to erect a state government west of the Brazos River. January 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. The militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 914.) Letter from the Governor of Michigan, relative to the bill for the better organization of the militia. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to Mr. Schenck, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting a report by Colonel Parker on Indian affairs. January 30, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Breakwater on Block Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to a breakwater on Block Island. February 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bounty to soldiers who have lost their discharge papers. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, asking Congress to pass a law allowing bounty to soldiers who received an honorable discharge, but lost the same. February 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Colorado. Telegraphic despatch from Colorado, transmitting the resolutions of a mass meeting, held February 12, on the subject of admitting that territory into the Union. February 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway. February 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Capitol and penitentiary in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, for appropriation to complete the capitol and penitentiary in that territory. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Agricultural college in West Virginia. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting an additional appropriation of land by Congress to aid in establishing an agricultural college. February 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Paris Exposition. Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Paris Exposition. February 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Suffrage in the District of Columbia. 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. Constitutional amendment. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States. February 15, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Pensions. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking additional pensions for the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Roads and bridges. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking an appropriation by Congress to aid in rebuilding certain roads and bridges destroyed during the late war. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navy yard at Mound City. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a Navy yard at Mound City. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Increase of pay. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, asking an increase per diem of the members of the legislature assembly, and an increase of pay of the territorial officers. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Mineral range railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, for a grant of land for the benefit of the mineral range railroad. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Portage Lake. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the improvement of Portage Lake and river, in Houghton County. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Constitutional amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, adopting the constitutional amendment. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Breakwater in Port Austin. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of money for the construction of a breakwater and lighthouse in the harbor of Port Austin. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Utah Territory. Resolution of Hon. John Bidwell, relative to affairs in Utah Territory. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Rock Island. An act of the Legislature of Illinois, proposing to cede to the United States the jurisdiction over certain lands in Rock Island. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Constitutional amendment. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, announcing the ratification of the constitutional amendment. February 20, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas vs. Arnell. Papers in the case of Thomas vs. Arnell, in the Sixth Congressional District of Tennessee. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. Soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to pensions of soldiers of the War of 1812. March 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Colorado. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Capture of Jefferson Davis. Evidence submitted to the Committee of Claims by the claimants for the reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis. March 2, 1867. -- 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 17, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Common Council of Baltimore. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reduction of tax on petroleum. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania relative to a reduction of the tax on petroleum. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claims for property lost in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico for property destroyed by the rebels belonging to citizens of New Mexico. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Organic law of the territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking for a change in the organic law of the territory. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Amend Organic Act. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking Congress to amend the Organic Act so as to extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Post routes and post offices. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking for the establishment of post routes and post offices in Montana Territory. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads. Amendment to the Constitution. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, ratifying the amendment of the Constitution of the United States. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Northern Pacific Railway. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of granting government aid to the Northern Pacific Railway. February 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Fox River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the improvement of the entrance of Fox River into Green Bay. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Schools in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, asking that an appropriation of money for school purposes be made instead of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of land. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Tennessee Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking for grant of public lands to aid in the construction of the Tennessee branch of the Pacific Railroad. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Survey of Alpena Harbor. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of money for survey of harbor of Alpena, at mouth of Thunder Bay River, for building light-house, and making other improvements thereat. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Des Moines Rapids. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Saint Louis, in regard to the height of the Mississippi River at the Rock Island and Des Moines Rapids. February 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Amendment to the Constitution. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
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Robert A. Constable. February 5, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Sale of gold. February 7, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report. (To accompany H.R. 12.) December 4, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Francis S. Lyon. (To accompany Bill S. No. 373.) December 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Privileges of members of Congress. December 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Civil service of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. February 5, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Franking privilege. February 5, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Fales. February 6, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Thomas vs. Arnell. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Soldiers of the War of 1812. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 165 and 853.) January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. January 24, 1867. -- Resolved, that five thousand extra copies of the report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions on the bills granting pensions to the soldiers of the War of 1812 be printed for the use of the House. Defence of the northeastern frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1042.) January 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Frauds on the revenue. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. James Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) January 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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John H. Surratt. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Commerce and internal trade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) February 16, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Contractors for war vessels. (To accompany Bill S. No. 220.) February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Joseph H.J. Rutter. (To accompany H.R. 1169.) February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. George W. Ashburn. (To accompany H.R. 1171.) February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Relief of the State of Wisconsin. (To accompany S. Res. 102.) February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Marine Corps. February 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Frauds on the revenue. February 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. New Orleans Custom-house. February 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. New York Custom-house. March 2, 1867. -- Resolved, that two thousand copies of the report and accompanying testimony of Committee on New York Custom-house be printed, and five thousand copies of the report only. Henry Miller. March 2, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Murder of Union soldiers. February 22, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Congress and the President. February 27, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Utah. February 28, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry E. Peck. (To accompany H. Res. No. 277.) February 28, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. North Missouri Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1232.) February 28, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Official conduct of the President. February 28, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information in relation to the employment of Louis V. Bogy in the Department of the Interior. April 8, 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 10th instant, information relative to prisoners of war taken by belligerents in the Mexican Republic. April 15, 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 16th instant, information in relation to the means adopted for the payment of the bounties provided for by the act of July 28, 1866. July 19, 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 16th instant, information in relation to the means adopted to expedite the payment of bounties provided by the act of July 28, 1866. July 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 the 8th instant, correspondence relating to recent events in Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 28, 1867, information in relation to the absence of territorial officers from their post of duty. April 15, 1867. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to the employment of an attorney to represent that Department in the Court of Claims in certain cases pending in said court. April 15, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to the absence of Governor Alexander Cumming from the Territory of Colorado since his appointment as governor. April 17, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 28, 1866, correspondence between the government of the United States and the governments of France and Prussia, touching the claim to military service asserted by those governments in reference to persons born in those countries, but who have since become naturalized under the laws of the United States. March 11, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1867, correspondence between the Department of State and the United States consul at Geneva, with reference to the policy of the President towards the states lately in rebellion. March 15, 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 instant, information as to the number of persons employed under the acts for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and the amount of salaries paid. March 21, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information in relation to the disposition made of fees received by consular agents within the distrcits [i.e., districts] of salaried consuls. March 21, 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 11th instant, further information respecting armed expeditions against the western Indians. March 21, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of June 11, 1866, a copy of General Humphrey's report to the War Department on the levees of the Mississippi. June 15, 1866. -- Read and referred to a select committee on the subject of repairing the leeves [i.e., levees] on the Mississippi River. July 2, 1866. -- Bill S. 405, reported with report No. 126. March 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Chippewas of the Mississippi. March 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1867, a copy of the records of the retiring and advisory boards, and all the proceedings in the matter of the dismissal of Captain Edwards McDonald Reynolds from the Marine Corps. March 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 23d instant, information relative to a proposed change in the mint laws of the United States upon the subject of the refining of gold and silver. March 26, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Treasury Department. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 20, 1867, correspondence relating to the exequatur of the consul of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg residing at New York. April 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, reports of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. April 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting reports of the heads of the several Executive departments in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting copies of any official opinions which may have been given by the Attorney General, Solicitor of the Treasury, or other officer of the government, on the interpretation of the act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices. April 17, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 29, 1867, information in relation to the Indian tribes of the United States. April 13, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. April 20, 1867. -- Ordered, that there be printed two thousand additional copies for the use of the Senate, and five hundred for the use of the Interior Department. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information touching the origin and progress of Indian hostilities on the frontier. July 13, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in relation to orders, instructions, circular letters, or letters of advice issued to the respective military officers assigned to the command of the several military districts under the act passed March 2, 1867, entitled "An Act To Provide for the More Efficient Government of the Rebel States," and the act supplementary thereto, passed March 28, 1867, and the opinions given by the Attorney General touching the construction and interpretation of said acts. July 15, 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 the 8th instant, information in relation to correspondence between the Department of State and the Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, late minister of the United States to Mexico. July 16, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States on the government of that republic. July 16, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a treaty between the United States and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. July 16, 1867. -- Read; ordered that so much of the message as recommends an appropriation for payment for said territory be referred to the Committee on Appropriations; and that so much as relates to the occupation and government of the territory be referred to the Committee on Territories. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 2, 1867, a report of Major General Howard, Commissioner of Freedmen, &c., respecting extreme want and danger of starvation in several of the southern states. March 8, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1867, information in relation to an order issued by Lieutenant General Sherman in regard to the protection of trains on the overland route. March 8, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the relief of the Navajo Indians now at or near Fort Sumner, for the year ending June 30, 1865. July 13, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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In the Senate of the United States. July 3, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the reconstruction of the rebel states would be hastened and the best interests of the country promoted if the President of the United States, in the exercise of the pardoning power, would require that every landed proprietor who has been engaged in the rebellion, before receiving his pardon therefor, should convey to the freedmen -- his former slaves -- a certain portion of the land on which they have worked... Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Rochester to Leroy, in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions declaring the privilege of debate in the Senate with regard to civil officers liable to impeachment... Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Negaunee to the Straits of Mackinaw. April 4, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Glencoe to Greenleaf, in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Minneapolis to Big Stone Lake, in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Waverly to Glencoe in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of daily mail service from Rushford, Brossburg, Highland, Lenora, and Burr Oak, to Decorah, Iowa. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad of the State of Iowa, the Minnesota Valley Railroad of Minnesota, and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad of Minnesota. March 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter of the President of the Washington City Savings Bank, communicating the annual statement of said bank for the year ending April 1, 1867. April 10, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, 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, to be denominated Article XIV. April 12, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Resolution proposing the good offices of the United States between the contending parties of Mexico. April 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Manual for inspectors of spirits. Explanation of the tables, and directions for their use. In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions, declaring certain further guarantees required in the reconstruction of the rebel states... List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Fortieth Congress. March 7, 1867. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a tri-weekly mail line from Carver to Glencoe in said state. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Owatonna and State Line Railway. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the improvement of the Mississippi River, commencing near the mouth of the Minnesota River, to the Falls of St. Anthony. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from the head of Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean; and also the construction of a railroad from the Falls of St. Anthony to a point of junction with the Northern Pacific Railroad, on the Red River of the north. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Resolutions by Mr. Cameron, to inquire into the facts in respect to the designs of foreign powers to impose their systems of monarchical government and institutions upon the people of this continent. March 9, 1867. -- Submitted, considered, and agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Captain Daniel Ellis, praying compensation for services rendered in recruiting for the Union Army in East Tennessee during the rebellion. January 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. March 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. March 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill 47, to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801, beg leave report... Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Hutchinson to Redwood Falls, in said state. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the state road from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from the western line of the State of Minnesota to Helena, in the Territory of Montana. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the passage of a law exempting from duty all live stock coming into the state from the Red River settlements. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a grant of land for a branch extension of the United States military road between Fort Howard, Wisconsin, and Fort Wilkins, Michigan, from the Village of Shawano to the Village of Wausau. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from New Auburn to New Ulm, in said state. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution. A concurrent resolution respecting Jefferson Davis... Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan by navigable channels through the Wisconsin, Fox, and Rock Rivers. March 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the House of Representatives, providing for certain stated adjournments of the present session of Congress. March 25, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for fortifying the Island of Mackinac, in the Straits of Michilimackinac and the Sault Ste. Marie, at the falls of Ste. Marie, and to establish a gunboat station in connection therewith. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Menominee to Houghton, in said state. March 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a pension of eight dollars per month to the survivors of soldiers in the War of 1812, and the widows of those who are dead, from April 1, 1865. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a judicious and protective tariff on importations of copper, iron, lumber, salt, dressed flax and wool, and articles manufactured therefrom. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation to improve the harbor at the mouth of South Black River in that state. March 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the speedy construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and telegraph line. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted, with Bill (S. 116) to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Henderson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 116.) The Committee on Finance, having considered the memorial of the Louisiana Legislature and other memorials and papers submitted to them praying aid for the construction and repair of the levees on the Mississippi River... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting certain testimony, which testimony, as stated in the resolution, "apparently affects one or more members of the Senate," beg leave to report... Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Lake Pepin and Omaha Railway. March 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point at or near Negaunee, in the iron region, on the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad, to the Straits of Mackinaw. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Arkansas, declaring the existing government of that state to be republican in form, in conformity with the Constitution and constitutional laws and treaties of the United States, and is the true and proper government of that state, and of right ought to be recognized as a member of the federal Union, and entitled to representation in the Senate and House of Representatives with all the rights and privileges of other states. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the return of the fees paid by settlers on certain homestead entries cancelled by the Commissioner of the General Lands Office, since the first of January, 1863. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Resolution requesting the President of the United States to offer to the contending parties in Mexico the friendly mediation of the United States. April 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the House of Representatives. Concurrent resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into the manner of the execution of the act of March 30, 1867, "Authorizing the Appointment of Certain Watchmen," and report whether further legislation is necessary to secure the efficiency of the capitol police force. July 5, 1867. -- Received from the House of Representatives. Resolution of the House of Representatives. Concurrent resolution directing the re-enrolment of a certain joint resolution which passed Congress, but was not presented to the President before the adjournment of Congress in March last. July 8, 1867. -- Received from the House of Representatives. In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be, and they are hereby, instructed to report a bill for the proper enforcement of the first clause of section four, Article Four, of the Constitution.. Memorial of citizens of Alabama, expressive of their thanks to the government of the United States for supplies forwarded to the suffering of that state. July 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the House of Representatives. Concurrent resolution in relation to the adoption of the phonetic system of spelling into general use in schools and general literature. July 18, 1867. -- Received from the House of Representatives. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the construction of the northern Pacific railroad. March 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee appointed at the River Improvement Convention held in St. Louis, February 13, 1867, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. March 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences, communicating, in obedience to law, a report of the proceedings of the Academy during the year 1866. March 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. March 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and 1,000 additional copies for the use of the Academy. |
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