| Call Number (LC) | Title | Results |
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| Serial set 1333 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1334 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume II. | 1 |
| Serial set 1335 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume III. Illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 1336 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume IV. | 1 |
| Serial set 1337 |
Survey of Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Colonel Houston's report of the survey of Connecticut River. February 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies in appropriations, Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting draught of appropriations required by that Department to supply deficiencies for the present fiscal year. January 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Illinois River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report on the survey of the Illinois River, by General J.H. Wilson, accompanying letter of Chief Engineer of January 25, 1868. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Survey of Choctaw country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw Indian country, with an estimate for the same. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of Indian peace commissioners. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Indian peace commissioners. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Coinage of five-cent pieces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the coinage of nickel five-cent pieces at the branch Mint at New Orleans, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director. January 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Property seized in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the resolutions of the House of February 21 and March 8, 1867, reports in reference to property seized or taken possession of by the government in the State of Louisiana. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for expenses of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to defray expenses for delegation of Great and Little Osage Indians to Washington. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ship timber. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9, last, relative to the amount of lumber and ship timber on hand for the purpose of building vessels of war. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mails between New York and Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the midnight mails between New York and Philadelphia. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Right of way -- Fort Leavenworth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to right of way across Fort Leavenworth military reservation to Leavenworth and Des Moines Railroad. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden, asking payment for his services as scout. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deficiency in appropriations for Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiencies for certain Indian tribes. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Revised estimates -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations for that Department for the ensuing fiscal year. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Revenue Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 30, relative to the Revenue Cutter Service. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. United States Statutes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a clause to be inserted in the appropriation bill for purchase of United States Statutes. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Loans by national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, relative to loans by national banks. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting all information on file in that Department relative to the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 24, 1868. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Suffering soldiers in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, relative to alleged suffering of United States soldiers in Alaska. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbors on Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, relative to the condition of harbors at Oswego and Salmon River, on Lake Ontario. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Revised estimates -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting revised statement of the estimates of appropriations required for that Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Duty on foreign stock. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to the duty on importations of foreign stock. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Quapaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the suffering condition of the Quapaw Indians, and recommendations relative thereto. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in Savannah River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, relative to obstructions in Savannah River. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Indian treaties. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to appropriations to carry out certain Indian treaties. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trial of John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th January, relative to the trial of John H. Surratt. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Famine in Sweden and Norway. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 28, 1868, relative to the famine in Sweden and Norway. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Iowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the petition of the Iowa Indians to have certain funds directed. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of lands for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for survey of lands for benefit of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Forfeiture of lands granted for railroad purposes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Quartermaster General, relative to the forfeiture to the United States of all lands granted by Congress in 1856 to the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas, for railroad purposes. January 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the transfer of territory from Russia to the United States. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Paris Universal Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the "Paris Universal Exposition." January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. National bank currency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the expense incurred by the United States government in printing currency for circulation to the national banks. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund in his Department. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Ten-forty bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st instant, relative to the amount of United States ten-forty bonds issued or disposed of by the Treasury Department since October 1, 1867, to whom sold, &c. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Survey of Port Clinton Harbor, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report by the Chief of Engineers, respecting the survey of the harbor of Port Clinton, Ohio, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Contracts by Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting list of contracts made by Engineer Department during the year 1867. January 30, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Railroad land grants in the rebel states. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report relative to lands granted by Congress to southern states for railroad purposes. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Cherokee neutral lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th instant, relative to the Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th instant, relative to an alleged abolition of discrimination in favor of soldiers and sailors by the Navy Department. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Dismal Swamp Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an opinion by the Attorney General relative to a proposed sale of the stock held by the United States in the Dismal Swamp Canal. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, enclosing reports respecting the improvement of the Missouri River. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sioux Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d ultimo, relative to the sale of the Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claim of Choctaw Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a claim by the Choctaw Nation of Indians against the United States, growing out of treaty stipulations. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Disbursements -- contingent fund of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the State Department, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation for copying clerks in his Department. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Interest to Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the payment of interest to Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, under treaty stipulations. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Suits in New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo, relative to certain suits pending in New York City, known as the Champagne cases. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. United States steamship Vanderbilt. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 22d ultimo, relative to the United States steamship Vanderbilt. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Special agents in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 26 and 27, relative to special agents employed in that Department since June, 1866. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Contracts by Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts and purchases made by the Ordnance Department during 1867, and of the Quartermasters' Department from the 1st to the 31st of December, 1867. February 4, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. President Lincoln's instructions to tax commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo, relative to President Lincoln's instructions to the tax commissioners of South Carolina, September 16, 1863. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, and ordered to be printed. John T. Cox. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report relative to the military service of J.T. Cox, late quartermaster First Regiment Home Guards. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contracts by the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department. February 4, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Correspondence -- Grant and the President. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting correspondence between the President and General Grant, relative to the Secretary of War. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Telegram from General Meade. Letter from the General of the Army transmitting telegram from Major General George G. Meade. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Revenue Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of expenses of the Revenue Cutter Service for the fiscal year 1868-'69. February 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiency in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Income tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 30th ultimo, relative to the number of persons paying income tax in each state, number of manufacturers, &c. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1338 | Ordnance Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th March last, asking for information concerning the Ordnance Department and its transactions. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Ordnance and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1339 |
Pardons for making or passing counterfeit money, forgery and perjury. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, transmitting list of pardons granted since April 14, 1865, for making and passing counterfeit money. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Number of vessels in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th ultimo, relative to the number of vessels in the Navy January 1, 1861, number of officers, expense of the Navy, &c. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Railroad west side of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication relative to a project for constructing a railroad on the west side of the Mississippi River, in Louisiana. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contracts by Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and July 17, 1862, statements of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during January, 1868. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. The President and General Grant. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, transmitting copy of the President's reply to General Grant's letter of February 3, 1868. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Transfer of jurisdiction over Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the transfer to the Interior Department of jurisdiction over certain Indian affairs now exercised by the Treasury Department. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Russian America. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th December last, transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Penobscot River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey of the Penobscot River, in compliance with the act of June 23, 1866. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Rights of American citizens. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 25, 1867, relative to trial and conviction of American citizens in England of Fenianism. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. New Orleans councilmen. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, transmitting correspondence with General Hancock relative to the removal by General Hancock of councilmen of New Orleans. February 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Annuities to Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation to pay an agent for paying annuities to the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appraiser and treasurer of Savannah and Charleston. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an increase of salary to appraiser of Savannah, Georgia, and treasurer of Charleston, South Carolina. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Creek Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the removal of the Creek Indian refugees to their old homes in the Creek country. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post Office at Penn Yan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 1st instant, relative to the appointment of a special agent to take charge of the post office at Penn Yan, New York. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Timber for the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, relative to depredations upon and the future care of the reservations of lands for the purpose of supplying timber for the United States Navy. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Court-martial of Second Assistant Engineer Sawyer. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, papers in the case of the court-martial of Second Assistant Engineer Sawyer, United States Navy. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Middle Rock, New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the operations for removal of Middle Rock, New Haven Harbor. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sale of light-house sites. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Light-house Board relative to the sale of such light-house sites as are no longer necessary. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bingham's surge reliever. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th ultimo, relative to Bingham's surge reliever. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Commercial relations with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a bill relative to the commercial relations with Spain. February 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fort Leavenworth military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General relative to the sale of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation. February 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Light-house Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Light-house Board upon the subject of the beacon at Long Beach bar, Peconic Bay, New York. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Southern mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to southern mail contracts. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1340 | Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ending September 30, 1867. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1341 |
Appropriations for Sissiton and Wahpeton Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to carry out treaty stipulations with the Sissiton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota Indians. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Spirit meters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the commission to examine meters, &c. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Expenditure contingent fund of Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of expenditure of contingent fund of the Navy Department for the year ending June 30, 1867. February 25, 1868. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department, and ordered to be printed. Contents of a box in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 6th instant, relative to the contents of a box in the Treasury vaults. March 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for various bands of Sioux Indians of the Upper Missouri agency. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post office and U.S. courts in New York. Letter from the Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior, in answer to joint resolution, approved January 22, 1867, transmitting a report of the commission to purchase a site for a post office and United States courts in the City of New York. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Records for register of deeds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain liabilities on account of records furnished for the use of the register of deeds for the District of Columbia. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates for surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the proposed reduction of estimates of appropriations for the surveying service, for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Branch Mint at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, relative to the condition and management of the United States branch Mint at San Francisco, California. February 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Indian spoliation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th February, 1868, relative to amounts of Indian spoliation claims in the Department of the Interior, growing out of the Indian war in Oregon, Washington and Montana territories. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. In relation to the Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Director of the Mint relative to covering into the Treasury certain moneys, &c. under the provisions of Bill H.R. 685. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mails between Baltimore and New York. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, relative to railroads between Baltimore and New York receiving greater compensation for the transportation of the mails than other first-class railroads. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Niagara ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report by Colonel Blunt on the surveys for a ship canal to connect lakes Erie and Ontario. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Niagara Ship Canal. Counsel employed by the Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to counsel employed by him, assistants to district attorneys, and compensation paid, &c. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Life-saving inventions. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th of January, transmitting the report of the Commission of Life-saving Inventions, convened in New York City April 8, 1867. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Indian service in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimate for an appropriation for the Indian service in California incurred during the years 1860 to 1867. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Contracts with Benjamin Holladay. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st ultimo, copies of all contracts with Benjamin Holladay to carry mails from the end of the Union Pacific Railroad to Denver City. March 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Sioux City and Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual report of the President of Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company for the year 1867, in compliance with a resolution of the House of February 4, 1868. March 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Report on Treaty with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, relating to report of commissioners under 50th article of treaty of 1866 with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Post office and sub-Treasury building in Boston. Letters from the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury, approving the report of the commission to select a site for a building for post office and sub-Treasury in the City of Boston. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Expense of the Miantonomoh to Europe. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 3d February, relative to the expense of the Miantonomoh on a recent trip to Europe. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Michigan City. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, and recommending an appropriation of $35,400 for that purpose. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Wilson, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, relative to the harbor at Wilson, Niagara County, New York, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pacific railway -- eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting application from the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for aid from Congress in extending that road to Fort Lyon. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rights of naturalized citizens in German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to treaties with the German states concerning the rights of naturalized American citizens. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for harbor and river improvements. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, making revised and reduced estimates of appropriations required for harbor and river improvements for the year ending June 30, 1869. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Soldiers on Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to the number of soldiers stationed at certain military posts on the Pacific coast. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Occupancy of San Juan Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the occupancy of San Juan Island, number of troops, &c. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20th last, relative to unexpended moneys appropriated by law for contingent expenses of foreign countries. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Silk and silk manufactures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 18th ultimo, transmitting report of Elliot C. Cowdin, Esq., commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1867, on silk and silk manufactures. March 26, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Battery in New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the purchase of certain land on the battery in New York City for government purposes. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates, by General Michler, of amounts required to supply deficiencies in appropriations for public buildings for the year ending June 30, 1868. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of Fort Gratiot reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers relative to the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Payment of soldiers' bounties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the necessity of an appropriation to carry out the act to facilitate the payment of soldiers' bounties, lately approved by the President. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for destitute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report relative to removing certain destitute Cherokee Indians, scattered through the Indian Territory, to their homes in the Cherokee Country, with estimates of the appropriations needed therefor. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Light-house at Au Sable River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Light-house Board relative to the erection of a light-house at the mouth of the Au Sable River. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Alabama election. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th instant, transmitting a report by Major General Meade, relative to the State of Alabama. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Trade with the British provinces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting information as to the trade between the United States and the British North American provinces since the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Pacific Electric Telegraph Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th instant, relative to contract with the Pacific Electric Telegraph Company. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Commissions paid on the sale of bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House relative to commissions being paid on sale of bonds, to whom paid, &c. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Post office building, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of March 6, relative to the proposed post office building in New York. April 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Expenses of elections in First Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Major General Schofield, relative to expenses of holding elections in the First Military District. April 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Treaties with German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 9th ultimo relative to correspondence and negotiation relating to the rights of naturalized citizens in the German states. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report relative to the necessities of the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior, and recommending an appropriation for their relief. April 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of the upper Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting General Warren's report of a survey of the upper Mississippi River. April 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bounty to Eighty-fourth New York Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of 26th ultimo, relative to the 84th New York Volunteers having received only $50 additional bounty. April 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Steamship Atlantic. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting correspondence between that Department and the district attorney of New York, relative to the steamship Atlantic. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Chamber of Commerce of Geneva. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Geneva, Switzerland, relative to American finances. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Separate Customs district in Maine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report relative to the necessity of a separate Customs district in Maine. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report relative to a ship canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Estimates for the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to estimates of appropriations required by the General Land Office for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Department of War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the President of the United States, relative to the Department of War. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the Navajo Indians on the Bosque Redonao reservation in New Mexico. February 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Samuel H. Moore. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, transmitting papers in the case of Samuel H. Moore, late a private in the Fifty-seventh Regiment of Ohio Veteran Volunteers. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Import duties on agricultural seeds, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting a memorial of the Tennessee Horticultural Society, for the removal of import duties on agricultural seeds, &c., and approving the same. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Labor in appraisers' department, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th ultimo, relative to contracts for labor in the appraisers' department in the City of New York. March 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th ultimo, transmitting the annual report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the year 1867. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Removal of City Council of New Orleans. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to the removal of the City Council of New Orleans and of Jefferson City, Louisiana. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Indians of Aleutian Isles. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that an appropriation be made to be expended in presents to the Indians of the Aleutian Isles, in Alaska. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Edmund Cooper. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House inquiring why Edmund Cooper is acting as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Detection of frauds in postal and fractional currency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, relative to regulations for the detection of frauds in the printing of postal and fractional currency. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Securities of national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, transmitting a report by the Treasurer of the United States, relative to national banks having changed their securities held in the Treasury, &c. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Legal services paid by State Department and duties of examiner of claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to amounts paid by the State Department since 1860 for legal services and the duties of the examiner of claims. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations required for the different bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. New York Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, asking for the amount paid for repairs on the New York Custom-house for the past two years. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. James B. Steedman. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant, asking for all the reasons assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the removal of J.B. Steedman, United States collector in Louisiana. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Taunton River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Chief of Engineers, relative to the improvement of the Taunton River, Massachusetts, with a report thereon. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Subsistence of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the subsistence of certain Indian tribes by the War Department, &c. May 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Grant of lands to Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, in reference to the grant of lands to Iowa for railroads, by act approved May 15, 1856. March 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Bosque Redondo reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the unsuitableness of the Bosque Redondo reservation in New Mexico for the location of the Navajo Indians. April 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed |
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Antonio Pelletier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the imprisonment and destruction of the property of Antonio Pelletier by the people and authorities of Hayti. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Sale of public vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th of December last, relative to the sale of public vessels since the close of the rebellion. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indian tribes in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of A.R. Banks, relative to the destitute condition of various Indian tribes in Kansas. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with the Pottawatomie Indians. May 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4, relative to reports of the Union Pacific and other railroads to be made according to law. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. February 26, 1868. -- Motion to reconsider the order to print. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerks for the Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity of increased force of clerks and accommodations for said clerks in the Patent Office. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity of an early appropriation for the purpose of subsisting friendly Indians. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contracts by the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during the month of March, 1868, in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and July 17, 1862. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Reedy Island and Liston Point, Delaware River and bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Chief of Engineer's report relative to survey of Reedy Island and Liston Point, in Delaware River and bay. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Boundary of Choctaw and Chickasaw country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw and Chickasaw country. Harbor at Alton, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 13th instant, relative to a report on the improvement of the harbor of Alton, Illinois. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Vessels in Revenue Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the number of vessels in the Revenue Service, and the further requirements of the Service. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from General H.H. Sibley, relative to the destitute condition of the Sioux Indians near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Destitute friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the necessity of an appropriation of furnish supplies to destitute friendly Indians. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appointments in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, the names of all persons who have applied for appointments, the office applied for, and the name of the member of Congress recommending the same. April 24, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. United States ship Sabine. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, in relation to the detention of the United States ship Sabine at New London. April 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Light-house at Port Austin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Light-house Board relative to the establishment of a light-house at Port Austin, Michigan. April 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Tax collected on distilled spirits. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, transmitting a statement of taxes collected on distilled spirits since the 1st day of January last. April 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. St. Clair Flats. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Chief of Engineers, asking an appropriation to preserve from decay the timber to be used in the dikes of the St. Clair Flats improvement. April 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Tennessee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the surveys of the Tennessee River, made in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. April 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Whiskey seized in New York and Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January, transmitting a statement of the quantity of whiskey seized in New York and Brooklyn, &c. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Mineral resources east of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report on the mineral resources of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. May 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining, and ordered to be printed. South Carolina and Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting all the papers that have been submitted to him relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the states of South Carolina and Arkansas. May 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Second Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports relative to the condition of the Second Military District, and the views of the General of the Army relative to the questions presented therein. May 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4th, last, transmitting report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the years 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. May 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Election in Arkansas. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, transmitting Major General A.C. Gillem's report of the recent election in Arkansas, under the reconstruction laws. May 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and letter ordered to be printed. May 7, 1868. -- Ordered that the accompanying papers be printed. Prize vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 30, relative to prize vessels. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Naval vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January last, relative to naval vessels. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. North Carolina and Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents and papers relating to the proceedings in North Carolina and Louisiana to which they refer, viz: constitutions of those states. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th ultimo, relative to the mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Votes cast for new constitutions. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th instant, relative to the number of votes cast for several constitutions mentioned. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Special agents Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 19, relative to the appointment of special agents. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Expenses of Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of expenses of the Coast Survey for the year ending June 30, 1867. May 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Clerks in Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, transmitting a list of clerks appointed since April 1, by whom recommended, &c. May 13, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Judgments in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 4th instant, relative to judgments in the Court of Claims, when paid, &c. May 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Amounts paid for legal services. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th of February, transmitting statements of amounts paid during each year since 1860 for legal services, &c. May 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Elections in southern states. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, transmitting reports of the district commanders, of the recent elections held in the states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana. May 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Potomac River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers, covering report by General Michler on the examination and survey of the Potomac River. May 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Irrigation of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant transmitting information relative to the most approved method of irrigation of public lands, &c. May 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Sale of iron-clads. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th instant relative to the sale of iron-clads Oneoto and Catawba. May 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to printed. Canadian fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from George W. Brega, relative to the Canadian fisheries. May 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sales of gold. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, statements of sales of gold, commissions paid, &c., since March, 1861. April 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
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Removal of Navajo and Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting telegram from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the removal of the Navajo and Ute Indians. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bridge at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for a bridge to connect Rock Island Arsenal with the City of Rock Island, Illinois. June 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bergen Heights Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain papers relative to the Bergen Heights Arsenal property, recommending its sale, as no longer needed by the government. June 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Chief of Engineers relative to an appropriation for public buildings and grounds. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Great and Little Osage Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to a treaty now being negotiated with the Great and Little Osage Indians. June 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, to investigate, with authority to send for persons and papers, and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to an appropriation for the relief of certain friendly Indians. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relating to proceedings in the State of Florida. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Hayti. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a naval force at Hayti. May 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of Commissioner of Education. Letter from the Commissioner of Education, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867, his annual report. June 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. Elections in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Letter from the General of the Army, transmitting, in further answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th ultimo, a report by General Meade relative to recent elections in the State of Georgia. Also, two general orders of General Canby, commanding 2d Military District, relative to elections in North Carolina and South Carolina. June 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Elections in North Carolina and South Carolina. Letter from the General of the Army, transmitting, in further answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th ultimo, an abstract from General Canby, commanding Second Military District, relative to the recent election in North Carolina and South Carolina. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Disqualification of certain civil officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, a communication from the commanding general of the First Military District, relative to the disqualification of certain civil officers by the state convention. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Election in Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the General of the Army, with a report by Major General Meade, commanding 3d Military District, relative to the recent election in Alabama, supplemental to his report sent to the House on the twenty-seventh of March last. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Confederate property in Europe. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, relative to certain efforts of that Department for the recovery of confederate property in Europe. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Motion to reconsider order to print pending. June 5, 1868. -- Stands referred and so much as in manuscript ordered to be printed. Custom-house at Toledo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 18th ult., relative to the Custom-house at Toledo, Ohio. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Brazil mail steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of the sums paid without protest on the vessels of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company at the port of New York, amounting to $7,611 10. June 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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Receipts and expenditures of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the standing order of the House of Representatives, and act of August 26, 1842, an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866. June 24, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. United States steamer Wampanoag. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 8th instant, relative to the trial of the United States steamer Wampanoag, and vessels of that class, with reports thereon. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Kickapoo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the Kickapoo Indians now in Mexico. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Light-house at Black Rock. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with communication from the Light-house Board relative to a light-house at Black Rock, Connecticut. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Consul at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, in regard to the absence of the consul at Panama from his post. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Removal of obstructions in the Delaware River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the removal of obstructions in the Delaware River. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Majors and captains in the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repeal of the act of June 28, 1866, reducing the number of officers in the Quartermasters' Department. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pay of deputy collectors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to allowing deputy collectors to receive pay for actual services performed. July 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Damages to settlers in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for damages sustained by settlers in Niabrara township, Nebraska, by reason of locating Santee Sioux Indians on their lands, in 1866. July 1, 1866[8]. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Wharves in Oswego. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th ultimo, relative to the construction of wharves in the harbor of Oswego, New York. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to deficiency of appropriations for clerical service in that Department. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. General Dodge's report. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, a copy of General Dodge's report to the President of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the year 1867. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Contracts for coal. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, relative to contracts for the purchase of coal. July 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Report of Paris Exposition. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the financial reports of N.M. Beckwith, United States Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition of 1867, and of J.C. Derby, Esq., general agent at New York. July 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Troops on Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a statement of the number of troops stationed on the Union Pacific Railroad. July 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Diplomatic and consular system of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. July 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Imprisonment of Warren and Costello. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the imprisonment of Messrs. Warren and Costello in Great Britain. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for appropriations required for the execution of the reconstruction laws. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Estimated diminution of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of the estimated diminution of the Army by various causes up to January 1, 1869, and July 1, of same year. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Post office building in New York. Letter from the Supervising Architect of Treasury Department, in reply to a resolution of the House of 6th March directed to the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the proposed post office building and court-house in New York. June 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Bounties paid. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th and 22d instants, relative to the number of bounties paid under the act of July 28, 1866, since the 1st of January last. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for treaty with Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information relative to Indian affairs in the central superintendency, and asking for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with certain Sioux Indians. June 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Custom-house buildings at Pittsburg. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, relative to condition of the building used by the government at Pittsburg for a Custom-house, &c. June 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Tract of land near New London, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the cession to the United States of a tract of land near New London, on the Thames River, Connecticut, recommending an appropriation in regard thereto. July 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 2d instant, transmitting report of Captain James B. Eads on the iron-clads of Europe and this country. July 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 1st instant, report of Brevet Major General Carlin, for the last six months, relative to the condition of freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to Committee on Freedmen's Affairs. July 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Treaty stipulations with Seneca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with an estimate of appropriations necessary to carry out treaty stipulations with the Senecas and other Indian tribes. July 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Vessels bought, sold, and chartered by the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th of January, a report by the Quartermaster General, relative to the number of vessels bought, sold, and chartered by the United States since April, 1861. July 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Amount paid for legal services by the Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 11, 1868, relative to amounts paid for legal services from 1860 to 1868. July 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Contracts by Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department for month ending June 30, 1868. July 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. General orders -- reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, 1868, communicating copies of all general and special orders promulgated by the several commanders of the military districts of the South for the execution of the reconstruction laws. July 18, 1868. -- Resolved, that there be printed so many of the general and special orders appertaining to reconstruction, transmitted from the War Department, as may appear to the Committee on Printing necessary to indicate the extent of powers exercised by the commanders of the military districts created by the reconstruction act of March 2, 1867. Indian hostilities in California. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain expenses incurred by the State of California in Indian hostilities. June 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1348 | Annual report of the Director of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867. | 1 |
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Customs and excise. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to Customs and excise. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Communication between Lake Erie and Ohio River. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to vote for an appropriation to open a communication between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Papers in the case of G.G. Symes against L.S. Trimble, First Congressional District of Kentucky. Mail service on the Pacific. Memorial of the Territorial Legislature of Washington, praying mail service by sea from San Francisco, California, to Olympia, Washington Territory. January 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Railroad in Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Dakota, transmitting memorial asking for a grant of land in aid of a railroad from Sioux City, in Iowa, to Big Sheyenne, in Dakota. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Lumber in Nevada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, concerning an export charge levied on lumber and wood by Alpine County, California. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Port Washington. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to an appropriation for the harbor at Port Washington. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1867. Affairs in Texas. Letters from Governor Pease and Hon. C. Caldwell in regard to affairs in the State of Texas. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in Penobscot River. Memorial of the Legislature of Maine, asking an appropriation to remove obstructions in Penobscot River. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Constitutional amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, repealing the adoption of the Fourteenth-Article proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to report upon the legal questions involved therein. Wagon road in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of lands for wagon road from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to Ashland, in the same state. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. R.W. Flournoy and others. Resolutions of the delegates of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, asking for the removal of all disabilities from R.W. Flournoy and others. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the naval service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Blackfeet Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, relative to a proposed treaty with the Blackfeet Indians. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rights of American citizens abroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to urge upon the Secretary of State of the United States to demand from England the release of persons imprisoned upon mere suspicion of political offences, and to insist upon the adoption of a fixed policy in reference thereto. February 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Freedmen of South Carolina. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, upon the condition of the freedmen of that state. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to a project of connecting the waters of the Mississippi with the waters of Lake Michigan. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Louisville and Portland Canal. (To accompany H. Res. No. 835.) Report on the Louisville and Portland Canal. February 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Beet-root sugar. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to the manufacture of beet-root sugar. February 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Camden and Amboy Railroad Company. Proceedings of the Anti-monopoly State Convention, held at Trenton, New Jersey, January 22, 1868, to oppose the extension of the monopoly privileges of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, and to secure the passage of a general railroad law. February 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Relief to settlers in California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, praying relief for settlers upon public lands in Ione Valley, in said state. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Tax on cotton. Resolutions of the convention of Georgia, relative to the tax on cotton, passed December 13, 1867. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Employees of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1867. January 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 20, 1868. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Obstructions at Hell Gate. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions at Hell Gate, New York Harbor. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Missouri River above American Falls. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Enabling act for Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an enabling act for a state government. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Removal of General Hancock. Petition of the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana, asking for the removal of General Hancock and the state and parish officials. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Georgia. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, in reference to the reorganization of the state government, the removal of disabilities, and the modification of the "test oath," adopted January 21, 1868. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Branch Mint in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for establishment of a branch Mint. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Illinois and Michigan Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, on Illinois and Michigan Canal and river improvements. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Admission of Colorado. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Colorado Territory, asking for admission of Colorado into the Union as a state. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Railroad grant in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth of the Big Cheyenne River in Dakota Territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Railroad grant in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of land to the Minnesota and Missouri River Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Minnesota state line to the Missouri River at Yancton, Dakota Territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Indian affairs in Dakota. Memorial and resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, relative to Indian affairs and said territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mississippi Constitutional Convention. Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, relative to Congress granting the convention power to declare vacant all civil offices in the provisional government. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Rules of the Egyptian Assembly. Letter from Charles Hale, Esq., consul general, transmitting rules and orders of the Assembly of the Representatives of Egypt, the original in Arabic, with an English translation. February 19. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Sacramento River. A post route. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking that Sacramento River of that state be made a post route. February 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Rights of naturalized citizens. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, relative to the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States. February 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Rock River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land to aid in the improvement of Rock River. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Tariff laws. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to procure such a change in the tariff laws as will promote and encourage American art and American artists. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. San Juan Island. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, relative to the condition of citizens of the United States residing on San Juan Island. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi. Resolutions of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, relative to the Freedmen's Bureau. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Eel River, California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to survey of Eel River, California. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Tax on national banks. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relative to taxing the stock of national banks. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Naturalized citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to naturalized citizens of the United States. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rights of American citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking protection to American citizens in foreign countries. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Richard D. Dunphey. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for extra pension for Richard D. Dunphey. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Manitowoc. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for an appropriation to complete the harbor at Manitowoc. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Shipping interest of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the shipping interest of the state. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Veto power of the governor. Resolutions of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico, on the veto power of the governor. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Loan to southern planters. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking in behalf of southern planters, a loan of thirty million dollars from the United States government. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Poor in Mississippi. Extract from the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, relative to a portion of the cotton tax being applied to the relief of the suffering poor. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Capitol buildings. Resolutions of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico, on the subject of the capitol buildings. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Tax on Tobacco. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, in relation to the tax on tobacco. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Block Island. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, relative to the construction of a harbor at Block Island. February 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. list of reports to be made to Congress during the second session of the Fortieth Congress by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 2, 1867. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1867. Obstructions in Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Missouri River, between the mouth of Milk River and Fort Benton. January 29, 1867. -- referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Papers in the case of J. Powell vs. R.R. Butler. Printed under resolution of March 7, 1867. Assassination of John K. Robinson. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the assassination of John King Robinson, at Salt Lake City. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Northern Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Tax on manufactures. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to manufactures. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Manufactures and ordered to be printed. Defence of Maine. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the defence of the state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Weights and measures. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to Bliss's new decimal system of weights and measures and currency, together with an explanation of the system. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Sympathy with the Cretans. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, expressing sympathy with the Cretans in their struggle for independence. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Cheboygan River. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation to improve the harbor at the mouth of Cheboygan River, in said state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Wagon roads in Michigan. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to grant of land to build wagon roads in said state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Twenty per cent. compensation. Letter from the Congressional Printer, in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, respecting the twenty per cent. additional compensation. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Joint Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Cape Cod harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning Cape Cod harbor at Provincetown. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Taxing national banks. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the mode of taxing the shares of national banks. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Mail steamships between the United States and Liberia. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between the United States and Liberia. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pensions for War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to bounties to soldiers of the War of 1812. December 17, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and of the War of 1812, and ordered to be printed. Agricultural colleges. Letter from the Governor of West Virginia, in compliance with the act of July 2, 1862, reporting relative to agricultural colleges in that state. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Claim of Massachusetts for coast defence. Report of the commissioners appointed by Congress to examine into the claim of the State of Massachusetts for moneys expended during the war for coast defence. December 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Acts of Congress relating to loans and the currency, from 1790 to 1867 Papers in the case of Switzler vs. Anderson, Ninth Congressional District, Missouri. Papers in the case of Samuel McKee against John D. Young. Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. Papers in the case of McGrorty vs. Hooper, delegate from Territory of Utah. Printed under resolution of March 7, 1867. Expenses of committees of investigation. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement showing a list of the several investigating committees of the House, the number and compensation of their clerks, employes, or agents, and the items of all the expenses of said investigations, required by resolution of November 25, 1867. January 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. General H.H. Heath. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that territory relative to General H.H. Heath. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Land office in Utah. Memorial of the Governor and Legislature of Utah, praying for the establishment of a land office in said Territory. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Bankrupt law. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, relative to the bankrupt law. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States and ordered to be printed. |
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Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Fortieth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. November 10, 1868. Constitution of Florida. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Relief from political disabilities. Preamble and resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking Congress to remove political disabilities from all citizens of Georgia. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Indian depredations in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, praying that the commander of that district may be authorized to call out volunteers to punish Indian depredations. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. New York Post Office. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, on the subject of the New York Post Office. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. May 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Claims of the State of Iowa. March 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mississippi levees. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, relative to the levees on the Mississippi River below the mouth of the Ohio River. February 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the president of the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the year ending December 31, 1867. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public debt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 843.) Statement of the public debt of the United States. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Oregon Indian war claims. Communication from senators George H. Williams and H.W. Corbett, on the Oregon Indian war claims of 1855-'56, audited by Philo Callender, which encloses letters of the Third Auditor and B.F. Dowell on the expenses of the war. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of the President. Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. March 4, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed with the testimony annexed. Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. March 3, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of thanks. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, tendering thanks to Congress, Secretary Stanton, and General Grant, for their patriotic course. March 5, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. South Georgia and Florida Railroad. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking a loan of $100,000 from the United States to the South Georgia and Florida Railroad. March 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. American citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to American citizens. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indemnity to citizens of Iowa. Resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, in favor of the passage of a law indemnifying citizens of Lee County, Iowa, for land and property used in the construction of a canal around the Des Moines Rapids, in the Mississippi River. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of the Florida Convention. March 31, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Restoration of E.M. Stanton as Secretary of War. Report and resolution of the New England Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, commendatory of the action of Grant and Stanton relative to the restoration of Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Crete. Address of the National Assembly of the Provisional Government of Crete, asking Congress for aid to secure the complete emancipation and independence of the island. April 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ship canal across the isthmus of Holstein. Petition of C. Hansen, for protection as to a contract for a canal across the isthmus of Holstein. July 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Writing paper for the use of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to writing paper purchased for the use of the House of Representatives. July 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Duty of bituminous coal. Remonstrance against renewal of that part of Reciprocity Treaty which would reduce duty on bituminous coal for benefit of Nova Scotia interests, signed by representatives of sixteen collieries in Pennsylvania. June 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Affairs in Utah and the territories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 5th instant, the report of Brevet Brigadier General James F. Rusling, inspector, &c., for the year ending June 30, 1867. June 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections, and printed by order of the committee under a resolution of the House of March 7, 1867. Gas furnished for government. Letter from B.H. Bartol, president of the Gas-light Company, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant relative to the amount of gas furnished the government during the year ending June 30, 1868. June 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Indian depredations in California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, asking that steps be taken by the general government to ascertain the losses suffered by citizens of the state in late Indian depredations, and make indemnity for the same. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Protection to American citizens foreign born. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to demand of foreign governments full and ample protection to our foreign-born citizens while temporarily residing under those governments. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Southern Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to grant same aid in lands and subsidies to construct the Southern Pacific Railroad as have been granted to construct the Union and Central Pacific Railroad. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Mail route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking establishment of mail route in said state by Congress. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Ordnance and ordnance stores. Statement submitted by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, in reference to ordnance and ordnance stores on hand, in answer to question eight of the resolution of the Joint Committee on Ordnance. June 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on Ordnance and ordered to be printed. Sutro Tunnel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1153.) Papers submitted by Mr. D.R. Ashley, (from the Committee on Mines and Mining,) consisting of letters from the Secretaries of the Treasury and the Interior, relative to the Sutro Tunnel. July 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across Charles River. Resolution of the city government of Charlestown, Mass., against the construction of a bridge across Charles River, between Boston and East Boston. July 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. North Carolina adopts Article XIV to Constitution. Letter from the Governor of North Carolina, relative to Article XIV to the Constitution of the United States. July 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Land bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of land bounties, and from the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the same subject. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Lands and ordered to be printed. Levees of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. Memorial of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention, asking aid in rebuilding the levees along the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, in the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sinking fund. July 11, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, approving the action of Congress in impeaching Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Annexation, New Mexico and Colorado. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, relative to the annexation of a part of said territory to the Territory of Colorado, and protesting against the same. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Rio Grande tract in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, relative to the Rio Grande tract of land in said territory. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Buffalo Harbor. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in relation to appropriations for the improvement of Buffalo Harbor. March 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Indian hostilities in Utah. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, praying for an a appropriation to pay for Indian depredations and expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities. March 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of the President. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to the impeachment of the President. March 12, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of the President. Resolutions of the North Carolina Convention, relative to impeachment of the President. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Political disabilities in North Carolina. Report of the Committee on Political Disabilities, as adopted by the state constitutional convention of North Carolina. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Election in Alabama. Affidavits of discharge from employment in Alabama for voting. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Constitutional amendment. Proceedings of the Legislature of Arkansas, upon the ratification of the XIVth Article, amendment to the Constitution of the United States. April 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Judgments in the Court of Claims -- cotton cases. Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims, in answers to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, relative to the number of judgments rendered in said court in cotton cases. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Railroad from Washington. Memorial of members of the Legislature of Massachusetts, praying for passage of bill by Congress providing for additional railroad communication between the commercial and federal capitals of the nation. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed Navigation of the Tennessee River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee River. April 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Indian lands in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land in lieu of those lands lost to schools by Indian reservations and trust lands, and in the disposition of Indian reservations and trust lands the 16th and 36th sections may be reserved for school purposes. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Isaac E. Higgins. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, asking relief for Isaac E. Higgins. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Steamships to Liberia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to establishing a line of steamships from the United States to Liberia, in Africa. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Policy of Congress. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, instructing senators and requesting representatives in Congress to adhere to the policy adopted by Congress. March 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. California Mountaineer Infantry. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to place the First Battalion Mountaineers, California Infantry Volunteers, on the same footing with other volunteer soldiers. March 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, asking for an appropriation to aid in the repairs of the Smithsonian building, &c. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to carry out the reconstruction laws in the Third Military District. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Fees of Consular officers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1047.) May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Montana volunteers. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking an appropriation for paying debts created in raising Montana volunteers. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Reconstruction. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the admission of the southern states. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Texas. Communication from Governor Pease of Texas, relative to the troubles in that state. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Union of the telegraph and postal system. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1083.) May 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Treaty with Russia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1096). May 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. St. Paul's Island, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, relative to St. Paul's Island, in Behring's Sea. May 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Osage River. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, memorializing Congress for a grant of lands for the improvement of the Osage River. May 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Impeachment. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, protesting against efforts made to tamper with members of the high court of impeachment. June 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Line of steamships between New York, Southampton and Bremen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 939.) Petition of John A. Baxter and others, submitting propositions for and asking aid to establish a line of steamships to carry the United States mails between New York, Southampton and Bremen. June 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Geological survey. Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to Hon. George W. Julian, Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, relative to the extension of the geological survey to different localities of the public domain. June 3, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Miami and Erie Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a survey of the Miami and Erie Canal. June 5, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship canal -- lakes Erie and Ontario. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to a ship canal connecting lakes Erie and Ontario. June 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Covington and Ohio Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1283.) Memorial of the Virginia Central Railroad, relative to the completion of the Covington and Ohio Railroad. June 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Navigation of Colorado River. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to aid Captain Truesworthy [i.e., Trueworthy], of San Francisco, to perfect the navigation of the Colorado River, in the Territory of Arizona. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Agricultural and mechanic arts college. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to allow the state to invest in unincumbered productive real estate the proceeds of the 150,000 acres of land donated to the state by Congress for the construction of an agricultural and mechanic arts college. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. Mendocino Indian reservation. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking that Mendocino Indian reservation be abandoned, and the lands be opened for pre-emption. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor of San Diego. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking aid of Congress to improve the harbor of San Diego, in that state. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of lands in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking appropriations by Congress for surveys of public lands in said state. June 22, 1868. -- Read twice and referred to Committee on Appropriations. Tax on native grape brandy. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to remit or reduce the tax on native grape brandy. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Chaves vs. Clever. Papers of the case of J. Francisco Chaves vs. Charles P. Clever, delegate from the Territory of New Mexico. June 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed by the Committee of Elections, under a resolution of the House of March 7, 1867. Abolition of military posts. Petition of John B. Wolff, in behalf of white settlers in Colorado and Dakota territories, praying the abolition of military posts and for other reforms in the Indian policy of the United States. June 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting, in compliance with the act of incorporation, his annual report for year ending January 1, 1868. July 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Report of Captain White in Alaska waters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing report of Captain J.W. White, commanding revenue steamer Wayanda, in Alaskan waters, dated May 25, 1868. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Passengers by steam vessels. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1372.) Letter from Benjamin Crawford, addressed to Hon. E.B. Washburne, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, relative to a bill for the better security of the lives of passengers on board vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam. July 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Indian tribes. Memorial on behalf of the Indians, by the United States Indian Commission. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Railroad from Atlanta to Charlotte. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking aid from Congress for the air-line railroad, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Governor of New Mexico. Resolutions of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, relative to the alleged usurpation of power by the Governor of said territory. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Columbia Institution. May 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed |
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