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Serial set 1384 Annual report of the Deputy Special Commissioner of the Revenue in charge of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1868. 1
Serial set 1385 Claims of citizens of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1727.) Evidence relative to claims of the citizens of Kansas, to accompany bill authorizing the appointment of a commission for their settlement. February 11, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed
Jones vs. Mann. Additional testimony in the case of Simon Jones vs. James Mann, Second Congressional District, Louisiana. January 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections.
Department of Indian Affairs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1795.) Memorial of yearly meetings of the Society of Friends, relative to the treatment of the Indians. January 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Washington canal. Mr. Moore submitted the following report by Mr. Severson, engineer of the Washington canal. February 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
National securities. Concurrent resolution in respect to national securities. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways ad Means and ordered to be printed.
Fort Steilacoom. (To accompany House Resolutions No. 414.) Memorial of citizens of Washington Territory asking Congress to grant said territory the buildings at Fort Steilacoom for an insane asylum. January 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Barques Mary Jane and Cambria. (To accompany H. Res. No. 420.) Memorial of George H. Van Etten. January 25, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Agricultural college scrip in Indiana. Letter from the Governor of Indiana, transmitting report of sales made by that state of the land scrip received from the United States for agricultural colleges, and of the appropriations of the proceeds of such sales. January 25, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
United States statutes. Report of the Commissioners to Revise the Statutes of the United States. January 26, 1869. -- Referred the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1824.) Memorial of the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, praying for confirmation of grant of land for the line of completed railroad in the State of Alabama. February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Justices of the Supreme Court in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1839.) February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the improvement of Fox and Wisconsin rivers. February 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Montana Historical Society. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for an appropriation for the relief of the Montana Historical Society. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
Military road in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for the construction of a military road from some point on Union Pacific Railroad near Box Elder, Utah Territory, to Helena City, Montana Territory. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Organic act of Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for an amendment to the organic act of the Territory of Montana. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of Laws of the United States and ordered to be printed.
Wagon road in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for the construction of a military road from Muscleshell to Fort Ellis. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Flathead Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, for the removal of the Flathead Indians from the Bitter Root Valley, in the County of Missoula, to their reservation on the Jocko. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Branch Mint in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for an appropriation for the establishment of a branch Mint in the Territory of Montana. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with Crow Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking a reconsideration of the treaty with the Crow Indians. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Railroads. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in relation to certain railroads. February 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Railroad -- Humboldt River to Portland. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking aid in the construction of a railroad from the north bend of Humboldt River, in the State of Nevada, to Portland, Oregon. February 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Frederick Hall. Petition of Frederick Hall, praying confirmation of title to certain land in the State of Michigan, under treaty stipulations. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 10, 1869. -- Reported from the Committee on the Public Lands, ordered to be printed, and recommitted.
Condition of affairs in Georgia. In the House of Representatives, January 6, 1869. On motion of Mr. Beck: Resolved, that the Committee on Reconstruction be authorized to cause the report of General Gillem and appendices B and C attached thereto, relative to the election held in Mississippi, and also such testimony and statements in writing as they may take or receive relative to affairs in Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and Texas, under the references heretofore made to them, to be printed for the use of the House. February 12, 1869. On motion of Mr. Laflin, from the Committee on Printing...
Homesteads in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to increasing the amount of homesteads in certain counties in said state. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with Great and Little Osage Indians. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas protesting against the ratification of the Treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Winchester and Alabama Railroad. Memorial of the State of Tennessee, relative to the claims of the Winchester and Alabama Railroad. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Index to Executive documents and reports. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to printing index to Executive documents and reports. February 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Report of the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. February 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
American steamship companies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the establishment of American steamship companies. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Commercial intercourse with Great Britain. March 3, 1869. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Fortieth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period, March 3, 1869.
Condition of affairs in Georgia. Letter from Governor Bullock, of Georgia, in reply to the statement of Hon. Nelson Tift to the reconstruction committee of Congress. March 3, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Papers in the case of Simon Jones vs. James Mann, Second Congressional District, Louisiana.
Judgments in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a statement of the judgments rendered by the court during the present year. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Paupers in Washington City. Letter from the Surgeon General, relative to the care, support, and treatment of paupers in the City of Washington. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Legislature of Georgia. Memorial of the members of the Legislature of Georgia and others, relative to the illegal organization of that body under the reconstruction acts. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Providence Hospital. Report from the Surgeon General of the United States Army, showing the expenditures for the completion of Providence Hospital up to December 1, 1868. December 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Alta Vela. Memorial of Patterson and Murguiondo, citizens of Baltimore, relative to the claims of the government and citizens of the United States to the island of Alta Vela. December 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Oregon withdrawing assent to the proposed Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
J. Willis Menard. Additional papers respecting the Second Congressional District, Louisiana. December 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections.
List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Fortieth Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1868.
Chaves vs. Clever. Additional papers in the case of J. Francisco Chaves against Charles P. Clever, of New Mexico.
Losses by Citizens of Kansas Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1727.) Memorial for indemnity from government for losses sustained by the citizens of Kansas Territory. January 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trade with Canada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to trade with the Dominion of Canada. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Navigation between the United States and Canada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to navigation between the United States and Canada. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Grant of public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to a grant of public lands. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Condition of affairs in Mississippi. Evidence taken by the Committee on Reconstruction. (Printed in compliance with a resolution of the House dated January 6, 1869.)
Free ports at Matamoras and on the Rio Grande. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. N.P. Banks, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the establishment of free ports at Matamoras and on the Rio Grande. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
J. Somers Smith. Letter from the Secretary of State, directed to Hon. N.P. Banks, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the payment for services rendered by J. Somers Smith. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Jules Aldige. Letter from the Secretary of State, directed to Hon. N.P. Banks, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, concerning the claim of Jules Aldige, a French subject, and asking that proper measures may be taken to carry into effect the decree of the Supreme Court. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Mathew Lowe. Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing a communication from the United States consul at Nassau, New Providence, in reference to the claim of Captain Mathew Lowe [i.e., Matthew Low]. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Milwaukee. Evidence taken by the Committee on Commerce relative to the harbor at Milwaukee. January 14, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce.
Outrages by Ku-Klux Klan. (To accompany H. Res. No. 408.) January 18, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses Houses of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 19, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Employes 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 1868. January 19, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures for the national loan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to expenditures under the appropriations for expenses for the national loan. January 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
list of reports to be made to Congress during the third 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 7, 1867 [i.e., 1868].
Removal of disabilities. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, for the removal of disabilities. December 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Concurrent resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States so as to prohibit qualifications of suffrage based upon race or parentage. December 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fortieth Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1868. 		60
Serial set 1386 Consolidated index of the reports of the committees of the House of Representatives, from the Twenty-sixth to the Fortieth Congress, inclusive, prepared under the direction of Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Fortieth Congress. 1
Serial set 1387 Consolidated index of the Executive documents of the House of Representatives, from the Twenty-sixth to the Fortieth Congress, inclusive. Prepared under the direction of Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Fortieth Congress. 1
Serial set 1388 Assignees in bankruptcy. March 3, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of tools by Theodore Zeller. January 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Publishing notices in bankruptcy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1701.) January 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
Application under bankrupt act. January 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
John E. Reeside. (To accompany H. Res. No. 418.) January 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Trust funds of Choctaw Indians. January 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Walter D. Plowden. February 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
International Pacific Railroad. (Bill H.R. No. 847.) February 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Stationary contracts. February 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Deficiency for Indian service in New Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1910.) February 9, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
J.C.D. Blackburn. (To accompany H. Res. No. 449.) February 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
J. Francisco Chaves vs. Charles P. Clever. February 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ventilation of the hall of the House of Representatives. February 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee.
Uniform system of bankruptcy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1510.) February 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
Mary J. Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) February 11, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Charles W. Whitney. (To accompany H. Res. No. 1964.) February 12, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Richard M. Green. (To accompany H. Res. No. 1965.) February 12, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Expenditures.
Department of Education. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Adjustment and settlement of accounts against the government. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
Simon Jones vs. James Mann, and Cleb S. Hunt vs. J. Willis Menard. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Thomas A. Hamilton. February 18, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed
Support of Indians. February 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
J.S. Casement. February 23, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Postal telegraph. (To accompany Bills H.R. 1083, 1415, 1504, and 1689.) February 24, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Army organization. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of tools for Philadelphia Navy Yard. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority.
Alaska investigation. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund House of Representatives. February 27, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Accounts.
Mrs. Susan A. Shelby. March 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Prince Edward Island. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jones, Fowler, Kirtland & Co. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Arrest of American citizens in Great Britain. March 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) December 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims of Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1491.) December 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Whiskey frauds and administration of Internal Revenue Department. December 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment.
Norman Wiard. January 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Switzler vs. Anderson. January 14, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
J.H. Christy and John A. Wimpy. January 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Edward Learned. January 12, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		41
Serial set 1389 New York election frauds. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority. 1
Serial set 1390 New York election frauds. March 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1391 Report on the treatment of prisoners of war, by the rebel authorities during the War of the Rebellion, to which are appended the testimony taken by the committee and official documents and statistics, etc. 1
Serial set 1392 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1869. In the ninety-fourth [i.e., ninety-third] year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1393 Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a report of the government board of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad relative to the election of directors for the ensuing year. March 16, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, recommending that Alexander T. Stewart, appointed and confirmed to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, may be exempted from the operations of the eighth section of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 6, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a list of the public and private acts and resolutions passed at the third session of the 40th Congress. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, withdrawing his message of the 6th instant, requesting the passage of a joint resolution to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from the disabilities imposed by section 8 of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the commissioners appointed under the 13th article of the treaty between the United States and the Senecas and mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and other Indians, concluded February 23, 1867, to ascertain and report the amount of money due by the United States to the Wyandott Indians. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, correspondence between James Buchanan, President of the United States, and Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, regarding the policy to be pursued to avert the war of the rebellion. March 30, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the military importance of San Juan Island. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General, to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to cheap ocean postage. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in relation to the restoration of the states which were engaged in the rebellion to their proper relations to the government and country. April 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information in relation to contracts with Norman Wiard for the fabrication and delivery of ordnance. March 31, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information whether the government of Venezuela has paid the first instalment due to American citizens under the award recently made by the mixed commission of the two governments. March 17, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 		11
Serial set 1394 Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State upon claims against Great Britain. April 8, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie upon the table. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1395 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1396 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1397 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1398 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1399 Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mineral Range Railroad. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of the claims of citizens of that state for houses taken for the military service of the United States. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the New York and Antwerp Mail Steamship Co., asking that American steamships employed in carrying the mails may be released from the payment of all dues payable to the United States. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1869. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 94.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act Granting Lands to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific Railroad in California to Portland in Oregon,' approved July 25, 1866," respectfully report...
Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying a confirmation of the Rio Grande land grant to the actual settlers who have occupied, improved, and lived upon said land for the last ten years, and against the confirmation of an old land grant, the conditions of which have not been complied with. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Lands Claims and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the passage of the bill to establish a line of American steamships between the United States and Europe. March 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Orlando Brown, submit the following report...
Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the Fifteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 11, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of Oliver Evans Woods, suggesting a plan for the safe delivery of letters. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the matter of S. & H. Sayles, respectfully report...
Petition of David J. Millard, praying payment of balance due him on a contract with the government for the manufacture of sabres. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to guaranteeing the payment of certain bonds to be issued by the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi for the purpose of building and repairing the levees in said states. March 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 121.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting the right of way and aid for the purpose of building a railroad from the shore of Green Bay, or Bay De Noc, to the iron district in Menomonee County. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Delaware River. March 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 20, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of J. Gregory Smith, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, addressed to Hon. George F. Edmunds, enclosing two communications in relation to the treaty with Great Britain concerning the island of San Juan. March 22, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the settling of various Indian tribes on the Cherokee domain west of the 96th degree of west longitude. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1869. Submitted by Mr. Sprague, to accompany the Bill S. 194, and ordered to be printed. The liberties and interests of the American people imperatively demand that scarcity of capital and high rates of interest for money shall cease...
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-first Congress. March 24, 1869.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the European and North American Railway Company, praying aid in the construction of a railroad...
In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of the sureties of Israel T. Canby, late receiver of public moneys at Crawfordsville, Indiana, having duly considered the same, beg leave to make the following report...
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to navigation between the United States and Canada. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1869. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 2.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, for the relief of John E. Reeside, having had the same under consideration, respectfully beg leave to report...
Statement prepared in the Office of Internal Revenue in relation to tax on manufactured tobacco. April 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.
Memorial of A.L. Bogart, praying the introduction of Wilson's electric lighter over the Senate Chamber. April 3, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. April 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Polly Hunt, administratrix, and George W. Hunt, administrator of Walter Hunt, deceased, praying to be allowed a rehearing before the Commissioner of Patents of their application for an extension of patents for improvements in manufacturing paper collars, beg leave to make the following report thereon...
In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of March, 1869, instructing them to "inquire into the mode of appointment and tenure of office of the subordinate officers of the Senate, and to report if any changes are desirable in the same," report...
Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying the organization of a single local government of the district, under the provisions of a law of Congress, similar to that proposed in the bill generally known as the Morrill Bill. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. April 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of the law authorizing the holding of a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the District of Kansas, at Leavenworth City in that state. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. 		33
Serial set 1400 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States; being the first session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1869, in the ninety-third year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1401 Paraguay difficulties. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of despatch of February last from William Van Vleck Lidgerwood, relative to events which have transpired in Paraguay. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
S.A. Peugh. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of S.A. Peugh relative to rent due him for the occupancy of his building by the Pension Office. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Interest on the public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the payment of the interest on the public debt. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Owen Thorn. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing copies of papers filed in his department relative to the claim of Owen Thorn. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Destruction of merchant vessels. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the destruction, during the late war, by rebel vessels, of certain merchant vessels of the United States, and concerning the damages and claims arising therefrom. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Report of Samuel Purdy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of Samuel Purdy, special agent of the Treasury Department. April 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. 		6
Serial set 1402 Penitentiary in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, praying that the net proceeds of internal revenue be set aside for the erection of a penitentiary. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869.
Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States. Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869.
John Covode. Papers in the prima facie case from the 21st District, Pennsylvania.
Papers in the case of C.B. Darrall vs. Adolphe Bailey, Third Congressional District, Louisiana.
Papers in the case of Frank Morey vs. G.W. McCranie, Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana.
Papers in the case of A.S. Wallace vs. W.D. Simpson, Fourth Congressional District, South Carolina. Ordered to be printed.
Papers in the case of S.L. Hoge vs. J.P. Reed, Third Congressional District, South Carolina.
Papers in the case of J.H. Sypher vs. Louis St. Martin, from the First Congressional District of Louisiana. Ordered to be printed.
Papers in the case of Charles H. Van Wyck vs. George W. Greene, Eleventh Congressional District, New York.
Myers vs. Moffet. Papers in the case of Leonard Myers vs. John Moffet, relative to the contest for a seat in the 41st Congress as a representative from the Third District of Pennsylvania. March 5, 1869 [i.e., 1868]. --Ordered to be printed.
Coin contracts. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to coin contracts. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Kansas. Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Kansas, for indemnification for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the rebel invasion in 1864. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Losses by citizens of Kansas Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 115.) Memorial for indemnity from government for losses sustained by the citizens of Kansas Territory. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the appropriation of pubic lands, &c. March 15, 1869. -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.
St. James and Little Rock Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the St. James and Little Rock Railroad. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Robert C. Bliss and George F. Masterman. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
North Carolina. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Constitution and ordinances of the State of Mississippi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the 15th article of the amendment to the Constitution. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Indian depredations in Utah. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, praying for an appropriation to pay for Indian depredations and expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed with the accompanying papers.
Survey of public lands in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for an appropriation for a resurvey of the public lands. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Town sites in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for a change of the act approved March 2, 1867, relating to town sites. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Territorial library. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for an appropriation to increase the territorial library. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Fondrin. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to procure an appropriation for Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Fondrin. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Rules of the Committee of Elections, House of Representatives. March 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Custom-house at St. Louis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a communication from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department relative to the Custom-house at St. Louis, Missouri. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 24, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ninth decennial census. Memorial of life insurance companies of the United States, relative to the taking of the decennial census of 1870. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Census and ordered to be printed.
Constitution of the State of Texas. Constitution of the State of Texas, adopted by the constitutional convention convened under the reconstruction acts of Congress passed March 2, 1867, and the acts supplementary thereto; to be submitted for ratification or rejection at an election to take place on the first Monday of July, 1869. March 30, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Ninth census. Communications from Dr. Franklin B. Hough and others, relative to the ninth census of the United States. April 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Condition of affairs in Georgia. Nelson Tift's rejoinder to the letter of Governor Bullock, relative to the condition of affairs in Georgia. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Reed and Simpson. Papers in the contested election cases of Reed and Simpson, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts, South Carolina. April 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new officers, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-first Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 10, 1869.
Secret sales of gold and bonds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) Memorial from the business men and boards of trade of Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, relative to secret sales of gold and bonds by the Treasury Department. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Newsham vs. Ryan. Papers in the contested election case of Newsham vs. Ryan, from the Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana. March 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. Constitution of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, with all the acts of Congress relating to the institution, from its organization, February 16, 1857, to March 3, 1869. March 30, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed 		36
Serial set 1403 John B. Rodgers. April 7, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Myers vs. Moffet. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Anderson. March 24, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Foster vs. Covode. March 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hoge vs. Reed. March 30, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hunt vs. Sheldon. March 31, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Wallace vs. Simpson. April 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hoge vs. Reed. April 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Wallace vs. Simpson. April 5, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order for to-morrow (April 6) after the reading of the journal, and ordered to be printed.
Morey vs. McCranie. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sypher vs. St. Martin. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		12