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Contingent fund, State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842, a statement of payments made from the contingent fund, &c. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Property in public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to inventory and accounts of the property of the United States, in the public buildings and grounds. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for foreign claims commissions. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to an appropriation for the service of the foreign claims commissions. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a detailed statement of the amounts required to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Increase of expenses and compensation of certain consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Department of State relative to increase of expenses and compensation of certain consular agents. February 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. William Heine. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the removal of William Heine, a consular clerk. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement from State Department relative to consular fees. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Names of consular agents and amounts paid. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement from the Treasury Department, relative to the names and amounts paid to consular agents. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting returns of relief and protection of American seamen during the year ending September 30, 1871. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property. Letter from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, in relation to inventories and accounts of the property of the United States in the public buildings and grounds belonging to the United States in the District of Columbia. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. General receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1869. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his adjusted quarterly accounts of general receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1869. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Number of inhabitants in each state and territory, and of those denied the right to vote. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant. December 11, 1871. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Delivery of manifests. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the House a draught bill entitled "A Bill in Aid of the Laws Requiring the Delivery of Manifests in Certain Cases." December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Balances of appropriations unexpended. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to balances of appropriations unexpended on the 30th of June, 1871; the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872; the net expenditures for the quarter ended September 30, 1871. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fur-seal fisheries, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of report of the special agent in charge of the fur-seal fisheries at the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. |
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Spanish West Indies. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, transmitting reports from the Secretaries of State and the Navy, with reference to the Spanish West Indies. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Penitentiaries in territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the act of January 22, 1867, making appropriations for the erection of penitentiaries in certain territories. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for purchasing supplies for Indians of the Milk River Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the purpose of purchasing supplies for Indians of the Milk River Agency. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 12, 1871, in relation to the channels leading to the harbor of Baltimore. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Buildings for Seminole Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for the erection of buildings on the reservation of the Seminole Indians. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bounties to soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bounties to soldiers discharged for disabilities. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Tennessee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 11, 1872, in relation to the examination, survey, and estimates for the improvement of the Tennessee River. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Patapsco River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Patapsco River. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bounty to Missouri state militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, with copy of opinion of the Solicitor of the War Department, given in 1864, respecting the subject of bounty to which the Missouri state militia were entitled by law. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claim of T.R. Curtis. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of T.R. Curtis on account of depredations by Cheyenne Indians in 1865. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. J.A. Viall. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, 1871, in relation to affidavits filed in his department in answer to charges made by M.M. McCauley against J.A. Viall, Superintendent of Indian affairs for Montana Territory. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Interest due Seneca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations to pay interest due Seneca Indians. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Redemption of five-twenty bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th instant in relation to the amount redeemed of the twenty millions five-twenty bonds. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Banks in the City of New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, in relation to banks in the City of New York, organized under the banking system of the United States, concerned or interested in promoting any artificial scarcity of money. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Subsistence of Navajo Indians in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation of $185,000 for subsisting the Navajo Indians in New Mexico up to the 30th of June, 1873. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Inventory of property of Post-Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting to the House an inventory of the property of the Post-Office Department. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Condition of the Indians of Fort Berthold Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the condition of the Indians of the Fort Berthold Agency, in Dakota Territory, together with an estimate for an appropriation of $40,000 for the support of certain Indians. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. School buildings for the Sacs and Foxes and Iowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for schools and school buildings for the benefit of the Sacs and Foxes and the Iowa Indians in Nebraska. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Land for Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to certain selections of land made for members of the Shawnee Indians, also a draft of a joint resolution to confirm the sale of said selections. January 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Estimates of deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, and of prior years. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of national loans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a paragraph in relation to the expenses of national loans. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. United States notes destroyed by fire in Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting two petitions praying for relief in consequence of the loss of certain United States notes destroyed by fire in Chicago. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Disbursing agent of the appropriation made for the ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the disbursing agent of the appropriation for the ninth census. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking an appropriation for subsisting the Apache Indians of Arizona and New Mexico the remainder of the present year. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for certain public works. Letter from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1871, in relation to appropriations for certain public works on harbors and rivers. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brevet Brigadier General George W. Balloch. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1871, in relation to the suspension or mustering out of Brevet Brigadier General George W. Balloch. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Persons employed and compensation paid in the collection of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the number of persons employed and compensation paid in the collection of Customs, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, in the United States, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Quantity of paper required to replace the present national bank circulation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 31, 1871, transmitting an estimate of the number of pounds of paper that will required to replace the present national bank circulation, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Pay of mail-contractors in the late insurgent states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 18, 1871, in relation to any appropriation out of which mail-contractors may be paid for carrying the United States mails in the late insurgent states prior to May 31, 1861. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preservation of records in the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, 1871, requesting information as to what action is necessary for the preservation of public records in the State Department, transmitting report and accompanying papers from the Secretary of State. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Land-grants to railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1871, transmitting map showing land grants to railroads, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Estimates of appropriations for surveying public lands, and to supply deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for surveying the public lands, to supply deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, and June 30, 1871, &c. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Wareham, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 27, 1871, in relation to the harbor of Wareham, Massachusetts. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenses of agent to the Eastern or North Carolina Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation of $3,503 65 required to pay the amount found due on account of expenses incurred by the special agent to make payment of moneys belonging to the Eastern or North Carolina Cherokees. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, calling for an appropriation of $8,400 to provide school facilities for the children of the Pawnee tribe of Indians. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for Choctaw and Chickasaw Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required for the Indian service at the Choctaw and Chickasaw Agency, Indian Territory. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the act of July 15, 1870, making appropriation for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department. January 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. General George W. Balloch. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1871, in relation to the suspension or muster-out of General George W. Balloch. January 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Arts and manufactures not produced in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the arts and manufactures not produced in the United States. January 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, transmitting his annual report for the year 1871. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Statue of Brevet Lieut. Gen'l Winfield Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking for an appropriation for the erection of an equestrian statue to the memory of Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Ex-Colonel J.V.D. Reeve. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting case of Ex-Colonel J.V.D. Reeve. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 9, 1871, in relation to the harbor of Duxbury, Massachusetts. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Oswego River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of December 18, 1871, relative to the improvement of the Oswego River. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Jail for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 8, 1872, in relation to the construction of a jail for the District of Columbia. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Agricultural college land-scrip. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to agricultural colleges and college land-scrip. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Deficiency -- surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriation required for the surveying service to supply deficiencies for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1870, 1871, and 1872. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Black Bob Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to certain lands in the State of Kansas belonging to the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians, with bill for the sale of the same. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the present condition of the Kaw Indians. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the benefit of the Winnebago Indians. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building at Fall River, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, 1870, in relation to the erection of a public building at Fall River, Massachusetts. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Expenses incurred in removal of Pension-office to the Seaton House. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the removal of the Pension Office to the Seaton House in September, 1871. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional allowance for United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia. Letter from the Attorney General, in relation to an additional allowance to be made to the Office of the Attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military reservation at Fort Snelling. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of May 7, 1871, in relation to a permanent military post at the military reservation of Fort Snelling. January 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. To establish military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draught of a proposed act to establish military prisons. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Money appropriated to Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of January 18, 1872, in relation to money appropriated for the State of Texas, under the acts of March 3, 1859, and June 21, 1860. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerks employed in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or in any of its offices, during the year 1871. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Removal of Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the removal of Chippewa Indians to the reservation provided for the near White Earth Lake. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indian reservations in the northern superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the disposition of portions of Indian reservations in the northern superintendency. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation to reimburse subsistence department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to reimburse the subsistence department for supplies furnished Indians by Army officers. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies -- expenses of beacons and buoys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to deficiency in the appropriation for the current fiscal year on account of the expenses of beacons and buoys. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1867. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed |
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Appropriations for Kaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for the relief of the Kaw Indians in Kansas. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Christopher Weidner. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Christopher Weidner, for depredations committed by Kiowa Indians in 1868. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation required to subsist and care for the Apache Indians. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of arms and ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the sale of arms and ordnance stores. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Loss of funds by fire at Fort Buford. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the loss of government funds by fire at Fort Buford. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1871. Deputy collector at the port of Ounalaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an allowance for the compensation to the late acting deputy collector of Customs at the port of Ounalaska. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant relative to the Louisville and Portland Canal. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Public building at Oshkosh. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 14, 1871, relative to the erection of a public building at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Henry Hegwer. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Henry Hegwer for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians in 1867. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Curtis & Cole. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Curtis & Cole for depredations committed by Cheyenne and Kiowa Indians in 1864. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. C.W. Denton. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of C.W. Denton for depredations committed by Indians in Oregon from 1854 to 1860. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Bickford & Stanley. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Bickford & Stanley on account of depredations by Kiowa Indians in 1864. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas Hetherington. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Thomas Hetherington for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians in 1867. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Joseph Howsley. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Joseph Howsley for depredations committed by Navajo Indians in 1868. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations for subsisting Teton and other bands of Sioux Indians, in Montana. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claim of Lorenzo Krouse and others. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to sundry claims for depredations committed by Osage Indians. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Survey of Indian reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for surveying Indian reserves. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Treasurer's report. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his adjusted quarterly accounts for 3d and 4th quarters of 1869, and 1st and 2d quarters of 1870. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Additional clerks for Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking that he be authorized to employ additional clerks in his office. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Robert Sutherland. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Robert Sutherland for pay for certain alleged military services. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rev. Jonathan L. Mann. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the relief of Rev. Jonathan L. Mann. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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Camp Mohave. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the relief of citizens expelled from their homes at Camp Mohave, Arizona Territory. January 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Special report on the Customs-tariff legislation of the United States; with appendixes, by Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1871. |
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Re-indenture or re-enslavement of Chinamen in Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting answer of the Secretary of State to House resolution of the 28th ultimo, relative to the re-indenture or re-enslavement of Chinamen in the island of Cuba by decrees lately issued by Captain General Valmaseda. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Seth M. Whitten. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the discharge of Seth M. Whitten, private Company K, Fourth Michigan Volunteers. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of rivers and harbors of Long Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of January 30, relative to the survey of rivers and harbors of Long Island Sound. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the surveying service during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1869 and 1872. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Experiments on the coals of the Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, inclosing report of experiments on the coals of the Pacific coast, in compliance with a resolution of the House of March 22, 1872. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military reservations in Kansas, Montana, and Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 6, 1872, relative to the military reservations of Fort Harker, Kansas; Fort Benton, Montana Territory; and Fort Ripley, Minnesota. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Freight to Salt Lake City by the Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the carriage and freight to Salt Lake City by the Colorado River. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to appropriations for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of Chippewa Indian reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the sale of certain reservations of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota and Wisconsin. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Wm. F. and G.M. Dyer. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an account of Wm. F. and G.M. Dyer for beef-cattle furnished the Pi-Ute Indians in Nevada during the winter of 1861-'62. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. C.W. Seaton. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to C.W. Seaton for the use of a patent for the compilation of the statistics of age and sex. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of dam in the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20, 1872, relative to the survey of the dam in the Ohio River near the mouth of the Cumberland River. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Claim of Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Delaware Indians for stock stolen from them by the whites since the treaty of 1854. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for surveying public lands in Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for surveying public lands in Oregon. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an additional appropriation for the expenses of the ninth census. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Employes [sic] of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the names and compensation of the clerks, messengers, and laborers of his Department employed during the year 1871. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Case of the Acting Secretary of Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1872, relative to the case of the Acting Secretary of the Territory of Idaho. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Military post of Camp Three Forks. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military post of Camp Three Forks, Owyhee, Idaho Territory. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military reservation at Fort Steilacoom. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military reservation at Fort Steilacoom. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Wisconsin River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, 1872, relative to the improvement of the Wisconsin River. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Signal stations. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of signal stations. March 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pensacola Bay and harbor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting memorial of the mayor and city council of the City of Pensacola, relative to Pensacola Bay and harbor. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Light-house on Bullock's Point. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1872, relative to a light-house on Bullock's Point, Providence River, Rhode Island. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Senecas and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to aid the Senecas, Mixed Senecas, and other confederated bands of Indians in the Indian Territory. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Cherokee strip adjoining Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for expense of survey of Cherokee strip adjoining Kansas. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Major George W. Burchard. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to George W. Burchard, late of the Second Arkansas Colored Volunteers. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the military establishment, 1871. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1871. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military reservation of Fort Sanders. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military reservation of Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claims of M. Bellmard, H. Pappan, L. Pashall, and H. Grigsby. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claims of H. Pappan and others for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Cuivre River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the survey of the Cuivre River. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Salary of Secretary of New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to non-payment of the salary of the Secretary of New Mexico, and ex officio Superintendent of Public Buildings in that territory. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Francis V. De Costa [i.e., Coster]. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the services of Sergeant De Costa in the Marine Brigade Cavalry. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Yerba Buena, or Goat Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of telegrams addressed to the President, from San Francisco, concerning Yerba Buena, or Goat Island. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Ogdensburgh, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contract of Cornelius Daly for dredging the harbor of Ogdensburgh, New York. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bridge connecting Rock Island with Moline. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking an appropriation for the completion of the wagon-road bridge connecting Moline with Rock Island, Illinois. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Northern and northwestern lakes. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to appropriations for improvements of the northern and northwestern lakes. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. New Haven Harbor and Housatonic River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the improvement of New Haven Harbor and Housatonic River, Connecticut. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Patent-Office Official Gazette. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, relative to the Official Gazette, issued weekly from the Patent-Office. February 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. John Carrigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to John Carrigan, late lieutenant Battery A, First New Jersey Light Artillery. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of February 8, 1872, relative to the improvement of the Connecticut River. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to continue work on the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Monongahela River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a survey of the Monongahela River from New Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown, West Virginia. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Support of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for settlement, subsistence, and support of the Osage Indians. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States court in Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to holding a term of court for the Western District of Arkansas at Okmulgee once in each year. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Condition of the inhabitants of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the inhabitants of Alaska who resided there prior to the date of our acquisition of that territory. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Treaty with Nez Perce Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the third article of the treaty of August 13, 1868, with the Nez Perce Indians. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navigation of Delaware River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the navigation of the Delaware River. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Public property sold by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1872, in relation to public property sold by the War Department since July 1, 1865. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navigator's Islands. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th of March relative to a protectorate over the Navigator's Islands. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Reservation at Fort Steilacoom. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain plots of the military reservation at Fort Steilacoom for the Committee on Territories. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of certain Indians known as Pottawatomies. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for twelve Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to pay twelve Winnebago Indians. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Tonnage to and from San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 2, transmitting letter from the collector of Customs at San Francisco. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Correspondence between the War Department and Colonel Emory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 8, 1872, relative to the correspondence between the War Department and Colonel Emory, commanding the United States forces in Louisiana. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations to continue geological survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the expenses of continuing the geological survey of the territories during the ensuing fiscal year. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Condition of the Mississippi River between Alton and Saint Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the present condition of the Mississippi River between Alton and Saint Louis. March 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fort Collins military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Fort Collins military reservation. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Waukegan harbors. Letter from the Secretary of the War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 1, relative to the improvement of the harbors of Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Waukegan. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenses of observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal. Letter of the Secretary of the War, relative to the expenses of the observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repairs of forts in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the War, showing the expenditures for construction and repairs of buildings at each fort and military post in Texas. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Presents and provisions for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the purchase of presents and provisions for Indians during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trade by sea -- northeastern frontier. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill relating to the trade by sea on the northeastern frontier. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Wood's End Bar shoals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 22, relative to establishing a light to mark the shoals known as "Wood's End Bar," Provincetown, Mass. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Northern boundary of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the survey of the northern boundary of Nebraska. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indians of White Earth reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to aid and encouragement to Indians on the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William E. Daugherty. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim William E. Daugherty on account of depredations alleged to have been committed by Sioux Indians. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Ex-Lieutenant John F. Wotring. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to claim for services in Company L, West Virginia Cavalry. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the fourth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. Deficiencies, contingent expenses of the General Land-Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the General Land-Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of removal of certain Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for expenses of removal of certain Cherokee Indians from North Carolina. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of general council of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expenses of the general council of Indians in the Indian Territory. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military prison at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the erection of a Military prison at Rock Island, Illinois. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clothing and equipage. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the preservation of clothing and equipage during the next fiscal year. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lieutenant J. Scott Payne. (To accompany H.R. 1530.) Letter from the Secretary of War, returning the Bill (H.R. 1530) for the relief of J. Scott Payne, with an accompanying report of the Adjutant General thereon. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. William Weeks's land claim. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the disapproval, by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, of the private land claim of William Weeks, New Orleans. March 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. S.H. Bogardus and L.L. O'Connor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the service of Stephen H. Bogardus and L.L. O'Connor. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Discharged soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to soldiers discharged for minority. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. William G. Halpine [i.e., Halpin]. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to release of W.G. Halpine [i.e., Halpin], Fenian prisoner. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. New State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to an appropriation for carrying on the work on the new State Department. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Wisconsin and Fox rivers improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of arbitrators for the improvement of water-communication between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, by the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Property sold by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1872, relative to property of the United States sold by the War Department since the 30th day of June, 1865. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1872, relative to removing obstructions in the Missouri River. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Consular and commercial agents. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th of May, relative to the number of consular and commercial agents who speak or write the language of the country to which they are accredited. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Destruction of soldiers clothing. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the destruction of clothing of soldiers of Company B, Fourteenth Infantry. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Tompkins, New York Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 1, 1872, relative to Fort Tompkins, New York Harbor. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Facilities for the trial of offenders. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20, 1872, relative to the inadequacy of the facilities for the trial of offenders against the laws of the United States, in the southern judicial district of New York. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Supplies for the Post-Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in compliance with the act of July 17, 1862, relative to contracts made by him for supplying his department with stationery, wrapping-paper, cotton and hemp twine, and letter-balances for one year from the 1st of February, 1872. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Losses of certain cadets by fire. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of the losses of certain cadets by fire in their barracks on the 5th of February, 1871. March 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Registration of foreign-built vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a bill entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Registration of Foreign-built Vessels Owned by Citizens of the United States." March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Steam-vessels in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 18, 1872, transmitting statement of statistics pertaining to steam-vessels upon the different waters of the United States during the years 1868, 1869, 1870, and 1871. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Payments to internal revenue officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December, 1871, relative to the amounts paid to officers of internal revenue as salaries, traveling or contingent expenses, fees, and moieties, for the twelve months next preceding the 1st of March, 1869, and 1st of December, 1871. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Hancock Barracks, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Hancock Barracks, Maine. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Removal of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation required to defray certain expenses connected with the removal of the Osage Indians. February 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. John C. Chamberlain [i.e., Chamberlin]. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to John C. Chamberlain [i.e., Chamberlin], late lieutenant Company A, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Collins reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Fort Collins reservation. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Horses left on line of march taken by General Hobson. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to horses left on the line of march taken by General Hobson while in pursuit of the confederate General Morgan, in 1863. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Status of teamsters in quartermasters' employ. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the status of teamsters in quartermasters' employ. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the Pottawatomie Indians. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trade and tonnage with certain countries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 2, relative to trade and tonnage for the year 1870 with the west coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, Sandwich Island, &c. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Reservation to Red Bear, Chief of Chippewas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a reservation made to Red Bear, Chief of the Chippewas, by provisions of ninth article of the treaty of October 2, 1863. March 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clerical hire in surveying districts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimated appropriations required for clerical hire in surveying districts. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed Chippewa half-breeds of Lake Superior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1871, relative to the issuance of scrip to the half-breeds or mixed-bloods belonging to the Chippewas of Lake Superior. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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Bounty for slaves. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bounty for slaves who enlisted in the Army. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed Clothing to soldiers in national asylums. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to clothing issued to disabled soldiers in the national asylums. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Government building in Washington City. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an additional appropriation for modification, renovation, and repair of the government building at the corner of F and Seventeenth streets. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Marine hospital charges. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to regulate marine hospital charges for sick or disabled foreign seamen. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pay of professors of the Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to pay of the Military Academy professors. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Light-house at New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 20, 1872, relative to removing the light-house at New Haven Harbor to Southwest Ledge. April 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Condition of affairs in the southern states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of 25th January last relative to the lawlessness in insurrectionary states. April 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Insurrectionary States and ordered to be printed. Ship-canal -- Chesapeake to Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, relative to a ship-canal between Chesapeake and Delaware bays. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Black River Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th March, relative to the need of further improvements in the harbor of Black River, Ohio. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the expenses incurred in the arbitration had between the United States and the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Light-house at New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 20, relative to removing the light-house at New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, to Southwest Ledge. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Board of Pilot Commissioners, New York. Letter from the Hydrographic Inspector of the Coast Survey Office, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the Board of Pilot Commissioners of New York. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Penitentiaries in territories. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 19, 1872, showing the cost of equipping and maintaining penitentiaries in the territories of Colorado, Montana, and Idaho. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. New Orleans wharf property. Letter from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the New Orleans wharf property. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Oath of office of officers of Customs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to facilitate the taking of the oath of office by subordinate officers of the Customs. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claims of the State of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report concerning the history and character of certain claims of the State of Texas. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Children of John M. Baker. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House the Bill (H.R. 2041) for the relief of the children of John M. Baker, with his objections thereto. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Various Pacific Railroad Companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1872, relative to the various Pacific Railroad Companies. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1359.) Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Mobile. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor at Mobile, Alabama. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Affairs on the Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the political complexion of affairs on the Texas frontier. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Washington Aqueduct. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the enlistment and service of the First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Newspapers publishing the law of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, transmitting a list of newspapers publishing the laws of the United States. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Consular and commercial agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, relative to the authority that can properly be conferred upon consular and commercial agents for the protection of the revenues of the country. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. James M. Hanks, administrator of Dr. John F. Hanks. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1550.) Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House the Bill (H.R. 1550) for the relief of Dr. John F. Hanks, with his objections thereto. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Dr. J.E. Houard. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, with papers, relative to Dr. J.E. Houard. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. John T. Johnson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1867, with his objections. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed. Round Valley Indian Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 18, 1872, relative to the extension of the Indian reservation known as the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in the State of California. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenses of sales of useless military reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to carry into effect the act of February 24, 1871, for the expenses of survey, appraisement, and other contingent expenses necessary and attendant upon the sale of useless military reservations provided for by said act. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for records in recorder's office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for records, &c., in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, for the current fiscal year. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Evidence in claims for bounty. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the third section of an act of Congress, approved May 17, 1856, admitting parol evidence to establish claims for bounty-land warrants, where no record evidence is found to exist. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Lands to Mississippi and Alabama. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 15, 1872, relative to the disposition of the lands granted to the states of Mississippi and Alabama, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the mouth of the Ohio River to the City of Mobile, Alabama. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Employes of subsistence department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the number of enlisted men on extra duty, and of civilian employes in the subsistence department. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claim of Dakota Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Dakota Territory for pay, &c., of troops in the Indian War of 1862. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Officers and employes of the Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to officers and employes of the Quartermaster's Department. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Keerl & Miller. Letter from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the payment of $582.70 to Messrs. Keerl & Miller. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Abraham P. Eyre. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1233.) Letter from the Secretary of War, at the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to claim of Abraham P. Eyre, of Philadelphia. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Treaty with the Cherokee Nation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the sixteenth article of the treaty of 19th July, 1866, with the Cherokee Nation of Indians. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Collector of Customs at Port Townsend, W.T. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in further response to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1872, relative to the collector of Customs at Port Townsend, Washington Territory. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Trowel-bayonet. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 4, 1872, relative to the experimental trial made in the Army of the trowel-bayonet. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claim of Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Chickasaw Nation for interest due on certain state stocks belonging to the Chickasaw Nation fund. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Major General Don Carlos Buell. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of March 1, 1872, relative to Major General Don Carlos Buell. April 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Trade with Atlantic and foreign ports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 2, 1872, transmitting letters from the collectors of Customs at Portland and Astoria, Oregon. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Richard B. Crawford. (To accompany Bill H.R. 622.) Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill 622, granting a pension to Richard B. Crawford, with his objections. April 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Dr. J.E. Houard. Statement from Dr. John G. Houard, of Philadelphia, relative to the arrest, trial, and conviction of Dr. John E. Houard by the Spanish authorities in the island of Cuba. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Payment of female nurses. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to Committee on Military Affairs, relative to payment of female nurses for services during the late war. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Light-station at Solomon's Lump. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1872, relative to a light-station at Solomon's Lump, in Kedge's Straits, between Tangier Sound and Chesapeake Bay. April 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting according to law, statement of contingent expenses of the said Department. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 2, 1872, relative to the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in East Chester Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 25, 1872, relative to the cost of removing certain obstructions in the East Chester Creek. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Coosa and Tennessee Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1872, relative to the Coosa and Tennessee Rivers. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fishing-grounds of North Pacific Ocean. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th of January last relative to a report made by Colonel Cutts. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Beaver Lake, Indiana. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 2, 1872, relative to Beaver Lake, in the County of Newton, State of Indiana. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Creek orphans of 1832. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to restore to the Creek orphans of 1832 certain funds to which they are entitled under the treaty of March 24, 1832. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post-office building, North Providence. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 3, 1872, relative to a post-office building at North Providence, in the State of Rhode Island. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Treasurer of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill for the relief of the Treasurer of the United States. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Property sold by the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the sales of property belonging to the United States by any officer or agent of the Navy Department since the 30th of June, 1865. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of certain rivers in the southern states. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of certain rivers in the southern states. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Wagon-road in Wyoming. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1512.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a wagon-road in Wyoming. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Revenue marine steamers of the lakes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th January relative to United States revenue marine steamers on the lakes during the past season. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement in Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives February 8, in relation to the improvement of the Connecticut River below Hartford. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Criminal cases in district courts of Utah. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1872, relative to criminal cases pending in district courts of Utah Territory. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Columbia Hospital for Women. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation of $30,000 for purchasing a site for the Columbia Hospital for Women. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Quapaw Indian lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to appropriations for land ceded to the United States by the Quapaw Indians. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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Professorship of dental surgery in Military and Naval Academies. (To accompany H.R. 2140.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to creating a professorship of dental surgery at the United States Military and Naval academies. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. First Regiment Florida Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Company E, First Regiment Florida Cavalry. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of the condition of the office of the Treasurer the United States. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Treaty of Washington. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to the differences of opinion which have arisen with regard to the powers of the Tribunal of Arbitration created under the Treaty of Washington. May 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Consolidation of the navigation and Customs collection laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend the navigation and Customs collection laws of the United States. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Offers and [sic] land and water mail-routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting abstracts of offers for carrying the mails upon the different routes in the United States, and statement of all land and water mails established by the Post Office Department within the year ending July 1, 1871. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Chippewa River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Chippewa River, Wisconsin. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriation required for investigation of Indian bounty frauds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation to meet expenses incurred in the investigation of Indian bounty frauds. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1517 | The case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Transmitted to Congress by the President of the United States, April 24, 1872. In three volumes. Volume I. | 1 |
| Serial set 1518 | The case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Printed by order of Congress, U.S.A. In three volumes. Volume II | 1 |
| Serial set 1519 | The case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Printed by order of Congress, U.S.A. In three volumes. Volume III [plus an additional section entitled Volume IV]. | 1 |
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Drake's patent fuse. (To accompany Bill H.R. 880.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 880) authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase Drake's patent fuse. May 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military post, Beaver City, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for a military post near the town of Beaver City, Utah. May 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public buildings at Cincinnati. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a site for the erection of public buildings at Cincinnati, Ohio. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Collector of Customs at Alexandria, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill to increase the compensation of the collector of Customs for the District of Alexandria. May 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. John Scott Payne. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of J. Scott Payne, late first lieutenant Fifth United States Cavalry. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lots sold at Fort Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to complete survey of lots sold at Fort Gratiot military reservation. May 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Caleb H. Gurk, (Greek.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the charge of desertion against Caleb H. Gurk, (Greek,) First Michigan Volunteers. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Difficulties in Cherokee Country. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of April 29, relative to the recent difficulties in the Cherokee Country. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Money paid into the Treasury by War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, relative to money paid into the Treasury by the War Department for sales of property. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eight-hour law at Springfield armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 12, relative to the operations of the armory at Springfield in the working of the eight-hour law. May 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Claim of Juan Carlos Santistevan et al., (claim No. 61, New Mexico.) Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, transmitting the report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land-claim in said territory numbered 61. May 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. May 20, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Improvement of Edgartown Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 5, 1872, in relation to the improvement of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to regulate the remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures and the distribution of the proceeds thereof. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Sergeant John R. Williams. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Lance Sergeant John R. Williams, general service, United States Army, for reimbursement of clothing destroyed during the great fire at Chicago. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Alonzo J. Marsh. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the proposed act restoring Alonzo J. Marsh to his rank as captain in the Eleventh Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. James De Long and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of James De Long and others, of Kentucky, for compensation for services rendered during the late war. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military barracks at Plattsburgh. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, 1872, relative to the military barracks at Plattsburgh, New York. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Connection of waters of Tennessee River with Atlantic Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the surveys ordered by Congress with a view to connecting the waters of the Tennessee River and Atlantic Ocean through Alabama and Georgia. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. William Marvin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the private land-claim of William Marvin, of Florida. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas Haslam. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the muster of Thomas Haslam as a second lieutenant in Company K, Twenty-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Nez Perce Indian reservation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the purchase and improvement of the Nez Perce Indian reservation in the Territory of Idaho. May 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Transfer of an appropriation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, asking for transfer of appropriation for widows and dependent relatives and pensions for the War of 1812 to cover deficiency in the appropriation for invalid pensions for the present fiscal year. May 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Samuel Brooks. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the claim of Samuel Brooks. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Montana war-claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the House of Representatives additional papers pertaining to the investigation into the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bounty to Louisiana Scouts. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1970.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill of the House No. 1970, and transmitting information in relation thereto. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claim of Dakota Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to the claim of Dakota Territory from troops called out for the defense of the territory. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Restoration of wounded Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the restoration to the Army of all officers mustered out under act of July 15, 1870, who have been wounded. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Grades in military service. (To accompany Bill S. 393.) Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the Senate Bill 393. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Treatment of the Jews of Roumania. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, relative to a protest, in connection with the Italian government, against the intolerant treatment of the Jews of Roumania. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Commerce with certain British possessions. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the commerce between the United States and certain British possessions. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Examination of accounts of consular officers of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of De B.R. Keim relative to examination of the accounts of consular officers of the United States. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Persons employed in Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and statement of the expenditures under the superintendent thereof. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. School property of Ottawa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the disposition of the school property of the Ottawa Indians in Kansas, under treaty of June 24, 1872. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lands patented to Florida for educational purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to lands conveyed to the State of Florida for educational and school purposes. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Commerce between the United States and British possessions. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of May 14, transmitting letter from the Postmaster General relative to carrying mails between the United States and certain British colonial possessions. June 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Extradition treaty with Belgium. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th May, transmitting copies of correspondence relative to an extradition treaty with Belgium. June 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sale of light-house reservation at Fort Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the sale of the light-house reservation at Fort Gratiot. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claim of owners of steamer Aroostook. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House, of 15th March last, relative to claim by the owners of the steamer Aroostook used by the United States legation in Japan. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preliminary report of the United States geological survey of Wyoming, and portions of contiguous territories, (being a second annual report of progress) conducted under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, by F.V. Hayden, United States geologist. Preliminary report of the United States geological survey of Montana and portions of adjacent territories; being a fifth annual report of progress, by F.V. Hayden, United States geologist. Conducted under authority of the Secretary of the Interior. |
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| Serial set 1522 | Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1871. | 1 |
| Serial set 1523 | Annual report on the commercial relations between the United States and foreign nations, made by the Secretary of State, for the year ending September 30, 1871. | 1 |
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Commissioners of Claims. First general report of the Commissioners of Claims. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Boles vs. Edwards. Petition and affidavit from Hon. John Edwards, in contested election case of Boles vs. Edwards, asking for time to take evidence, to be referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the District of Columbia, transmitting to the House, in compliance with the act of February 21, 1871, four copies of the laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and accompanying letter ordered to be printed. St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church, Selma, Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) Petition of the St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church of Selma, Alabama, praying for relief. January 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. list of reports to be made to Congress during the second session of the Forty-second Congress by public officers, prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1871. Honorable W.T. Clark. Certificate of the election of Hon. W.T. Clark, as a member of the Forty-second Congress from the First District in Texas. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Honorable W.S. Herndon. Certificate of the election of Hon. W.S. Herndon as a member of the Forty-second Congress from the First District in Texas. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, 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-second Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1871. Public property in charge of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting inventory of public property in his charge. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Meteorological observations. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, relative to the establishment of a systematic plan of meteorological observations and crop reports. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amendment to the rules. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Surfmen at life-saving stations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the employment of surfmen on the New Jersey coast. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Elias C. Boudinot. (To accompany Bill H.R. 603.) Memorial of Elias C. Boudinot, a Cherokee Indian, for relief against certain proceedings under the internal revenue laws. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. International exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Honorable N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting a communication from the Austro-Hungarian minister relative to an international exposition of agriculture, industry, and fine arts, to be held at Vienna in 1873. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Modification of pension laws. Resolution of the General Assembly of Tennessee, relative to the modification of the pension laws of February, 1871. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Additional rule. December 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Pensions to widows of soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of an act granting pensions to the widows of soldiers of the War of 1812. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. Refunding tax paid upon cotton. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of the passage of a law refunding the tax paid upon cotton in the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Exempting towing-boats on western rivers from certain restrictions. Petition of the underwriters, manufactures, and merchants of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to exempt steam towing-boats on the western rivers from certain restrictions and regulations imposed upon passenger boats. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property. Letter from the Architect of the United States Capitol, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and the Botanic Gardens. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Salary of Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg. Letters from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing dispatches from the American minister at St. Petersburg, in reference to the insufficiency of salary of the Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg, and of the American consuls in Russia. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-second Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1871. Thomas Boles vs. John Edwards. Papers in the case of Thomas Boles vs. John Edwards, Third Congressional District of Arkansas. Papers of contestant. B.W. Norris vs. W.A. Handley. Papers in the case of Norris vs. Handley, Third Congressional District of Alabama. Clerks employed in the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in his department. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lands for educational purposes. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking Congress to grant said state public lands to aid her in her educational purposes. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the improvement of the Gasconade River. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation for the survey and improvement of the Gasconade River. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Cod and whale fisheries. Report of Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, on the subject of the cod and whale fisheries, made to the House of Representatives, February 1, 1791, also report of Lorenzo Sabine, esq., on the principal fisheries of the American seas, being part of House Executive Document No. 23, of the second session, Thirty-second Congress. January 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Osage River. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, as to the improvement of the Osage River. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, transmitting a concurrent resolution of the general assembly asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Black & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) Memorial of Black and Company, praying relief for losses sustained as contractors for improving Louisville and Portland Canal. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Eugenia P. Bertinetti. Additional report from the Commissioners of Claims, upon the claim of Madame Eugenia P. Bertinetti. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
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Harbor of Cape Fear River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, relating to the harbor of the Cape Fear River. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Uniform tax on manufactured tobacco. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to a uniform rate of tax upon all kinds and descriptions of manufactured tobacco and snuff. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. International copyright. Resolution relating to international copyright. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Edgartown Harbor. Papers relative to the re-opening of Edgartown Harbor, being memorial of the board of harbor commissioners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 31, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, to the Congress of the United States, relative to water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Two per cent. fund. Memorial of the governors of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, in relation to the two per cent. fund. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Weidner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1094.) Petition of Charles A. Weidner for relief for work done for jail in the District of Columbia. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Monongahela River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, relating to the improvement of the Monongahela River. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Payment of Montana militia vouchers. Joint memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for an appropriation to pay what are known as the Montana militia vouchers. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Duty on quicksilver. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, urging upon Congress the necessity of abolishing the duty on quicksilver. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Freedmen of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Petition of freedmen of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, with other papers on the same subject. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. I.G. McKissick vs. A.S. Wallace. Papers of contestant in the case of Isaac G. M'Kissick vs. Alexander S. Wallace, Fourth Congressional District of South Carolina. January 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. H.W. Carter and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, praying Congress to remove political disabilities from H.W. Carter and others, of said state. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. B.C. Pressley. Petition of B.C. Pressley, late Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Charleston, South Carolina. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Protest of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations. Protest of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations against propositions pending in Congress to frame territorial governments. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Thomas Crymes. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking Congress to remove the political disabilities of Thomas Crymes, of Anderson County. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Fishing interests of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the fishing interests in that state. February 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Cost of public buildings in the several states named. February 28, 1872. -- Reported by Mr. Halsey, from the Committee on Public Building and Grounds; ordered to be printed and recommitted. Refunding the cotton tax. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, in relation to refunding the cotton tax. February 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. San Luis Park Transportation Company. Memorial of the promoters of San Luis Park Transportation Company for right of way for a railroad from San Luis Park to Great Colorado River. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Rev. J.W. Green. Letter from Rev. J.W. Green, of the District of Columbia, presented by Mr. Farnsworth, asking that certain charges which he makes may be inquired into. January 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Duty on rice. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the repeal of protective duty on rice. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Collection of Customs revenue. Memorial of the National Reform Association, suggesting corrections and modifications of the laws relating to the collection of the Customs revenue, and manner of ascertaining values of imported commodities. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Lewis D. Campbell. Petition of W.H. Blair and other electors, of the Third Congressional District of Ohio, asking leave to take testimony in the contest of the seat of Lewis D. Campbell. February 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections. February 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. The American fisheries. Memorial of the Committee on Fisheries, appointed in Boston, on the American fisheries as affected by the Treaty of Washington. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Martha G. Vaughn and Louisa Jackman. Petition of Mrs. Martha G. Vaughn and Mrs. Louisa Jackman, with other papers relative to their claim. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Railroad from Chicago to Mobile. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the act granting lands to the State of Illinois for the purpose of building a railroad from Chicago to Mobile. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Commodore M.F. Maury's meteorological observations. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, concerning Mathew [i.e. Matthew] F. Maury's international meteorological observations, essays, &c. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. State government for Colorado. Memorial of the Legislature of Colorado, relative to state government. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Civil service. February 12, 1872. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public buildings in Kansas City. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation by Congress for the erection of certain public buildings at Kansas City, in said state. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Humphreys and Abbot's report on hydraulics, etc. (To accompany H. Res. 100.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to report on hydraulics and physics of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Claimants for certain losses in Kansas. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in behalf of certain claimants for relief for losses sustained in the years of 1855 and 1856. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Water communication between the James and Ohio rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. 962.) Letter from the Chief of Engineers to Hon. Messrs. Kerr and Stevenson, relative to water communication between the James and Ohio rivers. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. French spoliations. Resolution of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in relation to indemnity for French spoliations on American commerce. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Testimony of S.L. Spink in the case of S.L. Spink and W.A. Burleigh against M.K. Armstrong, of Dakota. S.L. Niblack vs. J.T. Walls. Papers in the case of S.L. Niblack vs. J.T. Walls, of Florida. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Amounts refunded to the states in raising volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, transmitting a statement of the amounts refunded to the states in raising volunteers from 1861 to 1872. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims of the State of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1063.) Papers relative to the claims of the State of Kansas for expenses of troops raised to suppress the rebellion. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. C.C. Bowen vs. R.C. De Large. Papers and testimony in the case of C.C. Bowen vs. R.C. De Large, in the Second District of South Carolina. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Securities for public deposits in national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to Hon. H.L. Dawes, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the securities for public deposits in the national banks. January 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Restoration of the specie standard. Resolutions of the National Board of Trade, held in the City of Saint Louis, relative to the restoration of the specie standard by a contraction of the currency. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. William P. Calvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1129.) Papers accompanying the case of William P. Calvert relative to a pension. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Captain William W. Montgomery's heirs. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking the Congress of the United States to pass an act giving a pension to the widow and minor children of Captain William W. Montgomery. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Tax on tobacco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1181.) Letter addressed to Hon. Charles H. Porter, relative to a tax of sixteen cents as a uniform rate on manufactured tobacco. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Warrior and Tennessee River Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of land to the Warrior and Tennessee River Railroad. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a grant of public lands to aid in construction of the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Decatur, Aberdeen and Columbia Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad leading from Decatur, Alabama, to Aberdeen, Mississippi, and a branch of said road from Aberdeen to Columbia, Mississippi. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Arms issued to California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to arms issued by the United States to the State of California. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. Mail route in California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, urging the establishment of a weekly mail. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Refunding the tax collected on raw cotton. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to refunding the tax collected on raw cotton. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fort Ripley reservation. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress to vacate a certain portion of Fort Ripley Military Reservation. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Estimate of deficiencies -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for service of the War Department for present fiscal year. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Postal contracts. Correspondence of the Postmaster General with the Attorney General, relative to postal contracts. January 25, 1872. Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Grant of lands to Alabama for railroads. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of lands for railroad purposes. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Iron-ship building yards. Memorial of the International Steamship Company, relative to iron-ship building yards and docks for economizing naval expenditures and constructing iron steamers. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. New territory in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking for the organization of a new territory out of the northern portion of Dakota. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying for a renewal of the land grant to the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Civil-rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking Congress to adopt the supplementary civil-rights bill. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Post routes on rivers in Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking postal facilities on routes of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, for the enforcement of the law of Congress fixing the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Refund Milwaukee for straight-cut harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to refunding Milwaukee for expenses of straight-cut harbor. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Grant of lands to farm mortgagors. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a grant of lands for the benefit of farm mortgagors. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Chinese Indemnity Fund. Memorial and draft of a bill from the Committee of Citizens of New York, in relation to the Chinese Indemnity Fund. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Goods free of duty for Chicago. Letter from the St. Louis Board of Trade, relative to the pending bill in Congress relative to admitting certain articles free of duty for the benefit of Chicago. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Duties on wool. Resolution of the Convention of Wool-Growers, at Syracuse, New York, relative to duties on wool. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from S.S. Riker, President, transmitting the annual report of Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Wisconsin and Fox rivers. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in relation to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Massachusetts fisheries. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the fishing interests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Cundurango. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing correspondence of the Department of State with the minister of the United States in Ecuador, in relation to "cundurango." February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ship-canal through Florida peninsula. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relating to ship communication between the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean by ship-canal through the Florida peninsula. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvements. February 12. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Removal of disabilities. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to removal of political disabilities imposed by the third section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Kansas Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, asking such legislation by Congress as will prevent the present action of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in discriminating against the interests of said Kansas company in the transportation of freight and passengers, whereby the government and general public are greatly damaged. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, concerning the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, and the extension of the time for the completion of its railroad. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. American Sharpshooters' Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Sharpshooters' Society of Illinois. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. W.A. Burleigh vs. M.K. Armstrong. Papers and testimony in the case of W.A. Burleigh vs. M.K. Armstrong, as delegate from Dakota Territory. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Time of Attorney General's report to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1891.) Letter from the Attorney General, addressed to the Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, relative to a change of the time for making report to Congress. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Alabama claims and indirect damages. April 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Port of delivery at La Crosse. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a port of delivery at La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Wagon-road in Colorado. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, for the construction of a wagon-road to White River Indian Agency, in Colorado Territory. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Repeal of the bankrupt law. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for the repeal of the bankrupt law. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. Homestead law for officers, soldiers, and sailors. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to homesteads for officers, soldiers, and sailors of the Navy. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Quota of arms for Virginia. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, requesting Congress to furnish Virginia her quota of arms. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. Chinese immigration. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that state in Congress to urge upon the federal government the adoption of such treaty regulations and legislation as shall discourage further immigration of Chinese to the United States. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mail-route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the establishment of a mail-route from Red Bluff to Shasta City, California. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Mail-route in California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the establishment of mail-route from Red Bluffs to Yreka, California. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Capitol buildings in Colorado. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, in relation to capitol buildings in said territory. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Green Bay and Superior Railway. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of public lands to aid in the construction of the Green Bay and Superior Railway. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. William H.H. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1900.) Papers relating to the claim of William H.H. Anderson, for pension. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Treaty with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to an alleged delinquency on the part of the United States in carrying into effect the concluding paragraph of the ninth article of the treaty of 1819, between the United States and Spain. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Admission of Utah into the Union. Memorial of the convention to frame a constitution for the admission of Utah into the Union as a state, convened at Salt Lake City, February 19, 1872; with the constitution of the State of Deseret, adopted in convention March 2, 1872, ratified by vote of the people March 18, 1872. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. P.P. Pitchlynn. Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, delegate of the Choctaw Nation, upon the subject of the claim of the Choctaw Nation to the net proceeds under the award of the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. The Workingmen's Co-operative Colonization National Bank. Petition of citizens of New York, praying for the establishment of the Workingmen's Co-operative Colonization National Bank of America. April 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Survey of lands in the Indian Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1192.) Protest of the Indian delegates to the survey of their lands in the Indian Territory, as proposed in the Indian appropriation bill. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cost and sales of public lands. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, giving information as to the cost and sales of public lands. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Oliver Moses and others, owners of ship John Carver. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1221.) Memorial of Oliver Moses and others, owners of the ship John Carver. April 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Swamp and overflowed lands, Brooklyn Navy-yard. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1436.) Memorial of New York and Brooklyn Improvement Company, relative to swamp and overflowed lands at Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. American Printing-house for the Blind. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to granting aid to the American Printing-house and University for the Blind. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Steamers Nutrias and San Fernando. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, relative to the seizure of the steamers Nutrias and San Fernando. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting report preliminary for continuing the survey of the Colorado of the west and its tributaries, by Professor Powell. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Reduction of postage. Memorial of W.C.H. Waddell, reported by Mr. Potter, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, relative to a reduction of postage. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Dr. J.E. Houard. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing a telegram from the charge d'affaires at Madrid, relating to the claim of Dr. Houard for protection as an American citizen. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Testimonials to diplomatic and consular officers. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to the acceptance of testimonials from the Emperor of Germany by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, for services rendered German subjects during the late war between France and Germany. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the Saint Louis Board of Trade, concerning improvement of the Mississippi River. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Port Washington. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for appropriation for improvement of the harbor at Port Washington, in said state. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Custom-house and post office at Saint Joseph, Missouri. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress for an appropriation for a post office and Custom-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Port of entry -- San Diego. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to making San Diego a port of entry. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Refunding the cotton tax. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, requesting Congress to refund to the people of the cotton-growing states the amount of tax on cotton collected from them during the years 1865-'66-'67. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. (To accompany H. Res. --, first session 42d Congress.) Supplementary memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Uniform tax on tobacco. Petition of workmen of Petersburgh, Virginia, for a uniform tax on tobacco. March 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Expenditure of judiciary fund. Letter from the Attorney General, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, with exhibit of expenditure of judiciary fund from July 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Japanese Indemnity Fund. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the installments of the Japanese Indemnity Fund which remain unpaid. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Direct importations. Memorial of the National Board of Trade, urging such amendments to the act of July 14, 1870, in regard to direct importations, as will include wines and distilled spirits in the advantages conferred by section twenty-nine of said act, and such regulations as will simplify the required entry at the port of arrival, allowing the goods to be forwarded without delay to the port of destination, as contemplated by said act. Also asking that the port of Mobile shall be added to those included in the privileges granted by said act. March 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Lands to be reclaimed in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2002.) Papers relating to bill on this subject. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Silk manufacture, Paterson, New Jersey. Memorial of over eight hundred freeholders, merchants, storekeepers, mechanics, and other citizens of the City of Paterson, New Jersey, asking that no reduction be made in the present duties on silk goods of foreign manufacture. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Breakwater at Trinidad Harbor, California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking an appropriation for a sea-wall or breakwater at Trinidad Harbor, in said state. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Public lands for support of public schools. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the donation of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands of the United States to the states and territories in which such lands are situated for the support of public schools. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Chicago relief bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the Chicago relief bill now pending before Congress. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Standard of silver coin. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting that the weight of silver coins be raised to the standard of 1850. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures and ordered to be printed. Public buildings at Racine. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a post office and Custom-house at Racine, Wisconsin. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Placerville Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, praying that if the Placerville Railroad is not constructed by 1873, the lands granted in favor thereof be declared forfeited. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Chippewa reservation. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, to secure the cession of the Chippewa Indian reservation at the mouth of Pigeon River, in the State of Minnesota. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Wagon-road from Lake Superior to Net Lake Reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for an appropriation to improve and complete a wagon-road from Lake Superior to the Net Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Night accumulating reservoirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2110.) Letter from Mr. A. Watson, on night accumulating reservoirs. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Failures of national banks. Mr. Samuel Hooper reported the following testimony taken by the Committee on Banking and Currency relative to national banks. March 26, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Records of Ohio soldiers in War Department. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the records of Ohio soldiers in the War Department. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Amendment of organic act of Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah, praying for an amendment of the organic act of that territory. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. University in Montana. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for a grant of land for the establishment of a university therein. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. School lands in Montana. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for authority to grant temporary leases of the school lands therein as an aid to public schools. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Salaries of territorial officers. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for an increase in the salaries of federal officials therein. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Harbor of refuge, North Cheboygan River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, urging appropriation to complete harbor of refuge at mouth of Cheboygan River. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Removal of troops from South Carolina. Joint resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking that the federal troops be not removed from that state. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indian affairs in Arizona. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of California, relating to Indian affairs in the Territory of Arizona. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Soldiers' homesteads. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to soldiers' homesteads. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Tariff on wool. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, opposing the reduction of the tariff on imported wool. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Unsold government lands in Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to grant to the State of Missouri the government lands remaining unsold in said state, the proceeds to be applied to the public-school fund of the state. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed Foreign-built vessels. Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, protesting against any enactment permitting the unrestricted purchase of foreign-built vessels, as against the interest of American shipping and commerce. April 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Dr. John E. Houard. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs with leave to report, at any time, and ordered to be printed. Navigation of Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for the protection of the navigation of the Saint Croix River and the improvements thereof. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bands of roving Indians. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking the removal of certain bands of roving Indians to their western reservations. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Asylum for orphans of deceased soldiers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for authority to the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers to transfer a parcel of ground to the State of Wisconsin for the uses of an asylum for the orphans of deceased soldiers. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Disabilities in West Virginia. Resolutions of the constitutional convention of West Virginia, recommending that all political disabilities growing out of the late Civil War shall cease in West Virginia. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Private land claims in New Mexico. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. G.W. Whitmore vs. W.S. Herndon. Papers in the contested election case of G.W. Whitmore vs. W.S. Herndon, in the First Congressional District of Texas. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Purchase of Wiard gun. Letters from the Secretary of the Navy and Admiral Porter, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the purchase of the Wiard fifteen-inch gun. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Famine in Persia. Petition of fifty-three citizens of Belpre, Ohio, asking that Congress provide some method of sending contributions of the benevolent to those suffering by famine in Persia. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Dr. John Emilio Houard. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Life-preserving stations. (To accompany Bill H.R. 461.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, Chairman of Committee on Commerce, relative to the bill for life-preserving stations. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. American seamen. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to American seamen. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Manufacture and issue of arms. Statement from the Ordnance Department relating to the manufacture and issue of arms for the militia. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. Improvement of channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, respecting the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Ohio River. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Martha L. Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2126.) Papers reported by Mr. Frye, relative to the claim of Martha L. Hambleton. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Signal service. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, recommending an additional appropriation to the signal service. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Shipping interests of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the shipping interests. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Niagara ship-canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the Niagara ship-canal. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship-building and mercantile interests. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to ship-building and mercantile interests. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor, mouth of Patuxent River. (To accompany H.R. 1879.) Joint resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, relating to survey of harbor at mouth of Patuxent River. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at mouth of Menomonee River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for an appropriation for the harbor at the mouth of Menomonee River, between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Commerce of the Schuylkill River. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1769.) Resolution of the Select and Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, relative to the commerce of the Schuylkill River. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Commercial agent at Belize. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relating to the compensation of the commercial agent at Belize, British Honduras. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the annual report on the relief and protection of American seamen. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the harbor of Superior, and statement of the most unwarrantable interference of certain persons with a controversy pending between the State of Wisconsin and certain citizens of Du Luth. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Church and school-building in Santa Fe. (To accompany H. Res. 130.) Memorial on the subject of a church and school-building in Santa Fe. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed D.C. Giddings vs. W.T. Clark. Papers in the case of Giddings vs. Clark, Third Congressional District of Texas. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed |
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Maria M. Dickens, Eloise C. Dickens, Amelia J. Dickens. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, relative to the claim (No. 9842) of Maria M. Dickens, Eloise C. Dickens, and Amelia J. Dickens, of Washington, D.C. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Montana war-claim. Testimony in relation to Indian war-claims of the Territory of Montana. May 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Testimony taken by the Select Committee to Investigate the Condition of Affairs in the State of Louisiana. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Charges against the Navy Department. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Signal-station at Hatteras. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to signal-stations at Hatteras. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Georgia claim -- use of Western and Atlantic Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2670.) Memorial of his excellency James M. Smith, governor of the State of Georgia, praying for the payment of money due by the government of the United States to the State of Georgia for the use of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the property of the State of Georgia, by the authorities of the United States since the war. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Against the admission of Utah as a state. Memorial of citizens of Utah, against the admission of that territory as a state. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Pay of railway post office clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations in relation to an additional appropriation for the payment of the clerks of railway post-offices. May 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. New German "mark." Letter from the Secretary of State, to Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing translation of a note from Mr. Schlozer, the German Minister, in relation to the rate of exchange in the United States of the new German "mark." May 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Reneau Female University. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2815.) Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the Reneau Female University of Mississippi. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. International ship-canal. Resolution of the House of Representatives and letter from the Secretary of State in relation to an international ship-canal. May 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Interpreters in China. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing correspondence upon the insufficient appropriations made for employment of interpreters in China. May 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claims against Venezuela. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing letters in relation to the claims of American citizens against the government of Venezuela. May 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hudson's Bay Company lands. May 24, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Investments of the National Savings Bank. Letter from the treasurer of the National Savings Bank of the District of Columbia, transmitting report of the funds and investments from its organization to December 31, 1871. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Government property in and around Washington. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 8, 1872, submitting statement of the condition of the government property in and around Washington, and estimates of cost for the improvement of the same, &c. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. American Printing-House for the Blind. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of granting aid by an appropriation of money to the Board of Regents of the American Printing-House for the Blind and the American University for the Blind. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1871. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Prisoners on account of Fenian raid in Canada. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to a joint resolution referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, stating that no persons are now in prison in Canada on account of complicity in the Fenian invasion of Canada in June, 1866. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Northern Pacific Railroad. June 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Bureau of Sanitary Science. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2986.) Memorial of Dr. Christopher C. Cox, relative to the establishment of a Bureau of Sanitary Science. June 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-second Congress. II. Offices 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. June 10, 1872. Building on government dock, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a building on the government dock at New York. April 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, on motion of Mr. Garfield, from the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Ohio River at Zane's Island. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, praying the passage of an act authorizing the construction of a fill, or causeway, across the west branch of the Ohio River, from a point at or near the head of Zane's Island, to the west bank of said river, in Belmont County, Ohio, for the purpose of improving the navigation of said river. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Amendment of the rules. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Albany a port of entry. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking that Albany be made a port of entry. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Lay's torpedo. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to Lay's torpedo plan. May 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. Communication from the Governor of Alabama, transmitting a report concerning the establishment of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Waddy Thompson. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting their report in the case (No. 27) of Waddy Thompson. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Lights and buoys on western rivers. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, memorializing Congress in reference to the establishment of lights and buoys in western rivers. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. April 10, 1872. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Robert Soper and others. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Navigation on the Mississippi River. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1027.) February 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1939.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. T.R. Curtis and J.H. Richmond. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Ralph King. April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. S.H. Bogardus. March 1, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Secretary of the Treasury -- negotiation of loan. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, with leave to report at any time. Charles F. Tracy. (To accompany Bill H.R. 546.) February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. The Yellowstone Park. February 27, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. E.C. Boudinot. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Boles vs. Edwards. January 30, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Apportionment of representatives to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1343.) March 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Claims against Venezuela. (To accompany H.R. 1869.) March 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. John Cessna vs. Benjamin F. Meyers. February 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Gun-boats Kineo and Chocura. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary A. Adams. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Joseph M. Caton and others. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Quinn. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. 785.) February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Sales of ordnance stores. April 15, 1872.-- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Two per cent. fund, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Andrew Ten Brook. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1150.) April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel Bromberg. April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Washington National Monument. April 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Contracts for transportation of the mails. April 4, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with leave of the minority to submit their views. Reform School of the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1083.) April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Relief of William F. Barker. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1564.) April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Gooding vs. Wilson. April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Levees of the Mississippi River. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees. Heirs of Ely Moore. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Territory of Oklahoma. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Erastus S. Joslyn. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Elbridge Gerry. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2637.) May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. King's geological report. May 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Printing. Jane A. Birckhead and Virginia Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. 400.) April 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Tennessee election. March 22, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Albert Grant. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2035.) March 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Sale of stamped envelopes. March 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Beaver Lake in Indiana. (To accompany Bill S. 616.) March 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Richard B. Crawford. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2503.) April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. April 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. J. Ross Browne. April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2568.) April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mrs. M.S. Morse, administratrix. (To accompany Bill H.R. 333.) April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. T.H. Holderness. April 27, 1872 -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Duell, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of State of January 28, 1871, transmitting the claim of T.H. Holderness, owner of the British ship Duke of Edinburgh, would respectfully report... James De Long. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2622.) April 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. D.C. Giddings vs. W.T. Clark. Third District of Texas. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Isaac G. McKissick vs. Alexander S. Wallace. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bounty to Missouri state militia. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Paymasters' clerks. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Military prison. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2692.) May 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Signal-service and telegraph companies. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Benjamin W. Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1634.) May 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Boundary between the United States and British possessions. (To accompany H. Res. No. 57.) December 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. W.T. Clarke. December 18, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Boles vs. Edwards. December 20, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Two per cent. fund. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Payments for reporting and publishing the debates in Congress. February 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. McKenzie vs. Braxton. January 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid on the table. Election frauds in Arkansas. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. J.E. Martin's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 620.) January 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. William and Mary College, Virginia. January 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to be Committee on Education and Labor. Norris vs. Handley. March 14, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Vail [i.e., Vails]. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1275.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Horace B. Shepard. (To accompany Bill H.R. 357.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. James O.P. Burnside. (To accompany Bill H.R. 309.) March 14, 1872.-- Ordered to be printed. Oswego Distillery Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 636.) February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. D.M. Page. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jay Kling. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. W.A. Burleigh and S.L. Spink vs. M.K. Armstrong. April 12, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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