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Serial set 1504 | Report of the Secretary of War being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. | 1 |
Serial set 1505 | Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress | 1 |
Serial set 1506 | Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress | 1 |
Serial set 1507 |
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1871. Report of the Secretary of the Navy; being part of the message of documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-second Congress. |
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Serial set 1508 |
Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Forty-second Congress of the United States. December 4, 1871. Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. |
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Serial set 1509 |
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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Serial set 1510 |
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. 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. 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 |
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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 1521 | The counter 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, together with Volumes V, VI, and VII of appendix to the British case. | 1 |
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 |