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Serial set 1628	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1874, in the ninety-ninth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1629	Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a copy of a letter of the commanding general, Department of the Columbia, and a copy of the decision of the judge of the District Court for the District of Oregon, in the case of John A. Carr. February 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying copies of reports and recommendation of Generals Pope and Ord relative to the ravages of grasshoppers. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the purchase of land required for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the employment of two draughtsmen in the office of the Quartermaster General. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an amendment to the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill to authorize the retention of thirteen enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Major-General J.M. Schofield, respecting the repeal of the law which forbids promotion in the staff of the Army. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement exhibiting the expenditures at the Springfield Armory, and its operations, during the year ending June 30, 1874. January 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of funds required for the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., for the year ending June 30, 1876. January 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1875, information in relation to the massacre at Trenton, West Tennessee. January 12, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating his approval of the act providing for the resumption of specie payments, and suggesting further legislation to carry that law into effect. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating copy of a telegram from the commanding general of the Military Department of the Pacific, in relation to the length of time of retention of military prisoners, under section 23, act of January 30, 1834. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying copies of papers relating to the military reservation at Point San Jose, California. February 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a communication from Capt. J.B. Campbell, in relation to the illicit traffic in liquor in Alaska. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, the report of the Inspector of National Cemeteries for the year 1874. February 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 23, 1875, a report of the expedition to the Black Hills, under command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer. February 26, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying a list of property under his control. December 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying three reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico, relative to certain private land claims in that territory. December 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 3, 1873, information in relation to the condition of the records and documents of Mexico relating to the land now embraced within the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico; also to their place of custody and deposit, and to the method of procuring authentic transcripts of such records and documents. December 10, 1874. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in relation to the provision made for the care of seventy-five transient paupers in the City of Washington, in accordance with the act of March 3, 1873. December 16, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting in compliance with a Senate resolution of June 11, 1874, information respecting assay offices at Portland, Oreg., and Boise City, Idaho. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 11, 1875, copies of correspondence relative to certain disorders in the State of Louisiana. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 15, 1875, a copy of the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office concerning swamp lands in township 12 south, ranges 11 and 12 east, Southeastern District of Louisiana. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, a copy of the report of Maj. J.M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, upon the examination and cost of construction of the third subdivision of the Northern Transportation Route. January 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a letter of the Chief of Engineers relative to the purchase, by the Engineer Department in 1863, of land adjacent to the fort at Willet's Point, New York Harbor. January 29, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a protest of the officers of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry against the passage of a House bill to authorize the restoration of George A. Armes to the rank of captain. January 29, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 19, 1874, information in relation to the number of Indians captured or killed by United States troops during the year 1873. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 18, 1873, in relation to the number of bales of cotton seized under orders from that Department after the close of the war. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 3, 1875, information in relation to affairs in Arkansas. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 2, 1875, transmitting information in relation to services rendered by William P. Adair and C.N. Vann, to the Osage Indians. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of the directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 15, 1874, a history of the yellow fever epidemic of 1873. March 12, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 15, 1875, information in relation to the Black Hills country in the Sioux Indian reservation. March 17, 1875. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 3, 1875, a copy of the contract made with Miss Vinnie Ream for a statue of Admiral Farragut, and a copy of the authority under which the contract was made. February 23, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to an alleged interference in the organization of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. January 13, 1875. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	34
Serial set 1630	Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the bill for removing obstructions at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Yamhill River, in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the fifth and sixth joint rules of the two Houses be, and the same are hereby, amended by the omission of the following words in brackets, and the addition of the following words in italics, so that the rules will read... Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of granting pensions to those who served in the Mexican War. February 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Memorial of bankers, merchants, and others, of New York City, remonstrating against annulling the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for mail service between San Francisco, China, and Japan. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation of $100,000 for the erection of a government courthouse and post office at Greensborough, and $50,000 for a like purpose at Asheville, in that state. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion, and such motion shall be decided without debate. Petition of Captain John G. Tod, of the United States Navy, praying to be placed on the retired list of the Navy. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Petition of the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon, praying aid, by a guarantee of interest upon bonds, or otherwise, to secure railroad communication to the Atlantic states. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Idaho Territory, remonstrating against the abolishment of the United States assay office at Boise City. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking that the branches of the Freedmen's Savings Bank of that state be required to account honestly to the depositors in said banks. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation to improve the navigation of Neuse River below New Berne. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation to deepen the harbor of Edenton, in that state. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of a refund of certain taxes collected from the producers of spirits of turpentine. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire what legislation by Congress in necessary to secure to the people of the State of Louisiana their right of self-government under the Constitution, and to report, with the least possible delay, by bill or otherwise... Resolution of the Legislature of Idaho Territory, asking aid for the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that the rate of taxation on the property of the citizens of the District of Columbia may be fixed at seventy-five cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof. January 12, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Petition of Fleming Cramp and William Williamston [i.e., Williamson], praying to be allowed a pension for services rendered the United States in the Yellowstone Expedition in 1824, 1825. January 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking compensation for spoliations committed by the Modoc Indians. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that the taking of salmon in the Columbia River in traps, nets, seines, or other contrivances with meshes or apertures less than four inches square be prohibited. January 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to a sale of a portion of the Fond du Lac Indian reservation, in the State of Minnesota. January 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1143. Protest of the Osage Nation of Indians, against the establishment by Congress of a territorial government of the United States over the Indian nations. February 9, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, made in obedience to law, of all property belonging to the United States in his possession. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 9, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1873, to June 30, 1874. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 9, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, Mo., in favor of the opening of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, and remonstrating against the opening of the South Pass thereof. February 9, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina in favor of an appropriation to build a post office, a Customhouse, and a court house in New Berne, in that state. February 10, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Memorial of members of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire into alleged irregularities of officers and agents intrusted with the management of certain funds belonging to that nation. February 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, accompanying a memorial of the Choctaw council, asking payment of the award made to the Choctaw Nation March 9, 1859. February 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter of Professor Spencer F. Baird to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to a resolution of the Legislature of Oregon in reference to the protection of salmon of the Columbia River. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, in relation to the repeal of the pre-emption laws of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1760. Memorial of John Roach remonstrating against the cancellation of the contract for a semi-monthly mail to China and Japan. February 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Union Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, remonstrating against the transfer of the control of the Lighthouse Board from the Navy to the Army. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, remonstrating against the repeal of the act approved June 1, 1872, granting a subsidy for mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China, and praying for an appropriation to carry said subsidy into effect. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Union Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, asking the location of a mint in that city. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, furnishing information in relation to the operations of the registered letter system and the mode of extending its usefulness. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, directed to proceed to have the decree of the District Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia, for the enforcement of the purchase money of the water power at Harper's Ferry... Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, remonstrating against the imposition of any additional tax upon manufactured tobacco. February 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William C. Kibbe in favor of the construction, under the auspices and control of the United States, of a double-track freight railway between tidewater on the Atlantic seaboard and the Missouri River, with branches to Chicago and Saint Louis. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-third Congress. February 7, 1875. Annual statement of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, of property in his possession belonging to the United States. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in relation to the "Ridgeway Battery." February 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, accompanying a communication from Mr. Bangs, Superintendent of Railway Service, in relation to the question of merchandise in the mails. February 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of appropriations for the improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of deepening the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to the plan of Captain Eads. February 24, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a United States district court for the Indian Territory. February 24, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the republican members of the Legislature of Alabama, asking the enactment of stringent laws for the protection of all citizens of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of two lighthouses on Albemarle Sound. February 26, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in relation to the duties of consular and diplomatic officers, and to a proposed amendment of the revised statues of the United States relating thereto. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 1328. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota being authorized to cede to each other mutually concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the islands in the Mississippi River lying between them. February 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the indorsement of the bonds of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada, asking for an increased capacity of the branch mint at Carson City, and for increased compensation of the persons employed therein. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Superintendent of the Money Order Office of the Post Office Department to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to the operation of the money order system. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 8, 1874. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish the Senate with a detailed statement, commencing with the 30th of June, 1865, and closing with the last fiscal year, showing therein the names of all postmasters... Annual report of the Librarian of Congress for the year ending December 1, 1874. December 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of California, praying a grant of occupancy of certain lands in Alaska, to be paid for at a time to be fixed, to be used and occupied by what shall be known as the "Alaska Ship Building and Lumber Company," for the purpose of ship building, &c. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Petition of clergymen of various denominations in the District of Columbia, praying exemption of churches and church property from taxation. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking aid in the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad, and for the right of way for a branch road. December 22, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the conservative members of the Legislature of Louisiana, giving a statement of the revolutionary proceedings in the hall of the House of Representatives, at New Orleans, January 4, 1875. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Communication of Hon. Michael Hahn, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the revolutionary proceedings which transpired in the hall of the House at New Orleans, January 4, 1875. January 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio protesting against the action of the United States military authorities in the expulsion of certain members of the Louisiana Legislature. January 20, 1875. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of H.I. Chapman, civil engineer, praying the adoption of his accompanying plans and specifications for the permanent improvement of the Willamette River in Oregon. January 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate recognizes the validity of the credentials of P.B.S. Pinchback as certified to by Gov. William P. Kellogg, of Louisiana, under the seal of said state... In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1874. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be requested, if not incompatible with the interests of the public service, to lay before the Senate the official reports and communications of Maj. Lewis Merrill, U.S.A., relating to certain disorders in Louisiana... Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the granting of pensions to the surviving veterans of the Mexican War. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for rebuilding, or indemnity for the destruction by fire of, the courthouse in Davidson County, in that state, while occupied by United States troops in 1866, and to cover the losses of other property. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation sufficient for the completion of the work now in progress in the improvement of the bar in the Cape Fear River. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for dredging the mouth of the Scuppernong River, and points thereon as far up as Spraill's Bridge, so as to admit steamers and other vessels to carry away the produce raised on the banks thereof. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of refunding the direct taxes levied and collected on lands in that state in the year 1865. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the repeal or modification of the revenue laws. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the repeal of the tax on tobacco. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Duff Green, of Dalton, Georgia, giving his views on the finances, the exchanges of money, and the products of the United States and other nations. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the repeal of the acts imposing penalties for the sale of leaf tobacco to any person except a licensed tobacco dealer. December 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1875. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following order: Ordered, that during the remainder of this session, after the call for resolutions shall have passed, business on the calendar shall, during the morning hour, be called for by committees... Memorial of Jesse J. Brown, in favor of protection and encouragement to the manufacturers of polished plate glass. January 18, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the present session it shall be in order at any time to move a recess, and, pending an appropriation bill, to move to confine debate on amendments thereto to five minutes by any senator on the pending motion... Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs giving an estimate of the amount of the appropriation required to pay the amount due James W. Terrell, as disbursing agent for paying the North Carolina Cherokee Indians under the act of June 29, 1848. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs giving an estimate of an appropriation required for the education and civilization of the Indians of the Central Superintendency. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to Hon. George G. Wright, United States Senate, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 3628) for the relief of owners and purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in insurrectionary states, and for other purposes. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs reporting the amount of expenses incurred in negotiating the treaty with the Ute Indians, under the act of April 23, 1874. January 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of the Chickasaw Nation, remonstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the removal of the Pawnee Indians from the State of Nebraska to the Indian Territory, and the sale of their lands in said state. January 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. To accompany Bill S. 1142. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of navigation at the mouth of the Coquille River. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, approving the action of Lieut. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan since assuming command of a part of the Military District of Missouri. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation for the further improvement of the navigation of the Willamette River. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that certain post routes be established in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of the construction of a military wagon road between the Illinois River and Chitco [i.e., Chetco], in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking the passage of an act to re-imburse that state for expenses incurred by its provisional government. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking the passage of an act to extinguish the title to the Umatilla Indian reservation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking aid for the construction of a military wagon road between Ashland and Hot Springs, in that state. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that all United States securities hereafter issued shall be liable to taxation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that the duties on jute and burlap, and sacks made from them, be removed. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking that the channel of the Nehalim River be surveyed and marked by buoys. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the twenty-second joint rule of the two Houses be, and the same is hereby, repealed... Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, protesting against the use of the Army in preventing the legal organization of the Legislature of Louisiana. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia relative to the federal interference in the affairs of Louisiana. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Joseph Brooks, asking that he be recognized as the lawful governor of Arkansas. February 2, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the establishment of a territorial government over them. February 2, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, remonstrating against a projected mode of improvement of the Kill Von Kull. February 2, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution: Whereas the power to regulate commerce among the several states conferred upon Congress by the Constitution, includes the power to aid and facilitate commerce by the employment of such means as may be appropriate and plainly adapted to that end, and Congress may therefore, in its discretion... Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking a grant of sixty-nine sections of public lands to that state for school purposes, in lieu of the Cherokee Neutral Lands. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, against the extension of patents beyond the time now fixed by law. February 3, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of the Creek Nation, remonstrating against the establishment of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. February 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a Committee of the Board of Trade of Columbus, Miss., asking an appropriation for the improvement of the Tombigbee River. March 1, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Standing rules for conducting business in the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1875. -- Reported, recommitted to the Committee on Rules, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to Senate Bill 1102, to promote the efficiency of the lighthouse service. March 2, 1875. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed to accompany Senate Bill 1102. Memorial of the Board of Trade, Manufactures, and Agriculture of the City and State of New York, remonstrating against the cancellation of the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of bankers, merchants, and others of New York City, remonstrating against the annulment of the contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee of five members of the Senate be appointed, whose duty it shall be to examine and thoroughly investigate the several branches of the civil service... Resolutions of the Legislature of New York in favor of the improvement of East River from the southern end of Blackwell's Island to a point off Corlear's Hook. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Erie, in that state. February 19, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Massachusetts, in favor of the admission of Hon. P.B.S. Pinchback as a member of the United States Senate from the State of Louisiana. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Communication from the commissioners of the District of Columbia, giving reasons why the Bill (H.R. 4727) explanatory of the act of June 20, 1874, should not be passed by the Senate. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee consisting of five members of the Senate be appointed to visit the Indian Territory during the recess of Congress, with authority to inquire into the condition of affairs in that country, the necessities of the various Indian nations and tribes there located; and to report at the next session of the Senate the results of their inquiry... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that P.B.S. Pinchback be admitted as a senator from the State of Louisiana... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, that the state government now existing in the State of Louisiana, and represented by William P. Kellogg as governor, is the lawful government of said state... In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee, consisting of four members of the Committee on Indian Affairs and three members of the Committee on Territories, making seven in all, be appointed to visit the Indian Territory during the recess of the Senate... List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the special session of the Senate. March 9, 1875. Petition of the children and only heirs of the late Senator William K. Sebastian, of Arkansas, praying that the resolution by which that senator was expelled be annulled. March 12, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate approve the action heretofore taken by the President of the United States in protecting Louisiana from domestic violence, and are of opinion that he should continue to recognize in that state the existing state government. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, returning thanks for the appropriation to relieve the destitute people of the western frontier. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking assent to change of line of the land grant road between Portage City and Lake Superior. February 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Mississippi River at Saint Paul. February 22, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Statement showing amounts appropriated each year from 1866 to 1874, inclusive, for river and harbor improvements for the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; for river and harbor improvements in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, etc. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the passage of the bill equalizing soldiers' bounties. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation to enable the New River Canal Company to connect the inland water system of North Carolina with the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Petition of conductors and car drivers of the District of Columbia, praying for the passage of a law defining the number of hours that shall constitute a day's labor for streetcar employes [sic]. February 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.	127
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Serial set 1632	In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3192.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3192) granting a pension to the minor children of Jackson A. Brewer, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 900.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 900) granting a pension to the widow and minor children of Ira Wilkins, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2400.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2400) granting a pension to William White, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3701.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3701) granting a pension to Maria D.C. Bache, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Patrick Sullivan, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 845.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 845) for the relief of Junius T. Turner, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1142.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 1142, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Toliver, mother of David Toliver, late a private of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jearum Atkins, asking a rehearing of his case upon which a previous adverse report had been made, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1078.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1078) for the relief of J.K. Thompson, late second lieutenant Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3362.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3362) for relief of Sarah B. Forest, widow of Lieut. Dulaney A. Forest, late of the United States Navy, offer the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1071.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret C. Wells, of Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, praying to be placed upon the pension roll, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3193.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3193) repealing the act granting a pension to William H. Blair, approved July 27, 1868, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3694.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3694) granting a pension to Rebecca W. Taylor, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 580) granting a pension to Rosalie C.P. Lisle, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1351 [i.e., 2351].) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2351) granting a pension to John B. Miller, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3017.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3017) granting a pension to Jacob Grasch [i.e., Grosch], late a private in Company B, Eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteers... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2355.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2355) granting a pension to Ann R. Voorhees, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1820.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1820) granting a pension to Samuel Henderson, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3170.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3170) for the relief of John W. Marsh, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3181.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3181) for the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Thayer, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3728.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3728) granting a pension to Abby A. Dike, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 888.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 888) directing that the name of James Brown, of Oregon, be placed on the pension roll, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2156.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2156) granting a pension to Nathan A. Winters, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2427.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2427) granting an increase of pension to Mary W. Shirk, widow of James W. Shirk, deceased, late commander in the United States Navy, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2680.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2680) granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Dulaney [i.e., Dulany], submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3707.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3707) granting a pension to Louisa Thomas, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 366.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 366) granting a pension to Hugh Wallace, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 749.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 749) to repeal a part of the act therein named, in relation to the compensation of pension agents, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1943.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1943) granting a pension to Helen M. Stansbury, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2677.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2677) increasing the pension of Mary G. Harris, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3031.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3031) granting a pension to Catharine A. Winslow, widow of the late Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3700.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3700) granting a pension to Teter Wolfyoung, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1183.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1183) granting a pension to Mrs. Martha R. Robinson, of Portsmouth, Ohio, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 870.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 870) granting Mrs. Mary E. Murphey [i.e., Murphy], of New York, as the widow of Richard I. Murphey [i.e., Richard J. Murphy], a pension at the rate of $15 per month, commencing on the 19th day of November, 1871, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 836.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 836) granting a pension to William Ira Mayfield, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Webster, asking additional compensation for building a wharf and keeping the same in repair, at Newport News, for the use of the Army of the United States, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Horace Clough, late a private of Company D, Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, have considered the same, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3687.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3687) granting a pension to Victoria L. Brewster, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1844.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1844) for the relief of John Hebener [i.e., Heberer], and sundry papers accompanying it, have examined and considered the same, and make this report... In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 268.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 268) for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Champion, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1121.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas M. Redd, late of Paducah, Ky., praying compensation for the loss of his house and contents, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 77.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 77) for the relief of Martha A. Booth, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3275) granting a pension to Eli Persons, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Merritt Lewis, praying for an increase of pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3274.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3274) granting a pension to John S. Corlett, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3713.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3713) granting a pension to Sarah S. Cooper, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3008.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3008) granting a pension to John J. Bottgar, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3716.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3716) granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Dyer, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2949.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2949) granting a pension to James R. Borland, late a private in Company F, Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1065.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.W. Drew, late additional paymaster United States Army, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1054.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted, by order of the Senate, the Bill (H.R. 1054) granting a pension to Jefferson W. Davis, first lieutenant of Company F, Sixty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 940.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 940) granting six hundred and forty acres of land to the widow and heirs of James Sinclair, deceased, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1261.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the application of Moses Marshall for the extension of a patent for improvement in knitting machines, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to which were referred the credentials of P.B.S. Pinchback for a seat in the Senate from the State of Louisiana, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1269.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Royal W. Riddell, praying that he may be allowed the pay of a first lieutenant of volunteers from June 13, 1864, to April 20, 1865, less the amounts already received by him as first sergeant during that time, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Tobin, late captain of Company D, Sixty-third Regiment New York Volunteers, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ezekiel Waire, Mary Potter, Martha Lord, David Waire, and Charles Waire, praying to be allowed a pension in right of their father, John Waire, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3696.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3696) granting a pension to Mary A. Hough, widow of Joseph Hough, sergeant of Company B, Sixty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Ryan for a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3703.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3703) granting a pension to Catharine Lee, widow of Jesse M. Lee, private in Company B, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2765.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2765) granting a pension to John W. Darby, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1089.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1089) to amend the act entitled "An Act Granting Pension to Martha E. Orick, Mary J. Orick, and John J. Orick, Minor Children of John C. Orick, Deceased," have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3704.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3704) granting a pension to Mary E. Stewart, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3711.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martin D. Chandler, for a pension, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1274.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Urial Bundy, praying a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elmira E. Cravath, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1041.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1041) for the relief of Joseph R. Shannon, of Louisiana, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Walker, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 78.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 78) granting a pension to Salem P. Rose, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary respectfully report: That on the 15th of December, 1874, the Senate adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the extent and meaning of the act of June 22, 1874... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 60.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 60) granting a pension to Josiah Brinard, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1644.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill (H.R. 1644) granting a pension to Hannah E. Currie, having again had the same under consideration and heard further evidence, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2119.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2119) granting a pension to Elizabeth McCluney, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3687.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3687) granting a pension to Victoria L. Brewster, have reconsidered the same, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1060.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret E. Johnson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3706.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3706) granting a pension to Margaret H. Pittenger, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1073.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1073) for the relief of John M. Dorsey and William Shepard, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 831.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 831) for the relief of D.R. Haggard, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 832.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 832) providing for the adjudication and issue of patents in mission land cases in the State of Oregon and the Territories of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, have considered the same and recommend that the same be amended as follows and passed... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1093.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1093) for the relief of Reuben Goodrich, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3713.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 3713, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2170.) On the 29th day of May, 1867, Timothy D. Crook, of Nebraska City, Nebr., entered into a contract with Capt. J.H. Belcher, assistant quartermaster, United States Army... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3268.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3268) entitled "An Act for the Relief of John N. Reed," have had the same under consideration, and make this report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pease submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1302.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram W. Love, praying for compensation for his cotton crop destroyed by the military forces of the United States during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Andrew J. Keeler, a citizen of Maine, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition and claim of George W. Lake for $35,000, to indemnify him for alleged damage inflicted on him by Willie P. Mangum, United States consul in Nagasaki, and Charles E. De Long, United States minister, &c., at Japan, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 937 and Joint Resolution S.R. 18.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 937, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 534.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 534) to pay Samuel Adams for services rendered in exploring the Colorado River and its tributaries, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1198.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1198) authorizing the appointment of Henry S. Wetmore a lieutenant in the Navy on the retired list, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1352.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and accompanying papers of Gallus Kirchner [i.e., Kerchner], of the State of Indiana, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4763.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4763) granting a pension to Lafayette Briggs, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4769.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4769) granting a pension to Mrs. Abraanna Dunn, widow of George B. Dunn, late a captain in the Seventeenth Regiment Maine Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4786.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4786) granting a pension to Sarah B. Howe, widow of Albion Howe, late first lieutenant of Fourth United States Artillery, and to Mary Cranston, widow of Arthur Cranston, late first lieutenant of Fourth United States Artillery, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3720.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3720) granting a pension to Charles C. Haight, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1259.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1259) to authorize the appointment of Walton Cable as master in the Navy, on the retired list, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Lanman, praying the payment of damages sustained by an alleged infringement of a copyright, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Flanagan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1264.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1264) referring the claim of the heirs of Chauncey M. Lockwood to the Court of Claims, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 633.) The Senate Committee on Claims, having had Bill H.R. 633, for the relief of Randall Brown, of Nashville, Tenn., under consideration, report the same back with the following amendment, and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1361.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred, upon a motion to recommit, the case of Jacob Nix, a claimant for a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1362.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Annie C. Grant, praying for the passage of an act to allow the Commissioner of Patents to sign the certificate of the extension of the letter-patent granted to her husband, deceased, on the 29th day of May, 1860, have considered the same, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George McCoy, praying for a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldthwaite submitted the following report: The petitioner, James L. Baldwin, had been, for the four years last before the filing of his petition, a distiller in Logansport, Ind., his distillery being situated on the north bank of Eel River, and run by its waters... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3477.) The Committee on Military Affairs, having under consideration H.R. Bill 3477, for the relief of Nelson Tiffany, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1147.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Courtland Parker, administrator of George W. Anderson, deceased, asking from Congress re-imbursement of the proceeds of the sale of certain mining stock, said sale having been made under certain decrees of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 938.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 938) for the relief of Thomas G. Kingsley, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3189.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3189) granting a pension to Frederick Vogel, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1644.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1644) granting a pension to Hannah E. Currie, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3681.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3681) granting a pension to Wm. M. Drake, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3722.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3722) granting a pension to John Fink, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rosa Ward, of Moretown, Vt., praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2506.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2506) for the relief of Rev. John R. Hamilton, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 601.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 601) granting a pension to Mrs. Janet Scott West, widow of Cato C. West, deceased, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwood submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1154.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Capt. William Williams, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for pension, report the following... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 979.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3860) for the relief of Lieut. Henry Jackson, Seventh United States Cavalry, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1156.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph H. Colton, asking the intervention of the government of the United States in aid of his claim upon the government of Bolivia, together with the accompany papers, ask leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelly submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 995.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 995) for the construction of a military wagon road from Sidney, Nebr., to the posts at the Red Cloud and Spotted-Tail agencies, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3697.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3697) granting a pension to Belinda M. Craig, as the widow of William T. Craig, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3273.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3273) granting a pension to Rachel W. Phillips, widow of Gilbert Phillips, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 916.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 916) for the relief of Mrs. Ann Cornelia Lanman, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3695.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3695) granting a pension to Eliza A. Flamant, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3721.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3721) granting a pension to Ezra C. Owen, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 619.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 619) granting a pension to Elizabeth Tipton, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel G. Gallion, praying for a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2352.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2352) granting a pension to Louis Hinely, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevenson submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 454.) The committee to whom was referred the Bill (S. 454) to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the claim of the government upon the purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3724.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Quarry, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3004.) Bill for the relief of John C. Griffin, late second lieutenant Third East Tennessee Cavalry... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 765.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 765) for the relief of Amos B. Ferguson, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Logan submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2724.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom various bills have been referred for the relief of certain states on account of ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said states during the war of the rebellion, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 821.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 821) for the relief of Peasley & McClary, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Wise, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1175) extending the provisions of the act approved June 4, 1872, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to A. Schuyler Sutton," submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing the number of Navy yards and of naval hospitals, and authorized to visit the different Navy yards and naval hospitals on the Atlantic coast for the purpose of such inquiry, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1205.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram Sawtelle, guardian of Lydia J. Church, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3191.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3191) granting a pension to Elizabeth Brannix, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 413.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 413) for the relief of Alice Aide, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary B. Hook, widow of the late Lieut. Col. James H. Hook, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram Bateman, late a private of Company I, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteers, praying to be admitted to the invalid pension roll, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mountjoy Browning, late a private in Company A, Tenth (changed to Third) Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Coffin, for pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3715.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3715) granting a pension to Sarah Bacon, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1241) granting a pension to Joseph V. Cartwright, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Adams for a pension for services in the War of 1812, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1080.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1080) granting a pension to John W. Caldwell, private Company E, Seventy-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1722.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1722) granting a pension to Martha Wold, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3708.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3708) granting a pension to Eunice Wilson, mother of John C. Wilson, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3277.) In the case of Robert D. Jones, Company B, Third Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1213.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nathan Upham for a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3699.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3699) granting a pension to Lydia Simpson, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3682.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3682) granting a pension to Theron W. Hanks, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3723.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3723) granting a pension to Mary Logsdon, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 911.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Flanagan, widow of James W. Flanagan, late first lieutenant in Company C, Fifty-sixth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report: The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the following resolution of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza E. Hebert, of Louisiana, praying compensation for property alleged to have been taken by the Army in 1863, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4444.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, in recommending the passage of the substitute to House Bill No. 4026, herewith reported, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1799.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1799) granting a pension to Angelica Hammond, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3729.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anne Eliza Brown, widow of General Harvey Brown, late colonel and brevet major-general of the United States Army, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1125.) This bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Terre Hante and Indianapolis Railroad Company the sum of $7,543.75, with interest from March 10, 1862, as the amount due the company for carrying the United States mail, as found and ascertained by the Court of Claims... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 340.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Baxter, only heir and minor child of Robert Baxter, late second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1216.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Claude H. Masten, surviving partner of the firm of Le Vert & Masten, of Mobile, Ala., for himself, and in behalf of Octavia Le Vert and her two children, widow and heirs of his deceased partner, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 495.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 495) for the relief of Ann L. Bland, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Fisk, beg leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1063.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1063) to restore Capt. John C. Beaumont, of the United States Navy, to his original position on the Navy Register, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 928.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 928) for the relief of David Huestis, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 585.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Oliver Moses and others, owners of the ship John Carver, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3726.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3726) granting a pension to Catharine H. Gallagher, widow of John Gallagher, late a captain in the United States Navy, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3013.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3013) granting a pension to Samuel P. Kemp, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 948.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 948) increasing the pension of H. Louisa [i.e., Louise] Gates, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3731.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3731) granting a pension to Bridget Collins, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3698.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3698) granting a pension to William C. Davis, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: On the 23d of December, 1874, the Senate of the United States adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Appropriations be instructed to inquire whether the Lighthouse Board, as organized by law, is in the best form to promote its efficiency and harmonious action... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburn submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 950.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 950) to pay the First National Bank of Saint Albans, at Saint Albans, in the County of Franklin, and State of Vermont, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Ballard, to be restored to the pension rolls, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1246.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Ellis, of Kansas, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1055.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1055) granting a pension to Charles H. Crippen, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 580) granting a pension to Rosalie C.P. Lisle, have considered the same, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Albert G. Boone, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 570.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 570) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, and for the better protection of the Indian tribes therein, and for other purposes, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1248.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles B. Phillips, praying to be allowed a share of the avails of the one-third part of the wharf-boat D.G. Fowler, forfeited under the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1249.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frank Kendrick, late a private of Company A, Fifth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Ann Daniel, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Keyes, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William H. Harding, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3686.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3686) granting a pension to Nancy Curry, widow of Oliver P. Curry, late a private of Company L, Thirteenth Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3710.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3710) granting a pension to Henry C. Mills, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2504.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2504) granting a pension to Henry B. Burgor, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1201.) The Post Office was established, and has been maintained, for the transmission of public and private intelligence... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of De Soto County, Mississippi, praying the return of taxes assessed and collected on cotton for the years 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John Randolph, administrator of the estate of Sarah A. Lord, widow of Wm. A. Lord, for the passage of a joint resolution removing the bar of limitation in a certain case for damages arising from illegal seizure and sale of cotton, and referring said cause to the Court of Claims, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1256.) It appears that the Alexandria Canal Company, a corporation created by act of Congress May 26, 1830, was authorized to build and maintain a canal from Georgetown to Alexandria, specific authority being given in said act to carry the canal across the Potomac by means of an aqueduct crossing the river at Georgetown... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dennis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3750.) The petitioner, E. Boyd Pendleton, was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Fifth District of Virginia in May, 1866, and entered upon the discharge of the duties of the office on the fifth of the following month... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1401.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1401) granting a pension to Penelope T. Heald, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany an amendment (to the Bill H.R. 4729) reported by him from the Committee on Printing.) The Committee on Printing, to whom were referred sundry papers concerning the pneumatic tube between the Capitol and the Government Printing Office, have had the subject under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1186.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1186 for the relief of A.P. Jackson and others, as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Legislature of California for the relief of A.B. Gilbert, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4668.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4668) for the relief of John W. Douglass, late collector of the Nineteenth Internal Revenue District in the State of Pennsylvania, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1319.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick F. Baury, praying that he be placed on the retired list of the Navy, in consequence of wounds received in the line of duty, have considered the same, and find the facts as stated in his memorial... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrimon submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1320.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of Turner Merritt, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pease submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1343.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Dialogue & Wood, shipbuilders, of Camden, N.J., praying for the payment of twenty-four thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents ($24,237.84) for materials furnished and labor performed by them in the construction of the United States coast-survey steamer Hassler, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of officers of the Masonic Lodge, praying compensation for the destruction of the Masonic Hall at Georgetown, S.C., by United States troops in 1865, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3272.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3272) for the relief of John T. Burchell, of Knoxville, Tenn., for services rendered in a smallpox hospital, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, which was directed by the resolution of the Senate adopted on the 13th instant, to inquire and report whether the United States or any department of the government is legally bound to now carry into effect any contract made pursuant to the act of June 1st, 1872, respecting additional mail service between San Francisco, China, and Japan, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred various Senate bills, proposing to establish mints, or branch mints, at Chicago, Omaha, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 963.) The joint select committee appointed by virtue of the fifth section of an act approved June 20, 1874, entitled "An Act for the Government of the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes," to wit... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3691.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3691) granting a pension to James Burris, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3689.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3689) granting a pension to Bernard Sailer, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1438.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1438) granting a pension to Emily Phillips, widow of Martin Phillips, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1953.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1953) granting a pension to William D. Morrison, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2355.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2355) granting a pension to Ann R. Voorhees, widow of the late Captain Philip R. [i.e., F.] Voorhees, U.S.N., after a full review of the testimony before the Committee on a former examination of the case, and a careful consideration of that since filed, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1206.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel G. Smith, postmaster at Flemington, N.J., submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, submitted the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Elijah J. Woolum, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1875. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Greenbaum, president of the German Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois, report as follows...	213
Serial set 1633	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1874, in the ninety-ninth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1634	Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 7, 1874. Preceded by a list of papers and followed by an index of persons and subjects	1
Serial set 1635	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-third Congress. Volume I.	1
Serial set 1636	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-third Congress. Volume II. Part I.	1
Serial set 1637	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-third Congress. Volume II. Part II.	1
Serial set 1638	Report of the Secretary of the Navy; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress. Annual report of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874.	2
Serial set 1639	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-third Congress. Volume I.	1
Serial set 1640	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-third Congress. Vol. II	1
Serial set 1641	Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; together with the reports of the Board of Audit and the Board of Health, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President. December 7, 1874. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1874.	2
Serial set 1642	Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Forty-third Congress of the United States. December 7, 1874. Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year 1874.	2
Serial set 1643	Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1874. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, and of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency in the Indian service during said period, showing the appropriations from which paid and the number of Indians at each agency.	3
Serial set 1644	Heavy ordnance. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the future armament of permanent works, with an estimate for $500,000 to convert smooth-bore guns into rifles, and for an experimental and proving ground for heavy ordnance. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Military property at Pittsburgh, Pa. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to property belonging to the War Department no longer needed for military purposes in the City of Pittsburgh, Pa. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with a statement of fees collected by consular and diplomatic officers of the United States during the years ending respectively December 31, 1873, and June 30, 1874, &c. December 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Montana Indian war claims of 1867. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the payment of the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with law, his statement of general receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Washington, D.C. December 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Saint Clair and Carondelet bridge. Report of the Secretary of War, on the Saint Clair and Carondelet bridge. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Military roads in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 2419) to provide for the construction of military roads in Arizona. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Indian reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of funds required for the survey of Indian reservations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military wagon road in Wyoming and Montana Territories. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 2854) for the location and construction of a military wagon road from Green River City, Wyo., to the Yellowstone National Park, and to Fort Ellis, Mont. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bridges across the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 2521) to amend the act authorizing the construction of bridges across the Ohio River, and to prescribe the dimensions of the same. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fort Gratiot military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to granting the right of way through the Fort Gratiot military reservation to the City of Port Huron, Mich. for a public sewer. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. New military post near Carlin, Nevada. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of a new military post in the Department of California, near Carlin, Nev. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. George A. Cowles & Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of board of officers appointed to investigate the process of George A. Cowles & Co. for the preservation of clothing from moth and mildew. December 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Torpedo trials. Letter from the Secretary of War, calling attention to the omission in the Army appropriation bill of the item of $10,000 for torpedo trials. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the examination of the mouth of the Mississippi River. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Clothing lost by Company F, Third Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the quantity of clothing lost by the enlisted men of Company F, Third Cavalry, during a flood in Blackwood Valley, May 31, 1873. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Dempsey & O'Toole. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation to pay to the firm of Dempsey & O'Toole $588.66. December 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his adjusted quarterly accounts of receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Yellowstone Park. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an estimate of appropriations for the purpose of enabling his Department to carry out the provisions of the act of March 1, 1872, relative to the Yellowstone Park in Montana. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the manner in which the contingent funds in his Department have been expended. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public property in the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an inventory of property belonging to the United States now in his possession. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing report of Lieutenant Wheeler's expedition. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an omission in the act of June 23, 1874, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses in regard to the report of Lieut. George M. Wheeler. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military post near Carlin, Nev. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of a military post near Carlin, Nev. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sugg Fort. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Sugg Fort, of Robertson County, Tennessee. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Sioux agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to meet obligations existing under contracts for transportation to various Sioux agencies during the remainder of the fiscal year. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the removal of the Pawnee tribe of Indians from the State of Nebraska to the Indian Territory. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to balances of appropriations for hospitals for 1872-'73 and 1873-'74. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Headstones in national cemeteries. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending that the appropriation of $1,000,000 for headstones under the act of March 3, 1873, be made permanent and available until the work is completed. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bridge over the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Navigation of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to obstruction of the navigation of the Ohio River. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, making further answer to House resolution of June 18, 1874, concerning the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Northern Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, for the subsistence and support of northern Sioux Indians. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns by collectors of Customs showing the number of seamen registered as having received certificates of citizenship during the year ending September 30, 1874. December 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fort Kearney military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Fort Kearney military reservation in Nebraska. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sufferers from the overflow of rivers in the South. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the issue of supplies to sufferers from the overflow on the Lower Mississippi, and on the Tombigbee, Warrior, and Alabama Rivers, under the act of April 23, 1874. December 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	37
Serial set 1645	Amounts paid in certain cases for the transportation of troops. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 13, 1874, in relation to the sums of money paid to certain land grant railroad companies for the transportation of troops and property of the United States, transported since the first day of January, 1866. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Smuggling through the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the smuggling of merchandise through the mails. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting ten reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claims in said territory. January 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Pavilion hospital at Hyannis, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War [Treasury], relative to the expense of erecting a pavilion hospital at Hyannis, Massachusetts. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amendment to the revised statutes of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend section 2997 of the revised statutes of the United States. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of claims for depredations committed by Indians, &c., called for by House resolution of April 30, 1874. -- January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clerks and employes [sic] of the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or in any of its offices, during the year 1874, &c. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of the deficiencies in appropriations required by the various departments to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and prior years. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1853, a statement showing the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, &c. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building at Auburn, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the erection of a public building at Auburn, N.Y. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the lands required for improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Reports of surveys. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 23, 1874, reports of surveys and examinations, as follows: Wolf Lake Cut, Indiana; Sebawaing River, Michigan; mouth of Saginaw River, Michigan; Grand Marais Harbor, Lake Superior, Minnesota; Dakota River, Dakota Territory; the estuary in Santa Barbara Channel, near Point Muger, California; Sacramento River below Tehama; and Feather River below Marysville, California. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Minnesota River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the result of the examination and survey of the Minnesota River. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing receipts and expenditures of the Louisville and Portland Canal from June 11 to December 31, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Hydraulic gates and dams in the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a report upon the applicability of movable hydraulic gates and dams to the improvement of the Ohio River. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Modoc War claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the claims of the States of California and Oregon, and citizens thereof, on account of the Modoc War. December 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims. December 17, 1874. -- Committee on War Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. December 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Civil rights in Alabama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of a convention of colored citizens assembled in the City of Montgomery, Ala., on December 2, 1874. December 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Alabama Affairs and ordered to be printed. Liabilities of Choctaw Indians to individuals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting certain information relative to the amounts of liabilities due from the Choctaw tribe of Indians to individuals. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1874. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Indians of the Central Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to aid and instruct the Indians of the Central Superintendency. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Apache Indians in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for collecting and subsisting the Apache Indians in Arizona for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. North Carolina Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the lands of the North Carolina or Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, including a draught of a bill for the benefit of said Indians. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. Education of Cheyenne captives. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that $3,000 be appropriated from the annuities to the Cheyennes for the support and education of the two white female children captured from said Indians. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. Removal of Modoc Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to remove the Modoc Indians from Oregon to the Indian Territory. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Charles O. Wood. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Charles O. Wood, of Vigo County, Indiana. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Additional messengers in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the employment of two additional messengers or laborers in his office. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rock Island bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the clause of the sundry civil appropriation act of June 23, 1874, which appropriates $23,400 to the Rock Island bridge. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Employment of thirteen enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the employment of thirteen enlisted men in the Ordnance Bureau. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Freedmen's Branch of the Adjutant General's Office. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Freedmen's Branch of the Adjutant General's Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Barracks at Pensacola harbor, Florida, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draughts of proposed joint resolutions for completing barracks and quarters at Pensacola harbor, Florida, &c. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Timber for the use of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity that exists for some remedial legislation in behalf of Indian tribes or bands living upon reservations who are, by a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, prevented from cutting and selling timber from the land occupied by them. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the disbursement of the contingent fund of the Navy Department. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Absentee Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recalling his report dated April 13 last, and the claims of absentee Shawnee Indians submitted therewith. December 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed	34
Serial set 1646	Refusal of the Louisiana and Texas Railroad to transport troops. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in the case of the refusal of Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad to transport military supplies and troops for the United States over said railroad. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States. Red Fish Bar, Galveston Bay, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Red Fish Bar, Galveston Bay. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Removal of Weeminuche Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the removal of the Weeminuche Indian agency to the Ute reservation. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. James W. Terrell. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to pay balance due James W. Terrell, as disbursing agent of the Treasury Department to make payments to North Carolina Cherokee Indians. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Malheur reservation, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for Malheur reservation, in Oregon. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Construction of laws imposing Customs duties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to alleged changes in the laws imposing duties on imports, or new constructions of such laws made by his Department. January 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. Settlers on Fort Randall military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend an act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Settlers on the Fort Randall Military Reservation," approved May 18, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Camp Cook military reservation, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Camp Cook military reservation in Shasta County, California. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Allen or Springfield rifle and metallic cartridges. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to royalty upon the Allen or Springfield breech loading rifle and metallic cartridges. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Catalogue of the Army Medical Museum. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1831) to provide for the printing, at the Government Printing Office, of one thousand copies of the Descriptive Anatomical Catalogue of the Army Medical Museum. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a detailed statement of all the expenditures of the contingent funds of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Geological and geographical survey of the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the estimate of appropriations heretofore submitted to the House for the continuance of the geological survey. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William P. Lyon & Son. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of William P. Lyon & Son for printing one thousand volumes of Choctaw laws. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indians in Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to provide for the consolidation of certain bands or tribes of Indians in Washington Territory, and for the sale of certain reservations in said territory, and for other purposes. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ute Indians in Colorado. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for subsistence of the Ute Indians in Colorado. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an act of the Cherokee Legislature authorizing a loan to be negotiated for their benefit (subsistence) from the United States. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Creek annuities. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for Creek annuities. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Support of certain Indians in the Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the subsistence and support of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indians in the Indian Territory. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indians of the Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a bill to amend the act of June 10, 1872, for the relief of certain Indian tribes in the Northern Superintendency. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. New safe for use of Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required for the purchase of a new safe for the use of the disbursing clerk of his Department. January 13, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	21
Serial set 1647	Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1874.	1

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