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| Serial set 2018 | 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 first session of the Forty-seventh Congress. In four volumes. Volume II | 1 |
| Serial set 2019 | 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 first session of the Forty-seventh Congress. In four volumes. Volume III. | 1 |
| Serial set 2020 | 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 first session of the Forty-seventh Congress. In four volumes. Volume IV | 1 |
| Serial set 2021 |
Fourth annual report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, November 26, 1881. December 6, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. Supernumerary secretaries of legation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, setting forth the expediency of organizing a class of supernumerary secretaries of legation. December 19, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. William H. Davis. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of William H. Davis. December 21, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the expenses of the tenth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior recommending a further appropriation for the payment of expenses of the tenth census. December 21, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the contingent fund of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1881. January 5, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, and ordered to be printed. Test of metals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report by officers of the Ordnance Bureau on the test of metals. January 5, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 2022 | Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1881. | 1 |
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Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1881. Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States. December 5, 1881 |
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Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, 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. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883. Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1881. |
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| Serial set 2025 | Treasury Department. Annual report and statements of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1881. | 1 |
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Accounts with the First Comptroller. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting a statement of accounts with the First Comptroller for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1881. July 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the National Board of Health. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of expenditures of the National Board of Health for the quarters ending March 31 and September 30, 1881. January 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Health and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the National Board of Health, 1881. Saint Mary's Falls Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Saint Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan. January 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Rank and pay of Army officers after fifteen years' service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of Army officers in relation to rank and pay after fifteen years' service. January 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Agreement with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from the Secretary of the Interior in reference to an agreement between the Shoshone and Bannock Indians with the United States. January 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. January 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. |
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Mail weighing between New York and Chicago. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting correspondence relative to mail weighing on railroads between New York and Chicago. February 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Salary of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and to create an assistant commissioner. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with a draft of a bill to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and to create the Office of Assistant Commissioner. January 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deaths in Life-Saving Service in line of duty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, a list of persons who have died by reason of wounds or injuries received or diseases contracted in the line of duty in the Life-Saving Service since the origin of the service. February 15, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Persons employed in the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with Section 194 of the Revised Statutes, the name of all persons employed in the Department of State or any of its offices during the year 1881. January 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State and ordered to be printed. Posts on the Rio Grande frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence, &c., relative to the expenditure of the appropriation made by the act of April 16, 1880, "For Acquiring Sites and the Erection of Suitable Posts for the Protection of the Rio Grande Frontier," in response to resolution of the House of Representatives of January 12, 1882. January 20, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Search warrants for the discovery of smuggled goods at the port of New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting papers and a draft of a bill relative to search warrants for the discovery of smuggled goods at the port of New York. January 30, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Sale of certain real estate at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative, to the sale or lease of certain real estate and riparian rights at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. January 30, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Shoshone Indian lands in Duck Valley, Nevada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with draft of a bill for the payment of certain settlers in the State of Nevada for improvements on lands in Duck Valley, Nevada, taken for the use of the Shoshone Indians. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse on Belle Isle, Detroit River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Lighthouse Board, in relation to the completion of the lighthouse on the northern end of Belle Isle, Michigan. February 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lights in the harbor of Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Lighthouse Board in relation to lights in the harbor of Chicago. February 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sale of waste paper. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the sale of waste paper in the Department. February 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Claim of Charles Ewing against the Osage Indian Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting the papers in the claim of Charles Ewing against the Osage Indian Nation. February 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Thirteenth annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners for the year 1881. February 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of United States naval officers cruising in Alaska waters. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports of officers of the United States Navy cruising in the waters of Alaska. February 24, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Drawback on stills and worms exported to foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication in relation to the payment of drawback of internal revenue tax on stills and distilling worms exported to foreign countries. February 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Resignations, removals, promotions, and appointments in the Post Office Department in Washington City. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of resignations, removals, promotions, and appointments in the Post Office Department in Washington City since March 4, 1881. February 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. February 25, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Seneca Nation of New York Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior and a memorial of the council of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians against the passage of Senate Bill No. 19. March 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Promoting the efficiency of the civil service. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an unexpended appropriation for the promotion of the efficiency of the civil service. March 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. P.W. Norris, superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the pay of P.W. Norris as superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park, from April 18, 1877, to July 1, 1878. March 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Condition of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, requesting the views of the minority of the commission to consider the condition of the Navy. January 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Suits in Court of Claims. Letter from the Attorney General, and an accompanying schedule, in response to a resolution of the House of January 18, relative to the number and nature of the suits brought in the Court of Claims under the act of June 16, 1880. January 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Payment of certain workingmen in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to the payment of the certain workingmen of the District of Columbia, under the act of June 20, 1878. January 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Estimates and deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the estimates of appropriations required by the various departments to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, and prior years. January 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Petersburg, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication relative to the improvement of the river and harbor at Petersburg, Virginia. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to certain bonds held by the Treasurer of the United States in the name of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Packing trunks for registered matter. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a letter from the General Superintendent of Railway Mail Service, recommending the use of packing trunks instead of leather pouches for registered matter. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Salaries of certain postmasters. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the salaries of certain postmasters. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Western Miami Indians at Quapaw Agency. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication and draft of a bill from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Western Miami Indians at Quapaw Agency, in the Indian Territory. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Message form the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the construction of kitchens and dining rooms at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Additional room for the Pension Office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior in reference to additional room for the Pension Office. January 26, 1882. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Abandoned military reservations. Message form the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to the disposal of abandoned military reservations. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Funds of the Miami Indians in Kansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to certain funds belonging to the Miami Indians of Kansas. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railway. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railway. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Clothing accounts of enlisted men. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the clothing accounts of enlisted men. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Chiriqui grant. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to resolutions of the House of Representatives relative to certain lands and harbors known as the Chiriqui grant. January 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. National banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, a communication from the Comptroller of the Currency relative to national banks. January 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Ice harbor at Dubuque, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report upon the dredging of an ice harbor at Dubuque, Iowa. February 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Care and sale of numerous tracts of land. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a communication and a draft of a bill from the Solicitor of the Treasury relative to the care and sale of numerous tracts and land. February 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Route agents and postal clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, recommending a transfer of certain funds and an increased appropriation for route agents and postal clerks. February 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates of payments for pensions for the next twenty-five years. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication for the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, relative to the amounts which will be required annually to pay pensions for the next twenty-five years. February 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay and ordered to be printed. Susquehanna River near Havre de Grace, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a partial resurvey of the Susquehanna River near Havre de Grace, Md., and containing an estimate for the continuation of the improvement in that locality. February 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Saint Mary's River and Saint Mary's Falls Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information as to the additional works that are required to properly complete the improvement of the Saint Mary's River and Saint Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan, with an estimate of the cost of same. February 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Buildings at David's Island, New York Harbor, and Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to estimates for new buildings for the general recruiting service at David's Island, New York Harbor, and Columbus Barracks, Ohio. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of dead and damaged timber on Indian reservations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior with a draft of a bill authorizing the disposal of dead and damaged timber on Indian reservations. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clerical force of the General Land Office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with a draft of a bill, asking a special appropriation for a temporary increase of the clerical force of the General Land Office. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lawlessness in parts of Arizona. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with accompanying papers, relative to lawlessness which prevails in parts of Arizona. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the tenth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with a draft of a bill relative to additional legislation for the expenses of the tenth census. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Census and ordered to be printed. Advertising the sale of Kansas Indian lands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with the draft of a bill relative to the settlement of certain accounts for advertising the sale of Kansas Indian lands. February 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to the resolution of the House of January 30, relative to the action of the Interior Department and General Land Office as to the land grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. February 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. Antonio Pelletier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the claim of Antonio Pelletier against the government of Hayti. February 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Alleged connection of certain Mormons with the Piute and Navajo outbreak. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the alleged action of certain Mormons in inciting the Piute and Navajo Indians to outbreak. February 7, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. List of officers and employes [sic] of Internal Revenue bureau who have been killed or wounded in service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a list of the officers and employes [sic] of the Internal Revenue bureau and of the Department of Justice who have been killed or wounded in the enforcement of the internal revenue laws of the United States. February 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Reprint of Captain Hall's Second Arctic Expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to reprinting Capt. C.F. Hall's "Second Arctic Expedition." February 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Completion of the new barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the completion of the new barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. February 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fees collected by consuls from American vessels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information as to the amount of fees collected from American vessels by consuls of the United States. February 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Education in Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the establishment and maintenance of schools in Alaska. February 16, 1882. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and ordered to be printed. The trial of two cast-iron guns. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report on the trial of two cast-iron guns. February 17, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Peace between Chili and Peru and Bolivia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, touching the efforts of the United States to bring about peace between Chili and Peru and Bolivia. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Consular officers and diplomatic and consular fees. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of consular officers and a statement of diplomatic and consular fees during the fiscal year 1880-'81. January 12, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Customs duties refunded. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of money refunded as customs duties during the year ended June 30, 1881. January 12, 1882. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed under act of July 4, 1864. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of claims allowed since December, 1880, under act of July 4, 1864. January 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Disbursements of contingent fund of Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with sections 193 and 209 of the Revised Statutes, statements of expenditures from the contingent funds and of all moneys disbursed by the disbursing clerk of that Department. January 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in Department of State and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed under balances on exhausted appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a schedule of claims allowed under appropriations exhausted. January 19, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of the contingent funds for the Navy Department, and the bureaus and offices therein, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. January 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Embankment wall at Frankford arsenal, Pennsylvania. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in relation to the construction of an embankment wall at Frankford arsenal, Pennsylvania. January 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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Bridge across Saint Joseph River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the railroad bridge across Saint Joseph River, Michigan. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Government dam on Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to House resolution of February 10, 1882, in relation to the dam maintained as a part of the government works on the Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvement at Menasha, Wisconsin. March 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Payment of contractors for carrying the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the payment of contractors for carrying the mails. March 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. Military post at Fort Selden, New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, relative to the construction of a military post at Fort Selden, New Mexico. March 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Observation of the transit of Venus. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the observation of the transit of Venus, on December 6, 1882. March 1, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Purchases of silver and coinage of silver dollars. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Director of the Mint relative to silver bullion purchased by the Treasury Department, and the number of standard silver dollars coined in each month from March, 1878, to December, 1881. March 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Claim of Cherokee Indians for lands ceded to the United States in the Indian Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the claim of the Cherokee Indians for certain lands placed at the disposal of the United States for the settlement of friendly Indians. March 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Thornburgh, Utah. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, relative to the construction of the post of Fort Thornburgh, in the Territory of Utah. March 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fees of officers of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of emoluments and fees received by officers of Customs during the year ended June 30, 1881. March 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Vessels sailing under the English flag, with American certificates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to certain vessels, called steamers, alleged to be sailing under the English flag, with American certificates. March 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Encroachments upon the harbor of Chicago, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers, relative to the matter of encroachment upon the harbor of Chicago, Ill., in compliance with the requirements of the resolution of the House of Representatives of February 13, 1882. March 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Removal of Eastern Cherokee Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the removal of certain members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory. March 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mining debris in California rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a fiscal report upon the system to prevent further injury to the navigable waters of California from mining debris. March 7, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Cattle disease. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting communications relative to pleuro-pneumonia in cattle. March 7, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Increasing the number of enlisted men in the naval service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to increasing the number of men in the naval service. March 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sale of annuity goods by Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the sale or barter of annuity goods by certain Indians. March 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Inspections by Lighthouse Board and Bureau of Revenue Marine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives transmitting reports of inspections by the secretaries of the Lighthouse Board and the Chief of the Revenue Marine Bureau since January 1, 1875. March 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor at New Buffalo, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, relative to the condition of the harbor of New Buffalo, Mich. March 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Disbursements of the contingent fund of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a detailed statement of the disbursement of the contingent funds of the bureaus and offices of the Interior Department for the year ending June 30, 1881. March 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Promotions of lieutenants in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, in reference to the lineal promotions of lieutenants in the Army. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for lighthouse establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication relative to building lighthouse structures, and recommending the expenditure of appropriations for such purposes to be by contract. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the military establishment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1881. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Maps and charts for the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to maps and charts of navigable rivers and harbors of the United States, to be furnished for the use of the House Committee on Commerce. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Promotions, removals, and appointments in the consular service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, giving a list of promotions, removals, and appointments in the consular service since the 4th day of March, 1877. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the Ute Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the payment of the expenses of the Ute Commission, appointed under the act of June 15, 1880. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Vineyard Haven Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the condition of Vineyard Haven Harbor, Massachusetts. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Arrest and imprisonment of certain American citizens in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, touching the arrest and imprisonment in Mexico of Thomas Shields and two other American citizens. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Certain debts of soldiers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, recommending that certain debts of soldiers be made a lien against their pay. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Certain paving at Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication for the Secretary of the Navy relative to certain paving at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. March 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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Steamship communication between San Francisco and Sydney, New South Wales. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a communication from the colonial secretary of New South Wales, urging the importance of maintaining direct steamship communication between San Francisco and Sydney, New South Wales. March 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. Introduction of contagious and infectious diseases into the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the President of the National Board of Health, calling attention to the necessity for additional legislation to prevent the introduction of contagious and infectious diseases into the United States. March 13, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Health and ordered to be printed. Increase of the clerical force in the Pension Office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior covering estimate for an increase of the clerical force in the Pension Office. March 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. |
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Increase of the force in the Second Comptroller's and Third Auditor's offices. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the necessary increase of force in the offices of the Second Comptroller and Third Auditor, provided the proposed increase is made in the Pension Office. April 7, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Compensation of commissioners under the act for the suppression of bigamy, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending amendments to the act in reference to bigamy, approved March 22, 1882. April 3, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Boundary between the United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the Minister Plenipotentiary from Mexico and the Secretary of State, relative to a convention for defining the boundary between the United States and Mexico from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. April 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Government Hospital for the Insane. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate for a deficiency appropriation for the Government Hospital for the Insane. March 30, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Condition of Israelites in Russia. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State respecting the condition of Israelites in Russia. May 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies in appropriations for the Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, inclosing estimates for deficiencies in appropriations for transportation and supplies for the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882. April 6, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Statistical abstract of the United States, 1881. Fourth number. Finance, coinage, commerce, immigration, shipping, the postal service, population, railroads, agriculture, coal and iron, &c. Claims of the State of Missouri against the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to payments made by the State of Missouri in suppression of the rebellion, since April 17, 1866, and now due said state by the United States. April 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for wrapping paper. Letter from the Postmaster General recommending an additional appropriation for wrapping paper. March 16, 1882. - Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Annual earnings of the Pacific Railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of the annual earnings of the Central Pacific, Kansas Pacific, Union Pacific, Central Branch of Union Pacific, and Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Companies. March 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. Price of Osage Indian lands in Kansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, covering the action of the Osage Indians in declining to accede to a reduction of the price of their lands in Kansas. March 17, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Regulation of steam vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to amending the law concerning the regulation of steam vessels. March 17, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Destitution from overflow of Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting an estimate of the destitution caused by the overflow of the Mississippi River, and the number of rations issued to sufferers. March 17, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Use of United States troops in Nebraska. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the employment of the military forces of the United States in the State of Nebraska during the present month. March 20, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for signal service. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the signal service from 1875 to 1881, inclusive. March 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Quarters for troops at Fort Leavenworth. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, in relation to building quarters for troops at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. March 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Payment for government transportation on certain railroads. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the payment for government transportation on certain railroads. March 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Compensation of district attorneys, marshals, and circuit court commissioners. Letter from the Attorney General, recommending a change in the mode of compensating district attorneys, marshals, and circuit court commissioners. March 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Contingent equipment and recruiting for the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy recommending an appropriation for the contingent equipment and recruiting for the Navy. March 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Increase of clerical force in the War Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to an increase of the clerical force in the War Department. March 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of Indian depredation claims presented to the Department prior to March 15, 1882. March 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 24, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Navigation through bridges over the Upper Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report relative to the facilitation of navigation through the various bridges over the Upper Mississippi River. March 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Estimated cost of pensions for Mexican and Indian wars. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of pensions for Mexican War and certain Indian wars. March 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Meeting of the Legislature of New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the meeting of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico. March 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Harbor of refuge at Ludington, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports in relation to a harbor of refuge at Ludington, Mich. March 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Assistant principal examiners of patents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for twenty-five additional assistant examiners of patents. March 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief afforded sufferers from the overflow of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, setting forth the relief afforded the sufferers from the overflow of the Mississippi River by the government. March 28, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Negotiations for the restoration of peace in South America. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State touching the negotiations for the restoration of peace in South America. March 28, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preservation of timber for the use of the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the purchase from the American Wood Preserving Company of machinery for preserving timber for the use of the Navy. March 28, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort McKinney, Wyoming Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to the completion of the post at Fort McKinney, Wyoming Territory. April 6, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Boston Navy-yard expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a tabulated statement of expenditures in the Boston Navy-yard during the last fiscal year. April 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lawlessness in Arizona. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to disorders and lawlessness in Arizona. April 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Reorganization of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the reorganization of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio. April 29, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Professors of mathematics in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the examination and appointment of professors of mathematics in the Navy since the passage of the act approved January 20, 1881. May 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Roof of Interior Department building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the construction of a fireproof roof over the south and east wings of the Interior Department building. May 2, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Law clerks in the Assistant Attorney General's office for the Interior Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, setting forth the necessity for an increased number of law clerks in the office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Interior Department. April 5, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pierre Garreaux. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the claim of Pierre Garreaux. April 5, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lands granted railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to lands granted by the government to certain railroads. March 29, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Prevention of trespass on Indian lands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the more adequate prevention of trespass upon Indian lands. March 29, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Completion of the military post at Fort Lewis, Colorado. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, with plans, estimates, &c., for the completion of the military post at Fort Lewis, Colorado. March 29, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Sabine Pass, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers of the results of the survey of the entrance to Sabine Pass, Texas. March 29, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Salaries, fees, and commissions of registers and receivers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate for additional appropriations for salaries, fees, and commissions of registers and receivers, and for contingent expenses of land offices. March 30, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Term of office of Indian inspectors and Indian agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the term of office of Indian inspectors and Indian agents. March 30, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. Protection of American citizens in Persia. Message from the President of the United States, accompanied by a communication from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, touching the protection of American citizens in Persia and the establishment of diplomatic relations with that country. March 31, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Imprisonment of Thomas Shields and Charles Weber in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in reference to the arrest and imprisonment of Thomas Shields and Charles Weber in Mexico. April 3, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pension claim agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a House resolution, information concerning persons prosecuting claims before the Pension Office. April 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Potomac at Georgetown, D.C. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, recommending an additional appropriation for the construction of a bridge over the Potomac River at Georgetown, D.C. April 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Awards to informers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the awards made to informers and seizing officers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. April 5, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Awards for flowage of lands on Lake Winnebago. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of awards for flowage of lands on Lake Winnebago. April 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. Advertising for proposals for supplies for departments. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to advertising for proposals for supplies or services in any of the departments of the government. April 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Water power at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the water power pool at Rock Island Arsenal. April 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Books imported through the mails. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to books imported through the mails. April 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Transportation of Indian supplies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an increase in the appropriation for transportation of Indian supplies for 1882. April 12, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses War Department building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, relative to an additional appropriation for the contingent expenses of the War Department building. April 12, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Confirmation of certain land in Indian Territory to Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to confirmation of certain lands in Indian Territory to the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians. April 12, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. New boiler-shop and caisson gate at New York Navy-yard. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the erection of a new boiler-shop and repairing the caisson gate of the dry dock at the New York Navy-yard. April 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Right of way for the Republican Valley Railroad through the Otoe and Missouria Indian Reservation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to right of way for the Republican Valley Railroad through the Otoe and Missouria Indian Reservation, in Nebraska. April 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Coal lands upon the San Carlos reservation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to coal lands upon the San Carlos reservation in Arizona. April 18, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. American peace congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of a circular invitation extended to all the independent countries of North and South American to participate in a peace congress, to be held in Washington in November, 1882. April 18, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indian training school at Fort Ripley, Minnesota. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the establishment of an Indian training school on the site of old Fort Ripley, in Minnesota. April 18, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Maginnis, Montana. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, with plans and estimates for the completion of Fort Maginnis, Montana. April 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lights on bridges. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the lighthouse board in relation to the maintenance of lights on bridges by the owners thereof. April 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Agents of Quartermaster's Department employed in the investigation of Fourth of July claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, a statement of the agents of the Quartermaster's Department now employed in the investigation of claims under the act of July 4, 1864. April 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Dry dock at Des Moines Rapids Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives concerning the need of a government dry dock at the Des Moines Rapids Canal. April 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Personal assaults in the Indian country. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to Section 2142 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. April 22, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Transit of Venus. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending an appropriation for the purpose of observing the transit of Venus in 1882. April 22, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rent of branch post office in Washington, D.C. Letter from the Postmaster General, recommending an appropriation for payment of rent of branch post office in Washington, D.C. April 22, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Importation of American neat cattle into Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, a report from the Secretary of State, touching the existing restrictions on the importation of American neat cattle into Great Britain. April 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. London International Fisheries Exhibition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to an International Fisheries Exhibition to the held in London in May, 1883. April 26, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. Message from the President of the United States, in partial response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State on the subject of American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. April 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. International bureau of exchanges. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to the establishment of an international bureau of exchanges. April 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. |
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Supplemental list of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental list of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury since January 14, 1882. May 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to certain improvements in the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico. June 28, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pawnee Indian reservation in Indian Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the enlargement of the Pawnee Indian reservation in the Indian Territory. June 20, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Plate printing by steam presses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of the 4th ultimo, certain information in relation to plate printing by steam presses. May 13, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Causes before the United States consular courts in China. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the service of summons on absent defendants in causes before consular courts of the United States in China. March 22, 1882. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Troops in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to troops in Arizona. May 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Geological survey of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to an extension of the United States geological survey into Alaska. May 4, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fort Dodge military reservation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the disposal of the Fort Dodge military reservation in Kansas. May 6, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to resolution of the House of February 25, 1882, relative to the lands and funds of the Eastern Band of North Carolina Cherokees. May 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Errors in Signal Service report. Letter from the Secretary of War, stating that several errors have been discovered in the report transmitted on the 18th of March, 1882, in regard to the expenditures for the Signal Service, transmitting another statement of expenditures. May 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Pre-emption cases approved during year ending June 30, 1881. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of pre-emption cases approved during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. May 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Interest due Osage Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to interest due Osage Indians, under treaty stipulations. May 15, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pension deficiency. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, calling attention to the deficiency in appropriations to meet the June payment of Army pensions. May 15, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, covering plans for buildings at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. June 17, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Completion of the work of the tenth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the completion of the work of the tenth census. June 17, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report of the Director of the Mint upon the statistics of the production of the precious metals in the United States. Private land claim of Antonio Vaca in Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the private land claim of Antonio Vaca in Louisiana. June 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Indian war claim of Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Florida against the United States for the suppression of Indian hostilities between the years 1855 and 1860. May 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Relief of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to the necessity of an appropriation for the purpose of affording relief to the expedition sent to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. May 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Settlers on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in California. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an appropriation for the payment for improvements made by certain settlers on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in California. May 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Weight, cost of carriage, and postage on second-class mail matter. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, giving the weight, cost of carriage, and postage collected on second-class mail matter for the year ended June 30, 1881. May 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Apaches at the Mescalero and Jicarilla agencies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the consolidation of the Mescalero and Jicarilla agencies and the civilization of the Indians thereat. May 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Venezuela awards. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to the awards made against Venezuela by the mixed commission. May 25, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Restrictions upon the exportation of pork from the United States by the French government. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to the restrictions imposed by the French government upon pork exported from the United States. May 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pay of Internal Revenue gaugers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a petition from the Internal Revenue gaugers of the Third District of Massachusetts for increase of compensation. June 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lighted buoys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an appropriation for lighted buoys. June 20, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Plate printing by steam-power presses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in responses to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing relative to plate printing by steam-power presses July 18, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking Currency and ordered to be printed. Military reservations of forts Dodge and Wallace, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the subdivision of the reservations of forts Dodge and Wallace, and the sale of buildings thereon. July 21, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Reassembling of the Paris Monetary Conference. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, touching the reassembling of the Paris Monetary Conference during the current year. July 3, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Alleged excess in certification of lands to certain railroad companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, relative to alleged excess in the certification of lands to certain railroad companies. July 10, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for rivers and harbors. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without his approval, the Bill (H.R. 6242) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes." August 3, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Carriage of passengers by sea. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives without his approval, the bill of the House (H.R. 2744) entitled "An Act To Regulate the Carriage of Passengers by Sea." August 3, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Compensation of Internal Revenue gaugers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a petition from the Internal Revenue gaugers of the First Illinois District, asking for increase of compensation. June 8, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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list of reports to be made to Congress during the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress by public officers. Prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 5, 1881. Report of expenditures by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting report of expenditures from July 1, 1881, to December 5, 1881. December 9, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting annual report of expenditures from July 1, 1880, to June 30, 1881. December 9, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property in possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of property belonging to the United States. December 9, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-seventh Congress, first session. Commencing Monday, December 5, 1881. December 21, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. Inventory of public documents in Folding Room. Letter from the late Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of documents in the House Folding Room on December 5, 1881. December 21, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Inventory of property. Letter from the late Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of public property in his possession December 5, 1881. December 21, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Anderson vs. Reed. Testimony in the contested election case of Samuel J. Anderson vs. Thomas B. Reed, from the First Congressional District of Maine. December 27, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. Lynch vs. Chalmers. Testimony in the contested election case of John R. Lynch vs. James R. Chalmers, from the Sixth Congressional District of Mississippi. December 28, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence, during the Forty-seventh Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 5, 1881. Alphabetical list of members and delegates of the House of Representatives, and the standing and select committees of which they are members. Forty-seventh Congress, first session. Commencing Monday, December 5, 1881. |
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Estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883. December 19, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims presented to the House of Representatives from the Forty-second to the Forty-sixth Congress, inclusive; exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with reference to the journals, reports, bills, etc., elucidating its progress. |
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| Serial set 2037 | Bisbee vs. Finley. Testimony in the contested election case of Horatio Bisbee, Jr., vs. Jesse J. Finley, from the Second Congressional District of Florida. December 27, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. | 1 |
