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Serial set 2071	General index of the journals of Congress, from the Eleventh to Sixteenth Congress inclusive. Being a synoptical subject-index of the proceedings of Congress on all public business from 1809 to 1821, with references to the debates, documents, and statutes connected therewith, by Albert Ordway.	1
Serial set 2072	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1882, in the one hundred and seventh year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 2073	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 31, 1882, requesting information relating to the disposition of hospital and grounds in Wilmington, N.C., a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury of the 6th instant, and accompanying copy of report of that Department furnishing the desired information. December 11, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Section 445 of the Revised Statutes, a statement showing the number of public documents received by this Department during the fiscal year 1882, and the disposition made of them. December 8, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 15, 1882, a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 14th instant, submitting report dated the 12th instant, and its accompanying documents, on the claims of the Old Settler Cherokees, &c. December 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Section 194 Revised Statutes, reports of the names of the clerks and other persons employed in the War Department and offices thereof from December, 1881, to November 30, 1882. December 19, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, relating to abandoned military reservation, and renewing his former recommendation for legislation which will provide for the disposal of such reservations no longer needed. December 19, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolutions of the 6th and 8th instant, a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, giving, as far as practicable, a list of names of all persons borne on the pension rolls, and of all claimants for pensions, &c. December 20, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a provision of the "Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1882," a report in tabular form of the harbor, pilot, and other charges to which American and foreign vessels are subject under state laws, and the taxation upon ship owners. December 20, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 26, 1882, a report from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in regard to the preparation and sale of methylated alcohol duty free in Great Britain, &c. December 22, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of August 2, 1882, a tabulated statement showing the number of public documents printed by order of Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses. December 23, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 12, 1882, estimate for improving the Potomac Flats during the next fiscal year. December 14, 1882. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Potomac Flats and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, of the 11th instant, inclosing copies of reports respecting the examination of the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon, &c. December 15, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior inclosing a letter from the Acting Governor of New Mexico, relating to the necessity for holding a session of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico in January, 1883. December 15, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 12, 1882, a copy of the last report on the administration of the New York post office. December 15, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 16, 1882, information relating to the reports of inspections made by officers of the Navy, of the Revenue Marine, Life-Saving Service, and Marine Hospital Service. December 19, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the tests of iron and steel and other materials for industrial purposes, made with the United States testing machine during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882. December 5, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War and its accompanying papers, recommending the amendment of Section 1216 Revised Statutes, relating to enlisted men of the Army, also the modification of Section 1285 Revised Statutes, &c. December 6, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, inclosing one from the commanding general Department of the Missouri, indorsed by the division commander, urging prompt action for perfecting of title to the site of Fort Bliss, Texas. December 6, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, setting forth certain facts respecting the title to the peninsula of Presque Isle, at Erie, Pa., &c. December 6, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relating to an agreement made by the Pah-Ute Indians, and granting a right of way to the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company through the Walker River Reservation, in Nevada. December 8, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of August 5, 1882, information relating to the basis upon which the government settled with certain railroad companies in Tennessee for the claim of the government rolling stock and material purchased from the United States in 1865. December 8, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, the report of the Board of Engineer Officers upon the improvement of Calumet River, Illinois. December 9, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of the 7th instant, copies of agreements with certain parties for privileges in Yellowstone Park. December 11, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a copy of a letter of the 8th instant, from the board of trustees of the Reform School, District of Columbia, with an estimate for necessary buildings, &c. December 12, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.	23
Serial set 2074	Annual report of the National Board of Health. 1882.	1
Serial set 2075	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 9th instant, a detailed statement of the cost of collecting the internal revenue in each collector's district of the United States. December 23, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 15, information relating to industrial education in the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a communication from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico giving reasons why an appropriation should be made for the completion of the capitol at Santa Fe. December 27, 1882. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 21, 1882, information relating to the postal routes in Dakota, from Fort Niobrara to Rapid City, and from Chamberlain to said Rapid City. December 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of the River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882, a report of the Mississippi River Commission, with accompanying papers and maps. January 2, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1882, a report of the Chief of Engineers concerning the condition and progress of the work of the improvement of Charleston Harbor. January 4, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War of the 2d instant, inclosing one from Lieut. Robert Craig, Fourth Artillery, recommending the printing and binding of ten thousand copies of the annual report of the Chief Signal Officer for 1882. January 5, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, together with a letter of the Superintendent of the Census, requesting an additional appropriation of $100,000 to complete the work of the tenth census. January 5, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Select Committee on Tenth Census and ordered to be printed.	8
Serial set 2076	Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 22, 1882, copies of all papers connected with the pension claim of Ward B. Burnett. February 12, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 5, 1883, a report concerning depredations on the public timber in the Territory of Montana. February 13, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, of the 17th instant, inclosing with other papers upon the subject, a petition of Thomas Mulvehill [i.e., Mulvihill], of Pittsburgh, Pa., praying for the repossession of certain shore lands at Pittsburgh, erroneously conveyed by him to the United States. January __, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on __, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 20, 1882, memoranda from the Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Construction and Repair, and Steam Engineering respecting the necessary amount to put the Pensacola Navy yard in a state of efficiency. January 8, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 9, 1882, a letter of the 6th instant from the Chief of Engineers, submitting a copy of the report, with accompanying map, of the Board of Engineer Officers constituted to consider and report the cost of constructing the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. January 9, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 3, 1882, a detailed statement of account showing the amounts received as Indian Civilization Fund, the source from whence derived, and the disbursements, &c. December 7, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 9, 1883. -- Mr. Dawes reports back to print and be recommitted. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, reports from the chiefs of bureaus of the War Department showing the condition of the libraries of their respective offices. January 10, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a report, with accompanying papers, regarding the condition of the several libraries of that Department. January 10, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of Section 208 of the Revised Statutes, a statement of the names of consular officers not citizens of the United States, to whom salaries have been paid. January 12, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 27th of December, 1882, a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office respecting homestead entries in Florida, and lands reserved for the Florida Tropical Railroad Company, &c. January 13, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 11, 1882, a special report of the commanding officer of Fort Niobrara, respecting intrusions on the Niobrara military reservation, &c. January 15, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 4, 1883, a report of the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, respecting the number, caliber, weight, and value of all cast-iron cannon on hand condemned or unfit for use, &c. January 15, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 11th instant, a report from the Chief of Engineers and an extract from report of Capt. James C. Post, Corps of Engineers, respecting the condition of the work at the entrance to Cumberland Sound. January 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 9th instant, copies of all letters and communications relating to the leasing of the Yellowstone National Park. January 19, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 2, 1883, a report of the 18th instant from the Chief of Engineers, and a copy of a report of the 11th instant from Capt. James C. Post, Corps of Engineers, respecting the improvement of the entrance to the Saint John's River, Florida, and to Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida. January 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting views upon Senate Bill No. 561, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Robert Stodart Wyld." January 19, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Secretary of War of 17th instant, inclosing copies of letters from Chief of Engineers and Col. A.F. Rockwell, in charge of public buildings and grounds, urging an immediate appropriation of $1,000 for removing snow and ice from the walks and pavements around the public grounds. January 19, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior respecting the ratification of an agreement with the confederated tribes of Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indians, for the sale of a portion of their reservation in Montana Territory. January 19, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, of 18th instant, inclosing an extract copy of report of the Adjutant General respecting the military reservation of Fort Cameron, Utah, recommending the disposal of the same. January 19, 1883. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Section 1665 Revised Statutes of the United States, a statement exhibiting the expenditures at the Springfield Armory. January 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 21, 1882, a report of the Chief of Engineers of the 18th January, 1883, respecting the improvement of the harbors of Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia, and Mobile Bay, Alabama, &c. January 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in response to a Senate resolution of January 5, 1883, on the subject of the shipment and discharge of seamen, &c. January 24, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 24th instant, a copy of the report of the Ordnance Board of the 12th instant, on the recent trial of a caliber 0".45 Gatling gun, at Sandy Hook, N.J. January 27, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of January 24, 1883, a report, of the 12th instant, of the test of the Gatling machine guns made at the Washington Navy yard. January 31, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of Col. G.W. Getty, Fourth Artillery, Brevet Major General, United States Army, praying for the passage of an act authorizing his retirement. February 3, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, respecting the deficiency in the appropriation for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Sioux Indians. February 3, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in relation to the subject of invasion of Indian Territory, urging an amendment to Section 2148 Revised Statutes, of imprisonment for unlawful entry upon Indian lands. February 5, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 18th of January, 1883, a report, dated the 2d instant, from Adjutant General of the Army, and accompanying copies of papers, relating to the payment of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers. February 5, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the United States engineer officer, showing the maintenance of the channel at South Pass, Mississippi River, during the quarters ending May 13, 1882, September 9, 1882, and December 9, 1882. February 6, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Mississippi River and Tributaries and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 1, 1883, certain information in regard to sugars. February 9, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with law, a full and complete inventory of all property belonging to the United States in the buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by this Department and under its charge. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War of 19th instant, reporting the insufficiency of the sum ($39,000) appropriated for building the sea-wall on Governor's Island, New York Harbor. Recommends an additional appropriation of $15,000. February 21, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 18, 1882, the report of Mr. George Earl Church upon Ecuador. February 16, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed. February 27, 1883. -- Reported back by Mr. Windom and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Chief of Engineers, submitting a letter from Maj. W.H.H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers, in advance of report of survey of canal from Hennepin, on the Illinois River, to Mississippi River, at or about Rock Island, together with the estimates, &c. February 28, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in compliance with law a memorandum showing the condition of the several libraries in his Department. February 28, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Section 194 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, a list of names of the clerks and other persons employed in the several bureaus of the Treasury Department during the calendar year ended December 31, 1882. March 2, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 27, 1883, a copy of a report of Capt. J.C. Post, Corps of Engineers, of 28th ultimo, relative to the improvement of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. March 2, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 27, 1883, the report of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, dated March 1, 1883, together with copies of the accounts and vouchers relating to expenses incurred by the Department of Justice in employment of special or assistant attorneys in the prosecution of the Star Route cases. March 2, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 26, 1883, a list of officers of the United States Army on duty in Washington. March 1, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 3, 1883. -- Reported back by Mr. Logan and ordered printed; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 14, 1882, a tabular statement exhibiting the number of farms or plantations sold in the States of Virginia, Florida, Arkansas, and Tennessee, under an act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States. February 26, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication of 3d instant, with accompanying papers, from the Secretary of the Interior, being a partial report upon the Cherokee Indian matters, required under a clause in the sundry civil appropriation of August 7, 1882. February 8, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 7th instant, with accompanying papers, setting forth the urgent necessity of stringent measures for the repression of the rapidly increasing evasion and violations of the laws relating to public lands, &c. February 8, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 5, 1883, a report of the Chief of Ordnance of the 9th instant, giving number of condemned and obsolete cast-iron cannon balls, &c. February 12, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 27, 1882, certain information respecting the transportation of the ocean mails. February 13, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, calling attention to the necessity of an immediate appropriation to enable the fulfillment of article 10 of the treaty of April 29, 1868 (15 Stat., 635), with the Sioux Indians. February 14, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication of the 16th instant from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation of $14,100 for the purchase of stock cattle, &c., for the bands of Sioux Indians of Red Cloud and Red Leaf. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter of the 16th instant from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, respecting the large sums annually expended for attorneys' fees by different Indian tribes, recommending the appointment of an officer for that purpose. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with joint resolution of Congress of August 8, 1882, a copy of that part of the record which contains the finding of the court of inquiry relating to the loss of the steamer Jeannette in the Arctic seas, &c. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of 13th February, 1883, a report of the Chief of Engineers in regard to railroad and other bridges across the Great Kanawha River in West Virginia. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 13, 1883, the report of the Naval Advisory Board, organized under act of August 5, 1882. February 19, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a treaty of commerce concluded on the 20th day of January, 1883, as amended, between the United States and Mexico. February 7, 1883. -- Read, treaty read the first time, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and, together with the message and accompanying papers, ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. February 19, 1883. -- Injunction of secrecy removed from the text of the treaty, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.	51
Serial set 2077	Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1882.	1
Serial set 2078	List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883; giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called for by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume I.	1
Serial set 2079	List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883; giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called for by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume II.	1
Serial set 2080	List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883; giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume III.	1
Serial set 2081	List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883; giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called for by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume IV.	1
Serial set 2082	List of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883; giving the name of each pensioners, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance, as called for by Senate resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume V.	1
Serial set 2083	National Academy of Sciences. Investigation of the scientific and economic relations of the sorghum sugar industry, being a report made in response to a request from the Hon. George B. Loring, U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture, by a Committee of the National Academy of Sciences. November, 1882. In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1883. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution, which was considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed: Resolved, that the Committee on Education and Labor be authorized and directed to continue during the Forty-eighth Congress the inquiry now being prosecuted by that Committee... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolutions: Whereas the Constitution declares that "Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States," and also to regulate commerce with foreign nations... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that upon each amendment hereafter offered to the bill entitled "An Act To Reduce Internal Revenue Taxation," each senator may speak once for five minutes and no more. In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. December 21, 1882. -- Reported with an amendment as a substitute and ordered to be printed. Mr. McPherson submitted the following resolution: Whereas the agitation of the question of reducing or abolishing the internal revenue tax on tobacco and cigars has greatly injured and continues to injure the trade in store articles... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to appoint a board, to consist of three officers of the Army other than those now connected with the district government... Annual report of the Public Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, etc., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882. December 20, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saunders submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is, or should be, the fundamental principle of the government of the United States that the public domain should be held and reserved for the use and benefit of actual settlers only... In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Beck submitted the following resolution: Whereas Section 6 of the act of Congress making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government, approved August 15, 1876, contains the following provisions: That all executive officers or employes [sic] of the United States not appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, are prohibited from requesting, giving to, or receiving from any other officer or employe [sic] of the government any money or property or other thing of value for political purposes... Communication from Hon. W.W. Corcoran, Chairman of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument, transmitting the annual report of the Commission for the year 1882. December 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting a reply to a Senate resolution calling upon them for information relative to taxation and assessments upon street railways in said district. December 27, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Florida, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be, and he is hereby, requested to inform the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Astoria, Oregon, in favor of an appropriation to improve the mouth of the Columbia River. January 6, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1883. -- ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the United States had, and now has, a clear, lawful, equitable, and moral right to the indemnity heretofore received under the treaty with Japan... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster General be directed to suspend or withhold approval of any contracts for mail service on routes established by act approved August 7, 1882... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1883. -- ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to ascertain and determine when the powers and duties of the presidential office shall devolve upon the Vice-President in case of the inability of the President to discharge the same... Memorial of Trinidad and San Jose Silver-Mining Company, asking for an amendment to the pending treaty with Mexico. January 16, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of House Bill 707 -- an act to amend Section 4233 of the Revised Statutes, in relation to danger signals. Petition of Herman Sturm filed with Secretary of State, October 3, 1882, as to his claim against the Republic of Mexico -- No. 676. January 24, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Librarian of Congress, exhibiting the progress of the Library during the calendar year 1882. January 29, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Acting Secretary of State, to Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of Committee on the Library, recommending that authority be given to Mr. Benj. F. Stevens to obtain for the United States the original papers relative to the history of the colonization of the United States and the War of the Revolution. February 2, 1883. -- Reported from the Committee on the Library, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress. February 5, 1883. Communication from the National Board of Health relative to a continuation of the immigrant inspection service. December 14, 1882. -- Laid before the Senate by the President pro tempore, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Select Committee to Investigate and Report the Best Means of Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Epidemic Diseases. Annual report of the Commissioner of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company for the year ending December 2, 1882. December 14, 1882. -- Laid before the Senate by the President pro tempore, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Finance. In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate of the United States, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to report to the Senate, as early as possible, the result of any investigations that he may have completed under the direction of that provision of the act "Making Appropriations for Sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Three, and for Other Purposes," relating to any dispute between the Cherokee Indians or any part or band thereof and the United States... Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a letter from Hon. E.H. Rollins inquiring as to the effect of a certain proposed amendment to the naval appropriation bill. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany said amendment. In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution: Whereas, by virtue of the constitution and laws of the State of New Hampshire, the legislature is chosen on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November... Petition of Six Nations of New York Indians relating to Kansas lands. January 27, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 16, 1883. -- Reported with accompanying documents. Ordered to be printed and recommitted. In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a Committee of five senators shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to examine and report to the Senate, at its next session, what is the present condition of Yellowstone National Park... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Garland submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a Committee of five senators be appointed by the President to examine into the works now in progress for the improvement of the Mississippi River... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be respectfully requested, if not, in his judgment, incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate any information in his possession touching an alleged joint agreement between the ministers of the United States... Bills and joint resolutions introduced in the United States Senate, first and second sessions, Forty-seventh Congress. February 26, 1883. -- Resolved, that the Acting Secretary be required to have made a complete list of all bills and joint resolutions introduced by each senator during the first and second sessions of the Forty-seventh Congress, showing the status of the same, arranged numerically as to bills and alphabetically as to senators, to be printed in pamphlet form for use of senators. In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Public Lands be directed to ascertain whether the land grant to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, under the act approved July 27, 1866, has not been forfeited... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be and he hereby is directed to furnish the Senate with copies of all papers, of any kind, on file in the General Land Office relating to the claim heretofore made and filed with the Surveyor General of the Territory of New Mexico, by or for the heirs of Don Francis Manuel Elquea... In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the financial clerk of the United States Senate covering the period from July 1, 1881, to November 3, 1881. December 4, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Senate of the United States, covering the period from November 4, 1881, to June 30, 1882. December 4, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, giving a full and complete account of all the property belonging to the United States in his possession. December 4, 1882. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioner of Pensions be instructed to inform the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rollins submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they hereby are, directed to furnish the Senate with the following information... Forty-seventh Congress. (Second session.) Congressional Directory, compiled for the use of Congress, by Ben Perley Poore, Clerk of Printing Records. First Edition. Corrected to December 11, 1882. In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck submitted the following resolution: Whereas on the 22nd day of July, 1882, a resolution passed the Senate directing the Attorney General to furnish copies of certain opinions and papers relating to the matter of double pension to General Ward B. Burnett... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to furnish to the Senate copies of vouchers and items audited by the First Auditor of the Treasury on account of expenses incurred by the Department of Justice since January 1, 1882... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Ordered, that no person shall be admitted to the floor as private secretary of a senator until the senator appointing him shall certify in writing to the Sargent-at-Arms that he is actually employed for the performance of the duties of such secretary... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston submitted the following resolution: Whereas, on the 14th April, 1882, a resolution passed the Senate directing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish certain information in regard to the direct tax sales in certain of the Southern states... Letter from the Secretary of War, to Hon. John A. Logan, transmitting copies of certain papers relating to the signal service. February 16, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of Lieut. Com. F.A. Lyons, United States Navy, upon the merits of an instrument invented by Capt. Frank Moore for determining the error of the compass. February 16, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Appropriations be specially charged with the consideration of so much of Senate Executive Document No. 39, Forty-seventh Congress, second session, in response, by the Secretary of the Interior, to Senate resolution of December 27, 1882, "respecting homestead entries in Florida, and lands reserved for the Florida Tropical Railroad Company,"... In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to institute negotiations with the Government of Spain for the restitution of the money unlawfully taken from Capt. James McKay and others...	48
Serial set 2084	In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1883. Resolved, that Bill H.R. 5538, entitled "An Act To Reduce Internal Revenue Taxation," and the amendment reported January 4, 1883, accompanied by the "Table Showing Articles, Rates, and Amounts of Duty Under the Present Tariff," and rates proposed by the Tariff Commission, be printed in pamphlet from, and that six thousand three hundred additional copies of the same be printed for the use of the Senate...	1
Serial set 2085	Memorial addresses on the life and character of Benjamin Harvey Hill (a Senator from Georgia), delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, Forty-seventh Congress, second session, January 25, 1883.	1
Serial set 2086	United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part X. Report of the Commissioner for 1882. A. -- Inquiry into the decrease of food fishes. B. -- The propagation of food fishes in the waters of the United States.	1
Serial set 2087	In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Education and Labor, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. Res. 109.) The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 109, presenting the thanks of Congress to John F. Slater, having considered the same, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3243.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3243) for the relief of Ernest F. Unland, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1225.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1625 [i.e., 1225]) for the relief of B.B. Conner [i.e., Connor], of Louisville, Ky., submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. Res. 124.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution (S. Res. 124) authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the board of directors of the national military competitive drill, to be held at Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 1883, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 718.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 718) granting a pension to Patrick Droney, having considered the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5653.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5653) for the relief of Kirk W. Noyes, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2355.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas T. Stratton, asking compensation for certain improvements made on the United States circuit and district courtrooms and offices at Memphis, Tenn., having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1429.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1429) granting an increase of pension to N.J. Ingersol, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 751.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 751) entitled "A Bill for the Relief of J.S. Golladay and John W. Bowling," have considered the same, and submit the following report thereon... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 34.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 34) granting a pension to William R. Miller, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 917.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 917) granting a pension to Elizabeth Maria Doull, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4406.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4406) granting a pension to Sarah Lewis, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 486.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 486) granting a pension to Anna M. Wehe, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 684.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 684) to afford assistance and relief to Congress and the executive departments in the investigation of claims and demands against the government, have considered the same, and report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2122.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2122) for the relief of Frances A. Robinson, administratrix of the estate of John M. Robinson, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 274.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 274) granting a pension to Thomas E. Brawner, having considered the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 22, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chilcott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 193.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 193) for the relief of certain employes [sic] on the work for the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River, having had the same under consideration, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1527.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1527) for the relief of Arvah Hopkins, have considered said bill, and report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frye, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1500.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1500) for the relief of Eliza Howard Powers, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2213.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2213) for the relief of John W. Franklin, executor of the last will of John Armfield deceased, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 660.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 660) for the relief of Alonzo Snyder, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6457.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6457) granting a pension to Jorial Onkst, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chilcott, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6425.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition praying for the increase of the pension of Lieut. Robert Henne, ask leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Garland, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2301.) The Committee on the Judiciary have for some time had under consideration various memorials asking for the forfeiture of certain railroad land grants... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 361.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 361) granting a pension to Wellington V. Heusted, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2139.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2139) granting a pension to A.M. Wilson, having considered the same, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1303.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1303) granting a pension to Mary Joyce, having considered the same submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4357.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4357) granting a pension to Barbara Marquardt, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2285.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2285) to increase the pension of James H. McNutt, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2216.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2216) granting a pension to William Hawk, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 4.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 4) entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Perez Dickinson, the Surviving Partner of James Cowan, Deceased, Heretofore Trading and Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Cowan & Dickinson, of Knoxville, East Tennessee," submit the following report thereon... In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 621.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill S. 621, has considered the same, and with the amendments hereinafter proposed recommend its passage. While this tract of land is called the Cherokee Reservation... In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2311.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred a bill for the extension of letters patents to the heirs of Rudolph Leschot, deceased, for a tool for boring rock, have considered the same, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Beck, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5014.) The facts relative to the bill under consideration are set forth in the report made by the Committee on Ways and Means to the House of Representatives March 9, 1882, being report No. 703... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2317.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the annexed letter (see Appendix A) from the Secretary of the Interior, "transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution, copies of agreements with certain parties for privileges in Yellowstone Park," beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chilcott, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3106.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3106) restoring to the pension roll Mary J. Stover, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2638.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2638) for the relief of J.J. Coffey and Rebecca S. Lewis, mother of Burge Rawle Lewis, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report, made to the House of Representatives, in which the Committee concur... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 110.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 110) to refund to the State of Georgia certain money expended by said state for the common defense in 1777, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDill, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2324.) The Committee on Public Lands having had under consideration S. 1417, "A Bill To Provide for the Just and Legal Determination of Controversies about Title to Lands Derived from the United States," and S. 1425, "A Bill To Settle and Confirm the Title of Purchasers, Pre-emptors, and Settlers on the Public Domain," report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2239.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2239) granting right of way for railroad purposes and telegraph line through the lands of the United States included in the Fort Smith military reservation at Fort Smith, Ark., respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6002.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6002) granting a pension to Honora Kelley, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 509.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 509) granting a pension to C.A. Dietrich, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1988.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1988) granting a pension to James T. Clarke, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1888.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1888) to fix the date of entry into the military service and to correct the record of officers now in the regular Army who served as officers of volunteers and regular Army, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rollins, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2246.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2246) to authorize the purchase of a site for a building for a post office, United States court house, and other offices in San Francisco, Cal., beg leave to report back the same with sundry amendments, favorably... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1626.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (1626) for the relief of Charles Murphy, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2206.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2206) for the relief of Charles L. Dahler, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2190.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2190) for the relief of Marcus A. Reno, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2211.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the Bill S. 2211, respectfully submits the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2229.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2229) for the relief of Joseph H. Blazer, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2287.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2287) for the relief of E.C. Chirouse, have considered the same, and recommend that the said bill be passed... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5661.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 5661) to modify the postal money order system, and for other purposes, having had the same under consideration, begs leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frye, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2308.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2308) for the relief of Joseph Wescott & Son, have considered the same, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lapham, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2070.) The Committee on Patents, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 2070) and accompanying papers for the relief of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, having considered the same, report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2387.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was submitted a memorial of the citizens of Yankton County, Dakota Territory, asking authority to issue new bonds, bearing a reasonable rate of interest, to liquidate all adjudicated indebtedness of the county, &c., beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1790.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1790) for the relief of Oscar Eastmond and James W. Atwill, and the accompanying papers, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6826.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 6826) to authorize the Secretary of War to turn over to Williams Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Mystic, Connecticut, four condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls, to be placed around the soldiers' monument to be erected in that place, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and paper of G.M. Woodruff, have examined the same, and submit the following report thereon... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2321.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (S. 2331 [i.e., 2321]) granting condemned cannon, &c., to the Dubuque Veteran Corps, Dubuque, Iowa, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1410.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1410) to amend the pension laws by increasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or leg in the service, have examined the same, and the majority of your Committee report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report. (To accompany H. Res. 323.) The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the Resolution (H. Res. 323) making appropriations for continuing the work of the tenth census, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee To Investigate and Report the Best Means of Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Epidemic Diseases, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2259.) The Committee To Investigate and Report the Best Means of Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Epidemic Diseases, to which was referred the Bill (S. 2259) to repeal the tenth section of the act approved June 2, 1879... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7240.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 7240) for the relief of William H. Donohoe, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sewell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5300.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5300) "An Act To Amend Chapter 58 of Volume 20 of the United States Statutes at Large, Relating to Contracts Under the War Department,["] respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany H. Res. 320.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the resolution (H. Res. 320) authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the directors of the competitive drill at Nashville, Tenn., one hundred tents, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4562.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4562) granting a pension to Julia A. Stimers, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grover, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2203.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2203) to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to extend its road to a point on the lands of the United States at Fortress Monroe, Va., respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2046.) The Committee on Railroads, to which was referred the Bill S. 2046, have considered the same, and make the following report: This bill contemplates the organization for, and the operation of, a continuous line of railroad from a point on the Lower Mississippi River... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4997.) The bill under consideration proposes to restrict the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe, by regulations, before whom acknowledgments of transfers of bonds shall be made... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller, of California, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 550.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was recommitted Senate Bill 550, to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2877.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2877) granting a pension to William M. Meridith, have examined the same and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2367.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2367) granting a pension to Fannie S. [i.e., C.] Beaumont, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDill, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6236.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6236) to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, having considered the same, respectfully report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Camden, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1341.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1341) granting a pension to James B. White, having carefully examined the same, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2401.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2401) granting a pension to Mrs. Anna [i.e., Ann] R. Voorhies [i.e., Voorhees], having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5384.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5384) restoring the name of James M. Akin to the pension roll, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1188.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1188) granting a pension to Thomas Allcock, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1291.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1291) granting a pension to David D. Edwards, beg leave to present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 15, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conger, from the Joint Select Committee on American Shipping, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2244.) The Joint Select Committee appointed under the joint resolution of August 7, 1882, providing that a joint select committee of three senators and six representatives be appointed to inquire into the condition and wants of American shipbuilding and ship-owning interests... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2204.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (S. 2204) giving the approval of Congress to agreements entered into between the Secretary of War and Joseph Segar and C.C. Willard, respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1356.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1356) granting a pension to Mrs. Betsey A. Mower, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 275) granting a pension to Samuel P. Bronson, have examined the same and report... In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1667.) The Committee on Public Lands respectfully submit the following report upon Senate Bill No. 1667, "Granting the Right of Way Over the Public Lands in Alabama and Florida to the Saint Louis, Montgomery and Florida Railroad and Immigration Company, and To Grant to Said Company the Right to Purchase Public Lands in Said States, and for Other Purposes," which was reported with amendments on the 10th July, 1882... In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1702.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1702) entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Savilla Nater, Administratrix of the Estate of Horatio Nater, Deceased," have examined the same, and report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5118.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5118) granting a pension to Elizabeth Weinstein, having considered the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grover, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Capt. William W. Ivory, for relief, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2218.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 2218, having considered the same, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 523.) The Committee on Claims have had the under consideration Senate Bill No. 523, and make the following report thereon... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saunders, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1327.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1327) for the relief of John Little and Hobart Williams, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 47.) The Committee on Patents, to which was referred the Bill (S. 47) for the relief of Daniel M. Cook, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7314.) The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 7314) making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, and for other purposes, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed with the testimony. Mr. Logan, from the Select Committee on Heavy Ordnance and Projectiles, submitted the following report and testimony... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6524.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6524) granting a pension to George C. Rust, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6226.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6226) granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah Robb, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1530.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1530) granting a pension to Major D. Williams, having examined the same, beg leave to report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 984.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 984) granting a pension to Ralph P. Ford, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 507.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 507) granting a pension to Maria C. Worthington, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6400.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6400), granting a pension to Mrs. Orpha Meacham, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5906.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5906) granting a pension to Harriet N. Abbott, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDill, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6928.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6928), having considered the same, report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be amended in the manner proposed... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 299.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 299) to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of David R. Dillon, of New York, for compensation for the steamer Amazon while in the service of the United States, having considered the same, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4387.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4387) granting a pension to Anthony B. Graves, have examined the same, and report as follows...	102
Serial set 2088	In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1306.) That in 1864 and since, the law has in many of the grants donating lands to railroad companies required that patents should not issue until the cost of surveying and selecting had been paid by said companies... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Camden, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5558.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5558) granting a pension to Susan Bayard, have examined the same, and report that the facts are correctly stated in the House report accompanying said bill, which is as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3842.) The Committed on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3842) entitled "A Bill To Pay Charles W. Button the Costs of Advertising Property Levied on by the Collector of United States Internal Revenue in the Fifth District of Virginia," have considered the same, and submit the following report... Report of the commission created in accordance with a joint resolution of Congress, approved March 3, 1881, providing for the erection of a monument at Yorktown, Va., commemorative of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, which was instructed by a resolution of the Senate of 6th December, 1882, "to inquire whether any further legislation is necessary to secure the title of the United States to the National Soldiers' Cemetery at Arlington, and that it report by bill or otherwise," respectfully reports... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5771.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5771) to amend an act entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to A. Schuyler Sutton," having examined the same, a majority of the Committee adopt the report of the House Committee, No. 1476, made to the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress, as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1435.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1435) granting a pension to Sarah Lupkin Merchant, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6320.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred Bills H.R. 6320, 6821, 6818, 6817, 6815, 6779, 6590, 6558, 6506, 6453, 6434, 6433, 6432, 6431, 6408, 6386, 6371, 6368, 6359, 6358, 6334, 5963, 5961, 5616, 5321, 5302, 5609, and H. Res. 228, have duly considered said bills and resolutions, and each of them, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1998.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1998) entitled "A Bill for the Relief of James Hooper," have considered the same, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7546.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 7546) donating condemned cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7323.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 7323), have duly considered the same and submit the following report: This bill directs the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1252.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1252) for the relief of the estate of Lucien Goyaux, have considered the same, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6889.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 6889, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Mrs. Louisa F. Stone," have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4999.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4999) for the relief of James E. Montell, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. Res. 122.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (S. Res. 122) providing for the termination of the reciprocity treaty of January 30, 1875, between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4992.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 4992, granting pension due to John R. Smith, have examined the same and report favorably, recommending the passage of the bill... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4926.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4926) for the relief of Charles Kortzenborn, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6923.) Your committee adopt the report of the House Committee, and recommend passage of the bill. Charles H. Thayer, husband of Mrs. Helen M. Thayer... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6501.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 6501, granting a pension to Patrick Horan, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tabor, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3743.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3743) granting a pension to Amanda Stokes, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tabor, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1860.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 1860 granting a pension to Daniel M. Mareley, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1443.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1443) granting a pension to Edgar B. Lamphier, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5103.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5103) granting a pension to Margery Nightengale [i.e., Nightingale], have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hawley, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1843.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1843) dedicating the military reservation at Plattsburg, N.Y., to the village of Plattsburg for a public park, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Education and Labor, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1281.) The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1281, entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Preparation of a Centennial Record of the Government of the United States," ask leave to report the same back to the Senate without recommendation... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6946.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 6946) granting a pension to Clinton D. Smith, having considered the same, makes the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7631.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 7631) making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller, of California, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 151.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 151) for the relief of David S. Booth, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3837.) The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 3837) for the relief of William D. Martin, has had the same under consideration and submits the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3267.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3267) granting a pension to Clara Wible, have examined the same and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed with the testimony. Mr. McDill, from the Special Committee to Investigate the Collection of Internal Revenue in the Sixth District of North Carolina, submitted the following report; to which are appended the views of the minority, by Mr. Vance. The undersigned, a majority of the members of said Committee, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6833.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6833) granting a pension to Kate Quilligan, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1546.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1546) granting a pension to George W. Bausman, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1581.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1581) granting a pension to Mary A. Conken, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4783.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4783) granting a pension to William T. McCoy, have examined the same and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5808.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 5808) to re-rate the pension of Frank S. Sowers, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2342.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2342) granting a pension to Minerva Smith, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5703.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill (H.R. 5703) to increase the pension of Albain [i.e., Alban] H. Nixon, having carefully reexamined the same, in connection with the additional testimony filed since the former report was made, fail to discover any valid or sufficient reason for changing their conclusion upon the merits of the application... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2478.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2478) granting a pension to James P.F. Toby, respectfully report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2095.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2095) granting a pension to Esther M. Carey, having considered the same, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 319.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 319) granting a pension to Mrs. Virginia Zeilen [i.e., Zeilin], have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hampton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2098.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2098) "To Authorize the Secretary of the Treasury To Settle the Claim of the State of Florida on Account of Expenditures Made in Suppressing Indian Hostilities," beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3322.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3322) granting a pension to Susan Sharrer, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 389.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 389) granting a pension to Spencer W. Tryon, having re-examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6181.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6181) increasing pension of Richard Jobes, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tabor, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2912.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2912) granting a pension to heirs of Kunigunda A. Miller, have examined the same, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1989.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1989) granting a pension to Mary A. Sanders, having examined the same, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 6943.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 6943) granting a pension to the widow of Major General G.K. Warren, having examined the same, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller, of California, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5674.) Your committee find that Edward Bellows, an assistant paymaster in the Navy, was promoted to paymaster February 20, 1866... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7321.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 7321) entitled "An Act for the Allowance of Certain Claims Reported by the Accounting Officers of the United States Treasury Department," have considered the same, and report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Wyck, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2294.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2294) granting a pension to John Glenn, have examined the same, and report as follows...	51
Serial set 2089	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1882, in the one hundred and seventh year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 2090	Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress, with the annual message of the President, December 4, 1882. Preceded by a list of papers and followed by an index of persons and subjects.	1

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