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Serial set 2148 Department of the Interior, Census Office. Report on the social statistics of cities, compiled by George E. Waring, Jr., expert and special agent. Part I. The New England and the Middle states. Part II. The Southern and the Western states. 1
Serial set 2149 Department of the Interior, Census Office. Report on the social statistics of cities, complied by George E. Waring, Jr., expert and special agent. Part I. The New England and the Middle states. Part II. The Southern and the Western states. 1
Serial set 2150 Department of the Interior, Census Office. Report on the statistics of wages in manufacturing industries; with supplementary reports on the average retail prices of necessaries of life, and on trades societies, and strikes and lockouts, by Jos. D. Weeks, special agent tenth census. 1
Serial set 2151 Department of the Interior, Census Office. Report on the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes of the population of the United States, as returned at the tenth census (June 1, 1880), by Frederick Howard Wines, special agent 1
Serial set 2152 Department of the Interior, Census Office. Report on power and machinery employed in manufactures, embracing statistics of steam and water power used in the manufacture of iron and steel machine tools and woodworking machinery, wool and silk machinery, and monographs on pumps and pumping engines, manufacture of engines and boilers, marine engines and steam vessels. Prof. W.P. Trowbridge, chief special agent. Also report on the ice industry of the United States, by Henry Hall, special agent. 1
Serial set 2153 Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Vol. VI.[Contributions to the knowledge of the older Mesozoic flora of Virginia, by William Morris Fontaine]. 1
Serial set 2154 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Third report of the United States Entomological Commission, relating to the Rocky Mountain Locust, the Western Cricket, the Army Worm, Canker Worms, and the Hessian Fly; together with descriptions of larvae of injurious forest insects, studies on the embryological development of the locust and of other insects, and on the systematic position of the orthoptera in relation to other orders of insects; with maps and illustrations. 1
Serial set 2155 The existing laws of the United States of a general and permanent character, and relating to the survey and disposition of the public domain, December 1, 1880. Embracing references to previous legislation, and citations of decisions from the federal and the state courts and from the executive officers of the United States. 1
Serial set 2156 Laws of the United States of a local or temporary character, and exhibiting the entire legislation of Congress upon which the public land titles in each state and territory have depended. December 1, 1880. Embracing, also, a digest of all Indian treaties affecting the titles to public lands; an abstract of the authority for, and the boundaries of, the existing military reservations; and a table of judicial and executive decisions affecting the various subjects arising under the public land system. Volume I. 1
Serial set 2157 Laws of the United States of a local or temporary character, and exhibiting the entire legislation of Congress upon which the public land titles in each state and territory have depended. December 1, 1880. Embracing, also, a digest of all Indian treaties affecting the titles to public lands; an abstract of the authority for, and the boundaries of, the existing military reservations; and a table of judicial and executive decisions affecting the various subjects arising under the public land system. Volume II. 1
Serial set 2158 The public domain. Its history, with statistics, with references to the national domain, colonization, acquirement of territory, the survey, administration and several methods of sale and disposition of the public domain of the United States, with sketch of legislative history of the land states and territories, and references to the land system of the colonies, and also that of several foreign governments. 1
Serial set 2159 Lighthouse at or near Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island. February 12, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
John O. Rawlins. December 15, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with Hawaiian Islands. January 16, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
William H. Donohoe. January 11, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Jacob and Elizabeth Sener. January 8, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Transportation of mails on star routes. January 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Bridewell Dock property, Chicago, Illinois. January 29, 1883. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
United States Gas and Fuel Company. February 3, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Additional grounds for the United States courthouse and post office building at Springfield, Ill. February 14, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
George S.P. Bradford. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Validating certain contracts by the Postmaster General. February 7, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Widow of Major General Warren. December 16, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
American merchant marine, &c. December 18, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Army appropriation. December 19, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Ignacio Chaves and others. December 19, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds, or other securities of foreign governments. December 20, 1882. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Books for the blind duty free. December 22, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Saint Francis Navier's Cathedral at Vincennes, Ind. December 22, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Pensions to certain soldiers and sailors, &c. December 22, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Inspector General's Department of the Army. December 27, 1882. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Military Academy.
District of Columbia appropriation bill. January 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Fortification appropriation bill. January 6, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Pensions appropriation bill. January 6, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Hamburg International Exposition of Domestic Animals. January 8, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Mary Jane Veazie. January 11, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Indian war claims of California. January 11, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Elizabeth B. Higgins, Joel Higgins, and Brand Higgins. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Robert H. Cleere. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
City of Memphis. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mary E. Whitehead. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
David Singleton. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
D. [i.e., David] C. Allen. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
W.L. Carey. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William W. Anderson. January 11, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Consolidation of the Southern Pacific and other railroads. January 12, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Pacific Railroad lands. January 12, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Unlawful occupation of the public lands. January 12, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Salary of examiner of drugs, medicines, etc., at Boston, Mass. January 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
To impose duties upon foreign imports, and for other purposes. January 16, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Naval appropriation bill. January 16, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Additional member from Nebraska. January 16, 1883. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Helen M. Thayer. January 17, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Delegate from the Territory of Utah. January 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
Tents to Grand Army of the Republic at Denver, Colo. January 18, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Hampton Soldiers' Home. January 19, 1883. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Condemned casti-ron [i.e., cast-iron] cannon. January 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Bridge across the Willamette River, at Portland, in Oregon. January 19, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Joseph B. Sellers. January 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Glenn. January 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Slevin. January 19, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Isabella J. Ramsdell. January 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. C.P. Culver. January 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Kane. January 19, 1883. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed.
Jane E. Simes. January 19, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sarah Townsley, administratrix. January 19, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Charles G. Bobo, executor. January 19, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Maria E. Warfield. January 19, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph P. Matthews. January 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of colored soldiers who served in the war of the rebellion. January 22, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
The carrying of passengers on street railroads in the District of Columbia. January 22, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Rebecca Dougherty. January 23, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
In matter of memorial of John W. Jones in election case of Jones v. Shelley. January 23, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the President to place Robert Smalls on the retired list of the Navy. January 23, 1883. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Commission concerning transportation of agricultural products. January 23, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Right of way for railroad through Fort Smith military reservation. January 26, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of John S. Fillmore and Jere Kershow. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Purchase by the government of a certain lot in Washington City. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Clinton D. Smith. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mary G. Hawk. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Ellen Miller. January 29, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Buchanan vs. Manning. January 29, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
To authorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as post roads. January 29, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with the German Empire. January 29, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
To create three additional land districts in Dakota. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Sale of timer on certain Menominee Indian lands. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Louisa Boddy. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Protestant Orphan Asylum at Natchez, Miss. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Melissa G. Poler [i.e., Polar]. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Sarah A. Redmond. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Title to certain real estate in the District of Columbia. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Bills of sale and mortgages on personal property in District of Columbia. January 29, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Reuben B. Clark and Sayles J. Bown. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Limiting the number of licensed liquor saloons in the District of Columbia. January 29, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Amending pension laws. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Henry B. Seely. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Ruhanna Nelson. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Elizabeth M. Lewis. January 29, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Asa O. Gallup. January 29, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Rudolph Leschot. January 30, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Clara Wible. January 31, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department. February 1, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Thomas T. Stratton, assignee of W.B. Waldran. February 2, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Thomas McBride. February 2, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Samuel P. Evans. February 2, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Hiram S. Town. February 2, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mollie B. Waldo. February 2, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. February 2, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Thomas G. Mackie and heirs of William A. Hyde. February 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
E.P. Smith. February 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed
Elizabeth Conner. February 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
To prevent the importation of adulterated teas. February 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
American shipping. December 15, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Bridge across the Coosa River. December 15, 1882. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
To repeal the laws allowing pre-emption of the public lands, and amending the homestead law. December 19, 1882. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Certain public lands in Randolph County, Illinois. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Pension to grandchild of Thomas Jefferson. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Lands for agricultural college purposes to the State of Kansas. February 12, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Caroline M. McDougal. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Charles Slawson. February 12, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Theresa C. Watson. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Settlers on certain railroad lands. February 12, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed.
Sarah R. Darley. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Providing for a commission and joint commission on immigration. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin. February 12, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
An additional justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Dakota. February 16, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Indian appropriation bill. December 4, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. December 8, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Thierman & Frost. December 8, 1882. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Reduction of postage on letters and letter matter to two cents. December 8, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Taxes on tobacco, cigars, etc. December 5, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. December 11, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed.
Post Office appropriation bill. December 11, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Condemned cannon for a statue to General Wm. H. Lytle, of Ohio. December 12, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Mobile Marine Dry Dock Company. December 12, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John C. Flennekin. December 12, 1882. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James G. Williams. December 12, 1882. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William H. Turley. December 12, 1882. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Reform of the civil service. December 12, 1882. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Agricultural appropriation bill. December 12, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Sale of property at Harrodsburg, Ky. December 12, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
William Talbert. July 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Kinsey B. Cecil. February 6, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
George K. Otis. February 7, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Lawrie Tatum. February 9, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mississippi, Albuquerque and Inter-Ocean Railway Company. February 9, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
General A.L. Anderson. February 9, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Samuel Moore. February 9, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John B. Tucker. February 9, 1883. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed.
Dr. John B. Read. February 10, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Guy V. Henry. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Rupert G. Hill. February 12, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Swamp lands in Louisiana. February 13, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of additional ground for post office and Customhouse building in New Bedford, Mass. February 15, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Joseph W. Parish. February 15, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Ellen Call Long and Mary K. Brevard. February 17, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. 		146
Serial set 2160 Tendering thanks of Congress to Capt. J.H. Gills, U.S.N. February 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
J.H. Hammond. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Elizabeth M. Patterson [i.e., Patteson]. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Norah Walsh. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Bank of Louisiana. March 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
W.R. Boice. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contested election case -- J.C. Cook vs. M.E. Cutts. February 19, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
Allowance of claims in the offices of the Quartermaster General, Commissary General, and Third Auditor. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, together with the accompanying testimony.
Investigation of charges against John Bailey. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Silas Q. Howe. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Political assessments. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Stephen Casey. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Unbound copies of compendium of census and agricultural reports. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Julia A. Nutt. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
G.R. Brandon. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Pleasant H. Thompson. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Indiana Methodist Church of Norfolk County, Virginia. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Nora [i.e., Norah] Walsh. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Helen A. Newlin. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jackson Briscoe. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George F. Brott. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Edward B. Smith. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Alfred Smith. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph J. Farrow. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Bridges over certain rivers in Oregon. March 3, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
H.B. Wilson, administrator. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Right of way through the Columbus Barracks grounds for railroad purposes. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Charles F. Hayes. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Francis Guilbeau. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Fletcher. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Capt. Nicholas J. Bigley. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
James S. Clark & Co. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
A.A. Low & Bros. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Sewell B. Corbett. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hay scales at the wholesale market. March 3, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Payment of the funeral expenses of deceased members. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
R.W. Kerr. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Clarence W. DeKnight. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George Adamson. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Buford Lee. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Private detectives in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Bridge over Missouri River near Kansas City. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Lighthouse at Cape San Blas, in Florida. February 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Thacher. February 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Harrison Dewey. February 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Personating a postal officer. February 23, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Contested election case of Lee vs. Richardson. February 24, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
Soldiers' Home at Washington, D.C. February 24, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of the Mississippi River. February 24, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
General deficiency appropriation bill. February 26, 1883. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Correction of the military record of Alexander Francesco, deceased. February 27, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
M.D. Ball. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Adjustment of the salaries of postmasters. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Phoebe C. Doxsie. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Reimbursing depositors of Freedman's Savings Bank. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Patrick Cook. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Connolly. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Right of way through government grounds at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. February 28, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Fireproof building for the Army Medical Department. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Daniel W. Perkins. February 28, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Woman suffrage. March 1, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Tents to the Grand Army of the Republic at Gettysburg, Pa. March 1, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Alexander Swift & Co. and the Niles Works. March 2, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John P. Gregson. March 2, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Indian treaty of Buffalo Creek, New York. March 2, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Everett L. Phillips. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Alfred W. Williams. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
W.S. Boyd. March 3, 1883. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contested election case, Sessinghaus vs. Frost. February 17, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sundry civil appropriation bill. February 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Robert Smalls. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Union Metallic Cartridge Company. February 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Solomon K. Ruggles. February 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Use of certain land at Fortress Monroe to James A. Watkins. February 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Extension of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to a point on the military lands at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. February 19, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Changing name of First National Bank of West Greenville, Pa. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Bridge over Thames River, Connecticut. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Bridge over Illinois River. February 19, 1883. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Lighthouse at or near Dog Island, Florida. February 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Certain contested election expenses in Forty-seventh Congress. February 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Howard D. Potts, United States Navy. February 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
River and harbor appropriation bill. February 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Bernhard Lofinck. February 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Henry Cook (Henry P. Jones). February 20, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
David N. Harrison. February 22, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Telegraph Commission. March 3, 1883. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. 		86
Serial set 2161 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1883, in the one hundred and eighth year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 2162 Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, of the 10th instant, inclosing a letter from the Surgeon General of the Navy respecting the advisability of providing for representation on the part of the United States in any international convention that may be organized for the purpose of establishing uniform standards of measure of color perception and acuteness of vision. December 19, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication of the 11th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting draft of a bill "To Provide for the Issuance of Patents for Certain Lands in the Indian Territory, Occupied by the Kickapoo, Iowa, and Other Indians." December 19, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of January 8, 1884, a statement showing the date of construction, original cost, and total expense for all repairs since their construction of vessels borne on the Navy Register in November, 1883, &c. January 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication of the 11th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a draft of bill "For the Relief of the Mission Indians in the State of California." January 14, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 4, 1883, copies of all papers and correspondence relating to the Yellowstone National Park since last session of Congress. January 10, 1884. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from Capt. R.P. Hughes, Third Infantry, respecting the boundary lines of military reservation of Fort Missoula, Montana Territory. December 6, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Second Lieut. W.P. Hogarty, United States Army, of November 6, 1883, inclosing a petition praying that in consequence of disabilities incurred by him in late war he be given the full rank of captain. December 6, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of the enlisted men of the United States Army, praying for the enactment of a law for the retirement of enlisted men with fixed rates of pay, allowances, &c. December 6, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of March 3, 1883, list of names of special deputy marshals employed in New Castle County, Delaware, in November, 1882. December 10, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a statement exhibiting the expenditures at the Springfield Armory, and of the arms, &c., for year ending June 30, 1883. December 11, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Capt. George M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, on the Third International Geographical Congress and Exhibition at Venice, Italy. December 11, 1883. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 13th instant, copies of all papers relating to the attempted transfer by the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company of its land grant to the Southern Pacific Railroad Companies of Arizona, New Mexico, and California. December 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of an inspection of the Soldiers' Home, made by the Inspector General of the Army, November 6 and 19, 1883. December 20, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of Chief of Engineers, and copies of reports from officers in charge of the river and harbor districts, of the results of preliminary examinations made in compliance with the provisions of the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882. January 7, 1884. -- 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 December 10, 1883, copies of all papers relating to the transfer of land grant of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. January 7, 1884. -- Ordered to lie on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of the commission appointed under act of March 3, 1883, to investigate the railway mail service and devise a system of gauging the rates of pay for carrying the mails. January 7, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting lists of claims presented under act of March 17, 1882, "Authorizing the Postmaster General To Adjust Certain Claims of Postmasters for Loss by Burglary, Fire, or Other Unavoidable Casualty, Showing Action Taken by Him Thereon. ["] January 7, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads 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 copies of official correspondence, reports, &c., in relation to the military post of Fort Sullivan, Maine, and recommending sale of the site to the highest bidders. January 8, 1884. -- 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 of the 19th instant, submitting draft of bill to allow Indian homestead entries, in certain cases, without the payment of fees and commissions. January 8, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of 19th instant, submitting draft of bill providing for the allotment of lands in severalty to the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Dakota. January 8, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 10, 1883, a statement of names and rank of officers of the Army and detached service, &c. January 8, 1884. -- 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 Governor of the State of Illinois, with a copy of an act of the General Assembly of that state, tendering to the United States the cession of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, upon condition that it shall be enlarged and maintained as a national waterway for commercial purposes. January 8, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers showing the maintenance of the channel at the South Pass, Mississippi River, also copy of report of engineer officer in charge of work, of December 24, 1883, setting forth the necessity of an early appropriation to continue the examinations. January 8, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 13, 1883, copies of all vouchers not heretofore communicated to the Senate audited by the First Auditor on account of expenses incurred by the Department of Justice since March 4, 1881. January 8, 1884. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 12, 1883, information showing amount of the public debt, how much it has been reduced beyond the amount required by Sections 3694 and 3696 of Revised Statutes relating to the sinking fund, what amounts will hereafter be required under said sections until the maturity of the four per cent. bonds in 1907, and the provisions of law under which the reduction of the public debt has been effected. January 9, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letters of Indian Agent Armstrong and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the condition and necessities of the Crow Indians, and urging that the amount specified in the annual estimate for flour, meat, &c., be increased to $90,000. January 9, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with law, the report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico, respecting the private land claim of Francisco Sandoval for the Santisima Trinidad or Rancho de Gavan tract. January 9, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of the 7th instant from Chief of Engineers, submitting reports of Col. Charles E. Blunt, Corps of Engineers, with maps, of the results of surveys of Penobscot River and Bangor harbor, Maine, breakwater at mouth of Saco River, Maine, and near the mouth of Great Bay. January 9, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, of December 5, 1883, inclosing a supplemental report from the Surveyor General of New Mexico, on the private land claim known as the Petaca Grant, No. 105. January 10, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report from Lieut. Col. George H. Elliot, Corps of Engineers, of the results of a survey of Pawtucket River, Rhode Island, together with a report of the preliminary examination of the same, made in compliance with the requirements of the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882. January 10, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Lieut. Col. D.W. Flagler, commanding the Rock Island Arsenal, regarding the progress of the work of completing the improvements of the water power pool thereat, authorized by act of August 7, 1882, &c. December 11, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, copies of reports from Lieut. Col. W.P. Craighill and Capt. Thos. Turtle, Corps of Engineers, upon surveys for a ship canal to connect the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, &c. December 11, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, plans of the proposed new barracks for the light battery at Fort Adams, R.I. December 12, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War of the 15th instant, inclosing one from the Quartermaster General, setting forth the necessity for the construction of a fire-proof building for the storage of the public records. December 19, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, of 13th instant, inclosing one from the Surgeon General of the Army, submitting a special estimate for funds, in the sum of $200,000, for the erection of a suitable fire-proof building to contain the records, library, and museum of the Medical Department of the Army. December 19, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 4th instant submitting draft of bill "To Confirm the Title to Certain Land in the Indian Territory to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and the Wichitas and Affiliated Bands, To Provide for the Issuance of Patents Therefor." December 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 communication of the 12th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs of December 8, 1883, on the subject of the "Old Settler" or "Western Cherokees." December 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 communication of the 6th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a draft of a bill "To Accept and Ratify an Agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indians for the Sale of a Portion of their Reservation in Montana Territory Required for the Northern Pacific Railroad." December 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 communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 4th instant, with draft of bill to accept and ratify an agreement made with Chief Moses and other Indians for the relinquishment of certain lands in Washington Territory. December 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 the Interior, inclosing a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, setting forth the necessity of a deficiency appropriation of $78,110 for the purchase of supplies for the Crow Indians. December 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 communication from the Secretary of the Interior, of the 4th instant, submitting a draft of a bill to accept and ratify the agreement by the Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheepeaters, of Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservations, in Idaho. December 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 communication from the Secretary of the Interior of 4th instant, submitting draft of bill "To Accept and Ratify Certain Agreements Made with the Sioux Indians and To Grant a Right of Way to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company Through the Sioux Reservation in Dakota." December 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 communication from the Secretary of the Interior of 3d instant submitting draft of a bill "For the Relief of the Nez Perce Indians in the Territory of Idaho, and of the Allied Tribes Residing on the Grande Ronde Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon." December 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 communication of 3d instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting draft of bill for the payment of the value of certain improvements made by certain settlers on the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California. December 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 communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a draft of bill "Providing for Allotment of Lands in Severalty to the Indians Residing upon the Chehalis Reservation, in Washington Territory, and Granting Patents Therefore." December 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 communication from the Secretary of War of December 14, 1883, respecting abandoned military reservations, and renewing recommendation for such legislation as will provide for the disposal of military sites that are no longer needed. December 19, 1883. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to the Senate resolution of the 18th instant, a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers relating to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed April 19, 1850. December 19, 1883. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 		47
Serial set 2163 Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, of November 30, 1883, with report of commanding officer of the Watertown Arsenal of the tests of iron and steel during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1883. December 11, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 2164 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, 1883. 1
Serial set 2165 Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting joint resolution for appropriation of $20,000 for expense of counting, canceling, and redeeming internal revenue stamps. January 29, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication of the 11th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an item of appropriation in the sum of $3,000 for the location and survey of boundary lines of certain lands purchased by the United States from Creek Indians for use of Seminole Indians, Indian Territory. January 14, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of letter from the Secretary of New Mexico, with estimate for repairs to legislative halls and committee rooms in Adobe Palace at Santa Fe. January 24, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with river and harbor act of August 2, 1882, reports of surveys of certain rivers, harbors, and channels in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. January 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, submitting copies of reports from Major McFarland and Barlow upon examinations and surveys of the Harbors of Black Rock, Stamford, Westport, Branford, Duck Island, and Madison, Conn., and of Peconic River, and Southold Harbor, New York, in compliance with river and harbor act of August 2, 1882. January 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication of 10th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the settlement, under existing treaties, of certain freedmen and their descendants upon lands known as the Oklahoma District, Indian Territory. January 14, 1884. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office submitting supplemental report of the Surveyor General of Arizona on the private land claim (No. 7) known as Tumacacori y Calabazas, C.P. Sykes et al. January 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 4, 1883, copies of documents and correspondence relating to leases of lands in the Indian Territory to citizens of the United States for cattle-grazing and other purposes. January 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with law, the report of the Commission on Navy Yards, December 1, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, submitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the private land claim of the Town of Albuquerque, with various papers relating thereto. January 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of 11th instant, from the Chief of Engineers, submitting reports of Colonel Newton, Corps of Engineers, with maps, of results of surveys of Minisceongo Creek, Saugerties harbor, Peekskill harbor, New York, in compliance with river and harbor act of August 2, 1882. January 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, submitting copies of reports from Lieut. Col. G. Weitzel of the results of surveys under his direction of certain portions of the Delaware, Susquehanna, and Brandywine Rivers. January 17, 1884. -- 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 in relation to the renewal of leases of bath-houses and bath-house sites upon the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. January 17, 1884. -- Read and 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 the State of Pennsylvania, also a letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the marine hospital at Erie, Pa. January 17, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with Senate resolution of the 7th instant, copies of all papers relating to the subject of the extension of the act of May 6, 1882, to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. January 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Chief of Engineers, submitting copies of reports from Capt. James Mercur, of the results of surveys of Clubfoot, Harlowe, and Newport Rivers, and Edenton Bay, North Carolina. January 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Chief of Engineers, submitting copies of reports from Mr. S.T. Abert, United States Civil Engineer, of results and [i.e., of] surveys of certain creeks and rivers in Virginia and North Carolina. January 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, submitting copies of reports from Colonel Gillmore containing plans and estimates for the improvement of Saint John's River, Florida, &c., with accompanying maps. January 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a letter of the postmaster at Washington City, D.C., recommending the construction in said city of a building suitable for post office purposes. January 22, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 11, 1883, information regarding the issue of patents on certificates issued in satisfaction of the private land claim of Israel Dodge, Sr. January 22, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with river and harbor appropriation act of August 2, 1882, reports of examinations and surveys of certain rivers and harbors of Louisiana, and estimate for continuing improvement of Ouachita River. January 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, statement of contracts made by the War Department for the year ending June 30, 1883. January 30, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882, report of examination, with plan and estimate, for a breakwater at Rouse's Point, N.Y. January 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882, reports of surveys of channels in Boston Harbor; of the headland in the Town of Hull, with a view to its protection by a seawall; of Ipswich River and Sandy Bay, in Massachusetts, with a view to constructing a harbor of refuge. January 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of War, inclosing a communication of the Chief of Engineers showing the necessity for an appropriation to make the final explosion of Flood Rock, East River, New York. January 29, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of January 8, 1884, a report from the Secretary of State and correspondence relating to commerce between the United States and Cuba and Porto Rico. January 16, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution, January 16, 1884, the opinion of the Attorney General, of June 22, 1883, on the so-called longevity clauses of the naval appropriation acts of August 5, 1882, and March 3, 1883. January 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and letter ordered to be printed. January 31, 1884. -- Opinion of the Attorney General, June 22, 1883, ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, surveys of Newtown Creek, New York, and certain waters in New Jersey, under direction of the Chief of Engineers. January 30, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, letter of Chief of Engineers, with plan and estimate for harbor of refuge at Ludington, Mich. January 30, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 14, 1884, statement of the amount of gold coin and bullion deposited in exchange for silver certificates in 1880-'83, inclusive, and when such exchanges were refused. January 25, 1884. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882, report of survey of the harbor at Cross Village, Mich. January 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of August 2, 1882, copies of reports of examination of the lakes near the headwaters of the Cannon River, and of the Minnesota River, in Minnesota, with a view to increasing the reservoir system of the Mississippi. January 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 6, 1883, report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs submitting copies of Sioux agreements to cession of land to the United States, with correspondence connected therewith. January 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Sioux Indian Reservation and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, the names of officers and employes [sic] in the War Department, December 1, 1882, to November 30, 1883. January 30, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		34
Serial set 2166 Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of 8th ultimo, report on the subject of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. February 8, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, calling attention to the insufficiency of clerical force in his office, and asking for authority to increase it. January 31, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the amount appropriated March 3, 1883, for Cherokee Nation, and legislation to protect the rights of adopted citizens of said nation. February 4, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating, in response to Senate resolution, the causes of delay in pay of postmasters under the act of March 3, 1883. February 4, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution, December 20, 1883, report of Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to lands certified or patented to railroad companies since December, 1875. February 4, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting letter from the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory relating to the status of assistant astronomers thereat. February 6, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, report of an examination and survey of Pearl River, Mississippi. February 6, 1884. -- 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 December 18, 1883, information concerning the Texas Pacific Railway Company's mortgages. February 6, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of January 10, 1884, report of the Adjutant General giving the number of soldiers who served for different terms in the late war, and other information bearing upon the equalization of bounties. February 11, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, report of the Surveyor General of Arizona, recommending confirmation of the private land claim "Tres Alamos," with accompanying papers. February 11, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Grant of lands to the Florida Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of 11th ultimo, report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to grant of land to the Florida Railroad. February 8, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to section 8 of the act of July 22, 1854, extended by the sundry civil act of July 15, 1870, certain papers relating to the private land claim in the Territory of Arizona known as El Sopori. January 16, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. February 8, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, including a report on recent improvements in astronomical instruments. February 12, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in obedience to law, his opinion of amounts to be paid to the contractors for the occupation of their yards by the iron-clads, and for the care thereof. February 13, 1884. -- 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 State, in response to Senate resolution of February 11, 1884, relative to the case of Alexander Trimble, whose extradition has been demanded by Mexico. February 13, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communication of the Secretary of the Interior relating to the boundary line between the United States and the State of Texas. February 13, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Proceedings of the "Proteus" court of inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883. February 13, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		17
Serial set 2167 Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 25, 1884, facts relative to the failure of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad Companies to comply with the requirements of the act of May 7, 1878. March 13, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a supplemental provisional estimate for an appropriation of $272,620, in anticipation of additional labor in the Pension Office involved in proposed legislation. May 8, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 25, 1884, papers relating to the Arredondo Grant in Florida. March 31, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, requesting an appropriation to supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the current year. April 24, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of the Quartermaster General, with estimate for repairs at Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, and recommendation that $20,008.94 be appropriated therefor. May 13, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 1, 1884, reports concerning the dam and government works in the Ohio River near Jeffersonville, Ind. May 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 3, 1884, papers relative to the reconstruction of the superintendent's house at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. May 19, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of May 8, 1884, reports relative to the damage to the United States breakwater at Burlington, Vt. May 21, 1884. -- 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 February 27, 1884, a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the leasing of lands upon the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. March 26, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, communicating, in answer to Senate resolution of March 25, 1884, his reasons for not furnishing information called for by Senate resolution of January 23, 1884. March 31, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 28, 1884, statement of war tax of 1861, unpaid, and measures to collect the same. April 1, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 28, 1884, correspondence relative to the act of March 3, 1807, for the removal of persons and obstructions from the public domain. April 1, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 20, 1884, copies of contracts with English manufacturers for material for the iron-clad Miantonomoh, and also requisitions for the purchase of similar material of American manufacturers. April 2, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of enlistments in the Navy during the late war within the different states. April 10, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of commander of revenue steamer Corwin, recommending an appropriation for a new and larger steamer for duty in Alaskan waters. April 10, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 20, 1884, a statement showing the miscellaneous expenses of the star route cases for the last three years. April 10, 1884. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting papers from Capt. John Ericsson, relative to his system of torpedo attack and asking an appropriation for a vessel to be equipped upon his plan. May 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of May 8, 1884, correspondence relating to the shooting of "Black Wolf" in the Territory of Montana. May 27, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting correspondence relative to surveys in Arizona and California, and recommending increase of clerical hire in the office of the Surveyor General of Arizona. May 29, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 10, 1884, report of the Secretary of State relative to the claim of Edward H. Ladd against the government of Colombia. May 29, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter and documents from the Commissioner of the General Land Office showing increase of work in Office and asking increase of force. June 6, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to affairs of Indians in Lake Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake Indian Reservations. June 6, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in answer to Senate resolution, May 2, report from Commissioner of the General Land Office concerning entries of public lands by the Estes Park Company and other foreign corporations. June 6, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of April 17, 1884, report of the valuation of the property in the District of Columbia. June 6, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretaries of State, War, and the Navy, recommending, for the better security of the contents of the State, War, and Navy Department building against fire and other causes, that provision be made for twelve additional watchmen therefor. June 9, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation to reimburse the District of Columbia for the amount of taxes of which it will be deprived by the act for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson. June 23, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, recommending certain additions to the appropriation for deficiencies for the current and previous year. June 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, report of the engineers upon the Natalbany River, Louisiana, with a view to its improvement. June 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, recommending an amendment to the act of July 15, 1882, relative to claims for land taken to improve water supply of the District of Columbia. June 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting recommendation of the Lighthouse Board for the removal of Croatan light from its present location to Eight-foot Knoll, North Carolina. June 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, recommending ccertain [i.e., certain] amendments to House Bill 7235 making appropriations to supply deficiencies for 1884 and prior years. June 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of State, giving notice of the transmission of certain publications of the Spanish Senate to the United States Senate. June 23, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, recommending certain appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the use of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1884. June 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to the Senate resolution of June 2, 1884, report of Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the appointment of commissioners to examine sections of the Northern Pacific Railroad. June 20, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an additional estimate by General M.C. Meigs for an amount to complete the new Pension Building. June 20, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communications from Major Lydecker and the Chief of Engineers, asking additional appropriation of $175,000 for the new Washington reservoir. June 20, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 14, report on the condition of condemned cast iron cannon not disposed of or appropriated. February 25, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 7, report of the Selfridge Board relative to the torpedo machinery of the Destroyer. February 25, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 4, 1884, report of Railroad Commissioner relative to issue of stock or making contracts since March 3, 1873. February 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Chief of Engineers with report of survey of North River, in front of Jersey City and Hoboken. February 29, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 6, 1884, report of the Chief of Engineers, showing the stations and duties of officers of the Corps of Engineers, and the number of civilian engineers in the employ of the government. February 29, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of losses sustained by officers and men of steamer Proteus while attempting the relief of Lieutenant Greely. February 20, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 25, report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the Arredondo Grant, Florida. March 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 25, 1884, document on the subject of the failure of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad Companies to comply with requirements of the act of May 7, 1878. March 11, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of January 29, 1884, report of number of persons convicted of crime in the District of Columbia since January 1, 1873, and the cost of imprisonment. March 12, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in answer to Senate resolution of February 26, reports of the United States officers respecting the progress of work on the ship canal at the Isthmus of Panama. March 12, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretaries of War and Navy concerning the expediency of offering rewards for the rescue of Lieutenant Greely and party. March 19, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of January 15, 1884, a report respecting the discovery of phosphates upon the coast of Brazil by a citizen of the United States. March 19, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of the 29th ultimo, letter of the Lighthouse Board, and copy of report made thereto by its committee on experiments, relative to the Foster system of gas-lighted buoys. June 9, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a recommendation for the ensuing fiscal year of an appropriation of $10,000 for defending the United States in cases transmitted to the Court of Claims under the act of March 3, 1883. March 24, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 26, statement of amount of certain grains produced in the United States during certain periods, and their disposition. March 25, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture of Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 13, a report regarding the application of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for a part of the Fort Wallace reservation. March 25, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a tracing of the survey of the land claim of Francisco Garcia, in New Mexico. April 3, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to protecting the Mississippi River levees, and recommending appropriation therefor. April 4, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Improvements of the Mississippi River and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of the Chief of Ordnance relative to the case of William Tegethoff. April 4, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a tracing of plat of survey of private land claim No. 124, New Mexico, known as the Pena Blanca grant. April 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, with plan and estimate for fireproof building for the Signal Office. April 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of April 1, information relating to the office of marshal for the middle and southern districts of Alabama. April 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting certified copy of the record in the case of Chairs [i.e., Chaires], &c., vs. The United States, Arredondo Grant, in Florida. April 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of War recommending an appropriation for the purchase of certain records of an association in New York City in 1862 for the relief of soldiers in the late war. April 15, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, letter of the Chief of Engineers with reports of surveys of the Passaic River, in New Jersey. April 25, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution, April 14, 1884, report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the Von Schmidt survey of the eastern boundary of California. April 28, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 20, a letter of the Commissioner of Pensions, relative to the return of the rolls of Revolutionary soldiers belonging to any state, now in possession of the United States. April 30, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of Major General Hancock, relative to the estimate for extra-duty pay for clerks and messengers. May 1, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of General Sheridan, President Board of Commissioners of Soldiers' Home, asking legislation to admit insane inmates of said Home to the Government Hospital for the Insane. May 7, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 2, 1884, report of the Secretary of State relative to the latest law of the Mexican Republic creating or modifying the Zona Libre. June 13, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, reports of surveys of the Illinois, La Salle, and Sangamon Rivers, in Illinois. March 21, 1884. -- 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 March 13, 1884, preliminary report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning roll of the Cherokee Indians east of the Mississippi River. March 31, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of January 24, 1884, copies of papers and data bearing upon the compensation of special attorneys in star route cases. April 17, 1884. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in obedience to law, the claim of Grafton Munroe, postmaster at Annapolis, Md., for losses sustained by burglary. April 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Paymaster General revising the estimate for a deficiency in the appropriation for the pay of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1884. April 21, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of December 5, 1883, report of the Secretary of State respecting the execution of the treaty of 1819 with Spain. April 21, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a tracing of survey of private land claim No. 122, New Mexico, known as the Canon de San Diego Grant. April 21, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 29, 1884, a report of the Secretary of State on the production, exportation, and importation of grain and cotton in foreign countries. April 23, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in answer to Senate resolution of March 26, a letter of the Lighthouse Board relative to the light on Portland Head, in Maine. April 23, 1884. -- 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 February 20, 1884, report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, regarding lands certified to or claimed by railroad corporations in Iowa. March 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of March 4, a list of awards under act of March 3, 1875, to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. March 10, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 14, letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, on the subject of unauthorized fencing of public lands. March 17, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, reports of surveys of certain waters in Florida and Alabama, with a view to improving navigation. March 17, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, reports of surveys to ascertain the cost of placing dams and locks on the Cumberland River. March 17, 1884. -- 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, asking an appropriation to erect additional buildings for headquarters of the Military Division of the Pacific at San Francisco. March 17, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to law, a list of names of employes [sic] in the Treasury Department for the year 1883. March 17, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to the gift by the British government of the steamer Alert for the Greely Relief Expedition. February 21, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War relative to a proposed meteorological observatory at Fort Myer, Va. February 21, 1884. -- Read and ordered to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, an inventory of property of the United States under charge of the Interior Department. February 26, 1884. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of 5th instant, information relative to the office of Supervising Architect, and report of committee who investigated James G. Hill's administration of the same. February 14, 1884. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of Maj. L.L. Livingston for a correction of his military record. February 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking appropriation of $28,200 to compensate Sioux Indians for ponies taken from them. February 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, report of survey of the White River, Arkansas. February 14, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 12, his reasons for delay in construing the act of March 3, 1883, relative to the pay of postmasters. February 15, 1884. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 5, copies of papers in his Department relating to the case of Johnson Foster, a Creek Indian. February 15, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 6, opinions of the Second Comptroller in certain claims for longevity pay of naval officers. February 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to Senate resolution of February 6, report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the disposition of Silver Lake, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. February 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 22, information concerning the status of certain lands in the Indian Territory. February 18, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 29, copy of opinion of the Attorney General touching the act of March 3, 1883, for the adjustment of certain postmasters' salaries. February 19, 1884. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. 		95