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Serial set 2498	Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1886. Part I.	1
Serial set 2499	Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1886. Part II.	1
Serial set 2500	Pilot and crew of the steamer Planter. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Pension appropriation bill. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Sundry civil appropriation bill. December 9, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Sarah L. Harvey. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Zemia Shepherd. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Piromis H. Bell, administrator of Marcus A. Bell, and others. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ellen M. Sturtevant. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Albert C. Pontius. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sabin Stocking. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Missouri River. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Josiah C. Baker. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lieut. Edwin E. Lewis. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Restoring pensions in certain cases. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Questions of law touching the Union Pacific Railroad Company. January 22, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James H. Gilbert. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Accounts with certain railway companies. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Augustus Bradbury. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Additional land offices, State of Colorado. December 14, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mary F. Potts. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Emily C. Stannard. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Military post near Denver, Colo. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Hospital stewards, United States Army. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Charleston, S.C. December 14, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. John Thrusher. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah E. Norton. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mahala Dexter. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Building for use of Chief Signal Officer. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William S. Bewley. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James W. Plaisted. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Richard D. Lancaster. January 24, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Additional land district in the State of Oregon. December 14, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Post office building at Lynn, Mass. December 14, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. United States property at Eastport, Me. December 14, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Immediate transportation of dutiable goods. December 14, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Benjamin P. Loyall. December 14, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Deficiency in appropriation for printing and binding, and for other purposes. December 15, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Albion S. Keith. December 16, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Additional justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. December 16, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company. December 16, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Support of the Army. December 17, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Clementine Hartinger. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eliza J. Bell. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Baker. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ira Colburn. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles E. Mudgett. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John B. Hays. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George W. De Motte. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William F. Harmon. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H.H. Price. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles G. Paris. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel Moody. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bartola Thebant. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob Copes. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House. Andrew T. McReynolds. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Caroline E. French. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Reamus G. Morris. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Mary H. Mahan. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Fordyce Foster. January 7, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William J. Poitevent. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth S. De Krafft. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Land for Indian training school, Oregon. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building, Brooklyn, N.Y. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Houston, Tex. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Denver. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Maria L. Strong. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. To repeal the tenure of office law. January 8, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Steamer Nuevo Moctezuma. January 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Schneider. January 6, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George P. Ward. January 11, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Funerals at public expense and draping of public buildings in mourning. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Distribution of Official Register. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Date of consideration of H.R. 7266. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Indian appropriation bill. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Military Academy appropriation bill. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. United States courts at Mississippi City, Miss. December 21, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Henry B. Jay. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Ward. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Private claims in Congress. December 21, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Arthur J. Carrier. December 21, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Consular and diplomatic appropriations. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Cob Point Bar. December 21, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Retirement and recoinage of the trade dollar. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Contested election from Second District of Rhode Island. January 15, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Jamestown and Northern Railroad Company. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Fletcher. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Erection of a government building at Fremont, Nebr. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Deliliah Vandevender. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dr. A. Lanning. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John M. Young. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Shadrach Brown. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Wills. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John B. Skaggs. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ira Miller. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Ray. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alpheus R. French. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Malitty Rose. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Margaret R. Jones. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel B. Washburn. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel P. Evans. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. B.B. Conner [i.e., Connor]. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Arvah Hopkins. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the West Pascagoula River, Mississippi. January 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Section 4567 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. January 15, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, California. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Charlotte, N.C. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. John A. Fagg. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Loss of both arms. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Martin. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Semon, Bache & Co. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Henderson. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Joseph E. Purington. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William G. Martin. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William O. McDonald. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Aldana B. Monroe. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lawrence O'Connor. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Post Office appropriation bill. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Pensions granted by special act of Congress. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Caroline L. Shedd. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Moses Parrott. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cherokee claim. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Erskine S. Allin. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Adjustment of state claims. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. T.J. Edwards, administrator of David Edwards, deceased. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. North American fisheries. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Lands acquired by judicial proceedings in the courts of the United States in Texas. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Authorizing the President to return the Twiggs swords to Rowena Guedella. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Carrie E. Hopkins. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Aaron Freidheim [i.e., Friedheim]. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Reissue of certain United States currency. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles K. Jenree. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Amending rules and articles of war. January 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Franklin W. McCauley. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert W. Spang. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rufus Wright. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry Linebaugh. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Benwood Hunter. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Amos Shirey. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Butler. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. R.W. Ross. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry C. Wiley. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. R.P. Tunnard. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Dr. Charles A. Bucher. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. August Grosse. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William C. McCroskey. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hezekiah E. Vibbart. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Carter. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Reed. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John J. Miller. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. E.S. Bishop. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Russell S. Newell. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Rebecca Adams. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building at Yonkers, N.Y. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building, Nebraska City, Nebr. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Patents, trademarks, etc. January 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. William High. January 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bessie S. Gilmore. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amending Revised Statutes. January 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Chittenden Brothers. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Washington, Idaho, and Montana Territories. January 20, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Term of court at Duluth. January 20, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. The opium trade. January 20, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Rufus Barker. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Clark. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. May [i.e., Mary] H. Stacey. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Helena Mahan. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Annie E. Gardiner. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Crook. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Crook. January 20, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas A. McLaughlin. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John De Bree, executor of Margaret T. Higgins. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Maintenance of order in the District of Columbia during the National Guard competition and parades. January 20, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Monument to Mary Washington. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Distribution of seeds in Texas. January 20, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Benjamin M. Fisher. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eliza Trefren. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ozias B. Cotton. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lewis M. Strong. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hannah C. De Witt. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lucetta Corse. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hannah C. De Witt. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Asa A. Goodwin. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Susan A. Duncan. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry A. Pierce. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Martin Smiley. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George M. Dowell. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John N. Penwell. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Albrecht. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Barny H. Riepe. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John R. Herron. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jonathan D. Young. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lucinda Burke. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Martin. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. L.B. Townsend and others. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ernest H. Wardell. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Saint Dominic's Church, in the District of Columbia. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Additional associate justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Forester H. McBride. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William B. Barnes. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Repairing public building at Newark, N.J. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Stillwater, Minn. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at La Fayette, Ind. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Winona, Minn. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Chester, Pa. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Wages of certain employes, Government Printing Office. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William M. Bryant. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas F. Townsend. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. M.E. Woods. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James and William Crooks, of Canada. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Michael Manning. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alexander McKelvie. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary S. Patridge. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edward N. Pomeroy. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alfred Shattuck. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ella I. Small. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Cyrus T. Wardwell. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Darwin E. Washburn. January 21, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. District of Columbia appropriation bill. January 22, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. As to the oath of office to Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken. January 22, 1887. -- Laid over and ordered to be printed. Lewis Collegiate Institute. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Act of Legislative Assembly, Washington Territory. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Resources of Alaska. January 22, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Amendment to Revised Statutes. January 22, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Regulation of fees of marshals, clerks, etc. January 22, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Monument at Stony Point. January 24, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Customhouse at Kansas City, Mo. January 24, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Department of Agriculture. January 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Edgerly. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William C. Spencer. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Grades of office in Adjutant General's Office. January 26, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Schuyler Hamilton. January 26, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Public building at Harrisonburg, Va. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Purchase of ground in Owensborough, Ky. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Sailer. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna Etheridge Hooks. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna B. Kerr. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hyland C. Kirk and others. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Arrears of taxes in the District of Columbia. January 26, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Times for sales and for notice of sales of property in the District of Columbia for overdue taxes. January 26, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Report of United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Julia A. Sluder, executrix of E. Sluder, deceased. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry H. Sibley. January 26, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas N. Loyd. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Josiah Moosa. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Algernon M. Cook. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J.A. Wilson. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sureties on the official bond of Alexander H. Adams. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Administrator and sureties of W.W. Weedon, deceased. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Settlement of claim of Hiram Berdan. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Elevators in the District of Columbia. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Amendment to the Constitution. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. To amend and alter Section 51 Revised Statutes United States. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Amending the Revised Statutes. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Alleged violations of Rule 34. January 27, 1887. -- Select Committee on Admissions to the Floor discharged and referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. William C. Whittle. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Location of certain United States courts in Texas. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Causes removed from state courts. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Terms of courts. January 27, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Inspection of meats and importation of adulterated food or drink. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Austin B. Lynch. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Malachi Knisell. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alice Kelley. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Godson. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Langwell. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph Davis. January 27, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the Mississippi River. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the East River, New York. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Missouri River at Pierre, Dak. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Red River of the North. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. General Speed S. Fry. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Circuit and district courts. January 29, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. John P. Hageman. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building, Binghamton, N.Y. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building, Jackson, Mich. January 29, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William Tabb. January 7, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. River and harbor appropriations. January 8, 1887. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Judicial district of North Carolina. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Lands near Chicago. January 11, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. John M. Hartman. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building at Terre Haute, Ind. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Rhoda Williams. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Forgey. January 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Patrick H. Estes. January 6, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Gilmore. January 6, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sarah Carter. January 6, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Land grant telegraph lines. December 22, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Missouri River between Omaha, Nebr., and Council Bluffs, Iowa. December 22, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Prescott and Arizona Central Railway Company. December 22, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Stable for the use of the horses and wagons used by the officers of the House of Representatives. December 22, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Warren Hall. December 22, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Consolidation of Customs districts. January 15, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Statistics of exports, immigration, and emigration. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Red River. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Establishment of certain lighthouses. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Navigation at the mouth of the Mississippi River. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Organization of the Post Office Department. January 18, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Expenses of Indian department. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Merchants' National Bank of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Glassbrener and Mary Glassbrener. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. David A. Ireland. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John N. Runyan. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Julia De Quindre. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George R. Hooper. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Helen Plunkett. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abbie M. Hay. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth M.J. Meagher. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Harmon [i.e., Harman] Day. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Benson. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James C. Daggett. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sarah F. Bridges. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Addison Morrill. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Horace W. Brownell. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridget Rush. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Minerva Abbey. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas J. Hayes [i.e., Hays]. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James H. Taylor. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry H. Haggard. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edward J. Buddington. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel O. Hancock. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lehman, Hayem & Taylor. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Henry Volcker. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anson Rudd. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Campbell. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel L. Ard. January 14, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Claims between the United States and the State of Vermont. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Transfer of certain rooms by the United States to the City of Jackson, Miss. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Building at Allentown, Pa. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Billings, Clark's Fork and Cooke City Railroad. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frederick Dierking. January 14, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Participants in the war of the rebellion. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Isaiah G. Mayo. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. R.L. Munson. January 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frederick O. Graffam. January 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hugh Foster. January 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. General George H. Thomas. January 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Jacob Smith. January 21, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Washington Safe Deposit Company. January 27, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. 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Serial set 2501	Dalton Hinchman. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Battle sword of Capt. Samuel Chester Reid. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. United States Statistical Abstract, 1886. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Norman Thacher. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amendment of the Revised Statutes. February 10, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Claims reported by the accounting officers of the Treasury. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William H. Cook, Sr. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Streets and avenues in District of Columbia. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. George W. Kincaid. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Union National Bank of Louisiana. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Unclaimed moneys. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Amending Revised Statutes. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John B. Fuller. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building at Allegheny, Pa. March 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Philip Kincheloe. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Trabue et al. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Mexican pensions. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Hampton and Old Point Railroad Company. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Minor coin. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Public building at Kalamazoo, Mich. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mary Nally. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Compensation of clerks to senators and representatives. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Statistics of the vessel fisheries of the United States. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Sufferers by fire at Eastport, Me. March 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Levees of the Mississippi River. March 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Treaty with the Hawaiian Islands. March 3, 1887. -- Laid over and ordered to be printed. New York Indian lands in Kansas. March 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Indian traders. March 3, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Fourth Collection District of Virginia. March 3, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Elenor C. Ransom. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catherine M. Lee. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Site for public building at Savannah, Ga. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mineral school lands in California. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. First National Bank of Portland, Oreg. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. United States courts at Newark, N.J. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridges across the Sunflower, Yazoo, and Tombigbee Rivers, in Mississippi. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across Mississippi River at Winona, Minn. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge over Mississippi River, Memphis, Tenn. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Allen Gunter. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bill making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Albert Schmidler. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John H. Jaques. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Spokane and Palouse Railway Company. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building in New Berne, N.C. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Gregory. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel Baker. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph J. Lewis. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob Seigler. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Milo Bowman. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas R. Bruner. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jennie Reed. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George W. Martin. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James W. Hetrick. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Annie M. Smith. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Todd. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Willis Oliver. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William E. Fisher. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Mary Lathrop. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Maria N. Parker. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Walt Whitman. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry B. Very. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary S. Logan. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Appolline [i.e., Apolline] A. Blair. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John H. Locke. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Lovinia Reves [i.e., Lovina J. Reeves]. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Elizabeth [i.e., Eliza] L. Mace. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Sanborn. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abigail Richards. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George W. Stevens. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Frank W. Tubersing. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nancy B. Leach. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Noyes. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Marshall. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Malinda Vest. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jane Holmes. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James M. Devall. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Reddick. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary J. Gilbert. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Leslie Bassett. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. S.W. Marston. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John A. Thompson. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Ruffee. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Relief of settlers on public lands. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. John J. Brown. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Examination of vouchers. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Heirs of W.B. Spinks, deceased. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Subdivision of lands within the District of Columbia. February 1, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Printing fourth annual report, Bureau of Animal Industry. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. National cemetery at Corinth, Miss. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. M. Louise Butler. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Johnson. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. H.D. Hobbs. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James E. Gott. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William C. Wait. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jesse H. Strickland. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Franklin C. Adams. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Anna Butterfield. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel D. Chase. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Maria B. Hatch. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edna M. Hildreth. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edward B. Holt. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John E. Little. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Nancy O'Connell. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Ordway. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sarah A. Packard. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Pike. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Fernando G. Pratt. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Laura F. Pusey. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Railway for filling about the base of Washington Monument. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Pensions to members Life-Saving Service, Virginia Beach. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Nehemiah Osburn. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robley D. Evans and Richard M. Green. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Albert Greenleaf. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Windsor Hotel Company. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Printing annual report National Academy of Sciences. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. French spoliation claims. February 3, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Enabling the people to name their postmasters. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Revising the Statutes at Large. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Prosecutions against Indians. February 3, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Amendment of Section 3220, Revised Statutes. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Reporter for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. January 31, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Rock Creek Park. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Construction of streets, railroads, and pavements. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Commemoration of the discovery of America. January 31, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Missouri River between the City of Kansas and the Town of Sibley. February 1, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. To quit title to land in Washington, D.C. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Morals of minors in the District of Columbia. February 10, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Robert Baxter. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Kelly. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Loague, administrator. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. T.J. Powell, administrator. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John H. Mitchell. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John R. Reynolds. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John F. Alsup. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Capt. Frederick Ford. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Adam Pry. February 11, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George H. Owen. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Reform School for Girls, District of Columbia. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Certain claims for stores and supplies taken and used by the United States Army. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Porter Academy, Charleston, S.C. February 11, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Centennial of the Constitutional Convention. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Life-saving station at the Harbor of Kewaunee, Wis. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Appraiser's stores at New York. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Hamilton, Ohio. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Restoring pensions in certain cases. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Extending the charter of "the President and directors of the Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown," in the District of Columbia. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Compensation of physicians to the poor in the District of Columbia. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Additional copies United States maps. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Report of health officer. February 12, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Amending Revised Statutes, etc. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Fees to American vessels, etc. February 12, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Appeals from orders of state courts. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Amendment of Section 3242, Revised Statutes. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Arms loaned State of Oregon. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Joseph Demars. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hector F. Phelps. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Naval establishment. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Extending and repairing the post office at Jersey City, N.J. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building, Scranton, Pa. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Jane Brown Dunn. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Mary Jane Case. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Susan E. Alger. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eliza Shreeve. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hugh Rogers. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Maria Hunter. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Arabella Coddington. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abbie R. Brown. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth C. Grindle. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Laura A. Wright. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hannah R. Langdon. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catherine E. Babcock. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Reynolds. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. National industrial exposition. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Reduction of passport fees. February 15, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. A.F.S.S. Lindefelt. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Resolution of inquiry. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Fort Snelling military reservation. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Land at Camp Douglas for cemetery purposes. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Warren Mitchell. February 15, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Martha Gray. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Smith. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah E. McCaleb. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Ann Dougherty. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Printing reports of Captain Healy. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Milton Teeter. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catharine F. Ellsworth. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Maria C. McPherson. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ellen Nightingale. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Martha F. Woodrum. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John K. Le Baron. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Roderick McIntosh. February 15, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Canadian non-intercourse. February 16, 1887. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Organization of Territory of Alaska. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory. February 16, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Adam L. Epley. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas A. Osborne. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Battle of Bennington. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. James Woody. February 16, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Additional justice in Dakota. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Thomas B. Nalle. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. California land sales. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Fees for exemplification of land patents. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Building for use of government storekeeper at Jeffersonville, Ind. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Henry B. Shaw. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Commander Schley's report of his search for the Greely Expedition. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Burning woods, grass, or forests on lands belonging to the United States. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Wearing of decorations, etc. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Miami Indians of Indiana. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Lee. February 17, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Allowance of an appeal from the Court of Claims to the Supreme Court in certain French spoliation claims. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Tampa, Florida. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Rufus Lowe and C.M. Loftin. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Kansas Valley Railroad Company. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amos Shirey. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Hettie K. Painter. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Annie M. Broderick. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry W. Goodnight. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. T.N. McClure. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Catherine Mehan. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John R. McKinnie, administrator. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John R. McDowell, administrator. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary A. Pfeiffer. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. State National Bank of Louisiana. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building, Milwaukee, Wis. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Value of certain property in Chicago, Ill. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Enlargement of public building, Omaha, Nebr. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Navy and seacoast defenses. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Insects affecting the orange culture. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Reamy [i.e., Reaney], Son and Archbold. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Walker. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Fidus Livermore. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cyrenus Beers and others. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. C.J. Cowles. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge over Mississippi River at Grand Tower, Ill. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Western judicial district of Louisiana. February 23, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Minor children of Lieut. George R. McGuire. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Davidson. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elvira Cooper. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. C.A. Williams and other owners of the schooner Eva [i.e., Era]. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Richard T. Bryan. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory. February 23, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Dearborn Park, Chicago. February 23, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. John Moore. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William E. Woodbridge. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Gold medal to Charles De Arnaud. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Tomlinson, Hartupu [i.e., Hartupee] & Co. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Regular deficiency bill. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Lizzie Wright Owen. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Wallace Young. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alonzo B. Chatfield. February 25, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas S. Hopkins. March 3, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Emanuel Mason. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Fourth Collection District of Virginia. February 2, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Agricultural experiment stations. February 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bids for Cruiser No. 1. February 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Set of weights and measures, New Mexico. February 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Charlotte O'Neal. February 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Piromis H. Bell. February 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James M. Wilbur. February 2, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. S.D. Barclay, G.D. Adams, and W.H. Kimbrough. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob Crosly. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. C.H. McWethy. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Elizabeth Rice. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Limitations in criminal cases. February 3, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Towns of Windsor and South Windsor. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Real Estate Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary L. Williams. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catalogue of certain documents in Europe relating to America. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. S.H. Brodnax. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ann Moreau. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Loague, administrator. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob Surerus and William H. Behrens. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John B. Wolf. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hiram A. Darnell. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. David Teed. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna Wright. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Belford E. Davis. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John A. Randall. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Andrew M. Jordan. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth J. Ray. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jacob R. Critten. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Catherine Hofferman. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Robert Ellington. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John D. Jones. February 4, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Capt. Frank Bell. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cruelty to animals. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Recovery of internal revenue taxes, etc. February 5, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Fish and Fisheries. February 5, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Private lights and private buoys. February 5, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. John A. Palmer. February 5, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Subsidiary silver coin. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Obstructions and deposits in New York Harbor. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Saint Louis River. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Missouri River between Omaha, Nebr., and Council Bluffs, Iowa. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Right of way through public lands of the United States in the Territory of Utah. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Albert Welton. February 8, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Monument to the memory of the victims of prison ships at Fort Greene, Brooklyn. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Classification, compensation, and allowances to postmasters. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Utah Midland Railway Company. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Creditors of Pottawatomie Indians. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Transfer of rooms to City of Jackson, Miss. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mrs. S.C. Goodin. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Frederick Bischer. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Benjamin F. Hilliker. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Lydia Burdick. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Moses Williams. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William F. Randolph. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edward Willis. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Laurinda G. Cummings. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Boyd. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Palmer G. Wood. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.C. Bradford. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.P. Swineford. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Report of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations touching our fisheries. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Salaries civil service commissioners. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Removal of the quarantine station from Ship Island, Mississippi. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Northern District of Iowa. February 8, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Capron collection of Japanese works of art. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Efficiency in the General Land Office. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Thomas Smith. February 9, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. American Trust Company, District of Columbia. February 9, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Index of Southern Claims Commission cases and claims referred to the Court of Claims under the "Bowman Act." February 10, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. House Resolution No. 232. February 10, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. United States prison. February 10, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Rocky Fork and Cooke City Railway Company. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Public building at Hastings, Nebr. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Island in Fox River. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Payment of wages weekly by government contractors. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ellen Shea. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sale of liquors in District of Columbia. February 10, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Increase of police force in District of Columbia. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary and High School of Virginia. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. L.V. Hollyfield. February 18, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah E. Starling. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James V. Bodine. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Oxley Johnson. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Aaron Sternes. February 18, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Dependent parents and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors now disabled and dependent upon their own labor for support. February 19, 1887. -- Consideration postponed to Thursday, February 24, 1887, and ordered to be printed. Kansas, Texas and Southwestern Railroad. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge at foot of Mussel Shoals, Tennessee River. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridge across Tombigbee River. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Private claims or demands against the United States. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Indians. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Billings, Clark's Fork and Cooke City Railroad Company. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Washington and Idaho Railroad Company. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Spokane and Palouse Railroad Company. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Utah Midland Railroad Company. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Indian school building, Washington Territory. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Yankton and Missouri Valley Railway Company. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Use of portion of Yakima Reservation for railroad purposes. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Pay of graduates of the Naval Academy. February 19, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Pay of graduates of the Naval Academy. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Capt. Samuel Chester Reid. February 19, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. February 3, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Kidd v. Steele. February 21, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed and lie over. Simon Witkouski. February 4, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Transfer of judicial districts of Georgia. February 17, 1887. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. David Gentry. February 1, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed	362
Serial set 2502	Investigation of labor troubles in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, and Illinois. In two parts. Part 1.	1
Serial set 2503	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Fiftieth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1887, in the one-hundred and twelfth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 2504	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to granting right of way to the Carson and Colorado River Railroad Company. January 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Abiquiu tract, No. 140. December 15, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. First annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. December 1, 1887. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of March 2, 1887, relative to certain night inspectors in New York and Baltimore. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation to complete the publication of the reports of the tenth census. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico upon the private land claim, Canada de los Apaches, No. 50. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the claim Cieneguilla, No. 62. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico relative to the claim known as the Luis de Armenta Grant, No. 68. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on San Clemente tract, No. 67. December 8, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the San Antonio Del Rio Colorado tract, No. 76. December 8, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on Arroyo de San Lorenzo tract, No. 79. December 8, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid on the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Alameda tract, No. 91. December 8, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Ignacio Chaves grant, No. 96. December 8, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Nuestra Senora del Pilar tract, No. 99. December 8, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the San Joaquin del Nacimiento claim, No. 66. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Sierra Mosca tract, No. 75. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Bartolome Baca tract, No. 126. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Cieneguilla tract, No. 115. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Luis Jaramillo tract, 103. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Canon de Chama tract, No. 71. December 21, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Vallecito de Lovato tract, No. 108. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Antonio de Salazar tract, No. 132. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Sebastian de Vargas tract, No. 137. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Ojo De La Cabra tract, No. 106. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on Santa Teresa tract, No. 111. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 15, 1887, information concerning the improvement of navigation on Lake Champlain. January 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 20, 1887, copies of records relating to Captain Hall's company of Oregon Volunteers. January 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid on the table. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 19, 1887, papers relating to compensation of supervisors of elections. January 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor [General] of New Mexico on private land claim Los Padillas, No. 146. January 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to granting right of way to the Northern Pacific Railroad. January 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of Secretary of the Interior relative to grant of right of way to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway. January 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Commission for the Construction of the Library Building. January 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to the right of way for railroads through Indian lands. January 5, 1888. -- 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 15, 1887, papers relating to the inspection of Indian schools by Charlotte M. Clark. January 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture in response to Senate resolution of December 7, 1887, relative to employes obtaining patents for the process of sugar making. December 13, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 11, 1887, papers relative to Indian operations on the plains. December 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. December 20, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Report made by Edward Atkinson, of Boston, Mass., to the President of the United States, upon the present status of bimetallism in Europe. October, 1887. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to trespasses upon Indian lands. January 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of Secretary of the Interior relative to timber trespassers on public lands. January 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to granting right of way to Jamestown and Northern Railroad Company. January 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill regulating the grades of office in the Subsistence department. January 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on Las Truchas tract, No. 128. December 15, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Domingo Valdez tract, No. 141. December 15, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, with report of disbursements. January 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report from the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Santo Domingo and San Felipe tract, No. 142. December 15, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report from the Surveyor General of Arizona on the Tres Alamos tract, No. 17. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, in response to Senate resolution of March 2, 1887, relative to the claims of John R. Reynolds. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1887, Special Agent Tingle's report on the conduct of affairs in the Seal Islands of Alaska. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 12, 1887, papers relative to the bonding of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a statement of the expenditures and the property of the Springfield Armory. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.	50
Serial set 2505	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the reports of the United States Pacific Railway Commission and the testimony. January 17, 1888. -- Read and referred to a select committee of five senators, to be appointed by the President; the message and reports ordered to be printed, and the testimony referred to the Committee on Printing; motion entered to reconsider the question of reference.	1
Serial set 2506	Testimony taken by the United States Pacific Railway Commission, appointed under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled "An Act Authorizing an Investigation of the Books, Accounts, and Methods of Railroads Which Have Received Aid from the United States, and for Other Purposes." Robert E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Chairman, E. Ellery Anderson, of New York, David T. Littler, of Illinois, Commissioners. Volume III.	1
Serial set 2507	Testimony taken by the United States Pacific Railway Commission, appointed under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled "An Act Authorizing an Investigation of the Books, Accounts, and Methods of Railroads Which Have Received Aid from the United States, and for Other Purposes." Robert E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Chairman, E. Ellery Anderson, of New York, David T. Littler, of Illinois, Commissioners. Volume V.	1
Serial set 2508	Testimony taken by the United States Pacific Railway Commission, appointed under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled "An Act Authorizing an Investigation of the Books, Accounts, and Methods of Railroads Which Have Received Aid from the United States, and for Other Purposes." Robert E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Chairman, E. Ellery Anderson, of New York, David T. Littler, of Illinois, Commissioners. Volume VII.	1
Serial set 2509	Testimony taken by the United States Pacific Railway Commission, appointed under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled "An Act Authorizing an Investigation of the Books, Accounts, and Methods of Railroads Which Have Received Aid from the United States, and for Other Purposes." Robert E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Chairman, E. Ellery Anderson, of New York, David T. Littler, of Illinois, Commissioners. Volume VIII.	1
Serial set 2510	Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of January 18, 1888, relative to the claims of certain parties for cattle stolen by the Osage Indians in 1886. February 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1888, relative to the evasion of the sugar duties in New York. March 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Finance. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 9, 1888, information relative to detention of books in the New York Customhouse. January 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Finance. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports of Agents Gordon and Martin on the boundary line of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in Oregon. February 7, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the board of control of the Industrial Home of Utah. January 24, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of February 28, 1887, relative to the authority for patenting swamp lands to the states. January 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid on the table. Letter from the Attorney General, in response to Senate resolution of January 18, 1888, relative to the employment of C.R. Westbrook to assist the district attorney in New York. January 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 4, 1888, a report relative to the company of California Volunteers of which Julian Martin was captain. January 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of Secretary of the Interior relative to the purchase of supplies of certain tribes of Indians. January 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 31, 1888, papers relating to the case of Charles R. Westbrook, an assistant district attorney in New York. February 20, 1888. -- Laid upon the table. February 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of February 9, 1888, relative to the charges of registers and receivers of land offices in certain cases. February 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting request of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries relative to his salary. February 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of the Chief Signal Officer, with estimate for deficiency for rent, etc. February 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of appropriation for surveys in Indian reservations. February 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Secretary of War, with estimate for appropriation to pay for gauging waters of Lower Mississippi River. February 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State upon the awards of the late Spanish-American Claims Commission. February 27, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of employes for compensation for extra service. February 28, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Attorney General asking an appropriation for support of prisoners in 1887. February 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to certain contingent expenses connected with public buildings. February 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the expenditure of money appropriated for public buildings. February 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 20, 1888, information about grants to states for educational purposes. February 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of Attorney General relative to appropriations for territorial courts. March 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Secretary of War, relative to appropriation for barracks at David's Island. March 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of judgments of the Court of Claims not transmitted to the present Congress. March 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 24, 1888, lists of certain claims allowed. March 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 16, 1888, information relative to the distribution of the records of the rebellion. March 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Printing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 20, 1888, information concerning a breakwater at the mouth of the Housatonic River. March 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 16, information relative to certain improvements in the Ohio River. March 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 9, 1888, information relative to the cemetery at Mound City, Kans. March 5, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to Senate resolution of February 24, 1888, relative to holding public documents for postage. March 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of February 16, 1888, relative to smuggling in the free zone of Mexico. March 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 21, 1887, and January 16, 1888, reports on the awards of the late Mexican Claims Commission and especially those in favor of Benjamin Weil and La Abra Silver Mining Company. March 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of State relative to an international exhibition in Bavaria. March 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to honoring the memory of a deceased soldier and statesman of Venezuela. March 5, 1888. -- Read and laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of State and reports relative to alleged action by the French government in prohibiting the importation of American products. March 7, 1888. -- Read and laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in response to Senate resolution of March 1, 1888, relative to a proposed treaty with China respecting Chinese laborers. March 8, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 1, 1888, reports relating to the construction of the bridge over the eastern branch of the Potomac River. March 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of cost of repairs to government buildings. March 12, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Supervising Architect relative to appropriations for heating apparatus. March 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an appropriation for fencing public building at Tyler, Tex. March 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Board of Engineers relative to the construction of certain bridges across the Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers. March 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the claim Miguel del Bado, No. 119. March 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 27, 1887, report on the salmon fisheries of the Columbia River. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be referred to the Committee on Printing. March 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of Secretary of the Interior with draught of bill to forfeit certain lands granted to Oregon for wagon roads, and for other purposes. March 20, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 17, 1888, information concerning collections under the internal revenue acts. January 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1887, papers relating to the removal of troops from Fort Canby. January 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 2, 1887, information relative to rules in force at New York and Baltimore Customhouses at certain times. January 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting supplemental inclosures in the private land claim in New Mexico, known as Los Padillas or El Tajo tract, No. 146. January 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of January 23, 1888, relative to the claim of Massachusetts for certain expenditures during the late war. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1887, report on the condition of Fort Canby reservation, Washington Territory. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of January 17, 1888, relative to money paid states and territories from sales of public lands. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of December 20, 1887, relative to the ejectment of persons from lands purchased of certain Indians in Kansas. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of January 30, 1888, relative to trade regulations with Canada and the protection of the revenue. February 8, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of January 19, 1888, relative to plans of legislation to dispose of public lands so as to protect certain interests. February 8, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 13, 1888, report of Architect Smithmeyer on the work of the Library Commission. February 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Select Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of January 11, 1888, relative to the number of acres of land granted states for school purposes. February 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 30, 1888, the report of Professor Swenson of sorghum sugar. February 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting report for 1887 of the Bureau of Animal Industry. February 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to Senate resolution of February 2, 1888, as to the amount of money required for improving the northwest channel near Key West, Fla. February 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to Senate resolution of February 2, 1888, relative to cost of channel near Little Mangrove Point, Florida. February 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 25, 1888, information about the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, in Idaho. February 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 31, 1888, information relative to sale of lands in the Omaha Reservation. February 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 30, 1888, information relative to public lands in Nebraska. February 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting correspondence relative to additional appropriation of $60,000 for janitors, etc. February 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to Senate resolution of February 9, 1888, relative to cemetery at Mound City. February 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 6, 1888, estimate of cost of improving channel at entrance of Detroit River. February 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 19, 1888, papers relative to the construction of bridge at Omaha. February 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 2, a letter of the Secretary of State relative to the Virginius Indemnity Fund. February 21, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 1, 1888, certain reports on the United States steamship Atlanta. March 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 31, 1888, testimony of Charles R. Westbrook in the suit of Curtis vs. Schell. February 20, 1888. -- Laid on the table. February 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 8, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.	71
Serial set 2511	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of the Chief Signal Officer on the climate of Oregon and Washington Territory. October 20, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of the Chief Signal Officer on the rainfall of the Pacific Slope and the western states and territories. February 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table.	2
Serial set 2512	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, with the correspondence relative to the proposed fisheries treaty. February 20, 1888. -- Read, treaty read the first time, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and together with the message and the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.	1
Serial set 2513	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State in answer to Senate resolution of April 12, 1888, relative to the impressment of John Fruchier in the military service of France. May 8, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting reports relative to the purchase of certain historical documents. March 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Library. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General, asking additional appropriation to increase the force in the Allowance Division. June 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1017, with his objections thereto. June 12, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation to repair customhouse at New Orleans. June 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the employment of matrons at agencies. May 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 9, 1888, reports on lands in Klamath County, Oregon, under the swampland grant. May 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 13, 1888, report concerning the irrigation of certain lands. April 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter relative to restrictions imposed upon the binding of books by the War Department. April 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, in response to Senate resolution of February 16, 1888, relative to the Mexican zona libre. March 19, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to Senate resolution of February 21, 1888, relative to the naval employes of the Fish Commission. March 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports relative to appropriation for resurvey of certain lands in California and Montana. March 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 16, papers relating to the negotiations of the fisheries treaty. March 26, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 20, 1888, report on the condition of Fort Moultrie. March 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting proposal of the government of Canada to exchange of public documents with this government. April 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of February 4, relative to illegal importation of lead. April 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of War relative to an appropriation for a gymnasium at West Point. April 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to land upon which to locate Seminole Indians. April 9, 1888. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 24, report of A.H. Markland, Superintendent Railway Mail Service during the late war. February 27, 1888. -- Laid upon the table. April 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the claim No. 116, Antonio Martinez. April 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1064, with his objections thereto. May 22, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 11, 1888, a list of officers placed on the retired list. June 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and placed upon the table. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an additional appropriation for clerk hire. June 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 16, 1888, information about the expense of ascertaining the damage caused by dams in the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. June 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 739, with his objections thereto. June 6, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 31, 1888, relative to the failure to use certain appropriations for the improvement of the Shenandoah River. June 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication of the Postmaster General estimating for an additional appropriation for the free-delivery service. June 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 31, 1888, statement of claims allowed for bounty, back pay, etc., since the beginning of the present session of Congress. June 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 8, 1888, report on the employes [sic] of the Baltimore post office. June 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Select Committee to Examine into the Condition of the Civil Service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relative to the subject of state defenses in 1861. June 14, 1888. -- Read and laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of March 27, 1888, report relative to the reservoirs for the storage of water in the arid regions of the United States. May 14, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 17, 1888, report on the cost of removing sand bar at Block Island Harbor, Rhode Island. May 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of March 27, 1888, reports relative to fortifications upon Puget Sound. May 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Coast Defenses. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relative to the claim of Rudolph [i.e., Rudolf] Lobsiger. May 14, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the lands of the Tillamook Indians in Oregon. May 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the freedmen in the Chickasaw Nation. May 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 26, 1888, report relative to suits to vacate land patents issued by the United States. May 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 14, 1888, information relative to the importation of lead ores. May 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1237, with his objections thereto. May 29, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 835, with his objections thereto. May 29, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 820, with his objections thereto. May 29, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 347, with his objections thereto. May 29, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 25, 1888, information relative to the destruction of the dam at Rock Island Arsenal. May 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 22, information as to the cost of breakwater at Santa Monica Harbor, California. May 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the surrender of patents by certain Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians. June 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation to enlarge the mint at Philadelphia. June 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1772, with his objections thereto. June 12, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 258 with his objections thereto. April 18, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 5, 1888, report upon the claim of William H. Frear against France. April 18, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports relative to the prevalence of disease among animals in Europe. March 27, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of March 14, 1888, information relative to the reservation of the Otoe and Missouria Indians. March 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 7, 1888, report on the cost of approaches to the Aqueduct Bridge. March 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State relative to the publication of important manuscripts in the State Department. April 16, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to the seizure of steamships belonging to the Venezuela Transportation Company. April 16, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Senate Bill 809, granting a pension to Betsey Mansfield, with his objections thereto. April 16, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Senate Bill 549, granting a pension to Hannah R. Langdon, with his objections. April 16, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to certain sums due Indian agents. April 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 26, 1888, amounts of claims for services under section 2, chapter 172, statutes of 1872. April 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 17, 1888, report of the amount of government funds deposited in national banks. April 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 6, 1888, a report relative to the condition of the Missouri River near Sioux City, Iowa. April 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 11, 1887, report of judicial officers who have been retired on pay. April 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letters from the Secretary of War and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia relative to underground telegraph and telephone wires. April 16, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. April 25, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, omitting maps. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 24, 1888, report on the claim of the Tillamook Indians of Oregon. April 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of April 24, 1888, a list of postmasters whose receipts are in excess of $3,000 per year. April 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 838, with his objections thereto. May 1, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 465, with his objections thereto. May 1, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report in the claim of Rollins & Presbrey. May 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of Supervising Architect, asking an appropriation for heating apparatus for public buildings. May 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a treaty between the United States and Great Britain concerning the interpretation of the convention of October 20, 1818, signed at Washington February 15, 1888.	69
Serial set 2514	Military prison at Fort Leavenworth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request of the Adjutant General for appropriation for military prison at Fort Leavenworth. June 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1076, with his objections thereto. August 14, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in response to Senate resolution of August 28, 1888, relative to action touching outrages and wrongs committed by Canada upon citizens of the United States. September 12, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed, omitting papers already in print. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1762, with his objections thereto. August 14, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1888, a list of employes below the classified service since March, 1885. June 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1870, with his objections thereto. August 7, 1888. -- Read and 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 August 17, 1888, report of lands of Puyallup Indian reservation patented to members of the Indian tribe. October 2, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the act to execute certain treaty stipulations with China. October 1, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the necessity for an appropriation to carry into effect the Chinese Exclusion Act. October 9, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the War, in response to Senate resolution of October 4, 1888, relative to papers in the case of Dr. John B. Read. October 9, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 2201, with his objections thereto. October 10, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1044, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to state and settle the account of James M. Willbur with the United States and to pay said Willbur such sum of money as may be found due him thereon, with his objections thereto. October 15, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 3306, granting a pension to Mary K. Richards, with his objections thereto. October 15, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 3208, granting a pension to William S. Bradshaw, with his objections thereto. October 15, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 3276, granting restoration of pension to Sarah A. Woodbridge, with his objections thereto. October 15, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 17, 1888, certain information relative to railroad land grants in Kansas. May 16, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 21, 1888. -- Committee reported adversely on question of printing. June 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for appropriations required by the Department of Labor for the next fiscal year. June 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 6, 1888, papers relating to certain claims of the Creek Indians. June 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request of the Surgeon General that provision be made for a hospital at Hot Springs. June 25, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Army Medical Museum. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request of the Surgeon General for an appropriation for building the Army Medical Museum. June 25, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 5, 1888, order of Patent Office 339 and the report made in compliance with it. June 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 845, with his objections thereto. June 26, 1888. -- Read. July 9. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for distinctive paper for government securities. July 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate for appropriation to repair the Kennebec Arsenal. July 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 121, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 470, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of June 25, statement of men required for the Chicago and certain other vessels. July 20, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 8, 1888, information relative to employes in the Internal Revenue service in Maryland. July 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Select Committee to Examine the Condition of the Civil Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 1, 1888, information relative to employes in the Customs service at New York. July 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Select Committee To Examine the Condition of the Civil Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of July 17, 1888, relative to the proposed removal of quarantine station from Ship Island. July 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1447, with his objections thereto. July 26. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 2644, with his objections thereto. July 26, 1888. -- 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 June 4, 1888, certain reports of the trials of machinery. August 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Supervising Architect relative to appropriations for heating apparatus. August 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Report on the interior wheat lands of Oregon and Washington Territory, by Second Lieutenant Frank Greene, Signal Corps, U.S. Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, with a report of the Fourth International Conference of the Red Cross Association. August 10, 1888. -- Read and laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 2653, with his objections thereto. August 14, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Joint Resolution No. 17, with his objections thereto. August 14, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 18, 1888, reports upon the railroad rights of way granted through Indian reservations. August 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate for appropriation for additional associate justice in New Mexico. August 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of August 13, 1888, papers relating to election matters in New York. August 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to rental due South Carolina for rental of Citadel Academy in Charleston. August 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending certain changes in clerical salaries. June 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1957, with his objections thereto. June 20, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 13, 1888, statement of United States bonds offered for sale April 23 to June 15, 1888. June 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, with a recommendation to change the appropriation for powder depot at Dover, N.J. June 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report upon the claim of Presbyterian Mission Board at Albuquerque, N. Mex. June 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 43, with his objections thereto. July 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1547, with his objections thereto. July 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 432, with his objections thereto. July 5, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, in response to Senate resolution of April 11, 1888, relative to the retired list of the Navy. July 5, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 2, 1888, correspondence relative to the transportation of merchandise on the Great Western Railway duty free. July 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1613, with his objections thereto. July 18, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 8, 1888, information relative to the employes in Customs service at Baltimore. July 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Select Committee to Examine the Condition of the Civil Service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 11, 1888, "letter of the Secretary of State and correspondence relative to a certain boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain." July 26, 1888. Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. August 1, 1888. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Postmaster General with estimate of deficiency in appropriation for railway mail service. August 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitted in response to Senate resolution of January 25, 1888, relative to the purchase abroad of designs and drawings for naval vessels. August 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 645, with his objections thereto. August 23, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 2370, with his objections thereto. August 23, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 2206, with his objections thereto. August 23, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 3038, with his objections thereto. August 23, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of August 15, 1888, statement of deposits in national banks. August 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Finance. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of August 28, 1888, schedules of certain claims allowed by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. September 3, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of August 9, 1888, decision in the Guilford Miller case. September 3, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of August 28, 1888, schedules of certain claims allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department. September 4, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required to complete the service of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, and for prior years. September 4, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the Senate resolution of August 28, 1888, a judgment of the Court of Claims, in favor of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. September 4, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending legislation touching the title to lands within Fort Missoula military reservation. September 5, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of August 27, 1888, papers relative to cutting timber for mining purposes. September 6, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting three claims allowed by the Fourth Auditor. September 17, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, transmitting a list of accounts approved by the Attorney General. September 17, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in response to Senate resolution of September 5, 1888, relative to the ratification of the treaty with China. September 17, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of September 11, 1888, report and documents relative to the pending treaty with China. September 18, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in certain appropriations for the District of Columbia. September 10, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, recommending legislation relative to the regulation of the Saint Clair Flats Canal. September 10, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of August 20, 1888, list of claims adversely considered. September 10, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a statement relative to the claim of Edward Fitz Gerald [i.e., Fitzgerald]. September 10, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for Army transportation. September 11, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, transmitting lists of certain accounts of United States attorneys remaining unpaid. September 13, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of Sarah M. Burge. September 13, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the appropriation for Castle Hill light station. September 15, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 5, 1888, information relative to unlawful selections of swamp and overflowed lands. August 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 288, with his objections thereto. August 27, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1542, with his objections thereto. August 28, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, relative to retaliatory legislation touching intercourse with Canada. August 29, 1888. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for deficiencies of the appropriations for the District of Columbia. August 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 2616, with his objections thereto. August 23, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.	87
Serial set 2515	Fourth report of the United States Civil Service Commission. January 16, 1886, to June 30, 1887. Containing the civil service law, rules and regulations. July 23, 1888. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2516	In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 188[8]. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to inform the Senate what plans, designs, drawings, or specifications of ships or marine engines have been purchased or procured in foreign countries by or on behalf of the Navy Department, and from whom they have been obtained, and to state what plans, designs, drawings, or specifications so purchased or procured have been adopted in whole or in part for vessels or engines now under contract or construction... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Riddleberger submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that Rule 37 be so amended as to allow the treaty now pending between the government of Great Britain and the government of the United States to be considered in open Senate. In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, to accompany amendment by Mr. Hoar to H.R. __ (sundry civil appropriation bill), and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Marietta (Ohio) Centennial Monument Association for pecuniary aid in erecting a centennial monumental structure to commemorate the acquisition of Northwest Territory and its permanent settlement... Annual report of Hon. Anson G. McCook, Secretary United States Senate, showing the property of the United States in his possession on the 5th day of December, 1887. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1888. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress and ordered to be printed. Petition of Elias E. Barnes, praying an investigation into the performance of his contract for furnishing cement and stone for the foundation of the Congressional Library building... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary are directed to inquire and report: (1) Whether Congress has power to enact laws to prohibit, within the states, the adulteration of food... In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved that, subject to the business of the morning hour, the order of business in the Senate shall be... In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report by bill, or otherwise, such legislation as may be necessary to prevent the courts of the United States, in managing railroads through receivers, from depriving lawful creditors of their liens on said railroads and corporate properties by the sale of the properties under receiver's certificates... Statement of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims for the year ending November 30, 1887. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Court of Claims of their findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims heard and determined since December 6, 1886. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Annual report of Hon. Anson G. McCook, Secretary United States Senate, showing the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1886, to June 30, 1887. December 7, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Whereas sections 11 and 14 of "An Act To Regulate and Improve the Civil Service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, provide as follows... Public building at Omaha, Nebr. December 12, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson presented the following papers and document. (To accompany Senate Bill 182.) At a term of the district court of the United States held for the State of Nebraska, at Omaha, November 12, 1887... In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be requested to investigate the issuance of Letters Patent No. 371,528 to Magnus Swenson, of date October 11, 1887, and if in his judgment the same is invalid upon any ground, that he commence suit promptly to have the same canceled or the use of the same by said Swenson or any one claiming under him perpetually enjoined. In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that paragraphs two, three, and four of Rule XXXVI, paragraph three of Rule XXXVII, and paragraph two of Rule XXXVIII be so amended that hereafter the Senate shall consider and act upon treaties and executive nominations... Letter of the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the opinion of the court dismissing the case of George E. Payne v. The United States, for want of jurisdiction. December 13, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following concurrent resolution, requesting the President of the United States to negotiate a treaty with the Emperor of China excluding Chinese from entering the United States... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Findings of fact filed by the Court of Claims January 23, 1888, in the case of Mattie S. Whitney, administratrix of Franklin S. Whitney v. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to transmit to the Senate information concerning all naval vessels, and machinery and armor for the same, and all naval ordnance and gun metal for constructing or furnishing which contracts have been made by Navy Department since March 4, 1885, as follows... In the Senate of the United States. Letter of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law of said court in a certain spoliation claim under the act approved January 20, 1885. January 23, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted by the Nevada, Eastern Oregon, and Idaho Wool Growers' Association, protesting against any reduction of the duty on wool... In the Senate of the United States. Memorial of Norvin Green, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, remonstrating against the passage of the bill for the establishment of a government system of postal telegraph. January 23, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Public Printer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Fiftieth Congress. (First session.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress by W.H. Michael, editor and compiler. First edition. Corrected to December 3, 1887. In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General is hereby directed to report to the Senate the facts attending the employment of Charles R. Westbrook as an assistant to the district attorney for the Southern District of New York... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be directed to make investigation and report to the Senate what steps have been taken by the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company, its successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the Missouri River between the Cities of Omaha, Nebr., and Council Bluffs, Iowa... Annual report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy for the year 1887. January 17, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following letter of the Secretary of State relative to the ownership of real estate in the territories. (To accompany Bill S. 1029.) In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Petition of W.C. Reed, asking relief for damages and loss of property growing out of a violation of treaty obligations with the United States by the Japanese government... In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Annual report of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument. In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Central American Transit Company claiming the exclusive right of transit over the proposed route of the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua, and asking that its claim be investigated by Congress... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 6, 1888, a statement relative to the public school buildings rented by the district... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations on resolution submitted in executive session, December 19, 1887, calling for copies of official correspondence concerning the ratification of the treaty between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands, from which the injunction of secrecy was removed... In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance a statement of amounts to the credit of the Pacific railroads. February 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the resolution submitted by Mr. Harris, of February 21, 1888, reported the following amendment to the standing rules of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blackburn, from the Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the resolution submitted by him February 14, 1888, reported the following amendment to the standing rules of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following amendments to the standing rules of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the concurrent resolution submitted by Mr. Stewart, January 9, 1888, reported the following as a substitute therefor... In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Public Lands of the Senate are hereby instructed to report a bill declaring all patents on the public lands of the United States issued by the Secretary of the Interior without authority of law to be absolutely void, and requiring the Attorney General of the United States to bring suit to vacate and set aside the same. In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Hoar and referred to the Committee on Finance. March 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Petition of C.F. Hovey & Co, and others, of Boston, Mass., for the passage of an act conferring on the Court of Claims jurisdiction to hear and determine their claims for the recovery of certain taxes alleged to have been illegally assessed and collected... In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Papers relating to Bill (H.R. 1406) for the relief of the settlers on the so-called New York Indian Lands in Kansas... Letter of the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in response to Senate resolution of the 25th ultimo, transmitting certain data respecting certain work done for said district by Isaac D. Smead & Co. February 6, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. March 8, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Morrill, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to Bill (S. 1216) providing for the investment of certain funds in the Treasury... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia in response to Senate resolution of March 13, 1888, calling for information on the subject of electricity as a motive power for street cars. In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following resolution. (To accompany Bill (S. 800) for the relief of Stewart and Company.)... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Riddleberger submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that so much of Rules XXXVI, XXXVII, and XXXVIII as provide for executive sessions be suspended during the consideration of the fisheries treaty, when the same shall be reported to the Senate. In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore; referred to the Committee on Fisheries and ordered to be printed... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cullom, from the Committee-on Territories, reported the following resolutions: Resolved, that it is the sense of the Senate that new states should be admitted into the Union only upon a basis of equality with the existing states... In the Senate of the United States. Marcy 27, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Stewart; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter of Hon. J. S. Hager, giving statistics of number of arrivals and departures of Chinese at the Port of San Francisco. In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Papers relating to Bill (S. 2188) for the relief of certain merchants who paid duties on goods imported by the steamship Asia, on March 3, 1867... In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a select committee of seven senators be appointed, to be designated by the President pro tempore of the Senate, for the purpose of taking jurisdiction of and inquiring into and reporting upon claims of individuals presented to the Senate for compensation and damages sustained on account of Indian depredations. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Fiftieth Congress. December 14, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. March 10, 1888. -- Reprinted. March 26, 1888. -- Reprinted. July 12, 1888. -- Reprinted. August 2, 1888. -- Reprinted. In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the practice of the government of the United States was correct, for the first three quarters of a century of its existence, when it collected the revenues necessary to its support at the ports or other boundaries of our territory by tariff, except in cases of war or other great emergency... In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1888. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Board of Trade of Scranton, Pa., favoring the projected world's exposition in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1887, information in relation to the location of a fish-culture station in the Ozark region of southwestern Missouri. In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Petition of members of the Omaha tribe of Indians in regard to citizenship and taxation, and praying for the payment of their annuities... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawes submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to furnish the Senate with a detailed statement of the entire amount paid by the district government to Isaac D. Smead & Co., from the date they commenced work for the district to the present time... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to transmit to the Senate a statement of the changes made from the original plans of the Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and Dolphin in addition to those specified in a communication from the Navy Department to the House of Representatives of February 11, 1885... In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. December 21, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. January 30, 1888. -- Reported adversely, Committee discharged, placed on Calendar and ordered reprinted. Mr. Beck submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be, and it is hereby, directed to inquire into the advisability of reducing the rate of postage to one cent on all mail matter now known as first class... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Whereas there have been for many months serious complaints as to the inefficient character of the mail service, especially in the West and South, and the same continue, indicating that the trouble is of a permanent character... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frye submitted the following resolution: Ordered, that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized and directed to prepare for the use of the Senate a statement showing... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report by bill, or otherwise, such legislation as may be necessary to prevent the courts of the United States, in managing railroads through receivers... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Riddleberger submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the treaty between this government and that of Great Britain, now before the Senate in executive session, be considered in open session. In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Cockrell; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Petition of A.L. Gilstrap relating to a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (To accompany S.R. No. 45.)... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and ordered to be printed. Annual report of Hon. W.P. Canaday, Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate, showing property belonging to the United States in his possession on the 6th day of December, 1887... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Dawes. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard in favor of the passage of a bill for the establishment of a system of postal telegraph... Report of the Commission for the Construction of the Congressional Library Building in response to resolution of the Senate of January 4, 1888. January 9, 1888. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be directed to report to the Senate what members of the Forty-seventh Congress have furnished lists for the distribution of the Records of the Rebellion as provided by law... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Platt. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the constitutional convention of that portion of Dakota Territory lying south of the seventh standard parallel, praying the passage of a bill for its admission into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Gibson. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Louisiana remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 650) to protect the manufacture and sale of lard... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Letter of the President of the Board of Commissioners transmitting reports from the superintendents of the white and colored public schools of the District of Columbia, in response to Senate resolution of January 11, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Frye. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the American Medical Association praying certain legislation for the better protection of the health and lives of immigrants on board passenger vessels... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Call. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hon. J.M. Tolbert, of Columbia County, Fla., relative to the confirmation of titles to lands in said County of Columbia, as proposed in Senate Bill No. 239... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman; referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Petition of the widow and daughter of Dr. Charles Francis Hall, Arctic explorer, for a pension... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris submitted the following notice: I give notice that I will tomorrow move to amend Rule VII by striking out of first clause the words "the presentation of petitions and memorials," and amend clauses three and four, making one clause, to read as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris submitted the following resolution: Amend Rule 7 by striking out in first clause the words "The presentation of petitions and memorials."... In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Dolph, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of James G. Swan, assistant collector Port Townsend, Washington Territory, relative to fur seals in the waters of Alaska and in the Behring Sea. In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Edmunds and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. March 15, 1888. -- Reported, Committee discharged, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the directors of the Bennington Battle Monument Association, praying for an appropriation of twenty-two thousand dollars to complete the monument erected by said association... In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frye submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to transmit to the Senate copies of the minutes and daily protocols of the meetings of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty with Great Britain... In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Dolph submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to inform the Senate what construction is placed by the Department upon the phrase "or the waters adjacent thereto," in Section 1967 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, prohibiting the killing of fur seals upon the Islands of St. Paul and St. George... In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Whereas an almost or quite total interruption of freight traffic has occurred upon the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads, which are engaged in interstate commerce... In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is provided in Section 1846 of the Revised Statutes of the United States as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a special committee of five senators shall be appointed, to be selected by the President of the Senate, who shall inquire whether it is essential or advisable for the protection of actual settlers on the public lands of the United States in the State of Florida... In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following resolution: Whereas it has been alleged upon the floor of the Senate, by a senator from the State of Florida, that illegal and fraudulent conveyances of public lands have been made... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Chace, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Petition of two hundred and fifty-seven physicians of the District of Columbia praying for the passage of Bill (S. 1996) "To Prohibit Selling, Giving, or Furnishing Cigarettes or Tobacco in Any of Its Forms to Minors Under Sixteen Years of Age in the District of Columbia"... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Chairman of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument, transmitting certain resolutions adopted by the Commission April 18, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to send to the Senate, as soon as may be, a complete list of the laborers, skilled laborers, messengers, model attendants, and other persons below the classified service who have been appointed or employed in the Interior Department in Washington since March 4, 1885... In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spooner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to send to the Senate, at as early a date as is practicable, full information as to employes in the Customs Service at the port of New York... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the suppression of the votes of the colored citizens of Jackson, Miss., at the recent municipal election in that city, and into the alleged participation in sucn [i.e., such] suppression by the United States district attorney and by a deputy collector of internal revenue and a deputy United States marshal... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President's annual message be referred to the Committee on Finance. In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a select committee of five senators be appointed by the President of the Senate who shall be charged with the duty of inquiring into and reporting upon the relations of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians to the government of the United States, to investigate the condition of said tribes, and whether it is desirable and advisable to make the members of said tribes citizens of the United States, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. Annual report of the Librarian of Congress, exhibiting the progress of the Library during the calendar year 1887. In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents (to accompany S. 1386) and ordered to be printed. Petition of A.L. Gilstrap, praying for a modification of the patent laws for the better protection of patentees... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Pugh submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the most important and pressing duty of the present session of Congress is to revise and so amend existing internal tax and tariff laws as to reduce the annual revenues to be collected therefrom to the necessary wants of the federal government, and no more than it needs to pay its matured debts and discharge its obligations under the laws of Congress... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Whereas the Congress of the United States passed an act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Adjustment of Land Grants Made by Congress To Aid in the Construction of Railroads and for the Forfeiture of Unearned Lands, and for Other Purposes," approved March 3, 1887... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that the present area of the Coeur D'Alene Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Idaho, embraces 480,000 acres of land... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be directed to inform the Senate as to whether the military cemetery at Mound City, Kans., is under the charge of his Department, and if so, whether adequate means have been taken for its care and protection. In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to inform the Senate whether the charges made by registers and receivers of land offices for reducing to writing testimony in contested and other cases is greater than the cost of performing such service; and if so, whether, in view of the financial needs of those called on to pay these charges, the same might not properly be reduced to an amount sufficient only to cover the cost of the same. In the Senate of the United States. Memorial of ex-letter carriers of Philadelphia, Pa., praying an investigation into the alleged violation of the civil service rules, and the bad management of the post office at that place, by the postmaster, William F. Harrity. March 20, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Hale, referred to the Select Committee to Examine into the Civil Service, and ordered to be printed.	100
Serial set 2517	In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report of the Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument in relation to memorial blocks, etc. In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules be directed to arrange with D.H. Craig, of New York City, a suitable place in the Capitol building for testing his improvements in the art of telegraphy... In the Senate of the United States. August 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to furnish the Senate a statement of the amount deposited with each national banking association holding public money on the 1st day of August, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to transmit to the Senate a schedule of all claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury... In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to report to the Senate whether silver-lead ores are being imported from any foreign country into the United States... In the Senate of the United States. September 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged in the public press and elsewhere that the presentation of bills to the President of the United States which have passed both Houses of Congress, been duly enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, is frequently delayed for several days, and sometimes for weeks, by the Committee on Enrolled Bills of the House... Hearing before the Committee on Woman Suffrage, United States Senate, April 2, 1888. In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to send to the Senate, at as early a date as is practicable, copies of all testimony of letter carriers in the New York post office taken by Henry Rogers, post office inspector, or by his direction, on or about July 12, 1886... In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the third paragraph of Rule XVI be suspended, so that it shall be in order to propose the amendment hereinafter set forth to the Bill (H.R. 9377) making appropriations... In the Senate of the United States. June 5, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Conclusions of fact and law on certain spoliation claims transmitted by the Court of Claims under the act approved January 20, 1885... In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1888. -- Resolved, that the Committee on Education and Labor be authorized to employ a stenographer for the purpose of reporting the hearings before it upon the Sunday observance petitions and the proposed prohibition Constitutional amendment, who shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, and to have the reports of said hearings printed for the use of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings and conclusions of Court of Claims in the matter of the Brig Sally spoliation claim... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to send to the Senate, at as early a date as practicable, full information as to employes in the post office at Baltimore... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to send to the Senate, at as early a date as is practicable, full information as to employes in the Customs Service at the port of Baltimore, in the offices of the collector, the naval officer, surveyor, and appraisers at said port; all of said information, as hereinafter detailed, to cover the time between March 4, 1885, and April 30, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Director of the Mint, transmitting statistics relative to circular values of foreign silver coins, in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. September 27, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Epidemic Diseases are hereby instructed to consider and report before the adjournment of this session of Congress, by bill or otherwise, such additional legislation as may be necessary or useful to prevent the importation of contagious or infectious disease from foreign countries on the coasts and boundaries of the United States... In the Senate of the United States. September 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following resolution: Ordered, that the President of the Senate be directed to withhold the transmission to the House of Representatives of the act H.R. No. 11336, entitled "An Act To Prohibit the Coming of Chinese Laborers to the United States," until the further direction of the Senate. In the Senate of the United States. September 21, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Edmunds, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Mrs. Angie F. Newman, remonstrating against the admission of Utah Territory into the Union as a state so long as the administration of the affairs of that territory continues in the hands of the Mormon priesthood... In the Senate of the United States. October 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that an order has been issued from the War Department in form and terms as follows... In the Senate of the United States. October 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Pasco to resolution submitted by Mr. Call September 27, 1888 (see Mis. Doc. 203). Add the following: Resolved, that the committee do further inquire into the introduction of yellow fever into the United States during the present year and ascertain, if possible, by what means and through what avenues... In the Senate of the United States. October 2, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the District of Columbia be, and hereby is, instructed to inquire whether or not a private dwelling is being erected in Washington on public land, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and M Street, facing Thomas Circle... In the Senate of the United States. October 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be directed to inform the Senate whether or not during the present year there have come to the knowledge of the Department of Justice any violations by officers of the United States or other persons of sections 11 and 14 of the act of January 16, 1883... In the Senate of the United States. October 8, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested to communicate to the Senate any knowledge or information in his possession or in the possession of the Department of State relating to the case of one Louis Riel, otherwise Louis David Riel, who was hanged for the alleged crime of treason by the authorities of the Dominion of Canada on or about the 16th day of November, 1885, notwithstanding that he was recommended to mercy by the jury who convicted him, doubts being alleged of his sanity, with other mitigating circumstances... In the Senate of the United States. October 17 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that at 1 o'clock p.m. on Saturday, the 20th day of October instant, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourn their respective Houses to meet on Monday, the 19th day of November next, at 12 o'clock p.m. In the Senate of the United States. October 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be authorized and directed to continue, during the recess of Congress, the investigation of such revenue matters, including House Bill 9051, as have been referred to it by resolutions of the Senate, subject to the authority conferred by said resolutions. In the Senate of the United States. October 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is reported that the Secretary of the Interior has purchased a large number of wagons for the Indian service that were manufactured with prison labor in the State of Tennessee, thus putting the honest labor of the country in competition with such prison labor... In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1888. -- Injunction of secrecy removed and ordered to be printed. May 7, 1888. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report (Executive No. 3) on the treaty (Ex. M.) between the United States and Great Britain, concerning the interpretation of the Convention of October 20, 1818, signed at Washington February 15, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Allison and ordered to be printed. Letters of the Secretary of War, addressed to Hon. William H. Allison, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, inclosing copies of papers in regard to extending the limits on the south side of the West Point military reservation. In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spooner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate copies of all correspondence, statements of accounts, and inclosures which, during the incumbency of the Office of First Comptroller of the Treasury by the present occupant... In the Senate of the United States. June 6, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that subdivision three of Rule XVI be suspended so that the amendment hereinafter set out shall be in order to House Bill 9377, making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending with June 30, 1889... In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Letter of Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting conclusions in regard to French spoliation claim of brig George Washington... In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolutions: Whereas in the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations on the treaty now pending in the Senate between the United States and Great Britain concerning the interpretation of the Convention of October 20, 1818... In the Senate of the United States. May 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General of the United States is hereby directed to report to the Senate whether Anastasia Island, near Saint Augustine, Florida, is the property of the United States... In the Senate of the United States. May 31, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Mitchell and ordered to be printed. Letter of Admiral David D. Porter, U.S. Navy, addressed to Hon. John H. Mitchell, U.S. Senate, relative to site for naval station on the Pacific coast. In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Hawley, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. District of Columbia. One commissioner, in lieu of three, recommended. -- A council of fifteen citizens, to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, proposed -- The council to submit estimates to Congress for street and other improvements, and to enact minor municipal ordinances... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate with a full statement of all offers of bonds for sale to the government since April 1, 1888, with dates of offers, amounts of bonds offered, premiums asked, and names of parties offering bonds... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Spooner, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Petition for an investigation, etc., into the affairs of the Water Department of the District of Columbia... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Teller. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial in behalf of certain Cherokee Indians... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- In pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of June 6, 1888, Mr. Frye presented a report from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Committee on Commerce, relative to the proposed changes in the bridge across the Arthur Kill... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, presented a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to him as Chairman of said Committee, transmitting a report of the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing relative to the printing of government securities... In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the third paragraph of Rule XVI be suspended, so that it shall be in order to propose the amendment hereinafter set forth to the Bill (H.R. 9377) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889... In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1888. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following concurrent resolution to invite international arbitration as to differences between nations. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President be, and is hereby, requested to invite, from time to time as fit occasions may arise, negotiations with any government... In the Senate of the United States. June 14, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested to send to the Senate, if it is not incompatible with the public interests... In the Senate of the United States. June 14, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Plumb, referred to the Committee on Improvement of the Mississippi River, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Cowdon, calling attention to the work of the Mississippi River Commission from Memphis to New Orleans. In the Senate of the United States. June 14, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed, to accompany an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reports letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting message of the President of Mexico to the Congress of that country, in regard to the relocation of the boundary line, as provided by treaty of July 29, 1882. In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. International arbitration... In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the conclusions of fact and law by the court in the spoliation claim of the schooner Mary, John Douglass, master... In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the United States Civil Service Commission, transmitting list of appointments to Patent Office. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Gibson, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Emilie M. Ferriere, widow of Louis L. Ferriere, deceased, asking that a claim for property taken from her deceased husband be referred to the Court of Claims. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting conclusions of fact and law in the matter of the brig Sally. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting conclusions of fact and law in matter of the sloop Farmer. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting conclusions of fact and law in the matter of the ship Speculator. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting conclusions of fact and law in the matter of the schooner Elizabeth. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate of the United States (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States be requested to return to the Senate Senate Bill 2929, "To Authorize the Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway Company To Construct and Operate a Railway, Telegraph, and Telephone Line Through the Indian Territory..." In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Vest; ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Petitions of merchants' exchanges of Saint Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Tampa for an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Tampa Bay, Florida. In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Dawes, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of C. Brownell, praying for the passage of Senate Bill No. 2722, creating and establishing United States courts in the Indian Territory. In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Civil Service Commissioners be, and they are hereby, directed to send forthwith to the Senate the information relating to certifications and appointments in the classified service in Washington called for by a resolution of the Senate adopted May 1, 1888. In the Senate of the United States. July 19, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution. (As a substitute for resolution (Mis. Doc. No. 134) submitted by him June 12, 1888.) Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be instructed to inquire (1) into the facts of the recent election in the State of Louisiana... In the Senate of the United States, in open executive session. July 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the power to make treaties and to appoint all high public officers of the United States, being vested in the President and Senate jointly... In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Chandler to accompany amendment to H.R. 10556, making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, and ordered to be printed. Torpedoes, torpedo vessels, and torpedo warfare. Paper prepared by Lieut. W.H. Jaques, late of the U.S. Navy, and member of the Gun Foundry Board... In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of Education transmitting a resolution adopted by the National Educational Association of the United States for a suitable building for the use of the Bureau of Education... In the Senate of the United States. July 26, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia (in response to resolution of July 23, 1888) on the balance due John F. Cook. In the Senate of the United States. July 27, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Plumb, referred to the Committee on Coast Defenses, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Norman Wiard. In the Senate of the United States. July 27, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted by the conference of wool manufacturers, wool growers, and wool dealers, at Washington, D.C., January 14, 1888... In the Senate of the United States. July 27, 1888. -- Reported by Mr. Evarts from the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Report as to the expediency of a repository or department of historical manuscripts in the Congressional Library. In the Senate of the United States. August 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be, and is hereby, authorized and required to inquire into the truth of the alleged combination or pool of the producers of cotton bagging... In the Senate of the United States. August 10, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General of the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate copies of all correspondence and communications passing between the Department of Justice, or any officer thereof, and any officer under the government of the United States in the State of New York... In the Senate of the United States. August 10, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Select Committee To Examine into the Condition of the Civil Service, and ordered to be printed. Appointments to positions within the classified service at Washington since March 4, 1885, under certification by the Civil Service Commission. In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is provided in the treaty with the Puyallup and other tribes of Indians, ratified by the Senate on the 3d day of March, 1855, that the whole, or any portion of certain specified lands reserved to such tribe of Indians by said treaty may... In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be, and it hereby is, instructed to inquire into the matter of deposits in the late Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company of Washington... In the Senate of the United States. August 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spooner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish to the Senate at the earliest practicable date a list of the claims for commissary and quartermaster's supplies and stores... In the Senate of the United States. August 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evarts, from the Joint Committee on the Library, reported the following resolution: Whereas the Italians, residents of the City of Washington and citizens of the United States, have, through the president of the society for a monument to Garibaldi, presented to the United States a life-size marble bust of that great patriot and distinguished representative citizen of Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi... In the Senate of the United States. August 6, 1888. -- Submitted by Mr. Plumb and ordered to be printed. August 20, 1888. -- Considered and agreed to. August 20, 1888. -- Motion to reconsider entered. August 30, 1888. -- Reconsidered and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. September 6, 1888. -- Reported by Mr. Chace with amendments, viz: Omit the part in brackets and insert the parts printed in italics. Resolved, that the Postmaster General be directed to report to the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a special committee of five senators shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to examine fully all questions touching the meat product of the United States; and especially as to the transportation of beef and beef cattle, and the sale of the same in the cattle markets, stockyards, and cities... In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, presented three communications from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia relative to the rules and regulations concerning projections from buildings and carriageways across sidewalks in said district... In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that paragraph 3 of Rule 16 be amended by adding thereto the following: "Whenever any general appropriation bill, originating in the House of Representatives, shall be under consideration..." In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, directed to answer, without unnecessary delay, the resolution of the Senate of the 26th day of March, 1888, calling for information with regard to suits authorized by the Department of Justice to vacate land patents issued by the United States... In the Senate of the United States. May 31, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bate, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following resolution. (To accompany Report No. 1452.) Resolved, that the claim of W.J. Moberly... In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following motion to suspend the rules... In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. In response to resolution of the Senate of June 4, 1888, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia submit an estimate of the cost of extending the concrete pavement... In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the credentials which have been presented to the Senate purporting to show the election on the 22d day of May, 1888, by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, of Randall Lee Gibson as United States senator from said state for the term of six years from the 4th day of March, 1889... In the Senate of the United States. July 10, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Plumb, referred to the Committee on Improvement of the Mississippi River, etc., and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Cowdon on the improvement of the Mississippi River and tributaries since 1830. In the Senate of the United States. July 25, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cullom submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is publicly announced that the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway Company, a line running from Minneapolis to Sault Ste. Marie, has passed under the control and ownership of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, or to the directors of said Canadian Pacific Railway Company, acting for and in its interest... In the Senate of the United States. July 28, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Municipal election at Jackson, Miss. In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Evarts, from the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. George F. Edmunds, inclosing copies of dispatches relative to the seizure of the vessels of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company in 1871. In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in response to Senate resolution of July 28, 1888, requesting them to inform the Senate whether they contemplate diverting part of the grounds of the Wallach School lot to other than school purposes. In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to furnish the Senate with a list of canceled desert-land applications, with the names of the applicants and the amounts paid to the United States on such applications... In the Senate of the United States. August 2, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that until otherwise ordered the hour for the daily meeting of the Senate shall be 11 o'clock a.m. In the Senate of the United States. August 2, 1888. -- Ordered to be placed on the files of the Senate and printed. Credentials of Hon. Jonathan Chace, a senator-elect from the State of Rhode Island. In the Senate of the United States. August 21, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to inquire and report to the Senate at its next session the extent to which the diversion of the waters of the Platte and Arkansas Rivers and their tributaries in Colorado for irrigation... In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. McPherson and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. August 21, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of James R. Haskell relating to armament of fortifications and the use of dynamite projectiles in multicharge guns. In the Senate of the United States. August 22, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that hereafter, and until otherwise ordered, the daily sessions of the Senate shall commence at 12 o'clock meridian... In the Senate of the United States. August 22, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate copies of all official correspondence between his Department and the minister resident and consul general of the United States at Seoul, Corea... In the Senate of the United States. Letter of the Commissioner of Patents in response to Senate resolution of August 2, 1888, directing him to communicate the names of all persons who had money on deposit with Levi Bacon, financial clerk of the Patent Office, in what was called the "Attorneys' Fund," at the time of the death of said Bacon, in 1887. August 22, 1888 -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. August 23, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate without delay with copies of all reports... In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1888. -- Submitted by Mr. Hoar and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 9, 1888. -- Reported adversely by Mr. Sherman and placed on the Calendar. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that when the proposed treaty with Great Britain shall be under consideration the stenographic reporter shall be admitted and shall report the debates and proceedings which may thereafter be made public if a majority of the Senate shall so order, except such portions thereof as it shall determine that the public interest requires shall be kept secret... In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate with a statement of the amount of silver bullion offered to the government each month since the passage of the act of February 28, 1878, under the provisions of said act, and by whom, and at what prices... In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Hoar, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of George Ticknor Curtis, remonstrating against any action on the part of Congress respecting the awards made against the government of Mexico to Benjamin Weil and the La Abra Silver Mining Company... In the Senate of the United States. August 30, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cullom submitted the following resolution: Whereas the President of the United States in his message of August 23, 1888, concerning our relations with Canada, advises Congress that article XXIX of the Treaty of Washington, which provided for the transit of goods... In the Senate of the United States. August 31, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of W.B. Webb, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting the annual report of Henry R. Miles, superintendent of the telegraph and telephone service, for the year ending June 30, 1888. In the Senate of the United States. September 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service be instructed to inquire whether employes of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. September 6, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the attention of the President be respectfully called to the resolution of the Senate adopted August 28 ultimo... In the Senate of the United States. September 17, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Foreign Relations be directed to inquire into and report at the next session of Congress the state of the relations of the United States with Great Britain and the Dominion of Canada... In the Senate of the United States. September 13, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be, and is hereby, instructed to inquire whether a foreign syndicate, combination, or trust controls the production of copper in the United States... In the Senate of the United States. September 5, 1888. -- Submitted by Mr. Stewart and referred to the Committee To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. September 14, 1888. -- Reported by Mr. Jones, of Nevada, without amendment. Resolved, that a committee of five members of the Senate be appointed by the presiding officer for the purpose of investigating: 1. Whether there has been any improper use of the moneys appropriated by Congress for the purpose of protecting timber on the public lands... In the Senate of the United States. August 24, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested...to communicate to the Senate copies of all communications, if any, addressed by his direction to the government of Great Britain... In the Senate of the United States. August 27, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Allison and ordered to be printed. Conference report. The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on certain amendments of the Senate to the Bill (H.R. 10540) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows... In the Senate of the United States. August 29, 1888. -- Presented by the President pro tempore, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of W.B. Webb, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting reports of the Engineer Commissioner on the subject of overhead and underground electric wires. In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate Bill No. 2916, to define the routes of steam railroads in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, and all amendments thereto, together with the substitute proposed, and Senate Bill No. 2615, to authorize the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company to acquire and use real estate for railway purposes in the District of Columbia, with all amendments proposed thereto, be recommitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia, with instructions to report a bill... In the Senate of the United States. August 28, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate without delay with a statement of what disposition has been made of the following items of appropriation in the acts of August 4, 1886, and March 3, 1887... In the Senate of the United States. September 3, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Farwell, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported adversely the following resolution. (Report No. 2142.) Resolved, that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to revoke any permit granted for the erection of overhead electric wires.	111