Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 670 Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the states bordering on the Pacific. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land to Wakulla County, to enable the people of that county to purchase a county site and erect a court-house. January 24, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear River. February 7, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Petition of the President of the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of that road. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Seventh annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution during the year 1852, and the proceedings of the Board of Regents up to date. [Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the annual report of the Board of Regents. March 1, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.]
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a change in the mail route from Tampa to Fort Mellon, and the establishment of a mail route, by water, from Tampa to Old Tampa Bay. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida in favor of the removal of obstructions at the bar of Volusia, on Lake George, Florida. January 3, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a land office at Tampa, in that state. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a port of delivery at Bayport, in that state. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 4, 1852. January, 3, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an appropriation of land for a geological survey of the state. January 3, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in his office during the year 1852. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the amount paid for documents, books, and maps printed or purchased for distribution by order of the Senate since the 1st May, 1832. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the claim of James M. Bates. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of Palatka as a port of delivery. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land to Sumpter County, for the purpose of building a courthouse. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the appointment of an agent to examine the archives of Cuba, and copy all manuscripts relating to the early history of Florida or any other state of the Union. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Dixon to report the Joint Resolution (S. 69) declaratory of the views of the United States respecting colonization on the North American continent by European powers...
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, relative to the selection of school lands in fractional sections. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Van Buren, in that state, to Springfield, Missouri. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an extension of the Champagnole land district. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an appropriation for removing the obstructions to navigation in the St. Francis River. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the payment of the net proceeds of the sale of lands within that state, in accordance with the compact between the state and the general government. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the erection of light-houses at certain places on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an additional donation of public land to the University of Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Petition of Philip Gormley, a contractor for hauling stone for the addition to the Capitol, representing that he has been defrauded by Samuel Strong, the late superintendent of the work, and praying indemnity. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Frauds, &c., and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the sale of so much of the public lands contiguous to the Navy yard at Pensacola as may not be necessary for the public use. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the removal of the obstructions to navigation in the Ocklawaha River. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the erection of a marine hospital at or near Smithville or Wilmington, in that state, and the abolition of the duty on railroad iron. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that so much as relates to the marine hospital be referred to the Committee on Commerce, and so much as relates to railroad iron to the Committee on Finance.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Thomasville, in Georgia, to Alligator, in Florida. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail between Appalachilola, Florida, and Bainbridge, Georgia. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the legislature of Florida, asking permission to use the United States arsenal in Gadsden County as a depository for the arms belonging to the state. February 17, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, declaring that the state is bound to enforce her rights, under the treaty of Payne's Landing, by expelling the Seminole Indians. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Francis W. Rice, late United States consul at Acapulco, in Mexico, relative to the outrages committed upon him and other American citizens by the Mexican authorities. February 4, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting land to heads of families. February 10, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying that the proposed railroad to the Pacific may pass through that territory, and that a line of telegraphs may be established in connexion with it. February 10, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the survey of the line of the half-breed tract in Lee County. February 11, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the granting of land to the state for railroads, and other purposes. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, on stipulated arbitration as a substitute for war. February 15, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relating to the reciprocity of trade between the United States and the Canadian provinces. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a grant of land to indemnify the state for loss sustained by the failure of the title to a portion of the lands granted to the state for a seminary of learning. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a liberal appropriation for the improvement of Michigan City harbor. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a grant of the right of way to New Albany and Salem Railroad Company, and to other railroad companies. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana side of the river. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to navigation in Yellow River. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of Shoal River. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 13, 1852.
Statement by the Secretary of the Senate of the sums paid under the resolutions of the Senate of August 30, 1852. Prepared and printed by order of the Senate.
Petition of Selina C. Sumner, praying a gratuity in consideration of the discovery by her husband, Thomas H. Sumner, of a new method of finding a ship's position at sea. December 14, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. December 16, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the State of Georgia, in behalf of herself and the State of Alabama, praying indemnity for damages committed upon the citizens of those states by the Creek Indians in 1836-'37. December 20, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of a committee appointed at a railroad convention, held at Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 4th of July, 1852, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. December 27, 1852. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of a grant of land for the establishment of institutions for the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind of that state. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
53
Serial set 671 In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report. The Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of so regulating the emoluments of persons employed by the Senate, as to provide such a regular compensation for them as may be sufficient without the extra allowances which it has been usual to give them...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 589.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary C. Hamilton, widow of Captain Fowler Hamilton, late of the United States Army, for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. January 20, 1853. -- Motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. January 21, 1853. -- Report in favor of printing made and concurred in. Mr. Badger made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred sundry petitions praying Congress to abolish the office of chaplain...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain additional documents and papers in relation to the claim of Hugh W. Dobbin, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ann Dudley, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 629.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Joyner...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Harriet O. Read, executrix of the late Lieutenant Colonel A.C.W. Fanning, of the United States Army, make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 634.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Gusman, praying the confirmation of a certain land claim, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the American Peace Society, signed by its principal officers, and various other memorials, numerously signed, from many states of the Union, praying for the adoption of measures to avert the evils of war, and suggesting the propriety of "securing in our treaties with other nations a provision for referring to the decision of umpires all misunderstandings that cannot be satisfactorily adjusted by amicable negotiation," have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 641.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Elias P. West, praying compensation for his services as United States District Attorney, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom the memorial of J. Thomas, proprietor of the Irving Hotel, in the City of Washington, was referred, report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. James made the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the memorial of Levi L. Hill, in reference to his alleged discovery in heliochrome, or sun-painting, -- so denominated by said Hill -- ask leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 645.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. A. Burt, report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 646.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of David Herrick and others, citizens of Brooklin and Sedgwick, Maine, praying that fishing bounty may be allowed to the owners of the schooner Union, report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the mode in which the Marine Corps is supplied with clothing, arms, subsistence, &c., and also to inquire into the expediency of a thorough reorganization of said Corps, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith made the following report: (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the court of inquiry in relation to the loss of the United States steamer Edith, charges of Lieutenant Craven against Commodore Jones, correspondence in relation to the erection of a steam saw-mill at San Francisco, Commodore Jones's charges against Lieutenant Craven, and correspondence in relation to the appointment and transportation of Lieutenant Meade, and other officers, for the steamer Edith, from Boston to the Pacific, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 574.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having had under consideration the organization of the naval establishment of the United States, and the Navy Department, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 575.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Interior on certain private land claims within the Bastrop grant in Louisiana, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 576.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Sylvanus Culver, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of David W. Alexander, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the several memorials of Captain William Waldo, and of a committee of citizens of the City of Sacramento...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. The committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Gray, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas M. Iardella, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A.W. Denham, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents and papers relating to the claim of Aaron H. Hoyt to a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain papers relating to the claim of Jacob Cole to arrears of pension alleged to be due his father, on account of services during the War of the Revolution, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents or papers relating to the services of John Walker in the War of 1812, and to his claim to a pension and bounty land, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 585.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrators of John Anderson, together with the papers on file in the case, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Badger made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 71.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of L.E.L.A. Lawson, sole surviving child and heiress of General Eleazer [i.e., Eleazar] W. Ripley...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the President's message of the 18th January, 1853, in relation to the Seminole Indians in Florida, and their refusal to abide by the treaty for their removal west of the Mississippi, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Badger made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 590.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Stearns, praying to be allowed indemnity for expenses incurred by him in defending his title to certain lots of ground claimed by the United States, and for expenses incurred in two criminal prosecutions brought against him by the United States authorities at Springfield -- one for riot and one for malicious trespass on the lands of the United States -- have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the memorials of citizens of Lee County, in the State of Iowa, praying the appointment of a commissioner to examine and settle all claims for land in the Sac and Fox half-breed reservations, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 592.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Mitchell for pay and bounty land as a soldier in the last war with Great Britain, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 593.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, of January 23, 1851, "relative to the pension of Silas Messenger," report...
In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Charlton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 597.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Mary Perry, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 600.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Foster and others, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 601.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents and papers in support of the claims of Moses Olmstead to a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Allen, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Roger Pinckney and Susannah Hayne Pinckney, heirs at law of Richard Shubrick, deceased, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Scruggs for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abner Hancock, asking that his pension may commence "from the date of his disability," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Louisa E. Merrill, praying a renewal of her pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Corrigan, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jabez Rogers, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 604.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Selina Sumner, wife of Thos. H. Sumner, late a master mariner, having considered the facts alleged, and the proofs adduced in support thereof, report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 605.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Brognard, with the accompanying documents...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Nancy Whiting, widow of Henry Whiting, an officer in the Army during the last war with Great Britain, praying a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rhoda Frisbee, with accompanying documents, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna Norton and Louis Foskit, heirs of Zephaniah Ross, deceased, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The select committee to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, under date of January 12, 1853, upon the subject of the Mexican boundary, beg leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of James Robertson, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 611.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amos Knapp, praying that the pension allowed to him by the act for his relief approved the 12th of July, 1852, may be made to commence on the 3d of April, 1848, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 614.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram O. Alden and James Eddy, asking for the right of way for a telegraph to the Pacific, and a grant of land in aid of the construction of such telegraph, having considered the same, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 615.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.H. Henderson and the heirs of Robert Henderson, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 616.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah Lawrence, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Mason made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 4th January...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 621.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albert G. Howell, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 623.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William B. Scott, late Navy agent, praying the settlement of his accounts upon the principles of equity and justice, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom it was referred to inquire into and report to the Senate, "what sum, if any, is equitably and justly due from the United States to the Menomonee tribe of Indians; and on what terms and conditions, and in what manner, such sum should be paid to said Indians," have had the inquiry under consideration, and now ask leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 625.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the claims of Joseph Nock for damages arising from the annulment of his contract for supplying the Post Office Department with mail locks and keys, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Foot made the following report. The Select Committee to whom was referred the petition of James S. French, asking an appropriation of Congress for the purpose of testing the practical value of a new plan of railroad and locomotive-engine...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 628.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Varn, sen., report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 78.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Ritchie for relief on his contract as assignee of W.M. Belt, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Tell Zollickoffer for arrears of pensions, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor Adam Hays for arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Elisha Putnam, praying payment of arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred numerous petitions praying for the adoption of such measures as may secure to our citizens resident in foreign countries the right freely and openly to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry M. Rice, praying remuneration for expenses incurred in subsisting certain Winnebago Indians, and in preventing them from returning to the State of Wisconsin and Iowa, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Edwin James, Sr., and Edwin James, Jr., praying compensation for loss sustained by the abrogation of contracts for certain public surveys, respectfully report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1852. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 564.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. McElderry, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1852. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John W. Phillips, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1852. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 567.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the claims of Maine and Massachusetts to indemnity for lands conveyed by said states to enable the government of the United States to fulfil stipulations in the Treaty of Washington...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1852. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564 [i.e., 569.] The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Morris, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report. (To accompany an amendment intended to be proposed to the act (H.R. 336) "Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year Ending June 30, 1854.") The select committee, to which were referred the various memorials in regard to the discovery of the means by which the human body is rendered uniformly and safely insensible to pain under surgical operations, has had the subject under consideration, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 647.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, report...
75
Serial set 672 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Thirty-second Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1852; and in the seventy-seventh year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 673 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 6, 1852. -- Read. December 7, 1852. -- Ordered, that the message be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and printed; and that 15,000 extra copies, with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the House. Volume I. Part I. 1
Serial set 674 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 6, 1852. -- Read. December 7, 1852. -- Ordered, that the message be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and printed; and that 15,000 extra copies, with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the House. Volume I. Part II. 1
Serial set 675 Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1854. December 10, 1852.
American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of American seamen. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates -- Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the Indian service, &c. December 23, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates, &c., for continuing river and harbor improvements. December 23, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the 3d and 4th quarters of 1851, and 1st and 2d quarters of 1852. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
5
Serial set 676 Schooner Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Spanish minister relative to the case of the Amistad. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates P.O. Department -- explanation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Auditor of the Post Office Department, in explanation of estimates heretofore submitted. January 5, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Additional estimate -- Navy hospital, Norfolk. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the Chief of the Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks, asking an additional estimate for the Navy hospital at Norfolk. December 30, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Willard Richards, Acting Secretary of Utah. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Comptroller recommending an appropriation for the payment of Willard Richards, while acting as Secretary of Utah. January 5, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Balances. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of accounts, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks and other employees of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting list of clerks, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Midshipmen. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the number of midshipmen to each state, &c. January 14, 1853. --Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Estimate -- Congressional Library. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate to cover deficiency in the appropriation for repairing the Congressional Library. January 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the Indians remaining in Florida. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts for 1852. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Reports of Surveyors General of California and Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting annual reports of the Surveyors General of California and Oregon. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered, that there be printed for the use of the Commissioner of the General Land Office 1,000 copies of the supplement to the annual report of said Commissioner for the year 1852-'53.
Finances. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered, that 13,000 extra copies of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, and 2,000 copies of the portion of it relating exclusively to the fisheries, be printed separately, for the use of the House.
Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations and balances. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of the Navy Pension Fund. December 30, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
17
Serial set 677 Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of contracts entered into by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and an abstract of offers to furnish articles under the cognizance of that Bureau. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims on Spain -- barque " Georgiana" and brig "Susan Loud." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in reference to the claims on Spain in the cases of barque "Georgiana" and brig "Susan Loud." January 21, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts for receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement in reference to the national armories. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Custom-house officers -- additional pay. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to claims of Custom-house officers for additional pay. January 25, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Heirs of Lieutenant Browning. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in reference to the claim of the heirs of Lieutenant Browning. January 25, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Balances -- officers of the Customs. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Customs, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Weighers and gaugers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications respecting the compensation of weighers and gaugers. February 1, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register. February 1, 1853. Ordered to be printed.
Contingencies War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of expenditures for contingencies of the War Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks of the War Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contingencies -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the Navy Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pay of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting tabular statements showing the pay and allowances of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, &c. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statement of balances, &c. February 2, 1853. Ordered to be printed.
Minnesota -- expenses of Legislative Assembly. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of expenses of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota. February 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. February 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fisheries and commercial reciprocity with Canada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the subject of the fisheries and commercial reciprocity with Canada. February 8, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Penitentiary, D.C. -- report of Inspectors. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
19
Serial set 678 Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenants United States Navy. Volume V. Part I. By Lieut. Herndon. 1
Serial set 679 Revenue cutter on Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the building a revenue cutter for the Pacific coast. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Estimates for salaries of inspectors of steamboats. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of appropriations for salaries of supervising and local inspectors of passenger steamboats. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Contingent fund of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for that Department. February 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting lists of the clerks and others employed in the Department of the Interior. February 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Cape Vincent harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Topographical Bureau in reference to the harbor of Cape Vincent. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Army Register for year ending June, 1850. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting transcript of the official Army Register for the year ending June 30, 1850. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army Register for year ending June 30, 1852. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register for the year ending 30th June, 1852. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the Navy Register for 1853. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Receipts and disbursements -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Navy steamers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information respecting Navy steamers built since 1835. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting list of clerks. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Inter-oceanic canal -- Nicaragua route. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the inter-oceanic canal by the Nicaragua route. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting lists of clerks, &c. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting tabular statements showing the number, &c., of passengers who arrived in the United States during the last year. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
State Department -- contingent expenses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of contingent expenses of the State Department, statement of balances, &c. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Marine Hospital Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army Register for year ending June 30, 1851. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the official Army Register for the year ending 30th June, 1851. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Militia of the States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstract of returns of the militia of all the states. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Chickasaw trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the Chickasaw trust funds. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed
19
Serial set 680 Mail contracts, etc. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of mail contracts, &c. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 681 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1852. Volume VIII. 1
Serial set 682 Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting his annual report. March 2, 1853. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered that 110,000 extra copies of the agricultural, and 60,000 extra of the mechanical part, be printed; 10,000 of each of which are for the use of the Patent Office. 1
Serial set 683 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Volume IX. Part II. Agriculture. 1
Serial set 684-1 Banks in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the condition of the banks throughout the Union. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting lists of clerks, &c. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Charles F. Sibbald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in the case of Charles F. Sibbald. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Court-martial -- Fabius Stanly. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the record of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant Fabius Stanly, together with correspondence relating thereto. Ordered to be printed.
4
Serial set 684-2 Commerce and navigation. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1852. January 1, 1853. 1
Serial set 685 Distribution of the public lands. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York correcting an error made in the engrossing of a resolution presented at the last session to the House of Representatives of the United States, relative to the distribution of public lands. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Employees in House of Representatives, Capitol, and on public grounds, &c. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks, and other employees, &c. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, transmitting copy of contracts. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Thos. Ap C. Jones, U.S.N. Letter from Commodore Thos. Ap C. Jones, transmitting sundry papers in refutation of certain allegations made against him; also a communication from the Hon. Edward Stanly, in connexion with the same subject. February 22, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, U.S., in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. May 20, 1853.
Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting his annual report. February 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Books for members. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in reference to books furnished members of the House of Representatives. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Civil and diplomatic. (To accompany Bill H.R. 337.) Communications addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, in reference to items of appropriation in the general appropriation bill.
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House, &c. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the naval service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 342.) Communications addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of appropriations for the naval service. January 7, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Balances carried to the surplus fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of balances, &c. January 12, 1853.
Clerks and other employees of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of clerks, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Muscogee or Creek Indians. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in reference to the affairs of the Creek Indians. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mouth of Cape Fear River. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking an appropriation for deepening the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear River. January 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Public printing. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, submitting estimates, &c. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Railroad -- Burlington and Keokuk to Missouri River. Joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Iowa, asking a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Burlington and Keokuk to the Missouri River. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Railroad from Davenport to the Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, asking a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Davenport to the Missouri River, in said state. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Military posts on Kansas and Upper Minnesota Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of estimates for posts at the Republican Fork of Kansas River, and on Upper Minnesota River. January 26, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mail ocean steamers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 349.) Letters addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, transmitting statements of revenue derived from ocean mail steamers. January 27, 1853. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union.
Estimates for paper, &c. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, transmitting estimates for paper, &c. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Reciprocity of trade with Canada. Letter from the Governor of Vermont, transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that state on the subject of reciprocal trade with the British North American colonies. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Distribution of lands to actual settlers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking a distribution of the public lands to actual settlers. December 13, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Deficiencies -- contingent fund House of Reps. (To accompany Bill H.R. 335.) Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting estimate for contingencies of the House of Representatives. December 23, 1852.
23
Serial set 686 The seventh census of the United States: 1850. 1
Serial set 687 Seventh census -- printing and binding. (To accompany J.R. No. 31.) February 3, 1853.
Light-houses, buoys, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) February 18, 1853.
Deficiencies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) February 19, 1853. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
Judge John C. Watrous, of Texas. February 28, 1853. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
E.G. Chambers et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 352.) February 1, 1852 [1853].
Reciprocal trade with the British North American colonies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) February 11, 1853.
The Gardiner investigation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 326.) October 7, 1852. -- Filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 7, 1852. -- Ordered that the report and evidence be printed.
7
Serial set 688 List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the special session of the Senate. March 8, 1853.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain papers in relation to the Mexican Boundary Commission. March 22, 1853. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. March 23, 1853. -- Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further correspondence between the minister of the United States at Paris and the Department of State, concerning the revolution in France of December, 1851. March 22, 1853. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the imprisonment of James H. West, a citizen of the United States, and the seizure of his property by the authorities of Cuba. March 9, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Documents relative to an outrage alleged to have been committed on James H. West, a citizen of the United States, by the authorities of the island of Cuba. March 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th January, 1853, in relation to the fisheries on the coasts of the British North American provinces. March 8, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. March 14, 1853. -- Ordered, that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Report of the Postmaster General, communicating in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a contract with Messrs. Ramsey and Carmick, for the transportation of the mails to San Francisco. March 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the contract with Howland & Aspinwall for supplying the Japan Squadron with coal. March 14, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the correspondence between the Department of the Interior and the Indian agents and commissioners in California. March 17, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. March 23, 1853. -- Ordered that 2,00 extra copies be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. The select committee appointed by the Senate under the resolution of the 6th August, 1852, in the following words: "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President of the Senate to inquire into abuses, bribery, or fraud, in the prosecution of claims before Congress..."
In Senate of the United States. In executive session, March 23, 1853. Ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following, and that the same be printed for the use of the Senate.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report in relation to the construction of a light-house on the New South Shoal off Nantucket. April 19, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. March 23, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. April 4, 1853. -- Ordered that 100 additional copies be printed for Major Bache.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Gilbert Rodman, esq., upon the subject of the Custom-house at San Francisco, Cal. April 9, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
13