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Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the compromise measures of the 31st Congress. August 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the compromise measures. February 11, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, for a donation of public lands to the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Falls of the Ohio River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relating to the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed 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. November 29, 1852 Consulates of China. Letter from the American charge d'affaires in China, transmitting letters from consuls in reply to circulars addressed to them, &c. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed List of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Thirty-second Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1851 Dry dock and navy-yard depot on lake frontier. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, asking the establishment of a navy-yard depot and dry dock on the lake frontier. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed California United States district judges. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking an increase of the salaries of judges of the United States District Courts of that state. March 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to French spoliations prior to the year 1801. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Flogging in the Navy, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island in favor of the retention of the act for abolishing flogging in the Navy, and also for abolishing the spirit rations in all naval ships and Navy yards. February 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Light-house Minot's Ledge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the erection of a light-house on Minot's Ledge. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Kossuth and non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to Governor Kossuth and the doctrine of national non-intervention. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking a grant of land for the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. March 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Alabama -- non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, expressive of the sense of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the policy to be pursued by our government in its intercourse with foreign nations. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Custom-house at Biloxi. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of a Custom-house at Biloxi, and also for the delivery of the mail twice a week between Biloxi and New Orleans, and intermediate places, and a weekly mail from Jackson to Mobile. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Wheeling bridge -- a post route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in reference to the Wheeling bridge, &c. June 24, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Kossuth and intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to Kossuth, Hungary and intervention. February 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Massachusetts militia claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning militia claims. June 24, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Compendium of the census. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the appointment of a joint committee for the purpose of preparing and arranging a compendium of the first and subsequent censuses of the United States. March 3, 1852. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Canal -- falls Sault St. Marie. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Sault Saint Marie, in the State of Michigan. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Pascagoula River. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation to remove a sand bar from the mouth of the Pascagoula River. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Oregon -- public buildings. Letter from the Governor of Oregon Territory, stating that no part of the sum placed in his hands for the erection of suitable public buildings has been expended. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in reference to the compromise measures passed by the Congress of the United States. March 8, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Military depot at the City of Augusta, Georgia. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, praying the establishment of a depot of arms in Augusta, in said state. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Ship canal around the falls of Sault St. Marie. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of Sault St. Marie. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Wheeling bridge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania respecting the bridge over the Ohio River opposite Wheeling. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Public lands in Mississippi. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the reduction of the price of land in the Augusta and Washington land districts. March 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Breakwater at mouth of Delaware Bay. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for completion of breakwater at mouth of Delaware Bay, and to repair the piers in the river, &c. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Cherokees of North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting information as to the amount of money paid William H. Thomas for and on account of the Cherokees of North Carolina. August 2, 1852. Ordered to be printed National intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to national intervention. June 24, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Public lands -- geological survey. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a donation of public lands to aid in completing the geological survey of said state. February 11, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Woodworth patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, against the renewal of a patent for Woodworth's planing-machine. April 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed Mail service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, praying a change in the mail service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Clerks, &c. -- H. of Reps. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting list of clerks, &c. employed in his office. January 15, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Extension of the Woodworth patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the extension of the Woodworth patent. March 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed Oregon Territory. Memorial of Columbia Lancaster and W.T. Matlock, presiding officers of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon. February 19, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Abuses of passengers in California steamers. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the abuses of passengers in California steamers. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Assimilated rank. Letter from the Secretary of the American Medical Association, transmitting the report of a committee of that association, on the subject of assimilated rank. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed National Normal Agricultural College. Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning a grant of land in aid of national normal schools. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Ship canal. Falls St. Marie. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking an appropriation for the construction of a ship canal at the falls of St. Marie. March 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Canal around falls of St. Marie. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, for a canal around the falls of St. Marie. April 24, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Intervention. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, upon the doctrine of intervention. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed European and North American Railway. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in support of the memorial to Congress asking the assistance of the United States government in behalf of the European and North American Railway. April 12, 1852. Referred to two committees, Public Lands and Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Wheeling bridge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the Wheeling bridge over the Ohio. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Stockbridge Indians. Letter from the sachem and councillors of the Stockbridge Indians, in relation to the application of John W. Quinney for his share of the moneys of the tribe specified in the several treaties with the United States. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the public lands. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed U.S. District Court, District of Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Assimilated rank of surgeons in the Army and Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the American Medical Association, transmitting preambles and resolutions in reference to assimilated rank of surgeons in the Army and Navy. January 2, 1852. Ordered, that so much as relates to the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and so much as relates to the Navy be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered to be printed Pennsylvania contested election. Evidence taken in the Pennsylvania contested election. May 7, 1852. Ordered to be printed Falls of the Ohio River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a new canal, on the Indiana side, around the Falls of the Ohio River. March 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Bbanch Mint in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in reference to the establishment of a branch Mint in that state. June 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Oregon Territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, asking for certain alterations in the organic law of said territory. February 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed Oregon Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Oregon, transmitting a copy of the journal of the Legislative Assembly thereof. February 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Red River. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Red River. March 10, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed California civil fund. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in reference to the civil fund of that state. March 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Virginia land bounty warrants. Report of a committee of the Legislature of Virginia, on the subject of outstanding Virginia land bounty warrants. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Lake Pontchartrain -- Grant's Pass, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the purchase of Grant's Pass, &c. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Land for school purposes. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the grant of land for school purposes, in lieu of the valueless sixteenth sections in said state. March 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Woodworth's planing machine, and Parker's reacting water-wheel. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, adverse to the extension of Woodworth's patent, and Parker's patent. April 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation of land to aid in the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, transmitting copies of the acts, resolutions, &c., of that territory. January 9, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed Woodworth's patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Woodworth patent. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed Pennsylvania -- Smith O'Brien and his associates in exile. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to Smith O'Brien and his associates in exile. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Cemetery on grounds attached to the United States barracks at Baton Rouge. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in reference to a cemetery on the grounds attached to the United States barracks at Baton Rouge. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Wheeling bridge. Petition of one hundred and twenty-one members of the Ohio Legislature, in relation to the Wheeling bridge over the Ohio River. April 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, on non-intervention. March 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:661 | Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, communicating in compliance with the act of March 3, 1851, for the settlement of certain classes of private land claims within the Bastrop grant, a report of the Register and Receiver of the land office at Monroe, Louisiana. December 8, 1852. -- Read. December 9, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed | 1 |
| Y 1.1/2:666 | Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852. By Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth Infantry U.S. Army; assisted by George B. McClellan, survey captain U.S. Engineers | 1 |
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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 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 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 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 |
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed Balances. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of accounts, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Balances -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations and balances. December 23, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed 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 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 |
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register. February 1, 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 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 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 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 -- 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 Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statement of balances, &c. February 2, 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 Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks of the War Department. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:680 | Mail contracts, etc. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of mail contracts, &c. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed | 1 |
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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 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 |
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Light-houses, buoys, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) February 18, 1853 E.G. Chambers and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 352.) February 1, 1852 [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 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 Seventh census -- printing and binding. (To accompany J.R. No. 31.) February 3, 1853 Reciprocal trade with the British North American colonies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) February 11, 1853 |
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Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by copies of such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending June 30, 1852, with a list of the names of the persons to whom money, goods, or effects have been delivered. January 30, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the improvement of the Arkansas River. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs asking an additional appropriation for the general incidental expenses of the Indian service in the Territory of New Mexico. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed |
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Report and charts of the cruise of the U.S. brig Dolphin, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Lieut. S.P. Lee, United States Navy Report of the commissioners, appointed by the President of the United States, to investigate the official conduct of Alexander H. Ramsey, late governor of Minnesota Territory, with the testimony taken in the case by them, transmitted to the Senate with the message of the President of the United States, January 10, 1854. May 8, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed |
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the amount of bonds or other securities of the United States redeemed since the 3d March, 1853. May 8, 1854. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the expediency of promptly completing the fortifications at the Tortugas and Key West. 1854, May 22. -- Ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a letter from H.S. Sanford, late charge d'affaires at Paris, on the different systems of penal codes in Europe. Also, a report on the administrative changes in France since the Revolution of 1848. May 29, 1854. -- Read and ordered to be printed -- motion to print 1,000 additional copies referred to Committee on Printing. May 31, 1854. -- Reported adversely and agreed to Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of all papers and vouchers on file in his Department in relation to the claim of Daniel Nippes. May 15, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1853. May 9, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the dock, basin, and railway at Pensacola. May 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed |
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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the communications from Mr. Marsh, the American minister at Constantinople, relative to the case of the Reverend Mr. King. May 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by copies of such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, from July 1, 1852, to June 30, 1853, inclusive, with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects, have been delivered within the same periods. June 8, 1854.--Ordered to lie on the table and be printed |
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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence between Ferdinand Coxe, late charge d'affaires of the United States at Brazil, and the Brazilian Government, concerning the seizure of the cargo of the American barque "Griffin," and the imprisonment of George Marsden, a citizen of the United States. August 3, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information respecting the repair of the marine hospital at New Orleans. July 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the improvement of the bar of the St. John's River, Florida. July 15, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, accompanied by reports on the improvement of the Brazos River, Texas, and the surveys of Georgetown harbor, South Carolina, and the Savannah River from Savannah up to Augusta. July 29, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information respecting the bombardment of San Juan de Nicaragua. July 31, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information concerning our relations with the government of Spain. August 1, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information respecting the present condition of the building of the United States branch Mint at New Orleans. July 5, 1854. --Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating copies of two communications from her Britannic Majesty's minister to the Secretary of State, relative to the health, on shipboard, of emigrants from foreign countries to the United States. June 30, 1854. -- Referred to the Select Committee Relative to Sickness on Board of Emigrant Ships, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the examination and survey of the route for a canal across the peninsula of Florida. July 17, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. July 26, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to proposals submitted to him for the purchase of a site for a post office in Philadelphia. July 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the application of surface or fresh water-condensers to steamships belonging to the United States. August 3, 1854 -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the establishment of a naval depot at Newport, Rhode Island. June 19, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating information, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the employment of Luther Blake to remove the Indians from Florida. June 19, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of August, 1846, on the petition of Kingsley B. Gibbs, executor of Zephaniah Kingsley, deceased, praying payment of interest on his claim arising under the treaty with Spain of 1819. June 25, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to marine hospitals, and the collection and disbursement of the hospital fund, with the sums annually appropriated by Congress therefor. July 20, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of July 10, 1854, correspondence and documents respecting the claims of persons for services performed, and supplies and subsistence furnished to the Indians, in California, under contracts with Indian agents, in 1851. August 2, 1854. -- Read and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Interior, as to the fulfilment, on the part of the government, of the stipulations of a treaty made with the Pottawattomies, on the 26th October, 1832. June 8, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. June 20, 1854. -- Discharged. July 6, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the establishment of a naval depot at or near the Town of Beaufort, in the State of North Carolina. June 19, 1854. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed ; and that 3,000 additional copies be printed, of which 500 shall be for the use of the Navy Department Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements of the expenditures of the Mint, and the amount received at the Mint in Philadelphia, or charged to depositors for refining, and other charges, since March 3, 1853. June 23, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th January, 1853, a draft of a general revenue law, designed to supersede all existing laws on the subject ; and which shall embrace all needful provisions for regulating the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States in American and foreign vessels. July 11, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 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Finances. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 7, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. December 15, 1853. -- Ordered, that 15,000 copies extra be printed for the use of the House of Representatives 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, 1855. December 6, 1853 |
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Indians -- Oregon and Washington Territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, recommending the speedy making of treaties with the Indian tribes of the Territories of Oregon and Washington. February 14, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Minnesota -- capitol and penitentiary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of enclosing and otherwise finishing the capitol and penitentiary of the Territory of Minnesota. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Expenses of the Cayuse War. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to a further appropriation for defraying expenses of the Cayuse War of 1847-'48 in Oregon. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Cost of Custom-houses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement exhibiting the original cost of Custom-houses, &c. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contingent expenses of that Department. February 8, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Pacific railroad surveys. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys, &c., of railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject of the Pacific railroad, and ordered to be printed Crow Shoal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to the survey of Crow Shoal, at Cape May. February 14, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Marine hospital, San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a memorial of the contractor for the construction of the San Francisco marine hospital, &c. February 14, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Contracts -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Austria -- correspondence. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence between the State Department and the American charge at Austria with respect to persons claiming the protection of this government. February 3, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Colbert's Shoals, Tennessee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in reference to the removal of obstructions at Colbert's Shoals, in the Tennessee River. February 9, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Steam Navy of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting papers giving information in reference to the steam Navy of the United States. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Estimates -- Indian service in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking additional appropriation for the Indian service in New Mexico. February 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Twelve-mile Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of Twelve-mile Creek. February 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Revenue -- manner of keeping. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in reference to the manner of keeping the revenue. February 3, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Commercial intercourse with foreign nations -- privileges and restrictions. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, on the subject of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations, &c. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstract of returns of the militia. February 8, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting Navy Register for the year 1854. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Public lands donated. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement showing the number of acres of public lands which have been donated, &c., &c. February 13, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed |
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Seizure of the Black Warrior. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the seizure of the "Black Warrior." March 15, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reference to the adaptation of ocean mail steamers to war purposes. March 13, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Penitentiary for the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report for the District Penitentiary. March 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia Fortifications at Fort Point and Alcatrazas Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in regard to fortifications being erected at Fort Point and Alcatrazas Island, California. March 22, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Foreign gold and silver coin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report respecting the quality and value of foreign gold and silver coin. March 2, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Tariff. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of circular letter, and replies thereto, in reference to the tariff. March 8, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Judicial system. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a plan for the modification and enlargement of the judicial system. March 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Indian tribes west of Missouri and Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in regard to the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands west of Missouri and Iowa, &c. March 28, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Estimate for breakwater at Point Isabel, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for a breakwater at Point Isabel, Texas. March 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Cherokees east and west of the Mississippi -- appropriations for. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information relative to appropriations for the Cherokees east and west of the Mississippi. March 29, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Passengers from foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual statement of the number of passengers arriving in the United States by sea from foreign countries. March 17, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Area of each state and territory, and extent of public domain remaining in each, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement exhibiting the area of each state and territory, &c. March 21, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Contracts -- harbors and rivers on Lake Michigan. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of contracts, &c., for the improvement of harbors and rivers on Lake Michigan. March 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Volunteers serving under Captain Fremont, in California. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to the pay, &c., of the volunteers serving under the command of Captain John C. Fremont, in California. March 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Salaries paid by the United States at foreign courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of salaries and other expenses of American ministers, charges, &c., at foreign courts. March 2, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Boarding station at southwest pass, Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting papers in reference to the propriety of purchasing the boarding station at the southwest pass of the Mississippi River. March 2, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Post Office blanks. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in regard to Post Office blanks. March 23, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Guano trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report respecting restrictions upon the exportation of guano. March 3, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the official Army Register for the year 1854. February 28, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed |
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State banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the condition of the state banks throughout the Union. May 11, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Dies of medals struck by authority of Congress. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with the resolution of May 19, a report of the Director of the United States Mint, respecting the condition of the dies of medals ordered to be struck by authority of Congress, and a list of the dies now in the possession of the Mint. May 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Rights accorded to neutrals and rights claimed by belligerents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence relating to the rights accorded to neutrals and the rights claimed by belligerents in the war pending between certain European powers. May 18, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Survey, etc., of road from Mendota to Big Sioux River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey, &c., of road from Mendota to the Big Sioux River. April 28, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Immigrants to the United States by sea -- health of, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of correspondence on the subject of the health and comfort of immigrants by sea to the United States. April 28, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Expenses of Rogue River War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of the expenses of the claims for supplies furnished to the volunteers engaged in suppressing Indian hostilities in the Rogue River valley, in the Territory of Oregon. May 1, 1854. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his account of receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department for the last fiscal year. May 9, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Frauds upon the Pension Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Pensions concerning frauds upon the Pension Office. May 23, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Correspondence in the case of Rev. James Cook Richmond, and the United States consul for Trieste. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence in regard to Rev. James Cook Richmond, and the United States consul for Trieste. May 2, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Des Moines and Rock River Rapids, in the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the inspection report of Colonel S.H. Long, and the report of Lieutenant Warren of his operations during the past year on the Des Moines and Rock River Rapids, in the Mississippi River. May 22, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed |
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Sound dues upon American commerce to the Baltic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in relation to the imposition of "sound dues" upon our commerce to the Baltic. June 13, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Constantinople -- correspondence of the American minister, etc. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of correspondence transmitted by the American minister at Constantinople to the Department of State. June 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Indian disbursements. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts rendered by persons charged with the disbursements of moneys, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians from July 1, 1852, to July 1, 1853. June 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed President Monroe's instruction -- commissions to private armed vessels, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of papers and correspondence in reference to the instructions referred to by President Monroe on the subject of the issue of commissions to private armed vessels. June 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Treaty -- United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico. June 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed |
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