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| Y 1.1/2:847 | Public lands -- graduation law. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report showing the time the public lands may have been in market, and the number of acres graduated in price, &c. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed | 1 |
| Y 1.1/2:851 |
Pay of Army Officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the Army Register, showing the pay of each Army officer. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Natchez Marine Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the superintendent of the repairs of the Natchez Marine Hospital. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstract of returns of the militia of the states and territories. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Kansas. Message of the President of the United States, relative to affairs in the Territory of Kansas. January 24, 1856. -- Received, read and laid on the table. February 14, 1856. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Military efficiency of the country. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, asking an appropriation for increasing the military efficiency of the country. February 26, 1856. -- Received and read. February 27, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Estimates -- New Mexico and Utah -- surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting supplemental estimates for the surveying service in New Mexico and Utah. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks and others employed in that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Contracts -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made under the authority of that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Military establishment -- contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerks employed in that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed China -- regulations for the consular courts. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Acting Commissioner of the United States, in reference to the consular courts of the United States in China. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Navy and Marine Corps -- pay of officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement exhibiting the pay and allowances of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. February 26, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of clerks employed in that Department. February 21, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Marine hospital -- Mobile. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of enlarging the grounds of the marine hospital in Mobile. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Charles L. Denman, United States consul at Acapulco. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting documents in support of the application of the consul at Acapulco for reimbursement of money advanced to two American citizens, &c. February 28, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of that Department. February 21, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Expenditures -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the services of the War Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the clerks of that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Bureau of Yards & Docks -- offers and contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting abstract of offers and list of contracts for furnishing articles coming under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Kansas -- contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an increase of the estimate for contingent expenses of Kansas Territory. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses of the national armories. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:859 |
Minnesota -- deficiencies -- contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of deficiencies for contingent expenses of Minnesota Territory. July 25, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Cessation of intercourse with the British Minister. Message from the President of the United States, communicating cessation of intercourse with the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain. May 22, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Service of officers of the Navy on the Coast Survey, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the exact period of service of officers of the Navy on the Coast Survey, or any other service credited as "sea service." July 28, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Sloop of war "John Adams" at Fejee Islands. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of Captain Boutwell, relative to the operations of the sloop of war "John Adams" at the Fejee Islands. June 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Military forces in Kansas. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in reference to the employment of government military forces in the Territory of Kansas. May 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence on the subject of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories. July 8, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Diplomatic correspondence. Letter from the Secretary of State, relating to the diplomatic correspondence of the United States. July 7, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Cotton trade. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement respecting the tariff duties and Custom-house regulations applicable to American cotton, &c. June 10, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Estimates -- Indian service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the Indian service. May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed Timber and minerals of the Deep River country, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of Major Laidley's report on the timber and mineral resources of the Deep River country, in North Carolina. June 10, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed American leaf tobacco. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House respecting duties imposed upon American leaf tobacco by the Commercial Union of the German States. June 11, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Federal and Cherokee courts. Message from the President of the United States, communicating papers relative to a conflict of jurisdiction between the federal and Cherokee courts. June 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed Privateering. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for information on the question of privateering. June 11, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Lot and building for a post office in the City of Philadelphia. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to a lot, and building thereon, for a post office in Philadelphia. July 25, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report showing the number of captains and commanders requisite to perform the sea-going duties of the Navy, &c. July 11, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Additional clerks for the General Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, asking an additional number of clerks for the Post Office Department. August 4, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Boston Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of papers in relation to the purchase of ground for the use of the Boston Custom-house. August 5, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Lands granted for railroad purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting draught of a bill having reference to recent grants of land for railroad purposes. July 28, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Balance from sale of Choctaw orphan reservations. Message from the President of the United States, communicating papers respecting a balance remaining from sales of Choctaw orphan reservations. June 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Cent coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to alterations in the cent coinage. July 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Works of art for the new Capitol : message from the President of the United States communicating correspondence relative to works of art for the new Capitol. Estimate -- Repair of water-pipes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking an appropriation for the repair of water-pipes. Purchase of buildings for bonded warehouses in Brooklyn, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting correspondence relative to the purchase of the stores on the Atlantic dock, Brooklyn, New York, for United States bonded warehouses. July 8, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Claim of James B. Walton. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reference to the claim of Mr. Walton, as a messenger to the government of Texas. July 20, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Undervaluation of merchandise, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending further legislation to prevent the undervaluation of merchandise, &c. July 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Cent coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the melter and refiner at the Mint in reference to the proposed change in the cent coinage. July 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Additional estimates for marine hospital, New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the erection of a marine hospital at New Orleans. August 5, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Tariff Act of 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an amendment of the Tariff Act of 1842, in regard to obscene and indecent articles. July 17, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Council with the Sioux Indians at Fort Pierre. Message from the President of the United States, communicating minutes of a council held at Fort Pierre with the Sioux Indians, by General Harney, &c. July 25, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Consular courts of the United States in China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of certain regulations, orders, and decrees issued by the Commissioner of the United States at China. July 17, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Slave and coolie trade. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in regard to the slave and coolie trade. May 19, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:869 | Kansas affairs. July 2, 1856. -- Ordered, that it be referred to the Committee of Elections, and printed ; and that leave be given to the minority of said Committee to submit a report at any time within ten days, and to take additional testimony ; and when submitted, that the same be referred to the Committee of Elections, and printed | 1 |
| Y 1.1/2:871 |
Louis G. Thomas and others. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Cassius M. Clay. June 28, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed John C. Hale. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the whole house, and ordered to be printed Samuel M. Puckett. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Thomas H. Baird, administrator. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 10.) June 28, 1856 John Shaw. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 1.) March 6, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. May 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed John P. McElderry. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Shepherd Knapp. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Robert Roberts. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed William W. Cox. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Mary Reeside. July 22, 1856. -- The Court of Claims made the following report. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed James M. Lindsay. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 3.) May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims made the following report ... James M. Lindsay vs. the United States Salvador Accardi. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 4.) May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Cyrus H. McCormick. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed John Robb. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 5.) May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Joseph White. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 9.) June 28, 1856. July 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Moses Noble. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 12.) June 28, 1856. July 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Asbury Dickins. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 2.) May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed William H. Chase. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 6.) May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Susan Decatur. June 23, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Isadore D. Beaugrand. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 1.) March 6, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. May 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed George A. Magruder. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 11.) June 28, 1856 Almanzon Huston. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 7.) May 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. June 28, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Samuel P. Todd. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 1.) March 6, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. May 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Michael Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 8.) May 16, 1856. Referred to the Committee of Claims. May 23, 1856. Ordered to be printed J.D. Holman, executor of Jesse B. Holman. May 16, 1856. -- Reported from the Court of Claims. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:872 |
Ernest Fiedler. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 20.) July 28, 1856 Joseph D. Beers. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 17.) July 25, 1856 Abel Gay. July 22, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed William Neil and others. July 25, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Sturges, Bennet & Co. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 18.) July 28, 1856 Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 14.) July 22, 1856 Thomas Crown. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 21.) July 28, 1856 Thomas M. Newell. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 15.) July 25, 1856 Thomas Phenix, Jr. July 22, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed H. & F.W. Meyer. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 22.) July 28, 1856 Estate of James Beatty. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 19.) July 28, 1856 H.L. Thistle. July 28, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Francis A. Gibbons and Francis X. Kelly. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 16.) July 25, 1856 H.L. Thistle. July 25, 1856. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed Isaac Swain. (To accompany Bill C.C. 23.) August 1, 1856. -- The Court of Claims submitted the following report |
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| Y 1.1/2:874 |
Letter of the Secretary of State, communicating, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1799, an abstract of the returns made to that Department by the collectors of Customs, pursuant to the act of May 28, 1796, for the relief and protection of American seamen. December 4, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, calling for the amount of claims against the late Republic of Texas, provided for by the act of February 28, 1855, and not presented for payment. December 11, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of August 30, 1856, calling for information respecting the amount necessary to pay the allowances proposed to be made by the bill for the settlement of claims of officers of the Revolution, and the widows and orphans of those who died in service. December 4, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1856 |
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| Y 1.1/2:877 | [Maps to accompany the State of the Union Message, 34th Congress, third session.] | 1 |
| Y 1.1/2:878 |
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, calling for copies of the letters addressed to the War Department and Wilson Shannon by Colonel Sumner, relative to Kansas affairs ; also, communicating a copy of a letter from the Adjutant General to Colonel Sumner, dated March 26, 1856. December 26, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of State, showing the disbursements for the service of the State Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856. December 16, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms and appendages made thereat during the year ending June 30, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement showing the disbursements on account of the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, an estimate for the extension of the United States arsenal at Fayetteville, North Carolina. December 26, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown ; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. December 18, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement of appropriations applicable to the War Department for 1855, the amounts drawn from the Treasury and balances on July 1, 1856, and the amounts carried to the surplus fund. January 2, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1856, relative to the construction of steam vessels so as to provide greater security against accident by fire. January 2, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of last August, information respecting the construction of a dock at Pensacola. December 30, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of State, communicating a list of the clerks and others employed in the State Department during the year 1856, the state or territory from whence appointed, and the amount paid to each. January 7, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, a copy of a report from Lieutenant Colonel Graham of the harbors, &c., in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, under his superintendence. December 30, 1856. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to print rescinded, and report referred to the Committee on Printing. February 18, 1857. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number ; report considered and agreed to Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d ultimo, information respecting the condition and prospects of a plan for connecting this continent with Europe by sub-marine wires. January 7, 1857. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. January 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 493.) Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, information respecting the title of the United States to certain land in Kansas set apart to the New York Indians. December 30, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating an extract from a letter of the 22d ultimo, from the Governor of Kansas to the Secretary of State, with a copy of the executive minutes, to which it refers. December 16, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, copies of the correspondence between the governments of the United States and the Netherlands, relative to the refusal of that government to allow its diplomatic agents to testify in the criminal courts of the United States. January 7, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a letter of the 20th May last from the United States Commissioner in China, and of the decree and regulations which accompanied it. December 1, 61856 [i.e. December 16, 1856]. -- Read, ordered to lie on nhe table and be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:879 |
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 4th of August last, and the 9th of January, inst., information respecting the Aves or Bird Islands, and the interference of the Venezuelan government with the rights of American citizens collecting guano therefrom. January 20, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1855, and the first and second quarters of the year 1856. December 4, 1856. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 15, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating the act of the Legislature of Tennessee, respecting the purchase of the "Hermitage," for the purpose of tendering it to the government of the United States, to be used as a site for a branch of the Military Academy at West Point. January 20, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, respecting the restoration of the ship "Resolute" to the British government. January 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Motion to print 2,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 6, 1857. -- Report in favor of printing the additional copies, and report agreed to |
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| Y 1.1/2:880 |
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, papers relating to the claim of George Whitman. January 23, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information relative to providing more efficient means for the preservation of the lives of seamen and passengers wrecked on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information respecting the amount of revenue in case of a reduction of the duties on imports. January 21, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Letter of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, communicating copies of the accounts of disbursements or applications of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856; with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been delivered within that year. January 6, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 26th of January, 1857, information as to "whether the public interest will be promoted by a survey of the Niagara River, or of any and what part of the same." February 4, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in obedience to law, statements showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1856. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of December 23 and 30, 1856, certain information respecting the pay and emoluments of Lieutenant General Scott. February 2, 1857. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:887 | Report of the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement from the Superintendent of Statistics of the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations, for the year ending September 30, 1856. Volume XIV | 1 |
| Y 1.1/2:888 | Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1856 | 1 |
| Y 1.1/2:889 | Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 24, 1854, the fourth meteorological report of Prof. James P. Espy. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered, that 3,000 copies thereof be printed, in addition to the usual number, with seventy of the maps accompanying the same | 1 |
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Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities from Iowa City to Ottumwa, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the recognition by the United States of the independence of Liberia, in Africa. February 10, 1857. -- Read and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of increased mail facilities in that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to additional mail facilities in that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Letter of the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, communicating the resolutions of the legislature of that state against the reduction or abrogation of the duties on railroad iron. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the special session of the Senate. March 9, 1857 Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, in favor of appropriations for the entire closure of New Inlet, and for the completion of the improvements at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, according to the plan of the Secretary of War. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of greater mail facilities in that state, to wit, from Ottumwa to Chariton. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a building suitable for the accommodation of the Custom-house, United States court, and post office, at Burlington, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state from Indianola to Princeton. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of greater mail facilities from Ottumwa to Chariton, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Townsend Harris, praying compensation for diplomatic services in negotiating a treaty with the Kingdom of Siam, while Consul General at Japan. February 27, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 561.) Petition of Cranstoun Laurie, a clerk in the Post Office Department, praying compensation for extra services. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Preamble and resolution of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Brownsville to Austin, in said state. January 27, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, respecting the debt of that state. December 3, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state, from Newton to Chariton. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the grant of public lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads, so as to enable them to obtain greater mail facilities. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 18, 1857. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state, to wit, from Winterset to Leon. February 18, 1857. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Roads, and ordered to be printed Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of the passage of an act confirming the selections of swamp and overflowed lands made by this state. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of greater mail facilities in that state, to wit from Guttenburg to Independence ; also, from Guttenburg to Dyersville ; also, from Guttenburg to Lancaster, all in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in favor of the incorporation of the officers of the late Texas navy into the Navy of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery, and the admission of Kansas into the Union. January 28, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a certain railroad in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of Absecom, and Great and Little Egg Harbors, in that state. February 3, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of a donation of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from McGregor's Landing to the Mississippi River. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the enlargement of the boundaries of that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to the establishment of a Custom-house and marine hospital in the city of Keokuk. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of State, recommending the claim of Townsend Harris, late Consul General at Japan, for compensation for negotiating a treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Siam. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 645.) Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state, from Fulton City, Illinois, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in favor of the passage of a law declaring the (so called) Kansas Code null and void. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of making Corpus Christi a port of entry. January 27, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bills S. 610 and 611.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, as to the propriety of establishing ports of delivery at Council Bluffs and Sioux City, in the State of Iowa. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 492.) Letters from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reference to certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in favor of the recognition by the United States of the independent sovereignty of the Republic of Liberia. March 9, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to additional mail facilities in that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 624.) Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that the land laws be extended east of the Cascade Mountain, in Oregon and Washington Territories. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 562.) Letter from the Postmaster General, enclosing a letter from the president of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, in relation to the difficulties they experienced in carrying the mails in the winter of 1855-'56. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, during the year ending November 30, 1856. December 30, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of a mail route from Maquoheta to Dubuque, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, protesting against the repeal of the laws granting fishing bounty. February 10, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation in money to render safe and secure the canal around the falls of the St. Mary's. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail service in that state, from McGregor's Landing to Glen Mary and Bristol. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of a repeal on the duty of railroad iron. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at Council Bluffs, and establishing a port of entry thereat. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of persons employed in his office during the year 1856. January 7, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Communication from Pliny Miles, of New York, in favor of a reform of the postal system, accompanied by a bill. February 23, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Memorial of the Governor, judges, officers, and members of the Legislature and citizens of New Jersey. Praying the passage of an act providing for the erection of a suitable building, in the City of Trenton, for the purpose of holding the sessions of the courts of the United States, for a city post office, and an office for the collector of the port of Lamberton ; also, a memorial of the Common Council of the City of Trenton on the same subject. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. As arranged by order of the Senate, December 8, 1856 In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 607.) Letter from T.J. Bowen, Esq., to provide for the exploration of the River Niger, in Africa. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of New York, respecting the United States life-boat stations, and the compensation to persons for saving life and property by means of said boats. January 20, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 550.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the claim of David Ogden and others, to be refunded moneys illegally exacted of them by collectors of the Customs. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 56.) Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing despatches from Mr. Dallas on the subject of the presentation by the British government of certain tokens of acknowledgment to Commander Hartstene, Lieutenant Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty officers and crew of the steamer "Vixen." February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Report and resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to fortifying Port Royal Harbor in that state. December 23, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state from Marietta, Marshall County, Steamboat Rock, Hardin County, to intersect some mail route now established. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward submitted the following letters from Mr. L. Barker. (To accompany Bill S. No. 506.) In the Senate of the United States. Resolutions by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the exemption of vessels of commerce and their cargoes from seizure and capture in time of war. 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Michael Pappreniza, an Austrian subject. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting sundry papers in relation to the claim of Michael Pappreniza, an Austrian subject. January 5, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Additional estimates -- clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, calling attention to a deficiency in the existing appropriation for clerks in the State Department. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts with the United States. December 9, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Estimates -- mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service, &c. December 30, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Additional compensation -- employes of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, upon the claim of the employes of the House for extra compensation. January 5, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Estimates -- foreign mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the foreign mail service. December 30, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Additional estimates -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting additional estimates of appropriation rendered necessary by the passage of the "Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," &c. December 9, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. December 22, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Kansas Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an extract from a letter of Governor Geary, together with a copy of the executive minutes of Kansas Territory. December 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior. January 7, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Estimate -- North Carolina arsenal. December 30, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Employes -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of persons employed in the State Department. January 7, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Estimate -- light-house works at Coffin's Patches. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for restoring the light-house works at Coffin's Patches, in Florida. December 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns of American seamen. December 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Expenses of national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses, &c., of the national armories for the year ending June 30, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed China -- consular judicial powers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of the United States in China, and a copy of the decree and regulations for consular judicial jurisdiction in China, &c. December 16, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Nebraska -- additional estimate. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate for mileage and per diem of members of the Nebraska Legislature. December 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Hamet Caramally. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relative to Hamet Caramally since his connexion with the government. December 11, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Estimate -- commission under Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an estimate for continuing the work assigned the Fishery Commissioner under the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. December 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Balances unsettled. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing balances which were due for more than three years prior to 1st July last. December 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department, &c. December 15, 1856. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Stereotyped diplomatic correspondence of the Revolution. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the purchase of five hundred copies of the stereotyped diplomatic correspondence of the Revolution. December 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Persons employed in the Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report showing the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey, &c. December 23, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Appropriations -- service of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations applicable to the Service of the War Department for 1855-'56. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Unsettled balances. Letter from the First Comptroller, stating his inability to comply with certain acts of Congress requiring an annual statement of accounts more than three years unsettled. December 11, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed |
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Supplemental estimates -- Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting supplemental estimates for the Indian service in California, Texas, and several of the distant territories. January 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Disbursements for the benefit of the Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts by persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, goods, &c., for the benefit of the Indians. January 7, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Additional estimates -- Mint, San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the branch Mint at San Francisco. January 9, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting list of persons employed in his Department. January 19, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Public building -- Springfield, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to the insufficiency of the appropriation for the construction of a public building at Springfield, Illinois. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Clerks and others -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. January 13, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Louisville and Portland Canal, with estimate of the cost of repairing the same, &c. January 12, 1857. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed New Mexico -- certain land claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating supplemental reports from the Surveyor General of New Mexico in regard to certain land claims in that territory. January 16, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Expenditures, etc., in Kansas Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports in regard to expenditures and liabilities of persons called into the service of the United States in the Territory of Kansas. January 13, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed |
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Government architect. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House asking by what authority a government architect is employed, &c. January 22, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds Contracts -- War Department -- for 1856. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts for that Department for the year 1856. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks, &c., employed in that Department. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of appropriations for that Department for the year 1855-'56, showing balances of appropriations, &c., &c. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Kansas -- money paid and liabilities incurred for the support of persons called into the service of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the expenditures in Kansas, &c. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Light-house or light-boat for "marshes," Head of Pamlico Sound. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report relative to light-house or light-boat recommended for "marshes" at head of Pamlico Sound. January 27, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Public building at Ogdensburg. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the public building (Custom-house) at Ogdensburg. January 22, 1857. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce Commerce, tonnage, &c., of the Ohio, and other western rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the value of the commerce, &c., of the western rivers, &c. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Ship "Resolute." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence growing out of the restoration of the ship "Resolute" to her Britannic Majesty's service. January 20, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Ninian Edwards, as Superintendent of Wabash Salines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House, calling for information as to the salary of Ninian Edwards, as Superintendent of Wabash Salines. January 24, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Pensacola basin, dock and railway. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House inquiring as to the basin, dock, and railway at Pensacola. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Militia returns. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of the several states and territories, &c. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Ninian Edwards. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in further answer to a resolution of the House calling for information in relation to the appointment of Ninian Edwards as superintendent of Wabash saline. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Hermitage. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Executive of Tennessee, tendering a portion of the "Hermitage" to the general government, on certain terms and conditions. January 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Estimate -- taking testimony in Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to an additional appropriation for taking testimony in cases pending in the Court of Claims. January 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Clerks, &c., in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks of that Department. January 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Pay of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report exhibiting the pay and allowance of the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register for 1857. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed |
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Slave trade. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade; also, correspondence with E. Whittlesey and others in regard to an appropriation of $ 30,000 for the same object. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Bridges across the Potomac, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports, plans, and estimates for permanent bridges across the Potomac, and for the improvement of the river. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Contingencies for issue of loans and Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation for contingencies under act for the issue of loans and Treasury notes. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Saltpetre -- military service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry letters on the subject of furnishing saltpetre for the military service, &c., &c. February 14, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Land claims -- New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting transcripts of three land claims in New Mexico. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Plans, etc., for building for Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting plans and estimates for a building for the accommodation of the Interior Department. February 12, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Estimates -- diplomatic mission to Persia. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking appropriations for the diplomatic mission to Persia. February 23, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Indian affairs on the Pacific. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report in regard to Indian affairs on the Pacific. February 16, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed United States Court-house, Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting plan and estimate for United States Court-house in Philadelphia. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Building for post office at Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House, making inquiry as to the building for a post office at Philadelphia. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Consular returns on shipping, ship building, &c., in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the consular returns on shipping, ship building, &c., in foreign countries. February 9, 1857. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Additional estimates for light-house purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for light-house purposes. February 23, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means |
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