| Consolidation of the Indian tribes. Protest of the Cherokee Nation against Senate Bill 459, entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Consolidation of the Indian Tribes, and To Establish Civil Government in the Indian Territory." March 2, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1232, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-02 |
| Unpaid balances on the books of the Second and Third Auditors of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of unpaid balances from the books of the Second and Third Auditors of the Treasury. March 2, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1229, Session Vol. No.13 |
1865-03-02 |
| Commissioner of Patents. March 2, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1235, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 5, 1864. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1210, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of February, abstracts of the proposals for transporting military supplies from Fort Leavenworth westward, opened December 31, 1864, by Captain Henry C. Hodges, and all communications upon the subject. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie upon the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1209, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, a report from the Secretary of State, and accompanying papers, showing the amount of fees collected, accounted for, and reported by the consular officers of the United States for the year 1863, together with a full list of all consular officers in office December 31, 1864, and the place of their official residence. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1209, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, information in relation to the present condition of Mexico and the case of the French war transport steamer Rhine. February 9, 1865. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. March 3, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1209, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, information in relation to the amount of money paid by the War Department from the 1st day of March, 1861, to the 1st day of March, 1865, to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for the transportation of troops and munitions of war between the City of Baltimore and the City of Washington, or for any other purpose. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1209, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1864. Arts and manufactures. Volume II. Illustrations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1226, Session Vol. No.10 |
1865-03-03 |
| Contracts made by the Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of certain contracts made by the Quartermaster's Department. March 3, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1230, Session Vol. No.14 |
1865-03-03 |
| Expenditures from the contingent fund of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures from the contingent fund of his Department for the year ending June 30, 1864. March 3, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1230, Session Vol. No.14 |
1865-03-03 |
| New York Custom-house. March 1, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. March 3, 1865. -- Ordered, that three thousand extra copies be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1235, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Agriculture and commerce with Eastern Asia. March 3, 1865. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1235, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Invalid pensions. March 3, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1235, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Hon. Lucien Anderson. March 3, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1235, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| John P. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 813.) March 3, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1235, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of the establishment of railroad communication between the navigable waters of the Pacific and the mining districts of Nevada. March 7, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1210, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-07 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the special session of the Senate. March 8, 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1210, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that where a state has been declared to be in insurrection, no person can be recognized as senator from such state... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1210, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of William D. Snow, claiming to have been elected a senator from the State of Arkansas for six years from the 4th of March instant, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1211, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Resolutions declaratory of the duty of Congress, especially in respect to loyal citizens in the rebel states... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Resolutions declaratory of the duty of Congress in respect to guarantees of the national security and the national faith in the rebel states. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-04 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Thirty-ninth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1269, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-04 |
| Resolution of the House of Representatives for the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States of America. December 5, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-05 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the reconstruction of the states recently in rebellion against the United States. December 5, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-05 |
| Finance report. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report for the year 1865. December 5, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1254, Session Vol. No.6 |
1865-12-05 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. December 6, 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 6, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolutions: Resolutions concerning Indian massacres upon the frontier. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-06 |
| Declarations of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in relation to the principles upon which the government of the United States should be conducted, both in its domestic and foreign policy. December 6, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of an appropriation for the preservation of the harbor of Provincetown, and the construction of a military railroad from Orleans to Provincetown. December 6, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-06 |
| Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his annual report for the year 1865. December 6, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1254, Session Vol. No.6 |
1865-12-06 |
| Letter of the Governor of the State of Virginia, transmitting an act of the general assembly of said state, entitled "An Act To Repeal the Second Section of an Act Passed on the Thirteenth Day of May, 1862, Entitled 'An Act Giving the Consent of the Legislature of Virginia to the Formation and Erection of a New State within the Jurisdiction of this State;"... and withdrawing consent to the transfer of jurisdiction over the several counties of said acts mentioned. December 11, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-11 |
| Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1863, and first and second quarters of the year 1864. December 11, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-11 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of collectors of Customs, for the relief and protection of American seamen, for the year ending September 30, 1865. December 12, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-12 |
| Appropriations for the naval service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865. December 13, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-13 |
| Follett vs. Delano. Papers in the case of Chas. Follett vs. Columbus Delano, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States from the Thirteenth Congressional District of Ohio. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1865-12-13 |
| Baldwin vs. Trowbridge. Papers in the case of Baldwin vs. Trowbridge, for a seat in the House of Representatives from the Fifth District of Michigan. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1865-12-13 |
| Fuller vs. Dawson. Papers in the case of Smith Fuller vs. John L. Dawson, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States from the Twenty-first District of Pennsylvania. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1865-12-13 |
| Washburn vs. Voorhees. Papers in the case of Washburn vs. Voorhees, for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States from the seventh district of Indiana. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1865-12-13 |
| Dodge vs. Brooks. Papers in the case of Dodge vs. Brooks, in the Eighth Congressional District of New York. December 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1269, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-13 |
| Philip Epstein and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, transmitting all the papers and testimony relating to the claim of Philip Epstein and others. December 14, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-14 |
| Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Missouri for reimbursement for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the war. December 18, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed, (to accompany Bill S. 31.) |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in relation to persons in the employment of that Department who have not taken the oath prescribed by law, and to persons appointed to office not authorized by law. December 18, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-18 |
| Disbursements of the contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of disbursements of the contingent fund, in the various offices of the Department, for the year ending June 30, 1865. December 18, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-18 |
| W.J. Morris. December 18, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-18 |
| Letter of the Governor of the State of Indiana, transmitting a copy of the joint resolution of the general assembly of that state ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States in relation to slavery. December 19, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-19 |
| Memorial of the European and North American Railway Company of Maine, praying aid in constructing a military railroad from Bangor to the St. John River. December 19, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to the States of the Union lately in rebellion, accompanied by a report of Carl Schurz on the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; also a report of Lieutenant General Grant, on the same subject. December 19, 1865. -- Read and ordered to be printed, with the reports of Carl Schurz and Lieutenant General Grant. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-19 |
| Freedmen's Bureau. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. December 19, 1865. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen, except estimates, which are referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-19 |
| Suffrage in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1.) December 19, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in relation to persons in the employ of that Department who have not taken the oath prescribed by law, and to persons appointed to office not authorized by law. December 20, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-20 |
| Slavery of peonage in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th instant concerning the re-establishment of slavery or peonage in the Republic of Mexico. December 20, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1865-12-20 |
| Free education in the United States. Petition of the Town of Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, for governmental aid in securing free education to all the children in the United States. December 11, 1865. -- Presented by Mr. Banks, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 20, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1269, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-20 |
| Treason of Jefferson Davis and others. December 20, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1269, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of slack-water navigation on the Cannon River and lakes, from Red Wing to the Minnesota River. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of military posts on the northern overland mail route from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Fort Walla-Walla, Oregon. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the passage of a law granting a bounty to certain members of the Second Minnesota Cavalry. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Blue Earth City, Minnesota, to Yankton, in Dakota Territory. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office, and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Watertown to Glencoe, in said state. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Henderson, in said state, to Fort Rice, on the Missouri River, and from Fort Wadsworth to Devil's Lake, in Dakota Territory. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Hutchinson to Torah, in said state. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Hastings to Cannon Falls, and Kenyon, and the establishment of a post office at New Trier. December 21, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 57.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Todd, administrator of Joshua D. Todd, late of the United States Navy, deceased, asking that the difference of compensation between the grade of a passed midshipman and master may be allowed said Joshua D. Todd for the time he acted as master, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information on the subject of a decree of the so-called Emperor of Mexico of the 3d of October last. December 21, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1865-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 354.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Croswell, have considered the same, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-01 |
| Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, assistant secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April 1865. Expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1247, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, in two volumes. Vol. I. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1249, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-01-01 |
| Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1242, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866, and previous years; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1254, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-01-01 |
| Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1241, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, in two volumes. Vol. II |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1250, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Postmaster General. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1254, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1266, Session Vol. No.15 |
1866-01-01 |
| Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-ninth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1269, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1865. Volume III. Illustrations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1259, Session Vol. No.9 |
1866-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1865. Volume I. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1257, Session Vol. No.9 |
1866-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1865. Volume II. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1258, Session Vol. No.9 |
1866-01-01 |
| Assassination of Lincoln. July --, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1268, Session Vol. No.17 |
1866-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1248, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-01 |
| Reports of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D.C. McCallum, director and general manager of the military railroads of the United States, and the Provost Marshal General, in two parts. Appendix to the report of the Secretary of War accompanying message of the President to the 39th Cong., 1st sess. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1251, Session Vol. No.4 |
1866-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1253, Session Vol. No.5 |
1866-01-01 |
| Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the first session Thirty-ninth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1273, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a ship canal from Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relating to the unsafe condition of the Waugooshance light-house in the straits of Michilimackinac. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-05 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the punishment of traitors; the total abolition of slavery; approving the measures of the administration of Abraham Lincoln; thanks to the soldiers for their patriotism, and the aid societies, sanitary and Christian commissions; and denouncing the treatment of Union soldiers in rebel prisons. January 5, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-05 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a ship canal from Lake Superior to Lac La Belle. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the passage of a law repealing the duty on the Holy Scriptures and school-books. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-05 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana on the subjects of foreign interference in Mexico, and the rule of neutral and belligerent rights. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-05 |
| Hon. Benjamin G. Harris. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of December 20, transmitting records and testimony of the court-martial in the trial of the Hon. B.G. Harris. January 5, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-05 |
| Soldiers furnished by each state. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, transmitting a statement of the number of soldiers furnished by each state since April 1, 1861. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on War Debts of Loyal States and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-05 |
| Judicial districts in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to judicial districts in that state. January 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-05 |
| Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, praying the passage of a law exempting suitors in the national courts of the southern states from the operation of statest atutes [i.e., state statutes] of limitation for a period long enough to give loyal creditors an opportunity to enforce their demand. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-08 |
| Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Detroit, Michigan, praying an appropriation to construct a breakwater at Marquette. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan in favor of the location and establishment of a naval station and dock-yard at Grand Haven, in said state. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Eskanauba to the straits of Michilimackinac, near Fort Mackinaw. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to the Detroit and Lake Superior Telegraph Company, to aid in the construction of a telegraph line from some point on the Saginaw River to the straits of Mackinaw, thence to Sault Ste. Marie. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-08 |
| Naval Academy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 21st ultimo, transmitting a report of the amount expended in the permanent establishment of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-08 |
| Assessors of internal revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the internal revenue collector in Georgia relative to the appointment of assistants. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-08 |
| Harbors of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th December, reporting the condition of the harbors of the United States where public works have been built or directed to be built. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-08 |
| Enemies' property. Letter from the Commissioner of Freedmen's Affairs, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th of December, 1865, in regard to lands seized as enemies' property, &c., January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-08 |
| Mail route in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, asking for the establishment of a mail route from Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, to Fort Sully, in the same territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-08 |
| North branch Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, relative to the location of the north branch of the Pacific Railroad. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-08 |
| Capitol building in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, praying for an appropriation to erect a capitol building in Dakota Territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-08 |
| Geological survey in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, asking for a geological survey of the Black Hill Country and Bad Lands in Dakota Territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-08 |
| Mail route in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, for the establishment of a mail route from Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory, to Ponca, Nebraska Territory. January 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-08 |
| Mexican affairs. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, transmitting report of the Secretary of State on that subject. January 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-09 |
| District of country reclaimed from rebellion. January 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Nabb and Sarah Nabb, praying compensation for property belonging to them in Charleston, South Carolina, damaged, wasted, and destroyed during the bombardment and occupation of that city by the national forces, and for the payment of other claims, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1865, information in regard to plans to induce the immigration of dissatisfied citizens of the United States into Mexico, and especially in regard to the plans of Dr. William M. Gwin, and M.F. Maury. January 10, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-10 |
| Kidnapping in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th instant, in regard to the kidnapping of the child of an American lady in Mexico. January 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 11, 1865, information respecting the occupation by French troops of the Republic of Mexico and the establishment of a monarchy there. January 10, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in regard to the appointment of commissioners under the 24th section of the act of February 24, 1864, entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act for Enrolling and Calling out the National Forces, and for Other Purposes,'" approved March 3, 1863, and the awards made by the said commissioners, and why payments on awards have been suspended. January 11, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-11 |
| Commissioners of claims for Maryland and Delaware. Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th instant, relative to the appointment of commissioners under the act of February 24, 1864. January 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-11 |
| John Becker. January 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-11 |
| Randolph Bennett. January 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-11 |
| F.A. Gibbons and F.X. Kelly. (To accompany H. Res. 36.) January 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Pensions in relation to the appointment of pension agents by the President, and the payment of pensions. January 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 69. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-12 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a communication addressed to him by John Evans and J.B. Chaffee, as United States senators elect from the State of Colorado, and other information in relation to the admission of that state into the Union. January 12, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-12 |
| Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and other persons employed in his department for the year 1865. January 12, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-12 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, communicating his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 12, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-12 |
| Transfer of counties to West Virginia. (To accompany H. Res. No. 17.) January 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-12 |
| Equalization of bounties. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to equalizing the bounties of all soldiers who served during the war. January 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-12 |
| Free-trade League. Petition of the American Free-trade League against protective duties by Congress. January 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-12 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. January 15, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-15 |
| Petition of Redick McKee, late commissioner and Indian agent for California, praying to be indemnified for expenses incurred and disbursements made by him, as he alleges, while acting as disbursing agent of the board of commissioners to arrange the difficulties between the whites and the Indians in California in the years 1851, 1852, and 1853. January 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-15 |
| Petition of John A. Sutter, praying compensation for land owned by him in California, and held under Mexican grants, which was settled upon and occupied by settlers from the United States, under the plea that it was public land, after the conquest of California, and indemnity for the seizure and destruction of large quantities of his live stock by parties of emigrants from the United States. January 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-15 |
| William Byers and others. Memorial of Hon. Wm. Byers, G.H. Kyle and James M. Johnson, representatives from the State of Arkansas for seats within the hall of the House of Representatives. January 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-15 |
| Condition of public affairs. Letter from Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, transmitting resolutions of that state on the present condition of public affairs. January 15, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1866. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Howard submitted the following resolution. Whereas by the report of the Secretary of War to the President, dated January 4th instant, it appears that Jefferson Davis, late President of the so-called Confederate States, is now held in custody... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-16 |
| The public printing. Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing and binding. January 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Printing. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, copies of the records and proceedings, with the review of the same by the Judge Advocate General, of the military commissions by which were tried and convicted E.W. Andrews, of South Carolina; J.M. Brown and C.C. Reese, of Georgia; J.L. McMillan and Neill McGill, of North Carolina. January 10, 1866. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. January 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 80.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of J.B. Rittenhouse, fleet paymaster of the United States Pacific Squadron, praying to be relieved from all responsibility for the loss occasioned by robbery of the public funds in his possession while on duty at Panama, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1865, information in relation to the number of men now in service in the regular Army, what number of officers are holding commissions, where said officers are stationed, and what duty they are performing. January 17, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1865, information in relation to the number of major and brigadier generals of volunteers now in service, where they are stationed, and what duties they are performing. January 17, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-17 |
| Charles D. Poston. Petition of Charles D. Poston asking to be admitted as delegate from Arizona. January 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-17 |
| Universal Exposition at Paris. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York relative to the Universal Exposition at Paris. January 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-17 |
| Names of persons employed in the Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with law, a statement of the employes in the Coast Survey during the year ending June 30, 1865. January 18, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-18 |
| Pilots in government employ. January 18, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-18 |
| William Wallace. January 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-18 |
| Mrs. Mary McLain. January 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-18 |
| Claims from citizens of states lately in rebellion. January 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-18 |
| American vessels under foreign registers. January 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-18 |
| Mercantile marine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 23, 1865, relative to the decrease of our mercantile marine, suggesting remedial legislation. January 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-19 |
| Representation. (To accompany H. Res. No. 51.) January 22, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-22 |
| Telegraphic communication from the officers of the miners' convention in California, remonstrating against the survey, lease, or sale of the mineral lands in that state, or any increase of the tax on the products of the mines, and especially protesting against the passage of the Bill (S. No. 10) for the survey and sale of the mineral lands of the United States. January 23, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-23 |
| Marking captured guns. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence between the Superintendent of the Military Academy and the Chief Engineer of the Army in regard to certain captured cannon. January 24, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-24 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General to Hon. James Dixon, Chairman of Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, relative to the sale of postage stamps and stamped envelopes. (To accompany Bill S. No. 71.) January 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Medina to the City of Leavenworth, and one from the City of Lawrence to Grasshopper Falls, in said state. January 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, information in relation to commissioners of the circuit courts of the United States in the first, second, third, fourth, seventh, eighth, and ninth judicial circuits, amount paid to each of said commissioners; also in relation to fees and emoluments of clerks of the said courts. January 26, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-26 |
| Disbursements of contingent fund of the State Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting statement of disbursements of the contingent fund of the State Department for the year ending June 30, 1865. January 26, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-26 |
| Alexander H. Coffroth and William H. Koontz. January 26, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an equalization of the bounties to soldiers in the late war. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-30 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the establishment of a daily mail from West Union to Nashua, in said state. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of John P. Stockton, claiming to have been elected a senator from the State of New Jersey, for six years, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, together with the protest of certain members of the legislature of said state against the validity of his election, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-30 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information in regard to a negotiation for the transit of United States troops, in 1861, through Mexican territory. January 30, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-30 |
| One-hundred-days men. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of January 25, transmitting a report of the enlistment of one-hundred-days men. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-30 |
| Rebel pirate Shenandoah. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, relative to the reported surrender of the rebel pirate Shenandoah. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-01-30 |
| Mail route in Iowa. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, for the establishment of a mail route. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-30 |
| Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, asking that the 37th Regiment Iowa Volunteers be paid bounties equal to other soldiers. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-30 |
| Bounties to early volunteers. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to bounties to soldiers who enlisted early in the war. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-01-30 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of a grant of lands and money to aid in the construction of the San Francisco and Washoe Railroad and the Placerville and Sacramento Railroad. January 31, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Kansas City, connecting northwest Missouri with Galveston, Texas; also, a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad from the western boundary of that state to the Pacific Ocean. January 31, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 117.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Captain F.A. Patterson, 3d Virginia Cavalry, report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-31 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 9, 1865, a copy of the record of a board of Navy officers appointed to inquire into and determine how much the vessels-of-war and steam machinery contracted for by the Department in the years 1862 and 1863 cost the contractors over and above the contract price and allowances for extra work. January 31, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-01-31 |
| Petition of William A. Buckingham, and other citizens of Norwich, Connecticut, praying an appropriation for the removal of obstructions, and for other improvements, in the navigation of the river Thames between that city and Long Island Sound. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-01 |
| Bridges destroyed in West Virginia. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking aid from Congress to repair bridges, &c., destroyed by the Union armies as a means of safety during the rebellion. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-01 |
| Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking speedy action, by Congress, giving consent to the transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties from Virginia to West Virginia. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-01 |
| Lands to West Virginia. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking the passage of the bill entitled "A Bill Granting Lands to the State of West Virginia To Aid in the Construction of Certain Railroads." February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-01 |
| Temporary quarantine in New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking Congress to provide buildings for temporary quarantine purposes in the port of New York. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-01 |
| Quarantine in the port of New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to quarantine in the port of New York. February 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-01 |
| Manufactures of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Communication from the Board of Trade of Pittsburg, relative to the manufactures of that city. February 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of F.A. Lewis, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-02 |
| Message from the President of the Untied States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, correspondence in relation to the holding of civil courts in the insurrectionary states for the trial of crimes against the United States. February 2, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-02 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 30th ultimo, a copy of a communication dated December 22, 1865, addressed to the headquarters of the Army by Major General Sherman, commanding the military division of the Mississippi. February 2, 1866. -- Read, and referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-02 |
| Dominican Republic. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for pay of an agent to the Dominican Republic. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-02 |
| Imperial Mexican Express Company. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th January, relative to the Imperial Mexican Express Company in New York. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-02 |
| Navy yard at Patuxent River. Letter from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, relative to the advantages of the Patuxent River for a Navy yard. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Major J.W. Gordon, late of the 11th United States Infantry, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of David Baker, Mowrey & Steere, Samuel True, and Nathaniel Crowell, owners of the brig Sabao, praying remuneration for the loss of that vessel, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of J.W. Downey, for restoration of his real estate, taken and sold under the conscription act, have examined the same and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Selina Barclay, having had the same under consideration, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clara Moore, widow and administratrix of Ely Moore, deceased, praying payment to her of the amount of the expenditures made by him for additional clerks and office accommodations for said clerks, in the register's office at Lecompton, Douglas County, Kansas, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-05 |
| Baldwin vs. Trowbridge. February 5, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-05 |
| Waugooshance light-house. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the unsafe condition of Waugooshance light-house, in the straits of Michilimackinac. February 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-05 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the extension of the surveys of the public lands to the one hundredth meridian of longitude. February 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the purpose of erecting at the capital of that state a building for the accommodation of the United States courts and post office at that place. February 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-06 |
| Navy yard at Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to the cost of the Navy yard at Philadelphia. February 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-06 |
| Clement Reeves. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the seizure of land belonging to Clement Reeves. February 6, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-06 |
| Income taxes collected from estates of certain deceased persons. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 29, relative to income taxes collected from the estates of deceased persons who died previous to December 31, 1863. February 7, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-07 |
| Communication from the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and the Indian agent of the Territory of Nebraska, addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the Winnebago reservation. February 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 121. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant to that state of the 16th and 36th sections of land on the Indian reservations, or other public lands in lieu thereof, for the benefit of common schools in that state. February 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-08 |
| Value of property at Philadelphia Navy yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting appraisement of the present value of property at Philadelphia Navy yard. February 8, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of steamboat and slack-water navigation on the Zambro River, from the Mississippi River to the Zambro Falls, in Minnesota. February 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-09 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor a grant of lands to perfect the navigation of the Mississippi River to the Falls of St. Anthony. February 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-09 |
| Baldwin vs. Trowbridge. February 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-09 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of so amending the provisions of the land grant to the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad, together with a branch from Lawrence to Emporia, as to make Burlingame a point on said road. February 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-13 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the memorial of Brevet Brigadier General B.S. Roberts, United States Army, setting forth his views of a plan for reclaiming the swamp and waste lands of the basin of the lower Mississippi River. February 13, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-13 |
| Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ended September 30, 1865. February 13, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1260, Session Vol. No.10 |
1866-02-13 |
| Owners of certain lands in St. Louis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 15.) February 13, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Ahern, of Albany, New York, praying to be indemnified for loss on a contract with the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of the Northern District of New York for board and rations furnished to the United States for soldiers and recruits at the City of Albany, in 1863, 1864, and 1865, have had the same under consideration and report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-14 |
| National bureau of education. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) Memorial of the National Association of State and City School Superintendents, asking for the establishment of a national bureau of education. February 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-14 |
| Alabama on reconstruction. Memorial of loyal citizens of Alabama, on the subject of reconstruction. February 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-14 |
| Memorial of a delegation representing the colored people of the several states, remonstrating against the passage of Joint Resolution, H.R. No. 51, proposing to amend the constitution of the United States. February 15, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 13. [i.e., 31]) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, having had under consideration a bill "to reimburse the State of Missouri for moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning militia forces to aid in suppressing the rebellion," beg leave to report the same back with a unanimous recommendation in favor of its passage... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-15 |
| War debt of the several states. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the assumption by the general government of the war debt of the several states. February 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on War Debts of the States and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot submitted the following report. In pursuance of the concurrent resolutions of the two Houses of Congress on the 12th of February instant, the chairmen of the Joint Committee of Arrangements on the Memorial Exercises of the Late President of United States, Abraham Lincoln... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Jerome B. Pillow, have had the same under consideration, and made the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-16 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th of January, information relative to the case of the United States vs. the City of San Francisco. February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-16 |
| War debts of the loyal states. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 282.) February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-16 |
| Memorial exercises on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln. February 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-16 |
| United States District Court in Louisiana. Memorial of Miles Taylor, Christian Roselius, and 34 other members of the New Orleans Bar, for the repeal of an act to better the organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana. February 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. February 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-16 |
| Reciprocity with England. Resolution of the State of West Virginia, relative to the reciprocity with England and the duty of coal. February 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-16 |
| Memorial of citizens of Jefferson County, Virginia, remonstrating against the transfer of the counties of Jefferson and Berkeley to the State of West Virginia. February 19, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| Petition of S.N. Goodale, praying the construction of a railroad through the Indian Territory, from the south line of Kansas to the north line of Texas. February 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of the 16th and 36th sections of the Cherokee Indian lands for the support of schools in that state. February 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, expressing joy at the successful termination of the war, and sympathy with those whose homes have been made desolate, and gratitude to Almighty God for His protection in the trying hour, and in favor of the plan of reconstruction inaugurated by the President in the southern states. February 19, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Egnolf report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 150.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Theodore G. Eiswald, having examined the same, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill (S.60) to amend an act entitled "An Act To Establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees," and for other purposes, with his objections thereto. February 19, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| Receipts into the Treasury from states lately in rebellion. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 7, transmitting statement of moneys paid into the Treasury since April 1, 1865, by the states lately in rebellion. February 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1255, Session Vol. No.7 |
1866-02-19 |
| Washburn vs. Voorhees. February 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-19 |
| Reciprocity treaty. Memorial of the American Free Trade League, relative to the reciprocity treaty. February 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-19 |
| Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad. February 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-19 |
| Resolution of the House of Representatives, to prohibit the admission of senators and representatives into either House of Congress from the states lately in rebellion until Congress shall have declared such states entitled to representation. February 21, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation to that state to reimburse the citizens thereof for money expended by them under the call for volunteers of December 19, 1864, and the draft resulting therefrom, and in favor of the allowance of the same bounty to persons held to service under that draft as was paid to volunteers under the call, in pursuance of which the draft was made. February 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of an ad valorem tax on tobacco and cigars instead of the present specific rate of duty. February 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Warren, Daniel Hood, and Calvin R. Humphrey, praying to be paid for the ship State of Maine, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to claim of Mrs. Kate Pettis, have considered the same, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the improvement of the navigation of the rapids on the Mississippi River. February 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-23 |
| Memorial of Doctor John Evans, praying the establishment of a system of quarantine regulations for the prevention of the spread of cholera. February 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Alonzo Morse, praying indemnification for certain United States notes lost or destroyed by the burning of his dwelling-house, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-23 |
| Land tax in Virginia. Letter from the Governor of Virginia, transmitting joint resolutions of the State of Virginia, relative to land tax and other imposts and taxes levied by Congress. February 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-26 |
| Protection of emancipated slaves and freedmen. February 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Elwood, in said state, to the one hundred meridian of west longitude. February 27, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel S.M. Reynolds, praying to be relieved from responsibility for money stolen from him on the 22d day of December, 1865, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Sweeney, Rittenhouse, Fant & Co., have considered the same, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Francis Miller, praying the relinquishment of money held by the government as collateral security for the performance of his contract, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-27 |
| List of clerks employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department, with amount paid them. February 27, 1866. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-02-27 |
| Veteran Reserve Corps. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in regard to the Veteran Reserve Corps. February 27, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-27 |
| Portage Lake Canal. Resolutions of the Legislatures of New York and Wisconsin, in favor of the extension of time for completing Portage Lake Canal, in the State of Michigan, and for an additional appropriation of land therefor. February 27, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-02-27 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of California, in favor of such an amendment to the act entitled "An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes," approved July 1, 1862, as will more fully protect the rights of miners and bona fide occupants of such lands as may be conveyed by virtue of that act; and also in favor of the exemption of all mineral lands, in any grant of land under that act. February 28, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-28 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of a speedy trial of Jefferson Davis. February 28, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-02-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of retaining the Veteran Reserve Corps in the military service of the United States. March 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the passage of a law for the equalization of bounties to volunteers. March 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 24.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 24, "for the relief of Lucretia M. Perry, widow of the late Nathaniel H. Perry, United States Navy," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 176.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George Henry Preble, a commander in the United States Navy, praying for relief, on account of the decision of the accounting officers of the Treasury as to his pay, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-01 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of payment to Alexander F. Pratt. late sheriff of Waukesha County, in said state for expenses incurred by him in pursuing and keeping a prisoner convicted in the United States District Court of that state for counterfeiting United States coin. March 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 36.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of Miss Clara Barton, praying aid to carry out a plan she has originated for obtaining information of missing soldiers, and communicating the same to their relatives, having had the subject under consideration, beg respectfully to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Chaplains of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the names of the present chaplains of the Navy, with the date of their appointment, and the state from which they were appointed. March 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-02 |
| Clerks of committees. March 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Crew of the ship Nightingale. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| John A. Prentice. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Calvert Gaither. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| George H. Bonebrake. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| B.F. Gaither. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Henry F. Mayer. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Thomas Wells. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Henderson Adams. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Daniel H. Bingham. March 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-02 |
| Increase of the regular Army. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the increase of the regular Army and recommending the appointment of competent volunteer officers to fill positions therein. March 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-02 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, accepting a donation of lands by Congress, under the act approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An Act Donating Public Lands to the Several States and Territories Which May Provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts." March 5, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Emma J. Hall, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-05 |
| Paper, printing, and advertising. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, calling for a statement of the amount paid for advertising during the year 1865. March 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-05 |
| Harbors on the sea and lake coasts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 29th ultimo, transmitting the report of the Chief Engineer in regard to harbors on the sea and lake coasts where public works have been built. March 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-05 |
| Widow of Andrew Cunningham, late a British subject. Correspondence between the State Department and the British legation, relative to the claim of the widow of the late Andrew Cunningham, a British subject, improperly enlisted into the military service of the United States. March 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-05 |
| Admission of Tennessee. (To accompany H. Res. No. 83.) Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying that the present state organization of Tennessee may be recognized and its perpetuity guaranteed. February 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction. March 5, 1866. -- Reported from the Select Committee on Reconstruction, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Reconstruction. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-05 |
| Resolutions of Legislature of Wisconsin, of the grant of land to aid in the construction of Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal. March 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1270, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-05 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of February last, a communication from the Secretary of War, together with the reports of the assistant commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau made since December 1, 1865. March 6, 1866. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called confederate states, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of John R. Brown, owner of the schooner Robert Bruce, for damage in the seizure of that vessel by the United States, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-06 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 5th January and 27th of February last, information in regard to provisional governors of states. March 6, 1866. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1237, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-06 |
| Admission of Tennessee. (To accompany H. Res. No. 83.) March 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Wilson D. Burlingame... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, praying compensation for property lost on board the steamer San Francisco, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-07 |
| President Juarez, of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th ultimo, relative to President Juarez, of Mexico. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-07 |
| State government for New Mexico. Memorial of the Assembly of New Mexico, in regard to a state government for that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-07 |
| Capitol building for New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in regard to a capitol building for that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-07 |
| Veto power of the governor of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to the veto power of the governor of that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-07 |
| Probate jurisdiction in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to the jurisdiction of the probate judge in that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-07 |
| Penitentiary in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to a penitentiary in that territory. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following resolutions. Resolved, 1st, that the late rebellion was a contest between freedom and slavery. To perpetuate human bondage against the influences of a progressive civilization, which it was feared would soon manifest itself in the political action of the government, a portion of the people of eleven states attempted to withdraw themselves and their states from the operation of such influences... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of an appropriation for the payment of military claims created by that state during the late war. March 8, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of J.H. Warren... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 192.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Goldsmith Brothers, praying to be indemnified for United States bonds lost on board the steamer Brother Jonathan on the 31st of July, 1865, having considered the same, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-09 |
| Expenditures of Board of Immigration. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the report of the Commissioner of Immigration of the expenditures, &c., since the establishment of the bureau. March 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-09 |
| Clerks of committees. March 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, remonstrating against the proposed tax on leaf tobacco. March 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-12 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, remonstrating against the proposed tax on leaf tobacco. March 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-12 |
| Claim of the State of Missouri. (To accompany Bill S. No. 31.) Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Missouri for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the war. March 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-12 |
| Freedmen's Bureau bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, expressing the approbation of Congress in passing the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and in excluding representation from the rebellious districts. March 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-12 |
| Lands granted to Iowa. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to lands granted to the State of Iowa for railroad purposes. March 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Doolittle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 68.) The Committee on Foreign Relations having been instructed by the Senate to inquire what further legislation, if any, is required to carry into effect the fourth article of the treaty with Great Britain, of August 9, 1842, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-13 |
| Illinois volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, relative to the retention in service of Illinois volunteers. March 13, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-13 |
| Amendment to the Constitution. (To accompany H. Res. No. 43.) March 13, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-13 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of including the City of Portland in the port of entry at the mouth of the Columbia River, and that bonded warehouses may be established at that place. March 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of the establishment of a mail route between Dallas City, Oregon, and Boise City, Idaho Territory. March 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-14 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, remonstrating against the passage of any law imposing a tax upon mining claims. March 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-14 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of incorporating the County of Walla-Walla, Washington Territory, into the State of Oregon. March 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-14 |
| Jethro Bonney. March 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-14 |
| Francis A. Gibbons. March 14, 1866. -- Read twice, ordered to be printed, and transmitted to the Committee of Claims. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1866. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 201.) The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Heth, praying for a pension, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 202.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Elisha W. Dunn, a paymaster in the United States Navy, and late fleet paymaster of the United States Mississippi Squadron, praying that the proper accounting officers of the United States Treasury may be authorized and directed to make a settlement with him on principles of justice and equity for all losses of money and property of the United States, which were in his possession at the time of, and were destroyed by the fire that burned the United States naval wharf-boat or depot upon which his office was situated... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah L. Spring and Harriet Spring, of Waterville, Maine, heirs of Captain Williams Barker, deceased, of the continental establishment of the Revolutionary Army, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and paper relative to the claim of Cyrus M. Harmon, have had the same under consideration and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1866. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 146.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred the petition of Thomas F. Wilson and the bill for his relief, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the supposed kidnapping of colored persons in the southern states for the purpose of selling them as slaves in Cuba. March 16, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-16 |
| Receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting adjusted accounts of the receipts and expenditures for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1865. March 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-03-16 |
| Provisional government debt of Oregon. Resolution of the State of Oregon, in relation to the provisional government debt. March 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-16 |
| Land bounties to soldiers. March 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition of the executors of the late Colonel D.D. Tompkins and accompanying papers, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Ephraim Hunt, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Rebecca S. Minor, have had the same under consideration and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-19 |
| Regular and volunteer Army. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 5th January, transmitting a statement of the number of men and officers in the regular and volunteer service in the United States. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-20 |
| Freedmen's Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 8, transmitting a report, by the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, of all orders issued by him or any assistant commissioner. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-20 |
| Tax on cigars. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, recommending a modification of the excise tax upon cigars. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-20 |
| James Stott. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. N.P. Banks, transmitting correspondence relative to the claim of James Stott for illegal arrest by the authority of the United States. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conness made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 210.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Wellington and Dorsey for relief, beg leave to report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-21 |
| National Bureau of Education. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the establishment of a Bureau of Education. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-21 |
| Commodore William Radford. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to a decoration proposed to be conferred by the King of Italy on Commodore Radford, United States Navy. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-21 |
| Flag of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to a flag of the United States received from the working people of the City of Lyons, France. March 21, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-21 |
| Clerks of committees. March 21, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-21 |
| Memorial of Edwin M. Snow, M.D., Providence, Rhode Island, protesting against the passage of the "Joint Resolution (S.38) Providing Quarantine Regulations to Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Asiatic Cholera," and praying that a through investigation of quarantine regulations may be instituted, with a view of reforming alleged flagrant abuses existing in some of our principal seaports, in order that a uniform system of quarantine may be established, founded upon the true nature of diseases. March 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill submitted the following report. The petitioners, by their attorney, pray that an American register may be granted to their ship, Patrick Henry. They state that they are the sole owners of said ship... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 220.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the communication of the Secretary of the Navy, of the date of January 30, 1866, enclosing a copy of the record of the board of naval officers, organized pursuant to the resolution of the Senate of March 9, 1865, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-22 |
| National Academy of Sciences. Letter from Joseph Henry, vice president of the National Academy of Sciences, transmitting the report of their operations for the year 1865. March 22, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1256, Session Vol. No.8 |
1866-03-22 |
| Aid to Iowa branch of the Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, for government aid to the extension, in Iowa, of the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of the payment of the losses and damages sustained by the university of said state on account of the occupation thereof by federal troops as a military post. March 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 225.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 219, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Catharine Mock," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Maria Genaud, heir of John Hudry, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition of George D.C. Hibbs, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-23 |
| Clerks of committees. March 23, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-23 |
| Department of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th of March, transmitting the report of Major General Pope on the condition of the Department of Missouri. March 26, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-03-26 |
| Crude petroleum. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to procure a repeal of the tax upon crude oil or petroleum. March 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Mans and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-26 |
| Dodge vs. Brooks. March 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-26 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, to the Hon. J.W. Grimes, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in relation to the appointment of enlisted persons at the Naval Academy. (To accompany Bill S. No. 233.) March 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of State, to the Hon. Charles Sumner, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, relative to the transfer of a gunboat to the government of the Republic of Liberia. (To accompany Bill S. No. 229.) March 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nesmith made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 230.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, adopted February 17, 1866, "to secure an appropriation by Congress for the payment of certain military claims created in that state during the war," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 231.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying documents relative to the claim of William Pierce, of San Francisco, California, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Mrs. Mary E. Twiford... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-27 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning Bill (S. No. 61) "to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication," with his objections thereto. March 27, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to legislation necessary to fix and establish the position of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad at Rock Island, Illinois, as to enable the War Department to occupy said island for military purposes. March 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. March 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-03-27 |
| Miami Indians of Indiana. March 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-03-27 |
| Iowa Central Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Iowa Central Railroad. March 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-28 |
| Officers of the Navy. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, as to increased pay to naval officers. March 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 237.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martha Stevens, widow of the late John F. Stevens, of Greensburg, Indiana, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 238.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, praying that a pension be granted to Mrs. Amarilla Cook, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1866. -- Ordered, that the report of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, which accompanied the Bill (H.R. 394) for the relief of the estate of E.W. Eddy, be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 69, for the relief of the estate of E.W. Eddy, late paymaster in the United States Army, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-02 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking an extension of the time for the completion of certain railroads in said state. April 2, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-04-02 |
| Taxing mining claims. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, against taxing mining claims. April 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-02 |
| Volunteer military force. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Hon. Mr. Schenck, chairman of Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the state of the volunteer military force up to 28th of March. April 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony S. Robinson, praying compensation for the services of his deceased father as brigadier general in the Mexican Army, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapman [i.e., Chapin], respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-04 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in regard to the oath required to be taken by persons in the employ of that Department. April 4, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-04-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of James G. Clark, have had the same under consideration, and now submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 257 [i.e., 251].) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Commodore Thomas Turner, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-05 |
| Military post at Vermillion Lake. April 5, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-05 |
| Cyrus Leland. April 5, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-05 |
| John J. Walsh. April 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-05 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. April 6, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 252.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the application of Sarah E. Wilson, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred "the petition of Thomas Laurent, of Brooklyn, New York, praying the payment to him of a balance due him on account of money seized from him by General Scott in Mexico in 1847," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report. On the 18th of February, 1861, Major General Twiggs, commanding the Department of Texas, issued a special order, No. 5, directing that the military posts within the limits of his command be evacuated by their garrisons, and the troops as soon as their necessary preparations could be made, should be marched out of the state... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-06 |
| British vessel Magicienne. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of State and papers relative to claim on the government by the owners of the British vessel Magicienne. April 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-06 |
| Oath of office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General suggesting a modification of the oath of office prescribed by Congress, approved July 2, 1862. April 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-06 |
| Military posts on the northern overland mail route. April 6, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-06 |
| Quartermaster General's Department and Corcoran Art Building. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of House of the 2d instant, relative to officers employed in the Quartermaster General's Department in Washington, and also information respecting the Corcoran Art Building. April 7, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-07 |
| Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Kansas for indemnification for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the rebel invasion in 1864. April 9, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 259. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-09 |
| Illinois Central Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th of March, stating the amount paid to the Illinois Central Railroad for transportation by the United States, and the amount claimed by the company as still due. April 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-09 |
| Improvement of the Patapsco River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, relative to an appropriation to complete the ship channel from Fort McHenry to the mouth of the Patapsco River. April 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-09 |
| Admission of states in rebellion. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the terms and conditions upon which the states in rebellion should be admitted to representation in Congress, and national unity and peace. April 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-09 |
| Civil rights bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the veto of the civil rights bill. April 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Emerance Gouler, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Captain R.E. Bryant, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-10 |
| Duty on wool. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking an additional duty on wool. April 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-10 |
| J.E. Martin, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) April 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 261.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Anna G. Gaston, of the City of Washington, D.C., widow of Albert G. Gaston, late a lieutenant of the 16th regiment of Virginia volunteers, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-11 |
| Safety of passengers by steam-vessels. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) April 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-11 |
| Civil rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to the civil rights bill before Congress. April 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-11 |
| Immigration. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) April 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-11 |
| Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking the assent of Congress to the route of the land grant railroad from Portage to Bayfield, and thence to Superior. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-13 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the construction of the Portage and Superior Railroad. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-13 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, instructing the senators and members of Congress from that state to procure the necessary legislation to change the route of the land grant road from Portage to Superior. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-13 |
| Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for the establishment of a semi-weekly mail route from Sumner Post Office to Menomonee, Wisconsin. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-13 |
| Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of lands to the Portage and Superior Railroad, to aid in the construction of their road from Fond du Lac to Ripon, Wisconsin. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Mrs. Catharine Ferguson, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-13 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information as to persons being permitted to enter upon the duties of office without taking the oath prescribed by act of Congress. April 13, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-04-13 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of March, information in regard to the seizure and detention at New York of the steamship "Meteor." April 13, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-04-13 |
| Fishing grounds near British provinces. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to the rights and interests of American citizens in the fishing grounds adjacent to the British provinces. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-13 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the payment of the claims of the militia of that state who served in the War of 1812. April 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-16 |
| Expenditures of the contingent fund of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the Navy Department for the year ending June 30, 1865. April 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-16 |
| Increase of pay to officers of the Navy. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, asking for increase of pay to officers of the Navy. April 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-16 |
| Taxing national currency, etc. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to permission to tax national currency, &c. April 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in regard to defining the number of officers in the Navy and regulating their appointment. April 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 269. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of O. Holman, having considered the same, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-17 |
| Southern branch of Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the convention of Texas, in favor of a southern branch of the Pacific Railroad. April 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-18 |
| Disbursements for southern superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d ultimo, transmitting statement of disbursements under 5th section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1865. April 18, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 274.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the opinion of the Court of Claims in the case of John Ericsson, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 275.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Cornelius Crowley, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 276.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jerusha Witter, widow of Amos Witter, deceased, late surgeon of the 7th Iowa Infantry, praying that a pension be granted her, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-19 |
| Awards for the capture of Booth and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, calling for the findings of the commission for the capture of J.W. Booth and D.E. Herold. April 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-19 |
| Equalization of bounties. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing the senators and representatives in Congress from Pennsylvania to advocate and vote for a measure that will equalize bounties, &c. April 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-19 |
| Army post chaplains. Resolution passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their representatives in Congress to vote for and use their influence to secure the passage of an act to increase the number of Army post chaplains sufficiently to meet the increased wants of the regular Army of the United States. April 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-19 |
| Boyd vs. Kelso. Evidence in the contested election case of Boyd vs. Kelso. April 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the erection of fire-proof buildings at Schuylkill Arsenal, Pennsylvania. April 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 67. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 277.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of the claim of William Cook, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-20 |
| Winnebago and Superior Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of so much of the Winnebago and Superior Railroad as extends from Doty's Island to Stevens's Point. April 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-20 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1866, correspondence respecting General Order No. 17, issued by the Commander of the Department of California, prohibiting the exportation of arms or munitions of war over the frontier. April 23, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-04-23 |
| Officers and soldiers buried near Atlanta. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 2, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War on the subject. April 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-23 |
| Evacuation of Mexico by the French. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 16th instant, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State on that subject. April 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-04-23 |
| Joseph C.G. Kennedy. April 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-23 |
| Modification of the oath of office. Mr. James F. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report. April 23, 1866. -- Laid on the tale and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of George Mach and twenty-five others, enlisted men of company G, Eighth Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-24 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, a copy of the proceedings of a board of officers in relation to brevet appointments in the regular Army. April 24, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-04-24 |
| Civil rights bill, &c. Communication from the New York East Annual Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, expressive of thanks for the passage of the civil rights bill, &c. April 24, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 345.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 345, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Christina Elder," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 283.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Edward St. Clair Clarke, acting assistant paymaster United States Navy, praying to be relieved from all responsibility in consequence of money lost by robbery in May, 1863, while attached to the United States steamer Sumter, as an acting assistant paymaster, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 284.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Otway H. Berryman, praying to be allowed the amount of money paid by him in adjusting his accounts as acting purser, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-25 |
| Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, declaring it to be the duty of Senator Doolittle to resign the office of United States senator. April 26, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of T.S. Briscoe for pay for his services in recruiting the 6th Regiment of Iowa Cavalry, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-26 |
| Soldiers' bounties. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an equalization of soldiers' bounties. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-26 |
| Mail route in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a mail route from Trempealeau to Sumner, in that state. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-26 |
| Harbor at Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the improvement of the harbor at Superior, in that state. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-26 |
| Ship canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to a ship canal through the state, connecting the Mississippi River with the waters of Lake Michigan. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-26 |
| James Byers and others. April 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-27 |
| Clerks of committees. April 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-27 |
| John Kaye. April 27. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-27 |
| George Chorpenning. (To accompany H. Res. No. 123.) April 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-27 |
| U.P. Monroe. April 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-27 |
| Elizabeth C. Willett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) April 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-27 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the state of the Union and the duties of government to the freedmen. April 30, 1866. -- Submitted, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 29.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Irwin, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of F.M. Faircloth, has had the same under consideration and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-04-30 |
| Library for Montana. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking for an appropriation for a territorial library and other purposes. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| Montana. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, protesting against a joint resolution now pending, asking for the annexation of a certain portion of said territory to the Territory of Idaho. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| Silver Peak mail. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to a mail route in said state. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| United States branch Mint. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the United States branch Mint. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| Wellington and Austin mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to mail route from Wellington to Austin. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| Jefferson Davis. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to Jefferson Davis. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| Crystal Springs mail. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the Crystal Springs mail. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| Security of mining titles. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada against the sale of mines. April 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-04-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 294.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of John Gordon, a messenger in the Post Office Department, praying compensation for services performed out of office hours, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George P. Rensberg, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo, copies of orders of Department which deprive officers of the Navy who are not on duty, at the privilege of citizens. May 1, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-05-01 |
| Rebel debt or cotton loan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th of April, respecting the rebel debt known as the cotton loan. May 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-01 |
| Berry and Higgins. (To accompany H. Res. No. 128.) May 1, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition of Eli W. Goff and accompanying papers, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 298.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jane D. Brent, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 299.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jane E. Miles, widow of William D. Miles, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, late of the firm of Le Caze & Mallett, praying payment of a balance due for advances made by them during the Revolutionary War, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 83.) In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th of April, the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to which the same was referred, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-03 |
| Investigations at New Orleans. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d April, asking for report of the investigation by General Smith and Hon. James T. Brady at New Orleans. May 3, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-03 |
| Murder of Union soldiers in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of April 16, transmitting the report of Judge Advocate General Holt, relative to the murder of certain Union soldiers belonging to 1st and 2d North Carolina Loyal Infantry. May 3, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-03 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Massachusetts, praying the reimbursement of certain moneys expended by Massachusetts for the common defence. May 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 95.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 95, entitled "a bill providing for the appointment of a commission to purchase a site and erect a building for a post office, Custom-house, and for holding the courts of the United States in the City of St. Paul," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-04 |
| Pardons and abandoned property. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th of March last, relative to pardons and property seized as enemies' property, and returned to those who claimed to be the original owners. May 4, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-04 |
| Thomas Miller and William Fisher. Correspondence of the Secretary of State, with the British minister at Washington, upon the subject of the claims of Thomas Miller and William Fisher, British subjects, on account of an alleged illegal arrest. May 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-04 |
| Charles Allen. Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting correspondence relative to the claim of Charles Allen, a British subject, for compensation for injuries done his property near Vicksburg. May 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-04 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1865. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1265, Session Vol. No.14 |
1866-05-07 |
| Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for an equalization of bounties. May 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-07 |
| Bancroft and Earl Russell. Letter from George Bancroft, Esq., directed to Hon. E.B. Washburne, chairman, etc., transmitting correspondence with Earl Russell relative to a portion of the memorial address on Abraham Lincoln, delivered before both Houses of Congress. May 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on the Death of Mr. Lincoln and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th ultimo, a report from Benjamin C. Truman relative to the condition of the southern people and the states in which the rebellion existed. May 8, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-05-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 314.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Sarah J. Purcell, praying for a widow's pension, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 72.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill, 72, for the relief of Ruth Ellen Greland, widow of John H. Greland, deceased, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Martin, with power to send for persons and papers, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-09 |
| Clerks of departments. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, calling for list of clerks, former occupation, &c. May 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-09 |
| Clerks of departments. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, relative to the clerks employed in his Department. May 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1866. -- Considered, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade introduced the following resolution, protesting against the removal and location of the Sioux Indians of Minnesota in the settled portion of Nebraska, &c. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of C.F. Johnson, praying compensation for tobacco lost at Lake Port, in Louisiana, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-10 |
| Expenditures in the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d ultimo, relative to expenditures in the Indian Department. May 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-10 |
| Freedmen's Bureau bill. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the votes by the delegation of that state on the veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. May 10, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-10 |
| Civil rights. Address of the colored citizens of Chicago to the Congress of the United States. May 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, instructing their senators and representatives to favor and urge the establishment of a national bureau of education, with headquarters at Washington. May 11, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have considered the petition of Henry Roy De La Reintrie, asking that the sum of ten thousand dollars be allowed him for the material, effective and valuable services he has rendered to the government of the United States, the State of California and its citizens, in the exposition, overthrow and rejection of the fraudulent claims of Jose y Limantour... |
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1866-05-11 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying an appropriation for the purchase of a library for that territory. May 14, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-14 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, remonstrating against the division of the territory by cutting off a portion known as the Bitter Root and Blackfoot Country. May 14, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-14 |
| Artificial limbs furnished to soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 10, relative to artificial limbs furnished to soldiers at the expense of government. May 14, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-14 |
| Follett vs. Delano. May 14, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-14 |
| Clerks of committees. May 14. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1866-05-14 |
| Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, as to the proposed tax of five cents per pound on cotton. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-15 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying that a United States branch Mint be located in said territory. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-15 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying an alteration and extension of the southern boundary of said territory. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-15 |
| Clerks of departments. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to clerks employed in his Department. May 15, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-15 |
| Clerks of departments. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting a statement from the State Department relative to the clerks employed in that Department. May 15, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-15 |
| Address of the Swiss committees. Letter from the Auxiliary Committee of the American Association in Switzerland for the Benefit of Enfranchised Slaves in America, transmitting the address of the Swiss committees of Geneva, Berne, Neufchatel, &c., to the President and the Congress of the United States. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of D.D. Sublett for compensation for taking the eighth census in the State of Kentucky, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W.J. Holmes, praying compensation for property destroyed by the burning of Columbia, in South Carolina, during the late rebellion, respectfully report... |
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1866-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 94.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of James S. Fisk and others, of the home guard of Rockcastle and Lincoln Counties, in Kentucky, praying compensation for services rendered during the threatened raid of the rebel John Morgan, in 1862, having had the subject under consideration, beg respectfully to report... |
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1866-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of James B. Johnson, of Missouri, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-16 |
| Special land tax in Alabama. Letter from R.M. Patton, of Alabama, relative to the special land tax. May 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 326.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Harriet B. Crocker, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
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1866-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 327.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Katharine F. Winslow, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... |
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1866-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 328.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Abigail Ryan, widow of the late Thomas A. Ryan, having had the same under consideration, report... |
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1866-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 329.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Kaetzel, widow of Nicholas Kaetzel, who was killed at the Columbus Arsenal, Columbus, Ohio, while firing a salute ordered by the Secretary of War, asking a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
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1866-05-17 |
| Organization of the Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Lieutenant General on the subject of early legislation upon the subject of the organization of the Army. May 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-17 |
| Coinage, weights, and measures. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 596 and 597, and H. Res. No. 141.) May 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 86.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Senate resolution No. 86, "to provide for the publication of the official history of the rebellion," having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-18 |
| Prize-money. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of April relative to prize-money. May 18, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-18 |
| Clerks in departments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Interior, the Navy, and Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, relative to the clerks employed in the several departments. May 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitting estimates for deficiencies for the support of destitute Indians in the southern superintendency. May 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. To accompany Bill S. No. 348. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-21 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, relative to the joint resolution of the 28th of January, 1864, upon the subject of the gift of the steamer Vanderbilt to the United States. May 21, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-05-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th January, information relative to the payment of one hundred dollars to the ten regiments of Missouri State Militia mustered into the United States service. May 22, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-05-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 207.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 207, "To Provide for the Equalization of Bounties to Soldiers in the Late War of the Rebellion," respectfully report it back, and recommend its passage... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-22 |
| Clerks in departments. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the 7th instant, relative to clerks employed in the War Department. May 22, 1866. -- Referred to a Select Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-22 |
| Clerks in departments. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting statement of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department. May 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-23 |
| Freedmen. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th ultimo, relative to the provisions in the constitutions of several southern states relative to the freedmen. May 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 339.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Franklin, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-24 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in relation to the reorganization of the clerical force of that Department. April 24, 1866. -- Submitted by Mr. Sherman to accompany Bill S. 282. May 25. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-25 |
| Agricultural college lands. Memorial from the trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College, relative to the law in relation to the lands for the benefit of said college. May 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-25 |
| Refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 21st instant, relative to refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands. May 26, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-26 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. May 29, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of the heirs of John Denman and George Townley, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-29 |
| Rear-admiral Paulding. (To accompany H.R. No. 457.) May 29, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-29 |
| William G. Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) May 29, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-29 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, to Hon. John Sherman, communicating statements in regard to the public debt. May 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-30 |
| Message from the President of the United States, announcing the death of Winfield Scott, late lieutenant general in the Army of the United States. May 30, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-05-30 |
| Riot at Memphis. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th of May, in relation to the riot at Memphis. May 30, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-30 |
| Koontz vs. Coffroth. Papers referred to the Committee of Elections, in the contested election case of Koontz vs. Coffroth. May 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 31, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 99.) The Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of Paul S. Forbes, praying for relief under his contract with the Navy Department to build and furnish the sloop-of-war Idaho, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-05-31 |
| Freedmen. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the operations of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. May 31, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-05-31 |
| Election in Mississippi. Certificate of election of members from Mississippi to the Thirty-ninth Congress. June 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-06-04 |
| Mineral lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 322.) June 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-05 |
| Naval stations on the lakes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) June 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 171.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 171, entitled "a bill for the relief of Reuben Clough," having considered the same, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 358.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy A. Stocks, widow of Reuben Stocks, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 359.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hopestill Bigelow, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden submitted the following report. The joint committee of the two Houses of Congress appointed under the concurrent resolution of December 13, 1865, with direction "to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or any of them are entitled to be represented in either house of Congress, with leave to report by bill or otherwise," ask leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying the restoration of property confiscated under proceedings instituted in the district court for the northern district of New York, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-08 |
| Explosion at the arsenal. Letter from Major Benton, commandant of the Washington Arsenal, transmitting a statement of the distribution of money to the sufferers by the late explosion in said arsenal. June 8, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-06-08 |
| Salary and mileage of Congress. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amounts paid for salary and mileage to the members of the Thirty-eighth Congress. June 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 106.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, having had under consideration the memorial of the Legislature of Massachusetts, praying Congress for reimbursement of money expended upon fortifications and in the purchase of guns and ammunition, and for procuring plans for coast defence and harbor obstructions for the common defence, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-11 |
| Explosion at the arsenal. Letter from the Commandant of the Washington Arsenal, transmitting, in lieu of a report heretofore made, a detailed report of the distribution of the money to the sufferers by the late explosion in said arsenal, with the vouchers therefor. June 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-06-11 |
| Lands for Sioux Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 21st ultimo, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior relative to lands for Sioux Indians. June 11, 1866. --Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 366.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Lansing of Massachusetts, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-12 |
| Direct tax in Florida. Memorial of the Legislature of Florida, relative to payment of the direct tax. June 12, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-06-12 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, requesting a suspension of the collection of the internal revenue tax due from that state, pursuant to the act of Congress of the 5th of August, 1861. June 13, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-13 |
| Draft in the Eighth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the draft in the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. June 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-06-13 |
| Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, in favor of the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 598) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. June 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-14 |
| Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 203) entitled "An Act to Enable the New York and Montana Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company to Purchase a Certain Amount of the Public Lands Not Now in Market," with his objections thereto. June 15, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-15 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, a copy of the report of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy for the year 1866. June 11, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. June 15, 1866. -- 1,000 additional copies ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-15 |
| John C. McFerran. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-15 |
| Charles M. Stout. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-15 |
| Captain John J. Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 682.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-15 |
| John K. Hickey. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| George C. Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-15 |
| Eliza T. Morehead [i.e., Moorhead]. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| James Preston Beck. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 109.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-15 |
| James L. Johnson. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 110.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| William Townsend. (To accompany H.R. No. 393.) June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| City of Omaha, Nebraska. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| F.M. and B.H. Bixby. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| Eliza Jane Chaney. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| Amzi L. Burns. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1866-06-15 |
| Baptist and United Brethren Church. June 15, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-15 |
| Soldiers' convention in Pennsylvania. Letter from the secretary of the soldiers' convention in Pennsylvania, transmitting proceedings of that convention. June 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-06-15 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ultimo, information touching the transactions of the Executive branch of the government respecting the transportation, settlement, and colonization of persons of the African race. June 18, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckalew made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 108.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Samuel Norris, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-18 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in regard to the departure of troops from Austria for Mexico. June 18, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-18 |
| Austrian forces for Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, relative to the despatch of Austrian troops for Mexico. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-06-18 |
| Laws of late insurgent states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the laws and ordinances of the late insurgent states. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-06-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 164.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 164 for the relief of Alois Klaus, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 376.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Drusey A. Layman, widow of Eugenius E. Layman, late a private in company C, of the 17th Regiment of West Virginia Volunteers, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Poland submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Rives and others, setting forth that Dr. Charles Brown, of Albemarle County, Virginia, was the original inventor of some useful article for which he was entitled to a patent, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-20 |
| Direct tax in insurgent states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 21st of May, relative to direct tax collected in the insurgent states. June 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1263, Session Vol. No.12 |
1866-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 112.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Mrs. Abby Green, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 383.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claims of Lewis Dyer, M.D., late surgeon of 81st Illinois Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Sarah A. Monroe, widow of the late Rev. T.H.W. Monroe, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-21 |
| Fuller vs. Dawson. June 21, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-21 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a copy of a despatch of the 4th instant, addressed to the Secretary of State by the United States Minister at Paris, in regard to the employment of European troops in Mexico. June 22, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-22 |
| European troops in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives in regard to the employment of foreign troops in Mexico. June 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-06-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 390.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Union County, Indiana, praying that a pension may be granted to John Pyle, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-23 |
| Ober, Nanson & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-23 |
| The Corporation of Washington City. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 710.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-23 |
| John R. Beckley. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 174.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-23 |
| Tuller and Fisher. (To accompany H. Res. No. 175.) June 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-23 |
| Arrest of American citizens in Ireland. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, with regard to the arrest of American citizens in Ireland. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-06-25 |
| Boyd vs. Kelso. June 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-25 |
| Legal restrictions upon the commerce in money. Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade to the Congress of the United States, praying for the abolition of legal restrictions upon the commerce in money, with the report of a special committee of their executive council, upon the usury laws, May 21, 1866. June 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-06-26 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a report and maps prepared by a board of examiners appointed to examine a site for a fresh-water basin for iron-clad vessels of the United States Navy. June 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-06-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 398.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant W.B. Kelley, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-28 |
| Honors to rebels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 4th instant, as to whether any of the civil or military employes [sic] of the government have assisted in the rendition of public honors to the rebel living or dead. June 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-06-28 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in favor of the passage of an act whereby the comparative merits of each site offered for an iron-clad Navy yard may be ascertained, with a view to the adoption of that one by which the public interest will be best promoted. June 29, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-29 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the construction of a railroad from Orleans to Provincetown. June 29, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-29 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in favor of a donation of lands to endow female colleges in the several states. June 30, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-30 |
| Virginia land warrants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) June 30, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-06-30 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th of June, a duly certified copy of the official oath taken by Albert Elmore, as collector of Customs at Mobile, Alabama. July 2, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-07-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th of May, 1866, a report by the Chief of Ordnance, relative to the present condition of the public works at Harper's Ferry. July 2, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-07-02 |
| Breach of privilege. July 2, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo, the evidence upon which the awards for the apprehension of Jefferson Davis were made. May 1, 1866. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. July 5, 1866. -- Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-07-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 411.) The committee to whom was referred the Senate resolution in reference to the adjustment of the inequalities of compensation allowed to the several officers and employes [sic] of the two Houses of Congress, with a view to the adjustment of the same in the Senate, beg leave to respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-06 |
| Commutation of rations. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th of June, relative to commutation of rations to soldiers while prisoners of war. July 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 413.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Miss Sue Murphey, of Decatur, Alabama, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-09 |
| Koontz vs. Coffroth. July 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-09 |
| Tariff. Remonstrance of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York on the subject of the present tariff bill. July 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 418.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Ward B. Burnett, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 410.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of McClure & Miller, praying that Solomon P. Smith may be allowed arrears of pension, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Poland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 427.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the petition of Henry S. Davis for pay for work done in the west wing of the Patent Office Building, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-14 |
| Hon. Roscoe Conkling and Provost Marshal Gen. Fry. July 14, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 429.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of James, Fowler, Kirtland & Co., asking compensation for damages resulting for the suspension by the government of the work on the dome of the Capitol, from May, 1861, to May, 1862, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 433.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of E.J. Curley, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 434.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of Mrs. Amelia Feaster, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 518.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relative to the claim of the owners of the bark Maria Henry, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-16 |
| Brevet rank in the regular Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th May, transmitting a report of all brevet ranks conferred upon officers of the regular Army since April 12, 1861, to date of report. July 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-16 |
| Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House Bill No. 613, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-16 |
| Dorence Atwater. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th instant, calling for the papers in the case of Dorence Atwater, late private in the general service United States Army. July 16, 1866. -- Referred to a select committee and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. William made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 435.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the legislature of the State of Wisconsin for the relief of Alexander F. Pratt, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-17 |
| Manufactures. July 17, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating the report of the Secretary of State, made in compliance with the requirements of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856. July 19, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1238, Session Vol. No.2 |
1866-07-19 |
| Indian affairs in Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d of May, in regard to the conduct of Indian affairs in Dakota Territory. July 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-19 |
| Clerks of the House of Representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) July 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-07-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nesmith submitted the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the administrator and heirs of Joseph Sherman, deceased, claiming to have been an officer of the Rhode Island troops during the War of the Revolution, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-23 |
| The condition of Utah. July 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-23 |
| National cemeteries in Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs correspondence relative to national cemeteries in Tennessee. July 23, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-07-23 |
| Restoration of Tennessee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his views relative to the restoration of Tennessee, by joint resolution, informing the House that he had signed the same. July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-24 |
| Steamship San Francisco. (To accompany S.R. No. 31.) July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-24 |
| Reward for the capture of Booth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 801.) July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-24 |
| Memphis riots and massacres. July 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1274, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-07-25 |
| Neutral relations. (To accompany H.R. No. 806.) July 25, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-25 |
| Navy yard and naval depot at New London. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, relative to a Navy yard and naval depot at New London, Connecticut. July 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-07-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 3, 1865. July 25, 1866. -- Read and referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. July 26, 1866. -- Committee discharged, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1239, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-26 |
| J.T. Jones. (To accompany Bill S. No. 122.) July 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-26 |
| George N. Carlton. July 26, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-26 |
| Release of Fenian prisoners. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d instant, relative to release of Fenian prisoners in Canada, and to discontinue prosecutions against the Fenians in the United States. July 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and representatives of the late Captain Andrew Russell, of the Virginia line, on the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-27 |
| California volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, relative to the discharge of certain California volunteers stationed in the territories. July 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-27 |
| John Ridgway. July 27, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-27 |
| Pensioners dropped from the rolls. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of May 22, relative to pensioners dropped from the pension rolls. July 27, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-27 |
| Railroad property. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 4, relative to railroad property in the possession of the government. July 27, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 27, 1866. -- Submitted. July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Poland submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of Hon. David T. Patterson, senator elect from the State of Tennessee, with instructions to report whether said Patterson is legally qualified to hold the office of United States senator for said state, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1240, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Union and rebel soldiers died while prisoners. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of July 12, relative to the number of Union and rebel soldiers who died while held as prisoners of war. July 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1267, Session Vol. No.16 |
1866-07-28 |
| Henry S. Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Balmer & Weber. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Geo. W. Lane. (To accompany H. Res. No. 211.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Timothy Lyden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Johnson A. Dawson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Edward Blanchard. (To accompany H. Res. No. 824.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Henry Rudd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Norman Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Goldsmith Brothers. (To accompany Bill S. No. 192.) July 28, 1866. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Mrs. Abby Green. (To accompany S.R. No. 112.) July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Stephen F. Willis. July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Thomas C. McGruder. July 28, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1272, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-07-28 |
| Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the first session on [i.e., of] the Thirty-ninth 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. October 5, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1271, Session Vol. No.3 |
1866-07-28 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. December 5, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-03 |
| Report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress of the United States. December 3, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1287, Session Vol. No.5 |
1866-12-03 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year ending June 30, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1291, Session Vol. No.9 |
1866-12-03 |
| Suppression of Indian hostilities. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of June 7, 1866, transmitting reports of Quartermaster General, Commissary General, and Paymaster General, as to amount expended in suppressing Indian hostilities during 1864-'65. December 4, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1287, Session Vol. No.5 |
1866-12-04 |
| Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report. (To accompany H.R. 12.) December 4, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Resolutions declaring the true principles of reconstruction; the jurisdiction of Congress over the whole subject; the illegality of existing governments in the rebel states, and the exclusion of such states, with such illegal governments, from representation in Congress, and from voting on Constitutional amendments. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-05 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns for protection of American seamen. December 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1287, Session Vol. No.5 |
1866-12-06 |
| Equal suffrage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, on the subject of equal suffrage. December 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-06 |
| Protection of American industry. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relating to the protection of American industry. December 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-06 |
| Papers in the case of Thomas vs. Arnell. December 5, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 6, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-06 |
| Memorial of Thomas Hillhouse, comptroller of the State of New York, praying an appropriation for the payment of the debts of the states incurred for national objects. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-10 |
| Resolution adopted at a convention of wool growers, held at Bellows Falls, Vermont, on the 12th of November, 1866, in favor of an increase of the duty on all importations of foreign wool. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-10 |
| John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery and arrest of John H. Surratt. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-10 |
| Navigation of Newark Bay and Passaic and Hackensack Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th July, 1866, in relation to the navigation of Newark Bay and the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers. December 10, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-10 |
| Occupation of Mexican territory. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, inquiring if any portion of the Mexican territory has been occupied by United States troops. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1287, Session Vol. No.5 |
1866-12-10 |
| Francis S. Lyon. (To accompany Bill S. No. 373.) December 10, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-10 |
| Rebel General Pickett. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d of June last, relative to rebel General Pickett. December 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-11 |
| Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his report of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1865. December 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-11 |
| Memorials and resolutions of the Central Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana. December 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-11 |
| A.H. Jones. Credentials of Alexander H. Jones, a representative from North Carolina. December 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-11 |
| Petition of citizens of Colorado, praying the admission of that territory into the Union as a state. December 16, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-16 |
| Ordnance and ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, transmitting a statement of all ordnance and ordnance stores on hand. December 16, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of John H. Ellis, a paymaster in the United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 346.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the House Bill 346, for the relief of Hugh Leddy, have duly considered the same, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-17 |
| The public printing. Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-18 |
| Names of persons employed in the Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual statement of the names of persons employed in, and expenditures of the Coast Survey in 1866. December 18, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-18 |
| Letter from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting his first annual report. December 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-20 |
| Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, calling for information relating to the attempt of Santa Anna and Ortega to organize armed expeditions within the United States for the overthrow of the national government of the Republic of Mexico. December 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-20 |
| Marine hospital at Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, in relation to a site for a marine hospital at Chicago. December 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1866-12-20 |
| Privileges of members of Congress. December 20, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1866-12-20 |
| Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Arkansas, for the period of the late rebellion, and to November 1, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-01 |
| Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867, and previous years; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1286, Session Vol. No.4 |
1867-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1286, Session Vol. No.4 |
1867-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1287, Session Vol. No.5 |
1867-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1866. Volume I. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1298, Session Vol. No.16 |
1867-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1866. Volume II. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1299, Session Vol. No.16 |
1867-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, of January 29, 1867, relating to the present condition of Mexico, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 4, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1294, Session Vol. No.12 |
1867-01-01 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Thirty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 3, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-01 |
| Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-ninth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 3, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1285, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1866. Volume III. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1300, Session Vol. No.16 |
1867-01-01 |
| Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1296, Session Vol. No.14 |
1867-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1284, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Director of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1301, Session Vol. No.17 |
1867-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1297, Session Vol. No.15 |
1867-01-01 |
| Military posts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th December, transmitting a report of inspection of military posts. January 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1867-01-03 |
| Protection across the continent. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6, 1866, transmitting information respecting the protection of the routes across the continent to the Pacific from molestation by hostile Indians. January 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1867-01-03 |
| Codifying the laws of Dakota Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota Territory, asking that the secretary of said territory be authorized to use what has been saved out of the appropriations made for legislative expenses of the territory, for the purpose of codifying the laws. January 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-03 |
| To amend the Organic Act of Montana Territory. Joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking Congress to amend the Organic Act. January 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-03 |
| Appropriations for surveys, &c. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for appropriations for surveys and the establishment of a surveyor general's office, and also for a land office in Montana Territory. January 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-03 |
| Clerks in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 10, transmitting a report of the disbursement of the fund appropriated to the clerks in his Department. January 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1288, Session Vol. No.6 |
1867-01-04 |
| Freedmen in Arkansas. Letter from General E.O.C. Ord, in relation to the treatment of freedmen in Arkansas. January 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-04 |
| Arkansas. Letter from A.W. Bishop, adjutant general of Arkansas, relative to the treatment of Union men in that state. January 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-04 |
| Rio Grande grant. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, relative to Rio Grande grant of lands. January 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-07 |
| Purchases by the Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and March 3, 1809, statements of purchases made by the Ordnance office, during the year ending December 31, 1866. January 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-08 |
| Contracts by the Quartermaster General. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and July 17, 1862, a statement of contracts made by the Quartermaster General from July 1, 1866, to December 31, 1866. January 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-08 |
| Pardons by the President. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th of December, transmitting names of persons pardoned by the President who have been engaged in rebellion. January 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-09 |
| Services to State Department by naval vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th ultimo, relative to amounts charged to the State Department for services of naval vessels. January 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 497.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Adeline M. Gould, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 498.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Josephine Slocum, widow of Martin N. Slocum, late second lieutenant 65th Regiment United States (Colored) Infantry, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-10 |
| Extra compensation to clerks in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of December 10, relative to the disbursement of the funds appropriated as extra compensation to clerks in that Department. January 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 499.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers relating to the claim of Frank Pugsley, as a private soldier of company 1 of the 3d Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-11 |
| Claims for horses. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 17, respecting claims for horses seized in Indiana by United States authorities. January 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-11 |
| Military road in Dakota. Memorial from the Legislature of Dakota, praying for the establishment of a military road from Elk Point to Sioux Falls, in Dakota Territory. January 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-11 |
| James Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) January 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 503.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. M.J. Dixon, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-14 |
| Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th ultimo, relative to the occupation of Mexico by the American forces. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-14 |
| Revolution in Candia. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th ultimo, relative to the revolution in Candia. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-14 |
| Immigration. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Immigration of the foreign immigration and of the expenditures of the Bureau for the first three quarters of the year 1866. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-14 |
| Drainage through the Navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 995.) January 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-14 |
| Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to appropriations for increased pay to certain employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 508.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George L. Elder, lieutenant of Company D, 99th New York Volunteers, praying that the officers of said company, who were on board of the United States frigate Congress when that vessel was attacked and destroyed by the rebel ram Merrimac, have had the same under consideration, and report thereon as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-16 |
| Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and other persons employed in his Department during the year 1866. January 17, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-17 |
| Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, communicating his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 17, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, rejecting the Resolution (H.R. 127) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 18, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-18 |
| A.B. Morey. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, transmitting papers relative to the case of A.B. Morey, indicted in the local court at Vicksburg, Mississippi. January 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-18 |
| Drawback regulations, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 15, transmitting copies of all drawback regulations prescribed under the internal revenue law. January 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-18 |
| Disbursements of the contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the disbursement of the contingent fund in his Department, as required by the act of August 26, 1842. January 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 512.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Kennedy O'Brien, asking for an increase of pension, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 513.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Patrick Meehan, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 514.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Appleton, asking for an increase of his pension, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 515.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Ernestine Becker, widow of Leopold Becker, for a pension, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-19 |
| Contracts by the Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting list of contracts made by the officers of the Engineer Department during the year 1866. January 19, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-19 |
| Inspection by Generals Rusling and Hazen. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 3, transmitting reports of inspection made by General Rusling and Hazen. January 19, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-19 |
| Geological survey in Dakota. Memorial from the Legislature of Dakota relative to a geological survey of the territory. January 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th December, 1866, information in respect to the progress made in collecting the products and the weights, measures, and coins of the United States, for exhibition at the Universal Exposition at Paris, in April next. January 21, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1276, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1866, reports of the assistant commissioners of freedmen, and a synopsis of laws respecting persons of color in the late slave states. January 3, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1276, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| New Orleans riots. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, stating that all information relative to the New Orleans riots has been sent by him to the President for transmission to Congress. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-21 |
| Springfield armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of arms manufactured and repaired, and expenditures made at the Springfield armory. January 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-21 |
| Clerks of the federal courts. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, relative to the clerks of the federal courts and the marshal of the District of North Carolina. January 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1289, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-01-21 |
| Town of Prescott. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking Congress to donate two quarter sections of land to the Town of Prescott. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Mail routes. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking for the establishment of new mail routes. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Southern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking for aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Organic law of the territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking for a change in the organic law of the territory. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Amend Organic Act. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking Congress to amend the Organic Act so as to extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Post routes and post offices. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking for the establishment of post routes and post offices in Montana Territory. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| George St. Leger Grenfel. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th December, transmitting papers relative to the case of George St. Leger Grenfel. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1290, Session Vol. No.8 |
1867-01-21 |
| Thomas vs. Arnell. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-21 |
| Purchase of government securities. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the 16th instant, transmitting a statement of information required by act approved April 12, 1861. January 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1290, Session Vol. No.8 |
1867-01-22 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the passage of the bill which provides for placing upon the pension rolls all of the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812. January 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-23 |
| Contracts for fire-arms. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, relating to contracts for fire-arms made since April, 1864. January 23, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1290, Session Vol. No.8 |
1867-01-23 |
| Springfield armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, respecting small-arms manufactured at the Springfield armory, and purchased elsewhere. January 23, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1290, Session Vol. No.8 |
1867-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 531.) The Committee on Claims made the following report on the petition of Ethan N. Jenks, late captain in the Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers, the same having been referred to them... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-24 |
| Riot at Norfolk. Letter from the Secretary of the War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 10, calling for information relative to the riot at Norfolk. January 24, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-01-24 |
| Soldiers of the War of 1812. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 165 and 853.) January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. January 24, 1867. -- Resolved, that five thousand extra copies of the report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions on the bills granting pensions to the soldiers of the War of 1812 be printed for the use of the House. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 160.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Dempsey Reece, praying to be relieved from any further performance of his contract to carry the mail on route No. 12,068, between Newcastle and Mechanicsburg, in the State of Indiana, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-25 |
| Aid to Union Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for aid to the Union Pacific Railway, southern branch. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-25 |
| Settlers on Osage lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying the passage of a bill extending the benefit of the Homestead Law to the settlers on the lands recently purchased from the Osage Indians. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-25 |
| Cherokee neutral lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying the passage of Senate Bill No. 489, giving right of pre-emption to settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-25 |
| Capitol in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, asking an appropriation to erect a capitol building at the seat of government in Dakota Territory. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-25 |
| Defence of the northeastern frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1042.) January 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-25 |
| Condition of the Indian tribes. Report of the joint special committee appointed under joint resolution of March 3, 1865, with an appendix. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-26 |
| Citizens of western Texas. Memorial on behalf of the citizens of western Texas, setting forth the grievances of the loyal Union men of that state; the oppressions by the government established by President Johnson, and by the disloyal majority under his government, encouragement, and protection, and praying that the loyal Union men of western Texas may be protected by law, and allowed to erect a state government west of the Brazos River. January 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-28 |
| River and harbor improvements. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 23, 1866, a report by the Chief of Engineers respecting certain public works. January 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1291, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-01-28 |
| The militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 914.) Letter from the Governor of Michigan, relative to the bill for the better organization of the militia. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-29 |
| Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, in relation to the attempted compromise of certain suits instituted in the English courts against Fraser, Trenholm & Co., alleged agents of the so-called Confederate government. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-29 |
| New Orleans riots. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th ultimo, transmitting all papers relative to the New Orleans riots. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on New Orleans Riots and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-29 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, correspondence upon the subject of emigration of citizens of the United States to the dominions of the Sublime Porte, for the purpose of settling and acquiring landed property there. January 30, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-01-30 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th of December, 1866, the report of the Secretary of War in relation to the amount of money paid, or ordered to be paid, since the 18th day of May last, to the several newspapers published in the District of Columbia, for advertising notices and proposals for the War Department. January 23, 1867. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. January 30, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-01-30 |
| Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to Mr. Schenck, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting a report by Colonel Parker on Indian affairs. January 30, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-30 |
| Disbursements of contingent fund of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of disbursements of the contingent fund of the State Department, for the year ending June 30, 1866. January 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-30 |
| Michael McCann. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, transmitting papers in the case of Michael McCann's claim for the services of the barge Charles Warner. January 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-30 |
| Condition of affairs in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the condition of affairs in Texas, in reply to a resolution of January 14, 1867. -- January 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-30 |
| Disbursement contingent fund Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent fund for the year 1866. January 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-30 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th instant, the report of Major General J.H. Wilson on the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 31, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 554.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Carter late a private in Company H, 5th Regiment United States Infantry, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grimes made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) Upon the petitions of Richard A. Vervalen, Samuel Godfrey Reynolds, John L. White, and Horace L. Emery, respectively, praying for relief and for leave to apply to the Commissioner of Patents for an extension of their several patents, averring that they were prevented by mistake and accident from applying to the Commissioner within the time prescribed by the act of 1861, the Committee report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Common Council of Baltimore. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-31 |
| Reconstruction in Virginia. Memorial of Union citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Eastern Virginia, praying that Congress will give to Virginia a government based upon republican principles and tried loyalty. January 31, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-31 |
| Civil service of the United States. January 31, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-01-31 |
| Steamship Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 16, 1866, transmitting papers relative to the purchase of the steamship Illinois. January 31, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-01-31 |
| Claims of Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th instant, respecting the execution of an act providing for the appointment of a commission relative to claims of the State of Iowa. February 1, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-02-01 |
| Appointments to office. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6 last, transmitting a statement from the heads of departments giving the names of all persons appointed to office, &c. February 1, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1292, Session Vol. No.10 |
1867-02-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 12, 1866, information in relation to the appointment of persons to office since the adjournment of the last session of Congress, without the submission of the name of such person to the Senate for its confirmation. February 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-02 |
| Memorial of the officers and managers of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, praying such action as may secure them from loss in a law suit instituted against them by Richard S. Cox, and protect them in their pursuits while carrying out the objects of the association. February 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. February 6, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-02 |
| Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, directed to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting a communication from General Grant on Indian affairs. February 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-02 |
| Issue of arms to Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the issue of a large number of arms to the Kiowas and other Indians. February 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-02 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of such an amendment to the "Act Donating Public Lands to the Several States and Territories Which May Provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," approved July 2, 1862, as to enable the State of Tennessee to accept the benefit of the provisions of said act. February 4, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-04 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, instructing Hon. James R. Doolittle to resign his seat in the United States Senate. February 4, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-04 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of Milwaukee to Painesville, in said state. February 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of an appropriation for the protection of certain headlands and bluffs, and the removal of certain obstructions in Boston Harbor. February 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-04 |
| Mail route. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of Milwaukee to Painsville, in said state. February 4, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-04 |
| Suffrage in the District of Columbia. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, commending the action of Congress in passing a bill annulling all distinction of color in the exercise of the elective franchise in the District of Columbia. February 4, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, the official reports, papers, and other facts in relation to the causes and extent of the late massacre of United States troops by Indians at Fort Phil. Kearney. February 2, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. February 5, 1867. -- Committee discharged, referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 30th of January, information in relation to the late massacre of United States troops by Indians at or near Fort Phil. Kearney, in Dakota Territory. February 5, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-05 |
| Massacre of troops near Fort Phil. Kearney. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 29, 1867, relative to Indian massacre of United States troops near Fort Phil. Kearney. February 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-05 |
| Accounts of the State of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th ultimo, relative to the accounts of the State of Texas with the United States. February 5, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-05 |
| Commissioner of Indian Affairs. February 5, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-05 |
| Franking privilege. February 5, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-05 |
| Robert A. Constable. February 5, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-05 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, the number and names of the deputy marshals, bailiffs, and criers in the District of Columbia who have received compensation for the year 1866. February 6, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-06 |
| Equal political rights. Resolution of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, relative to states lately in rebellion, and equal political rights. February 6, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-06 |
| John Fales. February 6, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1867, the names of officers appointed under the act of July 28, 1866, who have not joined their regiments or stations; also their rank, and the regiments to which they have been assigned; together with the reasons why they have not reported as ordered. February 7, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of an appropriation to enable the Department of Agriculture to make a scientific investigation of the disease among the cattle of that and adjoining states commonly known as "Spanish fever." February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have considered the memorial of Seth Eastman, heretofore referred to them, and beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-07 |
| Reduction of tax on petroleum. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania relative to a reduction of the tax on petroleum. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-07 |
| Claims for property lost in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico for property destroyed by the rebels belonging to citizens of New Mexico. February 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-07 |
| Sale of gold. February 7, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an increase of the duty on wool. February 8, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a new treaty between the general government and the Stockbridge Indians residing in that state, providing for their removal to a more genial climate and fertile soil. February 8, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the Navy yard at Mound City, in that state. February 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-08 |
| Hot springs reserve in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d January last, relative to the hot springs reserve in Arkansas. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-08 |
| Mail contracts in Tennessee. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 25th ultimo, transmitting a report relative to certain mail contractors in the State of Tennessee. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-08 |
| Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ended September 30, 1866. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1295, Session Vol. No.13 |
1867-02-08 |
| Amendment to the Constitution. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, ratifying the amendment of the Constitution of the United States. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information as to an order of Lieutenant General Sherman relative to the protection of trains on the overland route. February 9, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-09 |
| Memorial of John R. Bolles and others, remonstrating against the acceptance of League Island as a naval station. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands in that state for the use and benefit of the Freedmen's University. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles N. Weiss, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 581.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Olivia W. Cannon, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-09 |
| Breakwater on Block Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to a breakwater on Block Island. February 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-09 |
| Northern Pacific Railway. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of granting government aid to the Northern Pacific Railway. February 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 161.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Joint Resolution (No. 161) from the House of Representatives for the relief of Captain A.B. Dyer, present the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fogg made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 586.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Orlaf E. Dreutser for the continuance of his salary as consul to the kingdom of Norway, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement by the Quartermaster General of contracts made during the month of January, 1867, and those not previously sent in other reports. February 11, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-11 |
| Amendment to the Constitution. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-11 |
| Improvement of Fox River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the improvement of the entrance of Fox River into Green Bay. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-11 |
| Frauds on the revenue. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1303, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-11 |
| New Orleans riots. February 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1304, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 535.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill, S. 535, for the relief of Jerusha Page, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-12 |
| Bounty to soldiers who have lost their discharge papers. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, asking Congress to pass a law allowing bounty to soldiers who received an honorable discharge, but lost the same. February 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-12 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of February, 1867, correspondence on the subject of grants to American citizens for railroad and telegraph lines across the territory of the Republic of Mexico. February 13, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-13 |
| Letter of James E. Yeatman, of St. Louis, Missouri, to Hon. John B. Henderson, in relation to the poverty, destitution, and suffering of the southern people. February 13, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-13 |
| Colorado. Telegraphic despatch from Colorado, transmitting the resolutions of a mass meeting, held February 12, on the subject of admitting that territory into the Union. February 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-13 |
| Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway. February 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-13 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1867, a copy of the evidence taken at Denver and Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, by a military commission, ordered to inquire into the Sand Creek Massacre, November, 1864. February 14, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nesmith made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 158.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel Ellis, with a Joint Resolution (S.R. No. 158) providing for the payment of five thousand dollars for services rendered by him during the war, having fully examined the subject, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 602.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ezra B. Gordon, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-14 |
| Commissioners to Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation to send commissioners to all Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-14 |
| Capitol and penitentiary in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, for appropriation to complete the capitol and penitentiary in that territory. February 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-14 |
| Contractors for war vessels. (To accompany Bill S. No. 220.) February 14, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, a copy of the report of the commission relative to improvements at Rock Island. February 15, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, heartily approving of the action of Congress in passing the District of Columbia suffrage bill over the President's veto. February 15, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the extinguishment of Indian titles to lands in that state. February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the adoption of measures to secure the protection of the western frontier of that state. February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Agricultural college in West Virginia. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting an additional appropriation of land by Congress to aid in establishing an agricultural college. February 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Paris Exposition. Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Paris Exposition. February 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Suffrage in the District of Columbia. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, heartily approving of the action of Congress in passing the District of Columbia suffrage bill over the President's veto. February 15, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Constitutional amendment. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States. February 15, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-15 |
| Joseph H.J. Rutter. (To accompany H.R. 1169.) February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-15 |
| George W. Ashburn. (To accompany H.R. 1171.) February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-15 |
| Relief of the State of Wisconsin. (To accompany S. Res. 102.) February 15, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) Norman Wiard, at the instance of the Hon. Peter H. Watson, Assistant Secretary of War, constructed two iron-plated steam transports, called the Augusta and the Savannah. The steamers, after inspection, were approved... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-16 |
| Sympathy for the Greeks. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of New York, expressive of sympathy for the Greeks, who are now struggling for freedom. February 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-16 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a daily mail route from Owatonna to Albert Lea. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a treaty between the government and the Sioux Indians, with provisions securing to the government the right of way through the Sioux country to the Missouri River. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, against any further reduction of the currency. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a harbor near the mouth of the Galien River, at New Buffalo, Berrien County. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 557.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Petition of James Fulton, paymaster United States Navy, praying to be relieved from all responsibility for a deficiency in the clothing and small store account of the inspection in the Washington Navy yard, discovered in October, 1866," has had the same under consideration, and beg leave respectfully to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 611.) Report of Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Wells, widow of the late Henry Augustus Wells, of the City of New York, praying for an extension of the letters patent for valuable improvements in the process of manufacturing fur hat bodies... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 612.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Tetlow, praying for relief in consequence of losses sustained by him in building ships for the United States Navy, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Pensions. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking additional pensions for the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Roads and bridges. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking an appropriation by Congress to aid in rebuilding certain roads and bridges destroyed during the late war. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Navy yard at Mound City. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a Navy yard at Mound City. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Increase of pay. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, asking an increase per diem of the members of the legislature assembly, and an increase of pay of the territorial officers. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Mineral range railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, for a grant of land for the benefit of the mineral range railroad. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Improvement of Portage Lake. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the improvement of Portage Lake and river, in Houghton County. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Schools in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, asking that an appropriation of money for school purposes be made instead of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of land. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Losses by citizens of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, relative to losses sustained by the citizens of the territory during the revolution of 1847, and by Indian depredations, from the arrival and formal taking possession of the territory by General Stephen W. Kearney [i.e., Kearny]. February 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th of January last calling for information in relation to violations of the act entitled "An Act To Protect All Persons in the United States in Their Civil Rights and Furnish the Means of Their Vindication," such information as is in the possession of the departments on the subject, and the steps taken to enforce the law. February 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-19 |
| Tennessee Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking for grant of public lands to aid in the construction of the Tennessee branch of the Pacific Railroad. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-19 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a national bureau of education. February 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, requesting the removal of Colonel J.H. Leavenworth, present agent of certain hostile Indians on the western and southwestern frontier of the State of Kansas. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of the Bill (S. 462) to admit the State of Colorado into the Union, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. February 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to that state for school purposes, as an equivalent for the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections disposed of by the government. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conness made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 613.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.B. Allen & Co., representing the Atlantic Steamship and Pacific Mail Steamship companies, for compensation for carrying the United States mails during the suspension of the overland mail service in 1864 and 1865, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| Names of postmasters removed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of 6th December last, relative to the removals of postmasters. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-20 |
| Captured and forfeited cotton. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th May last, requesting information relative to captured and forfeited cotton. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-20 |
| Salary tax upon clerks to postmasters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th of February, relative to salary tax upon clerks to postmasters, with the regulations of the Department, &c. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-20 |
| Thomas vs. Arnell. Papers in the case of Thomas vs. Arnell, in the Sixth Congressional District of Tennessee. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-20 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the ship-building interest of Maine. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-21 |
| Memorial of a committee appointed by a convention of ship-builders and ship-owners, held in Augusta, Maine, January 30, 1867, praying that the ship-building interest of Maine may be relieved from the heavy burdens imposed on that branch of industry, through a drawback on duties on all foreign articles entering into the construction of ships. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-21 |
| Clerks in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of persons employed in his Department. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-21 |
| Constitutional amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, adopting the constitutional amendment. February 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-21 |
| Marine Corps. February 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed to the several states by a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress passed on the 13th day of June, 1866. February 22, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-22 |
| Augusta and Summerville Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, transmitting a correspondence between the commandant of the Augusta arsenal and the President of the Augusta and Summerville Railroad. February 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-22 |
| Murder of Union soldiers. February 22, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-22 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, correspondence between the Department of State and any of the foreign ministers of the United States, with reference to the policy of the President towards the states lately in rebellion. February 23, 1867. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-02-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a survey of the Mississippi River between the Falls of St. Anthony and St. Cloud, and the improvement of the navigation of that river between those points. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an increase of duty on all imported wool. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-23 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois in favor of the survey of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi, with a view to the improvement of said rapids by the construction of a canal, under the authority of Congress. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 624.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Vice-Admiral David D. Porter, praying the passage of an act for the relief of the widow and children of D.P. Heap, late a paymaster in the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-23 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, requesting Hon. David T. Patterson to resign his seat in the United States Senate. February 25, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 630.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Annie E. Dixon, widow of Henry T. Dixon, late major and assistant paymaster in the volunteer service of the United States, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1279, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Paris Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Paris Exposition. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-25 |
| Breakwater in Port Austin. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of money for the construction of a breakwater and lighthouse in the harbor of Port Austin. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, instructing their senators and representatives in Congress to use their influence to procure the passage of a bill equalizing bounties. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Utah Territory. Resolution of Hon. John Bidwell, relative to affairs in Utah Territory. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Rock Island. An act of the Legislature of Illinois, proposing to cede to the United States the jurisdiction over certain lands in Rock Island. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Harbor at Pentwater and Pere Marquette. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of money for the construction of harbors at the mouth of Pentwater and Pere Marquette Rivers. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Survey of Alpena Harbor. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of money for survey of harbor of Alpena, at mouth of Thunder Bay River, for building light-house, and making other improvements thereat. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-25 |
| Frauds on the revenue. February 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-25 |
| New Orleans Custom-house. February 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to improve the harbor at Pere Marquette, Michigan. February 26, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the improvement of the channel of navigation between Lake Superior and Eagle Harbor, in the County of Keweenaw. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor of White River. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Rural to New London, in said state. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a donation of lands to endow female colleges in the several states. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of protection to the fisheries of that state in the upper peninsula, to the people of said state, and of the United States. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of certain mail routes in that state. February 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-26 |
| Rations. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of July 9, 1866, relative to the issue of rations to persons not belonging to the Army. February 26, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-02-26 |
| Congress and the President. February 27, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-27 |
| Utah. February 28, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-28 |
| Henry E. Peck. (To accompany H. Res. No. 277.) February 28, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-28 |
| North Missouri Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1232.) February 28, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-28 |
| Official conduct of the President. February 28, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-02-28 |
| Des Moines Rapids. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Saint Louis, in regard to the height of the Mississippi River at the Rock Island and Des Moines Rapids. February 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-02-28 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th February, 1867, calling for information in relation to the amount of fees received by the several American consuls general, consuls, consular and commercial agents, and other agents of the Treasury Department in Europe during each of the four years preceding June 30, 1866, and the amounts of money for salaries, compensation, and expenses required to maintain such officers. March 1, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-03-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of increasing the size and capacity of the mint now being erected in Carson City. March 1, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-01 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1867, a report of the Quartermaster General respecting a military commission in Nashville, Tennessee, during the war, for the adjudication of claims of loyal citizens of Tennessee. March 2, 1867. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-03-02 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 453) "Regulating the Tenure of Certain Civil Offices," with his objections thereto. March 2, 1867. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-03-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1867, information in relation to the amount of money received from sales of cotton or other property turned over to the Treasury Department under the several laws of Congress, and the disposition made of the same. March 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1277, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-03-02 |
| 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, for the year ending December 3, 1866. March 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1278, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-02 |
| Richard M. Bonton and Harriet M. Fisher. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, calling for letters and indorsements by the Chief of Ordnance. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| General Ingalls's inspection report. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 27, transmitting report of General Ingalls's inspection made in 1866. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| Emperor of Russia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence, upon the presentation of resolutions of Congress, in reference to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| Removals and appointments in Interior Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, relative to removals and appointments in the Interior Department. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| Cotton claims. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of January, 1867, relative to cotton claims. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| Protestant church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 24 last, relative to the removal of the American Protestant church from the City of Rome. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| Names of persons pardoned by the President. Message from the President of the United States, further in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th December last, relative to persons pardoned by the President. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1293, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-03-02 |
| Soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to pensions of soldiers of the War of 1812. March 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-02 |
| Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Colorado. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-02 |
| Capture of Jefferson Davis. Evidence submitted to the Committee of Claims by the claimants for the reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis. March 2, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1302, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-02 |
| New York Custom-house. March 2, 1867. -- Resolved, that two thousand copies of the report and accompanying testimony of Committee on New York Custom-house be printed, and five thousand copies of the report only. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-03-02 |
| Henry Miller. March 2, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-03-02 |
| Affairs of Southern Railroads. March 2, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1306, Session Vol. No.4 |
1867-03-02 |
| John H. Surratt. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1305, Session Vol. No.3 |
1867-03-02 |
| Manual for inspectors of spirits. Explanation of the tables, and directions for their use. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| Impeachment investigation. Testimony taken before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives in the investigation of the charges against Andrew Johnson, second session Thirty-ninth Congress, and first session Fortieth Congress, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Fortieth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, March 4, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| James H. Birch vs. Robert T. Van Horn. Papers in relation to contest in above case. March 4, 1867. -- Referred to Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fortieth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, March 4, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| Kentucky elections. Testimony in cases of Messrs. Trimble, Brown, Knott, Grover, Jones, Beck and Young, members elect from Kentucky, taken in accordance with resolution of the House of Representatives, July 8, 1867. Printed under the resolution of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| Army appropriation. Message from the President of the United States, on transmitting notice of signing the Army appropriation bill. March 4, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| Custom-house officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of March 6, 1867, a statement of the number of officers of the Customs removed, names of new appointees, increased compensation allowed, also, statement of the expenses of collecting the Customs during the years 1865 and 1866. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-04 |
| Delano vs. Morgan. Papers and evidence of the contestant, in the case of Columbus Delano against George W. Morgan, Thirteenth Congressional District of Ohio. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1313, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions, declaring certain further guarantees required in the reconstruction of the rebel states... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Fortieth Congress. March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Alexandria election. Memorial from electors of elections in Alexandria, Va. March 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Fisheries in Michigan. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for protection of the fisheries of the state in the Upper Peninsula to the people of the state of the United States. March 7, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Female colleges in Michigan. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of lands by Congress to endow female colleges in the several states. March 7, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Eagle Harbor, Michigan. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for a grant of land to said state to aid in deepening the channel of navigation between Lake Superior and Eagle Harbor, in the County of Keweenaw. March 7, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Papers in the case of W.F. Switzler vs. G.W. Anderson, Ninth Congressional District of Missouri. Printed under House resolution of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Hogan vs. Pile. Papers in the case of John Hogan vs. William A. Pile, First Congressional District of Missouri. Printed under House resolution March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Papers in the case of James H. Birch against Robert T. Van Horn, Sixth Congressional District of Missouri. Printed under House Resolution of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-07 |
| Journal of proceedings of the United States Senate. First session fortieth Congress, commencing March 4, 1867. |
US Senate Executive Journal |
1867-03-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 2, 1867, a report of Major General Howard, Commissioner of Freedmen, &c., respecting extreme want and danger of starvation in several of the southern states. March 8, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1867, information in relation to an order issued by Lieutenant General Sherman in regard to the protection of trains on the overland route. March 8, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the construction of the northern Pacific railroad. March 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Memorial of a committee appointed at the River Improvement Convention held in St. Louis, February 13, 1867, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. March 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Columbus Delano. March 8, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Joseph J. Stewart. March 8, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| William McGarrahan. (To accompany H.R. 65.) March 26, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Harbor, mouth of Kalamazoo River. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation of money to improve the harbor at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River, in Allegan County. March 8, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Appropriations for Shawnees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting estimates of appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Shawnees. March 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| General Customs-revenue law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill for a general Customs-revenue law, in compliance with a resolution of the House of July 26, 1866. March 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-08 |
| Petition of Captain Daniel Ellis, praying compensation for services rendered in recruiting for the Union Army in East Tennessee during the rebellion. January 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. March 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. March 11, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-11 |
| Mint at Carson. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, as to mint at Carson. March 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-11 |
| Mail to Boise City. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of a daily mail to Boise City, Idaho. March 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-11 |
| Mail route to Pine Grove. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, as to mail route to Pine Grove, in Nevada. March 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-11 |
| Sugar River Valley Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land for the benefit of the Sugar River Valley Railroad. March 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-11 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 28, 1866, correspondence between the government of the United States and the governments of France and Prussia, touching the claim to military service asserted by those governments in reference to persons born in those countries, but who have since become naturalized under the laws of the United States. March 11, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill 47, to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801, beg leave report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-12 |
| School lands. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to the school lands of that territory. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Indian depredations. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to Indian depredations in that territory. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Telegraphs. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to the establishment of telegraphs between the military posts in Kansas and New Mexico. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Property destroyed by rebels. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in regard to property destroyed by the rebels in that territory. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Capitol building. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking an appropriation for the completion of the capitol building at Santa Fe. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Salaries in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking an increase of pay and salaries of the members of the legislature and the civil officers of the territory, &c. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Penitentiary. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to the erection of a penitentiary in that territory. March 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Contracts of the medical department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of contracts made on account of the medical department of the Army for the year 1866. March 13, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-13 |
| Colorado contested election. March 14, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1867, correspondence between the Department of State and the United States consul at Geneva, with reference to the policy of the President towards the states lately in rebellion. March 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-15 |
| Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River, &c. March 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-15 |
| Northern Pacific Railway. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to aid by the national government to the Northern Pacific Railway. March 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-15 |
| Protestant church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional information in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th of January last, relative to the removal of the American Protestant church from the City of Rome. March 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-15 |
| Equalization of bounties. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to a law equalizing the bounties to volunteers enlisted in the United States service for the suppression of the late rebellion. March 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-18 |
| Reverend John McMahon. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the Reverend John McMahon. March 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-18 |
| Letter of the Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences, communicating, in obedience to law, a report of the proceedings of the Academy during the year 1866. March 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. March 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, and 1,000 additional copies for the use of the Academy. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-19 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Waverly to Glencoe in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-19 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Rochester to Leroy, in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-19 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Glencoe to Greenleaf, in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-19 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Minneapolis to Big Stone Lake, in said state. March 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-19 |
| Proposed State of Deseret. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the proposed state, for the admission of the State of Deseret into the Union, and accompanying papers. March 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information as to the number of persons employed under the acts for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and the amount of salaries paid. March 21, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, further information respecting armed expeditions against the western Indians. March 21, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Chippewas of the Mississippi. March 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a grant of land for a branch extension of the United States military road between Fort Howard, Wisconsin, and Fort Wilkins, Michigan, from the Village of Shawano to the Village of Wausau. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of daily mail service from Rushford, Brossburg, Highland, Lenora, and Burr Oak, to Decorah, Iowa. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Hutchinson to Redwood Falls, in said state. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the state road from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from the western line of the State of Minnesota to Helena, in the Territory of Montana. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the passage of a law exempting from duty all live stock coming into the state from the Red River settlements. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Mileage of members. March 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Receipts and expenditures Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting an account of the receipts and disbursements of the Post Office Department for the last fiscal year. March 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Chippewas of the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting as estimate of appropriations for the Chippewas of the Mississippi. March 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Trial of American citizens in Canada. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, information relative to the trial of American citizens in Canada. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Treatment of American citizens in Great Britain and its provinces. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, information relative to the arrest, imprisonment, and treatment of American citizens in Great Britain and its provinces. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Withdrawal of French troops from Mexico. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th instant, relative to the withdrawal of French troops from the Mexican Republic. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from New Auburn to New Ulm, in said state. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-22 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a tri-weekly mail line from Carver to Glencoe in said state. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-22 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Owatonna and State Line Railway. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-22 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the improvement of the Mississippi River, commencing near the mouth of the Minnesota River, to the Falls of St. Anthony. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from the head of Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean; and also the construction of a railroad from the Falls of St. Anthony to a point of junction with the Northern Pacific Railroad, on the Red River of the north. March 22, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution. A concurrent resolution respecting Jefferson Davis... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1867, a copy of the records of the retiring and advisory boards, and all the proceedings in the matter of the dismissal of Captain Edwards McDonald Reynolds from the Marine Corps. March 23, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad of the State of Iowa, the Minnesota Valley Railroad of Minnesota, and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad of Minnesota. March 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan by navigable channels through the Wisconsin, Fox, and Rock Rivers. March 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-23 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for fortifying the Island of Mackinac, in the Straits of Michilimackinac and the Sault Ste. Marie, at the falls of Ste. Marie, and to establish a gunboat station in connection therewith. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Menominee to Houghton, in said state. March 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a pension of eight dollars per month to the survivors of soldiers in the War of 1812, and the widows of those who are dead, from April 1, 1865. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a judicious and protective tariff on importations of copper, iron, lumber, salt, dressed flax and wool, and articles manufactured therefrom. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation to improve the harbor at the mouth of South Black River in that state. March 25, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the speedy construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and telegraph line. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Affairs in Maryland. Memorial from members of the General Assembly of Maryland, asking the immediate consideration by Congress of the condition of public affairs in that state. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Affairs in Maryland. Resolutions adopted by the Grand Union League of Maryland, March 20, 1867. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a pension of eight dollars per month to the survivors of soldiers in the War of 1812, and the widows of those who are dead, from April 1, 1865. March 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-25 |
| Charles Grafton Page. (To accompany H.R. No. 102.) Report prepared by the Committee on Patents of the Thirty-ninth Congress, but not submitted to the House. March 26, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-26 |
| Harbor at mouth of Menomonee River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an appropriation for improving the harbor at the mouth of the Menomonee River. March 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting certain testimony, which testimony, as stated in the resolution, "apparently affects one or more members of the Senate," beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-27 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Lake Pepin and Omaha Railway. March 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-28 |
| Affairs in Maryland. Resolutions of the Republican State Convention of Maryland, assembled in the City of Baltimore, on Wednesday, the 7th of March, 1867, and presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, through the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, speaker, in pursuance of a supplemental resolution of the convention. March 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-28 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point at or near Negaunee, in the iron region, on the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad, to the Straits of Mackinaw. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-29 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Arkansas, declaring the existing government of that state to be republican in form, in conformity with the Constitution and constitutional laws and treaties of the United States, and is the true and proper government of that state, and of right ought to be recognized as a member of the federal Union, and entitled to representation in the Senate and House of Representatives with all the rights and privileges of other states. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-29 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the return of the fees paid by settlers on certain homestead entries cancelled by the Commissioner of the General Lands Office, since the first of January, 1863. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-29 |
| Calvin Ely. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, requesting that a pension may be granted to Calvin Ely, a citizen of Wisconsin. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-29 |
| Pay of officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, relative to the pay of officers of the Army. March 29, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-29 |
| Pueblo of Santa Ana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, certain papers relative to the Pueblo of Santa Ana of New Mexico. March 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-29 |
| Affairs in Maryland. Memorial from the Mayor and members of city council of Baltimore, asking Congress to assist the people of Maryland to form a state government, republican in form, and in unison with the spirit of the age. March 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-30 |
| Expenses under Act for More Efficient Government of the Rebel States. Message of the President of the United States. March 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-03-30 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Negaunee to the Straits of Mackinaw. April 4, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information in relation to the employment of Louis V. Bogy in the Department of the Interior. April 8, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-08 |
| Letter of the President of the Washington City Savings Bank, communicating the annual statement of said bank for the year ending April 1, 1867. April 10, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, information relative to prisoners of war taken by belligerents in the Mexican Republic. April 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 28, 1867, information in relation to the absence of territorial officers from their post of duty. April 15, 1867. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-15 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to the employment of an attorney to represent that Department in the Court of Claims in certain cases pending in said court. April 15, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to the absence of Governor Alexander Cumming from the Territory of Colorado since his appointment as governor. April 17, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting reports of the heads of the several Executive departments in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting copies of any official opinions which may have been given by the Attorney General, Solicitor of the Treasury, or other officer of the government, on the interpretation of the act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices. April 17, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Resolution proposing the good offices of the United States between the contending parties of Mexico. April 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Resolution requesting the President of the United States to offer to the contending parties in Mexico the friendly mediation of the United States. April 20, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 3, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the reconstruction of the rebel states would be hastened and the best interests of the country promoted if the President of the United States, in the exercise of the pardoning power, would require that every landed proprietor who has been engaged in the rebellion, before receiving his pardon therefor, should convey to the freedmen -- his former slaves -- a certain portion of the land on which they have worked... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-03 |
| Resolution of the House of Representatives. Concurrent resolution directing the re-enrolment of a certain joint resolution which passed Congress, but was not presented to the President before the adjournment of Congress in March last. July 8, 1867. -- Received from the House of Representatives. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-08 |
| Bounties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the payment of bounties to soldiers, &c. July 11, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-11 |
| Constitutional amendment. Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying an amendment of the Constitution of the United States. July 12, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-12 |
| Reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of July 5, 1867, a report of the Adjutant General relative to the execution and administration of the reconstruction acts. July 12, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-12 |
| Payment of bounty. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th July, 1867, a communication of the Paymaster General relative to the payment of the additional bounty granted by act of July 28, 1866. July 12, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-12 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the relief of the Navajo Indians now at or near Fort Sumner, for the year ending June 30, 1865. July 13, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-13 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information touching the origin and progress of Indian hostilities on the frontier. July 13, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-13 |
| Northern Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the Northern Pacific Railroad. July 13, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-13 |
| Cape Cod harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning Cape Cod harbor, at Provincetown. July 13, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-13 |
| Citizens of the United States in Ecuador. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the resident minister of the United States at Quito, Republic of Ecuador, relating to persons claiming to be naturalized citizens of the United States residing in that country. July 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-13 |
| Reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant in regard to the appropriations necessary to carry out the reconstruction acts. July 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-13 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in relation to orders, instructions, circular letters, or letters of advice issued to the respective military officers assigned to the command of the several military districts under the act passed March 2, 1867, entitled "An Act To Provide for the More Efficient Government of the Rebel States," and the act supplementary thereto, passed March 28, 1867, and the opinions given by the Attorney General touching the construction and interpretation of said acts. July 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-15 |
| Straight Cut harbor, Milwaukee. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking an appropriation to the City of Milwaukee to reimburse to it the expense of constructing the harbor at the "Straight Cut." July 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-15 |
| Flogging of a civilian at Fort Sedgwick. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 3d instant, relative to the flogging of a civilian at Fort Sedgwick. July 15, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-15 |
| Officers of the Navy retained in active service after fifty-five years' service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th instant, relative to the retention in service of certain officers of the Navy. July 17, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-17 |
| Memorial of citizens of Alabama, expressive of their thanks to the government of the United States for supplies forwarded to the suffering of that state. July 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-18 |
| Asylum for disabled soldiers. Report of the Board of Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. July 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-18 |
| Rear-Admiral Goldsborough. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th July, calling for information relative to the case of Rear-Admiral L.M. Goldsborough. July 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-18 |
| Metropolitan Revenue Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th of July, 1867, relative to the organization in the City of New York of the Metropolitan Revenue Board. July 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, information in relation to the means adopted for the payment of the bounties provided for by the act of July 28, 1866. July 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 16th instant, information in relation to the means adopted to expedite the payment of bounties provided by the act of July 28, 1866. July 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-19 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, correspondence relating to recent events in Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1308, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-19 |
| Correspondence with ministers to Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of July 3, 1867, the official correspondence between the Department of State and Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, late minister to Mexico, and also that with his successor. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-19 |
| Additional list of pardons. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, 1866, a report of the Attorney General, containing an additional list of names of persons engaged in the late rebellion who have been pardoned. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-19 |
| United States, European, and West Virginia Land and Mining Company and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 8th July, 1867, a report of the Secretary of State concerning the United States, European, and West Virginia Land and Mining Company and the Republic of Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions declaring the privilege of debate in the Senate with regard to civil officers liable to impeachment... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1309, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-20 |
| Arrest of American citizens in Great Britain or Ireland. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the arrest, trial, and conviction or sentence of American citizens in Great Britain or Ireland for acts done or words spoken in the United States. July 20, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-20 |
| Tennessee Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to land grant in aid of Tennessee Pacific Railroad. July 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-20 |
| Interpretation of the reconstruction acts. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th July, 1867, the proceedings in cabinet relative to an interpretation of the acts of congress known as the reconstruction acts. July 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-07-20 |
| Impeachment of the President. November 25, 1867. --Ordered that the report with the testimony be printed, (the report of the majority and the views of the minorities be printed together,) and the further consideration postponed until Wednesday, the 4th day of December next. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1314, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-09-25 |
| Judgments in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of the judgments in that court since the year 1863. November 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-11-21 |
| Tax on cotton. Memorial of the constitutional convention of Alabama, in relation to the tax on cotton. November 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-11-26 |
| Officers and soldiers of Kentucky. Resolutions of a convention of officers and soldiers of Kentucky, relative to the custody of certain flags. November 26, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-11-26 |
| Revenue Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 11, 1867, transmitting a statement of the expenses of the Revenue Cutter Service for the year ending June 30, 1866. November 27, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1311, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-11-27 |
| Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Fortieth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with amount of such increase, during the same period. November 30, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-11-30 |
| Tax on cotton. Resolutions of the State of Tennessee, relative to the tax on cotton. December 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1312, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-01 |
| Telegram from General Meade. Letter from the General of the Army transmitting telegram from Major General George G. Meade. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1867-12-02 |
| Navigation of the Tennessee River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee River. April 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-12-02 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Papers in the case of G.G. Symes against L.S. Trimble, First Congressional District of Kentucky. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Geo. D. Blakey vs. J.S. Golladay. December 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Obstructions in Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Missouri River, between the mouth of Milk River and Fort Benton. January 29, 1867. -- referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Papers in the case of J. Powell vs. R.R. Butler. Printed under resolution of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Papers in the case of G.G. Symes against L.S. Trimble, First Congressional District of Kentucky. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Geo. D. Blakey vs. J.S. Golladay. December 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Obstructions in Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Missouri River, between the mouth of Milk River and Fort Benton. January 29, 1867. -- referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Currency. Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his fifth annual report. December 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1329, Session Vol. No.6 |
1867-12-02 |
| Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and previous years; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1328, Session Vol. No.5 |
1867-12-02 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1866, the report of Brevet Brigadier General W.F. Raynolds, on the exploration of the Yellowstone and the country drained by that river. July 19, 1867. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. July 17, 1868. -- Resolved, that the report proper of General Raynolds... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1867-12-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of adopting the following as the future policy of the government towards the Indians, excepting those now on reservations, and those who have adopted the customs of civilization... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-02 |
| Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from December 2, 1967, to March 3, 1969, inclusive. Vol. XVI. |
Sessional Volume Title Pages |
1867-12-02 |
| Index. (Volume XVI). |
Index |
1867-12-02 |
| Kentucky members of Congress. December 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-03 |
| Kentucky members of Congress. December 3, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-03 |
| Armory at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a draught of a joint resolution explanatory of certain acts relative to the armory and arsenal at Rock Island, Illinois. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-03 |
| Colorado militia. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a statement of the settlement of the accounts of the Colorado militia for 1864 and 1865. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-03 |
| Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, recommending the passage of a resolution for the settlement of the accounts of certain officers of the Engineer Department. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-03 |
| Leased building in New York and Brooklyn. Letter of the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 26, transmitting a statement relative to buildings leased to the United States in New York and Brooklyn. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-03 |
| Schuylkill arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General, submitting plan and estimate for repair of the wharf at Schuylkill arsenal, Pennsylvania. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-03 |
| Sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 25, relative to the sinking fund of the United States. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-03 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Fortieth Congress. December 3, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War ad interim, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, copies of papers relating to the case of Fitz John Porter, late an officer in the Army of the United States. December 4, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating report of the board appointed July 6, 1867, to "examine the claims of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war and steam machinery," under act of Congress approved March 2, 1867. December 4, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th of November, information in relation to the proceeds of captured and abandoned property received by Colonel S.B. Holabird, of the Quartermasters' Department, while Chief Quartermaster of the Department of the Gulf. December 2, 1867. -- Read. December 4, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-04 |
| Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in reference to the Military Academy. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-04 |
| Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting estimate of funds required for carrying on the Department of the Quartermaster General. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-04 |
| Leased buildings in St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, a statement of buildings rented in St. Louis. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-04 |
| Pardons by the President. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting final report of the names of persons engaged in rebellion who have been pardoned by the President. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-04 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the United States Senate in executive session. (Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing December 2, 1867.) |
US Senate Executive Journal |
1867-12-04 |
| Property at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th March last, relative to the title to property at Harper's Ferry. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-05 |
| Immigration. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting report of the Commissioner of Immigration, of the expenditures of the Bureau for the year ending September 30, 1867. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-05 |
| Appropriations for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of the Secretary of War ad interim for the Department under his charge. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-05 |
| Trial of Henry Wirz. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 16, 1866, transmitting a summary of the trial of Henry Wirz. December 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1331, Session Vol. No.8 |
1867-12-07 |
| Milliken, a returned rebel. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, relating to one Milliken, a returned rebel. December 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-07 |
| California and Nevada volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, relative to California and Nevada volunteers discharged in Arizona and New Mexico. December 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-07 |
| Assassination of John K. Robinson. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the assassination of John King Robinson, at Salt Lake City. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Northern Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Tax on manufactures. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to manufactures. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Manufactures and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Defence of Maine. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the defence of the state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Weights and measures. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to Bliss's new decimal system of weights and measures and currency, together with an explanation of the system. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Sympathy with the Cretans. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, expressing sympathy with the Cretans in their struggle for independence. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Harbor at Cheboygan River. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation to improve the harbor at the mouth of Cheboygan River, in said state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Wagon roads in Michigan. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to grant of land to build wagon roads in said state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Harbor at Cheboygan River. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation to improve the harbor at the mouth of Cheboygan River, in said state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Wagon roads in Michigan. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to grant of land to build wagon roads in said state. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-09 |
| Mexican affairs -- Maximilian. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th July last, relative to Maximilian. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to the appointment of Edmund Cooper assistant secretary of the Treasury, and his assuming the duties of said office. December 10, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-10 |
| Protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report relative to the relief and protection of American seamen. December 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-10 |
| Supervisors and local inspectors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, relative to the expenditures for salaries of supervisors and local inspectors. December 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-10 |
| Southern railroads. December 11, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-11 |
| Southern railroads. December 11, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-11 |
| Public buildings in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the condition of the public buildings in New Mexico. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-12 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ultimo, information in regard to the formation and the functions of the government of the United States of North Germany. December 12, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-12 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War ad interim, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 4, 1867, information relative to the reduction of the military reservation of Point San Jose, California. December 12, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-12 |
| Twenty per cent. compensation. Letter from the Congressional Printer, in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, respecting the twenty per cent. additional compensation. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Joint Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-13 |
| Me-shin-go-me-sia band of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in regard to the issuing of patents to the Me-shin-go-me-sia band of Indians. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-13 |
| Twenty per cent. compensation. Letter from the Congressional Printer, in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, respecting the twenty per cent. additional compensation. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Joint Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-13 |
| Me-shin-go-me-sia band of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in regard to the issuing of patents to the Me-shin-go-me-sia band of Indians. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1330, Session Vol. No.7 |
1867-12-13 |
| Mail steamships between the United States and Liberia. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between the United States and Liberia. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Cape Cod harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning Cape Cod harbor at Provincetown. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Customs and excise. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to Customs and excise. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Taxing national banks. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the mode of taxing the shares of national banks. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Mail steamships between the United States and Liberia. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between the United States and Liberia. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Cape Cod harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning Cape Cod harbor at Provincetown. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Customs and excise. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to Customs and excise. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Taxing national banks. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the mode of taxing the shares of national banks. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-16 |
| Pensions for War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to bounties to soldiers of the War of 1812. December 17, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and of the War of 1812, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-17 |
| Pensions for War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to bounties to soldiers of the War of 1812. December 17, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and of the War of 1812, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-17 |
| James H. Burch. December 18, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-18 |
| James H. Burch. December 18, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed, with the accompanying evidence. Mr. Johnson made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of the Hon. Philip F. Thomas, senator elect from the State of Maryland, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-18 |
| General W.S. Hancock. Message from the President of the United States, recommending some recognition of the services of General Hancock, as commander of the Fifth Military District. December 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-18 |
| Indian trust funds. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting papers and report upon the condition of the Indian trust funds. December 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-18 |
| Soldiers' bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 331.) December 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-19 |
| Soldiers' bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 331.) December 19, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-19 |
| Gettysburg Asylum lottery. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th instant, relative to the Gettysburg Asylum lottery. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-19 |
| Adam Hardt. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a report of the Quartermaster General relative to the claim of Adam Hardt for money advanced to the crew of the steamer John Raine. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-19 |
| Twenty per cent. -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the twenty per cent. allowance to the clerks in his Department. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-19 |
| Fort David Russell. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, transmitting a report relative to establishing an arsenal at Fort David Russell, in Dakota Territory. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-19 |
| Military offices in New York. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General relative to the hiring of buildings in New York for military offices. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-19 |
| Assassination of President Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of George H. Sharpe relative to the assassination of President Lincoln. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-19 |
| Claim of Massachusetts for coast defence. Report of the commissioners appointed by Congress to examine into the claim of the State of Massachusetts for moneys expended during the war for coast defence. December 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-20 |
| Claim of Massachusetts for coast defence. Report of the commissioners appointed by Congress to examine into the claim of the State of Massachusetts for moneys expended during the war for coast defence. December 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-20 |
| Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to resolution of the 16th instant, transmitting a report of the amounts paid for special counsel and United States district attorneys during the years ending June 30, 1865, 1866, and 1867, and on the organization of this office. December 20, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1867-12-20 |
| Estimate of appropriations. -- Paymaster General. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of additional appropriations required by the Paymaster General. December 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1867-12-20 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures and condition of the Institution for the year 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume II. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1334, Session Vol. No.10 |
1868-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of Switzler vs. Anderson, Ninth Congressional District, Missouri. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of Samuel McKee against John D. Young. Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of McGrorty vs. Hooper, delegate from Territory of Utah. Printed under resolution of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1347, Session Vol. No.21 |
1868-01-01 |
| Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of the Senate of the United States. Edited by William P. Blake, Commissioner of the State of California. Volume VI. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1356, Session Vol. No.8 |
1868-01-01 |
| Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of the Senate of the United States. Edited by William P. Blake, Commissioner of the State of California. Volume V. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1355, Session Vol. No.7 |
1868-01-01 |
| Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of the Senate of the United States. Edited by William P. Blake, Commissioner of the State of California. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1351, Session Vol. No.3 |
1868-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Director of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1348, Session Vol. No.22 |
1868-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume III. Illustrations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1335, Session Vol. No.10 |
1868-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume IV. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1336, Session Vol. No.10 |
1868-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of Switzler vs. Anderson, Ninth Congressional District, Missouri. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of Samuel McKee against John D. Young. Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Papers in the case of McGrorty vs. Hooper, delegate from Territory of Utah. Printed under resolution of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1327, Session Vol. No.4 |
1868-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year ending June 30, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1329, Session Vol. No.6 |
1868-01-01 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1328, Session Vol. No.5 |
1868-01-01 |
| Memorial of the National Convention of Manufacturers, urging a change in the present system of internal revenue. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-06 |
| Expenses of committees of investigation. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement showing a list of the several investigating committees of the House, the number and compensation of their clerks, employes, or agents, and the items of all the expenses of said investigations, required by resolution of November 25, 1867. January 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-06 |
| General H.H. Heath. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that territory relative to General H.H. Heath. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-06 |
| Expenses of committees of investigation. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement showing a list of the several investigating committees of the House, the number and compensation of their clerks, employes, or agents, and the items of all the expenses of said investigations, required by resolution of November 25, 1867. January 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-06 |
| General H.H. Heath. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that territory relative to General H.H. Heath. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-06 |
| Freedmen and taxation. Communication from the Commissioner of Freedmen's Affairs, transmitting petition of colored people of Kentucky in relation to unjust taxation by state authority. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-06 |
| Disbursements for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a tabular statement of the disbursements for contingent and miscellaneous purposes for the Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1867. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-06 |
| G.G. Symes vs. L.S. Trimble. January 7, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-07 |
| G.G. Symes vs. L.S. Trimble. January 7, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-07 |
| Southern railroads. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a report, by the officer of the Quartermasters' Department having the same in charge, of certain information relative to southern railroads. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Southern Railroads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| Destitution of Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the great destitution of the Sioux Indians, near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| Chattanooga rolling mill. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting draught of a joint resolution for the sale of the Chattanooga rolling mill property, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| Deputy collectors and assistant assessors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th ultimo, a communication from the First Comptroller, containing the names of deputy collectors and assistant assessors who have performed the duties of collectors and assessors, amount of compensation received by each, &c. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| Lands in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the survey of lands in the peninsula of Kenay, Alaska. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| Report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| Shaker Association of New Lebanon, N.Y. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in reply to a resolution of the House of the 12th ultimo, relative to the mode of taxing the Shaker Association of New Lebanon, New York. January 7, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill abrogating the unauthorized and illegal state governments now existing in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Arkansas... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-08 |
| Rev. John McMahon. (To accompany House Resolution No. 137.) January 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-08 |
| Rev. John McMahon. (To accompany House Resolution No. 137.) January 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-08 |
| Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-08 |
| Manufacture of arms. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting report of the Chief of Ordnance relative to the manufacture of arms at the Springfield armory during the year ending June 30, 1867. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-08 |
| Russian naval vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, relative to interference of Russian war vessels with American whalers. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 166.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of the owners of the land within United States survey, No. 3217, in the State of Missouri, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 229.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of O.F. Winchester... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-09 |
| Milliken, a returned rebel. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 5, 1867, transmitting report of General George H. Thomas relative to one Milliken, a returned rebel, arrested for violation of his parole. January 9, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-09 |
| Fort Covington. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting draught of a joint resolution for the sale of the site of Fort Covington, in the City of Baltimore. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-10 |
| Steamer Nuestra Senora de la Regla. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the seizure of a Spanish steamer in 1861. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment intended to be submitted by Mr. Doolittle to Mr. Morton's resolution of the 8th instant, directing the Committee on the Judiciary to report a bill abrogating illegal state governments in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, &c., by striking out all after the word "Resolved," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following words, viz... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-11 |
| Letter from the Attorney General, in reply to a resolution of the 8th instant, transmitting copies of official opinions given by him relative to the pay of retired and reserved officers of the Navy. January 11, 1868. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-11 |
| Relief to settlers in California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, praying relief for settlers upon public lands in Ione Valley, in said state. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-13 |
| Relief to settlers in California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, praying relief for settlers upon public lands in Ione Valley, in said state. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the New York and Virginia Steamship Company, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-13 |
| Militia of Memphis. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting the petition of certain members of the late militia of Memphis, Tennessee, and all information thereto. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-13 |
| St. Louis arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Ordnance, suggesting the removal of the St. Louis arsenal to the Jefferson Barracks reservation. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-13 |
| Bureau of refugees. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Freedmen, recommending that authority be granted by Congress for the transfer to the Bureau of Refugees of a quantity of desiccated mixed vegetables now on hand in the Subsistence Department. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1332, Session Vol. No.9 |
1868-01-13 |
| Report of Indian peace commissioners. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Indian peace commissioners. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-14 |
| Communication between Lake Erie and Ohio River. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to vote for an appropriation to open a communication between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-14 |
| Reconstruction. January 14, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-14 |
| Communication between Lake Erie and Ohio River. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to vote for an appropriation to open a communication between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-14 |
| Reconstruction. January 14, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-14 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1333, Session Vol. No.10 |
1868-01-14 |
| Coinage of five-cent pieces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the coinage of nickel five-cent pieces at the branch Mint at New Orleans, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director. January 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-15 |
| Town sites in Utah. January 15, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-15 |
| Town sites in Utah. January 15, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-15 |
| Property seized in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the resolutions of the House of February 21 and March 8, 1867, reports in reference to property seized or taken possession of by the government in the State of Louisiana. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-16 |
| Appropriations for expenses of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to defray expenses for delegation of Great and Little Osage Indians to Washington. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-16 |
| Survey of lands for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for survey of lands for benefit of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-16 |
| Tax on cotton. Resolutions of the convention of Georgia, relative to the tax on cotton, passed December 13, 1867. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-16 |
| Tax on cotton. Resolutions of the convention of Georgia, relative to the tax on cotton, passed December 13, 1867. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 253.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom were referred the petition and evidence of William H. Murphy, a mail contractor of the State of Missouri, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-16 |
| Volunteer officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of April 9, 1867, transmitting a list of the volunteer officers in the military service of the government at the time the resolution was received, and a like list of those at present retained in the service. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-16 |
| Forfeiture of lands granted for railroad purposes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Quartermaster General, relative to the forfeiture to the United States of all lands granted by Congress in 1856 to the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas, for railroad purposes. January 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-18 |
| Employees of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1867. January 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-20 |
| Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 20, 1868. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-20 |
| Employees of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1867. January 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-20 |
| Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 20, 1868. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of December 9, 1867, information in relation to the action of that Department with reference to captured and abandoned property. January 20, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Joint Committee on Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Conness submitted the following resolution. Whereas it is stated on credible, if not undoubted, authority that American citizens have been arrested, and are deprived of their liberty by the government of Great Britain, upon suspicion of conspiracy and the commission of overt acts of hostility against the peace and dignity of that government... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Ship timber. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9, last, relative to the amount of lumber and ship timber on hand for the purpose of building vessels of war. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-21 |
| Right of way -- Fort Leavenworth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to right of way across Fort Leavenworth military reservation to Leavenworth and Des Moines Railroad. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-21 |
| Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden, asking payment for his services as scout. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-21 |
| Samuel E. Smith vs. John Young Brown. January 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Railroad in Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Dakota, transmitting memorial asking for a grant of land in aid of a railroad from Sioux City, in Iowa, to Big Sheyenne, in Dakota. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Wagon road in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of lands for wagon road from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to Ashland, in the same state. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Constitutional amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, repealing the adoption of the Fourteenth-Article proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to report upon the legal questions involved therein. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Samuel E. Smith vs. John Young Brown. January 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Railroad in Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Dakota, transmitting memorial asking for a grant of land in aid of a railroad from Sioux City, in Iowa, to Big Sheyenne, in Dakota. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Wagon road in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of lands for wagon road from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to Ashland, in the same state. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Constitutional amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, repealing the adoption of the Fourteenth-Article proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to report upon the legal questions involved therein. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 55.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the joint resolution for the relief of Leonard J. Smith... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-21 |
| Deficiency in appropriations for Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiencies for certain Indian tribes. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-22 |
| Revised estimates -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations for that Department for the ensuing fiscal year. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-22 |
| Gettysburg lottery. January 22, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and the further consideration postponed till tomorrow. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-22 |
| R.W. Flournoy and others. Resolutions of the delegates of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, asking for the removal of all disabilities from R.W. Flournoy and others. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-22 |
| Gettysburg lottery. January 22, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and the further consideration postponed till tomorrow. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-22 |
| R.W. Flournoy and others. Resolutions of the delegates of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, asking for the removal of all disabilities from R.W. Flournoy and others. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-22 |
| Mail service on the Pacific. Memorial of the Territorial Legislature of Washington, praying mail service by sea from San Francisco, California, to Olympia, Washington Territory. January 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-23 |
| Mail service on the Pacific. Memorial of the Territorial Legislature of Washington, praying mail service by sea from San Francisco, California, to Olympia, Washington Territory. January 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 162.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the heirs of Simeon Castro, and their assigns, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-23 |
| Revenue Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 30, relative to the Revenue Cutter Service. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-24 |
| Capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting all information on file in that Department relative to the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 24, 1868. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-24 |
| Appropriations for the naval service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-24 |
| Appropriations for the naval service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Robinson, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to pay certain employes of the Patent Office for services rendered, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 281.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anne Dycher, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 282.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Annie E. Dixon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolutions. Whereas the people of the United States are grievously burdened by an enormous public debt, and a system of unequal and unjust taxation to raise money to pay the interest upon it... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Suffering soldiers in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, relative to alleged suffering of United States soldiers in Alaska. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-27 |
| Harbors on Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, relative to the condition of harbors at Oswego and Salmon River, on Lake Ontario. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-27 |
| Quapaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the suffering condition of the Quapaw Indians, and recommendations relative thereto. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-27 |
| Rights of American citizens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) January 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Blackfeet Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, relative to a proposed treaty with the Blackfeet Indians. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Obstructions at Hell Gate. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions at Hell Gate, New York Harbor. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Lumber in Nevada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, concerning an export charge levied on lumber and wood by Alpine County, California. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Obstructions in Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Missouri River above American Falls. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Enabling act for Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an enabling act for a state government. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Removal of General Hancock. Petition of the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana, asking for the removal of General Hancock and the state and parish officials. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Georgia. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, in reference to the reorganization of the state government, the removal of disabilities, and the modification of the "test oath," adopted January 21, 1868. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Branch Mint in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for establishment of a branch Mint. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Illinois and Michigan Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, on Illinois and Michigan Canal and river improvements. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Rights of American citizens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) January 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Blackfeet Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, relative to a proposed treaty with the Blackfeet Indians. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Obstructions at Hell Gate. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions at Hell Gate, New York Harbor. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Lumber in Nevada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, concerning an export charge levied on lumber and wood by Alpine County, California. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Obstructions in Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Missouri River above American Falls. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Enabling act for Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for an enabling act for a state government. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Removal of General Hancock. Petition of the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana, asking for the removal of General Hancock and the state and parish officials. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Georgia. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, in reference to the reorganization of the state government, the removal of disabilities, and the modification of the "test oath," adopted January 21, 1868. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Branch Mint in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory, asking for establishment of a branch Mint. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Illinois and Michigan Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, on Illinois and Michigan Canal and river improvements. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-27 |
| Paris Universal Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the "Paris Universal Exposition." January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-28 |
| Admission of Colorado. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Colorado Territory, asking for admission of Colorado into the Union as a state. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Railroad grant in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth of the Big Cheyenne River in Dakota Territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Railroad grant in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of land to the Minnesota and Missouri River Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Minnesota state line to the Missouri River at Yancton, Dakota Territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Indian affairs in Dakota. Memorial and resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, relative to Indian affairs and said territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Bankrupt law. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, relative to the bankrupt law. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Mississippi Constitutional Convention. Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, relative to Congress granting the convention power to declare vacant all civil offices in the provisional government. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Admission of Colorado. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Colorado Territory, asking for admission of Colorado into the Union as a state. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Railroad grant in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth of the Big Cheyenne River in Dakota Territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Railroad grant in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, praying for a grant of land to the Minnesota and Missouri River Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Minnesota state line to the Missouri River at Yancton, Dakota Territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Indian affairs in Dakota. Memorial and resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, relative to Indian affairs and said territory. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Bankrupt law. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, relative to the bankrupt law. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Mississippi Constitutional Convention. Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, relative to Congress granting the convention power to declare vacant all civil offices in the provisional government. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 291.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Kelly, widow of Bernard Kelly, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 292.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Maria Raftery, widow of Patrick Raftery, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-28 |
| Contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund in his Department. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-29 |
| Ten-forty bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st instant, relative to the amount of United States ten-forty bonds issued or disposed of by the Treasury Department since October 1, 1867, to whom sold, &c. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-29 |
| Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi. Resolutions of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, relative to the Freedmen's Bureau. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-29 |
| Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi. Resolutions of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, relative to the Freedmen's Bureau. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-29 |
| Contracts by Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting list of contracts made by Engineer Department during the year 1867. January 30, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-30 |
| Cherokee neutral lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th instant, relative to the Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-30 |
| Survey of Choctaw country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw Indian country, with an estimate for the same. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-30 |
| Survey of Eel River, California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to survey of Eel River, California. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| Survey of Eel River, California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to survey of Eel River, California. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 302.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frances S. Richardson, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret A. Laurie, have examined the proofs presented in the case, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William J. Blackistone, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Milton B. Duffield, late marshal of the United States for the Territory of Arizona, have considered the same and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of enlisted men of the 21st New York Cavalry Volunteers, have examined the matter, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-30 |
| Soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th instant, relative to an alleged abolition of discrimination in favor of soldiers and sailors by the Navy Department. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-01-31 |
| Affairs in Texas. Letters from Governor Pease and Hon. C. Caldwell in regard to affairs in the State of Texas. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-31 |
| Affairs in Texas. Letters from Governor Pease and Hon. C. Caldwell in regard to affairs in the State of Texas. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-31 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 308.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition of General Robert Anderson, as trustee of his wife, Mrs. E.B. Anderson, and accompanying papers, have examined the same and submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-01-31 |
| Sioux Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d ultimo, relative to the sale of the Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-01 |
| Claim of Choctaw Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a claim by the Choctaw Nation of Indians against the United States, growing out of treaty stipulations. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-01 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in relation to the reorganization of the Treasury Department. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Disbursements -- contingent fund of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the State Department, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-03 |
| Appropriations for State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation for copying clerks in his Department. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-03 |
| Interest to Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the payment of interest to Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, under treaty stipulations. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-03 |
| United States steamship Vanderbilt. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 22d ultimo, relative to the United States steamship Vanderbilt. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-03 |
| Special agents in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 26 and 27, relative to special agents employed in that Department since June, 1866. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-03 |
| Tax on national banks. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relative to taxing the stock of national banks. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Naturalized citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to naturalized citizens of the United States. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Rights of American citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking protection to American citizens in foreign countries. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Richard D. Dunphey. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for extra pension for Richard D. Dunphey. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Harbor at Manitowoc. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for an appropriation to complete the harbor at Manitowoc. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Shipping interest of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the shipping interest of the state. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Tax on national banks. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relative to taxing the stock of national banks. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Naturalized citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to naturalized citizens of the United States. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Rights of American citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking protection to American citizens in foreign countries. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Richard D. Dunphey. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for extra pension for Richard D. Dunphey. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Harbor at Manitowoc. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for an appropriation to complete the harbor at Manitowoc. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Shipping interest of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the shipping interest of the state. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-03 |
| Letter of C.H. Howard. Assistant Commissioner of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, in relation to the opinion of Attorney General Jones, of the State of Maryland, pronouncing void the decision of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, releasing apprentices bound under the laws of Maryland. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-04 |
| Contracts by Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts and purchases made by the Ordnance Department during 1867, and of the Quartermasters' Department from the 1st to the 31st of December, 1867. February 4, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-04 |
| President Lincoln's instructions to tax commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo, relative to President Lincoln's instructions to the tax commissioners of South Carolina, September 16, 1863. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-04 |
| John T. Cox. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report relative to the military service of J.T. Cox, late quartermaster First Regiment Home Guards. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-04 |
| Contracts by the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department. February 4, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-04 |
| Correspondence -- Grant and the President. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting correspondence between the President and General Grant, relative to the Secretary of War. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-04 |
| Naturalization. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in relations to the rights of American citizens in foreign countries. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| Iowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the petition of the Iowa Indians to have certain funds directed. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1337, Session Vol. No.11 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 314.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George T. Brien, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 315.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Marquis D.L. Mitchell, of the Creek Nation, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 316.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca V. Senor, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 317.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sylvanus Blodget, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 318.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charlotte Posey, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 319.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Bridget W. McGrorty, widow of Lieutenant William B. McGrorty, 5th Minnesota Volunteers, having had the same under consideration report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 320.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Lynch, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 321.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Gaither, having considered the same, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 322.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sherman H. Cowles, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 323.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Kelly, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1867, calling for copies of papers on file in the Third Auditor's office in relation to claims and accounts in the Quartermasters' Department which have not been paid, copies of papers of John Bullfinch [i.e., Bulfinch] and others, owners of the brig Ocean Belle. February 5, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-05 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of removing the Indian tribes now occupying the country lying between the forks of the Cheyenne River, Dakota Territory, to some other locality, and that that region may be made available to the needs of the white man. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, recommending that aid be granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to protection to American citizens in foreign countries. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Memorial of American Statistical Association, in relation to the metrical system of weights, measures, and coins. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Harbor at Port Washington. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to an appropriation for the harbor at Port Washington. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Southern railroads. February 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on Southern Railroads. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Harbor at Port Washington. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to an appropriation for the harbor at Port Washington. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-07 |
| Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ending September 30, 1867. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1340, Session Vol. No.14 |
1868-02-10 |
| Veto power of the governor. Resolutions of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico, on the veto power of the governor. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Loan to southern planters. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking in behalf of southern planters, a loan of thirty million dollars from the United States government. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Poor in Mississippi. Extract from the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, relative to a portion of the cotton tax being applied to the relief of the suffering poor. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Capitol buildings. Resolutions of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico, on the subject of the capitol buildings. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Veto power of the governor. Resolutions of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico, on the veto power of the governor. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Loan to southern planters. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking in behalf of southern planters, a loan of thirty million dollars from the United States government. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Poor in Mississippi. Extract from the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi, relative to a portion of the cotton tax being applied to the relief of the suffering poor. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| Capitol buildings. Resolutions of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico, on the subject of the capitol buildings. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 337.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of John H. Finlay, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 338.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Blake, a soldier of the War of 1812, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 339.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Webb, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 340.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Chittenden, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 341.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John W. Salyers, of Indiana, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 342.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Stewart, having considered the same submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 343.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of W.G. Cummings... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 344.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Admiral Charles H. Bell... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-10 |
| The President and General Grant. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, transmitting copy of the President's reply to General Grant's letter of February 3, 1868. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-11 |
| Camden and Amboy Railroad Company. Proceedings of the Anti-monopoly State Convention, held at Trenton, New Jersey, January 22, 1868, to oppose the extension of the monopoly privileges of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, and to secure the passage of a general railroad law. February 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-12 |
| Camden and Amboy Railroad Company. Proceedings of the Anti-monopoly State Convention, held at Trenton, New Jersey, January 22, 1868, to oppose the extension of the monopoly privileges of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, and to secure the passage of a general railroad law. February 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate, adopted on the 5th day of December last, "to inquire what changes have been made in the organization of the several Navy yards of the United States in the various civil departments thereof; whether such changes have added to their efficiency for the transaction of business, and whether the expense of their maintenance has been increased or diminished thereby; and to report what legislation, if any, is necessary for the improvement of the system in force, and for the more judicious and economical expenditure of the public money," have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-12 |
| Fort Leavenworth military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General relative to the sale of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation. February 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-13 |
| Light-house Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Light-house Board upon the subject of the beacon at Long Beach bar, Peconic Bay, New York. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-14 |
| Land office in Utah. Memorial of the Governor and Legislature of Utah, praying for the establishment of a land office in said Territory. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| Tax on Tobacco. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, in relation to the tax on tobacco. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| Land office in Utah. Memorial of the Governor and Legislature of Utah, praying for the establishment of a land office in said Territory. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| Tax on Tobacco. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, in relation to the tax on tobacco. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 333.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Julia M. Molin, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 359.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Louisa Fitch, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a statement showing the comparative rates now paid by the United States for the transportation of troops and military stores to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, eastern division, and to the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company. February 14, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, copies of communications from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue relative to the appointment or removal of assessors and collectors. February 14, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-14 |
| New Orleans councilmen. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, transmitting correspondence with General Hancock relative to the removal by General Hancock of councilmen of New Orleans. February 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-15 |
| Harbor at Block Island. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, relative to the construction of a harbor at Block Island. February 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-15 |
| Harbor at Block Island. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, relative to the construction of a harbor at Block Island. February 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-15 |
| Petition of members of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, praying aid to the Port Royal Railroad Company in completing its road from Port Royal to Augusta, Georgia. February 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 367.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albert Grant, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-17 |
| Annuities to Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation to pay an agent for paying annuities to the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-18 |
| Appraiser and treasurer of Savannah and Charleston. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an increase of salary to appraiser of Savannah, Georgia, and treasurer of Charleston, South Carolina. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-18 |
| Creek Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the removal of the Creek Indian refugees to their old homes in the Creek country. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-18 |
| Transfer of jurisdiction over Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the transfer to the Interior Department of jurisdiction over certain Indian affairs now exercised by the Treasury Department. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-19 |
| Russian America. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th December last, transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-19 |
| Pardons for making or passing counterfeit money, forgery and perjury. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, transmitting list of pardons granted since April 14, 1865, for making and passing counterfeit money. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-19 |
| Memorial of H.M. Teller, remonstrating against the admission of Colorado as a state into the Union. February 20, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-20 |
| Sacramento River. A post route. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking that Sacramento River of that state be made a post route. February 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-20 |
| Rights of naturalized citizens. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, relative to the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States. February 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-20 |
| Southern mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to southern mail contracts. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1339, Session Vol. No.13 |
1868-02-21 |
| International copyright. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| New jail in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| International copyright. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| New jail in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 391.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rosa Lenker, guardian of Edward Hamel, Jr., having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 382.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Obadiah T. Plum, having considered the same, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 383.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Susan Overlees, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 332.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 332) granting a pension to John W. Harris, having considered the papers accompanying it, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of J.F. Caldwell... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Vice-Admiral David D. Porter... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-21 |
| Rights of American citizens abroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to urge upon the Secretary of State of the United States to demand from England the release of persons imprisoned upon mere suspicion of political offences, and to insist upon the adoption of a fixed policy in reference thereto. February 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-22 |
| Letter of E.W. Peck, president of the Constitutional Convention of Alabama, communicating a copy of the constitution of the State of Alabama, as revised and amended by the convention assembled at Montgomery, on the 5th day of November, 1867. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Colorado Territory, in favor of additional compensation to secure an early survey of the public lands in the mountain regions of that territory. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Colorado Territory, in favor of the appointment of commissioners to examine, survey, and set apart to that territory the land known as the Upper Plateau land. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of the expenses incurred by said state on account of the militia called out by order of Major General Curtis for the purpose of repelling the rebel raiders of Sterling Price from the states of Kansas and Missouri. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Colorado Territory, in favor of opening the Fort Collins military reservation, subject to the pre-emption and homestead laws. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Colorado Territory, in favor of making the rates of postage uniform throughout the country. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Memorial of Israel Hall, Egbert Judson, and others, claiming to be the owners of the island Yerba Buena, in the bay of San Francisco, California, protesting against the passage of the bill which proposes to transfer to the Pacific Railroad Company more than nine-tenths of the rights and franchises of said island. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a memorial for the relief of William L. Adams, together with sundry accompanying papers, have considered the same, and beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-24 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Atchison, Hays City and Santa Fe Railroad. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-25 |
| R.R. Butler. February 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-25 |
| Improvement of Rock River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of land to aid in the improvement of Rock River. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-25 |
| Tariff laws. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to procure such a change in the tariff laws as will promote and encourage American art and American artists. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-25 |
| San Juan Island. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, relative to the condition of citizens of the United States residing on San Juan Island. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-25 |
| R.R. Butler. February 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-25 |
| Abelard Guthrie. February 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-26 |
| Abelard Guthrie. February 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 168.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 168, "An Act for the Relief of George E. Glenn, Additional Paymaster United States Army," ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-26 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in relation to instructions issued to General Pope and General Meade, on their being assigned to the command of the Third Military District. February 26, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-26 |
| Obstructions in Penobscot River. Memorial of the Legislature of Maine, asking an appropriation to remove obstructions in Penobscot River. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-27 |
| Freedmen of South Carolina. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, upon the condition of the freedmen of that state. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-27 |
| Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to a project of connecting the waters of the Mississippi with the waters of Lake Michigan. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1349, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-27 |
| Memorial of citizens of Territory of Colorado, praying the admission of that territory as a state into the Union, and protesting against the memorial of H.M. Teller against the admission of said territory as a state into the Union. February 29, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-29 |
| Mississippi levees. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, relative to the levees on the Mississippi River below the mouth of the Ohio River. February 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-02-29 |
| J.H. Ellis. February 29, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-29 |
| J.H. Ellis. February 29, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-02-29 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of a railroad between San Francisco and the Missouri Valley, by the southern route, and passing through the territories of Arizona and New Mexico. March 2, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 408.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Asbury Dickens [i.e., Dickins], report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th of February last, information in relation to the compromise of certain suits known as the Dennistoun cotton suits. March 2, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-02 |
| Indian spoliation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th February, 1868, relative to amounts of Indian spoliation claims in the Department of the Interior, growing out of the Indian war in Oregon, Washington and Montana territories. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-03 |
| Counsel employed by the Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to counsel employed by him, assistants to district attorneys, and compensation paid, &c. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-03 |
| The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the President of the Board of Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the year ending December 31, 1867. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 17, 1868, information in relation to the number of military districts or headquarters in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-03 |
| Appropriations for Sissiton and Wahpeton Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to carry out treaty stipulations with the Sissiton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota Indians. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-04 |
| Appropriations for Indian service in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimate for an appropriation for the Indian service in California incurred during the years 1860 to 1867. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. March 4, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Hon. S.P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, submitting some observations in respect to the proper mode of proceeding upon the impeachment which has been preferred by the House of Representatives against the President now in office. March 4, 1868. -- Read, referred to the select committee appointed to consider and report upon the message of the House of Representatives relative to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-04 |
| Oregon Indian war claims. Communication from senators George H. Williams and H.W. Corbett, on the Oregon Indian war claims of 1855-'56, audited by Philo Callender, which encloses letters of the Third Auditor and B.F. Dowell on the expenses of the war. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-04 |
| Impeachment of the President. Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. March 4, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed with the testimony annexed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 293.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of members of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, praying aid to the Port Royal Railroad Company, in completing its road from Port Royal to Augusta, Georgia, made the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-04 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 29, 1868, information in relation to the case of Lucius P. Bryan, same time under indictment in the United States Court for the District of Connecticut for robbing the mails. March 4, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-04 |
| Memorial of Andrew J. Donelson and Minor Meriwether, for the board of the levee commissioners of the counties of Bolivar, Washington, and Issaquena, Mississippi, praying aid in rebuilding the levees of the Yazoo basin of the Mississippi valley. March 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. No. 418.) |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-05 |
| Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. March 3, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-05 |
| Resolutions of thanks. Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, tendering thanks to Congress, Secretary Stanton, and General Grant, for their patriotic course. March 5, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-05 |
| Report on Treaty with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, relating to report of commissioners under 50th article of treaty of 1866 with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-06 |
| Resolution of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, in favor of such an appropriation as will insure the regular and prompt issue of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, approving the action of Congress in impeaching Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-06 |
| Railroad from Atlanta to Charlotte. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking aid from Congress for the air-line railroad, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-06 |
| Governor of New Mexico. Resolutions of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, relative to the alleged usurpation of power by the Governor of said territory. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-06 |
| Indian depredations in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, praying that the commander of that district may be authorized to call out volunteers to punish Indian depredations. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-06 |
| Rio Grande tract in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, relative to the Rio Grande tract of land in said territory. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 419.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Atkinson... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 420.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Governor Merrill and other state officers and citizens of Iowa, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 421.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Caroline E. Thomas... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 422.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Maria Schweitzer... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 423.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Jackson, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 424.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Caroline A. Bachelder, late widow of David W. Edwards, deceased, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 425.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Michigan, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th of February, ultimo, information in relation to the alleged interference of our consul at Rome in the late difficulties in Italy. March 6, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-06 |
| Buffalo Harbor. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in relation to appropriations for the improvement of Buffalo Harbor. March 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-09 |
| Indian hostilities in Utah. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, praying for an a appropriation to pay for Indian depredations and expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities. March 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 427.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eveline Jameson, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Wylly Woodbridge, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Harriet W. Pond... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-09 |
| Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th ultimo, transmitting the annual report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the year 1867. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-10 |
| Resolution in relation to admission to the Senate galleries, during the trial of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. March 10, 1868. -- Considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-10 |
| Removal of City Council of New Orleans. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to the removal of the City Council of New Orleans and of Jefferson City, Louisiana. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-10 |
| Admission of Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) March 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-10 |
| Bureau of Freedman and Refugees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) March 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-10 |
| Removal of City Council of New Orleans. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to the removal of the City Council of New Orleans and of Jefferson City, Louisiana. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-10 |
| Admission of Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) March 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-10 |
| Bureau of Freedman and Refugees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) March 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st of February last, information in relation to the abduction of one Allan Macdonald from the Township of Moore, in Canada. March 6, 1868. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-10 |
| Memorial of citizens of Colorado Territory, remonstrating against the admission of said territory as a state into the Union. March 11, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-11 |
| Captain Thomas H. Stevens. (To accompany H. Res. No. 172.) March 11, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-11 |
| Captain Thomas H. Stevens. (To accompany H. Res. No. 172.) March 11, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during the month of February, 1868. March 11, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1316, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-11 |
| Impeachment of the President. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to the impeachment of the President. March 12, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-12 |
| Destruction of United States bonds. March 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-12 |
| Whiskey frauds. March 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-12 |
| Destruction of United States bonds. March 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-12 |
| Whiskey frauds. March 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 434.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Barker, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 238.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 238) granting a pension to Carrie E. Burdett, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-12 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an amendment to the act entitled "An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas, in Alternate Sections, To Aid in the Construction of Certain Railroads and Telegraphs in Said State," approved March 3, 1863, so as to make certain provisions for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company. March 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-13 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of granting to the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch Company the same subsidy in bonds of the United States as is granted to the eastern branch of the Union Pacific Railway. March 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-13 |
| South Georgia and Florida Railroad. Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking a loan of $100,000 from the United States to the South Georgia and Florida Railroad. March 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 436.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition and proofs of James Hooper... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-13 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands in lieu of those lands lost to schools by Indian reservations and trust lands, and in the disposition of Indian reservations and trust lands the 16th and 36th sections may be reserved for school purposes. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-16 |
| Indian lands in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land in lieu of those lands lost to schools by Indian reservations and trust lands, and in the disposition of Indian reservations and trust lands the 16th and 36th sections may be reserved for school purposes. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-16 |
| Isaac E. Higgins. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, asking relief for Isaac E. Higgins. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-16 |
| Steamships to Liberia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to establishing a line of steamships from the United States to Liberia, in Africa. March 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to the disposition made of the proceeds of captured and abandoned property received by Colonel Holabird, Assistant Quartermaster. March 16, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of January last, information in relation to the arrest and trial of Rev. John McMahon, Robert B. Lynch and John Warren, by the government of Great Britain. March 16, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-16 |
| Expense of the Miantonomoh to Europe. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 3d February, relative to the expense of the Miantonomoh on a recent trip to Europe. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-17 |
| Harbor at Michigan City. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, and recommending an appropriation of $35,400 for that purpose. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of State, to Hon. Charles Sumner, enclosing a report of the Examiner of Claims of that Department in relation to claims by citizens of the United States upon the six hundred thousand dollars paid to this government by the government of Japan. March 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 123. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in relation to claimants for indemnity for depredations by Sioux Indians in Minnesota, under the act of February 16, 1863. March 17, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-17 |
| Homesteads. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) March 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-18 |
| Homesteads. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) March 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1867, information in relation to the military reservation at Fort Ridgely. March 18, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-18 |
| Policy of Congress. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, instructing senators and requesting representatives in Congress to adhere to the policy adopted by Congress. March 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-19 |
| William Carroll. March 19, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-19 |
| William Carroll. March 19, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 48.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Albert Greenleaf, late Navy agent at Washington, accompanied by Senate Bill No. 48, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-19 |
| California Mountaineer Infantry. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to place the First Battalion Mountaineers, California Infantry Volunteers, on the same footing with other volunteer soldiers. March 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 452.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers and petition of Parker Quince... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an appropriation to construct a wagon-road from Fort Abercrombie down the Red River of the north to the Dakota settlement, on the Pembina River, thence to parallel of latitude forty-nine degrees north, in the direction of the Hudson's Bay Company's settlement, and to bridge the Cheyenne, Wild Rice, Elm, Goose, Turtle, Salt, Park, and Pembina rivers. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Minnesota state line to the Missouri River, at Yankton, Dakota Territory. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the St. Croix River. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a United States land office in the valley of the Red River of the north. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 279.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 279, for the relief of William Henry Otis... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by Congress for the construction of a wagon road from the western boundary of Minnesota to the Missouri River. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to the survey of the lands in the Red River valley. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in relation to mail service between Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, and Helena, Montana Territory. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to the improvement of the Minnesota River. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Impeachment of the President. Resolutions of the North Carolina Convention, relative to impeachment of the President. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-23 |
| Political disabilities in North Carolina. Report of the Committee on Political Disabilities, as adopted by the state constitutional convention of North Carolina. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-23 |
| Constitution of Florida. March 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-23 |
| Switzler vs. Anderson. March 23, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Samuel McKee vs. John D. Young. March 23, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Switzler vs. Anderson. March 23, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Samuel McKee vs. John D. Young. March 23, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 175, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 232, granting a pension to Henrietta Nobles, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 456.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sylvester Nugent, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 457.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth J. Miller, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. To accompany Bill S. No. 151. The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the bill for relief of Goldsmith Brothers... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 128.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George B. Halstead, report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-23 |
| Indians of Aleutian Isles. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that an appropriation be made to be expended in presents to the Indians of the Aleutian Isles, in Alaska. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-24 |
| Edmund Cooper. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House inquiring why Edmund Cooper is acting as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following motion. Ordered, that the order of the 15th of March instant, relative to admission to the gallery, be suspended until further order, and that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall take special care that order shall be observed in the galleries during the trial of the impeachment now pending... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-24 |
| Claims of the State of Iowa. March 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-24 |
| Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20th last, relative to unexpended moneys appropriated by law for contingent expenses of foreign countries. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-25 |
| Legal services paid by State Department and duties of examiner of claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to amounts paid by the State Department since 1860 for legal services and the duties of the examiner of claims. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-25 |
| Pacific railway -- eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting application from the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for aid from Congress in extending that road to Fort Lyon. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-25 |
| Rights of naturalized citizens in German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to treaties with the German states concerning the rights of naturalized American citizens. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-25 |
| Soldiers on Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to the number of soldiers stationed at certain military posts on the Pacific coast. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-25 |
| Occupancy of San Juan Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the occupancy of San Juan Island, number of troops, &c. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-25 |
| Appropriations for Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations required for the different bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-26 |
| James B. Steedman. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant, asking for all the reasons assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the removal of J.B. Steedman, United States collector in Louisiana. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, protesting against the action of the House of Representatives in refusing to admit the representatives of that state to seats in that body. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-26 |
| Election in Alabama. Affidavits of discharge from employment in Alabama for voting. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-26 |
| Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4, relative to reports of the Union Pacific and other railroads to be made according to law. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. February 26, 1868. -- Motion to reconsider the order to print. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-03-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 356.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 356, for the relief of Messrs. Gelatt & Moore, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-26 |
| Battery in New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the purchase of certain land on the battery in New York City for government purposes. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-27 |
| Sale of Fort Gratiot reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers relative to the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-27 |
| Payment of soldiers' bounties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the necessity of an appropriation to carry out the act to facilitate the payment of soldiers' bounties, lately approved by the President. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-27 |
| American citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to American citizens. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 35.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 35, for the relief of John F. Stewart... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 218.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution 218, for the relief of John M. Palmer, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-27 |
| Appropriations for destitute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report relative to removing certain destitute Cherokee Indians, scattered through the Indian Territory, to their homes in the Cherokee Country, with estimates of the appropriations needed therefor. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-28 |
| Light-house at Au Sable River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Light-house Board relative to the erection of a light-house at the mouth of the Au Sable River. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-28 |
| Alabama election. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th instant, transmitting a report by Major General Meade, relative to the State of Alabama. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-03-28 |
| Indemnity to citizens of Iowa. Resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, in favor of the passage of a law indemnifying citizens of Lee County, Iowa, for land and property used in the construction of a canal around the Des Moines Rapids, in the Mississippi River. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin Tilley, have examined the same, with the proofs, and submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-28 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Lime Springs, Iowa, to Spring Valley, in said state. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of certain mail routes. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an increase of the mail service on the route from Fort Abercrombie to Pembina, Dakota Territory. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-31 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of paying the claims for labor done and materials furnished in building a mill at New Ulm in 1862, pursuant to an order to General Pope, commanding the District of Minnesota. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in relation to the purchase of Alaska and the transfer of the territories between Minnesota and Alaska to the dominion of Canada. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-03-31 |
| Proceedings of the Florida Convention. March 31, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-03-31 |
| Expenses of elections in First Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Major General Schofield, relative to expenses of holding elections in the First Military District. April 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-03 |
| Treaties with German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 9th ultimo relative to correspondence and negotiation relating to the rights of naturalized citizens in the German states. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-04 |
| Restoration of E.M. Stanton as Secretary of War. Report and resolution of the New England Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, commendatory of the action of Grant and Stanton relative to the restoration of Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-04 |
| Relief from political disabilities. Preamble and resolution of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, asking Congress to remove political disabilities from all citizens of Georgia. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-04 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, for additional appropriations for the survey and improvement of the Mississippi River, above Rock Island, and of the Minnesota River. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox River. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to the Fort Ridgley [i.e., Ridgely] military reservation in Minnesota. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Chatfield Branch Railroad. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of aid to the San Diego and Gila Southern Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company in the completion of its road from the port of San Diego to the Gila River. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a light-house at Trinidad, in Klamath County. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Hidesville, in Humboldt County, to the southern boundary-line of said county, and a wagon road from Arcata to Weaverville, in said state. April 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 473.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles E. Capehart, submit the following report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 474.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Dan. Ellis, submit the following report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and representatives of Miss Harriott Pinckney, of South Carolina, praying the restoration to them of Pinckney Island, in South Carolina, the same having been confiscated for the non-payment of taxes, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-07 |
| Report of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to the course of practice in respect to the settlement of public accounts and the drawing of requisitions therefor by the Secretary of War upon the Treasury, prior to the passage of the late act respecting the prompt settlement of public accounts. April 7, 1868. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-07 |
| Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report relative to the necessities of the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior, and recommending an appropriation for their relief. April 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-08 |
| Survey of the upper Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting General Warren's report of a survey of the upper Mississippi River. April 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 477.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles C. O'Neill, have examined the same and submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 251.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles N. Goulding, submit this report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-08 |
| Bosque Redondo reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the unsuitableness of the Bosque Redondo reservation in New Mexico for the location of the Navajo Indians. April 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-10 |
| Crete. Address of the National Assembly of the Provisional Government of Crete, asking Congress for aid to secure the complete emancipation and independence of the island. April 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-10 |
| Bounty to Eighty-fourth New York Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of 26th ultimo, relative to the 84th New York Volunteers having received only $50 additional bounty. April 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-13 |
| Chamber of Commerce of Geneva. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Geneva, Switzerland, relative to American finances. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-04-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the construction of a draw-bridge across the Missouri River at Council Bluffs. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, praying for the relief of Peter J. Knapp, private, Company H, 5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-14 |
| Resolutions the Legislature of Iowa, asking Congress to declare the Iowa River unnavigable north of the City of Wapello, in Louisa County. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-14 |
| Memorial of the General Assembly of Iowa, in relation to the project of connecting the waters of the Mississippi River with the waters of Lake Michigan. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-14 |
| Constitutional amendment. Proceedings of the Legislature of Arkansas, upon the ratification of the XIVth Article, amendment to the Constitution of the United States. April 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-16 |
| Judgments in the Court of Claims -- cotton cases. Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims, in answers to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, relative to the number of judgments rendered in said court in cotton cases. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-20 |
| Clerks for the Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity of increased force of clerks and accommodations for said clerks in the Patent Office. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-20 |
| Railroad from Washington. Memorial of members of the Legislature of Massachusetts, praying for passage of bill by Congress providing for additional railroad communication between the commercial and federal capitals of the nation. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-21 |
| Contracts by the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during the month of March, 1868, in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and July 17, 1862. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-21 |
| Boundary of Choctaw and Chickasaw country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw and Chickasaw country. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-21 |
| Antonio Pelletier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the imprisonment and destruction of the property of Antonio Pelletier by the people and authorities of Hayti. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-21 |
| Testimony in the case of Hon. R.R. Butler. April 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 185.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill S. 185, submit their report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-23 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th of February last, correspondence upon the subject of the murder, by the inhabitants of the island of Formosa, of the ship's company of the American bark Rover. April 23, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-23 |
| Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from General H.H. Sibley, relative to the destitute condition of the Sioux Indians near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-24 |
| Appointments in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, the names of all persons who have applied for appointments, the office applied for, and the name of the member of Congress recommending the same. April 24, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-24 |
| Indian tribes in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of A.R. Banks, relative to the destitute condition of various Indian tribes in Kansas. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-24 |
| Sales of gold. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, statements of sales of gold, commissions paid, &c., since March, 1861. April 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-25 |
| United States ship Sabine. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, in relation to the detention of the United States ship Sabine at New London. April 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-25 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, information in relation to the number and designations of military departments formed since the first day of August, 1867. April 27, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-04-27 |
| Artificial limbs. April 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-30 |
| Survey of Tennessee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the surveys of the Tennessee River, made in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. April 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-04-30 |
| Artificial limbs. April 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-04-30 |
| Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, asking for an appropriation to aid in the repairs of the Smithsonian building, &c. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-01 |
| Whiskey seized in New York and Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January, transmitting a statement of the quantity of whiskey seized in New York and Brooklyn, &c. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-01 |
| South Carolina and Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting all the papers that have been submitted to him relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the states of South Carolina and Arkansas. May 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the Coast Survey report for the year 1867. May 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1344, Session Vol. No.18 |
1868-05-06 |
| Second Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports relative to the condition of the Second Military District, and the views of the General of the Army relative to the questions presented therein. May 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-06 |
| Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4th, last, transmitting report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the years 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. May 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate have, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate, passed on the fifteenth day of April last, examined and thoroughly investigated the accounts of John W. Forney, secretary of the Senate, from the date of his election to the present time, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-06 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to carry out the reconstruction laws in the Third Military District. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-07 |
| Election in Arkansas. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, transmitting Major General A.C. Gillem's report of the recent election in Arkansas, under the reconstruction laws. May 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and letter ordered to be printed. May 7, 1868. -- Ordered that the accompanying papers be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-07 |
| Prize vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 30, relative to prize vessels. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-07 |
| Naval vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January last, relative to naval vessels. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-07 |
| William McGarrahan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) May 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-08 |
| William McGarrahan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) May 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a letter of Major General Canby and its enclosures, relating to an ordinance of the South Carolina Convention providing for the assembling of the general assembly, the temporary organization of each house, the installation of governor and lieutenant governor, and the continuation of the President of the convention in office until after the installation for the purpose of administering oaths. May 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-08 |
| Montana volunteers. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking an appropriation for paying debts created in raising Montana volunteers. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-11 |
| Reconstruction. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the admission of the southern states. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-11 |
| North Carolina and Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents and papers relating to the proceedings in North Carolina and Louisiana to which they refer, viz: constitutions of those states. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-11 |
| Sale of public vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th of December last, relative to the sale of public vessels since the close of the rebellion. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-11 |
| Texas. Communication from Governor Pease of Texas, relative to the troubles in that state. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-11 |
| Votes cast for new constitutions. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th instant, relative to the number of votes cast for several constitutions mentioned. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-12 |
| Special agents Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 19, relative to the appointment of special agents. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-12 |
| Expenses of Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of expenses of the Coast Survey for the year ending June 30, 1867. May 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-13 |
| Clerks in Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, transmitting a list of clerks appointed since April 1, by whom recommended, &c. May 13, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-13 |
| Letter of the General of the Army of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1867, a statement of the number of white and colored voters registered in each of the states subject to the reconstruction acts of Congress, with other statistics relative to the same subject. May 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-13 |
| Treaty stipulations with Indian tribes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1073.) May 14, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-14 |
| Judgments in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 4th instant, relative to judgments in the Court of Claims, when paid, &c. May 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-14 |
| Amounts paid for legal services. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th of February, transmitting statements of amounts paid during each year since 1860 for legal services, &c. May 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-14 |
| Treaty stipulations with Indian tribes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1073.) May 14, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-14 |
| Appropriations for Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with the Pottawatomie Indians. May 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-15 |
| Elections in southern states. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, transmitting reports of the district commanders, of the recent elections held in the states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana. May 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-15 |
| The quiet land titles in Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) May 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-16 |
| Jose Sutton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1075.) May 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-16 |
| The quiet land titles in Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) May 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-16 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Wisconsin River Valley Railroad. May 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-18 |
| Treaty with Russia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1096). May 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-18 |
| Osage River. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, memorializing Congress for a grant of lands for the improvement of the Osage River. May 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of January last, information in relation to sales of captured and abandoned cotton. May 18, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-18 |
| Mrs. Joseph Gales. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| Ronana Evans. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| James E. Wharton. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| Little B. Madding. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| Mrs. Joseph Gales. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| Ronana Evans. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| James E. Wharton. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| Little B. Madding. May 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-19 |
| Sale of iron-clads. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th instant relative to the sale of iron-clads Oneoto and Catawba. May 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1343, Session Vol. No.17 |
1868-05-20 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating the only paper that has been submitted to him relating to the proceedings to which it refers in the State of Georgia. May 21, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-21 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1867, information in reference to the seizure and confiscation of property under the act of July 17, 1862, entitled "An Act To Suppress Insurrection, To Punish Treason and Rebellion, To Seize and Confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes." May 21, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-21 |
| New York Post Office. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, on the subject of the New York Post Office. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. May 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-25 |
| Delano vs. Morgan. May 25, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-25 |
| Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. May 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-25 |
| Impeachment managers' investigation. May 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-25 |
| Civil service of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 948.) May 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-25 |
| Delano vs. Morgan. May 25, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-25 |
| Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. May 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-25 |
| Impeachment managers' investigation. May 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-25 |
| Subsistence of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the subsistence of certain Indian tribes by the War Department, &c. May 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1341, Session Vol. No.15 |
1868-05-26 |
| Right to certain parties under treaties and laws of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 923.) May 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-26 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during the month of April, 1868. May 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-26 |
| Right to certain parties under treaties and laws of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 923.) May 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1357, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-26 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating information in relation to recent raids and outrages upon citizens of Texas and in the Chickasaw nation by bands of Indians belonging to the Kiowa and Comanche tribes. May 26, 1868. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-05-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 490.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to the claim of John Bulfinch and others, owners of the brig Ocean Belle, submitted the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-27 |
| Memorial of Edward D. Neill, praying the publication of the records of the Virginia Company, of London, now in the Library of Congress. May 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 867.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Bill 867, for the relief of Jonathan Jessup, postmaster at York, Pennsylvania, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-28 |
| Appropriation for friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to an appropriation for the relief of certain friendly Indians. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-05-29 |
| Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relating to proceedings in the State of Florida. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-05-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate resolution No. --, directing them to inquire into the propriety and necessity of taking such steps as shall be found necessary to restore to the body of the public domain the tract of land in California known as the "Gabillan grant," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-29 |
| Hayti. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a naval force at Hayti. May 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 494.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Steepleton, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 495.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Reens [i.e., Reems], having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 496.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Riley H. Smith, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 497.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catharine Wands, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 498.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna M. Howard, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 499.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Whitt, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 500.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lucinda R. Johnson, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 501.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Harriet W. Pond, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-05-30 |
| Impeachment. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, protesting against efforts made to tamper with members of the high court of impeachment. June 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-01 |
| Line of steamships between New York, Southampton and Bremen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 939.) Petition of John A. Baxter and others, submitting propositions for and asking aid to establish a line of steamships to carry the United States mails between New York, Southampton and Bremen. June 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-01 |
| Washburne -- Donnelly. June 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-01 |
| McKee vs. Young. June 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-02 |
| Report of Commissioner of Education. Letter from the Commissioner of Education, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867, his annual report. June 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-02 |
| Elections in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Letter from the General of the Army, transmitting, in further answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th ultimo, a report by General Meade relative to recent elections in the State of Georgia. Also, two general orders of General Canby, commanding 2d Military District, relative to elections in North Carolina and South Carolina. June 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-02 |
| Petition of presidents and executive officers of railroads throughout the United States, praying an immediate extension of the government aid to the Union Pacific Railway, eastern division. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Resolutions declaring the constitutional responsibility of Senators for their votes in cases of impeachment... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-03 |
| Elections in North Carolina and South Carolina. Letter from the General of the Army, transmitting, in further answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th ultimo, an abstract from General Canby, commanding Second Military District, relative to the recent election in North Carolina and South Carolina. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-03 |
| Disqualification of certain civil officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, a communication from the commanding general of the First Military District, relative to the disqualification of certain civil officers by the state convention. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-03 |
| Election in Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the General of the Army, with a report by Major General Meade, commanding 3d Military District, relative to the recent election in Alabama, supplemental to his report sent to the House on the twenty-seventh of March last. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-03 |
| Miami and Erie Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a survey of the Miami and Erie Canal. June 5, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-05 |
| Confederate property in Europe. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, relative to certain efforts of that Department for the recovery of confederate property in Europe. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Motion to reconsider order to print pending. June 5, 1868. -- Stands referred and so much as in manuscript ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of Emma M. Moore, widow of Commodore E.W. Moore, deceased, praying the payment to her of the sum of $5,000 as due to her late husband as an officer of the Navy of Texas before its annexation, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 5, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 517.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rehma Brown... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-05 |
| Relief of certain officers of the Army. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 288.) June 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| Mary Ann Ward. June 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| John Madden. June 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| Mary Taife. June 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| Patrick Smith. June 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| James A. Anderson. June 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, showing the items omitted and changes made in the bill making appropriations for the Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1869. June 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 516.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Julia Whistler, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 518.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Fannie Fetty... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 519.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Emma M. Moore, widow of Senior Captain Edwin W. Moore... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 520.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Martha Stout... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 521.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles C. Higdon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-08 |
| Bridge at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for a bridge to connect Rock Island Arsenal with the City of Rock Island, Illinois. June 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-09 |
| Bergen Heights Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain papers relative to the Bergen Heights Arsenal property, recommending its sale, as no longer needed by the government. June 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-09 |
| Removal of Navajo and Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting telegram from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the removal of the Navajo and Ute Indians. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-10 |
| Appropriations for public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Chief of Engineers relative to an appropriation for public buildings and grounds. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 27th ultimo, information in relation to the reasons why a number of persons enrolled as Creek Indians by the Creek agent in 1867 said to have been stricken from said rolls, and as to the payment of their per capita dividend. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-10 |
| Great and Little Osage Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to a treaty now being negotiated with the Great and Little Osage Indians. June 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, to investigate, with authority to send for persons and papers, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1345, Session Vol. No.19 |
1868-06-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Margaret A. Russell, for the value of ninety-four hogsheads of sugar taken by the United States forces at Vicksburg, Mississippi, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-11 |
| Letters from the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy to Hon. Charles Summer, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in relation to the services of Matthew Low, a resident of Nassau, New Providence. June 12, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 535. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-12 |
| Memorial of Francis Leiber, Professor of Public Law in the Law School of Columbia College, in the City of New York, praying a revision of the law regulating postage on printed matter to the territories of the United States. June 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-12 |
| Report of George H. Elliot, G.H. Mendell, and B.S. Alexander, officers of engineers, to General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, of an examination of Yerba Buena Island, showing its importance as a military defence to the harbor of San Francisco. June 12, 1868. --Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 159. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1069.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 1069, for the relief of Charles B. Tanner, late first lieutenant 69th Pennsylvania Volunteers, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Tams, who is represented by Richard B. Duane, Esq., submit this report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-13 |
| Letter from the Secretary of State to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, in relation to the cases of the British vessels Volant and Science. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 5,551 [i.e., No. 551]. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 545.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of New York, praying that a pension be allowed to Hannah Cook, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 546.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane McMurray, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 547.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Sheets, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 548.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amanda Stackhouse, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 549.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catharina Eckhardt, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 486.) The Committee on Naval Affairs have carefully considered the subject-matter of a bill entitled "An Act to Facilitate the Settlement of Certain Prize Cases in the Southern District of Florida," and respectfully recommend its passage... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 550.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Ford, submit this report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-15 |
| Memorial of persons interested in the mining of coal in the United States, protesting against any action which would tend towards the reduction of the present duty on coal. June 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during the month of May, 1868. June 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 553.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen G. Montano, a citizen of Peru, with the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration and ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to recent events in the empire of Japan. May 25, 1868. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. June 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-16 |
| Memorial of citizens of Baltimore interested in the mining of coal, remonstrating against any reduction of the duty on coal. June 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-17 |
| Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention of Texas, in favor of the transfer from the military commander of the Fifth Military District to that convention the power and authority to appoint and remove registrars for ascertaining and recording the qualified voters of that state. June 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-17 |
| Affairs in Utah and the territories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 5th instant, the report of Brevet Brigadier General James F. Rusling, inspector, &c., for the year ending June 30, 1867. June 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections, and printed by order of the committee under a resolution of the House of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-17 |
| McKee vs. Young. June 17, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-17 |
| Capture of Jefferson Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1277.) June 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-17 |
| J.P.L. Strong and others. June 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred Senate resolution of the 12th of February last, instructing said committee to inquire into the facts connected with the forcible ejection from the cars of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad of one of the employes of the Senate, on account of race... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-17 |
| Gas furnished for government. Letter from B.H. Bartol, president of the Gas-light Company, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant relative to the amount of gas furnished the government during the year ending June 30, 1868. June 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-18 |
| Hogan vs. Pile. June 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-18 |
| Osage Indian treaty. June 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed with documents. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 555.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 23d April last, the memorial of the governor of the State of Minnesota, praying the passage of an act giving construction to existing laws granting lands to said state for a state university... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 630.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy A. Stocks, widow of Reuben Stocks, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-18 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, information relative to the present status of the claims of loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, under the forty-ninth article of the treaty with those tribes of April 28, 1866. June 18, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-18 |
| Resolutions of the House of Representatives, in relation to the treaty concluded on the 27th day of May, 1868, with the Great and Little Osage tribe of Indians. June 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-19 |
| Ship canal -- lakes Erie and Ontario. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to a ship canal connecting lakes Erie and Ontario. June 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-19 |
| Sale of iron-clads. June 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 428.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 428, for the relief of the sureties of Israel T. Canby, late receiver of public moneys at Crawfordsville, Indiana, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom the petition of Sister Xavier and Sister Mary De Salls, of Charleston, South Carolina, was referred, submit their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 19, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was submitted the petition of Dennis Sullivan, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-19 |
| Covington and Ohio Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1283.) Memorial of the Virginia Central Railroad, relative to the completion of the Covington and Ohio Railroad. June 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 580) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze & Mallet, having had the same under consideration, from a careful examination of the evidence adduced, beg leave to adopt the following report, made by Mr. Foster to the Senate at the first session 36th Congress, as expressing the views of the committee... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-20 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill (H.R. No. 1039) "To Admit the State of Arkansas to Representation in Congress," with his objections thereto. June 20, 1868. -- Read and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-20 |
| Navigation of Colorado River. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to aid Captain Truesworthy [i.e., Trueworthy], of San Francisco, to perfect the navigation of the Colorado River, in the Territory of Arizona. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Agricultural and mechanic arts college. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to allow the state to invest in unincumbered productive real estate the proceeds of the 150,000 acres of land donated to the state by Congress for the construction of an agricultural and mechanic arts college. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Mendocino Indian reservation. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking that Mendocino Indian reservation be abandoned, and the lands be opened for pre-emption. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Harbor of San Diego. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking aid of Congress to improve the harbor of San Diego, in that state. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Survey of lands in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking appropriations by Congress for surveys of public lands in said state. June 22, 1868. -- Read twice and referred to Committee on Appropriations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Tax on native grape brandy. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to remit or reduce the tax on native grape brandy. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Indian depredations in California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, asking that steps be taken by the general government to ascertain the losses suffered by citizens of the state in late Indian depredations, and make indemnity for the same. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Protection to American citizens foreign born. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to demand of foreign governments full and ample protection to our foreign-born citizens while temporarily residing under those governments. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Southern Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to grant same aid in lands and subsidies to construct the Southern Pacific Railroad as have been granted to construct the Union and Central Pacific Railroad. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Mail route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking establishment of mail route in said state by Congress. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-22 |
| Memorial of soldiers in service of United States, residing in the City of Washington, praying that they may be granted the elective franchise, and protesting against the action of the register of said city in throwing out their votes after the return of the result of the election was duly made by the sworn commissioners of election. June 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-23 |
| Ordnance and ordnance stores. Statement submitted by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, in reference to ordnance and ordnance stores on hand, in answer to question eight of the resolution of the Joint Committee on Ordnance. June 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on Ordnance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-23 |
| Imprisonment of Warren and Costello. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the imprisonment of Messrs. Warren and Costello in Great Britain. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-24 |
| Appropriations for reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for appropriations required for the execution of the reconstruction laws. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-24 |
| Estimated diminution of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of the estimated diminution of the Army by various causes up to January 1, 1869, and July 1, of same year. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-24 |
| Receipts and expenditures of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the standing order of the House of Representatives, and act of August 26, 1842, an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866. June 24, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-24 |
| Petition of the Ladies' Mt. Vernon Association of the Union, praying an appropriation of $9,000, as compensation for losses sustained by reason of the stoppage, during the war, of the boat plying between Washington and Mt. Vernon. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-24 |
| Chaves vs. Clever. Papers of the case of J. Francisco Chaves vs. Charles P. Clever, delegate from the Territory of New Mexico. June 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed by the Committee of Elections, under a resolution of the House of March 7, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-24 |
| Abolition of military posts. Petition of John B. Wolff, in behalf of white settlers in Colorado and Dakota territories, praying the abolition of military posts and for other reforms in the Indian policy of the United States. June 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1129.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 1129, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the widow of Colonel Mulligan $5,000 out of any moneys appropriated for the pay of the Army, submit this report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having considered the petition of Jerome J. Getty, of Stearns County, Minnesota, asking payment for certain property destroyed by United States troops in said state in the winter of 1864-'5, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-25 |
| Leonidas Smith. June 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Newell, submit their report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clara Moore, submit this their report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-26 |
| Majors and captains in the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repeal of the act of June 28, 1866, reducing the number of officers in the Quartermasters' Department. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-27 |
| Bounties paid. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th and 22d instants, relative to the number of bounties paid under the act of July 28, 1866, since the 1st of January last. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-27 |
| L. Merchant and Peter Rosecrantz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1320.) June 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 574.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Oscar Bullus, a commodore on the reserved list of the Navy, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 575.) The Committee on Claims having considered the petition of Joseph Segar, of Virginia, praying compensation for commissary and quartermasters' supplies seized and appropriated by the military authorities of the United States of the property of the said Joseph Segar... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, enclosing a communication from General Stoneman, commanding the First Military District, relative to a proposed election to be held therein; also the draught of a bill based on the recommendation of said communication. June 27, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-27 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating information in relation to the Tabequache band of Utah Indians, and the treaty of the 2d of March, 1868, with the Utah Indians. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-06-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 28, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 9.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate resolution No. 9, in favor of A.W. Walker, submit the following report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-28 |
| Appropriation for treaty with Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information relative to Indian affairs in the central superintendency, and asking for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with certain Sioux Indians. June 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 65, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William McGarraham [i.e., McGarrahan]," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-29 |
| Indian hostilities in California. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain expenses incurred by the State of California in Indian hostilities. June 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-06-30 |
| Papers relating to the amount of bonds issued to the Union Pacific Railroad Company and its branches; the amount of interest paid by the United States and repaid by the companies in cash and in transportation. June 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-06-30 |
| Pay of deputy collectors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to allowing deputy collectors to receive pay for actual services performed. July 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-01 |
| Damages to settlers in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for damages sustained by settlers in Niabrara township, Nebraska, by reason of locating Santee Sioux Indians on their lands, in 1866. July 1, 1866[8]. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-01 |
| Bridge across Charles River. Resolution of the city government of Charlestown, Mass., against the construction of a bridge across Charles River, between Boston and East Boston. July 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-01 |
| Pueblo of Santa Anna. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1343.) July 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-01 |
| Land claims in New Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1344.) July 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-01 |
| Land claims in Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1204.) July 1, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-01 |
| Memorial of Benjamin Severson, in relation to the Washington City canal. July 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| Tax on the interest of United States bonds. (To accompany H.R. No. 1350.) July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-02 |
| Dr. Benjamin Malone. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of George Ashley, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Holgate, late of Vermont, deceased, presented the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Minerva Lewis, administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Lewis, deceased, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of M.N. Ladovich, of Louisiana, praying compensation for the steamer Diana, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Black Beaver, a Delaware Indian, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary C. Lane, formerly of Burlington, Vermont, for compensation of property alleged to have been destroyed by the government troops in Mississippi, during the rebellion, made the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Narcom, of North Carolina, asking compensation for property destroyed by Union troops, in 1862, at Edenton, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 73.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred S.R. 73, for the relief of the Columbia Turnpike Company, submit their report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-02 |
| Tract of land near New London, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the cession to the United States of a tract of land near New London, on the Thames River, Connecticut, recommending an appropriation in regard thereto. July 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-03 |
| Removal of disabilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) July 3, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-03 |
| Raising of money to be used in impeachment. July 3, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-03 |
| Encouragement of emigration. July 3, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to an alleged practice of the Danish authorities to banish convicts to this country. July 3, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-03 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 2d instant, transmitting report of Captain James B. Eads on the iron-clads of Europe and this country. July 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-06 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed to the several states by a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress, passed on the 13th day of June, 1866, to be designated Article XIV of Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. July 6, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-06 |
| North Carolina adopts Article XIV to Constitution. Letter from the Governor of North Carolina, relative to Article XIV to the Constitution of the United States. July 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-06 |
| Treaty with Choctaw Indians. (To accompany H.R. 1195.) July 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 591.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of O.N. Cutler have examined the same, and submit the following as their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 595.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Potts, submit the following as their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 16th ultimo, information in relation to prohibiting Oneida Indians from cutting and removing timber from the common lands of the tribe. July 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-06 |
| Land bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of land bounties, and from the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the same subject. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 596.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza Potter, submit the following as their report of the case... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 597.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca C. Meeker, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 598.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Scott, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-07 |
| Freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 1st instant, report of Brevet Major General Carlin, for the last six months, relative to the condition of freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to Committee on Freedmen's Affairs. July 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-08 |
| Dent, Vantine & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1374.) July 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-08 |
| McGrorty vs. Hooper. July 9, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Valentine H. Voorhees, praying compensation for services as 2d lieutenant in the 13th Regiment New York Heavy Artillery from March 1 to November 1, 1864, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 257.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 257, for the relief of Clement T. Rice and Chaney N. Noteware, late register and receiver at Carson City, Nevada, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-09 |
| Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to deficiency of appropriations for clerical service in that Department. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-10 |
| Levees of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. Memorial of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention, asking aid in rebuilding the levees along the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, in the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of members of the First Church Society of Boston, praying for a remission of the duties on painted glass windows, valued at from $10,000 to $15,000, to be used in their new church, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-10 |
| Letter of the President of the National Academy of Sciences, communicating, in obedience to law, a report of the operations of that society for the past year. July 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 11, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and 1,000 additional copies for the use of the Senate and 1,000 copies for the academy. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-11 |
| Treaty stipulations with Seneca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with an estimate of appropriations necessary to carry out treaty stipulations with the Senecas and other Indian tribes. July 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-11 |
| Contracts for coal. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, relative to contracts for the purchase of coal. July 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of February last, information in relation to the expense of maintaining the military establishment in the territories of New Mexico and Arizona. July 13, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-13 |
| Troops on Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a statement of the number of troops stationed on the Union Pacific Railroad. July 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-14 |
| Diplomatic and consular system of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. July 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 310.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred Senate Bill 310, "To Incorporate the Georgetown and Washington Canal and Sewerage Company," beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-15 |
| Vessels bought, sold, and chartered by the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th of January, a report by the Quartermaster General, relative to the number of vessels bought, sold, and chartered by the United States since April, 1861. July 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 162.) The following papers have been referred to the Committee on Commerce... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1322.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of F.F. Stevens, late an additional paymaster United States Army, on account of government funds said to have been lost by the burning of the steamer Alabama, on the Mississippi River, in the spring of 1867, and Bill H.R. No. 1322, for his relief, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-16 |
| Amount paid for legal services by the Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 11, 1868, relative to amounts paid for legal services from 1860 to 1868. July 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 626.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Doyle, praying compensation for cutting a quantity of timber in Nevada, under a contract with the Indian Department, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 163.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-17 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to the number of persons employed in the Navy yards on the 1st day of January, 1868, and the 1st day of July, 1868. July 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed to the several states by a joint resolution of Congress passed on the 13th day of June, 1866, to be designated as Article XIV of amendments to the Constitution of the United States. July 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-18 |
| Contracts by Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department for month ending June 30, 1868. July 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-18 |
| General orders -- reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, 1868, communicating copies of all general and special orders promulgated by the several commanders of the military districts of the South for the execution of the reconstruction laws. July 18, 1868. -- Resolved, that there be printed so many of the general and special orders appertaining to reconstruction, transmitted from the War Department, as may appear to the Committee on Printing necessary to indicate the extent of powers exercised by the commanders of the military districts created by the reconstruction act of March 2, 1867. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 606.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill S. No. 606, having considered the same, report: The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension roll the name of Robert Watson... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States, recommending certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States. July 18, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-18 |
| Letter of the President of constitutional convention of Texas communicating the report of special committee on lawlessness and violence in that state. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-20 |
| Indian tribes. Memorial on behalf of the Indians, by the United States Indian Commission. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-20 |
| United States steamer Wampanoag. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 8th instant, relative to the trial of the United States steamer Wampanoag, and vessels of that class, with reports thereon. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-20 |
| Kickapoo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the Kickapoo Indians now in Mexico. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 256.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (H.R. 256) for the relief of Martha E. King, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Smith, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 634.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Violet Henry, widow of Sherrod Henry, late a private in Company D, 60th Regiment United States Colored Troops, praying a pension, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 635.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Richard M. Hoe, praying an extension of his patent for an improvement in printing machines, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas H. Dowling, praying for the passage of a law to restore to him the possession of certain land on the island of Yerba Buena, in the bay of San Francisco, or afford him further relief, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-20 |
| Ship canal across the isthmus of Holstein. Petition of C. Hansen, for protection as to a contract for a canal across the isthmus of Holstein. July 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-21 |
| Exemptions from internal tax. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1327.) July 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 167.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the letter of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey and other papers relative to losses sustained by certain Coast Survey officers consequent upon the sinking of the United States schooner Arago, in the Neuse River, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of James C. Pickett, with the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 22, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Jonas P. Levy, with the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 22, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a communication of the Secretary of War in regard to the condition of the appropriation of $60,000 made July 28, 1866, for the preparation and publication of 5,000 copies of the first volume of the Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a letter from Brevet Major General A.B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, asking a trial by court-martial for offences imputed to him in a report made to Congress by the Joint Committee on Ordnance. July 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on Ordnance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1118.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred H.R. No. 1118 entitled "An Act To Confirm to J.M. Hutchings and J.C. Lamon Their Preemption Claims in the Yosemite Valley, in the State of California," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 643.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.A. Griffin asking reimbursement for expenditures made and losses sustained while in charge of the National Cemetery at Andersonville, Georgia, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-23 |
| Pay department. July 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-24 |
| Contingent fund of the House. July 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1358, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 24, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joel Hyatt, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-24 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating papers relating to the rights of freedmen under the 3d article of the treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indians, concluded April 28, 1866. July 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-24 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, recommending the removal of the Indians located on the Smith River Farm, in California, to the Round Valley reservation in that state. July 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. July 25, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Joint Committee on Ordnance, submitted the following report. The Select Joint Committee on Ordnance, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of War to the President of the Senate of the 21st of July, enclosing a letter of the 20th of July from Brevet Major General A.B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, have attended to the matter of the communication submitted to them, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1320, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-25 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the board of naval officers appointed to select suitable locations for powder magazines. July 25, 1868. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, information in relation to the construction of the iron-clad Monitor. July 25, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. July 25, 1868. -- Ordered that 500 extra copies be printed for the use of the Navy Department. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1317, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-07-25 |
| Light-house at Black Rock. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with communication from the Light-house Board relative to a light-house at Black Rock, Connecticut. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1346, Session Vol. No.20 |
1868-07-27 |
| Memorial of A.J. Marshall, on the ventilation of the two halls of Congress. July 28, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1319, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-07-28 |
| Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Fortieth 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. November 10, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1350, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-11-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1369, Session Vol. No.4 |
1868-12-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1366, Session Vol. No.2 |
1868-12-07 |
| Removal of disabilities. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, for the removal of disabilities. December 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-07 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Fortieth Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of State, transmitting a report on the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations, for the year ended September 30, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1382, Session Vol. No.14 |
1868-12-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1367, Session Vol. No.3 |
1868-12-07 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1370, Session Vol. No.5 |
1868-12-07 |
| Papers in the case of Simon Jones vs. James Mann, Second Congressional District, Louisiana. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-07 |
| Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his annual report for the year 1868. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1371, Session Vol. No.6 |
1868-12-08 |
| Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Tennessee River. December 8, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-08 |
| Receipts and expenditures of the Patent Office. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of his office from July 20, 1868, to December 1, 1868. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1868-12-08 |
| Judgments in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a statement of the judgments rendered by the court during the present year. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-08 |
| Paupers in Washington City. Letter from the Surgeon General, relative to the care, support, and treatment of paupers in the City of Washington. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-08 |
| Legislature of Georgia. Memorial of the members of the Legislature of Georgia and others, relative to the illegal organization of that body under the reconstruction acts. December 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-08 |
| Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) December 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-08 |
| Providence Hospital. Report from the Surgeon General of the United States Army, showing the expenditures for the completion of Providence Hospital up to December 1, 1868. December 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-09 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Fortieth Congress. December 10, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-10 |
| Sale of Fort Snelling reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the sale of the Fort Snelling reservation. December 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1868-12-10 |
| Alta Vela. Memorial of Patterson and Murguiondo, citizens of Baltimore, relative to the claims of the government and citizens of the United States to the island of Alta Vela. December 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-10 |
| Memorial of a committee of the Union League Club of the City of New York, praying the appointment of a special committee to investigate the naturalization and election frauds and irregularities perpetrated in the recent election in the City and State of New York. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of granting and confirming to said state the southeast quarter of section seventeen, township nine south, range forty east of the Willamette meridian, with full power to said state to convey the land to Royal Augustus Pearce, resident on said land. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Roseburg to Randolph, in said state. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, in favor of the appointment of a commission to investigate and take proof as to losses sustained by citizens of said state by depredations of the Indians. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Resolutions adopted by a convention of the Republican Party of Mississippi, in relation to the state government of Mississippi, and in favor of the readmission of that state into the Union. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the Tennessee River. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Columbia Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement by Surgeon General Barnes, of expenditures made for the Columbia Hospital. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1868-12-14 |
| Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service of that department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1868-12-14 |
| Alabama claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7th instant, transmitting correspondence with American minister at London concerning the so-called Alabama claims. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1868-12-14 |
| Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. Resolutions of the Legislature of Oregon withdrawing assent to the proposed Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-14 |
| Journal of the proceedings of the United States Senate in executive session. (Fortieth Congress, third session, commencing December 7th, 1868.) |
US Senate Executive Journal |
1868-12-14 |
| Memorial of the American Missionary Association, praying the adoption of measures for the protection of loyal persons in the South in the enjoyment of their civil rights. December 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1868. -- Submitted, and referred to the Committee on Finance. December 15, 1868. -- Reported without amendment. Mr. Willey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate, properly cherishing and upholding the good faith and honor of the nation, do hereby utterly disapprove of and condemn the sentiments and proposition contained in so much of the late annual message of the President of the United States as reads as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-15 |
| Claims of Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1491.) December 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information concerning recent transactions in the region of the La Plata, affecting the political relations of the United States with Paraguay, the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, and Brazil. December 17, 1868. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-17 |
| J. Willis Menard. Additional papers respecting the Second Congressional District, Louisiana. December 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-18 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Willamette River to the Columbia River. December 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-19 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking an appropriation to the Oregon and Washington Navigation Improvement Company for the improvement of the navigation of the Columbia River. December 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to the death of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, member of Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, and tendering the sympathy of the General Assembly to the many friends and relatives of the deceased. December 19, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 6, 1868. December 21, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-21 |
| Report of the Librarian of Congress, showing the condition of the Library during the year ending December 1, 1868. December 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-21 |
| Whiskey frauds and administration of Internal Revenue Department. December 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1868-12-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 908.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Ohio, praying for a pension for Colonel J.B.W. Haynes, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 815.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill S. No. 815, granting a pension to Julia Whistler, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 655.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 655) granting a pension to Paulina Jones, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 909.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna [i.e., Ann] R. Voorhees, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 780.) The petition recites that William Putnam and David Putnam, of Ohio, became sureties on the bond of Major Isaac N. Cook, paymaster, in the sum of $20,000; that said Cook became entangled with gamblers, by whom he lost $220,000 of the government funds... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1869. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "memorial of Abraham D. Harrell, a captain in the Navy on the retired list, praying to be restored to his position on the active list," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 923.) The Committee on Claims, having considered the petition of James Kelley, captain of the 34th United States infantry, asking pay as captain in the United States Army from July 1, 1864, to September 16, 1867, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1368, Session Vol. No.3 |
1869-01-01 |
| Disbursements in the War Department. Report from the Secretary of War, by request of the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the expenditures in the War Department. December [?] -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1868. Volume II. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1376, Session Vol. No.10 |
1869-01-01 |
| Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and previous years; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1370, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Deputy Special Commissioner of the Revenue in charge of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1384, Session Vol. No.16 |
1869-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1383, Session Vol. No.15 |
1869-01-01 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Fortieth Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| Losses by Citizens of Kansas Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1727.) Memorial for indemnity from government for losses sustained by the citizens of Kansas Territory. January 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year ending June 30, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1371, Session Vol. No.6 |
1869-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1868. Volume III & Volume IV. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1377, Session Vol. No.10 |
1869-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1868. Volume IV. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1378, Session Vol. No.10 |
1869-01-01 |
| List of private claims brought before the Senate of the United States from the commencement of the Fourteenth to the close of the Thirty-ninth Congress, prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to the orders of the Senate of April 9, 1840; February 27, 1841; February 8, 1849; March 3, 1855; and March 16, 1866; and the act of July 20,1868, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of July 10, 1868, a description of the Presidio reservation, including Black Point, lying upon the Bay of San Francisco. January 5, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1868, a statement in relation to the number of troops employed in connection with Indian hostilities in protecting the Missouri River traffic and the Union Pacific Railroad. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-05 |
| Revenue. Report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue for the year 1868. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| League Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to League Island. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| Surveyors general of Louisiana and Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to compensation of surveyors general for Louisiana and Florida, &c. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| Paraguay difficulties. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, relative to the disposition of the American squadron at Rio Janeiro, and the Paraguay difficulties. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| Bridge over the Missouri River at Kansas City. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of 16th ultimo, relative to a bridge over the Missouri River at Kansas City. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| Improvement of the Des Moines Rapids. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th ultimo, relative to the improvements of the Des Moines Rapids. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| Employees of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to a reduction of the force in that Department. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-05 |
| Purchase of tools by Theodore Zeller. January 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, information in regard to the Territory of Alaska and the fur interests therein. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, a list of the Indian superintendents and agents, and designating the absentees from their posts. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-06 |
| Trade with Canada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to trade with the Dominion of Canada. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-06 |
| Navigation between the United States and Canada. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to navigation between the United States and Canada. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-06 |
| Grant of public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to a grant of public lands. January 6, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-06 |
| Condition of affairs in Mississippi. Evidence taken by the Committee on Reconstruction. (Printed in compliance with a resolution of the House dated January 6, 1869.) |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, the annual reports of the several Pacific Railroad companies. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of Brevet Major General Harney upon the Sioux Indians on the Upper Missouri. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the resolution of Congress approved July 20, 1867, "Declaring Sympathy With the Suffering People of Crete." January 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, information in relation to the late battle of the Washita River. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th ultimo, information in regard to the action of the mixed commission for the adjustment of claims by citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. January 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriations for the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians at Lake Traverse and Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Idaho, praying an appropriation for the construction of an assay office at Boise City, in that territory. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| United States bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement required by act of April 12, 1866, relative to the issue, conversion, and purchase of United States bonds. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-07 |
| J. Somers Smith. Letter from the Secretary of State, directed to Hon. N.P. Banks, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the payment for services rendered by J. Somers Smith. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Mathew Lowe. Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing a communication from the United States consul at Nassau, New Providence, in reference to the claim of Captain Mathew Lowe [i.e., Matthew Low]. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-07 |
| Appropriations for the Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations required for carrying out treaty stipulations with the Creek Indians. January 8, 1869. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-08 |
| Claim for salvage against United States steamer Leviathan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the claim of the officers and crews of the United States gunboat De Soto and transport Crescent for salvage against the United States steamer Leviathan. January 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-08 |
| Purchase of land at Omaha. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relative to purchase of land at Omaha for military purposes. January 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of December 14, 1868, reports in relation to recent disturbances in Louisiana. January 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-11 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1868, information in relation to the late Indian battle on the Washita River. January 11, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of John H. Russell, praying for relief as to the Hot Springs reservation, in Arkansas, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-11 |
| Petition of citizens of the United States, praying the appointment of a commissioner to investigate the methods now used in Europe for the extraction of the precious metals from their ores. January 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-11 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the passage of the bill for the relief of the copper mining interest of the country. January 11, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-11 |
| Jones vs. Mann. Additional testimony in the case of Simon Jones vs. James Mann, Second Congressional District, Louisiana. January 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-11 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 17th ultimo, information concerning the exercise or claim by consuls of the United States in Japan of judicial powers in cases arising between American citizens and citizens of any foreign nation other than Japan. January 12, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-12 |
| Naval Academy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting communication from Vice-Admiral Porter, relative to the necessity for the purchase of additional grounds for the Naval Academy. January 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-12 |
| Appropriations for Sac and Fox Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations required to fill treaty stipulations with Sac and Fox Indians. January 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-12 |
| Pay of the agent for Crow Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for agent of Crow Indians. January 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-12 |
| Reduction of employe[e]s in the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th of December, relative to a reduction of employe[e]s in the Department of State. January 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-12 |
| Appropriations for Crow Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates required to fulfil treaty stipulations with the Crow Indians. January 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-12 |
| Appropriations for Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs with estimates for appropriations for Ute Indians. January 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-13 |
| Norman Wiard. January 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-13 |
| Memorial of headmen and people of the North Carolina or Eastern Cherokees, protesting against the ratification of the treaty concluded on the 9th day of July, 1868, between the United States and the Cherokees residing west of the Mississippi River. January 14, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-14 |
| Petition of delegates of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw Indians, protesting against the passage of the bill to restore the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Department of War. January 14, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-14 |
| Superintendent of Exports and Drawbacks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to postponing the time of the discontinuance of the offices of Superintendent of Exports and Drawbacks at the ports of New York and the ports of the United States. January 14, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-14 |
| Switzler vs. Anderson. January 14, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the application of Hugh McCormick for additional allowance for his services as disbursing clerk in the Patent Office. January 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-15 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, correspondence relating to supplies of stationery of the Patent Office, and the contract for the same. January 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-15 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. January 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-15 |
| J.H. Christy and John A. Wimpy. January 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kellogg submitted the following resolution... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-18 |
| Appropriations for Seneca and Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates for treaty stipulations with the Shawnee and Seneca Indians. January 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-18 |
| Reduction of expenses of War Department in New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Quartermaster General relative to the manner of reducing the expenses of the War Department at and in the vicinity of New York. January 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-18 |
| Outrages by Ku-Klux Klan. (To accompany H. Res. No. 408.) January 18, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-18 |
| Memorial of Marshall F. Moore, governor of Washington Territory, and other citizens of said territory, remonstrating against any recognition of the claims of Great Britain to the Haro Archipelago and to San Juan Island. January 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-19 |
| Contingent expenses Houses of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 19, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-19 |
| Employes of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1868. January 19, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-19 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriations required for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the northern Cheyenne and northern Arapaho Indians under treaty of May 10, 1868. January 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of proclamation granting pardon and amnesty to all persons engaged in the late rebellion. January 19, 1869.--Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1868, information in reference to the payment of rent for the use of the building known as Libby Prison, in Richmond, Virginia. January 20, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriation required to pay the expenses of a special agent to take the census of the North Carolina Cherokees, in accordance with the act of July 27, 1868. January 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending a repeat of so much of the sixty-first article of war as provides that officers having brevets may take place in courts-martial and on detachments, when composed of different corps, according to the rank given them in their brevets. January 20, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-20 |
| Reduction of employes in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th ultimo, stating what reduction can be made in the number of officers and employes in that Department. January 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1372, Session Vol. No.7 |
1869-01-20 |
| Expenditure -- contingent fund -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Navy Department, &c., for the year ending June 30, 1868. January 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the Navy Department, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of contracts and purchases of the Ordnance Department during the year 1868. January 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-21 |
| Resolution of the House of Representatives of the Treasury of New Mexico, in favor of an appropriation for the relief of translators in the employ of said territory. January 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-21 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the transfer of the control and management of the Indians from the Interior to the War Department. January 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-21 |
| Disbursements -- contingent fund State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the disbursements of contingent fund of the State Department, balances unexpended, &c. January 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the State Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-21 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1868. January 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1375, Session Vol. No.10 |
1869-01-21 |
| Application under bankrupt act. January 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-22 |
| Petition of doctors of medicine in the District of Columbia, praying that certain crude foreign drugs may be placed upon the free list. January 22, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-22 |
| Fort Steilacoom. (To accompany House Resolutions No. 414.) Memorial of citizens of Washington Territory asking Congress to grant said territory the buildings at Fort Steilacoom for an insane asylum. January 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of Joshua Hill, claiming to be senator elect from Georgia, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-25 |
| Department of Indian Affairs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1795.) Memorial of yearly meetings of the Society of Friends, relative to the treatment of the Indians. January 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-25 |
| John E. Reeside. (To accompany H. Res. No. 418.) January 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, a statement of the tracts of land selected by members of the Grand River band of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, under treaty of July 31, 1855. January 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-26 |
| Buildings occupied under lease by Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant, relative to buildings occupied by that Department under lease, &c. January 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-27 |
| Buildings under lease occupied by Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d instant, relative to buildings held and occupied by that Department. January 27, 1869. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 845.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Memorial of Abbott Q. Ross, asking compensation for the use of an improved mode of using hot water and steam as a weapon in naval engagements, for extintinguishing [i.e., extinguishing] fires, and for other purposes," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-28 |
| Gaugers' fees. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 25th instant, relative to gaugers' fees for gauging and inspecting liquors. January 28, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-28 |
| National Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, a report of the Comptroller of the currency relative to the condition of the National Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany, New York. January 28, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-28 |
| Pottawatomie claims. Letter from The Secretary of the Interior, submitting a report of commissioners under the Pottawatomie Treaty of August 7, 1868, to examine the claims of said tribe. January 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1869. Mr. Morton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 661.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Lieutenant Colonel John W. Davidson, of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1869. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 172.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution No. 172, authorizing the President of the United States to "Nominate for Advancement, and, By and With the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to Advance Captain Thomas H. Stevens, Not Exceeding Twenty-one Members on the List of Captains in the Navy, for Gallant, Faithful, and Efficient Services During the War of the Rebellionas follows..." |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 196.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 196, "Granting a Pension to Mrs. Mary Lincoln, Widow of the Late President of the United States, Who was Killed During the War of the Rebellion," have had the same under consideration and respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-29 |
| Veterinary surgeons in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th instant, relative to the employment of Alexander Dunbar to instruct veterinary surgeons of the United States Army. January 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-29 |
| Officers, civilians, and men in military service at New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, relative to the number of Army officers, civilians, and enlisted men in military service at and near New York City. January 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-01-29 |
| Resolutions of the convention held in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, November 10, 1868, for the improvement of the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. January 14, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-30 |
| Trust funds of Choctaw Indians. January 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-01-30 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1868, information in relation to the character of the Indians killed or captured by United States troops under the command of General George A. Custer. February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1869. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1345.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1345, entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Confirm Certain Private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico,'" beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of claims for depredations committed by the Indians in that state. February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of laws for the protection of bona fide settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands. February 1, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, against the ratification of the treaty with the Osage Indians. February 1, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of a law authorizing and permitting all persons who have taken less than 160-acre homesteads, under provisions of the laws of the United States, to extend their privileges so as to permit them to claim, take, prove up, and hold enough more to make their homestead 160 acres. February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of an appropriation to complete the harbor of Michigan City. February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1824.) Memorial of the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, praying for confirmation of grant of land for the line of completed railroad in the State of Alabama. February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Justices of the Supreme Court in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1839.) February 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Improvement of Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the improvement of Fox and Wisconsin rivers. February 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Walter D. Plowden. February 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, information in relation to the report of Brevet Major General William S. Harney upon the Sioux and other Indians congregated under treaties made with them by the special peace commission. February 2, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, information in relation to the quantity of land certified to states and corporations to aid in the construction of railroads, wagon roads, and canals. February 2, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-02 |
| Costello and Warren. Message from the President of the United States, relative to Messrs. Costello and Warren, naturalized citizens of the United States, imprisoned in Great Britain. February 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed, with leave to report at any time. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-02 |
| Clothing for disabled soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to furnishing clothing to inmates of homes for disabled soldiers. February 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a letter from Major General George H. Thomas to Brevet Brigadier General Benjamin S. Roberts, relative to a statement affecting the latter officer, contained in a letter written by General William B. Franklin. February 3, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 875.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Miss Mathilda Victor, asking relief for damages done to her property in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for rent for use thereof, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a United States court-house and post office at Topeka, and a Custom-house and post office at Leavenworth, in that state. February 3, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the appointment of commissioners to audit the claims of citizens of that state for property destroyed and taken by raiders into that state under the command of Quantrell and others. February 3, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of reports upon Indian affairs in the military division of the Missouri. February 4, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of the report of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel M.V. Sheridan, upon the extremely destitute condition of the Osage Indians. February 4, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1869. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 836.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 836) for the relief of Celestia P. Hartt, have had the same under consideration, and after examining the papers connected therewith, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 889.) The Joint Select Committee on Ordnance, to whom was referred the petition of Horatio Ames for compensation for the construction of eleven wrought-iron guns, furnished to the Navy Department of the United States in pursuance of contract, having examined upon oath the witnesses called by the petitioner, and documentary evidence furnished by the department, report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1869. Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 264.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 264, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Henry C. Noyes," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Topeka to Muscota, in said state. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Vienna to Eytchinson's in said state. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the early passage of the House bill appropriating money for the improvement of the harbors within that state. February 4, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| American citizens in Paraguay. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the arrest of American citizens in Paraguay. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-04 |
| Montana Historical Society. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for an appropriation for the relief of the Montana Historical Society. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Military road in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for the construction of a military road from some point on Union Pacific Railroad near Box Elder, Utah Territory, to Helena City, Montana Territory. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Organic act of Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for an amendment to the organic act of the Territory of Montana. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of Laws of the United States and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Wagon road in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking for the construction of a military road from Muscleshell to Fort Ellis. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Flathead Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, for the removal of the Flathead Indians from the Bitter Root Valley, in the County of Missoula, to their reservation on the Jocko. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Branch Mint in Montana. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for an appropriation for the establishment of a branch Mint in the Territory of Montana. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Treaty with Crow Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, asking a reconsideration of the treaty with the Crow Indians. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-04 |
| Message of the President of the United States, in relation to the encroachments of the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company upon the trade and territory of Alaska. February 5, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-05 |
| Memorial of the Executive Committee of the late National Convention of the Colored Men of the Country, praying the right of suffrage be granted to all citizens without regard to race, color, or previous condition. February 5, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-05 |
| Petition of George Fowler and the administrators of the estate of De Grass Fowler, deceased, praying an extension of the patent for an improvement in machinery for punching metal. February 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents, with Bill S. No. 891. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-05 |
| William T. Harris. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d ultimo, relative to the claim of William T. Harris, a citizen of the United States, for property withheld by the Brazilian government. February 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-05 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual report of Superintendent of Coast Survey for 1868. February 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1379, Session Vol. No.11 |
1869-02-05 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution. Whereas the question of whether the State of Georgia has become and is entitled to representation in the two Houses of Congress... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-06 |
| J.E. Clarke and John T. Peabody. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Board of Claims, in the War Department, relative to claims of J.E. Clarke, late marshal, and John T. Peabody, deceased, late clerk of the United States provisional court of Louisiana, for funds expended by them. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. February 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 30th ultimo, information in relation to the docks at the Pensacola Navy yard. February 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 900.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition asking for a pension for Wm. B. Looney, of Alabama, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 901.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Otis Hemenway, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 902.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of J.R. Callahan, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 903.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Horace Peck, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 904.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Indiana, praying that a pension be granted to Benjamin T. Raines, have considered the same, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 905.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Clark Hall, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 906.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 907.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Whiting, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report, (To accompany S. Bill No. 846.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Charlotte Crane, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ellen J. Broseman [i.e., Brossman], asking compensation for property she alleges was taken from her by order of the provost marshal general of the Army of the Potomac, made the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| Modification of the oath of office. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the modification of the act of July 2, 1862, prescribing an oath of office. February 8, 1869. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-08 |
| Railroads. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in relation to certain railroads. February 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| Railroad -- Humboldt River to Portland. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, asking aid in the construction of a railroad from the north bend of Humboldt River, in the State of Nevada, to Portland, Oregon. February 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-08 |
| Removal of Customs officers in Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 1st instant, relative to the removal of certain persons from the collector's office in Philadelphia. February 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-09 |
| J.C.D. Blackburn. (To accompany H. Res. No. 449.) February 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-09 |
| J. Francisco Chaves vs. Charles P. Clever. February 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-09 |
| Petition of M.B. Hewson, praying the establishment of an Atlantic transportation and express line of steamships, for passengers and mails. February 10, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-10 |
| Buildings occupied by War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d ultimo, relative to buildings occupied by the War Department. February 10, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-10 |
| Frederick Hall. Petition of Frederick Hall, praying confirmation of title to certain land in the State of Michigan, under treaty stipulations. January 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 10, 1869. -- Reported from the Committee on the Public Lands, ordered to be printed, and recommitted. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-10 |
| Uniform system of bankruptcy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1510.) February 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating contracts made by officers of the corps of engineers and others on engineer duty during the year 1868. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Memorial of S.R. Franklin, Commander United States Navy, praying to be restored to his original position on the Navy Register," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the payment of the claims of citizens of that state for depredations committed by the Indians. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a tri-weekly mail route on the route from Manhattan to Lake Sibley, in said state. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of granting to each honorably discharged soldier the full benefit of the Homestead Law by one year's actual residence upon the land which he may claim under the provisions of the homestead acts. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Carthage, Missouri, to Jacksonville Kansas. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| Paraguay difficulties. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, transmitting correspondence relative to the Paraguay difficulties. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-11 |
| Thomas H. Dowling. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, on request of the Committee on the Public Lands, papers relative to the claim of Thomas H. Dowling, of California, to the island of Yerba Buena. February 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-11 |
| Claims of citizens of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1727.) Evidence relative to claims of the citizens of Kansas, to accompany bill authorizing the appointment of a commission for their settlement. February 11, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| Mary J. Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) February 11, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-11 |
| National armory at Springfield. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the account of the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, and of arms manufactured during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868. February 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-12 |
| Charles W. Whitney. (To accompany H. Res. No. 1964.) February 12, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-12 |
| Richard M. Green. (To accompany H. Res. No. 1965.) February 12, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-12 |
| Condition of affairs in Georgia. In the House of Representatives, January 6, 1869. On motion of Mr. Beck: Resolved, that the Committee on Reconstruction be authorized to cause the report of General Gillem and appendices B and C attached thereto, relative to the election held in Mississippi, and also such testimony and statements in writing as they may take or receive relative to affairs in Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and Texas, under the references heretofore made to them, to be printed for the use of the House. February 12, 1869. On motion of Mr. Laflin, from the Committee on Printing... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-12 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 21st ultimo, information in relation to establishment of the Robert College at Constantinople. February 13, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-13 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill S. No. 609, entitled "An Act Transferring the Duties of Trustees of Colored Schools of Washington and Georgetown," with his objections. February 13, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1869. Mr. Doolittle made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 335.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred House Resolution 335, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-13 |
| Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1863. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1380, Session Vol. No.12 |
1869-02-13 |
| Captured and abandoned property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to money arising from sales of captured and abandoned property, whether covered into the Treasury. February 13, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-13 |
| Gold coin sold since January, 1863. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 6th ultimo, transmitting various statements of gold coin sold by the government since January, 1863, in each year. February 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-13 |
| Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to limiting the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. February 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-13 |
| Northwest Boundary Commission. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the Northwest Boundary Commission. February 13, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-13 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, correspondence and papers relative to the case of the United States vs. Vicente P. Gomez, involving the claims to the land called "Panoche Grande." February 15, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 937.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of several citizens of New Hampshire asking a pension for Daniel B. Lewis, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 938.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Hodgson, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 939.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Agnes Ellen Kleiss, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 940.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Augustus W. Punchard, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 941.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin C. Stone, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 942.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of Wayne County, Iowa, for a pension for Sarah E. Haines, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 943.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Almira Scott, having considered the same, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 944.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a memorial of Roswell W. Silsbee, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 945.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Shelton and others, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 910.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 910, having had the same under consideration, report: The bill in this case provides that the pension of $15 per month heretofore paid to Mrs. Josephine Slocum... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 790.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (S. 790) "for the Benefit of Mrs. Sarah E. Brooker," having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of granting a pension to George A. Schreiner. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of granting to the central branch of the Union Pacific Railway and the St. Joseph and Denver City Railway a subsidy in money and bonds equal in amount to that granted to the Central Branch Union Pacific Railway. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an increase of the mail service on the mail route from Fort Scott to Oswego, in said state. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Homesteads in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to increasing the amount of homesteads in certain counties in said state. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Treaty with Great and Little Osage Indians. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas protesting against the ratification of the Treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Winchester and Alabama Railroad. Memorial of the State of Tennessee, relative to the claims of the Winchester and Alabama Railroad. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-15 |
| Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the division of the tribal funds of the Pottawatomie Indians. February 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1374, Session Vol. No.9 |
1869-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 768.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred for investigation the claim of Mrs. Jane Northridge, widow of William Northridge, deceased, late colonel of the 59th Regiment New York State Volunteers, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1868.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of H.A. White, of Madison County, North Carolina, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1872.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of Captain Golman Bryson, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-16 |
| Adjustment and settlement of accounts against the government. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of a proclamation of the President, dated December 25, 1868, purporting to extend pardon and amnesty to a class of persons guilty of treason, &c., respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of dropping the names of certain Indians from the roll of their respective tribes, and that their lands may be subject to taxation. February 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-17 |
| Fines imposed -- deductions made -- contractors carrying the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of contractors for carrying the mails of the United States for the year 1868. February 17, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-17 |
| Simon Jones vs. James Mann, and Cleb S. Hunt vs. J. Willis Menard. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1869. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Parker, captain United States Navy, praying to be restored to the active list, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-18 |
| Thomas A. Hamilton. February 18, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 899.) The undersigned, a majority of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, beg leave to say, that when it was determined in committee to report to the Senate, Bill No. 899, granting aid to the Northern Pacific and other railroads, it was not understood that the bill should be presented with a report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1130.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 1130, for the relief of H.G. Aukeny, ask leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany H.R. No. 1326.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred H.R. No. 1326 for the relief of Anthony Bucher, submit this as their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1255.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred H.R. 1255, for the relief of Champe Carter, Jr., ask leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 842.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 842, together with the petition of John Titus, in aid of the same, report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 957.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the matter of S. & H. Sayles, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 958.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Judson A. Mosman, respectfully submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, having considered the petition of Horace L. Emery, of Albany, New York, praying for an act of Congress to authorize the Commissioner of Patents to receive and consider such application in the same manner as if it had been regularly filed in its proper time, for the endless-chain horse-power, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-19 |
| Outrages in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the request of the Committee on Reconstruction, the report of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Rose, U.S.A., relative to outrages in southwestern Virginia. February 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-19 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence in relation to the use of passports by citizens of the United States in France. February 20, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 965.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Mathys, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1869. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 966.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna E. Frei, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) The Committee on Commerce, having had under consideration the Bill H.R. 375, entitled "An Act To Repeal an Act Approved March 2, 1867, Entitled 'An Act To Regulate the Disposition of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Received Under the Laws Relating to the Customs, and for Other Purposes,' and To Amend Certain Acts for the Prevention and Punishment of Frauds on the Revenue, and for the Prevention of Smuggling," submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-20 |
| Waste lands, Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the memorial of General Roberts, United States Army, relative to waste lands of Mississippi River. February 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-20 |
| Publication of documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Adjutant General on the publication of documents relative to the rebellion, &c. February 20, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-20 |
| Support of Indians. February 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-22 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in relation to the discontinuance of proceedings against persons in New York charged with a violation of the internal revenue laws. February 23, 1869. -- Read twice, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 288.) The first serious question that arises in opposition to the passage of Joint Resolution H.R. 288 is, shall a non-commissioned officer and private draw pay while exercising illegal authority, and while all his acts were void, as would be necessarily the case to enable him to draw pay under the resolution... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1280.) Bill H.R. 1280, passed the House of Representatives for the relief of Lieutenant L. Smith, for pay, ten months and twenty-nine days, as quartermaster 22d Indiana Regiment, is favorably recommended by the War Department, and its passage or concurrence in by the Senate is recommended... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1871.) Bill H.R. 1871 designs pay to Daniel Boarden, late captain and assistant adjutant general, for commutation of quarters and fuel and three months' extra pay, or $1,058, the difference between the pay of a provost marshal and an assistant adjutant general. Boarden was commissioned assistant adjutant general March 24, 1862; May 1, 1862, appointed by the President to be provost marshal; May 9 relieved of duty as assistant adjutant general; May 16, accepted the appointment of provost marshal... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1876.) Bill H.R. No. 1876 is intended to enable private Samuel H. Moore, Company G, 57th Ohio Volunteers, to draw $300 veteran bounty and $100 government bounty from the Treasury, and to that end seeks to have the charge of desertion removed... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1869.) Bill H.R. No. 1869 grants the pay of captain from September 15, 1863, to August 16, 1865, to George C. Haynie, who claims to have been appointed captain under authority of General Burnside, granting authority to Colonel Kutz to recruit the 2d North Carolina Mounted Infantry... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1870.) Bill H.R. No. 1870. Lieutenant Ulio's pay was stopped for amount of post and regimental funds stolen from his trunk... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-23 |
| New York election frauds. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1389, Session Vol. No.2 |
1869-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1869. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) The undersigned, of the Committee on Private Land Claims, respectfully submit the following report as to House Bill No. 65, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of William McGarrahan:"... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-24 |
| Sac and Fox Indian trust lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, relative to Sac and Fox Indian trust lands. February 24, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-24 |
| List of clerks, &c., in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of clerks and other employes in the several bureaus of the Department during 1868. February 24, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Grimes made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 225.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to Place a Vessel at the Disposal of the Commissioners of Charities and Corrections of the City of New York, to be Used for the Purposes of a Nautical School," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 970.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Joshua Hill for compensation for eleven bales of cotton, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1063.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1063, "for the Relief of Henry Barricklew," having had the same under careful consideration, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1869. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 971.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Samuel Miller, of Campbell County, Virginia, asking reimbursement of certain moneys in the Treasury, proceeds of certain bonds of the State of Indiana, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1869. February 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and that two thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Howard, from the Joint Committee on Ordnance, submitted the following report. The joint committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the 30th of March, 1867, to investigate the purchases, contracts, and experiments of the Ordnance Department... |
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1869-02-25 |
| Memorial of Clara Barton, praying the passage of an act for the purpose of remedying any defect in the existing laws in relation to the payment of bounties, back pay, and pensions. February 25, 1869. -- Motion to print 1,606 additional copies, referred to the Committee on Printing. February 26, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1361, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1873.) Bill H.R. No. 1873 proposes to give Jefferson W. Davis, first sergeant Company H, 64th Regiment New York Volunteers, the pay of a first lieutenant from the 1st of June... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1869. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 975.) This is a claim presented by Margaret Riddle, executrix and devisee of George Read Riddle, deceased, for Army supplies taken from the farm of the deceased during the late rebellion... |
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1869-02-26 |
| Report of the Board of Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. February 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-26 |
| Army organization. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-26 |
| Purchase of tools for Philadelphia Navy Yard. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1869. Mr. Grimes made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 241.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Joint Resolution To Restore R.L. May to the Navy," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
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1869-02-27 |
| American steamship companies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the establishment of American steamship companies. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-27 |
| Constitutional convention of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commander of the fifth military district, relative to the adjournment of the constitutional convention of Texas. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-02-27 |
| Alaska investigation. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-27 |
| Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-02-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1869. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 269.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial and evidence of John Wightman of Pennsylvania, having considered the same, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred "the petition of Jonathan Elliot, late commercial agent of the United States at San Domingo and Porto Plata, praying compensation for services rendered, and reimbursements for money expended in negotiating a treaty with the Dominican Republic in 1856," have had the same under consideration and beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-01 |
| Marine hospital at Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Supervising Architect, relative to the marine hospital at Chicago, Illinois. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-03-01 |
| Decoration United States Capitol. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the cost of art decorations at the United States Capitol. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-03-01 |
| Mrs. Susan A. Shelby. March 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-01 |
| New York election frauds. March 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1390, Session Vol. No.3 |
1869-03-01 |
| Persons turned over for trial to civil authorities. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of commanders of military departments south, relative to persons turned over for trial to civil authorities. March 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1381, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-03-02 |
| Report on the treatment of prisoners of war by the rebel authorities during the War of the Rebellion, to which are appended the testimony taken by the committee and official documents and statistics, etc. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1391, Session Vol. No.4 |
1869-03-02 |
| Jones, Fowler, Kirtland & Co. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-02 |
| Arrest of American citizens in Great Britain. March 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1388, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-02 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information concerning the remnant of the tribe of the Seminole Indians in South Florida. March 3, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-03 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report of the trustees of colored schools of the cities of Washington and Georgetown. March 3, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. March 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1360, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment having been directed by the concurrent resolution of the two houses adopted in March, 1867, to make the investigations therein named, as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1362, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-03 |
| Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Fortieth 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, March 3, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-03 |
| Condition of affairs in Georgia. Letter from Governor Bullock, of Georgia, in reply to the statement of Hon. Nelson Tift to the reconstruction committee of Congress. March 3, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1385, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-03 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1395, Session Vol. No.3 |
1869-03-04 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1396, Session Vol. No.4 |
1869-03-04 |
| Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1397, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1869. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 94.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act Granting Lands to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific Railroad in California to Portland in Oregon,' approved July 25, 1866," respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-04 |
| List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-04 |
| Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States. Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1402, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-04 |
| Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from March 5, 1869, to March 3, 1871, inclusive. Vol. XVII. |
US Senate Executive Journal |
1869-03-05 |
| Message of the President of the United States, recommending that Alexander T. Stewart, appointed and confirmed to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, may be exempted from the operations of the eighth section of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 6, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-06 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying a confirmation of the Rio Grande land grant to the actual settlers who have occupied, improved, and lived upon said land for the last ten years, and against the confirmation of an old land grant, the conditions of which have not been complied with. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Lands Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of the claims of citizens of that state for houses taken for the military service of the United States. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-08 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the passage of the bill to establish a line of American steamships between the United States and Europe. March 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-09 |
| Message of the President of the United States, withdrawing his message of the 6th instant, requesting the passage of a joint resolution to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from the disabilities imposed by section 8 of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Orlando Brown, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-10 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the Fifteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 11, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-11 |
| Memorial of Oliver Evans Woods, suggesting a plan for the safe delivery of letters. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the matter of S. & H. Sayles, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-11 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to guaranteeing the payment of certain bonds to be issued by the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi for the purpose of building and repairing the levees in said states. March 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 121. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-15 |
| Memorial of the New York and Antwerp Mail Steamship Co., asking that American steamships employed in carrying the mails may be released from the payment of all dues payable to the United States. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-15 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting the right of way and aid for the purpose of building a railroad from the shore of Green Bay, or Bay De Noc, to the iron district in Menomonee County. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a report of the government board of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad relative to the election of directors for the ensuing year. March 16, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-16 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information whether the government of Venezuela has paid the first instalment due to American citizens under the award recently made by the mixed commission of the two governments. March 17, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-19 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the commissioners appointed under the 13th article of the treaty between the United States and the Senecas and mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and other Indians, concluded February 23, 1867, to ascertain and report the amount of money due by the United States to the Wyandott Indians. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Delaware River. March 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-20 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 20, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-20 |
| Letter of J. Gregory Smith, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, addressed to Hon. George F. Edmunds, enclosing two communications in relation to the treaty with Great Britain concerning the island of San Juan. March 22, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mineral Range Railroad. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-22 |
| Memorial of Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the settling of various Indian tribes on the Cherokee domain west of the 96th degree of west longitude. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-23 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-first Congress. March 24, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-24 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-29 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-29 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-29 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, correspondence between James Buchanan, President of the United States, and Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, regarding the policy to be pursued to avert the war of the rebellion. March 30, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the European and North American Railway Company, praying aid in the construction of a railroad... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of the sureties of Israel T. Canby, late receiver of public moneys at Crawfordsville, Indiana, having duly considered the same, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to navigation between the United States and Canada. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1869. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 2.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, for the relief of John E. Reeside, having had the same under consideration, respectfully beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-02 |
| Memorial of A.L. Bogart, praying the introduction of Wilson's electric lighter over the Senate Chamber. April 3, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. April 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-05 |
| Owen Thorn. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing copies of papers filed in his department relative to the claim of Owen Thorn. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-05 |
| Destruction of merchant vessels. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the destruction, during the late war, by rebel vessels, of certain merchant vessels of the United States, and concerning the damages and claims arising therefrom. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-05 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the military importance of San Juan Island. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of March, 1869, instructing them to "inquire into the mode of appointment and tenure of office of the subordinate officers of the Senate, and to report if any changes are desirable in the same," report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-06 |
| Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying the organization of a single local government of the district, under the provisions of a law of Congress, similar to that proposed in the bill generally known as the Morrill Bill. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. April 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States, in relation to the restoration of the states which were engaged in the rebellion to their proper relations to the government and country. April 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1393, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of the law authorizing the holding of a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the District of Kansas, at Leavenworth City in that state. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1399, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-08 |
| Paraguay difficulties. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of despatch of February last from William Van Vleck Lidgerwood, relative to events which have transpired in Paraguay. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1401, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-04-08 |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State upon claims against Great Britain. April 8, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie upon the table. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1394, Session Vol. No.2 |
1869-04-09 |
| Letter of the Attorney General, communicating a list of persons employed by him to assist district attorneys in the discharge of their duties, and the amount of compensation paid to each. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-06 |
| Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-06 |
| Letter of the Chief Clerk of Court of Claims, communicating a statement of the judgments rendered in the Court of Claims for the year ending December 6, 1869. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-06 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-06 |
| Special report of the Commissioner of Education on the condition and improvement of public schools in the District of Columbia, submitted to the Senate June, 1868, and to the House, with additions June 13, 1870. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-12-06 |
| Clerks in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with the second section of the act approved March 3, 1869, transmitting a report of desks and number of clerks in the Department. January 28, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1869-12-06 |
| Special report of the Commissioner of Education on the condition and improvement of public schools in the District of Columbia, submitted to the Senate June, 1868, and to the House, with additions June 13, 1870. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1427, Session Vol. No.13 |
1869-12-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement showing the number of clerks employed in that Department during the last fiscal year, and the amount of compensation received by each. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-07 |
| Address of the Republican state convention, held in Richmond, Virginia, on the 24th and 25th of November, 1869, relative to the election in that state on the 6th of July last. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-07 |
| Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstract of returns by collectors of Customs for the relief and protection of American seamen, showing the number registered in the several ports during the year ending September 30, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-07 |
| Receipts and expenditures in the Patent Office. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting statement of receipts and expenditures in the Patent Office for the year ending November 30, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-07 |
| Clerks in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting report of the number, compensation, reduction, &c., of the clerical force in his Department. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-07 |
| Clerks in Office of Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the clerks in his Office. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-07 |
| Providence Hospital. Letter from the Surgeon General, inclosing a report of expenditures for the completion of Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., during the year ending December 6, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-07 |
| Petition of members of the Virginia Legislature, praying that that state may be admitted to representation in Congress. December 9, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-09 |
| Letter of the Governor of South Carolina, transmitting a copy of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of South Carolina, in favor of recognizing the independence of Cuba. December 9, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-09 |
| Switzler vs. Dyer. Papers in the contested election case in the 9th Congressional District of Missouri. December 11, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 |
1869-12-11 |
| Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of March 23, 1869, relative to the Fort Ridgely military reservation in Minnesota. December 13, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-13 |
| Memorial of the regents of the University of California praying amendments of existing laws granting lands for the support of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts. December 13, 1869. -- Referred with Bill S. 325 to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-13 |
| Disbursements for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting tabular statement of disbursements by superintendents and agents on account of Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-13 |
| Memorial of the laboring men of the United States, in convention assembled, in the City of Washington, Dec. 6, 1869, praying that the surveyed public lands in the southern states may be subdivided into tracts of forty acres each, and that any freedman who shall settle on one of such subdivisions, and cultivate the same for one year, shall receive a patent for the same. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-15 |
| Report of the Librarian of Congress, showing the progress of the Library during the year ending December 1, 1869. December 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies be printed with covers for the use of the Library. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-15 |
| Murder of an Indian. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of commanding officer at Camp Gaston, California, relative to the unprovoked murder of an Indian by a white settler. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-15 |
| Ryan-Hitchcock marine fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a joint resolution of February 19, 1869, relative to the Ryan-Hitchcock mode of marine fortifications. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-15 |
| Harbor at Plymouth. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the public works and improvements in the Harbor of Plymouth, Massachusetts. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-15 |
| William A. Howard. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the claim of William H. Howard for pay as colonel of the Regiment of New York Marine, &c. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-15 |
| Claims in Missouri -- Fourth Congressional District. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 1, 1869, transmitting reports in regard to claims of persons claiming to reside in the Fourth Congressional District in Missouri. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-16 |
| Clerks employed in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of desks, clerks, &c., employed in his Department for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-16 |
| Charles L. Green, United States Navy. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting the charges, testimony, findings, and sentence in the case of Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles L. Green, United States Navy. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-16 |
| Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Norfolk, Va., in favor of the passage of the bill for the establishment of a line of steamships by the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New York, from certain ports in the United States to southern Europe and the Mediterranean ports. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-17 |
| Resolutions of the Louisville Commercial Convention, in favor of granting aid to the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, of New York, for the establishment of an American line of steamships between New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Port Royal, Mobile, New Orleans, and Cadiz, Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, and other Mediterranean ports of southern Europe. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-17 |
| Resolutions of the Louisville Commercial Convention, in favor of granting aid to the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, of New York, for the establishment of an American line of steamships between New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Port Royal, Mobile, New Orleans, and Cadiz, Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, and other Mediterranean ports of southern Europe. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in regard to the progress of the revolution in Cuba, and the political and civil condition of the island. December 20, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-20 |
| Report of Special Commissioner of the Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue upon the industry, trade, commerce, &c., of the United States for the year 1869. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1869-12-20 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, statements showing the number of desks, the number of clerks now employed in the War Department and its bureaus, the number employed during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1869, and the amount of compensation paid. December 21, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-21 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, correspondence between the United States and Great Britain concerning questions pending between the two countries since the rejection of the claims convention by the Senate. December 22, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to the lands claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department for naval or other purposes in the State of Louisiana. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. December 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to the present condition of the United States marine hospital and grounds in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. December 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-22 |
| Eggleston vs. Strader. Testimony in the contested election case of Eggleston vs. Strader, in the First Congressional District of Ohio. December 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 |
1869-12-22 |
| Barnes vs. Adams. Papers in the contested election case of Sidney M. Barnes vs. George M. Adams, in the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky. December 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 |
1869-12-23 |
| Reid vs. Julian. Papers in the contested election case of Reid against Julian in the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana. December 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1432, Session Vol. No.2 |
1869-12-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2311.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2311, granting a pension to Enoch Lytle, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-01 |
| Message of the President of the United States, with the reports of the Postmaster General and of the Secretary of the Navy, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1411, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-01 |
| Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Sub-Committee of Elections in Louisiana. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1435, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-01 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains, by Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1424, Session Vol. No.10 |
1870-01-01 |
| Papers in case of Covode against Foster. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-01 |
| Annual report of the Deputy Special Commissioner of the Revenue in charge of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1429, Session Vol. No.15 |
1870-01-01 |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1869. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1428, Session Vol. No.14 |
1870-01-01 |
| Testimony taken by the Sub-Committee of Elections in Louisiana. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1435, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-01 |
| Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains, by Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1424, Session Vol. No.10 |
1870-01-01 |
| Papers in case of Covode against Foster. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-01 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1869, information in relation to the amount of land claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department, in the State of Florida, for naval or other purposes. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the contracts and purchases of the Ordnance Department during the year 1869. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, information in relation to the United States arsenal buildings and grounds at Little Rock, Arkansas. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, submitting to the Senate a draught of a bill to provide for the disposition of useless military reservations. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War, in relation to a transfer of fund for sick and wounded soldiers to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-10 |
| Resolutions of the National Typographical Union, adopted at a meeting held at Albany, N.Y., June 7, 1869, in favor of the favorable consideration of the bill for the establishment of a postal telegraph. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-10 |
| Rock Island Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Rock Island bridge. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-10 |
| Expenditures of the armory at Springfield. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting annual report of expenditures at the national armory at Springfield during the year 1869. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-10 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of William and Joseph Nourse, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-11 |
| Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill S. No. 273, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Rollin White," with his objections. January 11, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-11 |
| Settlement of officers' accounts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) January 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-11 |
| Bounty for the capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th December, relative to the payment of the bounty for the capture of Jefferson Davis, allowed by act of Congress, July 27, 1868. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 5, transmitting a copy of the report of the late special agent of his Department for Alaska. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Report of a board of admirals. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 16th instant, transmitting report of a board of admirals, convened in 1865, of which Admiral Farragut was president. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Retired officers of the Army now on duty. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to request of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting statement of retired officers of the Army now on duty, with regard to pay, &c. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Sale of surplus military arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a request by Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting draught of a proposed bill, providing for the sale of certain surplus military arsenals of the United States. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Postal convention with France. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th December, inquiring as to the appointment of any person holding a United States office having been employed by that Department to treat with foreign nations. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, relative to the Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-13 |
| Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1869. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-13 |
| Artillery School at Fortress Monroe. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting certain papers relating to the site of the United States Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-13 |
| Land office, Topeka, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation required to replace archives of land office at Topeka, Kansas, destroyed by fire in November, 1869. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-13 |
| Aggression upon our commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars paid the United States as indemnity for aggression upon our commerce, pursuant to stipulations of a treaty with Japan of October 22, 1864. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-13 |
| Line and staff rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, 1869, relative to proceedings before a board of naval officers on the subject of line and staff rank. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-13 |
| Payment of pensions through money-order bureau. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th ultimo, relative to the payment of pensions to pensioners through the money-order bureau of the Post Office Department. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-01-13 |
| Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his department for the year 1869. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1431, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 350.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 35, to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801, beg leave to report that they now adopt the report of the Committee on this bill made to the Senate April 4, 1864, as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a public building for the accommodation of the post office and the United States courts at Jefferson City, in that state. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-17 |
| Beneficial Society of Cumberland. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Quartermaster General relative to a piece of land purchased for the burial of officers and soldiers, and now desired by the "Beneficial Society of the Laboring Sons of Cumberland." January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-17 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the withdrawal from private entry of all the public lands within that state. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-18 |
| J.M. Hutchings, J.C. Lamon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) January 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-18 |
| Sale of Fort Gratiot reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of July 20, 1868, providing for the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation, State of Michigan. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-18 |
| David's Island for marine hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appointment to purchase the buildings on David's Island for marine hospital purposes. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-18 |
| Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting papers relating to the claim of the estate of the late Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-18 |
| Expenses of Texas election. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Fifth Military District, urging an immediate appropriation for expenses of the recent election in Texas. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-18 |
| Military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of the Adjutant General recommending the adoption of a system of military prisons, and submitting a draught of a proposed law upon the subject. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-18 |
| Petition of Samuel Adams, praying compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred in the exploration of the Colorado River of the west, its tributaries, and the country adjacent thereto. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, with Bill (S. 412) and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-19 |
| Letter of Millard Fillmore communicating a report upon the Southern Pacific Railroad, made to the Louisville Commercial Convention. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-19 |
| Memorial of Edward Downey, Mayor of Brownsville, Texas, praying that measures be taken to procure from the Mexican government the abolition of the "zona libre," (free belt) established by the Legislature of the State of Tamaulipas, by act passed on the 28th December, 1837, and approved by the Congress of Mexico July 30, 1831, along the frontier of the Republic of Mexico, on the Rio Grande, with a view to prevent smuggling into the United States, and for the protection of American interest on that frontier. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-19 |
| Administration of civil law in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the administration of civil law in Virginia. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1416, Session Vol. No.5 |
1870-01-19 |
| Minnesota State University. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 253.) January 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-19 |
| Channel through Hallett's Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1869, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to the cost of cutting a channel through Hallett's Point, at the head of Long Island. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-19 |
| Estimates for Sisseton, Wahpeton, and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for Sisseton, Wahpeton, Santee Sioux Indians, at Lac Traverse and Devil's Lake, Dakota. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-19 |
| Deficiencies in appropriations for Utah. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of Utah, in relation to the deficiency in appropriations for that territory. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-19 |
| Omitted estimate for 1870-'71. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to an omitted estimate for the year 1870-'71. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-19 |
| Site for State Department building. Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the commission appointed by Congress to select a site for the erection of a building for the State Department. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1870. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, pursuant to a resolution passed on the 10th day of January, 1870... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-20 |
| Memorial of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, asking an appropriation to reimburse said city for money expended in the construction of Milwaukee harbor. January 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-20 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of California in favor of the restoration of the land now claimed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to settlement by pre-emption, and against further grants of land in large tracts in that state for any purpose. January 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Petition of the German Colonization Company of Colfax, Fremont Co., Col., praying a grant to said company of 40,000 acres of unsurveyed and unoccupied public lands in Fremont County, Colorado. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Dwight J. McCann. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Jonas W. Nye. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Frederick Brosenne. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| J.G. Lane. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| James F. Shattuck. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Henry Lenhart. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Mrs. Catharine Jackson. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Green and Trainor. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Simon Van Etten. January 21, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-21 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the Falls of St. Anthony. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-24 |
| Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, representing the several boards of trustees and other authorities having charge of public schools within said district, praying aid for maintaining and extending the advantages of education in said District of Columbia. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-24 |
| James Belger. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States upon the case of James Belger, formerly colonel and quartermaster of the United States Army. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-24 |
| Pedro Armendaris. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th January, relative to the claim of the heirs of Pedro Armendaris, for the use and occupancy of Fort Craig military reservation, in the Territory of New Mexico. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-24 |
| Report of the United States Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the annual statement of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, as required by act of March 3, 1853. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-24 |
| Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a statement of expenditures of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the year 1869. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-24 |
| Georgia. Letter from the General of the Army, relative to certain officers of the United States Army, acting in the Legislature of Georgia as a committee of election. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-24 |
| Treasury -- balances unexpended. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing statement of balances unexpended on the 30th of September, 1869; also, amount to complete service of the current fiscal year. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Estimates of appropriations for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting an estimate of appropriations required for the service of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Darien ship canal. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant relative to appropriations for Darien ship canal. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Treaty with Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, in reference to report of the special commission detailing the proceedings of the negotiation of the treaty with the Delaware tribe of Indians. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Appropriations for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners in relation to appropriations for Indians. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Survivors of the War of 1812. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to survivors of the War of 1812. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Estimates of deficiencies in War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting estimates of appropriations required to meet deficiencies for the service of that Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1869 and 1870. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-25 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1869, the reports of Captain Charles Bryant, late special agent of the Treasury Department for Alaska, and H.A. [i.e., H.H.] McIntyre, special agent of the Treasury Department. January 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of the bill for the early apportionment of representation under the coming census. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Junction City to New Scandinavia, in said state. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of the national capital from Washington to Fort Leavenworth military reservation, Kansas. January 26, 1869 [i.e., 1870]. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-26 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-26 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a law to extinguish the title of the Indians to the Black Bob Shawnee reservation. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 327.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 327, for the relief of William H. Murphy, of Farmington, Missouri, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report that the petition of the said Murphy was acted upon by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the second session of the Fortieth Congress, and a report made thereon, which report this Committee adopts and herewith presents to the Senate... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 170.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Henry Otis, of Indiana, ask leave to report that the said bill was referred to the same Committee during the Fortieth Congress, and that, having again examined the case, the Committee do, upon reconsideration thereof, adopt the report then made, which is as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary E. Hill, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services as a nurse in the Army during the late war of the rebellion, and for reimbursement of moneys expended by her in aid of sick and wounded soldiers, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George F. Brott, praying payment for the "model barge, Brott & Davis" impressed by the military authorities of the United States, and lost during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-27 |
| Land claims under Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. (To accompany Bill No. 740.) January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-27 |
| John Covode vs. Henry D. Foster. January 27, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-27 |
| Georgia election cases. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-28 |
| Wallace vs. Simpson. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-28 |
| Napoleon B. Giddings, (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1009.) January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-28 |
| Harbor of Black Lake, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the condition of the harbor of Black Lake, Michigan. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| Captured and abandoned property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relating to captured and abandoned property, showing that there are outstanding claims against the government to the amount of several thousand dollars. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| Pay and emoluments of officers of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, relative to the pay and emoluments, or either, of the officers of the United States Navy. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| Change of name of United States vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13, transmitting a list of the vessels [of] the United States, the names of which have been changed since the 4th of of [sic] March, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| Clerks and others employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a statement of the number of clerks and others employed in the bureaus of the Department during the year ending June 30, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| Men employed in Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, transmitting statement of the number of men employed in the several Navy yards on the 1st of March, July, September, and December, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| Assimilated rank in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of 14th December, 1869, inclosing the record of proceedings of the board of officers appointed to take into consideration the subject of assimilated rank in the Navy. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 462.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom is referred the petition, with accompanying papers, of John Somers Smith, late commercial agent at the City of St. Domingo, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-31 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating the report of the Secretary of State, made in compliance with the requirements of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856, relative to fees collected by consular officers. January 31, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, by navigable channels through the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-31 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio ratifying the amendment proposed by Congress as the Fifteenth Article of the Constitution of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-01-31 |
| Marine hospital service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill for the reorganization of the marine hospital service. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-01-31 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1870, information in relation to the action of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in reference to the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 1, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-01 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st of January last, information in relation to opinions given by him concerning affairs in Georgia. February 1, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-01 |
| Memorial of the Anti-Collie and Anti-Monopoly Association of San Francisco, California, remonstrating against granting a subsidy to the Pacific Steamship Company for carrying the mail between San Francisco and China and Japan. February 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of mail routes from Santa Rosa to Sonoma, from Santa Rosa to Sebastopol, and from Healdsburg to Calistoga, in said state. February 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 271.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 27, for the relief of Colonel Samuel W. Price, of the Twenty-first Kentucky Volunteers, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 115.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Marth A. Estill, administratrix of J.M. Estill, deceased, praying payment for beef furnished the United States Indian commissions, of California, in 1851-'2; of Joseph Barton and General H.S. Burton, asking for payment of the claim of Pablo de la Toba for cattle supplied to the same commissioners; and of Redick McKee, one of said commissioners, asking to be refunded certain moneys paid out by him as delivering agent for the Indian department, and also additional compensation as such agent, respectfully report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James O. Carruthers, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, praying arrears of pay due him as second lieutenant of the Twenty-eight Massachusetts Volunteers, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Christian Luth, of Jefferson County, Nebraska, praying compensation for property taken from him by the Indians in June, 1868, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Johnson and others, of Beaufort, South Carolina, asking an appropriation to pay for library burned in the Smithsonian Institution, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a report with abstract by John G. Pratt... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| United States ship Wyoming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1072.) February 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| Emil Ruger. February 2, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 487.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.R. Allen & Co., representing the Atlantic Steamship and the Pacific Mail Steamship Companies... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 488.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Etting, a purser in the United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-03 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1869, information relating to the presence of the honorable William McDougall at Pembina, in Dakota Territory, and the opposition by the inhabitants of Selkirk settlement to his assumption of the office of governor of the Northwest Territory. February 3, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-03 |
| Execution of the laws in Utah. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1089.) February 3, 1870. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-03 |
| Van Wyck vs. Greene. February 3, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-03 |
| Lieutenant W.J. Keays. Letter from the Secretary of War, (by request of the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs,) transmitting a copy of the report of the Judge Advocate General, upon the case of First Lieutenant W.J. Keays, of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-03 |
| Additional clerical force in Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting communication from Chief of Ordnance Department relative to the necessity of a larger clerical force than is provided for in the pending appropriation bill. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-03 |
| Claims of Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting an abstract of a report of the United States Indian agent upon claims for stock stolen from the Delaware Indians since 1854, provided for in treaty of July 4, 1866, with said tribe. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-03 |
| Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th January, relative to the accounts of the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-03 |
| Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting a statement of the manner in which the fund for the contingent expenses of the Department has been expended from July 1, 1868, to June 30, 1869, inclusive. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-03 |
| Foreign commerce and decadence of American shipping. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of Chief of the Division of Tonnage in the Treasury Department in relation to the foreign commerce of the United States and the decadence of American shipping. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Decline of American Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 349.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel F. Butterworth, praying Congress to release him, and the heirs of Arnold Harris, from all liabilities as sureties on the bond of W.G. Kendall, late deputy postmaster at New Orleans, and to whom was also referred Senate Bill No. 349, on the same subject, report that the facts of the case are as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 493.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of George Wright, praying for remuneration for the use of his patent linch pin, adopted and used by the United States government, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-04 |
| Steamboats and other vessels owned in the loyal states. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia declaring the assent of said state to the condition imposed upon said state by the act of Congress of June 25, 1868, proposing to admit the State of Georgia to representation in Congress as a state of United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-07 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-07 |
| Petition of citizens of Connecticut, praying that there may be required in the next census returns an account of the net proceeds of incomes derived from every business, profession, or employment. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-07 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of the immediate recognition and adjustment of the claims of American citizens against the United States an account of French spoliations prior to the year one thousand eight hundred. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-07 |
| Appropriations for Indian interpreters. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report from Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for the pay of Indian interpreters. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-07 |
| Copper and other metals in various arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 31, transmitting the report of the Chief of Ordnance as to the quantity of copper, tin, pig-lead, and other metals now on hand in the various arsenals of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-07 |
| Montana territorial militia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting report upon the Montana territorial militia, a military force raised by the Governor of Montana. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-07 |
| Pennsylvania Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting to the Committee on Military Affairs the report of the Adjutant General upon the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 511.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the order of the Senate to consider the expediency of repealing the charter of the Medical Society of the District, and of such other legislation as may be necessary to secure for medical practitioners in the district equal rights and opportunities without distinction of color, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Relinquish the Interest of the United States in Certain Lands to the City and County of San Francisco," beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1869, information in relation to the establishment of a branch of the Soldiers' Home on the Pacific coast. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-08 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama in favor of the establishment of a postal telegraph system. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-08 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 7th instant, the report of the agent of the United States to examine consular affairs, with reports of consular offices in France and Belgium. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-08 |
| Youkon River and Island of St. Paul. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, transmitting the report of Acting Inspector of Customs concerning the Youkon River and the Islands of St. Paul and St. George. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-08 |
| Interoceanic communication at the American isthmus. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House calling for the report of Rear Admiral Davis on interoceanic communication at the American isthmus. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-08 |
| New War Department building. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 2d February, in relation to the report of the commission to prepare plans and estimates for a new War Department building. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-08 |
| Improvement of Michigan City harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed improvement of the harbor of Michigan City, in the State of Indiana. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-08 |
| Missouri state militia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting report of the Adjutant General upon the Missouri state militia, an auxiliary force employed in the service of the United States during the rebellion. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-08 |
| Claims of Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to examine the claims of the Pottawatomie Indians, provided by the treaty of August 7, 1868. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 519.) The Committee on Territories, having had under consideration the bill to provide for the settlement and payment of expenses incurred by the territorial authorities of Montana, for troops during the year 1867, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H.B. Moulton, have had the same under consideration and direct me to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-09 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating an estimate of funds required to defray the necessary expenses of a general council of certain Indians in the Indian Territory, as provided by treaties with the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. February 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-09 |
| Letter of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 3, 1870, copies of papers relating to the claim of Foster Blodgett as late postmaster at Augusta, Georgia. February 10, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 1, 1870, information relative to the number, location, and rent of buildings occupied by the Quartermaster's Department of the Army. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1405, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-10 |
| Petition of H.C. Ingersoll praying that the right of suffrage be granted to women in the District of Columbia. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-10 |
| Memorial of C.E. McKay, remonstrating against the right of suffrage being granted to women. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-10 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 13, 1869, papers in relation to the sale of certain lands in Kansas, known as the lands of the "Black Bob Band" of Shawnees. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-11 |
| Memorial of members of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians, against any attempt to force their people to break up their tribal organization, and against a division of their lands. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-11 |
| Richard M. Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1188.) February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-11 |
| William Conelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1189.) February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-11 |
| Establishment of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting letter from the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs, relative to the location and establishment of the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apache Indians. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-11 |
| Claims of Kansas Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report made by commissioners appointed under the provisions of the twelfth article of treaty of 23d February, 1867, with the Senecas, Mixed Senecas and Shawnees, and Quapaw tribes of Indians in Kansas, to investigate the claims of those Indians. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-11 |
| Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, in relation to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-11 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 534.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rachel H. Millikeu, having had the same under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 102.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 102, "For the Relief of the Daughters of General Charles F. Smith, Deceased," report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William F. Nelson, submit this their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary as to the date when the compensation of the Hon. J.W. Johnson [i.e., Johnston] and Hon. J.F. Lewis, senators from the State of Virginia, should commence, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-14 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in regard to the proceedings had in the State of Georgia in pursuance of the recent act of Congress entitled "An Act To Promote the Reconstruction of Georgia," and in relation to the organization of the legislature of that state since the passage of that act. February 14, 1870. -- Read, referred the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-14 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information in regard to officers of the Navy residing permanently or temporarily in Washington City; of officers of the Navy on duty in Washington at the date of the meeting of the present Congress; of officers of the Navy who have been ordered to report for special duty in Washington since that date; and of officers and members of the senior class of midshipmen attached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis who have visited Washington under orders or leave of absence since the date aforesaid. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-14 |
| Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 9, 1870, information in relation to the claim of Foster Blodgett for services as postmaster at Augusta, Georgia, while excluded from discharging the duties of that office. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature Assembly of the Territory of Colorado against any change of the organic law concerning the jurisdiction of probate courts in that territory. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of granting a pension to Lieutenant Colonel John C. Abercrombie, of that state, corresponding to his rank. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-14 |
| Special agents of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, in relation to the names of all special agents and assistants of the Treasury Department on the rolls of the Department on the 4th day of March, 1869. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 53.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 53, entitled "A Bill To Pay Two Companies of Oregon Volunteers," beg leave to present the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 545.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Chinn, of Prince William County, Virginia, praying compensation for property taken and used by the military forces of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in relation to a revision of the existing tariff laws. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a suitable building in the City of Topeka for the use of the federal courts, the post office, land and revenue offices. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of the bill creating additional land districts in that state. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of all Indians who have not become citizens, from the limits of that state to special reservations, and the extinguishment of their right of possession to all lands within that state, that the same may be granted to aid in the construction of railroads, and in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of railroads in the Indian Territory. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of increased protection of the frontier of that state against depredations by the Indians, and against any further reduction of the Army. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| Capitol buildings in territories. February 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 233.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Pierce, praying for the extension of a patent for an improvement in cooking stores, and the bill accompanying the same, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 107.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Commodore S.B. Bissell, praying a modification of the act of January 16, 1857, so that he may receive the pay of a commander while holding the commission for that rank in the naval service, and the joint resolution for his relief, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.A. Wheeler, praying compensation for losses incurred by contracts with the Navy Department, ask leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frank H. Johnson, praying payment for services rendered to the government in carrying the United States mail on routes Nos. 4339 and 4340, in Wythe County, Virginia, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 552.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Wilcox, captain Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, for relief from all liability on account of government funds stolen from him on the 14th day of February, 1867, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to authorize the restoration of Gilbert Morton to the naval service, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from O'Brien County, Iowa, to the Missouri River, at or near Yankton, in Dakota Territory. February 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| Causes of the reduction of American tonnage. (To accompany Bills H.R. No. 1261 and 1262.) February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-17 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1870, a list of officers commissioned by the Department of State, the compensation allowed to each of said appointments, and the state from where appointed. February 18, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to the appropriations heretofore made to provide for the defense of certain suits now pending in the Court of Claims, known as the cotton cases. February 18, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-18 |
| Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay vouchers approved by General Harney, on account of Indian service in the Sioux Indian district. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-18 |
| Murder of American citizens in Cuba. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the murder of one or more American citizens in Cuba. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-18 |
| Special agents of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, relative to the number of special agents appointed and now acting for the Department. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-18 |
| Freedmen's Bureau and abandoned lands. Letter from the Superintendent of Freedmen's Bureau, etc., in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, 1870, in relation to the amount expended in the execution of said office. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1417, Session Vol. No.6 |
1870-02-18 |
| Revenue and Customs receipts in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th January, transmitting a statement of the receipts from Revenue and Customs and all other sources in Alaska, since that territory was incorporated into the United States. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 9, 1870, transmitting a copy of a portion of Vincent Colyer's report relating to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| Ordnance depot at Cheyenne. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a communication from the Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, relative to the establishment of an ordnance depot at Cheyenne. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| Indian affairs in Oregon. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, in relation to the report of the Indian superintendent upon Indian affairs in Oregon. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| Incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in accordance with law a statement of incidental and contingent expenses of his Department for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| John E. Tappan. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting accounts of John E. Tappan for goods given to Kiowa Indians, for delivery of white captives held by them in 1868. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| S.E. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay a debt due to S.E. Ward for goods furnished Indians at Fort Laramie by order of Indian Peace Commission. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-18 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information concerning the recent engagement of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, with the Piegan Indians in Montana. February 19, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas remonstrating against the ratification of the treaty for the sale of the Kaw Indian reserve. February 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-19 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the appointment of a commission to investigate the claims of all persons who have lost property or sustained damages by reason of depredations committed since the first day of January, 1864, by any of the Indian tribes or members thereof with whom peace conferences have been held or many hereafter be held by the commission appointed under the act to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes. February 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 520.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of certain soldiers of the Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, together with Senate Bill No. 520, respectfully submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-21 |
| B.F. Whittemore. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 886.) The Committee on Finance of the Senate, to whom was referred House Bill No. 886, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Lawrence L. Merry, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twentieth District of New York," report the same back and recommend its passage, and adopt the House report, as follows... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 144.) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of E. Dicketman, a Prussian subject, asking that he might receive indemnity, or that his claim against the government of the United States for damages suffered by the action of the military authorities at New Orleans in the year 1862 might be referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication, beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a bill providing for the payment of stock and other property stolen or destroyed by the Osage, Kaw, and other Indians on the border of Kansas. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-22 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the speedy adjustment and payment of the claims of citizens of that state for services rendered, transportation, forage, subsistence, and property lost in action under Major General Curtis, in repelling the invasion of General Price, commanding the Confederate Army, and the Indian expedition in July and August, 1864. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a weekly mail from Millville to Bidwell in said state, and the establishment of post offices at certain places in that state. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-22 |
| Rio Hondo claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report on the Rio Hondo claims, Louisiana. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-22 |
| Number of Indians in various tribes. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, in relation to the number of Indians in each of the various tribes named in the book of estimates furnished Congress. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-22 |
| Harbors in Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, in relation to establishing a light to mark the pier at the harbor of Plymouth, Duxbury, and Kingston, in the State of Massachusetts. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-22 |
| Struggle for independence in the island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, transmitting correspondence relative to the struggle for freedom in the island of Cuba. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-22 |
| Census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting draught of a bill amendatory of the act to take the seventh and subsequent censuses, and to fix the number of the members of the House of Representatives. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Ninth Census and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying for the restoration of eleven thousand dollars belonging to him, now in the Treasury of the United States, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 137.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (S.R. 137) for the relief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-24 |
| In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 582.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying that the value of certain property belonging to him, or the value of $3,600, confiscated under legal proceedings instituted in the district court of the United States, for the northern district of New York, may be returned to him, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-24 |
| Letter from the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1869, information in relation to amount of land claimed, held, or occupied as military reservations in the State of Florida. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-25 |
| Sites for national works of defense. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a proposed bill to facilitate the acquisition of sites for national works of defense and to protect the public treasury. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-25 |
| Flathead Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of mills and construction of buildings for the benefit of the Flathead Indians, to replace those destroyed by fire. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-25 |
| Jurisdiction over Sandy Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, transmitting copies of all papers on file in the War Department relating to the jurisdiction of the United States over Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and adjoining land. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-25 |
| Army recruiting service. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending an appropriation to continue the Army recruiting service for the remainder of the present fiscal year. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-02-25 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to the enforcement or attempt to enforce the payment of taxes by Cherokees on products manufactured in the Cherokee Nation and sold within the Indian Territory. February 28, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-28 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 14th instant, correspondence of Charles E. De Long, minister resident of the United States to Japan, relating to American interests in that country. February 28, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-02-28 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia in favor of a reduction of the tax on tobacco. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-28 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-02-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 527.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Wm. F. Scott, late adjutant Fourth Iowa Cavalry Volunteers, which gives him the difference between the pay of a sergeant-major and adjutant of cavalry, while he was performing the duties of the latter office, but before actual muster, caused by no fault of Lieutenant Scott, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the memorial and evidence of Harriet R. Clinton, widow of Charles W. Clinton, late lieutenant of the First Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry, having considered the same, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 145.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of William H. Rutherford and George Kains, for travel pay while in the military service, having considered the same, submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-01 |
| Charles Cooper and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1395.) March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-01 |
| Gold panic investigation. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1436, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Judiciary Committee, in obedience to the following resolution of the Senate... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-02 |
| American citizens prisoners in Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th ultimo, relative to American citizens, native or naturalized, who may be confined in jails or prisons in Great Britain. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-02 |
| Staff rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of February 28, 1870, transmitting all correspondence with Admiral Farragut relative to staff rank in the Navy. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-02 |
| Navy yard at Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House in relation to the expediency of removing the Navy yard at Brooklyn, N.Y., to another site. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-02 |
| Defaulting paymasters in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of January 17, 1870, transmitting the names of paymasters who have been reported defaulters, with the amount of their respective defalcations since March 4, 1869. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-02 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 888.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred H.R. No. 888, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Harmon," make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1100.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of William A. Scott, made the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 128.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred for investigation the claim of Mrs. Jane Northridge, widow of William Northridge, deceased, late colonel of the Fifty-ninth Regiment New York State Volunteers, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-03 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Du Luth. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-03 |
| Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. March 3, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-03 |
| Spanish war vessels coming for repairs. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House relative to Spanish war vessels coming to the United States for repairs. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-03 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 346.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill S. 346, for the relief of Mary A. Coolidge, submit this their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-04 |
| Memorial of the National Association of State and City Superintendents of Public Instruction praying the requisite appropriations for keeping in active operation the present system of schools in the southern states, and the establishment and endowment of normal schools in each state. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-04 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi in favor of the speedy removal of the political disabilities of all the citizens of that state. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-04 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the payment of the claims of certain citizens of that state for services rendered in recruiting, organizing, and drilling men with a view to their muster into the military service of the United States in 1862. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-04 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 443.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to whom was referred Senate Bill 443, entitled "A Bill To Release from Government Reservation the Island Yerba Buena or Goat Island, in the Bay of San Francisco," and the memorial of B.S. Brooks and others, remonstrating against the passage of any law granting permission to the Western Pacific Railroad Company to occupy any portion of said island, respectfully report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the full payment of all back pay and allowances due Peter J. Knapp, private Company H, Fifth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-07 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of removing the capital of the United States, and opposing any appropriations for buildings in the District of Columbia. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-07 |
| Petition of Nicholas P. Trist praying additional compensation for services rendered as commissioner plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-07 |
| Mount Vernon relics. March 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-07 |
| Message of the President of the United States relative to the obligation of Congress to make the necessary appropriations to carry out the Indian treaties made by what is known as the Peace Commission of 1867. March 8, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-08 |
| Encroachments upon Osage Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the encroachment of white settlers upon the lands of the Osage Indians in Kansas. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-08 |
| James C. Strong. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Military Affairs the report of the Adjutant General of the Army upon the claim of James C. Strong to be paid as colonel of the Thirty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers during the late war. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-08 |
| Blacksmiths in the Army, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a memorial from the cavalry and artillery officers of the Army advising for reasons fully set forth therein, that the pay of blacksmiths in the cavalry and artificers of artillery be by law augmented and that the rank of sergeant or corporal be conferred upon them. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-08 |
| Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to the resolution of the House of March 4, 1870, in relation to the late expedition against the Piegan Indians. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (H.R. 268) for the relief of Captain George E. Grisham, of Tennessee, having had the same, with the accompanying evidence, under consideration, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-09 |
| Memorial of delegates of the Creek Nation of Indians remonstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories. March 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-09 |
| Military reservation, Fort Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending the passage of a joint resolution relative to military reservation of Fort Wayne, in Arkansas. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-09 |
| United States steamer Oneida. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of March 2, 1870, in relation to the sinking of the United States steamer Oneida, by colliding with the mail steamer Bombay, in Yokohama Bay, on the night of the 24th of January. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 648.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James M. Ellison, of the State of Delaware, praying compensation for property taken and destroyed by the United States troops during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-10 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of February last, information as to what legislation is necessary to insure the administration of justice and to protect American interests in China and Japan. March 10, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-10 |
| Certified copy of a letter from J.J. Reynolds, brevet major general U.S.A., commanding Fifth Military District, addressed to the Adjutant General United States Army, communicating a copy of the proceedings of the Legislature of the State of Texas on the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, a copy of the constitution of the State of Texas, and copies of certain general orders. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-10 |
| Letter of Brevet Major General J.J. Reynolds, commanding Fifth Military District communicating extracts from the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of the State of Texas of proceedings relating to the election of Morgan C. Hamilton and J.W. Flanagan United States senators. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-10 |
| Memorial of the board of directors and members of the Union Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, and citizens of St. Louis, praying to enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and its examination and appraisement at certain designated ports of delivery instead of at the ports of entry alone. March 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-11 |
| Memorial of the St. Louis Board of Trade and citizens of St. Louis, praying the enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and its examination and appraisement at designated ports of delivery instead of ports of entry alone. March 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-11 |
| Comparative statement showing the amount of salaries paid to the line officers in the Navy, under the present organization, and under the provisions of Senate Bill No. 656, introduced by Hon. George E. Spencer, of Alabama, in the United States Senate, March 11, 1870. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to use their efforts to secure a tri-weekly mail route from Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa, via St. Sebold and Volga City, to Elkader, Iowa. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-14 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of the passage of the Bill (S.381) granting lands to the first division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point on the western boundary of Minnesota to the Winnipeg district of British America. March 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-14 |
| Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, remonstrating against a territorial form of government, legislative jurisdiction of Congress, the abrogation of existing treaties and the burden of government taxation without representation, and in favor of the payment by the United States of all just obligations to said nation. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-14 |
| Money paid to bank note companies, etc. Letter from Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, 1870, on the above subject. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 666.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Fannie [i.e., Fanny] Kelly, praying for compensation for services rendered to immigrants, traders, and United States troops during the time she was held a captive by the Indians, report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 667.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor J. Milton Best, submits this their report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company of New York, praying for the reissue of United States notes to the extent of eight thousand dollars, in place of that amount alleged to be lost, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-15 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the inspector of national cemeteries of the United States for 1869. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-15 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information as to what states have ratified the amendment known as the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-15 |
| Fort Dakota. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) Letter from the Secretary of War for the information of the Committee on Public Lands, in relation to the United States reservation at Fort Dakota, in the Territory of Dakota. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| Relative to soldiers' bounty. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a memorial of soldiers of the regular Army, who were in service at the commencement of the late war, to be placed on the same footing with respect to bounties as soldiers who enlisted during the progress of the war. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| Reservation at Fort Kearney. Letter from the Secretary of War informing the House that the United States military reservation at Fort Kearney, on the Missouri River, in the State of Iowa, in no longer required. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, calling for information to regard to the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| Marine hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation of $230,000 to meet the current expenses of the Marine Hospital. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of March 3, 1870, transmitting the report of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, upon the late expedition against the Piegan Indians, in Montana. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| Maria Josefa Cavazos. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, 1870, transmitting certain papers pertaining to the claim of Maria Josefa Cavazos, for rent of Fort Brown (Texas) military reservation. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 673.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Samuel Miller, of Campbell County, Virginia, asking reimbursement of certain moneys in the Treasury, proceeds of certain bounds of the State of Indiana, make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 509.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 509, being "A Bill for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah," beg leave to report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 674.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George T. Wiggins, praying compensation for damages sustained on account of the seizure of the "Leighton House," in the City of Keokuk, Iowa, by the military authorities of the United States, for a hospital during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to make the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-16 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Masick, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, statements regarding the Revenue Marine Service. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-16 |
| Deduction from pay of members for absence. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-16 |
| Hunt vs. Sheldon. March 16, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-16 |
| R.R. Butler. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-16 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the manner in which the settlers upon the Black Bob Shawnee lands have interfered with the occupancy and disposition of the same. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-17 |
| Sutro Tunnel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1179.) March 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-17 |
| Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with Delaware Indians. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-17 |
| Officers and vessels of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, in relation to officers and vessels of the Navy. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-17 |
| Appropriation for Paymaster General's office. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the insufficiency of the appropriations for rent, &c., for Paymaster General's office. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-17 |
| St. Mary's Falls ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to the improvement of Saint Mary's Falls ship canal. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-17 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conkling, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of Adelbert Ames, claiming to be senator elect from the State of Mississippi, report the following facts and conclusions... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in favor of the payment of the claims of Massachusetts and Maine for interest on advances to the United States during the War of 1812 with Great Britain. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail from Oroville to Taylorville, and the extension of the route to Round Valley, in said state. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of speedy action by the government towards perfecting the titles of certain settlers on the military reservation at Fort Ridgely, in that state. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of ceding to the United States the Sault St. Mary's canal. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| Petition of J.A. Cushing, praying an investigation into the business of the gas company, of Washington City, with a view to the protection of consumers from fraud. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, with the answer of the Washington Gas-light Company, and the rejoinder of J.A. Cushing to the said answer. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| Memorial of the Choctaw Nation of Indians remonstrating against the enactment into laws of the following bills, now under consideration in the House of Representatives, entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Consolidation of the Indian Tribes, and to Organize a System of Government in the Indian Territory;" and "A Bill to Incorporate the Kansas, Indian Territory and Gulf Railway Company, and to Enable the Missouri River, Fort Scott, and Gulf and the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Companies to Unite Upon and Construct a Single Track Through the Indian Territory and to Reach the Gulf." March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 685 and 686.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of loyal citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia, praying compensation for property destroyed by fire, and for live stock taken for the use of the Army or sold for the benefit of the United States by order of General Sheridan, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-21 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, the report of the commander of the Department of Alaska upon the late bombardment of the Indian village at Wrangel, in that territory. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-21 |
| Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, protesting against the passage of the Bill (S. 631) "To Provide for Carrying into Effect the Provisions of a Treaty Concluded Between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians July 19, 1866." March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-21 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Penobscot River. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-21 |
| Questioned letter of Admiral Farragut. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of March 16, 1870, transmitting copies of the telegrams, letters, and affidavit of Paymaster Thomas H. Looker, United States Navy, in relation to the questioned letter of Admiral Farragut, of date January 29, 1869. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-21 |
| Collection of revenue in New York and Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to person or persons, other than regularly appointed revenue officers, who have been, or are now, employed in the cities of Brooklyn or New York, to aid in the collection of internal revenue. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-21 |
| Officers on duty in southern states. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 26, 1870, transmitting reports concerning officers of the Army upon duty in the southern states, who are in receipt of salaries both from state treasuries and the Treasury of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-21 |
| Pay of blacksmiths and artificers in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War inclosing a petition of officers of light artillery and cavalry for the increase of the pay of blacksmiths and artificers in the Army of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 691.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, having had under consideration, and examined the memorial of Dr. John B. Read, asking compensation for improvements and discoveries made by him in the form and material of projectiles for rifled ordnance, submit the following report thereon... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, so much of the report of Vincent Colyer, special Indian commissioner, as relates to the Indian village of Wrangel, Alaska, showing the condition of that village previous to its recent bombardment by United States troops. March 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-22 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1870, information in relation to the marine hospital building at New Orleans. March 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-22 |
| George Tucker vs. Geo. W. Booker. March 22, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 699.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mathilda Victor, asking for relief for damages done to her property in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for rent thereof, beg leave to make the following report... |
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1870-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Warner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 125.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred House Resolution No. 125, for the relief of James L. Ridgely, late collector of internal revenue for the Second District of Maryland, having considered the same, make the following report... |
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1870-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 700.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Minerva Lewis, administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Lewis, her late husband, praying compensation for a steamboat belonging to the deceased, and destroyed while in the possession and use of the United States, report... |
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1870-03-23 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary J. Carlin, beg leave to submit the following report... |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1409, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-23 |
| Additional papers in the case of Davis Hatch, an American citizen, imprisoned by the Dominican government at Azua, San Domingo. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-23 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Maine in favor of the enactment of a law for the appointment of a board of commissioners for the preservation of the harbors of the United States against encroachments. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-23 |
| Abolition of internal taxes. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 11, in relation to the expediency and advantage or disadvantage to the government of abolishing the internal taxes, &c. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-23 |
| Operation of the sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, in relation to the operation of the sinking fund in extinguishing the debts of the War of the Revolution and of the War of 1812, up to the complete payment of those debts. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1418, Session Vol. No.7 |
1870-03-23 |
| Appointments to the military and naval academies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1606.) March 24, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-24 |
| Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, a copy of the report of S.N. Clark, special agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, upon the condition of the freedmen in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian nations. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-25 |
| Memorial of the Legislative Assembly, Territory of New Mexico, in favor of locating the reservation stipulated by the treaty with the Utah Indians in the region of the San Juan River, and remonstrating against its location elsewhere in said territory. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| J.N. Carpenter. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| Captain Edward Ball. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| Albert Greenleaf, William Flynn, and S.P. Brown. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| Calvin H. Frederick. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| Edward Barton and others, owners of steamer Abe. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| Nathaniel Tarr. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-25 |
| Alfred M. Briggs. March 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 148.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution (No. 148) for the relief of David T. Jackson, make the following report... |
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1870-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan R. Choat, widow of William Choat, praying for bounty, arrears of pay, and a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
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1870-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Emelie Sutheimer, widow of Otto Sutheimer, praying the allowance of bounty, report... |
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1870-03-28 |
| Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 15, 1870, information in relation to the iron-clad ships belonging to the Navy of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-28 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the Cherokee treaty pending before the Senate, and the claim of the Cherokees to territory west of the one hundredth meridian. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-28 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 144.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Joint Resolution S. No. 144, for the relief of James C. Sloo, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to make the following report... |
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1870-03-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 355.) It appears that J.M. Keeler was, on the 22d of May, 1863, serving as first lieutenant, Fifth New York Cavalry; that on that date he was appointed provost marshal for the State of Oregon... |
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1870-03-29 |
| John R. Reading. March 29, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-29 |
| Joseph Segar. March 29, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-29 |
| John R. Reading. March 29, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-29 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, for the Committee on Territories, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 644.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a bill "To Incorporate the United States Freehold Land and Emigration Company, and To Confirm Certain Legislation in Colorado Territory," respectfully report... |
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1870-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 726.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Rear Admiral Joseph Lanman, praying the difference of pay between commodore and rear admiral from December 7, 1867, to April 14, 1868, have considered the same, and report as follows... |
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1870-03-30 |
| In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph R. Brown, a sub-contractor of Charles A. Ruffee for the transportation of military stores, praying the allowance of damages to the extent of $8,575, on account of detention of his teams by the alleged negligence or fault of the agents of the United States, submit the following report... |
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1870-03-30 |
| Elias C. Boudinot. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-03-30 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the enactment of a law granting a bounty of eight and one-third dollars per month to all soldiers honorably discharged from service. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-31 |
| Petition of Anna Ella Carroll, praying compensation for suggesting certain plans of operation for the armies of the United States during the late war. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-03-31 |
| Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the removal of certain bands of Indians from that state. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-03-31 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a supplemental report of the commissioners appointed in accordance with the Senate amendment of the 13th article of the treaty of 23d of February, 1867, embracing the claims of the Wyandott Indians. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-01 |
| Petition of Ossian B. Hart, of Florida, claiming to be entitled to a seat in the Senate as a senator, duly elected by the Legislature of Florida, and asking that his claim to said seat may be investigated by the Senate. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-01 |
| Joint resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of such a modification of the internal revenue law as will exempt from taxation distillers of fruit. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the abolition of the income tax. April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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1870-04-01 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a mail route from San Diego, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and the establishment of post offices on said route. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-01 |
| Memorial of a committee on behalf of the colored people of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, representing their grievances, and praying the adoption of such measures as will secure to them equal rights and privileges with white citizens. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-01 |
| Cherokee neutral lands of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-01 |
| Washington and Alexandria Turnpike Company. April 1, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-01 |
| George W. Huntsman. April 1, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-01 |
| Janes, Fowler, Kirtland & Company of New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1667.) April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-01 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 762.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Ormsby, praying for arrears of pension from the date of his son's death, on June 19, 1862, to March 6, 1869, submit the following report... |
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1870-04-06 |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 18, 1870, information in relation to a settlement with the Corliss Steam Engine Company for naval engines manufactured for the government. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1406, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-06 |
| Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Whitfield County, Georgia held in Dalton on the 2d of April, 1870, enumerating the inducements of climate and productiveness of soil to emigration to that state. April 6, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-04-06 |
| Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between Australia and the South Pacific islands and the port of San Francisco. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-04-06 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of John Graham, of the Town of College Point, County of Queens, State of New York, praying compensation for carrying the mails from New Orleans to Key West for the quarter commencing April 10 and ending June 30, 1855, having had the same under consideration, report... |
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1870-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 764.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Cowan & Dickinson, praying compensation for the loss of two hundred and fifty-six bales of cotton seized by order of General Burnside on the 17th and 18th days of November, 1863, and used for strengthening the defenses of Knoxville, make the following report upon said claim... |
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1870-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Stuart Barnes, beg leave to submit the following report... |
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1870-04-07 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Bernhard, complaining of the minister of the United States at Berlin, and praying that the Prussian government be requested to return to him a fine of fifty dollars, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
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1870-04-08 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 633, for the relief of Ambrose Morrison, beg leave to make the following report... |
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1870-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram W. Love, asking compensation for his cotton crop destroyed by the Army of the Union States, during the late war of the rebellion, ask leave to make the following report... |
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1870-04-09 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the enactment of a law dedicating the Presidio reservation, in the City of San Francisco, for the purpose of a public park. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 370. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-04-09 |
| Petition of Andrew McClory praying the enactment of a law authorizing him to enter the land on which he settled in Marysville District, California, at the government price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-09 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph M. Buckland, praying for arrears of pension, report... |
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1870-04-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 173.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of certain citizens of Johnson County, State of Kansas, being the civil officers thereof, and also the petition of the Black Bob Indians of the Shawnee tribe, report... |
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1870-04-12 |
| Memorial adopted by citizens of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at a mass meeting held in said city March 31, 1870, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 1089,) "in Aid of the Execution of the Laws in the Territory of Utah, and for Other Purposes." April 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-12 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ossian B. Hart, of Florida, claiming a seat in the Senate from the State of Florida, for the term which commenced March 4, 1860, report as follows... |
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1870-04-13 |
| Letter of the warden of the jail in the District of Columbia communicating a statement of the number of prisoners confined therein during the year ending October 31, 1869, and amount of disbursements for the year ending March, 1870; also a statement showing the expenses of the criminal court of said district for the year 1869. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-13 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Seamen's Fund and Retreat, at a meeting held in New York, January 13, 1870, asking that action be taken by Congress which shall result in placing the care of sick and disabled seamen arriving at the port of New York under the exclusive care of either the state or national authorities, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... |
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1870-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ross Wilkins, praying additional compensation for services rendered as one of the judges of the United States for the Territory of Michigan, report... |
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1870-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Solomon Stover, of the City of Washington, praying compensation to the amount of $7,450 for the use and occupation of, and damage done to, certain real estate owned by him, situate[d] in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, submit the following report... |
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1870-04-14 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of aid to the Cape Cod Ship Canal by the construction of a breakwater at the eastern end of the canal. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-04-14 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River by the construction of a canal around the Des Moines Rapids. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-04-14 |
| Petition of John W. Garrett, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and P.G. Van Winkle, president of Parkersburg Branch Railroad Company, praying a reduction of the duty on iron and steel rails. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-14 |
| Sturgeon Bay ship-canal. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. |
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1870-04-14 |
| Post office buildings. April 14, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-14 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of William A. Parker, captain, and William Gibson, commander, United States Navy, both praying to be restored to the active list of the Navy, have considered the same, and report as follows... |
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1870-04-15 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 641.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Senate Bill No. 641, granting a pension to I.G.F. Holston, late brigade surgeon United States volunteers, with his accompanying petition, submit the following report... |
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1870-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 196.) This claim is made by J. Edwards Clarke, and the legal representatives of John T. Peabody, deceased, for salary and office expenses while serving as marshal and clerk, respectively, of the United States provisional court of Louisiana... |
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1870-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Gasnell, praying to be allowed a pension, report... |
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1870-04-18 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of such legislation as will set aside the verdict of the military court in the case of William B. Critchfield and Henry C. Anderson, late soldiers of the Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, upon a charge of absence without leave, and that they be allowed their pay and allowances forfeited by reason of such decision. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1408, Session Vol. No.1 |
1870-04-18 |
| James Mercer. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1795.) Letter from Hon. F.C. Le Blond relative to this claim. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1433, Session Vol. No.3 |
1870-04-18 |
| J.H. Sypher. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-18 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Annie M. Wright, widow of William T. Wright, praying for a pension, arrears of pay, and bounty, report... |
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1870-04-19 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to that state to indemnify persons who have purchased from the United States, or pre-empted, any of the odd sections of land lying along the Des Moines River and held invalid on account of previous grants by Congress. April 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-19 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 547.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 547, for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Hutchins, beg leave to report... |
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1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) The facts in this case are well established by good evidence. They are as follows... |
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1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 818.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and supplemental petition of the regent and curators of Kentucky University, asking compensation for the value of the medical hall destroyed by fire while occupied by the government as a general hospital; also for damages sustained by the removal of the museum and by the detailed injuries suffered by other property and grounds, and for rent of the same, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... |
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1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Annie B. Ross, daughter and executrix, and William P. Ross, successor and executor of John Ross, deceased, late principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, praying compensation to the amount of $66,437.88, for losses sustained in the destruction, abstraction, and appropriation of the property of the deceased during the war of the rebellion, submit the following report... |
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1870-04-20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 16.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred S.R. No. 16, for the relief of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell, ask leave to submit the following report... |
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1870-04-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 828.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Newell, ask leave to submit the following report... |
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1870-04-21 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 535.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 535, for the relief of Kenneth Mackenzie, have had the same under consideration and now report... |
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1870-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 831.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, having under consideration the case of Baron Creutz, of the Netherlands, beg leave to report... |
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1870-04-22 |
| List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress. April 22, 1870. |
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1870-04-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Anita to Carroll Center, in said state. April 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-22 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of the surrender of the National Road in that state to the several counties in which it is located. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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1870-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- On motion by Mr. Howard, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, ordered to be printed. The sub-committee of the Pacific Railroad Committee, to whom was referred, for the purpose of investigation, a bill "Incorporating the Southern Transcontinental Railway Company and Granting the Right of Way to Lands in Aid of its Contractions," presented to their committee the following report, accompanied by the testimony and statements laid before them... |
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1870-04-22 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Johanna Roach, widow of John Roach, praying for arrears of pension, report... |
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1870-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick W. Bogen, praying for arrears of pension, report... |
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1870-04-25 |
| Letter of the Solicitor of the Treasury in relation to the enactment of a law authorizing the payment to district attorneys of two per centum upon all moneys hereafter collected or realized in suits or proceedings upon official bonds of public officers, &c. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-25 |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-25 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point on the Missouri River, between the parallel of forty-two and one-half degrees of north latitude and the mouth of the Niobrara River, to the Pacific Ocean, via to City of Helena, Montana. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
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1870-04-25 |
| Newsham vs. Ryan. April 25, 1870. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
Serial Set Vol. No. 1437, Session Vol. No.2 |
1870-04-25 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram R. Rhea, praying for a pension, report... |
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1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy S. Ledford, praying for the passage of an act of Congress giving her and her minor children a pension, to commerce on May 8, 1867, report... |
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1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumber made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 692.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was recommitted Senate Bill No. 692, for the relief of J. Ross Browne, late minister of the United States to China, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... |
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1870-04-26 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria W.D. Orme, ask leave to submit the following report... |
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1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria W.D. Orme, to be paid for services of her late husband in the Second Auditor's Office, ask leave to submit the following report... |
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1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.M. Johnson, E. Ann Johnson, executrix; H. and W. Ellison, executors of Wm. Ellison, ask leave to submit the following report... |
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1870-04-27 |
| In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. |
