United States congressional serial set, serial set no. 1408

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163 Items in the Series United States congressional serial set, serial set no. 1408

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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Claims on Venezuela. (Supplementary to executive document H.R. 176, second session Forty-first Congress.) Papers from the Department of State relative to the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. July 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Copies of acts of the Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory viz: "An Act To Protect Railroad Employes [sic] Who Are Injured While Performing Their Duties," Also, "An Act Providing for the Collection of Taxes Heretofore Assessed and Levied in This Territory." Also, part of an act of the legislative assembly of said territory in relation to the organization of corporations. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott submitted the following resolution. Whereas in localities of some states of this Union the public peace is commonly violated, laws defied, and life and property unprotected; and whereas these facts, being indubitably attested, show either a want of efficiency on the part of the local authorities, or a disinclination to protect citizens; and whereas protection to life and property by the government of the United States is the right of every citizen..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that, with a view to the more speedy settlement and disposition of the public lands of the United States in the State of California..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States is hereby requested to institute an inquiry by such means as in his judgment shall be deemed proper into the present condition of the commercial relations between the United States..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto the following..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett submitted the following resolution resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of enacting a law requiring that all bidders, upon every mail route, for the transportation of mails upon the same..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Printed as amended, and motion of Mr. Thurman to place resolution at the foot of the calendar pending. Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring,) that a joint special committee to consist of ten members, five from the Senate and five from the House, be appointed, to whom shall be referred the subject of the propriety of a change or modification of the Indian policy and system of governing the Indian tribes..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate what, if any, measures are being taken by this government to assist in suppressing the traffic in slaves now carried on on the coast of Africa..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the last Friday and Saturday of this month be assigned exclusively to the consideration of bills and matters relating to the District of Columbia., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that from and after the 20th day of this month, and until the close of the present session, there shall be, unless the Senate otherwise order, three evening sessions..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 890.) Table showing the internal revenue taxes collected in the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, the amounts of such that are repealed by Senate Bill No. 890, and the amounts that are retained..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President be requested, if in his judgment it be deemed expedient, to open negotiations with the government of Great Britain..., (electronic resource)

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In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto..., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letter from the Secretary of War (with accompanying papers) relative to granting the Presidio reservation to the City of San Francisco for a public park, as proposed by Bill S. 370. April 4, 1870. -- Bill (S. 370) postponed indefinitely. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of Committee on Finance, inclosing copy of a letter from his predecessor in the Interior Department, and draught of a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold any moneys due from the United States to a defaulting state on any account whatever. January 26, 1870. -- Referred, with Bill S. 441, to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letter of J.C. Fremont, president of Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, communicating a statement in relation to the affairs of said company. March 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance transmitting a tabular statement showing the rates of increase and decrease of duty on articles mentioned in the bill before the Senate entitled, "An Act To Reduce Internal Taxes and for Other Purposes." June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Cherokee delegation of Indians transmitting an address of the Grand International Council of Indians inhabiting the Indian Territory, adopted on the 4th instant, asking a strict observance of treaty stipulations on the part of the United States. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue communicating a statement showing the gradual and steady increase in the receipts of internal revenue for the several years ending with each month from June, 1869, to January 1870, inclusive. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Governor of Mississippi transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that state in favor of an appropriation and grant of lands for rebuilding the levees of the Mississippi River. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Governor of the State of Virginia communicating copies of the acts passed by the general assembly of that state ratifying the proposed Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Postmaster General to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to an increase of service on the mail steamship route from San Francisco to Japan and China. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Secretary of State addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, communicating copies of a correspondence between the French minister and the Secretary of State, relative to landing upon the coast of the United States the submarine cable designed to connect this country with France. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Secretary of War to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Cape Cod Ship Canal. May 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate communicating a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to all the Indian tribes within the bounds of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies by printed for the use of the Department of the Interior., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating amendments to the Cherokee treaty concluded July 9, 1868. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany the treaty with the Cherokee Indians., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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, 1869. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Finance communicating a report of John Jay Knox in relation to a revision of the laws pertaining to the Mint and coinage of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered that five hundred additional copies be printed for the use of the Treasury Department., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letter of the Treasurer of Washington City Savings Bank of Washington City, D.C., communicating, in obedience to law, the annual statement showing the condition of said bank for the year ending April 1, 1870. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Letters of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, the Superintendent and Inspector of Sewers in Washington City, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Rich'd Delafield, Brevet Major General Corps of Engineers U.S.A., to the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, in relation to the improvement of the Washington Canal. May 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Letters of the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War, relative to surveys for a harbor at the Delaware breakwater. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress. April 22, 1870., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Memorial of William F. Smith, President of the International Ocean Telegraph Company, praying to be admitted to a fair participation in any benefits to be granted by Congress for the promotion of international telegraphic communication, and proposing to establish and maintain certain lines of submarine telegraphs. June 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Memorial of merchants, underwriters, ship-owners, and ship-masters of the City of San Francisco, praying an appropriation for the removal of Rincon Rock from the harbor of San Francisco. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Memorial of the Anti-Coolie 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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Memorial of the International Ocean Telegraph Company in answer to the memorial of the Florida Telegraph Company, praying to be allowed the privilege of laying a submarine cable from the coast of Florida to the West India Islands. June 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 679) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, consolidate the Indian tribes under a territorial government, and carry out the provisions of the treaties of 1866 with certain Indian tribes. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Petition of John Warren, praying redress for his arrest and imprisonment by the government of Great Britain under the charge of giving aid and comfort to the enemies thereof: April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Petition of citizens of Arkansas praying the removal of political disabilities of James C. Tappan. June 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Petition of citizens of California praying the interposition of Congress in behalf of American citizens imprisoned by the British government for political offenses. July 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Petition of citizens of Washington praying the passage of certain pending bills for the improvement of the city, in order to give employment to a large number of surplus laborers now in the city. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Petition of owners and masters of steamships and sailing vessels engaged in the coasting trade between New Orleans and ports on the Gulf of Mexico, praying such an amendment to the act declaring the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans and Chattanooga Railroad Company a post road, as will compel said company to construct a draw-bridge, of not less than three hundred feet wide, across the Great Rigolet. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Petition of the National Executive Committee of the Colored People, praying that public instruction in the District of Columbia may be given without proscription of any class on account of color. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Petition of the President and Secretary of the Citizens Association of New York, praying the passage of the bill to incorporate the "International Society of the United States for the Promotion and Protection of Immigration." May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois in favor of the removal of the national capital to some point in the Mississippi Valley. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of a through investigation into the cause of the disaster to the steamer Oneida. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Claims on Venezuela. (Supplementary to executive document H.R. 176, second session Forty-first Congress.) Papers from the Department of State relative to the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. July 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
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.
Copies of acts of the Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory viz: "An Act To Protect Railroad Employes [sic] Who Are Injured While Performing Their Duties," Also, "An Act Providing for the Collection of Taxes Heretofore Assessed and Levied in This Territory." Also, part of an act of the legislative assembly of said territory in relation to the organization of corporations. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
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...
In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott submitted the following resolution. Whereas in localities of some states of this Union the public peace is commonly violated, laws defied, and life and property unprotected; and whereas these facts, being indubitably attested, show either a want of efficiency on the part of the local authorities, or a disinclination to protect citizens; and whereas protection to life and property by the government of the United States is the right of every citizen...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that, with a view to the more speedy settlement and disposition of the public lands of the United States in the State of California...
In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States is hereby requested to institute an inquiry by such means as in his judgment shall be deemed proper into the present condition of the commercial relations between the United States...
In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto the following...
In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett submitted the following resolution resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of enacting a law requiring that all bidders, upon every mail route, for the transportation of mails upon the same...
In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Printed as amended, and motion of Mr. Thurman to place resolution at the foot of the calendar pending. Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring,) that a joint special committee to consist of ten members, five from the Senate and five from the House, be appointed, to whom shall be referred the subject of the propriety of a change or modification of the Indian policy and system of governing the Indian tribes...
In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate what, if any, measures are being taken by this government to assist in suppressing the traffic in slaves now carried on on the coast of Africa...
In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the last Friday and Saturday of this month be assigned exclusively to the consideration of bills and matters relating to the District of Columbia.
In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that from and after the 20th day of this month, and until the close of the present session, there shall be, unless the Senate otherwise order, three evening sessions...
In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 890.) Table showing the internal revenue taxes collected in the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, the amounts of such that are repealed by Senate Bill No. 890, and the amounts that are retained...
In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President be requested, if in his judgment it be deemed expedient, to open negotiations with the government of Great Britain...
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto...
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.
Letter from the Secretary of War (with accompanying papers) relative to granting the Presidio reservation to the City of San Francisco for a public park, as proposed by Bill S. 370. April 4, 1870. -- Bill (S. 370) postponed indefinitely. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of Committee on Finance, inclosing copy of a letter from his predecessor in the Interior Department, and draught of a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold any moneys due from the United States to a defaulting state on any account whatever. January 26, 1870. -- Referred, with Bill S. 441, to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
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.
Letter of J.C. Fremont, president of Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, communicating a statement in relation to the affairs of said company. March 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
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.
Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance transmitting a tabular statement showing the rates of increase and decrease of duty on articles mentioned in the bill before the Senate entitled, "An Act To Reduce Internal Taxes and for Other Purposes." June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Cherokee delegation of Indians transmitting an address of the Grand International Council of Indians inhabiting the Indian Territory, adopted on the 4th instant, asking a strict observance of treaty stipulations on the part of the United States. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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.
Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue communicating a statement showing the gradual and steady increase in the receipts of internal revenue for the several years ending with each month from June, 1869, to January 1870, inclusive. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Governor of Mississippi transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that state in favor of an appropriation and grant of lands for rebuilding the levees of the Mississippi River. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
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.
Letter of the Governor of the State of Virginia communicating copies of the acts passed by the general assembly of that state ratifying the proposed Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to an increase of service on the mail steamship route from San Francisco to Japan and China. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of State addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, communicating copies of a correspondence between the French minister and the Secretary of State, relative to landing upon the coast of the United States the submarine cable designed to connect this country with France. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Cape Cod Ship Canal. May 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate communicating a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to all the Indian tribes within the bounds of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies by printed for the use of the Department of the Interior.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating amendments to the Cherokee treaty concluded July 9, 1868. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany the treaty with the Cherokee Indians.
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.
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, 1869. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Finance communicating a report of John Jay Knox in relation to a revision of the laws pertaining to the Mint and coinage of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered that five hundred additional copies be printed for the use of the Treasury Department.
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.
Letter of the Treasurer of Washington City Savings Bank of Washington City, D.C., communicating, in obedience to law, the annual statement showing the condition of said bank for the year ending April 1, 1870. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
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.
Letters of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, the Superintendent and Inspector of Sewers in Washington City, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Rich'd Delafield, Brevet Major General Corps of Engineers U.S.A., to the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, in relation to the improvement of the Washington Canal. May 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Letters of the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War, relative to surveys for a harbor at the Delaware breakwater. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress. April 22, 1870.
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.
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.
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.
Memorial of William F. Smith, President of the International Ocean Telegraph Company, praying to be admitted to a fair participation in any benefits to be granted by Congress for the promotion of international telegraphic communication, and proposing to establish and maintain certain lines of submarine telegraphs. June 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
Memorial of merchants, underwriters, ship-owners, and ship-masters of the City of San Francisco, praying an appropriation for the removal of Rincon Rock from the harbor of San Francisco. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Anti-Coolie 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.
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.
Memorial of the International Ocean Telegraph Company in answer to the memorial of the Florida Telegraph Company, praying to be allowed the privilege of laying a submarine cable from the coast of Florida to the West India Islands. June 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 679) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, consolidate the Indian tribes under a territorial government, and carry out the provisions of the treaties of 1866 with certain Indian tribes. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Petition of John Warren, praying redress for his arrest and imprisonment by the government of Great Britain under the charge of giving aid and comfort to the enemies thereof: April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
Petition of citizens of Arkansas praying the removal of political disabilities of James C. Tappan. June 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed.
Petition of citizens of California praying the interposition of Congress in behalf of American citizens imprisoned by the British government for political offenses. July 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
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.
Petition of citizens of Washington praying the passage of certain pending bills for the improvement of the city, in order to give employment to a large number of surplus laborers now in the city. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
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.
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.
Petition of owners and masters of steamships and sailing vessels engaged in the coasting trade between New Orleans and ports on the Gulf of Mexico, praying such an amendment to the act declaring the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans and Chattanooga Railroad Company a post road, as will compel said company to construct a draw-bridge, of not less than three hundred feet wide, across the Great Rigolet. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
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.
Petition of the National Executive Committee of the Colored People, praying that public instruction in the District of Columbia may be given without proscription of any class on account of color. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Petition of the President and Secretary of the Citizens Association of New York, praying the passage of the bill to incorporate the "International Society of the United States for the Promotion and Protection of Immigration." May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
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.
Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois in favor of the removal of the national capital to some point in the Mississippi Valley. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of a through investigation into the cause of the disaster to the steamer Oneida. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia ratifying the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa ratifying the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of aid by the United States in the early construction of the Kanawha and James River Canal. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking an appropriation to improve the bars at Galveston, Pass Cavallo, Aransas Pass, Sabine Pass, and Brazos Santiago. June 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking that measures be taken to prevent the Republic of Mexico from harboring hostile bands of Indians depredating the southwestern frontier of that state. June 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, repealing, rescinding, and annulling the preamble and resolution of the legislature of that state, passed April 14, 1869, ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
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.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio requesting the senators and representatives in Congress from that state to use their influence to secure the immediate intervention of the government in behalf of American citizens now confined in British dungeons. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania remonstrating against the construction of bridges across the Ohio River unless said bridges shall have one span over the main channel of water-way at least four hundred feet in the clear. May 27, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
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.
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.

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