Islands

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The Resource Islands

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Islands

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375 Items that share the Concept Islands

A.H. Marshall. February 6, 1934. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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A.H. Marshall. March 4 (calendar day, March 6), 1935. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Abolishing the Santa Rosa Island National Monument, Fla. June 21 (legislative day, March 5), 1946. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Abolishing the Santa Rosa Island National Monument. May 23, 1946. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Acceptance of gift of Constitution Island. January 14, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Acceptance of title to lands adjacent to the Columbia River bird refuge. February 1, 1929. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Acceptance of title to lands adjacent to the Columbia River bird refuge. March 27 (calendar day, March 29), 1928. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Adam McCulloch. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table., (electronic resource)

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Additional fog bells at Iona Island, etc. March 3, 1896. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Message from the President of the United States transmitting proposals for eighteen additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System, pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964. Part 1. February 8, 1972. -- Referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed with illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Affairs in Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, correspondence with General Harney, relating to affairs in the department of Oregon. April 12, 1860. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alaska Commercial Company. July 2, 1884. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Proceedings of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal convened at London, under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded at Washington January 24, 1903, for the settlement of questions between the two countries with respect to the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British possessions in North America. Vol. VII., (electronic resource)

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Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Proceedings of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, convened at London, under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded at Washington January 24, 1903, for the settlement of questions between the two countries with respect to the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British possessions in North America. Vol. VI., (electronic resource)

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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., (electronic resource)

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Amelia Island, Florida, beach erosion control study. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers... submitting a report... on beach erosion control study of Amelia Island, Florida, prepared under the provisions of section 2 of the River and Harbor Act... June 27, 1961. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with five illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year ended June 30, 1947., (electronic resource)

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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1898., (electronic resource)

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Annual reports of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. Volume IX. Report of the Chief of Engineers. Part 1., (electronic resource)

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Application to change mode of surveying islands of public lands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 23, 1817

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Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia. August 31, 1965. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Atlantic coast of Long Island, Fire Island Inlet, and shore westerly to Jones Inlet, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated September 3, 1964, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations... March 15, 1965. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with forty-nine illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to donate and convey to Okaloosa County, State of Florida, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a portion of Santa Rosa Island, Fla. June 2 (legislative day, June 1), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. March 11 (legislative day, March 3), 1993. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota to such state for use for park, recreational, or wildlife refuge purposes. February 25, 1943. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing investigation as to whether Sand Island in the Columbia River is located in Oregon or Washington. June 16 (calendar day, June 18), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing sales and exchanges by the State of Wisconsin, notwithstanding certain provisions in act of August 22, 1912 (37 Stat. 324). June 11, 1938. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the Assateague Island National Seashore. June 15, 1965. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the Attorney General to acquire by condemnation proceedings all of that portion of McNeil Island which is not now owned by the United States, Gertrudis Island, and Pitt Island, all in the State of Washington, at a total cost not to exceed $300,000. June 21, 1935. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the President of the United States to accept on behalf of the United States a conveyance of certain lands on Government Island from the City of Alameda, Calif., in consideration of the relinquishment by the United States of all its rights and interest under a lease of such island dated July 5, 1918. June 18, 1930. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the appropriation of sums necessary to rehabilitate Eniwetok Atoll, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. September 23, 1974. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota to such state for use for park, recreational, or wildlife-refuge purposes. April 22, 1943. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota to such state for use for park, recreational, or wildlife-refuge purposes. June 15 (legislative day, June 4), 1945. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the establishment of the St. Croix Island National Monument, in the State of Maine. March 14, 1949. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the settlement of outstanding claims against Chapman Field, Fla. February 19, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the settlement of outstanding claims against Chapman Field, Fla. February 27, 1936. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Barrier islands protection system. September 19 (legislative day, June 12), 1980. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Beach erosion at Grand Isle, La. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated September 22, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on studies and investigations of beach erosion at Grand Isle, La.... January 5, 1937. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with 14 illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Virginia and Biscayne Keys, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated August 15, 1962, submitting a report... on a cooperative beach erosion control study... September 21, 1962. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with three illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Beach-erosion study at Blind Pass, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated March 22, 1937, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on studies of beach erosion at Bind Pass, Pinellas County, Fla... March 30, 1937. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with seven illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Beacon lights on islands in Moosehead Lake, Maine. February 23, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Belle Pass to Raccoon Point, Louisiana, beach erosion control study. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated October 6, 1961, submitting a report... on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Belle Pass to Raccoon Point, Louisiana... February 12, 1962. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with six illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Biscayne National Monument, Fla. July 25, 1968. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Biscayne National Monument, Fla. October 1 (legislative day, September 24), 1968. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Bois Blanc Island military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of December 7, 1874, relative to the military reservation on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, and renewing the recommendations therein made. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Boundary between the United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table., (electronic resource)

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Breakwater -- Tucker's Island, New Jersey. Proceedings of a meeting in the district of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. in relation to a breakwater on Tucker's Island. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce., (electronic resource)

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Bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of New York. April 24, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Bridges to connect Chincoteague Island and mainland, Virginia. September 18, 1919. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Bridges to connect Chincoteague Island, Va., and the mainland. September 12, 1919. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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British West India and North American colonial trade. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 9, 1818

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Bulletin of the Pan American Union. Vol. XXXIX. July-December, 1914., (electronic resource)

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Cancellations of permits, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report, showing what cancellations of permits, issued under the act for the occupation of the Florida peninsula, have been ordered by him; the dates and other particulars of said permits; and the grounds upon which they were cancelled, &c. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table., (electronic resource)

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Case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Printed by order of Congress, U.S.A. In three volumes. Volume III [plus an additional section entitled Volume IV]., (electronic resource)

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Certain land to be set aside as a park or forest reserve. February 13, 1905. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Cession of Danish West Indies. February 17, 1917. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Change in name of Bedloe's Island. June 26, 1956. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Change name of Roosevelt Island to Theodore Roosevelt Island. January 17, 1933. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Changing the name of Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island. July 18, 1956. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Charles Howe. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the private land claim of Charles Howe's legal representatives, Gainesville, Fla. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Claim to six islands at the mouth of Detroit River. Communicated to the Senate, January 15, 1819

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Coast of the Hawaiian Islands, harbors for light-draft vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated April 11, 1968, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on coasts of the Hawaiian Islands... July 8, 1968. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Coastal areas, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated October 22, 1962, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim report on the hurricane survey of the coastal areas, Georgia, authorized by Public Law 71, 84th Congress, approved June 15, 1955. January 14, 1963. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with two illustrations., (electronic resource)

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Coastal barrier improvement act of 1990. August 2, 1990. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Coastal barrier resources act. May 26 (legislative day, May 25), 1982. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Coastal barrier resources act. September 21, 1982. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Coastal barrier resources system technical corrections. October 4 (legislative day, September 12), 1994. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Coastal barriers resources act amendments of 1990. October 12 (legislative day, October 2), 1990. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Compilation of reports of Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 1789-1901, First Congress, first session, to Fifty-sixth Congress, second session. Diplomatic relations with foreign nations -- Hawaiian Islands. Vol. VI., (electronic resource)

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Compromise of title to island on which Fort Delaware stands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 20, 1832

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Considerations showing the expediency of constructing fortifications on the island of Key West, in Florida. Communicated to the Senate, December 29, 1829

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Constitution Island, New York. April 22, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Constitution Island, New York. February 15, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Constitution Island, New York. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War transmitting draft of an item authorizing the Secretary of War to accept the donation... of the property known as Constitution Island... January 8, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Conveyance of certain lands of the United States to the City of Gloucester, Mass. July 11, 1957. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Conveyance of certain lands on Government Island. June 30, 1930. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Conveying a part of Santa Rosa Island, Fla., to Okaloosa County, Fla. July 15, 1947. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Correspondence with Great Britain relative to a light on the Bahama Banks. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 27, 1824

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Correspondence with Great Britain relative to cession of land on Island of Abaco, one of the Bahamas, for a light-house establishment. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 27, 1824

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Craney Island and Fishermans Island. September 13, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Designating certain islands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Maine as wilderness areas. May 23, 1969. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Designating certain islands in the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Maine as wilderness areas. July 8, 1968. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Dust control measures at Long Island, Port Isabel, Tex. April 27, 1964. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Dust control measures at Long Island, Port Isabel, Tex. June 1 (legislative day, March 30), 1964. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Edward Forbes et al. June 1, 1938. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Edward Forbes et al. June 7 (calendar day, June 10), 1938. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Ellen Fullard-Leo, widow of Leslie Fullard-Leo, Leslie Vincent Fullard-Leo, Dudley Leinani Fullard-Leo, and Ainsely Allen Kahealani Fullard-Leo and the estate of Lelsie Fullard-Leo, deceased. August 29 (legislative day, July 20), 1950. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Enlargement of Governors Island, New York Harbor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for enlargement of Governors Island, New York Harbor. January 3, 1901. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Entrance to Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the entrance to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Establishing the Channel Islands Marine National Park in the State of California, and for other purposes. May 15, 1979. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Establishing the Channel Islands National Park, and for other purposes. December 13 (legislative day, November 29), 1979. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Establishing the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. June 8, 1989. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Establishing the National Park of Samoa. September 13, 1988. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Estimate for completing lighthouse on Staten Island and raising West Bank light. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor submitting an estimate of appropriation for completing lighthouse on Staten Island... February 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Estimate of appropriation for purchase of land at Sullivans Island, South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for purchase of land at Sullivans Island, South Carolina. December 8, 1902. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Examination of Ohio River at Sand Island, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Ohio River at Sand Island, Kentucky. December 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Expansion of the Gulf Island National Seashore, in the States of Florida and Mississippi. March 21, 1972. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Exploring Expedition. Memorial of the officers of the Exploring Expedition, relative to personal accusations against said officers. January 11, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Library., (electronic resource)

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Extending the public land laws of the United States to certain lands, consisting of islands, situated in the Red River in Oklahoma. June 4 (legislative day, June 1), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Extending the public land laws to certain lands situated in the Red River in Oklahoma. August 10, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Yerba Buena, or Goat Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of telegrams addressed to the President, from San Francisco, concerning Yerba Buena, or Goat Island. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
A.H. Marshall. February 6, 1934. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
A.H. Marshall. March 4 (calendar day, March 6), 1935. -- Ordered to be printed.
Abolishing the Santa Rosa Island National Monument, Fla. June 21 (legislative day, March 5), 1946. -- Ordered to be printed.
Abolishing the Santa Rosa Island National Monument. May 23, 1946. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Acceptance of gift of Constitution Island. January 14, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed.
Acceptance of title to lands adjacent to the Columbia River bird refuge. February 1, 1929. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Acceptance of title to lands adjacent to the Columbia River bird refuge. March 27 (calendar day, March 29), 1928. -- Ordered to be printed.
Adam McCulloch. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.
Additional fog bells at Iona Island, etc. March 3, 1896. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Message from the President of the United States transmitting proposals for eighteen additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System, pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964. Part 1. February 8, 1972. -- Referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Affairs in Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, correspondence with General Harney, relating to affairs in the department of Oregon. April 12, 1860. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Alaska Commercial Company. July 2, 1884. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Proceedings of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal convened at London, under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded at Washington January 24, 1903, for the settlement of questions between the two countries with respect to the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British possessions in North America. Vol. VII.
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Proceedings of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, convened at London, under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded at Washington January 24, 1903, for the settlement of questions between the two countries with respect to the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British possessions in North America. Vol. VI.
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.
Amelia Island, Florida, beach erosion control study. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers... submitting a report... on beach erosion control study of Amelia Island, Florida, prepared under the provisions of section 2 of the River and Harbor Act... June 27, 1961. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with five illustrations.
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year ended June 30, 1947.
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1898.
Annual reports of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. Volume IX. Report of the Chief of Engineers. Part 1.
Application to change mode of surveying islands of public lands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 23, 1817
Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia. August 31, 1965. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Atlantic coast of Long Island, Fire Island Inlet, and shore westerly to Jones Inlet, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated September 3, 1964, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations... March 15, 1965. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with forty-nine illustrations.
Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to donate and convey to Okaloosa County, State of Florida, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a portion of Santa Rosa Island, Fla. June 2 (legislative day, June 1), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. March 11 (legislative day, March 3), 1993. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota to such state for use for park, recreational, or wildlife refuge purposes. February 25, 1943. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing investigation as to whether Sand Island in the Columbia River is located in Oregon or Washington. June 16 (calendar day, June 18), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing sales and exchanges by the State of Wisconsin, notwithstanding certain provisions in act of August 22, 1912 (37 Stat. 324). June 11, 1938. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the Assateague Island National Seashore. June 15, 1965. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the Attorney General to acquire by condemnation proceedings all of that portion of McNeil Island which is not now owned by the United States, Gertrudis Island, and Pitt Island, all in the State of Washington, at a total cost not to exceed $300,000. June 21, 1935. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the President of the United States to accept on behalf of the United States a conveyance of certain lands on Government Island from the City of Alameda, Calif., in consideration of the relinquishment by the United States of all its rights and interest under a lease of such island dated July 5, 1918. June 18, 1930. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the appropriation of sums necessary to rehabilitate Eniwetok Atoll, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. September 23, 1974. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota to such state for use for park, recreational, or wildlife-refuge purposes. April 22, 1943. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota to such state for use for park, recreational, or wildlife-refuge purposes. June 15 (legislative day, June 4), 1945. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the establishment of the St. Croix Island National Monument, in the State of Maine. March 14, 1949. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the settlement of outstanding claims against Chapman Field, Fla. February 19, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the settlement of outstanding claims against Chapman Field, Fla. February 27, 1936. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Barrier islands protection system. September 19 (legislative day, June 12), 1980. -- Ordered to be printed.
Beach erosion at Grand Isle, La. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated September 22, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on studies and investigations of beach erosion at Grand Isle, La.... January 5, 1937. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with 14 illustrations.
Beach erosion control report on cooperative study of Virginia and Biscayne Keys, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated August 15, 1962, submitting a report... on a cooperative beach erosion control study... September 21, 1962. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with three illustrations.
Beach-erosion study at Blind Pass, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated March 22, 1937, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on studies of beach erosion at Bind Pass, Pinellas County, Fla... March 30, 1937. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with seven illustrations.
Beacon lights on islands in Moosehead Lake, Maine. February 23, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Belle Pass to Raccoon Point, Louisiana, beach erosion control study. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated October 6, 1961, submitting a report... on a cooperative beach erosion control study of Belle Pass to Raccoon Point, Louisiana... February 12, 1962. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with six illustrations.
Biscayne National Monument, Fla. July 25, 1968. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Biscayne National Monument, Fla. October 1 (legislative day, September 24), 1968. -- Ordered to be printed.
Bois Blanc Island military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of December 7, 1874, relative to the military reservation on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, and renewing the recommendations therein made. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Boundary between the United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.
Breakwater -- Tucker's Island, New Jersey. Proceedings of a meeting in the district of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. in relation to a breakwater on Tucker's Island. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of New York. April 24, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Bridges to connect Chincoteague Island and mainland, Virginia. September 18, 1919. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Bridges to connect Chincoteague Island, Va., and the mainland. September 12, 1919. -- Ordered to be printed.
British West India and North American colonial trade. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 9, 1818
Bulletin of the Pan American Union. Vol. XXXIX. July-December, 1914.
Cancellations of permits, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report, showing what cancellations of permits, issued under the act for the occupation of the Florida peninsula, have been ordered by him; the dates and other particulars of said permits; and the grounds upon which they were cancelled, &c. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table.
Case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871. Printed by order of Congress, U.S.A. In three volumes. Volume III [plus an additional section entitled Volume IV].
Certain land to be set aside as a park or forest reserve. February 13, 1905. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Cession of Danish West Indies. February 17, 1917. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Change in name of Bedloe's Island. June 26, 1956. -- Ordered to be printed.
Change name of Roosevelt Island to Theodore Roosevelt Island. January 17, 1933. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Changing the name of Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island. July 18, 1956. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Charles Howe. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the private land claim of Charles Howe's legal representatives, Gainesville, Fla. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Claim to six islands at the mouth of Detroit River. Communicated to the Senate, January 15, 1819
Coast of the Hawaiian Islands, harbors for light-draft vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated April 11, 1968, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on coasts of the Hawaiian Islands... July 8, 1968. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Coastal areas, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated October 22, 1962, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim report on the hurricane survey of the coastal areas, Georgia, authorized by Public Law 71, 84th Congress, approved June 15, 1955. January 14, 1963. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with two illustrations.
Coastal barrier improvement act of 1990. August 2, 1990. -- Ordered to be printed.
Coastal barrier resources act. May 26 (legislative day, May 25), 1982. -- Ordered to be printed.
Coastal barrier resources act. September 21, 1982. -- Ordered to be printed.
Coastal barrier resources system technical corrections. October 4 (legislative day, September 12), 1994. -- Ordered to be printed.
Coastal barriers resources act amendments of 1990. October 12 (legislative day, October 2), 1990. -- Ordered to be printed.
Compilation of reports of Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 1789-1901, First Congress, first session, to Fifty-sixth Congress, second session. Diplomatic relations with foreign nations -- Hawaiian Islands. Vol. VI.
Compromise of title to island on which Fort Delaware stands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 20, 1832
Considerations showing the expediency of constructing fortifications on the island of Key West, in Florida. Communicated to the Senate, December 29, 1829
Constitution Island, New York. April 22, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitution Island, New York. February 15, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitution Island, New York. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War transmitting draft of an item authorizing the Secretary of War to accept the donation... of the property known as Constitution Island... January 8, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Conveyance of certain lands of the United States to the City of Gloucester, Mass. July 11, 1957. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Conveyance of certain lands on Government Island. June 30, 1930. -- Ordered to be printed.
Conveying a part of Santa Rosa Island, Fla., to Okaloosa County, Fla. July 15, 1947. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Correspondence with Great Britain relative to a light on the Bahama Banks. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 27, 1824
Correspondence with Great Britain relative to cession of land on Island of Abaco, one of the Bahamas, for a light-house establishment. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 27, 1824
Craney Island and Fishermans Island. September 13, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Designating certain islands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Maine as wilderness areas. May 23, 1969. -- Ordered to be printed.
Designating certain islands in the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Maine as wilderness areas. July 8, 1968. -- Ordered to be printed.
Dust control measures at Long Island, Port Isabel, Tex. April 27, 1964. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Dust control measures at Long Island, Port Isabel, Tex. June 1 (legislative day, March 30), 1964. -- Ordered to be printed.
Edward Forbes et al. June 1, 1938. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Edward Forbes et al. June 7 (calendar day, June 10), 1938. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ellen Fullard-Leo, widow of Leslie Fullard-Leo, Leslie Vincent Fullard-Leo, Dudley Leinani Fullard-Leo, and Ainsely Allen Kahealani Fullard-Leo and the estate of Lelsie Fullard-Leo, deceased. August 29 (legislative day, July 20), 1950. -- Ordered to be printed.
Enlargement of Governors Island, New York Harbor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for enlargement of Governors Island, New York Harbor. January 3, 1901. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Entrance to Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the entrance to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Establishing the Channel Islands Marine National Park in the State of California, and for other purposes. May 15, 1979. -- Ordered to be printed.
Establishing the Channel Islands National Park, and for other purposes. December 13 (legislative day, November 29), 1979. -- Ordered to be printed.
Establishing the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. June 8, 1989. -- Ordered to be printed.
Establishing the National Park of Samoa. September 13, 1988. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Estimate for completing lighthouse on Staten Island and raising West Bank light. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor submitting an estimate of appropriation for completing lighthouse on Staten Island... February 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of appropriation for purchase of land at Sullivans Island, South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for purchase of land at Sullivans Island, South Carolina. December 8, 1902. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Examination of Ohio River at Sand Island, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Ohio River at Sand Island, Kentucky. December 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Expansion of the Gulf Island National Seashore, in the States of Florida and Mississippi. March 21, 1972. -- Ordered to be printed.
Exploring Expedition. Memorial of the officers of the Exploring Expedition, relative to personal accusations against said officers. January 11, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Library.
Extending the public land laws of the United States to certain lands, consisting of islands, situated in the Red River in Oklahoma. June 4 (legislative day, June 1), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed.
Extending the public land laws to certain lands situated in the Red River in Oklahoma. August 10, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Extending the public-land laws of the United States to certain lands, consisting of Islands, situated in the Red River in Oklahoma. May 5, 1948. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Extension of laws of the United States to certain Pacific islands. April 17 (legislative day, March 29), 1950. -- Ordered to be printed.
Extension of laws of the United States to certain Pacific islands. August 18, 1949. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Farm Island, S. Dak., amusement and recreational facilities. July 19, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Folly Beach, South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated June 2, 1965, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations...October 7, 1965. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Foreign relations of the United States, 1952-1954. Volume XIV. China and Japan. (In two parts) Part 1.
Foreign relations of the United States, 1955-1957. Volume II. China.
Fort Delaware -- U.S. title to the land. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the title of the United States to the island on which Fort Delaware has been constructed. February 10, 1831. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Fort Delaware. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the title of the island upon which Fort Delaware is erected. January 20, 1832. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. Feb. 1, 1832. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives.
Francisco Krebs. February 3, 1909. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Francisco Krebs. January 9, 1907. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Funds of the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska. August 16 (calendar day, Aug. 19), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fur seals and other life of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, in 1914. By Wilfred H. Osgood, Edward A. Preble, George H. Parker. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. February 19 (calendar day March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
General Harney's administration in Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for copies of correspondence in reference to General Harney's administration of the Department of Oregon. January 31, 1861. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Government of the West Indian Islands. February 20 (calendar day, February 23), 1917. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Grand Island National Recreation Area in the State of Michigan. March 5 (legislative day, January 23), 1990. -- Ordered to be printed.
Grand Isle and vicinity, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated May 8, 1964, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim Hurricane survey of Grand Isle and vicinity... May 24, 1965. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with thirty-three illustrations.
Granting Seal Rocks to San Francisco, Cal. May 27, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Granting Seal Rocks to San Francisco. July 22, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Granting certain lands to Shreveport, La., for reservoir purposes. March 21, 1924. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Granting certain rocks or islands to Oregon for park purposes. January 9 (calendar day, January 10), 1928. -- Ordered to be printed.
Granting rocks or islands to Oregon for park purposes. January 30, 1928. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Granting the consent of Congress to the City and County of San Francisco to construct a causeway and highways on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, and for other purposes. June 18, 1936. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Granting the consent of Congress to the City and County of San Francisco to construct a causeway and highways on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, and for other purposes. May 12 (calendar day, May 25), 1936. -- Ordered to be printed.
Granting to the Northern Paper Mills, Green Bay, Wis., certain islands in the Menominee River. June 4, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed.
Great Britain -- execution of the treaty of peace. Communicated to Congress, March 2, 1818
Great Britain and France. Communicated to Congress, on the 19th of February, 1807
Great Salt Lake National Monument. April 3, 1967. -- Ordered to be printed.
Guano Islands. February 7, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Guano Islands. February 8, 1889. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Guano islands. March 2, 1891. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Handbook of the American Republics. 1893. Bureau of the American Republics.
Harbor at Beaumont and Neches River, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of harbor at Beaumont, Tex., with a view to the removal of island in the turning basin, and Neches River, Tex., with a view to making a cut-off or cut-offs at lower end of Harbor Island in order to facilitate the navigation of said stream. February 6, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Harbor at Reedy Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) August 15, 1856.
History and digest of the international arbitrations to which the United States has been a party, together with appendices containing the treaties relating to such arbitrations, and historical and legal notes on other international arbitrations ancient and modern, and on the domestic commissions of the United States for the adjustment of international claims. By John Bassett Moore... In six volumes. Volume I.
Hudson River at Troy, N.Y., removal of Adams Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Hudson River at Troy, N.Y., with a view to removal of Adams Island. January 15, 1916. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Immigration submitting an estimate of appropriation for improvements at Immigrant Station, Ellis Island. December 16, 1902. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Improving the management of certain public lands in the State of Minnesota. July 26, 1989. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
In Senate of the United States, April 12, 1832. Read, and ordered to be printed, with the documents annexed. Mr. Marcy made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 130) to authorize the Secretary of War to enter into a compromise to secure to the United States a title in fee to an island in the Delaware...
In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 332.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, assignee of Cornelius McCurtin, for the confirmation of his title to a tract to land, report:...
In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 208.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the respective petitions of Messrs. Gillet and Clark, and of Simon Rousson, (alias Simon Rousseau)...
In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1846. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. June 26, 1846. -- Ordered, that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 214.) The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate directing them to inquire into the expediency of causing to be published additional copies of the scientific works of the Exploring Expedition, under the command of Captain Wilkes, and also a resolution of the House of Representatives directing them to report the cost of the said expedition, of the scientific works now in course of publication, &c., report...
In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report with S. Bill No. 175. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a memorial from sundry citizens of Connecticut, interested in the whale fishery, praying that an exploring expedition be fitted out to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, report...
In Senate of the United States. May 31, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 96. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Bill No. 96, submitted the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1896. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report: (To accompany S. 2549.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2549) for the establishment of a light-house on Swan Island, belonging to the United States, in the Caribbean Sea, make a favorable report on the same...
In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 249.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad Company, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 936.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred House Bill No. 936, report the same back and recommend its passage, and in support of said bill adopt the report of the Committee on Private Land Claims of the House, which is as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 606.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of Alfred G. Benson...
In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 487.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred Senate Bill No. 487, and the petition of citizens of Moline and Rock Island, Illinois, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 545.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the "Petition of H.W. Benham, administrator of the estate of the late John McNiel, praying a confirmation of the title of said McNiel to certain lands," report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1894. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following report from the Committee on Foreign Relations: The following resolution of the Senate defines the limits of the authority of the committee in the investigation and report it is required to make...
In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 100.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the "Petition of H.W. Benham, administrator of the estate of the late John McNiel, praying a confirmation of the title of said McNiel to certain lands," report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs having, by resolution of the Senate passed December 16, 1868, been "directed to inquire into the practicability, expediency and probable cost of deepening the entrance to the harbor of Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, so as to afford a safe rendezvous and port of refuge and resort for the naval and merchant vessels of the United States," beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 153.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 153, "A Bill To Relinquish the Reversionary Interest of the United States to a Certain Reservation Therein Mentioned and To Confirm the Title of Chas. G. Gunter thereto,"...
In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Epidemic Diseases and ordered to be printed. Memorial of A. Berger, M.D., of Tampa, Fla., in relation to the treatment and suppression of leprosy in the United States.
In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Whereas the Secretary of the Treasury has by public advertisement invited bids for leasing the islands of St. Paul and St. George, in the Territory of Alaska, for a period of twenty years...
In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 419.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 419, recognizing the survey of the Grand Cheniere Island, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 16, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom has been referred "the memorial of William T. Kendall, of Baltimore, asking indemnity for property seized and confiscated by the alleged authority of the British Government, and for the value of guano claimed under the act of August 18, 1856," have had same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1896. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Vice-President presented the following letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a communication from N.L. Jeffries, Attorney for the North American Commercial Company...
In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1884. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1449.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1449) to provide for the sale of the military reservation on the Island of Bois Blanc, in the Straits of Mackinaw, in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior accompanied by a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation to certain islands in the Mississippi River. (To accompany Bill S. 145.)...
In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1896. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Proctor, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, having been directed by resolution of the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Smith Mowry, "praying confirmation of his title to certain lands on the coast of Florida," &c., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to guano deposits on Acras Cays. July 25, 1892. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, submitting dispatches and accompanying documents from the United States minister at Hawaii, relative to the lease to Great Britain of an island as a station for a submarine telegraph cable. January 9, 1895. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Increase flying-field area of Governors Island, N.Y. February 26, 1931. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Information collected by the Navy Department relating to islands, reefs, shoals, etc., in the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, and showing the expediency of an exploring expedition in that ocean and those seas by the Navy. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 29, 1835
Internal improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th Dec., 1826, in relation to the works of internal improvement which have been undertaken or projected by the general government, from the year 1824 to the year 1826, inclusive, &c. March 4, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table.
Investigation of Sand Island pursuant to Senate Resolution 250. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1927. -- Ordered to be printed.
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.
Island in Fox River. February 10, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Island in Lakes Huron and Michigan. March 7, 1848. Laid upon the table.
Island in the Coosa River, Ala. March 29, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Islands in the Great Miami River. June 23, 1848.
Islands of Cagayan Sulu and Sibutu. January 22, 1901. -- Ordered to be printed.
Islands of Morant Cays. December 17, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Isle Au Haut thoroughfare, Maine. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting... report of examination of Isle Au Haut thoroughfare, Maine, between the island of Isle Au Haut and Kimballs Island, with a view to obtaining a channel of increased depth and width and the establishment of a harbor of refuge. January 7, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Isle of Pines (Caribbean Sea): Its situation, physical features, inhabitants, resources, and industries. With maps. Prepared in the Division of Insular Affairs, War Department, 1902. April 10, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed.
J.G. Seupelt. March 20, 1924. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Daily. July 5, 1884. -- Committed on the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Soniat Dufossat. December 22, 1831.
Kaunkakai Harbor, Island of Molokai, Hawaii. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated April 14, 1933, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustration, on a preliminary examination and survey... April 18, 1933. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Land conveyance to West Cameron Port Commission. November 15, 1993. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Lands in Michigan. March 16, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Lease Governors Island, Mass., to the City of Boston, Mass. January 29, 1931. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Lease of certain islands in Alaska. January 18, 1897. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Lee County, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated May 21, 1970, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on Lee County, Florida... October 6, 1970. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying information called for by the Senate resolution of May 10, 1872, relative to the expediency of preserving Goat Island for military purposes. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 19, 1872, the report of a board of engineers upon the present condition of the Mississippi River between Saint Louis and Alton. April 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of an act for the reversion of an island in the Missouri River to the public domain. December 2, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peters and Mississippi Rivers. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed, to accompany the Senate Joint Resolution 10.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports in regard to the establishment of signal stations upon the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. January 13, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of the 14th instant, copy of report of Lieut. Col. G.K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, dated December 7, 1881, in regard to the condition of the government's wharf and docks at Block Island, Rhode Island. December 19, 1881. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an additional appropriation of $75,000 for improving Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, for immigration purposes. June 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of January 17, 1889, report of George R. Tingle on the seal islands of Alaska. January 28, 1889. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1886, report of Agent Tingle on the seal islands of Alaska. December 20, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1887, Special Agent Tingle's report on the conduct of affairs in the Seal Islands of Alaska. December 19, 1887. -- Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to the discovery, occupation, and character of the Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Lido Key, Sarasota County, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated June 19, 1969, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on Lido Key, Sarasota County, Florida... April 21, 1970. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Light and fog-signal at Mary or St. Mary's Island, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an appropriation for the establishment of a light and fog-signal at Mary or St. Mary's Island, Alaska. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Light-house on Richmond's Island, Maine. March 27, 1882. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Lighthouse, Grand Island, Mississippi. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Lighthouse Board, of an appropriation for a lighthouse on Grand Island in lieu of one on Saint Joseph's Island, Mississippi. March 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, in reference to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, in relation to the protection and improvement of Little Egg Harbor. April 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Louis Goldstone. Memorial of Louis Goldstone, relative to the Alaska seal fishery. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Making funds available for carrying into effect Public Resolution No. 89, Seventieth Congress. June 4 (calendar day, June 8), 1929. -- Ordered to be printed.
Massachusetts. Memorial of Inhabitants of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts, praying that an expedition may be fitted out, under the sanction of government to survey and explore the Islands and Coasts of the Pacific. February 18, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
McNeil Island. May 13 (calendar day, June 24), 1935. -- Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of E.T. Langham and A.W. McDonald. June 6, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.
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.
Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in answer to the petition of Thomas J. Smith, in favor of making Indian Key a port of entry. January 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the American Guano Company, praying the recognition and protection of all islands discovered and settled by Americans, as well as all other islands or lands which may hereafter be discovered and settled by them, and which contain guano. May 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, remonstrating against the passage of the bill granting a part of Goat Island, in the harbor of San Francisco, to the Central Pacific Railroad Company. March 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, in regard to Wolf Island, the jurisdiction of which is in dispute between that state and Kentucky, praying that the land may be sold, so that the purchasers may test the question of jurisdiction in the federal courts. December 22, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Dubuque, praying a donation of certain islands in the Mississippi River, opposite that city. February 2, 1847. Submitted by the Committee on Public Lands, (to accompany Bill H.R. No. 610,) and ordered to be printed.
Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. April 15, 1932. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, (in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate,) with copies of communications from the Commissioner under the 4th Article of the Treaty of Ghent. February 25, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, accompanying copies of the decision and declaration of the commissioners under the fourth article of the Treaty of Ghent. March 2, 1818. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 3, 1879, information in relation to the Samoan Islands. March 21, 1879. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the establishment of a new British colony in Central America. January 4, 1853. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the proceedings instituted under a resolution of Congress to try the title to the Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. May 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. May 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works on the Pea Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, and the report by which it is accompanied upon Samoa or the Navigator's Islands. April 22, 1874. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, the correspondence of Lieutenant General Scott, in reference to the island of San Juan, and of Brigadier General Harney, in command of the department of Oregon. January 30, 1860. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. January 31, 1860. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 7, 1860. -- Report in favor of printing. The usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to.
Michael Travers. January 28, 1897. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Michigan public lands improvement act of 1988. September 22 (legislative day, September 7), 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
Military Academy appropriation bill. February 11, 1909. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Minnesota public lands improvement act of 1989. November 19, 1989 (legislative day, November 6), 1989. -- Ordered to be printed.
Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Volume XXXIII.
Nantucket Sound Islands Trust. November 26, 1975. -- Ordered to be printed. Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of November 20, 1975.
Naval station in the West Indies. March 31, 1898. -- Ordered to be printed.
Nicollet Island, Minnesota. September 14, 1888. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Niobrara Island, Nebr. January 6 (calendar day, February 5), 1930. -- Ordered to be printed.
Niobrara Island, Nebr. January 6, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Northern Paper Mills. May 14, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Occupation of Amelia Island. Communicated by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives, January 20, 1819
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated December 2, 1964, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim hurricane survey and a cooperative... March 10, 1965. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with two illustrations.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. [Operations of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron; April 7 to September 30, 1863, Series 1, Vol. 14].
On claim to land in Louisiana. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 22, 1831
On claim to land in Louisiana. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 29, 1831
On the expediency of authorizing an exploring expedition, by vessels of the Navy, to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Communicated to the Senate, March 21, 1836
On the subject of a compromise of title with the claimant to Pea Patch Island, in Delaware River, on which Fort Delaware stands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 23, 1835
On the subject of the title of the United States to the island in the Delaware River, on which Fort Delaware has been erected. Communicated to the Senate, April 12, 1832
Other coastal beaches, South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers... submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim hurricane survey of other coastal beaches, South Carolina... April 18, 1966. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of J.N. Reynolds, in relation to islands, reefs, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean, &c. January 27, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900.
Pea Patch Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) January 16, 1846.
Pea Patch Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) January 23, 1835.
Pea Patch Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) January 5, 1836.
Petition of Thomas Jefferson Smith, in reply to the remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, against the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Philippine Islands. February 15, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Plum Island, Mass., beach erosion control study. Letter from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated January 23, 1953, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on... August 25, 1953. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with six illustrations (pursuant to Public Law 153, 83d Cong.).
Pre-emption to the sand bar, in front of St. Louis. April 1, 1836. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination for obtaining a channel through Conanicut Island, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination for obtaining a channel through Conanicut Island, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. March 18, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary examination of Wallabout Channel, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Wallabout Channel, New York. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Propagation of fur-bearing animals in Alaska. April 1, 1908. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Proposed sale of the Galapagos Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 6, 1899, a report from the Secretary of State, relative to the proposed sale of the Galapagos Islands by the Republic of Ecuador to Great Britain. December 14, 1899. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Protection of birds, etc. February 19, 1906. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Providing for the establishment of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, in the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, for the recognition of certain historic values at Fort San Carlos, Fort Redoubt, Fort Pickens in Florida and Fort Massachusetts in Mississippi, and for other purposes. August 10, 1970. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of Round Island, Hudson River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation for purchase of Round Island, Hudson River. December 13, 1901. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of island -- confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting proceedings, under joint resolution of Congress of the 13th of February last, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Quarantine Island, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) September 24, 1850.
Quarantine Island, Duncan's Island, &c. Memorial of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, asking Congress to release and relinquish to said city all claim to Quarantine Island, Duncan's Island or bar, and all other unappropriated land within the corporate limits. February 25, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Quarantine at San Francisco. June 9, 1880. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Quarantine station, Honolulu, Hawaii. February 9, 1906. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Quieting title and possession to a certain island in the Tennessee River in the County of Lauderdale, Ala. April 20 (calendar day, May 31), 1938. -- Ordered to be printed.
Quieting title and possession to a certain island in the Tennessee River in the County of Lauderdale, Ala. March 2, 1938. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Quieting title and possession to certain islands in the Tennessee River in the Counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Ala. April 20 (calendar day, May 31), 1938. -- Ordered to be printed.
Quieting title and possession to certain islands in the Tennessee River in the Counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Ala. March 1, 1938. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Quieting title and possession to certain lands in the Tennessee River in the Counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Ala. April 20 (calendar day, May 31), 1938. -- Ordered to be printed.
Quieting title and possession to certain lands in the Tennessee River in the Counties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Ala. March 2, 1938. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Relative to the establishment of a light-house on the British Island of Abaco, one of the Bahama islands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 20, 1825
Relative to the location of a New Madrid certificate on the sand-bar in front of St. Louis. Communicated to the House of Representatives, April 1, 1836
Relative to the title to the island opposite St. Louis. Communicated to the House of Representatives, June 6, 1836
Relief of J.G. Seupelt. April 3, 1920. -- Ordered to be printed.
Relief of J.G. Seupelt. July 11, 1921. -- Ordered to be printed.
Relief of certain occupants of unsurveyed public lands in Arkansas. February 23, 1909. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Relinquishing the right of the United States to a certain island. January 17, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Removal of Smith's, Windmill, and Petty's islands, Delaware River. Letter from the Secretary of the War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, with a copy of the report of the Board of Engineers appointed to examine into Smith's, Windmill, and Petty's islands, Delaware River. April 13, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Removal of the quarantine station from Ship Island, Mississippi. February 8, 1887. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Report and charts of the cruise of the U.S. brig Dolphin, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Lieut. S.P. Lee, United States Navy.
Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, in relation to the claim of Henry Gale and others to the Pea Patch Island. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate.
Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a report of the survey of a channel between the islands of North and South Hero, in Lake Champlain. January 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence in relation to the proceedings which have taken place for the recovery of Peapatch Island. June 8, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report from the Secretary of War, with report and plan of the survey of the Island of Nantucket, in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant. January 18, 1828. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
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.
Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the message of the President of the United States in relation to the Island of Abaco. January 20, 1825. Read, and, by order of the House, laid upon the table.
Report of the Philippine Commission to the President. Vol. III.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a reconnoissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado River by Lieutenant Derby. June 19, 1852. Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, calling for information relative to the fortifications on the Pea Patch Island. February 25, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the settlement of the title to the Pea Patch Island. January 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 22, 1844. Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the expediency of promptly completing the fortifications at the Tortugas and Key West. 1854, May 22. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of an agreement entered into by him on behalf of the United States, with Alexander G. Abell, in relation to the island of Santa Cruz, on the coast of California. June 21, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress. In five volumes. Volume I.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Fifty-third Congress. In five volumes. Volume I.
Report of the cruise of the revenue marine steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1884.
Reservation and sale of town sites, etc. May 15, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Reservations of lands on account of live oak. June 10, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Reserving for public use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and small islands along the seacoast of Orange County, Calif. January 26 (calendar day, February 9), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota being authorized to cede to each other mutually concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the islands in the Mississippi River lying between them. February 27, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of the retrocession of the Pea Patch Island to that state, for the purpose of establishing the title thereto. January 27, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Revenue from rental of the Seal Islands of Alaska. January 23, 1897. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
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.
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.
S. Gillett, and others -- islands in the Detroit Straits. April 18, 1848. Laid upon the table.
Sale of Rock Island, in the Coosa River. August 3, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Sale of an island in the Coosa River, Ala. June 8, 1916. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
San Francisco and Piedmont Railway. May 21, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed.
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.
Sand Island, Alabama, light station. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Lighthouse Board of an appropriation for the protection of the Sand Island, Alabama, light station. May 4, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Santa Rosa Island, Fla. June 18 (legislative day, June 17), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed.
Seal fisheries in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the House of Representatives, information relating to the seal fisheries in Alaska. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Seal fisheries of Alaska. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committed to Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Shadrack Gillet and others. February 8, 1849. Laid upon the table.
Sibley Island, N. Dak. March 29, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Southwestern Land District of Louisiana. June 8, 1888. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Spain -- illegal armaments, and occupation of Amelia Island. Communicated to Congress, March 14, and to the House of Representatives, March 26, 1818
St. Croix Island National Monument. June 1, 1934. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
St. Croix Island National Monument. May 10, 1934. -- Ordered to be printed.
St. Paul's Island, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. banks, relative to St. Paul's Island, in Behring's Sea. May 18, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Status of Swains Island. February 20, 1925. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Status of Swains Island. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State regarding the status of Swains Island, recommending that it be placed under the jurisdiction of the government established in American Samoa. May 20 (calendar day, May 23), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Surface water supply of Hawaii July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928. Nathan C. Grover, chief hydraulic engineer. Max H. Carson, district engineer. [U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 675.].
Surface water supply of Hawaii, July 1, 1928, to June 30, 1929. Nathan C. Grover, chief hydraulic engineer. Max H. Carson, district engineer. [U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 695.].
Survey at Galveston Island, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey for the purpose of further determining the cause of the erosion of the easterly of Galveston Island, Texas. December 19, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Allegany River. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a report and drawings of the survey of Allegany River. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.
Survey of Galveston Island, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, with a report of a survey for determining the cause of the erosion of the easterly end of Galveston Island, Texas. December 12, 1895. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Survey of certain islands in rivers in lands heretofore belonging to the Five Civilized Tribes. February 5, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed.
Survey of the coast of Louisiana. Communicated to the Senate, February 4, 1811
Surveys of islands recently acquired. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 31, 1900, a report by the Bureau of Equipment, Navy Department, stating what surveys of the islands recently acquired by the United States have been made by the Navy Department. May 8, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
T.F. Peterson. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table.
T.F. Peterson. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.
Telephone, etc., from mainland of Plum Island to Washington Island, Wisconsin. February 12, 1903. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Terminal Central Pacific Railroad Co. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a report by the Chief of Engineers relative to a bill for the relief of the Terminal Central Pacific Railroad Company. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial. January 10 (calendar day, January 18), 1933. -- Ordered to be printed.
Theodore Roosevelt memorial. February 24, 1932. -- Ordered to be printed.
Thomas H. Dowling -- claim to Yerba Buena. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
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.
Title to Fort Chartres Island. February 13, 1880. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Title to the Pea Patch Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the House of Representatives, in relation to the Pea Patch Island, &c. June 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Titles to lands in Saginaw Bay, Michigan. March 17, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
To convey certain lands in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. October 8 (legislative day, September 30), 1992. -- Ordered to be printed.
To extend the public land laws of the United States to certain lands, consisting of islands, situated in the Red River in Oklahoma. March 6, 1936. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
To relinquish to Battle Creek, Mich., all right, title, and interest of the United States in two unsurveyed islands in the Kalamazoo River. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1925. -- Ordered to be printed.
To relinquish to Battle Creek, Mich., all right, title, and interest of the United States in two unsurveyed islands in the Kalamazoo River. May 13, 1924. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
To remove restrictions against construction on certain parts of Governors Island, N.Y. January 16 (calendar day, January 17), 1936. -- Ordered to be printed.
To reserve for public use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and small islands along the seacoast of Orange County, Calif. January 13, 1931. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Topographic and geologic insular surveys. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 9, 1900, a communication from the Director of the Geological Survey, inclosing a report on topographic and geologic insular surveys. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Geological Survey and ordered to be printed.
Transfer of Craney Island and Fishermans Island. July 21, 1919. -- Ordered to be printed.
Transfer of Craney Island and Fishermans Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting tentative draft of bill authorizing transfer of land known as Craney Island from War Department to Treasury Department and Fishermans Island from Treasury Department to War Department. August 22, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Transfer of Niobrara Island to the State of Nebraska. February 17, 1927. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Transfer of jurisdiction of Craney and Fishermans Islands. October 27, 1919. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Transferring Pelican Rock in Crescent City Harbor, Del Norte County, Calif., to that county. June 4 (legislative day, June 1), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed.
Transferring Pelican Rock in Crescent City Harbor, Del Norte County, Calif., to that county. May 5, 1948. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Treaty between the United States and Spain. Message from the President of the United States...relating to the treaty between the United States and Spain...November 7, 1900, providing for the cession of...Philippine Archipelago lying outside the lines described in...Treaty of Peace of December 10, 1898. January 29, 1901. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Treaty relating to the Pacific islands. Address of the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, member of the American delegation at the fourth plenary session of the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, upon submitting the draft of a treaty agreed upon by the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan, December 10, 1921. Presented by Mr. Kellogg. December 13, 1921. -- Ordered to be printed.
Treaty with New Zealand on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the United States of America and Tokelau. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the Treaty between the United States of America and New Zealand... March 25, 1981. -- Treaty was read the first time and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.
Tybee Island, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated November 3, 1970, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on Tybee Island, Georgia... May 5, 1971. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Tybee Island, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers... submitting a report... on an interim report on hurricane survey of Tybee Island, Georgia, authorized by Public Law 71, 84th Congress, approved June 15, 1955. March 7, 1960. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with three illustrations.
United States quarantine station, Honolulu, Hawaii. January 25, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed.
Unsurveyed islands in Minnesota. April 27, 1916. -- Ordered to be printed.
Unsurveyed lands in Oklahoma belonging to the Five Civilized Tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation on the subject of unsurveyed lands in Oklahoma belonging to the Five Civilized Tribes. January 11, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Unsurveyed lands, keys, and islands of the United States. June 9, 1880. -- Recommitted to the Committee of the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Upper Thoroughfare, Deals Island, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated August 24, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustration, on a preliminary examination and survey of Upper Thoroughfare... January 5, 1937. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustration.
Validating certain conveyances made by the State of Wisconsin. March 14, 1938. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Wake Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 30, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island... January 5, 1937. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach: Operations against the Defenses of Charleston; June-December 1863; Series 1, Vol. 28, Chapter 40 , Part 2].
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach: Operations against the Defenses of Charleston; June-December 1863; Series 1, Vol. 28, Chapter 40, Part 1].
Widows Island, Maine. February 26, 1903. -- Ordered to be printed.
Widows Island, Maine. January 17, 1903. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Wolf Island. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to Wolf Island. April 7, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture. 1901.
Yerba Buena Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill to quiet the title to Yerba Buena Island. December 20, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 6, 1881. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

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