United States congressional serial set, serial set no. 1687
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- United States convicts. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House passed December 17, 1875, copy of a letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, giving a statement of number of convicts held in state prisons by authority of the United States, and the annual expense of keeping the same. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Alaska seal fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieut. Washburn Maynard, United States Navy, on the subject of the Alaska seal fisheries. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Army officers who have signified their intention of entering foreign military service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a House Resolution of the 6th instant, a statement of the names of officers of the Army who have signified their intention of entering foreign military service. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and 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.
- Camp Cady military reservation. Letter from Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of April 22, 1874, relative to the Camp Cady military reservation in California, and asking authority to relinquish the same to the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Camp Crook military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of January 4, 1875, (House Ex. Doc. No. 80, Forty-third Congress, second session,) relative to the Camp Crook military reservation in Shasta County, California, and renewing the recommendations contained therein. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Catharine [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia Germain [i.e., German]. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, presenting a further communication from the War Department upon the subject of the destitute condition of Catharine [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia Germain [i.e., German], two Cheyenne captives. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report and map of Board of Engineers of plan for the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce 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.
- Clerks employed in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of clerks employed in the War Department from December 1, 1874, to November 30, 1875, inclusive. January 5, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- Contingent fund of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures of the contingent fund for the Navy Department and the bureaus and offices therein. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Deposits with paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, reporting a proposed system of deposits by officers with Army paymasters. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Deposits with paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of officers for legislation to enable officers of the Army to make deposits with paymasters. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Distribution of United States troops. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a statement showing the distribution of United States troops in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana on December 1, 1875. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Emoluments and fees of Customs officials. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of section 2639 of the revised statutes, a statement of the official emoluments and fees received by Customs officers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Fort Cummings, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the transfer of the Fort Cummings, New Mexico, buildings and reservation to the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- George Wright. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting the claim of George Wright for use of his patent by the government. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
- Harbor at Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Major Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, on the modification of plan for improvement of the harbor at Chicago, Ill., and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Harlem River, New York, harbor of refuge, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Harlem River, New York; and the condition of the harbor of refuge, mouth of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Hospital for Fort Leavenworth military prison. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for a hospital for Fort Leavenworth military prison and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Improvement of Detroit River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Detroit River, and inviting attention to the suggestion of the Chief of Engineers that an appropriation be made for the improvement of the same at the "Limekilns." January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Inaccuracies and omissions in the revised statutes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of heads of bureaus of the War Department showing inaccuracies and omissions in the revised statutes. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
- Issue of clothing to Privates Hegner and Collins. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a board of survey for investigation of the fire at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dak., November 10, 1874, recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to sufferers therein named. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Issue of clothing to five soldiers of Company C, Sixth United States Cavalry. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting proceedings of a board of survey, held in camp on Washita River, Texas, April 15, 1875, to investigate the causes of a fire at the same place and date, and recommending that a gratuitous issue of clothing be made to five soldiers of Company C, Sixth Cavalry, in place of that destroyed by the fire. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- James B. Sinclair. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request of James B. Sinclair, First Lieutenant United States Army, (retired,) that a special act be passed placing his name on the retired list as captain. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Jetties at Fort Brown, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for jetties to protect the river banks at Fort Brown, Texas. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Leak in high-service reservoir, Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Chief of Engineers, reporting leak in the high-service reservoir, and recommending an appropriation of $4,000 for immediate repair of same. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Lieut. J.G. Leefe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers in the case of Lieut. J.G. Leefe, Nineteenth Infantry, who asks relief from responsibility for the loss of subsistence funds stolen from him November, 1873. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- List of employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with section 11 of act of Congress approved August 26, 1842, statement of civil employes [sic] of the Department, together with the time each was employed and the sum he received, for the year ending December 31, 1875. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Losses by fire at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of six officers of the Third Artillery for indemnity for loss by fire at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., March 3, 1875. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Losses of clothing by fire. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a board of survey held at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, in case of fifty men of Company A, Second Cavalry, relative to issue of clothing in lieu of that destroyed by fire, and a recommendation that the same be gratuitously issued. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Louisville and Portland Canal Company. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the act of May 11, 1874, a report of Maj. G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, showing the receipts and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1875, of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Money deposits with Army paymasters. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a petition of the officers of the Army for such legislation as will enable them to make deposits of money with Army paymasters. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Mouth of Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the prosecution of work at the mouth of Cape Fear River. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Murphy & Good. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting papers in the claim of Messrs. Murphy & Good for $791.38 for laying sidewalk in front of United States arsenal grounds at Indianapolis, Ind. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
- Names of clerks and employes in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with section 194 of the revised statutes, the names of clerks and others employed in the Department or any of its offices during the year 1875, with the time each was actually employed and the sum paid to each. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Navigation from Chesapeake Bay to Pamlico Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the extension of navigation from Chesapeake Bay to Pamlico Sound. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- New barracks at Fort Monroe, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting plans for the erection of new barracks at Fort Monroe, Va., and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Norse-American line of steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of correspondence between the Departments of State and Treasury relative to a claim of the Norse-American line of steamships for the refunding of a sum of money therein specified, payment of which is urged by the minister of Sweden and Norway under certain treaty provisions also named. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
- Officers on active list of Navy or Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of inquiry adopted by the House on the 15th instant, as to whether there are in the Navy or Marine Corps any officers over the age of sixty-two. January 13, 1876. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Patrick Noonan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of the proceedings of a board of survey at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in case of Patrick Noonan, and recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to the same. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting correspondence upon the subject of the present necessities of the Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Public buildings at Baltimore, Maryland. Report of the special commission, composed of the Secretary of Treasury, the Postmaster General, and the Supervising Architect, on the government buildings at Baltimore. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation to subsist the Sioux Indians at Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies, &c. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Relief of grasshopper sufferers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Subsistence, made in compliance with the act of February 10, 1875, for the relief of grasshopper sufferers. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
- Report of Chief Signal Officer of expenses, etc. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with section 228, title VI, revised statutes, a report of the Chief Signal Officer, showing the amount of funds appropriated for, and expended by, the Signal Office during fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Reports of Postmaster General in compliance with act of June 8, 1872. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 8, 1872: (1) a report of clerks and others employed in the Department, their time and compensation, for the year ending December 31, 1875; (2) an inventory of United States property in the offices of Department for same year; (3) statement of mail equipment contracts for year ending June 30, 1875; and (4) copies of stationery contracts made for same year. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed.
- Right of way through Camp Douglas reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report by the commanding officer at Camp Douglas, Utah, on H.R. 4301, Forty-third Congress, second session, on the right of way through the government reservation at that post. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
- Sale of building at Stonington, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a small brick structure erected in 1813 at Stonington, Conn., and asking for its sale. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Schedule of claims allowed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with second section of act of Congress of June 16, 1874, a schedule of 355 claims arising under act of July 4, 1864, examined and allowed. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and 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.
- Sergeant Herman Theune. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the affidavit of Sergeant Herman Theune, and recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to the same in lieu of that destroyed by a fire at Fort Whipple, Ariz., November 13, 1874. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill providing for a modification of the requirements of the fifth article of the treaty of February 19, 1837 [i.e., 1867], with the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of the Sioux Indians, and recommending the same to the consideration of Congress. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Statement of claims passed upon by the Quartermaster General's office. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 15th ultimo, a report of the Acting Quartermaster General and statements of claims passed upon by the Quartermaster General's office. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
- Survey of Chippewa River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of act of March 3, 1875, the report of Maj. Francis U. [i.e., V.] Farquhar, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of Chippewa River, Wisconsin. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Survey of Elk River, West Virginia. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1875, a copy of the report of Maj. W.P. Craighill on the survey of the Elk River, West Virginia, between its mouth and Charleston and Braxton Courthouse. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Survey of Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting in compliance with provisions of act of March 3, 1875, a report of Maj. G.K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Survey of Matinicus Island harbor, and Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine; and Ipswich Bay and harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1875, copies of the reports of Lieutenant-Colonel Thom, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of Matinicus Island harbor, and Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine, and Ipswich Bay and harbor, Massachusetts. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Systems of paying enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with disapproval, a plan for a change in the present system of pay of enlisted men, by Capt. O.W. Pollock, Twenty-third Infantry, United States Army. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Terms of service of Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of one hundred officers of the Army, asking that the laws may be so amended as to permit officers who have served as regulars or volunteers to count that service. December 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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