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- "Copper Parity Price Details." An article prepared by Hon. Hoval A. Smith of Phoenix, Ariz., entitled "Copper Parity Price Details." Presented by Mr. Ashurst. January 5 (calendar day, March 29), 1938. -- Ordered to be printed.
- "Latter-Day Saints," alias Mormons. The petition of the Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, stating that they have purchased lands of the general government, lying in the State of Missouri, from which they have been driven with force by the constituted authorities of the state, and prevented from occupying the same; and have suffered other wrongs, for which they pray Congress to provide a remedy. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- "Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Memorial of W.S. Coodey and John Drew, representatives of the "Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. February 10, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
- "Proviso," slavery, the tariff, and the war with Mexico. Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, in relation to the proviso, slavery, the tariff, and the war with Mexico. May 18, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- (To be annexed to Rep. No. 24.) William Bailey and Elizabeth Swetland [i.e., Sweetland], widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) March 21, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
- 1895-1905. American National Institute (Prix de Paris) (Paris, France) founded by Matilda Smedley, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, December 9, 1895. Act to reincorporate passed the United States Senate April 18, 1904. Henri von Daur, Secretary-General.
- A. McDaniel, Leonard Jones, and others. Memorial of Alexander McDaniel, Leonard Jones, and others. February 9, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.
- A.P. Jackson and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, for the relief of A.P. Jackson and others. February 9, 1974. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
- A.V. Reed. March 14, 1898. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, to accompany S. 4122, and ordered to be printed.
- Aaron Leggett. Memorial of Aaron Leggett, of the State of New York in relation to claims on the Republic of Mexico. July, 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Abolish Military Academy, West Point. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the Military Academy at West Point. February 17, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Abolition of military posts. Petition of John B. Wolff, in behalf of white settlers in Colorado and Dakota territories, praying the abolition of military posts and for other reforms in the Indian policy of the United States. June 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Abolition of slavery in Cuba. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, remonstrating against the colonial policy of the Spanish government in relation to slavery in the island of Cuba. May 25, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Absecom Harbor and Great and Little Egg Harbor Inlets. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the improvement of the harbor at Absecom, Great and Little Egg Harbor inlets. March 27, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Absecom and Great and Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, relative to an appropriation for Absecom and Great and Little Egg Harbor. February 3, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- Abuses of passengers in California steamers. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the abuses of passengers in California steamers. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Accident on board of the Princeton. Resolutions of the Common Council of New York, respecting the accident on board of the Princeton, February 28, 1844. October 14, 1844. Received by the Clerk of the House from the Department of State. December 13, 1844. Laid before the House by the Speaker: laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
- Account of bills of credit, and other printing executed under resolves of the Revolutionary Congress. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 27, 1810
- Accounts of Army officers. Memorandum from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of certain Army officers relating to Bill (H.R. 6648) conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to adjudicate the claims of certain officers of the Army for arrearages of longevity pay. February 24, 1903. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed.
- Acquisition of territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the acquisition and control of foreign territory by the United States. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
- Act - State of Maryland. An Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled a further supplement to the act, entitled "An Act for the Promotion of Internal Improvement". March 17, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill authorizing a subscription of Stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
- Actual settlers on railroad lands in Arkansas. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, asking the privilege for actual settlers on all lands reserved for railroads in Arkansas, to make entry and purchase at the graduated price as now fixed. January 15, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Additional aid to industrial colleges. Memorial of the East Tennessee University, showing reasons why Congress should render additional aid to colleges established and to be established under the original and amended law of 1862. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
- Additional amount of currency. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking Congress to grant relief for the present financial embarrassment by authorizing the issue of an additional amount of currency. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
- Additional cable service to Cuba. April 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Additional district judge, northern district of California. January 19, 1927. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
- Additional federal court for Illinois. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, requesting the passage of the bill to create an additional federal judicial district for the State of Illinois. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Additional improvements of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, asking for additional improvements of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. February 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Additional judge of United States court in Indian Territory. February 27, 1897. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany H.R. 10002.
- Additional judicial circuit in Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to establish a United States judicial circuit in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Additional land districts in Washington Territory. Resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, asking for the creation of three additional land districts in that territory. April 7, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
- Additional mail facilities. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting increased mail facilities. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
- Additional mail service to China and Japan. Memorial of John Roach against the cancellation of the contract for additional mail service to China and Japan. February 11, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Additional taxation of life-insurance companies, etc. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from A.W. Lyman suggesting additional taxation on life-insurance companies and also federal control and operation of such companies. January 28, 1919. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Additional township of land for seminary of learning. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Missouri, in relation to lands for seminary of learning. March 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
- Address and resolutions of the Mississippi Valley States Commission to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, on the subject of the navigation of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. December 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Address by Hon. Elihu Root. Mr. Cullom presented the following address by Hon. Elihu Root before the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, November 20, 1906. January 11, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address delivered by Mrs. Matilda Fletcher before the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate, on presenting bills for the introduction of industrial, moral, and social science into the public schools of the District of Columbia. April 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bills S. 1061 and S. 1062.
- Address from the Choctaw delegation of Indians in Washington relative to their condition in common with other tribes, and praying that the same may be improved. February 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
- Address of Ninian Edwards, presented to the House of Representatives by the Speaker, April 19, 1824. April 24, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
- Address of the Republican state convention, held in Richmond, Virginia, on the 24th and 25th of November, 1869, relative to the election in that state on the 6th of July last. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
- Address of the Swiss committees. Letter from the Auxiliary Committee of the American Association in Switzerland for the Benefit of Enfranchised Slaves in America, transmitting the address of the Swiss committees of Geneva, Berne, Neufchatel, &c., to the President and the Congress of the United States. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Adelaide de Grasse -- widow Grochamps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a petition of Adelaide de Grasse, widow Grochamps, daughter of the late Count de Grasse. February 17, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
- Admission of Colorado. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Colorado Territory, asking for admission of Colorado into the Union as a state. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Admission of Florida. Memorial of the people of the Territory of Florida, for admission into the Union. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed.
- Admission of Florida. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to her admission as a state into the Union. February 11, 1845. Read, and laid on the table.
- Admission of Kansas into the Union. Letter from the Governor of Kansas, transmitting resolutions of the Legislature relative to the passage of a law explanatory of the act of admission into the Union relative to certain public land granted by said act. February 23, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
- Admission of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, asking the passage of an enabling act for admission into the Union. January 28, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Admission of Tennessee. (To accompany H. Res. No. 83.) Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying that the present state organization of Tennessee may be recognized and its perpetuity guaranteed. February 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction. March 5, 1866. -- Reported from the Select Committee on Reconstruction, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Reconstruction.
- Admission of Utah as a state in the Union. Memorial of citizens of the Territory of Utah asking for the admission of Utah as a state in the Union. June 23, 1882. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Admission of Utah into the Union. Memorial of the convention to frame a constitution for the admission of Utah into the Union as a state, convened at Salt Lake City, February 19, 1872; with the constitution of the State of Deseret, adopted in convention March 2, 1872, ratified by vote of the people March 18, 1872. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Admission of Wyoming into the Union. February 15, 1890. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Admission of new states -- slavery, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, relative to the admission of new states into the Union, &c., &c. December 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Admission of states in rebellion. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the terms and conditions upon which the states in rebellion should be admitted to representation in Congress, and national unity and peace. April 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- Admit Texas into the Union. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, for the admission of Texas into the Union, &c. March 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Adulterated and misbranded food, drugs, and drinks. March 3, 1899. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Adulterated medicines and chemicals. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the importation of adulterated medicines and chemicals. March 24, 1848. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Adulteration or misbranding of food or drugs, etc. April 6, 1904. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Adverse to the location of the reservations of the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 1, 1836
- Aerial navigation. March 3, 1897. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in Maryland. Memorial from members of the General Assembly of Maryland, asking the immediate consideration by Congress of the condition of public affairs in that state. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in Maryland. Memorial from the Mayor and members of city council of Baltimore, asking Congress to assist the people of Maryland to form a state government, republican in form, and in unison with the spirit of the age. March 30, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in Maryland. Resolutions adopted by the Grand Union League of Maryland, March 20, 1867. March 25, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in Maryland. Resolutions of the Republican State Convention of Maryland, assembled in the City of Baltimore, on Wednesday, the 7th of March, 1867, and presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, through the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, speaker, in pursuance of a supplemental resolution of the convention. March 28, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Against an increase of the duties on imports and a system of internal improvements. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 6, 1828
- Against change of location of the National Road in Ohio. March 21, 1836. Laid before the House, and ordered to be printed.
- Against duty on imported tallow and for drawback on candles. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 12, 1824
- Against increase of duties on imported molasses. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 25, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, April 8, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 14, 1827
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 25, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 4, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 14, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 14, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 22, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 28, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 28, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 10, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 17, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 21, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 3, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 3, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 3, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 31, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, December 17, 1827
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, February 1, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, February 20, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 10, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 11, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 14, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 15, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 21, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 22, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 28, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 29, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 3, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 4, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 9, 1827 [i.e., 1828]
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, March 12, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, March 21, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, March 21, 1828
- Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, March 21, 1828
- Against iron for railroads being free of duty. Communicated to the House of Representatives, May 12, 1828
- Against repeal of Bankrupt Act. Memorial of the Legislature of Virginia, protesting against the repeal of the Bankrupt Act. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Against the admission of Utah as a state. Memorial of citizens of Utah, against the admission of that territory as a state. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 14, 1827
- Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 27, 1827
- Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 27, 1827
- Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 31, 1827
- Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 2, 1828
- Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 9, 1828
- Against the use of spirits -- Army and Navy. Memorial of inhabitants of Addison and Steuben Counties, in the State of New York, against the use of ardent spirits in the Army and Navy. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
- Agreement with Chickasaw Nation. February 13, 1897. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural Association of Panay and Negros. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a memorial of the Agricultural Association of Panay and Negros with reference to the tariff in its relations to the Philippines. January 3, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural and mechanic arts college. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to allow the state to invest in unincumbered productive real estate the proceeds of the 150,000 acres of land donated to the state by Congress for the construction of an agricultural and mechanic arts college. June 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural bank in Philippine Islands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a cablegram from the President of the Economic Association of the Philippines expressing appreciation over the approval of the agricultural bank, etc. February 13, 1907. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
- Agricultural bureau. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to the establishment of a bureau of agriculture. March 6, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural bureau. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to the establishment of an agricultural bureau. December 31, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural college in West Virginia. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting an additional appropriation of land by Congress to aid in establishing an agricultural college. February 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural college lands. Memorial from the trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College, relative to the law in relation to the lands for the benefit of said college. May 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural laborers of the south and west. Memorial in behalf of the agricultural laborers of the south and west. June 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
- Agricultural station at Arlington, Va. February 27, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
- Agriculture and commerce with Eastern Asia. Memorials from states and agricultural societies, relative to Surgeon Macgowan's proposed expedition for agricultural and commercial purposes to Cochin China, Cambodia, and other portions of Eastern Asia and Madagascar. Presented to the House by Mr. Brooks, of New York. Presented to the Senate by Mr. Harris, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. January 20, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Agriculture and tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, on the subject of the American tobacco interest. March 8, 1842. Laid upon the table.
- Agriculture. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, on the subject of improving the agriculture of this country. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
- Aid to Iowa branch of the Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, for government aid to the extension, in Iowa, of the Iowa branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed.
- Aid to Providence Hospital. Letter from the board of visitors and the medical staff of the Providence Hospital appealing to Congress for aid to pay certain debts incurred by the institution in the reconstruction and completion of the Providence Hospital buildings. February 1, 1905. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
- Aid to Union Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for aid to the Union Pacific Railway, southern branch. January 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
- Aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, recommending that the government of the United States grant aid for the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with proper guaranties, &c. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
- Aims of Minnesota Farmers' Federation. Mr. Nelson presented the following letter from the President of the Minnesota Farmers' Federation, relative to the aims of that organization. March 6, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama -- General Assembly of. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, adverse to a protective tariff. January 26, 1841. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama -- Legislature of -- tariff -- nullification. February 25, 1833. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Alabama -- citizens of Marengo against Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Marengo, Alabama, against a Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. May 23, 1838. Laid upon the table.
- Alabama -- non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, expressive of the sense of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the policy to be pursued by our government in its intercourse with foreign nations. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama -- pre-emption to settlers who have lost their settlements by certain Indian treaties. Memorial from the Legislature of the State of Alabama, to the Congress of the United States, requesting that certain settlers on the public lands who were entitled to pre-emptions under the act of the 19th June, 1834, but whose settlements were included in the location of reservation under certain Indian treaties, may be granted the right to enter one quarter section of the public lands at the minimum price, either in Alabama or Mississippi. March 1, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
- Alabama -- protective policy. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, responding to resolutions of Connecticut, on the protective policy of the United States. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table.
- Alabama Legislature -- Creek depredations. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking Congress to compensate certain citizens of Alabama for depredations by the Creek Indians, February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama Legislature -- National armory at great falls of Tallapoosa River. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to a national armory. January 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
- Alabama Legislature -- public lands. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Alabama. March 21, 1836. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama Legislature -- rail-road through public land. Joint memorial of the Legislature of the State of Alabama. March 1, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
- Alabama Legislature -- reimburse expenses Indian wars. Preamble and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, claiming restitution for money advanced by that state on account of Indian hostilities within the same. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
- Alabama Legislature -- settle titles to lands ceded by the Creek Indians. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, for the appointment of an agent, or otherwise to settle all questions remaining under late Creek Indian treaty. January 10, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.
- Alabama claims. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, relative to Geneva awards for damages growing out of the depredations by the Confederate cruisers. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama militia -- second brigade. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, asking for the payment of the balance due to the second brigade of Alabama militia called into the United States service in 1836, under the command of Brigadier General William W. Garrard, in the war against the Creek Indians. May 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama on reconstruction. Memorial of loyal citizens of Alabama, on the subject of reconstruction. February 14, 1866. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
- Alabama vs. amendment of Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States, by Massachusetts, &c., &c. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Alabama. Memorial of sundry holders of certificates of purchase, and relinquishers of public lands. December 23, 1830. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
- Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking, 1st, a law granting pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands; 2d, a graduation and reduction of the price of lands that have been offered and remain unsold; 3d, that unproductive lands that have been for __ years offered, and remain unsold, may be granted to the states within which they lie; 4th, that poor sixteenth sections may be relinquished, and others entered in lieu of them. February 14, 1838. So much as relates to pre-emption, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 255; the residue to the Committee on the Public Lands.
- Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, praying that purchasers of public lands, who have paid the full price, shall be placed upon an equal footing with those who availed themselves of the acts of Congress for the relief of purchasers of public lands. January 18, 1831. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
- Alabama. Petition of sundry inhabitants of Dallas County, Alabama, praying for the restoration of the deposites, and the establishment of a Bank of the United States. April 28, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Alaskan fur-seal herd. Mr. Nelson presented the following letter of Henry W. Elliot, of Lakewood, Ohio, relative to the rules and regulations governing the agents of the government in charge of the Seal Islands of Alaska and the condition of the fur-seal herd thereon. February 9, 1905. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Albany a port of entry. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking that Albany be made a port of entry. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
- Alexander Jones. Memorial of Alexander Jones, praying the employment by the government of a dredging-machine for the removal of sand bars in the Mississippi and other western waters. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Alexander McNish. April 21, 1826. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
- Alexandre Vattemare. Memorial of Alexandre Vattemare. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Library.
- Alexandria Canal, &c. Memorial from the Corporation of Alexandria, praying assistance &c. December 27, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.
- Alexandria election. Memorial from electors of elections in Alexandria, Va. March 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed.
- Alienation of certain lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a memorial of the Chickasaw Legislature relating to alienation of certain lands. January 30, 1906. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Allegany reservation in New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the confirmation of leases between Indian and white settlers on the Allegany reservation, in said state. February 8, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Alleged conditions in Kongo Free State. Mr. Morgan presented the following papers relating to conditions alleged to exist in the Kongo Free State. April 12, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Alleged frauds and misrule in South Carolina. Petition of the Tax-Payers' Convention of South Carolina, for such relief as Congress can grant from burdens arising from alleged frauds and misrule in that state. March 31, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Allen G. Johnson and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, concerning the payment of Allen G. Johnson and others, for services in the Florida war, and additional evidence in support of the petition before the Committee on Military Affairs. January 31, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Allotment of lands in severalty among Indian tribes. Memorial of the Creek Nation on the subject of lands in severalty among the several Indian tribes, with accompanying papers. January 29, 1883. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 3, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Allotting Indian lands in Indian Territory. Petition praying for an investigation by Congress of the conduct and actions of the "Dawes Commission" in allotting Indian lands in the Indian Territory. April 11, 1904. -- Presented by Mr. Money, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Allowing intermarried whites of Cherokee Nation to purchase allotments of lands, etc. Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, presented the following petition of the intermarried white citizens of the Cherokee Nation, praying for the passage of a law... to include lands improved by said intermarried whites prior to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. February 22, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Alsea River. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying that an appropriation be made for the survey and improvement of Alsea River, in Benton County, Oregon. December 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- 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.
- Alterations in the revenue laws. Communicated to the Senate, December 15, 1826
- Amend Constitution U.S. -- by John Preston. Proposals for amendments in the United States Constitution, and a uniform mode of banking throughout the Union. Written by an old soldier of 'seventy six, and an octogenarian. February 6, 1839.
- Amend Organic Act. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, asking Congress to amend the Organic Act so as to extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. January 21, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Territories.
- Amend the Constitution of the United States. Memorial of citizens of North Carolina, upon the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States. April 6, 1836. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
- Amend the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, upon the subject of Amending the Constitution. In relation to the Election of President of the United States. February 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Amend the revenue laws. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce. February 6, 1826. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
- Amended organic laws of the Territory of Oregon, as adopted by the people of that Territory on the last Saturday of July, 1845. May 21, 1846. Ordered to be printed.
- Amendment -- Constitution of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Indiana on the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Amendment of organic act of Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah, praying for an amendment of the organic act of that territory. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment of the Constitution. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the amendment of the Constitution of the United States. January 23, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment of the Constitution. Resolution of the State Convention of Missouri, in relation to the amendment of the United States Constitution. January 26, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment of the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the amendment of the Constitution of the United States. January 31, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment of the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in response to resolves of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, proposing an amendment of the Constitution. April 20, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table.
- Amendment of the bankrupt law. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, asking an amendment of the fourteenth section of the bankrupt law. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment to organic act of Nevada. Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada Territory, asking for an amendment of their organic act. April 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment to the Constitution -- judicial powers. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 3, 1807
- Amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by Massachusetts and Connecticut, and rejected by Ohio. Communicated to the Senate, January 30, 1816
- Amendment to the Constitution. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment to the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to amendment of the Constitution regarding slavery. January 20, 1865. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- Amendments of the Constitution of the U.S. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to amendments of the Constitution of the United States. April 8, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
- Amendments suggested to the laws relating to surveys and sale of lands. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 23, 1803
- Amendments to act to regulate commerce. May 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Amendments to interstate-commerce law. January 5, 1898. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- Amendments to pension laws. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting amendments to the pension law. February 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
- Amendments to the charter of the City of Washington. Memorial of a Committee of the Corporation of Washington, in relation to certain amendments to the charter of said city. April 26, 1848. Ordered to be printed.
- Amendments to the charter of the United States Bank. Communicated to the Senate, January 12, 1821
- American National Institute at Paris, France. Mr. Frye presented the following list of names and letters of persons supporting the incorporation of the American National Institute at Paris, France. January 27, 1904. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- American National Red Cross. The speaker presented the following memorial of officers and members of the American National Red Cross, relating to amended by-laws recently adopted at a meeting of that organization. January 29, 1903. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- American Printing House for the Blind. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to granting aid to the American Printing House for the Blind in the District of Columbia. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
- American Printing House for the Blind. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to favor the granting of aid by an appropriation of money to the board and regents of the American Printing House for the Blind. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
- American Printing-House for the Blind. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of granting aid by an appropriation of money to the Board of Regents of the American Printing-House for the Blind and the American University for the Blind. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- American Printing-house for the Blind. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to granting aid to the American Printing-house and University for the Blind. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
- American Sharpshooters' Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Sharpshooters' Society of Illinois. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
- American Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mr. Penrose presented the following petition of the American Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., praying the extension for ten years of letters patent No. 350,229, being the basic patent for the art of wireless telegraphy and telephony granted to Amos Emerson Dolbear in 1886. May 7, 1902. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed.
- American citizens arrested by Mexicans. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to certain American citizens captured by a military force of Mexicans. January 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- American citizens. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to American citizens. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- American citizenship for Porto Ricans. Letter from the Acting Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs transmitting petition of citizens of Porto Rico praying the passage of the bill granting American citizenship to the people of Porto Rico. December 5, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- American fisheries. Memorial of the Committee on Fisheries, appointed in Boston, on the American fisheries as affected by the Treaty of Washington. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- American merchant marine. Mr. Nelson presented the following letter to Hon. James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States, from Mr. Alexander R. Smith, No. 88 Post Street, Yonkers, N.Y., relative to the condition of the American merchant marine. January 8, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Printed. January 18, 1912. -- Reported favorably from the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
- American seamen. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to American seamen. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
- American steamship companies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the establishment of American steamship companies. February 27, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.