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Congressional powers

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735 Items that share the Concept Congressional powers

"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., (electronic resource)

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$200,000,000 of government stock. January 30, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Abolition of slavery. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 5, 1790

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Acquisition of foreign territory. January 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Act to extend the time for Congressional consideration of proposed Rules of Evidence for federal courts and magistrates. February 5, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Adjustment of title to Isle of Pines. February 1, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate, together with the views of the minority (see page 189). February 12, 1906. -- Injunction of secrecy removed., (electronic resource)

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Adulterated food products. January 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Adulteration of food. April 22, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Advertisements of lotteries. March 1, 1888. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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African slave-trade. May 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table., (electronic resource)

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Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 25, 1828

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Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 14, 1828

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Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 14, 1828

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Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 21, 1828

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Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, February 20, 1828

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Against increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 9, 1827 [i.e., 1828]

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Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 14, 1827

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Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 2, 1828

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Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 9, 1828

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Agreement with Indians of the Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak. February 4, 1904. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Agricultural surplus control bill. April 14, 1928. -- 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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Alcoholic liquor traffic commission. January 30, 1882. -- 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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Alcoholic liquor traffic commission. March 27, 1880. -- 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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Alcoholic liquor traffic. April 1, 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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Alcoholic liquor traffic. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alleged interference of the Executive with the action of Congress. Message of the President of the United States, protesting against certain proceedings the House of Representatives. March 29, 1860. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alleged misgovernment in South Carolina. April 28, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amend the Hawaiian organic act. January 24, 1930. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amending section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, authorizing resale price maintenance ("fair trade"). June 9, 1959. -- 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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Amending the Corrupt Practices Act. April 20 (calendar day, April 25), 1928. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as to protect the public health and welfare by providing certain authority for factory inspection. July 6, 1953. -- 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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Amendment of Revised Statutes. January 29, 1889. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendment of the Constitution [of the] United States. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table., (electronic resource)

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Amendment of the patent laws. May 8, 1880. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendment proposed by Mr. Lumpkin, to the motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. January 7, 1840. Submitted, referred with said motion to a select committee, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendment to Constitution to provide for national representation of people of the District of Columbia. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1927. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. July 2, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendment to the Constitution. April 22, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendments to the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. June 13, 1960. -- 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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Amendments to the Constitution prohibiting polygamy, etc. February 27, 1899. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendments to the Natural Gas Act. June 24 (legislative day, June 2), 1949. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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American Chamber of Commerce, Manufactures, Trade, and Agriculture. June 4, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Annexation of Hawaii. March 16, 1898. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Annual report of the American Historical Association for the year 1896. In two volumes. Vol. II. [The proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States during the first century of its history. Prize essay by Herman V. Ames, Ph. D, University of Pennsylvania.]., (electronic resource)

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Anti-lynching. April 6, 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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Appointment and pay of supervisors of elections and special marshals. February 27, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Apportionment of Representatives. January 5, 1929. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Apportionment of representatives to Congress among the several states according to the ninth census. April 1, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Apportionment of representatives under the sixth census. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) January 22, 1842., (electronic resource)

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Apportionment of representatives. April 4, 1928. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Apportionment of representatives. January 14 (calendar day, January 15), 1929. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Appropriations for rivers and harbors. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without his approval, the Bill (H.R. 6242) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes." August 3, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Assuring information to Congress. December 11, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Atlantic and Pacific Ship-Railway Company. February 25, 1886. -- 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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Atomic Energy Act of 1945. November 5, 1945. -- 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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Authority of the Senate to originate appropriation bills. A summary and analysis of the debates and actions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and other pertinent source materials, with particular reference to the authority of the Senate to originate appropriation measures. Prepared by the staff of the Committee on Government Operations... April 30, 1963. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing participation by counsel on behalf of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in any judicial proceeding concerning certain subpenas [i.e., subpoenas]. August 10, 1976. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Authorizing the appointment of a special subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary to study encroachments by the executive and judicial branches upon the powers of the Congress. October 14, 1966. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Background information on the use of United States armed forces in foreign countries. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs pursuant to H.Res. 28, a resolution authorizing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct thorough studies and investigation of all matters coming within the jurisdiction of such Committee. February 20, 1951. -- 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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Bank of the United States. April 13, 1830. Read, and laid upon the table., (electronic resource)

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Bank of the United States. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 26, 1811

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Bituminous coal conservation bill of 1935. August 14, 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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Boundary -- Ohio and Michigan. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, on the progress made in astronomical observations, in relation to the northern boundary of the State of Ohio, &c. December 10, 1835. Read, and referred to a select committee., (electronic resource)

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Boundary line between Iowa and Missouri. Memorial of the Convention of the State of Missouri, on the admission of Iowa into the Union, and on the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. February 5, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Territories., (electronic resource)

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Breach of privileges. Proceedings of the House of Representatives in the case of Randall and Whitney

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Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1.) Report of the minority of the Select Committee on Emancipation, relative to the bill to establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. January 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Business of marine, fire, and life insurance. June 25, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Cables between the United States and Hawaii, Guam, and Philippine Islands. February 19, 1902. -- 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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California and New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in answer to a resolution of the House of the 31st of December, 1849, on the subject of California and New Mexico. January 24, 1850. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed; and a motion to print 10,000 extra copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 6, 1850. Ordered, that 10,000 copies extra be printed., (electronic resource)

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Campaign Expenditures Committee. Report of the Special Committee To Investigate Campaign Expenditures, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, second session, pursuant to H.Res. 558 a resolution creating a special committee to investigate the election of members of the House of Representatives., (electronic resource)

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Capt. Egbert Thompson. January 28, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Captains, pilots, engineers, and mates of steam vessels. March 28, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Case of Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah. January 20, 1900. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Cession of lands to Wyoming. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a draft of a bill, documents relating to cession of lands to Wyoming State, in return for cession of lands for enlargement of Fort Mackenzie Military Reservation. December 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Chaplains. March 13, 1850., (electronic resource)

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Charges against House members and lobby activities. April 24, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Charges of impeachment against Frederick A. Fenning. July 1, 1926. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs., (electronic resource)

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Cherokee Outlet. February 11, 1891. -- 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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Cherokee neutral lands of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs., (electronic resource)

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Cherokee neutral lands. Argument of W.R. Laughlin. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs., (electronic resource)

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Chicago River tunnels, obstructions to navigation, etc. March 23, 1904. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Child labor amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 24, 1923. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Child labor amendment. April 10 (calendar day, April 15), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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China mail service. August 9, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Chinese immigration. January 14, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Choctaw Indian claim. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of an opinion given by the Attorney General of the United States upon the claim of the Choctaw Indians to the issue of United States bonds to the amounts of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Civil rights -- Public accommodations. Report of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, on S. 1732 to eliminate discrimination in public accommodations affecting interstate commerce together with individual views. February 10, 1964. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Civil rights. April 1, 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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Claim of the Medawakanton and Wahpakoota Indians. December 12, 1898. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Claimants upon the government. Memorial of Richard S. Coxe and others, a committee of citizens holding claims upon the government of the United States. July 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Claims., (electronic resource)

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Claims for damages to planted oysters. September 12, 1888. -- 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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Claims of Benjamin Weil and La Abra Silver Mining Company. June 9, 1880. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Clarifying the investigatory powers of the United States Congress. October 3, 1988. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Classification of census employees. March 17, 1902. -- 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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Clayton-Bulwer treaty. June 4, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Coast defenses. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Colonel James Belger. July 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Commerce by railroad among the several states. January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Commerce by railroad. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Workmen's compensation and employers' liability. Opinions of the state supreme courts of New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Montana, Wisconsin, and Ohio, construing the workmen's compensation and industrial insurance laws of those states and the Supreme Court of the United States in the second employers' liability cases, January 15, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sutherland March 28, 1912. -- 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.
$200,000,000 of government stock. January 30, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Abolition of slavery. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 5, 1790
Acquisition of foreign territory. January 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Act to extend the time for Congressional consideration of proposed Rules of Evidence for federal courts and magistrates. February 5, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
Adjustment of title to Isle of Pines. February 1, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate, together with the views of the minority (see page 189). February 12, 1906. -- Injunction of secrecy removed.
Adulterated food products. January 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Adulteration of food. April 22, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Advertisements of lotteries. March 1, 1888. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
African slave-trade. May 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table.
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, 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, March 21, 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 9, 1827 [i.e., 1828]
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, January 2, 1828
Against the increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the Senate, January 9, 1828
Agreement with Indians of the Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak. February 4, 1904. -- Ordered to be printed.
Agricultural surplus control bill. April 14, 1928. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Alcoholic liquor traffic commission. January 30, 1882. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Alcoholic liquor traffic commission. March 27, 1880. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Alcoholic liquor traffic. April 1, 1884. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Alcoholic liquor traffic. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alleged interference of the Executive with the action of Congress. Message of the President of the United States, protesting against certain proceedings the House of Representatives. March 29, 1860. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed.
Alleged misgovernment in South Carolina. April 28, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Amend the Hawaiian organic act. January 24, 1930. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Amending section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, authorizing resale price maintenance ("fair trade"). June 9, 1959. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amending the Corrupt Practices Act. April 20 (calendar day, April 25), 1928. -- Ordered to be printed.
Amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as to protect the public health and welfare by providing certain authority for factory inspection. July 6, 1953. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of Revised Statutes. January 29, 1889. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of the Constitution [of the] United States. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.
Amendment of the patent laws. May 8, 1880. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Amendment proposed by Mr. Lumpkin, to the motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. January 7, 1840. Submitted, referred with said motion to a select committee, and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to Constitution to provide for national representation of people of the District of Columbia. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1927. -- Ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. July 2, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the Constitution. April 22, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Amendments to the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. June 13, 1960. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amendments to the Constitution prohibiting polygamy, etc. February 27, 1899. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Amendments to the Natural Gas Act. June 24 (legislative day, June 2), 1949. -- Ordered to be printed.
American Chamber of Commerce, Manufactures, Trade, and Agriculture. June 4, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Annexation of Hawaii. March 16, 1898. -- Ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the American Historical Association for the year 1896. In two volumes. Vol. II. [The proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States during the first century of its history. Prize essay by Herman V. Ames, Ph. D, University of Pennsylvania.].
Anti-lynching. April 6, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Appointment and pay of supervisors of elections and special marshals. February 27, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of Representatives. January 5, 1929. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of representatives to Congress among the several states according to the ninth census. April 1, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of representatives under the sixth census. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) January 22, 1842.
Apportionment of representatives. April 4, 1928. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of representatives. January 14 (calendar day, January 15), 1929. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for rivers and harbors. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without his approval, the Bill (H.R. 6242) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes." August 3, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed.
Assuring information to Congress. December 11, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
Atlantic and Pacific Ship-Railway Company. February 25, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Atomic Energy Act of 1945. November 5, 1945. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Authority of the Senate to originate appropriation bills. A summary and analysis of the debates and actions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and other pertinent source materials, with particular reference to the authority of the Senate to originate appropriation measures. Prepared by the staff of the Committee on Government Operations... April 30, 1963. -- Ordered to be printed.
Authorizing participation by counsel on behalf of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in any judicial proceeding concerning certain subpenas [i.e., subpoenas]. August 10, 1976. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing the appointment of a special subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary to study encroachments by the executive and judicial branches upon the powers of the Congress. October 14, 1966. -- Ordered to be printed.
Background information on the use of United States armed forces in foreign countries. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs pursuant to H.Res. 28, a resolution authorizing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct thorough studies and investigation of all matters coming within the jurisdiction of such Committee. February 20, 1951. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Bank of the United States. April 13, 1830. Read, and laid upon the table.
Bank of the United States. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 26, 1811
Bituminous coal conservation bill of 1935. August 14, 1935. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Boundary -- Ohio and Michigan. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, on the progress made in astronomical observations, in relation to the northern boundary of the State of Ohio, &c. December 10, 1835. Read, and referred to a select committee.
Boundary line between Iowa and Missouri. Memorial of the Convention of the State of Missouri, on the admission of Iowa into the Union, and on the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. February 5, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
Breach of privileges. Proceedings of the House of Representatives in the case of Randall and Whitney
Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1.) Report of the minority of the Select Committee on Emancipation, relative to the bill to establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. January 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Business of marine, fire, and life insurance. June 25, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed.
Cables between the United States and Hawaii, Guam, and Philippine Islands. February 19, 1902. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
California and New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in answer to a resolution of the House of the 31st of December, 1849, on the subject of California and New Mexico. January 24, 1850. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed; and a motion to print 10,000 extra copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 6, 1850. Ordered, that 10,000 copies extra be printed.
Campaign Expenditures Committee. Report of the Special Committee To Investigate Campaign Expenditures, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, second session, pursuant to H.Res. 558 a resolution creating a special committee to investigate the election of members of the House of Representatives.
Capt. Egbert Thompson. January 28, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Captains, pilots, engineers, and mates of steam vessels. March 28, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Case of Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah. January 20, 1900. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Cession of lands to Wyoming. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a draft of a bill, documents relating to cession of lands to Wyoming State, in return for cession of lands for enlargement of Fort Mackenzie Military Reservation. December 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Chaplains. March 13, 1850.
Charges against House members and lobby activities. April 24, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Charges of impeachment against Frederick A. Fenning. July 1, 1926. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cherokee Outlet. February 11, 1891. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Cherokee neutral lands of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cherokee neutral lands. Argument of W.R. Laughlin. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Chicago River tunnels, obstructions to navigation, etc. March 23, 1904. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Child labor amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 24, 1923. -- Ordered to be printed.
Child labor amendment. April 10 (calendar day, April 15), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
China mail service. August 9, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Chinese immigration. January 14, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
Choctaw Indian claim. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of an opinion given by the Attorney General of the United States upon the claim of the Choctaw Indians to the issue of United States bonds to the amounts of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Civil rights -- Public accommodations. Report of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, on S. 1732 to eliminate discrimination in public accommodations affecting interstate commerce together with individual views. February 10, 1964. -- Ordered to be printed.
Civil rights. April 1, 1957. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Claim of the Medawakanton and Wahpakoota Indians. December 12, 1898. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Claimants upon the government. Memorial of Richard S. Coxe and others, a committee of citizens holding claims upon the government of the United States. July 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Claims.
Claims for damages to planted oysters. September 12, 1888. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Benjamin Weil and La Abra Silver Mining Company. June 9, 1880. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Clarifying the investigatory powers of the United States Congress. October 3, 1988. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Classification of census employees. March 17, 1902. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. June 4, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Coast defenses. February 7, 1887. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed.
Colonel James Belger. July 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Commerce by railroad among the several states. January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed.
Commerce by railroad. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Committee on Un-American Activities. Annual report for the year 1964. (88th Congress, 2d Session). September 9, 1965. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Communication of R.H. Weightman, and accompanying memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, setting forth sundry grievances, and calling upon Congress for their correction. September 12, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. September 17, 1850. 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. Claims of citizens of the United States against foreign governments. La Abra Silver Mining Company. Vol. II.
Compulsory pilotage at Hell Gate. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relating to compulsory pilotage at Hell Gate. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Compulsory pilotage. Notes of a hearing before the Select Committee on American Shipbuilding and Ship-Owning Interests, on the Bill (H.R. 3057) relating to pilots and pilotage February 13, 1884, and subsequent days. February 26, 1884. -- Ordered to be printed.
Concerning the war powers of Congress and the President. August 3, 1972. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Concerning the war powers of Congress and the President. July 27, 1971. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Confirmation of Nelson A. Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States. December 17, 1974. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Congressional power of investigation. A study prepared at the request of Senator William Langer, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress relative to Congressional power of investigation. Presented by Mr. Langer, February 9 (legislative day, February 8), 1954. -- Ordered to be printed.
Connecticut Legislature -- slavery, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, protesting against the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st of December last, in relation to petitions, memorials, &c., touching the abolition of slavery, &c. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.
Consent of Congress to minimum-wage compact ratified by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. July 23, 1937. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Consideration of H.R. 7737 over the veto message. August 5, 1940. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Constitution. Article entitled Back to the Constitution, by Walter Clark, LL. D., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina. Presented by Mr. La Follette. February 3, 1916. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitutional sources of the laws of war. Article on the constitutional sources of the laws of war by Horace L.B. Atkisson. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. June 9, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
Constitutional status of the District of Columbia. Mr. Gallinger presented the following article prepared by George W. Hodgkin, relative to the constitutional status of the District of Columbia, reprinted from the Political Science Quarterly. June 25, 1910. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitutionality of National Labor Relations Act. Opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States together with the dissenting opinions... involving the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act, approved July 5, 1935. Presented by Mr. Wagner. April 12, 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitutionality of the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935. Argument of Honorable John Dickinson, assistant attorney general of the United States, before the Supreme Court of the United States, in behalf of the government officer defendants in the case of Carter v. Carter Coal Co., Helvering, et al... February 24 (calendar day, Apr. 21), 1936. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitutionality of the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, together with the separate and dissenting opinions in the cases of James Walter Carter... Guy T. Helvering et al... R.C. Tway Coal Co., Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation, Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation et al... presented by Mr. Guffey. May 12 (calendar day, May 18), 1936. -- Ordered to be printed.
Constitutionality of the treaty between the United States and France. September 22, 1919. -- Ordered to be printed.
Construction of levees for flood prevention. Mr. Humphreys of Mississippi presented the following article by T.C. Catchings on the power of Congress to appropriate money for the construction of levees for flood protection. December 6, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed.
Construction of railroads in Alaska. November 26, 1913. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Contested election case of Parsons v. Saunders. June 21, 1910. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Contested elections of members of the House of Representatives. June 5, 1896. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Contests of elections of members of the House of Representatives. January 25, 1895. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Convention between the United States and Mexico. June 17, 1884. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Cooperation of states for conservation of navigability of navigable rivers, etc. May 12, 1908. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Correspondence between the commissioners of South Carolina and the President of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of correspondence with the commissioners of South Carolina. January 9, 1861. -- Read and referred, with instructions, to a select committee of five, and ordered to be printed.
Cotton tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the propriety of refunding the cotton tax. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Counterfeiting within the United States. April 24, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Creation of Lake Champlain Bridge Commission. January 6, 1928. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Cumberland Road. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 23, 1816
Davison vs. Gilbert. March 1, 1901. -- Ordered to be printed.
Dealing in futures in agricultural products, etc. February 26, 1889. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Decision in the case of Lone Wolf. February 11, 1903. -- Ordered to be printed.
Delaware and Raritan Bay Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) March 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Digest of Decisions Relating to Indian Affairs. Compiled under supervision of Hon. W.A. Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, by Kenneth S. Murchison.
Digest of decisions and precedents of the Senate and House of Representatives, etc. May 28, 1900. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Direct tax on the District of Columbia. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 23, 1815
Direct tax. March 7, 1890. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Directing an investigation of the alien Harry Renton Bridges with a view to his deportation if facts warrant. August 21 (legislative day, August 5), 1940. -- Ordered to be printed.
Disapproving the request of the President for extension of the fast track procedures under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Trade Act of 1974. May 14 (legislative day, April 25), 1991. -- Ordered to be printed.
Disbursing public money. January 14, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Discipline militia. February 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table.
Disposition of cases in which the validity of acts of Congress is drawn in question. February 24, 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
Dissensions between the North and South. Petition of the committee of thirty-three, appointed at the workingmen's mass meeting, held in Philadelphia, in Independence Square, Saturday evening, January 26, 1861. January 30, 1861. -- Referred to the Select Committee of Five, and ordered to be printed.
Distribution of the Geneva award. April 24, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
District of Columbia reorganization. August 7, 1967. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Disturbed condition of the country. January 14, 1861. -- Ordered to be printed, and made the special order for Monday, the 21st instant, at one o'clock, and continued from day to day until disposed of.
Divesting intoxicating liquors of their interstate character in certain cases. February 7, 1913. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Division of the United States into two military districts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) March 19, 1844.
Draft of the use of money in time of war. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs on S. 1650, a bill to promote peace and the national defense through equal distribution of the burdens of war by drafting the use of money according to the ability to lend to the government, together with the minority views of Mr. Bridges (for himself), Mr. Austin, and Mr. Gurney. May 17 (legislative day, May 8), 1939. -- Ordered to be printed.
East Florida claims. February 14, 1881. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Eight-hour workday for railway employees. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Francis M. Wilson... vs. Alexander New and Henry C. Ferris... relative to the Act To Establish a Uniform Workday for Railway Employees, embracing both the concurring and dissenting opinions. Presented by Mr. Walsh. April 10, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
Election of President and Vice President of the United States. May 3, 1882. -- Recommitted to the committee on law respecting the election of President and Vice President and ordered to be printed.
Election of Representatives in Congress. May 3, 1890. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Elections for Representatives. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House.
Elective franchise, etc. May 8, 1906. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Emergency Detention Act of 1950 amendments. October 13, 1970. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Emphatic remonstrance of the people of the State of Arkansas against invasion of their right of self-government, addressed to the representatives of the other United States of America, in Congress assembled. January 6, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the State of Arkansas, and ordered to be printed.
Employes on textile fabrics. February 7, 1888. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Establishment of a board of Pacific Railroad commissioners. April 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order for May 15, 1878, and ordered to be printed.
Examination of the land offices. Communicated to the House of Representatives on the 29th of March, 1822
Executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States, on the subject of the mission to the Congress at Panama, together with the messages and documents relating thereto. March 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
Exercise of executive functions at Washington City and elsewhere. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, passed on the 3d day of April, requesting the President of the United States to inform the House of Representatives whether any executive offices, acts, or duties, and, if any, what, have within a specified period been performed at a distance from the seat of government established by law, &c. May 4, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Expedition to the Arctic Seas. January 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures in the Navy Department. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, relative to naval contracts and expenditures in the Navy Department. January 11, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed.
Expenditures in the War Department. March 3, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. January 5, 1920. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Extending jurisdiction to district courts in civil suits between citizens of the District of Columbia, the Territories of Hawaii or Alaska, and any state or territory. March 12, 1940. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Extension of reciprocal trade agreements act. Report of the Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives to accompany H.J. Res. 111, a "Joint Resolution To Extend the Authority of the President Under Section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended." May 5, 1943. -- Ordered to be printed.
Extinguishment of the Indian title to land in Georgia. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 7, 1822
Favoring membership of the United States in the Permanent Court of International Justice. February 24, 1925. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act. Reported by Mr. Ervin, without amendment. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, together with additional views, to accompany S. 1272. June 29 (legislative day, June 25), 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
Federal Elections Act of 1957. Report of the Committee on Rules and Administration to accompany S. 1250 a bill to revise the federal election laws, to prevent corrupt practices in federal elections and for other purposes together with the individual views of Mr. Talmadge and Mr. Curtis. August 2 (legislative day, July 8), 1957. -- Ordered to be printed.
Federal Rules of Evidence. March 7, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Federal accident compensation bill. April 3, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
Federal elections act of 1959. Report of the Committee on Rules and Administration to accompany S. 2436 a bill to revise the federal election laws, to prevent corrupt practices in federal elections, and for the purposes, together with individual views. July 23, 1959. -- Ordered to be printed.
Federal impoundment control procedure act. Report of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, together with minority and supplemental views to accompany S. 373. April 17, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fishing in the navigable waters of the United States. May 13, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Fitz-John Porter. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from Fitz-John Porter, with copies of accompanying papers. February 2, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fixing the Presidential and Congressional term. Proceedings and debate in the House of Representatives on S.J. Res. 47 proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States fixing the commencement of the terms of President and Vice President and members of Congress and fixing the time of the assembling of Congress.
Fixing the commencement of the terms of the President and Vice President and members of Congress. April 22, 1929. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fixing the commencement of the terms of the President and Vice President and members of Congress. January 4, 1932. -- Ordered to be printed.
Foreign Commercial Company. January 5, 1881. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Foreign bills of exchange. March 22, 1826.
Foreign commerce. January 22, 1827.
Forest reserves. January 29, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed.
Forest-reserves administration, etc. March 15, 1902. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Forfeited grants Northern Pacific Railroad. April 11, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Forfeited grants Northern Pacific Railroad. March 22, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. June 17, 1886. -- Ordered to be reprinted.
Forfeiture lands Northern Pacific Railroad Company. April 3, 1888. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Forfeiture of lands granted to a railroad in Oregon. February 20, 1884. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Form of government for the District of Columbia. December 27, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed.
Frauds upon Indians -- right of the President to withhold papers. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.
Further protest of the President of the United States against the Covode Committee. Message of the President of the United States, further protesting against the proceedings of the Covode Committee. June 25, 1860. -- Read and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Stanton, Curry, Charles F. Adams, Sedgwick, and Pryor, with instructions to report at the next session of Congress.
General Assembly of Ohio. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in reply to the resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina, respecting the constitutional powers of the general government. February 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table.
General Orders No. 32, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, referring to the resolution of the House of April 13, 1874, to examine and report as to General Orders No. 32, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, of March 15, 1873. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
General welfare clause. Memorandum on the general welfare clause, prepared by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, United States Senate. Presented by Mr. Bailey. May 14 (legislative day, April 16), 1945. -- Ordered to be printed.
George F. Seward. February 22, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority.
George F. Seward. March 3, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed.
Gold clauses in obligations. Opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States and the dissenting opinions in the cases questioning the validity of the joint resolution of Congress of June 5, 1933, with respect to the "gold clauses" in obligations.
Granting suffrage to residents of the District of Columbia. February 20 (calendar day, February 21), 1922. -- Ordered to be printed.
Groves of Sequoia Gigantea in California. March 6, 1902. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Groves of Sequoia gigantea in California. May 22, 1900. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
H. Snowden Marshall. April 14, 1916. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Harbor and river improvements. June 23, 1848. Submitted. July 11, 1848. Ordered to be printed.
Harbor-masters' fees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, relative to harbor-masters' fees exacted under the statutes of the State of New York. March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Heads of Executive departments. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) April 6, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States, including references to provisions of the Constitution, the laws, and decisions of the United States Senate, by Asher C. Hinds, LL.D., clerk at the Speaker's table. Volume III.
Hon. Thomas Corwin and the Mexican War. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the rights and duties of Congress, and the course of the Hon. T. Corwin, on the subject of the Mexican War. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Hugh N. Smith, delegate from New Mexico. April 4, 1850. Ordered, that the report be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order of the day for the 29th April, instant, and printed.
Illegal sale of imitations of dairy products. April 28, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Illinois contested elections. Turney vs. Marshall, and Fouke vs. Trumbull. June 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed.
Impeachment of the President. November 25, 1867. --Ordered that the report with the testimony be printed, (the report of the majority and the views of the minorities be printed together,) and the further consideration postponed until Wednesday, the 4th day of December next.
Imposing certain restrictions on disposition of naval vessels and facilities necessary to the maintenance of the combatant strength and efficiency of the Navy. May 18, 1945. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Impoundment control and 1974 expenditure ceiling. June 27, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of the public roads. December 7, 1904. -- Ordered to be printed.
In Senate of the United States, April 10, 1820. Mr. Barbour submitted the following motions for consideration which were read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Resolved, that the federal government is a government of limited powers and can rightfully exercise such only as are expressly given it by the Constitution...
In Senate of the United States, April 28, 1828. February 7, 1832. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
In Senate of the United States, April 28, 1828. Mr. Tazewell made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred sundry petitions and memorials, and the resolutions of several legislatures of different states, in relation to the colonization of persons of colour, have had all the said documents under their consideration, and now beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States, February 26, 1831. Mr. Benton submitted the following resolutions, which were read, and ordered to be printed, and laid on the table: Resolved, that the powers conferred on Congress by the states to lay and collect duties, and to regulate commerce...
In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1833. Read, and ordered to be printed. The resolutions submitted by Mr. Calhoun, on the subject of the relative powers of the state governments and those of the general government...
In Senate of the United States, May 2, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that five thousand additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Clay made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 6. The Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the Message of the President of the 4th December, 1833, returning, with his objections, the bill which had originated in the Senate, and had passed both Houses of Congress at the preceding session, entitled "An Act To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States"...
In Senate of the United States, May 22, 1828. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Select Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of New Jersey, touching the election of Ephraim Bateman, a senator from that state, report...
In Senate of the United States. August 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d March, 1842, requiring, "a statement showing the construction given by him in practice to the act of 4th July, 1836, confirming the reports of the board of commissioners appointed to investigate private land claims in Missouri, under the act of 9th July, 1832, and 2d March, 1833, and whether, in his opinion, further legislation is necessary to carry out effectively and justly said act of July 4, 1836," have considered of the matters submitted, and instructed me to report...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following motions for consideration: 1. Resolved, That in the formation of the federal Constitution, the states acted in their sovereign capacity...
In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Merrick to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Rives, on the subject of assuming state debts...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Calhoun submitted for consideration the following resolutions: Resolved, that the territories of the United States belong to the several states composing this Union, and are held by them as their joint and common property...
In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 381.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 381) "To Remit the Tolls on the United States Stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company, and To Purchase the Shares of Individual Stockholders, and To Make the Navigation of Said Canal Free," have considered the same, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 614, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred a bill from the Senate entitled, "An Act To Repeal the Bankrupt Law," and also a bill from the House of Representatives entitled, "An Act To Repeal the Bankrupt Law," and numerous petitions relating thereto...
In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Calhoun made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 122. The select committee to whom was referred that portion of the President's message which relates to the attempts to circulate, through the mail, inflammatory appeals, to excite the slaves to insurrection, submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1845. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which have been referred sundry joint resolutions and a bill on the subject of the annexation of Texas...
In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Houston submitted for consideration the following resolution: Whereas the Congress of the United States, possessing only a delegated authority, have no power over the subject of Negro slavery within the limits of the United States...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bagby submitted for consideration the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That Congress has no constitutional power to abolish or to prohibit slavery in any state or territory in this Union...
In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1850. Read, ordered that the further consideration thereof be postponed to and made the special order of the day for Tuesday next, and that they be printed. Mr. Clay submitted for consideration the following resolutions...
In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean submitted the following for consideration: 1. Resolved, That Congress possess no power, under the Constitution, to abolish slavery...
In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1844. Ordered to be printed; to accompany Bill S. 19. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following resolutions: Resolved, that the bill entitled "A Bill To Revive the Act of the 2d March, 1833, Usually Called the Compromise Act...".
In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 246.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney....
In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies, with the bill annexed, be furnished for the use of the Senate. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 5.) Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, submitted the following report: The Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to a uniform currency and a suitable fiscal agent capable of adding increased facilities in the collection and disbursement and security of the public revenues...
In Senate of the United States. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary with the views of the minority of that committee on Bill S. No. 350, for the admission of California into the Union as a state. January 15, 1849. Ordered, that 10,000 copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
In favor of increase of duties on imports. Communicated to the House of Representatives, March 15, 1828
In re Hallet Kilbourn. -- Opinion of Judge Cartter discharging from custody. May 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States sitting for the trial of William W. Belknap upon articles of impeachment. Replication of the House of Representatives to the plea of William W. Belknap to articles of impeachment. April 19, 1876. -- Ordered, that the replication of the House of Representatives to the plea of William W. Belknap to articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives be printed.
In the Senate of the United States, in open executive session. July 20, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the power to make treaties and to appoint all high public officers of the United States, being vested in the President and Senate jointly...
In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2572.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2572,) entitled "An Act To Protect Witnesses who shall be Required to Testify in Certain Cases," respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1893. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gorman submitted the following substitute for resolutions heretofore presented by Mr. Hoar and Mr. Chandler: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be directed to inquire into the consider the question whether the Senate has authority or jurisdiction to investigate charges made against a senator...
In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3969.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3969) regulating the appointment of justices of the peace, commissioners of deeds, and constables within and for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 151 [i.e., 251].) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, instructing them to "enquire into and report what jurisdiction the Congress of the United States has over the avenues of the City of Washington, whether said avenues have been obstructed...".
In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the Bill (S. 489) for the relief of G.B. Tyler and E.H. Luckett, assignees of William T. Cheatham, having duly considered the same, beg respectfully to report the said bill back to the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 651.) In 1845 Congress made an appropriation for the construction of the first telegraph line ever built...
In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1894. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Martin presented the following petition: To the Fifty-third Congress of the United States: The undersigned, a native citizen of the Republic, respectively asks to have submitted to the states for ratification ten suitably-framed sections as amendments to the Constitution......
In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report, which was considered in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, the 15th instant, at one o'clock. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate which is annexed, have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. August 13, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Education and Labor, submitted the following report. (To accompany S.R. 2.) Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 2, being joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in relation to the manufacture, importation, exportation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors...
In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 428) "Supplementary to the Several Acts in Force Relative to the Election of President and Vice President of the United States.")...
In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1893. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vance, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: (To accompany H.R. 2331.) The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2331) to repeal the statutes relating to supervisors of elections and for special deputy marshals, and other purposes...
In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1257.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1213, "For the Relief of Settlers on the Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas," submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1893. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, presented the following memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Portland, Oregon, referring to the Torrey bankrupt bill as a just and wise measure and demanding its early enactment...
In the Senate of the United States. December 29, 1890. -- Ordered to be laid on the table and printed. Mr. Mitchell presented the following memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Portland, Oregon, referring to the Torrey Bankrupt Bill as a just and wise measure and demanding its early enactment.
In the Senate of the United States. December 3, 1894. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. George presented the following: Resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules be, and they are hereby, instructed to report, at the earliest practicable date, for the action of the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. December 31, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Powell submitted the following report. The Committee of Thirteen, appointed by order of the Senate on the 20th instant, have agreed upon the following resolution, and directed me to report the same to the Senate: Resolved, that the Committee have not been able to agree upon any general plan of adjustment...
In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1867. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Drake submitted the following resolution. Concurrent resolution in relation to the annual message of the President of the United States. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the President of the United States, in declaring, in his annual message to the two Houses of Congress at the present session, that the acts heretofore passed by those Houses in relation to the reconstruction of the insurrectionary states...
In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Resolutions declaring the true principles of reconstruction; the jurisdiction of Congress over the whole subject; the illegality of existing governments in the rebel states, and the exclusion of such states, with such illegal governments, from representation in Congress, and from voting on Constitutional amendments.
In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1889. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Whereas the only power conferred on Congress to impose taxes on the American people is to be found in the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution, wherein...
In the Senate of the United States. December 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution: Whereas under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States the power is vested in Congress "to regulate commerce among the several states," and "to establish post offices and post roads;"...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1892. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vance, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following report: (To accompany H.R. 2785.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2785) entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Amend the General Incorporation Law of the District of Columbia,'"...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 458.) The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 458) to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic Seas, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1888. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary are directed to inquire and report: (1) Whether Congress has power to enact laws to prohibit, within the states, the adulteration of food...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of a proclamation of the President, dated December 25, 1868, purporting to extend pardon and amnesty to a class of persons guilty of treason, &c., respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. Res. 5.) The Committee on Woman Suffrage, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 5, being "Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Extending the Right of Suffrage to Women," have considered the same, and report thereon favorably...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1886. -- Submitted, considered, and, with the substitute proposed by Mr. Pugh, ordered to be printed and postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Riddleberger submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that it is the sense of the Senate that the Executive of the United States is not restricted by Constitution or law in removing or suspending appointees...
In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1909.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1909) for the relief of John W. Chickering, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1886. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Whereas a majority of the Committee on the Judiciary have originated and reported to the Senate and recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate hereby expresses its condemnation of the refusal of the Attorney General...
In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Frye, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 121.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 121) to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Staten Island Sound, known as Arthur Kill, and to establish the same as a post road, beg leave to report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1892. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report: (To accompany S. 1548.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1548) to extend the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States as defined in Section 709 of the Revised Statutes, etc...
In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Select Committee on Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen, to whom were referred sundry petitions asking for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and, also, asking for the repeal of all acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves, have had the same under consideration and ask leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pendleton, from the select committee on the Bill (S. 227) to provide that the principal officer of each of the executive departments may occupy a seat on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives, submitted the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, that, in order to determine the duties of the national government at the present moment, it is of the first importance that we should see and understand the real character of the contest which has been forced upon the United States...
In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Whereas the union of church and state in the conduct of a joint administration of the temporal or spiritual affairs of any church or religious sect or society is dangerous to the freedom of religious worship and opinion, and violates the principles of the Constitution of the United States...
In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, as follows: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be directed to inquire whether the Secretary of the Treasury has power, under existing law, to issue United States notes in lieu of the forty-four million dollars of notes retired and canceled under the act of April 12, 1866...
In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 253.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 253, entitled "A Joint Resolution Explanatory of the Act Admitting the State of Oregon into the Union," respectfully submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2993.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2993) entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Sufferers by Fire in Boston," which act is as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1883. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee To Investigate and Report the Best Means of Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Epidemic Diseases, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2259.) The Committee To Investigate and Report the Best Means of Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Epidemic Diseases, to which was referred the Bill (S. 2259) to repeal the tenth section of the act approved June 2, 1879...
In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolutions. 1. Resolved, that the government of the United States was established by the people of states which before had been separate, sovereign, and independent...
In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 260.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred a Bill (S. 260) to prohibit the mailing of newspapers and other publications containing lottery advertisements, and prescribing a penalty for the violation of the same, reports the same to the Senate with an amendment, recommending the passage of the bill as amended...
In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 984.) The Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate, adopted January 6, 1876, "to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to secure indemnity to the United States for advances of interest paid and to be paid by the government on account of subsidy bonds issued to the several Pacific Railroad Companies...".
In the Senate of the United States. July 20, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions declaring the privilege of debate in the Senate with regard to civil officers liable to impeachment...
In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1892. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Platt, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: (To accompany H.R. 7845.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 7845) defining "options" and "futures," imposing special taxes on dealers therein, and requiring such dealers and persons engaged in selling certain products to obtain license, and for other purposes...
In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Education and Labor, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. Res. 12.) By direction of the Committee on Education and Labor Mr. Blair submits the following report on Senate Resolution No. 12, entitled "Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in Relation to the Manufacture, Importation, Exportation, Transportation, and Sale of Alcoholic Liquors," recommending its submission to the states...
In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1880. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the Senate is not invested by the Constitution of the United States with the right to count the votes of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States...
In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1894. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar presented the following letter from Chief Justice Taney to the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an act taxing the salaries of the judges of the courts of the United States.
In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gray, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 31.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 31) for the relief of Warren Mitchell, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1874. -- Recommitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, subcommittee of the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, submitted the following report. The subcommittee appointed by the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, having had under consideration a resolution adopted by the Senate March 24, 1873, directing such select committee to inquire and report to the Senate as to the nature and extent of the obligations subsisting between the railroad companies and the postal service...
In the Senate of the United States. June 26, 1884. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. June 30, 1884. -- Reported. Mr. Slater, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2036.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2036) to forfeit the unearned lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to aid in the construction of a railroad from Lake Superior to Puget's Sound...
In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 485.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 485) to repeal certain provisions of the acts of Congress making appropriations for the support of the Army, approved June 16, 1874, and March 3, 1875, respectively, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 496.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the return of Mathew Johnson, and the return of Silas Carleton...
In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden submitted the following report. The joint committee of the two Houses of Congress appointed under the concurrent resolution of December 13, 1865, with direction "to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or any of them are entitled to be represented in either house of Congress, with leave to report by bill or otherwise," ask leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting correspondence and information concerning permission to land cable on United States coast since March 1, 1893. December 21, 1893. -- Ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1881. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President relating to the claims of Spain against the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dolph, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2632.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2632) to amend and enlarge the fifth section of an act approved June 18, 1878...
In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1884. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following views of the minority. (To accompany Bill S. 3933.) The undersigned, a minority of the Committee, agree with the majority as to the following propositions that were affirmed in the bill, as amended and reported to the Senate: (1.) That the Texas Pacific Railroad Company has not complied, in any material respect, with the conditions upon which Congress granted lands to it to aid in the construction of a railroad with its western terminus at San Diego on the Pacific coast...
In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1884. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following resolution: Whereas by the Ninth Article in amendment of the Constitution it is provided that the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people...
In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1856. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority of the committee upon the same subject. Motion to print 62,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Douglas made the following report. The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred so much of the annual message of the President of the United States as relates to territorial affairs, together with his special message of the 24th day of January, 1856, in regard to Kansas Territory, and his message of the 18th of February, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th of February, 1856, requesting transcripts of certain papers relative to the affairs of the Territory of Kansas, having given the same that serious and mature deliberation which the importance of the subject demands, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2043.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred Senate Bill 2043, authorizing the removal of certain obstructions in the Hudson River, opposite Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York...
In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. George, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1067.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1067) relating to imported liquors, for examination of the constitutional questions involved, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1888. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following report. (To accompany Senate resolution adopted February 7, 1888.) The Committee on Commerce beg leave to submit the following report on the resolution of the Senate adopted on February 7, 1888, viz...
In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott from the Committee of Conference, appointed by the two Houses, to consider the question as to the power of the Senate to originate the Bill (S. 1083) to repeal so much of the act approved July 14, 1870, entitled "An Act To Reduce Internal Taxes and for Other Purposes," as continues the income tax after the 31st day of December, 1869...
In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 2632.) Views of the minority. (The references in this report to the appendix, which is printed with the majority report, are to the top paging.)...
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1893. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the enactment in the act making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes...
In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1894. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Peffer submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be, and it is hereby, instructed to prepare and report as soon as practicable a bill to repeal all laws authorizing or permitting the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds...
In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh submitted the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), first, that it is the imperative duty of Congress at its present session to revise the existing tariff laws and reduce and readjust the rates of duty on imports, so as to secure justice, equality, uniformity, and permanence in our revenue system...
In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, for the Committee on Territories, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 644.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a bill "To Incorporate the United States Freehold Land and Emigration Company, and To Confirm Certain Legislation in Colorado Territory," respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 15.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 15, entitled "A Bill To Alter and Amend the Act Entitled 'An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph-line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and To Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes,'" approved July first...
In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following resolutions. Resolved, 1st, that the late rebellion was a contest between freedom and slavery. To perpetuate human bondage against the influences of a progressive civilization, which it was feared would soon manifest itself in the political action of the government, a portion of the people of eleven states attempted to withdraw themselves and their states from the operation of such influences...
In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. 398.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the Bill (S. 398) subjecting imported liquors to the provisions of the laws of the several states, reports...
In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Epidemic Diseases, submitted the following report: The select committee "to investigate and report the best means of preventing the introduction and spread of epidemic diseases," to whom were referred the petitions of Elizabeth R. Post and other citizens of Westbury, N.Y....
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1892. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany S. 2834.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2834) entitled "A Bill To Amend Section 3893 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and for Other Purposes," having had the same under consideration...
In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. June 1, 1874. -- Ordered that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Morton submitted the following report. On the 10th day of March, 1873, the Senate of the United States adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be instructed to examine and report, at the next session of Congress, upon the best and most practicable mode of electing the President and Vice-President...
In the Senate of the United States. Memorial of Norvin Green, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, remonstrating against the passage of the bill for the establishment of a government system of postal telegraph. January 23, 1888. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. September 2, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany H.R. 11569.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 11569) to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to lotteries...
In the Senate of the United States. University of the United States. April 1, 1902. -- Submitted by Mr. Deboe, from the Committee to Establish the University of the United States, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany S. 3943.).
Increasing the efficiency of the military establishment. March 6, 1916. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Indemnity to the United States in certain cases. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2437.) January 4, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Independent Treasury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) March 14, 1844.
Inquiry as to impeachment in Credit Mobilier testimony. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed.
Inquiry in regard to river and harbor act. January 26, 1897. -- Ordered to be printed.
Intercourse with foreign nations. April 13, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Interference with commerce among the states, etc. April 8, 1910. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Interference with commerce. May 24 (calendar day, May 29), 1920. -- Ordered to be printed.
Internal improvements. Mr. Bailey's resolutions proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States in relation to internal improvements. December 13, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
International arbitration. February 8, 1905. -- Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following views of the minority (on the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and other European powers; which was ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate). February 13, 1905. -- Injunction of secrecy removed, and ordered to be printed as a document.
International security assistance and arms export control act of 1976. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate on S. 2662, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Foreign Military Sales Act, and for other purposes. January 30, 1976. -- Ordered to be printed.
Interoceanic canals. May 26, 1902. -- Ordered to be printed.
Interstate shipments of intoxicating liquors. Argument of Hon. Fred S. Caldwell former state enforcement attorney of Oklahoma, of Oklahoma City, Okla. In favor of the Kenyon (S. 4043) and McCumber (S. 2310) Bills. Presented by Mr. Gronna for Mr. Kenyon April 2, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
Intervention by states in cases involving validity of exercise of United States powers. April 8, 1940. -- Ordered to be printed.
Investigation of labor troubles in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, and Illinois. In two parts. Part 1.
Is the president the sole negotiator of treaties? An article on the respective powers of the Senate and the President in the negotiation of treaties, by William W. Dewhurst of the Florida bar. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. May 3, 1921. -- Ordered to be printed.
John W. Chickering. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joint Committee on the Budget. To accompany S. 2, amending the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide for more effective evaluation of the fiscal requirements of the executive agencies of the government of the United States. Report of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate. January 26, 1965. -- Ordered to be printed.
Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States conferring power on Congress to define, regulate, prohibit, and dissolve trusts, etc. May 15, 1900. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Joint resolution on Mexican affairs. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Judge Story's position on the so-called general welfare clause. Article from the American Bar Association Journal, July, 1927, entitled Judge Story's position on the So-called General Welfare Clause, by Hon. Henry St. George Tucker, president American Bar Association 1904-5 and member of Congress from Virginia. Presented by Mr. Moses for Mr. Reed of Missouri. December 13, 1927. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judicial decisions and public feeling. Address by Hon. Elihu Root as President of the New York Bar Association, at the annual meeting, in New York City, on January 19, 1912. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. January 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judicial power and the power of Congress in its relation to the United States courts. Argument of Alfred P. Thom in opposition to Senate Bills 4365 and 4366 prohibiting the granting, by any court, of injunction in certain cases. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. March 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.

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