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Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bayard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second time. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships or other vessels,'' approved March ... (S. 3)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bayard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second time. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment. A Bill To supply vacancies in certain offices. (S. 5)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bayard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment. A Bill Concerning appeals and writs of error. (S. 4)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bayard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay without amendment. A Bill Concerning seamen. (S. 6)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bigler asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Bigler without amendment. A Bill To extend the limits of the port of entry and delivery for the district of Philadelphia. (S. 402)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bingham asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Hale without amendment, and accompanied by a report (No. 28.) A Bill For the relief of Sheldon McKnight. (S. 30)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bingham asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment. A Bill In relation to mission claims at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. (S. 190)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Printing. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the public printing, binding, engraving, and lithographing. (S. 103)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To incorporate the National Gallery and School of Arts ... (S. 287)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To reimburse the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a sum of money advanced towards the ... (S. 202)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment, and adversely. Recommitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown, without amendment. A Bill To reimburse the ... (S. 202)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment. A Bill Concerning conveyances of places of public worship in the District of Columbia. (S. 465)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked, and obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. On motion by Mr. Green, committee discharged. A Bill To punish offenses against slave property in the Territory of Kansas. (S. 203)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Chandler asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Powell without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 19.) A Bill To authorize and direct the settlement of the accounts of Ross Wilkins, James Witherell, and ... (S. 66)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics; amend the title to read, A bill repealing all laws or parts of laws granting ... (S. 16)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill Declaring the consent of Congress to any act which may be ... (S. 85)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Crittenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Mr. Crittenden without amendment. (See report com. No. 1.) A Bill For the relief of Francis Dainese. (S. 14)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment. A Bill To authorize the sale of public arms to the several States and Territories, and to regulate the appointment of superintendents ... (S. 45)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment. A Bill To fix the pay and regulate the allowances of officers of the army. (S. 48)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment. A Bill To prevent desertion and to facilitate enlistment of soldiers in the army of the United States. (S. 46)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment. A Bill To promote the efficiency of the army by retiring disabled or infirm officers. (S. 47)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill Directing the manner in which the testimony of ... (S. 25)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Green asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read, A bill for the relief of ... (S. 49)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Gwin asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, army and navy supplies, and all other government service, ... (S. 12)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hale asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to a select committee of three, to be appointed by the Vice-President. Reported by Mr. Hale with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics. A Bill To alter and ... (S. 451)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hale asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Grime without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report. A Bill Granting a pension to Mrs. Macomb, widow of Major General Alexander Macomb. (S. 67)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Harlan asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of purchasers of public land within the timber reserve opposite Fort Kearny, and for the settlers within the ... (S. 15)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Harlan asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 207.) A Bill For the relief of Solomon Wadsworth. (S. 43)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Haun asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Authorizing the appointment of a suitable person to survey the eastern boundary of the State of California. (S. 226)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Haun asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times. Ordered to be printed. A Bill For the purpose of aiding in the construction of a line of railroad across that portion of the public domain lying between the Mississippi river and the eastern boundary of the State of ... (S. 167)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Haun asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with amendments, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to ascertain and settle private land claims in the State of ... (S. 168)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hemphill asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay without amendment, and accompanied by a manuscript report. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth M. Cocke, widow of Major James H. Cocke, late marshal of the district of Texas. ... (S. 81)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hemphill asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed ... (S. 18)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hemphill asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Thomson without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Mary Heisinger de Waldegg. (S. 516)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hemphill asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Sebastian without amendment. A Bill To provide for an examination of the claims of citizens of the United States for indemnity for spoliations committed by Indians and ... (S. 449)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Iverson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committe on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To amend an ''Act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States,'' approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 53)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Iverson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Bayard, with amendments, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To amend an ''Act to establish a court ... (S. 53)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times and ordered to lie on the table. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. The bill was considered as in ... (S. 1)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Doolittle without amendment. A Bill For the relief of A. H. Jones and H. M. C. Brown. (S. 469)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported, by Mr. Grimes, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 203.) A Bill For the relief of Mary Preston, widow of George Preston. (S. 291)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Kennedy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the transportation of the United States mails and government supplies by railroad to the Pacific ocean. (S. 418)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lane asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Davis, committee discharged, and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill To perfect the title of the United States to lands upon which the government is erecting ... (S. 410)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lane asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. Amend the title to read A bill to provide ... (S. 11)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lane asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To amend ''an act for extending the laws and judicial ... (S. 9)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report. A Bill To provide for the construction of a custom-house in Apalachicola, in the State of Florida. (S. 181)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay, without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report. A Bill To provide for the construction of a marine hospital at Apalachicola, in the State of Florida. (S. 178)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Mallory with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To increase and regulate the pay of the navy. (S. 32)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported by Mr. Bigler with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and the ... (S. 10)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported by Mr. Bigler with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill In addition to ''An act to promote the progress ... (S. 10)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To provide for the construction of a court-house in Apalachicola, in the State of Florida. (S. 179)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Powell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Gwin with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To abolish the franking privilege. (S. 35)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rick asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which, was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Rick without amendment, and accompanied by a report, No. 44. A Bill Making an appropriation for the erection, in the city of Saint Paul, State of Minnesota, a ... (S. 28)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Saulsbury asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay without amendment. A Bill Making an appropriation for the erection of a pier in Delaware bay for the protection of commerce. (S. 13)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Sebastian asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 274.) A Bill For the relief of Mark W. Izard. (S. 498)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Seward asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Ordered to be printed. A Bill For the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union. Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas, by their representatives in convention assembled at Wyandott, in said Territory, ... (S. 194)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Slidell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Mr. Slidell without amendment. A Bill Making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the Island of Cuba by negotiation. (S. 7)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Toombs asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. Bayard, committee discharged. A Bill To establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. (S. 279)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wade asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by miscellaneous document (No. ... (S. 19)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Mallory; with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics, and amend the title to read A bill to authorize the ... (S. 296)
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for executing the public printing, and establishing the prices thereof, and for other purposes,'' approved August ... (S. 243)
Agreeably to notice. Mr. Hemphill asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. Bayard, committee discharged. A Bill To increase the salaries of the judges of the United States for the eastern and western districts of Texas, and to regulate the ... (S. 54)
Agreeably to notice. Mr. Rice asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with an amendment, viz: Strike out [forty-seventh degree] and insert forty-sixth degree. A Bill Making an appropriation for building a military post ... (S. 27)
Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 143,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of D. G. Farragut. (S. 281)
Mr. Bayard asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported by Mr. Ten Eyok, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 92.) A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Montgomery, heir of Hugh Montgomery. (S. 95)
Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning courts in the Territories. (S. 148)
Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to limit the liability of shipowners, and for other purposes,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. (S. 437)
Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 104,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of McFarland and Downey. (S. 241)
Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 262,) accompanied by the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives. (S. 496)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. CLAY without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Simon de Visser and Jose Villarubia, of New Orleans. (S. 39)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with an amendment, viz: Insert the section (5) printed in italics. A Bill To amend the existing laws relative to the compensation of the district attorneys, ... (S. 86)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with an amendment, viz: Insert the section (5) printed in italics. Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with amendments, ... (S. 86)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 208.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Olivier Landry, of the State of ... (S. 382)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 267) A Bill To affirm certain entries of land in the State of Louisiana. (S. 41)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment. A Bill For the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and for other ... (S. 104)
Mr. Benjamin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 206.) A Bill ... (S. 425)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Robert A. Matthews. (S. 321)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide more fully for the collection of debts due to the United States, and for the sale of lands taken by the United States for debts due to the same. (S. 438)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 103,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm the title of Benjamin E. Edwards to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 240)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 108,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm certain land claims in the Florida parishes of Louisiana to the city of New Orleans and others. (S. 246)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 12,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the institution of a suit against the United States to test the title to lots numbers five and six in the hospital square in San Francisco. (S. 97)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 124,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. Disharoon, of St. Louis county, Missouri. (S. 256)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 172,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To relinquish the title of the United States to certain lands occupied by the city of Baton Rouge, in Louisiana. (S. 378)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 173,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel Whitney. (S. 379)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 174,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to authorize the relocation of land warrants numbers three, four, and five, granted by Con-to General Lafayette,'' approved February ... (S. 380)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 18,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the ''Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States'' to enter a certain tract of land in the State of ... (S. 106)
Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade.'' (S. 464)
Mr. Bigler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for taking the sense of the people of the several States on certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Whereas the Union is in imminent danger ... (S. 537)
Mr. Bigler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Bigler without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 299.) A Bill In relation to the liabilities of the Collectors of Customs. (S. 541)
Mr. Bigler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. Bayard, committee discharged. A Bill For the relief of Gottlieb Scheerer. (S. 372)
Mr. Bigler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the select committee on the recent invasion at Harper's Ferry. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the suppression of the invasion of one State by or from another, and the fitting out of military expeditions or ... (S. 72)
Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To change the location of the custom-house for the district of Brazos de Santiago, from Point Isabel to Brownsville, in the State of Texas. (S. 450)
Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend the limits of the Collection District of Philadelphia. (S. 557)
Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 193,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thatcher Perkins and William McMahon. (S. 403)
Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 194,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jane B. Evans. (S. 404)
Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 310,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend a patent heretofore granted to Samuel F. B. Morse. (S. 575)
Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 43,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Randall Pegg. (S. 154)
Mr. Bingham asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Hale without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 29.) A Bill For the relief of Arthur Edwards and his associates. (S. 29)
Mr. Bingham asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the courts to adjudicate the claim of the legal representatives of the Sieur de Bonne and of the Chevalier de Repentigny ... (S. 92)
Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James T. V. Thompson. (S. 533)
Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 141,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Isaac Varn, senior. (S. 278)
Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 142,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas M. Newell. (S. 280)
Mr. Bright asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill For the prosecution of the work upon the extension of the United States Capitol. (S. 304)
Mr. Bright asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To enlarge the public grounds surrounding the Capitol. (S. 265)
Mr. Bright asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Sebastian, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 90.) A Bill For the relief of Madison Sweetser. (S. 150)
Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Eliza B. Mills, widow of Robert Mills. (S. 490)
Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill In relation to malicious injuries to, and trespasses upon, public and private property within the District of Columbia. (S. 488)
Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times. A Bill Granting additional powers to the Corporation of the City of Washington, in relation to the distribution of the Potomac water. (S. 571)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay, without amendment. A Bill Giving the consent of Congress to the deepening of certain rivers and channels on the Gulf of Mexico, within the jurisdiction of the State of ... (S. 433)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To dissolve the ''Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the ... (S. 426)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown, with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company, in the District of ... (S. 483)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To prevent malicious mischief and protect property in the District of Columbia. (S. 147)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a Criminal Court in the District of Columbia.''' (S. 344)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment. A Bill To authorize the levy court to issue tavern and other licenses in the District of Columbia. (S. 261)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics; and amend the title to read A bill to prohibit ... (S. 369)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown, without amendment, and adversely. Considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, an amendment being proposed by Mr. Brown, viz: Strike out all after the ... (S. 147)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown, without amendment. A Bill To incorporate the proprietors of Prospect Hill Cemetery. (S. 385)
Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which, was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown with amendments, namely, insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To incorporate the trustees of the New Jerusalem Church of the city of Washington. (S. 484)
Mr. Brown from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 155,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Court of Claims to award damages against the United States in certain cases therein named. (S. 313)
Mr. Brown from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 80,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill In relation to a railway along Pennsylvania avenue and other avenues and streets, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. (S. 201)
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Directing the conveyance of a lot of ground for the use of the public schools of Washington city. (S. 200)
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the ''Act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the Civil Departments of the Government of the United States in the District of Columbia.'' (S. 62)
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the extension and use of a branch of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire railroad within the city of Georgetown. (S. 64)
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia. (S. 252)
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 8,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of public schools in the city of Washington. (S. 76)
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 80,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, considered as in Committee of the Whole, amended, and postponed to Saturday next, 7th of April. Resumed; amended, reported to Senate; amendments concurred ... (S. 201)
Mr. Cameron asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Thomson without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Anne M. Smith, widow of the late Brevet Major General Persifor F. Smith. (S. 73)
Mr. Chandler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Chandler with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 11.) A Bill For the relief of ... (S. 80)
Mr. Clark asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. (S. 216)
Mr. Clarke, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 151,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Seth Eastman. (S. 308)
Mr. Clay asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of certain persons who made entries in the district of lands subject to sale at Saint Stephens, ... (S. 391)
Mr. Clay asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To cede the public lands within the limits of the land States, on certain conditions therein mentioned. (S. 389)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief Francis Huttmann. (S. 78)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of J. W. Dyer, A. L. Dyer, and W. W. Dyer. (S. 237)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard Chenery. (S. 77)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the general introduction of an international code of marine signals. (S. 320)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed, to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Tench Tilghman. (S. 79)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted a report, (No. 37,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Francis Huttman. (S. 143)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 88,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Laura C. Humber, widow of Charles H. Humber. (S. 227)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 89 ) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Valentine Wehrheim. (S. 228)
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 95,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Frederick L. Colelaser. (S. 232)
Mr. Collamer asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. A Bill In relation to the Collection of Duties on Imports, and for other other purposes. (S. 545)
Mr. Collamer asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: insert the words printed in italics. A Bill In relation to the Collection of Duties on Imports, and for other purposes. (S. 545)
Mr. Crittenden asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to a select committee of seven members, to be appointed by the Vice President. Reported by Mr. Crittenden without amendment. A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for ... (S. 428)
Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry G. Carson, administrator of Curtis Grubb, deceased. (S. 187)
Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the surviving grandchildren of Colonel William Thompson, of the revolutionary army of South Carolina. (S. 188)
Mr. Davis asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To regulate public contracts. (S. 447)
Mr. Davis asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 21.) A Bill For the better organization of the United States army. (S. 61)
Mr. Davis asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 286.) A Bill To furnish Arms and Accouterments to a Volunteer Company in Lexington, Kentucky. (S. 520)
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 223,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To restore to the Secretary of War the supervisory and appellate powers in relation to the acts and duties of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (S. 436)
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 258,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Captain J. W. Davidson, of the United States army. (S. 492)
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 287,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant George L. Hartsuff, United States Army. (S. 523)
Mr. Doolittle asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Pugh without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To provide for the holding the circuit court and district court of the United States at Binghampton, in the State of New ... (S. 381)
Mr. Douglas asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Amendatory of and supplemental to the acts approved February twelve, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and September eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty, ... (S. 549)
Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 38,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jeremiah Pendergast, of the District of Columbia. (S. 144)
Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 127,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Haym M. Salomon. (S. 263)
Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 246,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Captain Alexander Rose. (S. 476)
Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 73,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased. (S. 196)
Mr. Fessenden asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. A Bill Granting public lands and a loan of the credit of government to the People's Pacific Railroad Company to aid in the construction of a railroad from the ... (S. 527)
Mr. Fessenden asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion by Mr. Hamlin, committee discharged. A Bill Supplemental to the act entitled ''An act to authorize protection to be given to citizens of the United States who may discover deposits ... (S. 248)
Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 268,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Rice. (S. 501)
Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 7,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Edward N. Kent. (S. 74)
Mr. Fitch asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics, and amend the title to read A bill to amend ... (S. 254)
Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. A Bill Providing for a reduction in the prices allowed for the public printing, and providing for the binding of the public documents, reports, and journals. (S. 262)
Mr. Fitzpatrick asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the establishment and authentication of wills in the District of Columbia. (S. 475)
Mr. Fitzpatrick, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 171,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Major Benjamin Alvord, paymaster United States army. (S. 376)
Mr. Fitzpatrick, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 27,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of R. F. Blocker, E. J. Gurley, and J. F. Davis. (S. 114)
Mr. Foot asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Foot without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elias Hall. (S. 434)
Mr. Foot asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. A Bill For the reorganization of the United States Military Academy at West Point. (S. 540)
Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Eli W. Goff. (S. 113)
Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 175,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Myer. (S. 383)
Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 196,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Captain John B. Montgomery, of the United States navy. (S. 406)
Mr. Foote, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 22,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Aaron H. Palmer. (S. 111)
Mr. Foote, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 61,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Franklin Peale. (S. 189)
Mr. Foote, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 93,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Declaratory of the acts for carrying into effect the ninth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen between the United States and Spain. (S. 230)
Mr. Foster asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. (S. 234)
Mr. Foster asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To promote the progress of the useful arts. (S. 424)
Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 139,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second, reading. A Bill For the relief of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze and Mallet. (S. 275)
Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted, a report, (No. 197,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of General Stephen Moylan's heirs. (S. 409)
Mr. Green asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, committee discharged. A Bill To settle the titles to certain lands set apart for the use of certain half-breed Kansas Indians, in Kansas Territory. Whereas by the ... (S. 152)
Mr. Green asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 55.) A ... (S. 119)
Mr. Green asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Thomson without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Eviline Porter, widow of the late Commodore Porter, deceased. (S. 427)
Mr. Green asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To confirm the titles of certain purchasers of school lands in Kansas Territory. (S. 107)
Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To organize the Territory of Nevada. (S. 563)
Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Arizuma and to create the office of surveyor general therein. (S. 365)
Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Dakota, and to create the office of surveyor general therein. (S. 562)
Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado. (S. 366)
Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, considered as in Committee of the Whole amended, and on motion by Mr. Brown to amend the bill, Mr. Trumbull proposed to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Brown, pending which the Senate adjourned. ... (S. 365)
Mr. Green, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 107,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Sweeny, Rittenhouse, Fant and Company. (S. 245)
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 110,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary E. Castor. (S. 247)
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 140,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Peter Van Buskirk. (S. 277)
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 180,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Hester Stoll, widow of Urban Stoll. (S. 390)
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 57,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nicholas Underhill. (S. 182)
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 58,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Cornelius Hughes. (S. 183)
Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted, a report, (No. 13,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Abner Merrill. (S. 96)
Mr. Gwin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion by Mr. Hamlin, Committee discharged. A Bill To amend the act ''To authorize protection to be given to citizens of the United States who may discover deposits of guano,'' passed August ... (S. 218)
Mr. Gwin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Gwin, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To facilitate communication between the ... (S. 84)
Mr. Gwin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be engrossed, read the third time, and postponed. A Bill To provide for the taking of private ... (S. 412)
Mr. Gwin asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which, was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Gwin with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. Mr. Gwin, from the committee, reported ... (S. 84)
Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the transportation of the mails between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Placerville, California, within twenty days. (S. 394)
Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times. A Bill Establishing certain Post Routes. (S. 572)
Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 293,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Dexter R. Crocker. (S. 546)
Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 296,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Gordon. (S. 556)
Mr. Hale asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read three times and passed. A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of Charles Pearson, deceased. (S. 239)
Mr. Hale asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Hale without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Hockaday and Ligget. (S. 551)
Mr. Hale asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. Bayard, committee discharged. A Bill For the protection of witnesses in criminal cases, in the District of Columbia. (S. 397)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 144,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Eliphalet Brown, junior. (S. 286)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 152,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles J. Sweet (S. 309)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted, a report, (No. 6,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ann Scott. (S. 60)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel B. Hibbard. (S. 561)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 275,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the California Stage Company. (S. 507)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 292,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the Trustees of A. G. Sloo. (S. 542)
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 81,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of A. T. Spencer and Gurdon S. Hubbard. (S. 221)
Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to authorize protection to be given to citizens of the United States who may discover deposits of guano,'' approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (S. 303)
Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the provisions of the fifty-sixth section of ''An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,'' approved the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. (S. 215)
Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Etting. (S. 91)
Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report (No. 147) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second, reading. A Bill For the relief of William B. Shubrick. (S. 295)
Mr. Hammond, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 106,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of T. A. M. Craven. (S. 244)
Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. (See Senate Mis. Doc. No. 49.) A Bill Authorizing the sale of abandoned military reservations. (S. 384)
Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 168,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of certain settlers in the State of Iowa. (S. 371)
Mr. Haun asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Sebastian with an amendment, viz: insert the section printed in italics. A Bill To provide for a superintendent of Indian affairs for Washington Territory and additional ... (S. 88)
Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 154,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the officers and soldiers of the United States army, who sustained loss by the disaster to the steamship ''San Francisco.'' (S. 311)
Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 305,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant Loomis L. Langdon. (S. 566)
Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 166,) accompanied, by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported by Mr. Hemphill without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Frederick E. Sickels. (S. 367)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George W. Flood. (S. 473)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of A. W. McPherson. (S. 110)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Phelps. (S. 175)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Brannan. (S. 285)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John H. Rountree. (S. 491)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Hastings, collector of the port of Pittsburg. (S. 109)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John R. Nourse and others. (S. 177)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Miles Devine. (S. 99)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Ann P. Derrick, widow of W. S. Derrick, deceased. (S. 185)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Jane M. McCrabb, widow of the late Captain John W. McCrabb, assistant quartermaster United States army. (S. 65)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of R. W. Clarke. (S. 176)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel H. Taylor. (S. 100)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Crown. (S. 101)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Money. (S. 174)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To further carry out the provisions of the fifteenth section of the treaty between the United States and Mexico, concluded on the second day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Whereas there remains unexpended in ... (S. 112)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 148,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin. (S. 297)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 169,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William P. Bowhay. (S. 373)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 170,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Eliza E. Ogden. (S. 374)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 215,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of C. L. West and others. (S. 431)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 216,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Chandler S. Emory, sole surviving administrator of Calvin Read, of Duval county, Florida. (S. 432)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 83,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of J. J. Lints. (S. 223)
Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mills Judson, surety on the official bond of the late Purser Andrew D. Crosby. (S. 186)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Lee Deatherage and John Deatherage, or their legal representatives. (S. 87)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Pugh without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Theresa Dardenne, widow of Abraham Dardenne, deceased, and their children. (S. 31)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard with an amendment, viz: Insert the section printed in italics. A Bill Concerning the courts of the United States in the district of Arkansas. (S. 172)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Vance and Brothers. (S. 290)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Land, submitted a report, (No. 123,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elias Yulee late receiver of public moneys at Olympia in Washington Territory. (S. 255)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill, which was read three times and passed. Motion by Mr. Doolittle to reconsider the vote on passing the bill, postponed until to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of certain claimants to farm lots at Prairie du Chien, in the State of Wisconsin. (S. 472)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To revive an act entitled ''An act for the relief of the representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Heard, and others,'' approved May twenty-four, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and the several acts ... (S. 470)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 209,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ashton S. H. White. (S. 429)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 230,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Sylvester Gray. (S. 452)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 231,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Towson, widow of Joshua Towson, a soldier of the war of 1812. (S. 453)
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 232,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Providing for satisfying claims for bounty lands, and for other purposes. (S. 454)
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the ''bill (S. 1) to grant to any person who is the head of a family and a citizen of the United States a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land, out of the public domain, upon condition of occupancy and cultivation of the same for the period herein ... (S. 416)
Mr. Kennedy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Mallory without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 247.) For the relief of John B. Rittenhouse. (S. 251)
Mr. Kennedy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To authorize the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to extend the Washington branch of their road to the Potomac river, and across the same by ... (S. 377)
Mr. Kennedy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Kennedy with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics, and amend the title to read A ... (S. 377)
Mr. Kennedy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. A Bill Relating to marriages in the District of Columbia. (S. 153)
Mr. Kennedy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Green without amendment, and accompanied by a report (No. 281.) A Bill Explanatory of an act entitled ''An act supplementary to an act to authorize notaries public to take ... (S. 386)
Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 300,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James K. Harwood. (S. 559)
Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Michael Nash, of the District of Columbia. (S. 63)
Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the Parish of Saint Matthew's Church, of the City of Washington. (S. 547)
Mr. King asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Bigler without amendment, and accompanied by a report. A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register to the schooner Perseverance, of Ogdensburgh, State of ... (S. 524)
Mr. King asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property. Whereas certain of the forts, arsenals, ... (S. 550)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, committee discharged. A Bill To provide two additional superintendencies of Indian affairs for the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington. (S. 289)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Davis, committee discharged. A Bill For the completion of the Military Road from Fort Benton to the Walla-Walla. (S. 93)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Davis, committee discharged. A Bill To complete certain military roads in the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 322)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Clay without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 47.) A Bill To authorize an increase of pension to Joseph Verbiski. (S. 83)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Bragg with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause within [brackets,] and insert what follows printed in italics; and amend the title to read, A bill to ... (S. 530)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, without amendment. A Bill To amend the fourth section of the act for the admission of Oregon into the Union, so as to extend the time for selecting salt ... (S. 82)
Mr. Lane asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Lane without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 177.) A Bill Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the completion of the geological ... (S. 149)
Mr. Lane, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 306,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Anne M. Smith, widow of General Persifer F. Smith. (S. 569)
Mr. Latham asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics: Amend the title to read A bill in addition to an act entitled ... (S. 288)
Mr. Latham asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Gwin with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics, and amend the title to read A bill to authorize the ... (S. 486)
Mr. Latham, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report (No. 301) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George P. Ihrie. (S. 564)
Mr. Mallory asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Mallory without amendment. A Bill To modify the sea-service pay of pursers in the navy. (S. 33)
Mr. Mallory asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, committee discharged. A Bill Granting to the corporation of the city of Tampa, State of Florida, certain lands adjoining said city. (S. 445)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 30,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Santiago E. Arguello. (S. 117)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 31,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of David Myerle. (S. 118)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted, a report, (No. 260,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Augustus Steele. (S. 493)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of David D. Porter. (S. 57)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of F. M. Gunnell, passed assistant surgeon in the navy. (S. 198)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George B. Bacon, late acting purser of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth. (S. 58)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard W. Meade. (S. 56)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel A. West, George McCullough, Hiram McCullough, and Charles Pendergrast. (S. 59)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report (No. 149) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Isaac H. Randall. (S. 300)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 10,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William D. Moseley. (S. 89)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 277,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Nelson. (S. 508)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 40,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Otway H. Berryman. (S. 145)
Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate of March 14, 1860, instructing said committee to report a bill to establish ''the pay of each grade of officers (of the navy) per annum, in dollars and cents, with an increase, at stated periods, up to twenty years of service,'' reported the following ... (S. 299)
Mr. Mason asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Mallory without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Commander Thomas J. Page, United States navy. (S. 459)
Mr. Mason asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Mallory without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Thomas J. Page. (S. 458)
Mr. Mason asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Bragg with an amendment, viz: at the end of the bill insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To declare the meaning of the act entitled ''An act making further provisions ... (S. 347)
Mr. Mason asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Bragg with an amendment, viz: at the end of the bill insert the words printed in italics. Recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Bragg with an amendment, ... (S. 347)
Mr. Mason asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To carry into effect provisions of the Treaties between the United States, China, Japan, Siam, Persia, and other countries, giving certain judicial powers ... (S. 448)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To carry into effect a convention between the United States and the republic of Paraguay. (S. 340)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 13.) A Bill To carry into effect a convention between the United States and the Republic of New Granada. (S. 543)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 125,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William K. Jennings and others. (S. 259)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 134,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John H. Wheeler. (S. 270)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 135,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John P. Brown. (S. 271)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 136,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles E. Anderson. (S. 272)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 138,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Townsend Harris. (S. 274)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 201,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the settlement of the accounts of Edward Ely, deceased, late consul of the United States at Bombay, on principles of justice and equity. (S. 411)
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted, a report, (No. 137,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of J. E. Martin. (S. 273)
Mr. Nicholson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. On motion by Mr. Rice, committee discharged. A Bill For the relief of Divine and Kennedy, contractors for carrying the mail on route number 7213. (S. 558)
Mr. Nicholson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 84,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs-at-law of the late Abigail Nason, sister and devisee of John Lord, deceased. (S. 224)
Mr. Nicholson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 94,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To refund to the State of Georgia certain moneys paid by said State to Peter Trezvant, the legal representative of Robert Farquhar. (S. 231)
Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 167,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of the late John Forsyth. (S. 368)
Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 190,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of E. George Squier, late United States charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America. (S. 400)
Mr. Powell from the Committee on Pensions, submitted, a report, (No. 186,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lemuel Worster. (S. 395)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Spear. (S. 123)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John De B. Walbach, of the United States army. (S. 345)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 153,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary J. Maltby. (S. 310)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 187,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lockey Simpson. (S. 396)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 20,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. A. E. Childs. (S. 108)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 224,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mira M. Alexander. (S. 439)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 226,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Louisa T. Whiting. (S. 446)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 239,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Herman D. Stratton. (S. 462)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 33,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nancy M. Gunsally. (S. 124)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 85,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Annie D. Reeves. (S. 225)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 91,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Angelina C. Bowman, widow of Francis L. Bowman, late captain United States army. (S. 229)
Mr. Powell, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the salaries of certain judges of the district courts of the United States. (S. 504)
Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion by Mr. Saulsbury, committee discharged. A Bill In relation to the Louisville and Portland canal. (S. 21)
Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Foster without amendment. A Bill In addition to the several acts for the punishment of crimes against the United States. (S. 443)
Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Pugh without amendment. A Bill Amendatory of the act entitled ''An act to establish a territorial government for Utah.'' approved September ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty. (S. 305)
Mr. Pugh, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 79,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the location of certain warrants for bounty lands heretofore issued. (S. 199)
Mr. Pugh, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Logan Hunton. (S. 482)
Mr. Pugh, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 202,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Cradlebaugh. (S. 417)
Mr. Rice asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Simmons, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 105.) A Bill For the relief of Samuel V. Niles. (S. 94)
Mr. Saulsbury asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Saulsbury without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 60.) A Bill For the relief of Olivia W. Cannon, widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late a midshipman in the United States ... (S. 98)
Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 254,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Frances M. Webster. (S. 481)
Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 32,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Wallace, of Illinois. (S. 120)
Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 46,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of H. H. Howard. (S. 170)
Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 59,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Rebecca A. Correll. (S. 184)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Stealey. (S. 70)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Livingston, Kinkead and Company. (S. 69)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. (S. 71)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas J. Henley. (S. 471)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 111,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel J. Hensley. (S. 249)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 116,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Wetonsaw, son of James Conner. (S. 253)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 146,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To compensate Israel Johnson for services performed by direction of the Indian agents at the treaty ground at the forks of the Wabash, in eighteen hundred and thirty-three. (S. 293)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 282,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Redick McKee. (S. 514)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 283,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To carry into effect the award of the Senate in favor of the Choctaws. (S. 515)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 5,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Tilman Leak. (S. 55)
Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 99,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Willis A. Gorman. (S. 235)
Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 159,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of J. Hosford Smith. (S. 319)
Mr. Simmons asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, and accompanied by a report. A Bill For the relief of James Maccaboy. (S. 51)
Mr. Simmons asked, and. by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported by Mr. Bigler without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Jeremiah Pendergast. (S. 52)
Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 163,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the captors of the frigate Philadelphia. (S. 341)
Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 182,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (S. 392)
Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 183,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (S. 393)
Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 245,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the payment of the claim of J. W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, junior, and Hugh Stewart. (S. 474)
Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 62,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the quieting of certain land titles in the late disputed territory in the State of Maine, and for other purposes. (S. 191)
Mr. Slidell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill: which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay without amendment. A Bill Giving the consent of Congress to the improvement of the Pass a I'Outre of the Mississippi river, and the levying of a tonnage duty on shipping to ... (S. 312)
Mr. Slidell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment, and accompanied by a report (No. 256.) A Bill Recognizing the survey of the Grand Cheniere island, State of Louisiana, as approved by the ... (S. 419)
Mr. Slidell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin, without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 102.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Mark Elisha. (S. 42)
Mr. Slidell, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 156,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Isaac E. Morse. (S. 317)
Mr. Sudell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to a select committee of five. Reported by Mr. Slidell without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 9.) A Bill To prohibit the issue of bank notes by corporations, associations, or individuals, within the District of ... (S. 50)
Mr. Sumner asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Committee discharged. A Bill Supplementary to ''An act to limit the liability of ship-owners, and for other purposes,'' approved third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. (S. 75)
Mr. Sumner asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion by Mr. Hamlin committee discharged. A Bill To secure the wages of seamen in cases of wreck. (S. 102)
Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 241,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of W. H. Vesey. (S. 463)
Mr. Ten Eyok, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 72,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of James Bell, deceased. (S. 195)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 188,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel R. Franklin. (S. 398)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 189,) accompanied, by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas G. Corbin. (S. 399)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 191,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James G. Clarke. (S. 401)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 128,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary K. Guthrie, widow of Presley N. Guthrie. (S. 268)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 133,) accompanied, by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Micajah Hawks. (S. 269)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 165,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Pattee. (S. 346)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 214,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Reuben Clough. (S. 430)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 233,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Emanuel Cronkright. (S. 455)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 234,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John B. Miller. (S. 456)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 307,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ann Eliza Platt, widow of the late Commander Charles T. Platt, United States Navy. (S. 570)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 42,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ebenezer Ricker. (S. 151)
Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted, a report, (No. 82,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Featherston, widow of John Featherston. (S. 222)
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to an act, approved March the second, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled ''An act to establish Augusta, in the State of Georgia, a port of delivery.'' (S. 510)
Mr. Toombs, from the select Committee on the subject, submitted a report, (No. 150,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal the second section and other portions of an act passed the second day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, entitled ''An act to provide for the location of ... (S. 307)
Mr. Trembell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported by Mr. Bigler without amendment. A Bill For the relief of M. C. Gritzner. (S. 238)
Mr. Wigfall asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To establish a communication by railroad and telegraph between the Atlantic States and California, and for other purposes. (S. 122)
Mr. Wigfall asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Fitzpatrick with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows, printed in Italics. A Bill To amend the first ... (S. 503)
Mr. Wigfall asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to -be printed. A Bill To dispose of the public lands in the States. (S. 388)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 200,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George G. Durham. (S. 415)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 45,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For an act for the relief of Elijah R. Merrill. (S. 169)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 112,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Kate D. Taylor, widow of the late Brevet Captain Oliver H. P. Taylor. (S. 250)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 199,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Keziah Pritchett, formerly widow of David Moore. (S. 414)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 225,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ruth Ellen Grelaud, widow of John H. Grelaud, deceased. (S. 440)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 255,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Harriet Crocker. (S. 485)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 265,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Miriam Davis. (S. 499)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 35,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Smith. (S. 134)
Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 96,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Alice Hunt, widow of Thomas Hunt. (S. 233)
Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. A Bill For the more effectual suppression of the slave trade. (S. 408)
Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. A Bill For the more effectual suppression of the slave trade. (S. 408)
Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Ordered to be printed. A Bill For the better organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia. (S. 553)
Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment. Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with amendments, viz: Strike out the ... (S. 553)
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of F. W. Lander. (S. 284)
Mr. Yulee asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To facilitate the peaceful adjustment of controversies between the States of the Union. (S. 532)
Mr. Yulee asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, committee discharged. A Bill Granting to the town of Tampa, ... (S. 316)
Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 3,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second time. A Bill For the relief of Arnold Harris and Samuel F. Butterworth. (S. 23)
Mr. Yules, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 2,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second time. A Bill For the relief of John Scott, Hill W. House, and Samuel O. House. (S. 22)
Ordered that the bill (S. 192) ''authorizing the corporation of Washington city to make a loan and issue stock for two hundred thousand dollars, for building a market-house,'' with the amendment of the House of Representatives thereto, and the amendments reported by the Committee on the District of Columbia to the said amendment, be printed. An Act ... (S. 192)
Ordered to be printed. A Bill To organize the Territory of Nevada. (S. 563)
Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Dakota, and to create the office of surveyor general therein. (S. 562)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Collamer to the ''Bill (S. 545) in relation to the Collection of Duties on Imports, and for other purposes,'' namely: insert the following as additional sections: (S. 545)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Cox as a substitute for ''Bill (S. 366) to provide for a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado,'' namely: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 366)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Douglas to the ''Bill (S. 366) to provide for a Temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado,'' namely: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 366)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Fessenden to the ''Bill (S. 299) to increase and regulate the pay of the navy,'' viz: strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following, and amend the title to read ''A bill to regulate the pay of the officers of the navy.'' (S. 299)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Hemphill to the ''Bill (S. 545) in relation to the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: (S. 545)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Iverson to the bill (S. 299) ''to increase and regulate the pay of the United States navy,'' viz: strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following. (S. 299)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, to the ''bill (S. 1) granting to any person who is the head of a family and a citizen of the United States a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land out of the public domain, upon condition of occupancy and cultivation of the same for the period herein ... (S. 1)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Mason, to the ''Bill (S. 543) to carry into effect a Convention between the United States and the Republic of New Granada.'' (S. 543)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Pearce to the ''bill (S. 201) in relation to a railway along Pennsylvania avenue, and other streets and avenues in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: (S. 201)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the ''Bill (S. 572) establishing certain post routes,'' viz: Insert the following as additional sections: (S. 572)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr.Brown to the bill (S. 1) ''to grant to any person who is the head of a family, and a citizen of the United States, a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land out of the public domain, upon condition of occupancy and cultivation of the same for the period herein specified,'' viz: ... (S. 1)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed to be offered by Mr. Taylor, in lieu of the amendments proposed by the committee. (S. 464)
Ordered to be printed. Amendment. Mr. J. Morrison Harris moves to amend the amendment as follows: An Act To increase and regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (S. 299)
Ordered to be printed. Amendments Proposed to be offered, at a proper time, by Mr. Burnett, to Senate bill No. 84. (S. 84)
Ordered to be printed. Amendments Reported by Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to accompany ''Bill (S. 61) for the better organization of the United States Army,'' viz; Insert the following as additional sections: (See Report Com., No. 290:) (S. 61)
Ordered to be printed. Amendments Reported by Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to the amendments reported by said committee to the ''Bill (S. 32) to increase and regulate the pay of the navy,'' as follows: (S. 32)
Ordered to be printed. An Act To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado. (S. 366)
Passed the Senate and House of Representatives as recommended by the committee of conference, and ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives. An Act To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, and for other purposes. (S. 416)
Passed the Senate and House of Representatives as recommended by the committee of conference, and ordered to be printed by the Senate. An Act To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, and for other purposes. (S. 416)
Read twice, and ordered to be printed. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act for giving effect to certain treaty stipulations between this and foreign governments for the apprehension and delivery up of certain offenders.'' (S. 497)
Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of John H. Wheeler. (S. 270)
Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Samuel A. West, George McCullough, Hiram McCullough, and Charles Pendergrast. (S. 59)
Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, ordered to the printed, and that it take the place of H. R. 515 on the private calendar. An Act For the relief of A. T. Spencer and Gurdon S. Hubbard. (S. 221)
Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. An Act To increase and regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (S. 299)
Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Morse with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; recommitted, and ordered to be printed. An Act To increase and regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. (S. 299)
Received from the Court of Claims Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 209, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 2. 35th Congress, 2d session.) A Bill For the relief of Thomas Allen. (S. 209)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, as Senate bill No. 535; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph San Roman and William Armstrong, administrators of James B. Armstrong, deceased. (S. 535)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, as Senate bill No. 536; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lydia Cruger, executrix of Moses Shepherd, deceased. (S. 536)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 208, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lydia Frazee, widow and administratrix of John Frazee, late of New York. (S. 208)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 211, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Geiger. (S. 211)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 213, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Crooks. (S. 213)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 214, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mariano G. Vallejo. (S. 214)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 477, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard S. Coxe. (S. 477)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 479, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nehemiah Garrison, assignee of Moses Perkins. (S. 479)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 480, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Danford Mott. (S. 480)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 534; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Selmar Siebert. (S. 534)
Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Simmons without amendment, as Senate bill No. 548; and read and passed to a second reading. (See Rep. Com. No. 294.) A Bill For the relief of Joseph Clymer. (S. 548)
Received from the Court of Claims, referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 210, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Augustus H. Evans. (S. 210)
Received from the Court of Claims, Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 360, and read and passed to a second reading. (See. Mis. Doc. No. 29, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Temperance Childress, of the State of Virginia. (S. 360)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, as Senate bill No. 336, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 86, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Rosamond Robinson, of Belknap county, New Hampshire. (S. 336)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, as Senate bill No. 358, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 42, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Jane Martin, of Harrison county, Virginia. (S. 358)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Report Com., No. 278, 1st sess., 34th Cong.) A Bill For the relief of Sturges, Bennett and Company, merchants of the city of New York. (S. 315)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 125, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 1, 35th Congress, 2d session.) A Bill For the relief of John Peebles. (S. 125)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 127, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See report of committee No. 103, and Mis. Doc. No. 137, 35th Congress, 1st session. A Bill For the relief of John Robb. (S. 127)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 128, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Report Com. No. 220, 34th Cong., 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Moses Noble. (S. 128)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 130, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 256, 35th Cong. 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Richard Fitzpatrick. (S. 130)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 135, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 17, 35th Cong., 1st sess.) A Bill For the relief of Cornelius Boyle, administrator of John Boyle, deceased. (S. 135)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 136, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 30, 35th Cong., 2d session.) A Bill For the relief of Thomas Fillebrown. (S. 136)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 137, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Rep. Com. No. 368, 34th Cong. 3d session.) A Bill For the relief of Nahum Ward. (S. 137)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 138, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 136, 35th Cong., 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Ernest Fiedler. (S. 138)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 139, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See report of committee No. 286, 34th Congress, 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of H. and F. W. Meyer. (S. 139)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 140, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Report Com. No. 287, 34th Cong., 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of James Beatty's personal representative. (S. 140)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 141, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Miss. Doc. No. 67, 35th Congress, 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Egleston & Battell, merchants of the city of New York. (S. 141)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 155, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 88, 35th Cong., 1st sess.) A Bill For the relief of Stanwood and Reed, merchants of Boston. (S. 155)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 156, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Senate Mis. Doc. No. 77, 35th Congress, 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Aymar and Company, merchants of the city of New York. (S. 156)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 157, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 68, 1st session, 35th Cong.) A Bill For the relief of John Michel, merchant of the city of New York. (S. 157)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 158, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 89, 35th Cong., 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of T. B. Wales and Company, merchants of the city of Boston. (S. 158)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 159, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 72, 35th Cong., 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Wolfe and Company, merchants of the city of New York. (S. 159)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 160, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 74, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of George W. Wales, merchant of the city of Boston. (S. 160)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 161, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 90, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of David Wood, merchant of the city of New York. (S. 161)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 162, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Senate Mis. Doc. No. 79, 1st sess., 35th Cong.) A Bill For the relief of Udolpho Wolfe, merchant of the city of New York. (S. 162)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 163, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 76, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of J. D. and M. Williams, merchants of the city of Boston. (S. 163)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 164, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 69, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Atkinson, Rollins and Company, merchants of the city of Boston. (S. 164)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 165, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 75, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Samuel A. Way, merchant of the city of Boston. (S. 165)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 166, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Sen. Mis. Doc. No. 78, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Alfred Atkins, merchant of the city of New York. (S. 166)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 204, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Senate Rep. Com. No. 402, 34th Cong., 3d session.) A Bill For the relief of George Ashley, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Holgate, deceased. (S. 204)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 205, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Reports of Committees, No. 375. 34th Congress, 3d session, and No. 33, 35th Congress, 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of O. H. Berryman and others. (S. 205)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 206, and read and passed to a second reading--(See Mis. Doc. No. 3, 35th Congress, 2d session.) A Bill For the relief Emilie G. Jones executrix of Thomas P. Jones, deceased. (S. 206)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 212, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 3, 35th Cong., 2d session.) A Bill For the relief of Nancy M. Johnson, administratrix of Walter R. Johnson, deceased. (S. 212)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 323, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 23, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Polly Booth, of the county of Madison, State of New York. (S. 323)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 324, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 25, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Melinda Durkee, of the State of Georgia. (S. 324)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 325, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 91, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Lucretia Wilcox, of Wayne county, Michigan. (S. 325)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 326, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 73, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Mary Bobbins, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. (S. 326)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 327, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 71, 35th Congress, 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Margaret Taylor, of Putnam county, Tennessee. (S. 327)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 328, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 81, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Mary Burt, of Scioto county, Ohio. (S. 328)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 329, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 82, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Ann Clark, of Madison county, Tennessee. (S. 329)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 330, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 83, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Tempy Connelly, of Johnson county, Kentucky. (S. 330)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 331, and read and passed to a second reading. (See Mis. Doc. No. 80, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Mercy Armstrong, of Gloucester comity, Rhode Island. (S. 331)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 332, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 87, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Esther Stevens, of Van Buren county, Michigan. (S. 332)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 333, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 92, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Hannah Weaver, of Wayne county, Pennsylvania. (S. 333)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 334, and read and passed to a second reading. (See Mis. Doc. No. 85, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Anna Parrot, of Clinton county, Ohio. (S. 334)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 335, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 84, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Nancy Madison, of Fairfield county, Ohio. (S. 335)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 337, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 70, 35th Congress, 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Lavinia Tipton, of White county, Tennessee. (S. 337)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 338, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 24, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Mary Grant, of the State of South Carolina. (S. 338)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 348, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 22, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Ann B. Johnson, of the county of Henrico, State of Virginia. (S. 348)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 349, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 33, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth King, of Virginia. (S. 349)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 350, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 30, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Lydia Clapp, of the county of Washington, State of New York. (S. 350)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 351, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 35, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Hannah Menzies, of the State of Kentucky. (S. 351)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 352, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 32, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Nancy Ittig, county of Herkimer, State of New York. (S. 352)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 353, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 43, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Morgan, of the county of Rensselaer, State of New York. (S. 353)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 354, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 31, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Anna Hill, of Monroe county, State of New York. (S. 354)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 355, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 26, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Sarah Eaton, of Worcester county, Massachusetts. (S. 355)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 356, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 40, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Almira Reniff, of the State of Pennsylvania. (S. 356)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 357, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 38, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Phebe Polly, of Otsego county, New York. (S. 357)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 359, and read and passed to a second reading. (See Mis. Doc. No. 37, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Mary Pierce, of Cortland county, New York. (S. 359)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 361, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 41, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Sarah Weed, of Albany county, New York. (S. 361)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 362, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 34, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Sarah Loomis, of New London county, Connecticut. (S. 362)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 363, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 36, 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Rebecca P. Nourse, of the State of Kentucky. (S. 363)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 364, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Report Com., No. 401, 3d session, 34th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Jane Smith, of Clermont county, Ohio. (S. 364)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred, with papers, to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 129. The bill was read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 138., 1st session, 35th Congress.) A Bill For the relief of Asbury Dickins. (S. 129)
Received from the Court of Claims. Referred, with papers, to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 131, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 20, and Report Com. No. 102, 35th Cong. 1st sess.) A Bill For the relief of Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker. (S. 131)
Referred to a select committee of five. Reported from the select committee by Mr. Vallandigham, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and its further consideration postponed to the fourth Tuesday in December next. Ordered to be printed. An Act To abolish ... (S. 35)
Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 132, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Rep. Com. No. 386, 34th Congress 3d session.) A Bill For the relief of John Ericsson. (S. 132)
Reported back by Mr. Thayer without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To secure the right of pre-emption to certain settlers on land temporarily occupied as an Indian reserve in Oregon. Whereas, by a treaty entered into on tenth of September, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 142)
Reported back from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of John Hastings, collector of the port of Pittsburg. (S. 109)
Reported back from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Annie D. Reeves. (S. 225)
Reported back with a recommendation that it do not pass; laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Miles Devine. (S. 99)
Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mrs. A. E. Childs. (S. 108)
Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Sheldon McKnight. (S. 30)
Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Theresa Dardenne, widow of Abraham Dardenne, deceased, and their children. (S. 31)
Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To grant the right of pre-emption to a certain tract of land in the State of Missouri to the heirs and legal representatives of Thomas Maddin, deceased. (S. 49)
Reported by Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, without amendment; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Montgomery, heir of Hugh Montgomery. (S. 95)
Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 478, and read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Alexander M. Jackson, administrator of John Gorman, deceased. (S. 478)
Reported by Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows in italics; re-referred to the committee, and ordered to be printed. An Act Making an appropriation for the payment of the expenses incurred by the people of the ... (S. 11)
Reported by Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; re-referred to the committee, and ordered to be printed. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To provide for ... (S. 11)
Reported from the Committee en Naval Affairs with a recommendation that it do not pass; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Otway H. Berryman. (S. 145)
Reported from the Committee for the District of Columbia with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To authorize the extension and use of a branch of the ... (S. 64)
Reported from the Committee for the District of Columbia without amendment committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To authorize the levy court to issue tavern and other licenses in the District of Columbia. (S. 261)
Reported from the Committee for the District of Columbia without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To provide for the payment of the claim of J. W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, junior, and Hugh Stewart. (S. 474)
Reported from the Committee for the District of Columbia without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act Directing the conveyance of a lot of ground for the use of the public schools of Washington city. (S. 200)
Reported from the Committee for the District of Columbia without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia. (S. 252)
Reported from the Committee for the District of Columbia without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To incorporate the National Gallery and School of Arts in the District of Columbia. (S. 287)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Asbury Dickins. (S. 129)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of David Myerle. (S. 118)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Emilie G. Jones, executrix of Thomas P. Jones, deceased, and Nancy M. Johnson, administratrix of Walter R. Johnson, deceased. (S. 206)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Isaac H. Randall. (S. 300)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of J. J. Lints. (S. 223)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of James L. Edwards, administrator of Thomas R. Gedney, deceased. (S. 207)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of John R. Nourse and others. (S. 177)
Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of William Money. (S. 174)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Aaron H. Palmer. (S. 111)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Eli W. Goff. (S. 113)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Franklin Peale. (S. 189)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Samuel H. Taylor. (S. 100)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Thomas Allen. (S. 209)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of William P. Bomhay. (S. 373)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief Richard Fitzpatrick. (S. 130)
Reported from the Committee on Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To provide for the quieting of certain land titles in the late disputed territory in the State of Maine, and for other purposes. (S. 191)
Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Francis Huttman. (S. 143)
Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of J. W. Dyer, A. L. Dyer, and W. W. Dyer. (S. 237)
Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of J. E. Martin. (S. 273)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Nancy M. Gunsally. (S. 124)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Ebenezer Ricker. (S. 151)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Spear. (S. 123)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Frederick L. Colelaser. (S. 232)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of H. H. Howard. (S. 170)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of James Smith. (S. 134)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Jeremiah Pendergast, of the District of Columbia. (S. 144)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Joseph Pattee. (S. 346)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Kate D. Taylor, widow of the late Brevet Captain Oliver H. P. Taylor. (S. 250)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Laura C. Humber, widow of Charles H. Humber. (S. 227)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mary Featherston, widow of John Featherston. (S. 222)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mary K. Guthrie, widow of Presley N. Guthrie. (S. 268)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John De B. Walbach, of the United States army. (S. 345)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Olivia W. Cannon, widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late a midshipman in the United States navy. (S. 98)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Rebecca A. Correll. (S. 184)
Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of William Wallace, of Illinois. (S. 120)
Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Jean Hudry. (S. 441)
Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of D. G. Farragut. (S. 281)
Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Henry Etting. (S. 91)
Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mills Judson, surety on the official bond of the late Purser Andrew D. Crosby. (S. 186)
Reported from the Committee on Patents with amendments, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those in italics; ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed until the second Wednesday of December next. An Act In addition to ''An act to promote the progress of the useful arts.'' (S. 10)
Reported from the Committee on Patents without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of M. C. Gritzner. (S. 238)
Reported from the Committee on Patents without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Randall Pegg. (S. 154)
Reported from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those in italics. Ordered to be printed. An Act To facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph. (S. 84)
Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and for other ... (S. 104)
Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act Authorizing the ''Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States'' to enter a certain tract of land in the State of Wisconsin. (S. 106)
Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To confirm the title of Benjamin E. Edwards to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 240)
Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To confirm the titles of certain purchasers of school lands in Kansas Territory. (S. 107)
Reported from the Committee on Public Lands with amendments, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To grant to the parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain tracts of land in said parish. (S. 258)
Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Lee Deatherage and John Deatherage, or their legal representatives. (S. 87)
Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Thomas L. Disharoon, of St. Louis county, Missouri. (S. 256)
Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act To authorize the location of certain warrants for bounty lands heretofore issued. (S. 199)
Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act In relation to the assignees of bounty land warrants. (S. 197)
Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the completion of the geological survey of Oregon and Washington Territories. (S. 149)
Reported from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze and Mallet. (S. 275)
Reported from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of the heirs-at-law of the late Abigail Nason, sister and devisee of John Lord, deceased. (S. 224)
Reported from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of James Bell, deceased. (S. 195)
Reported from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of the surviving grandchildren of Colonel William Thompson, of the revolutionary army of South Carolina. (S. 188)
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments, viz: insert the words in italics; ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed to Monday, the 4th of June next. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade.'' (S. 464)
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of R. F. Blocker, E. J. Gurley, and J. F. Davis. (S. 114)
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act Concerning courts in the Territories. (S. 148)
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To amend the existing laws relative to the compensation of the district attorneys, marshals, and clerks of the circuit and districts courts of the United States. (S. 86)
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary without amendment, with a recommendation that it do not pass; ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend an ''Act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States,'' approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 53)
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, by Mr. Hickman, without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act Authorizing the courts to adjudicate the claim of the legal representatives of the Sieur de Bonne and of the Chevalier de Repentigny to certain land at the Sault Ste. Marie, in the State of ... (S. 92)
Reported from the committee without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Cornelius Hughes. (S. 183)
Reported from the committee without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of F. M. Gunnell, past assistant surgeon in the navy. (S. 198)
Reported from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 126, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 139; 35th Cong., 1st session.) A Bill For the relief of Michael Nourse. (S. 126)
Reported with a recommendation that the bill do not pass; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Henry Etting. (S. 91)
Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Richard Chenery. (S. 77)
Reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. An Act To authorize the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to extend the Washington branch of their road to the Potomac ... (S. 377)
Reported with an amendment, viz: insert the words in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Simon de Visser and Jose Villarubia, of New Orleans. (S. 39)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Abner Merrill, of the State of Maine. (S. 96)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Augustus H. Evans. (S. 210)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of David D. Porter. (S. 57)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Edward N. Kent. (S. 74)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Francis Dainese. (S. 14)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Francis Huttmann. (S. 78)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of George B. Bacon, late acting purser of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth. (S. 58)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of George Stealey. (S. 70)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Guadalupe Estudillo de Arguello, widow of Santiago E. Arguello. (S. 117)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Henry Etting. (S. 91)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Henry Rice. (S. 501)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Jeremiah Moors. (S. 80)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of John Scott, Hill W. House, and Samuel O. House. (S. 22)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Livingston, Kinkead and Company. (S. 69)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Michael Nash, of the District of Columbia. (S. 63)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Agatha O'Brien, widow of Brevet Major J. P. J. O'Brien, late of the United States army. (S. 260)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ann Scott. (S. 60)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Jane M. McCrabb, widow of the late Captain John W. McCrabb, assistant quartermaster United States army. (S. 65)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Nicholas Underhill. (S. 182)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Richard W. Meade. (S. 56)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Samuel J. Hensley. (S. 249)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Tench Tilghman. (S. 79)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Tilman Leak. (S. 55)
Reported without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Valentine Wehrheim. (S. 228)
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