TO THE

MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FOR THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,

1877-'78.

IN 7 VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.-Nos. 1 to 35 inclusive, except No. 31.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1878.

Alphabet and orthography, memorial of N. E. Dawson, setting forth the plan of a reformed, and suggesting measures to extend a knowledge of it

Appropriations, new offices, &c., statement showing.

Army, report of a subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs relating to a reorganization of.

Athens, Georgia, statement made before Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures in behalf of the establishment of a mint at..

Atlanta, Georgia, statement made before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures in behalf of the establishment of a mint at

B.

Baltimore, memorial of the mayor and city council of, in relation
to the erection of a new post-office building in..................
resolutions passed by the Merchants' Exchange of,
against the granting of a subsidy to the Roach line
of steamships to Brazil

Banking and Currency, testimony taken before the Committee on,
in relation to the resumption of specie payments
Boston, petition of citizens of, in regard to famine in China....
Boyle, the heirs at law of John, deceased, report of the Court of
Claims in the matter of.

Brazil, resolutions passed by the Merchants' Exchange of Baltimore against granting a subsidy to John Roach's line of steamships to....

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C.

Cain vs. O'Connor, papers in the case of......
California, concurrent resolutions of the legislature of, praying
for a modification or abrogation of the Burlingame
or Chinese treaty....

concurrent resolution of the legislature of, praying for
an appropriation for the improvement of Sacra-
mento and Feather Rivers

concurrent resolution of the legislature of, favoring the
transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Depart-
ment

Carroll, Emma Eliza, claim of, for services rendered to the United
States during the late civil war..

Subject.

Charlotte, N. C., statement made before Committee on Coinage,
Weights, and Measures in regard to the establishment of a mint
at.

Chickasaw Nation, letter from the Secretary of the Interior in re-
lation to arrears due.

China, the famine in, petitions of citizens of New York and Bos-
ton in regard to

Chinese treaty. Concurrent resolutions of the legislature of Cali-
fornia praying for a modification or abrogation of the Bur-
lingame treaty

Cincinnati, Ohio, statements made to the Committee on Coin-
age, Weights, and Measures in regard to the establishment of
a mint at

Claims, seventh general report of the commissioners of, with table
of contents, including "General report," "Appendix to report,"
"Schedule of cases reported".

Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of em-
ployés in his office and

a report of contingent
expenses

transmitting an inventory
of the property of the
United States in his pos-
session December 3, 1877.

Clerk of House and Secretary of Senate, joint statemet of, relative
to appropriations, offices and salaries.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, letter from, relative to the re-
moval of certain Indian tribes

Commissioner of Pensions, views of, upon the adjudication of pen-
sion cases.....

Commissioners of Immigration of the State of New York. Me-
morial urging national legislation for the protection of immi-
grants arriving in the United States
Committees, joint, standing, and select, of the House of Represent-
atives, Forty-fifth Congress, second session....
Committee on Naval Affairs, testimony taken before the, in rela-
tion to the administration of the Navy Department..
Contested-election cases in the House of Representatives, Forty-
second, Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, from 1871 to
1876, inclusive, digested

Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, report of,
by the Clerk of the House

Creek Nation, petition from the delegates of, with reference to
the awards made to those who enlisted in the Federal Army,
loyal refugees, and freedmen, asking early action upon the sub-
ject..
Currency, resolution of the State of Maine relating to

D.

Dawson, M. E., memorial of, setting forth the plan of a reformed
alphabet and orthography, and suggesting a plan for extending
a knowledge of it over the nation.

Denver, Colorado, statements made before the Committee on Coin-
age, Weights, and Measures in behalf of the establishment of
a mint at

Dollar, goloid, statements before the Committee on Coinage,

Weights, and Measures upon the coinage of..
trade, arguments relative to the coinage of..........
Digest of Cases of Contested Elections in the House of Repre-
sentatives, from 1871 to 1876, inclusive, Forty-second, Forty-
third, and Forty-fourth Congresses...

District of Columbia, pavements in, letter from the Commission-
ers, transmitting tables giving information as required in the
case of bituminous and wood pavements, together with copies
of all bids and awards requested