Railroads, pre-emption to Iowa, in aid of the McGregor, St. Peter's, and Mis-

317, 1013

237

1195

593

851, 852

908

Red River raft, acts of the legislatures of Arkansas and Louisiana in relation to.

See H. Res. 7 and 43.

Registers to schooners Helen Blood and Sarah Bond...

See S. 146.

to brig Charles H. Jordan

See H. R. 848.

Reporters of the Globe to be furnished with copies of printed bills and reports.
F. W. Walker expelled from Gallery as one of

of the Globe, as to the report of speeches by

Resolutions of the House-

By Mr. Charles F. Adams: accepting public documents from Sardinia,
and acknowledgments therefor

By Mr. Ashmore: to withhold salary of members who have failed to
report their mileage to the committee.

By Mr. Babbitt: giving additional compensation to book-folders
By Mr. Barr: referring memorials concerning the contract of McIn-
tyre, Bixby & Co., to a select committee

in relation to salary of consul at Asuncion, South
America

By Mr. Barrett: calling for information from Treasury Department
relative to St. Louis custom-house and post office......

1089

936

1168, 1229

590

590

317

303, 515

305

391

594

741

calling on President for information as to Africans
captured from slavers by the British navy...

1203

By Mr. Bingham: referring portions of President's annual message as
to slavery and the Amistad case to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Blake in reference to expediency of restoring mail service, &c.
of respect to the memory of Hon. Cyrus Spink
in relation to slavery

By Mr. Bonham:

concerning adjournment to give time to remove
benches

Resolutions of the House-Continued.

By Mr. Boteler: relative to compensation to members of the board of
officers appointed to examine claims contracted in California under
Colonel Frémont in 1846-'47....

By Mr. Bouligny calling on War Department concerning its action
in regard to deepening the channel of the Mississippi, &c
By Mr. Boyce: concerning further legislation to secure transportation
of the mails through North and South Carolina.......
By Mr. Branch: as to legislation to facilitate organizations of the
House, and to preserve order pending the same,
&c.

Page

971

736

800

478

calling for correspondence in relation to A. D. Bone-
steel

514

to print 2,000 extra copies of the Secretary of the
Treasury's report on the condition of the banks
in the United States

614

669

919

292

265

321

relative to the expulsion of American citizens from
Mexico and the confiscation of their property...
as to additional class of railroads for carrying the
United States mails

By Mr. Buffington: relative to expediency of providing by law for the
terms of study of the West Point cadets.

By Mr. Burch: of respect to the memory of Hon. D. C Broderick...
concerning steamboat and steam-boiler inspection dis-

trict on the Pacific coast....

concerning a northern collection district on California
coast, making Eureka a port of entry, and Trinidad
and Crescent City ports of delivery.
concerning breakwaters, &c., at Trinidad and Crescent
City, and the erection of light-houses on the Pacific
coast

concerning the reimbursement of certain citizens of
California for services and supplies in suppressing
Indian hostilities, and for spoliations

concerning the payment to California of a specified

321

321

322

sum for amount appropriated by her in suppressing
certain Indian hostilities.

as to a semi-weekly mail on St. Joseph and Placerville
route

referring to proper committee resolution of State of
California relative to a division of that State......
authorizing committees having reports in readiness to
hand them in, have them printed and committed,
&c....

By Mr. Burlingame: relative to raising mission to Sardinia to a first-
class mission....

By Mr. Burnett: calling on certain officers of the House to report cer-
tain statistical information concerning their em-
ployés....

322

322

597

1186

771

307

By Mr. Burroughs as to aid to New York in building a ship canal
around Niagara Falls

By Mr. Campbell: refusing further time for testimony in Howard vs.

Cooper...

in favor of contestant in Nebraska case-Daily vs.
Estabrook

of respect to the memory of Hon. John Schwartz.

By Mr. Carter: for special committee concerning violation of order of
the House in recent alterations of the hall

523

762,861
1185

499

Resolutions of the House-Continued.

By Mr. Carter: authorizing Committee on the District of Columbia to
employ a clerk

setting apart a certain day for the District of Colum-
bia business..

By M. J. B. Clark: concerning "Helper book," and the fitness of
certain members for the Speakership

in relation to Benton's Abridgment for use of
members

in case of Harrison and Hodge..

By Mr. Clemens: that daily sessions be at 12 o'clock m..

Page.

723

993

12

316

597

14

450

678

304, 515

304

304

By Mr. Covode: to appoint a special committee to investigate certain

alleged corruptions and abuses...

for a warrant of arrest for Augustus Schell..........

By Mr. Cox: directing Committee on Judiciary to report a bill

amendatory of act relative to paying contestants....
relative to building a post office at Columbus, Ohio....
calling for correspondence with Chili relative to Mr.
Trevitt, consul at Valparaiso....

to deliver books to widow of Jonathan Taylor, in lieu
of those to which he was entitled ....

By Mr. James Craig: that on a day specified Speaker call States for in-
troduction of bills for reference, &c.....
concerning mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to
California.....

By Mr. Crawford rescinding adjournment resolution and providing
for adjournment June 23

By Mr. Curry Committee on Accounts to inquire into expediency of
more legislation, guarding more strictly the contingent fund...
By Mr. Curtis to remove all desks from the hall

1212

259

315

1195

301

320

making H R. 646 a special order for a certain day..
postponing matter of Pacific railroad to December,
1860..

to print 50,000 copies of Pacific railroad bill..

By Mr. John G. Davis: relative to expediency of amending present
census law so as to confer the marshal's
duties on the judges..

that Committee on the Post Office and Post
Roads inquire into the expediency of estab-
lishing certain post routes therein speci-
fied....

By Mr. Dawes requiring contestant and sitting member, in case of
Williamson vs. Sickles, to serve each other with
certain papers..

giving right of floor and discussion of merits, &c., to
A. J. Williamson in case of Williamson vs. Sickles.
appointing a commissioner, &c., in Williamson vs.
Sickles..

in favor of contestant in Missouri case, Blair vs. Bar-
rett.....

310

498,557, 562

499

850

.....893, 1010, 1035

giving right of floor and discussion of merits, &c, to
F. P. Blair, jr., in case of Blair vs. Barrett....

By Mr. Delano: relative to pleuro-pneumonia, or cattle disease....

894

880

Page.

Resolutions of the House--Continued.

By Mr. Duell: calling on the Postmaster General for statement, cor-
respondence, etc., relative to destruction of sup-
posed incendiary matter in the mails...
discharging Committee of the Whole in the case of
Isaac Bowman, and referring case to Committee on
Revolutionary Claims....

calling for Crosbie's report relative to island of San
Juan..

By Mr. Edwards: fixing a time certain to vote for a Speaker each day
By Mr. Edmundson: to pay J. B. Dade $3 per day during his services.
By Mr. Eliot relative to further legislation as to time within which
merchant vessels may be discharged of their cargo
after entry at the port of discharge.....

calling for information recently received as to Chinese
coolie trade.....

closing debate on H. R. 350

By Mr. Ely relative to reciprocity treaty with Great Britain....
concerning distribution of extra copies of books ordered
previous to the 35th Congress.-

of respect to the memory of Hon. Silas M. Burroughs..
By Mr. Etheridge: calling for information as to discontinuance of
ports of delivery......

that Commissioner of Indian Affairs estimate
amount necessary to make treaties with certain
tribes

changing hour of meeting of the House to 11
o'clock a. m.............

By Mr. Farnsworth: relative to the acquisition of Canada, &c................
relative to assay office and branch mint at
Chicago, Illinois....

By Mr. Fenton: to send message to the Senate informing them of
organization of the House...

relative to New York Indian reservation west of
Missouri

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By Mr. Florence: to print usual number of meteorological reports,
and as to expediency of printing 5,000 extra
copies.....

By Mr. Foster:
By Mr. Gilmer

calling for the action of the Navy Department in
relation to the investigation of abuses in navy
yards...

to pay sister of W. H. Topping three months' sal-
ary and funeral expenses of her deceased brother.
to have binding done by lowest responsible bidder
relative to slavery agitation, speakership, &c................
relative to a national foundery in Deep River valley,
and referring former memorials on the subject to
the present Congress.

relative to the existence of Minnesota Territory..

293

575

669

121

1207

327

880

1069

589

686

1050

596

596

813

314

466

169

382

591

668

1208

291

14, 17

593

710

in favor of contestant in Howard vs. Cooper.....756, 837, 841, 843
By Mr. Grow for committee to wait upon and inform the President of
organization...

select committee on printing to lookin to binding, and
also matters connected with the Globe and execu-

By Mr. Gurley: to print 25, 000 President's messages with department

reports, omitting statistical matter...

to print 5,000 copies of message and documents....
to print 1,000 extra copies of Third Auditor's report
as to Oregon and Washington claims for suppress-
ing Indian hostilities...