262 A bill to amend the act approved June
17, 1844, entitled "An act to pro-
vide for the adjustment of land claims
within the States of Missouri, Ar-
kansas, and Louisiana, and in those
parts of the States of Mississippi and
Alabama south of the 31st degree of
north latitude, and between the Mis-
sissippi and Perdido rivers."

272 A bill for the relief of Manuel X. Har-
mony.

277 A bill for the relief of William L.
Wizent.

282 A bill for the better organization of
the district court of the U. States
within the State of Louisiana.
289 A bill to reduce the rates of postage...

290 A bill to revive and extend the provis-
ions of an act entitled "An act to
settle the title to certain tracts of
land in the State of Arkansas."
295 A bill to allow subsistence to certain
Arkansas and other volunteers who
have been prisoners of war in Mexico.
297 A bill to set apart and sell to Asa
Whitney, of New York, a portion of
the public lands, to enable him to
construct a railroad from Lake Mich-
igan to the Pacific ocean.

298 A bill for the relief of Geo. Poindexter
299 bill to establish a port of entry at
the Brazos de Santiago, in the State
of Texas.

(Amended.)

301 A bill for the relief of Thomas W.
Chinn and others.

282 284, 313, 328

336 A bill for ascertaining claims and titles
to land within the territory of Cali-
fornia and New Mexico, to grant
donation rights, and to provide for
the surveys therein.

338 A bill to authorize the draining of the
everglades, in the State of Florida,
by said State, and to grant the same
to said State for that purpose.

340 A bill to promote the efficiency of the
military and naval establishment.

343 A bill to provide for carrying into ef
fect the fifth article of the treaty
between the United States and the
Mexican republic, for establishing
the boundary line between them.
345 A bill for the relief of John Crawford.
346 A bill for the relief of Samuel F. But-
terworth.

348 A bill for the relief of the captors of
the frigate Philadelphia

349 A bill granting to the States of Ala-

bama and Florida the right of way
and a donation of public land for
making a railroad from Montgome-
ry, in the State of Alabama, to Pen-
sacola, in the State of Florida, and
from thence to the waters of the
Tensaw river or Mobile bay, in the
State of Alabama.

350 A bill for the admission of California
into the Union as a State.
351 A bill authorizing the payment of in-
terest upon the advances made by
the State of Alabama for the use of
the United States government, in the
suppression of the Creek Indian hos-
tilities of 1836 and 1837, in Ala-
bama.

352 A bill to make compensation for th
transportation of troops and supplies,
for a limited time, over the isthmus
of Panama.

353 A bill to provide for taking the seventh
census or enumeration of the inhab-
itants of the United States.

355 A bill granting to the State of Illinois
the right of way and a donation of
public lands for making a railroad
connecting the upper and lower
Mississippi with the chain of lakes
at Chicago.

357 A bill authorizing new selections of
land in lieu of worthless school sec-
tions, or sections of inferior quality,
and for other purposes.

358 A bill for the remission of duties on an
equatorial telescope, contracted for
in London by order of trustees of
the University of Alabama.

62 139 145, 146, 153 160

Other pro-

ceedings.

Approved.

111 129

382 A bill to provide for the extension of 110
the existing laws in relation to In-
dian affairs over the Territories of
Oregon, California, and New Mexi-
co, and for the appointment of
agents for the Indian tribes therein.
383 A bill for the relief of the legal rep-
resentatives of John Rice Jones.
384 A bill in addition to the act to regu
late the exercise of the appellate
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
the United States, and for other pur
poses.

385 A bill amendatory of the act entitled
"An act respecting the organization
of the army," and for other pur-
poses.

113 293

118

386 A bill continuing the pension granted 118 118
to Patrick Walker.

118 218 227, 229, 236 254

387 A bill to authorize the payment of in-

118 147

valid pensions in certain cases.
388 A bill for the relief of James Hotchkiss.
389 A bill for the relief of Samuel J. Bay-
ard, late receiver at Fairfield, Iowa.
390 A bill to establish a new collection dis-
trict in the State of Arkansas.
391 A bill authorizing a patent to be is
sued to William Green, jr.
392 A bill for the relief of B. O. Payne...
393 A bill to repeal a portion of the third
section of the act of July 19, 1848,
in relation to the medical staff of the
army of the United States, and for
other purposes, (amended.)

394 A bill in relation to a line of mail
steamers, to Southampton, Bremen,

132

and Havre.