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Academy. (See Military Academy.)

Accounts of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions or otherwise in Mexico, settlement of. (See bill H. R. 747.)

Acken, Wm. D. } petition....

Acken, Julia... Scommittee discharged and again referred..

Acts and resolutions of the 2d session of the 30th Congress, list of..

Pago.

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Adams, John, writings of, petition of Little and Brown asking patronage of gov ernment to a publication of...

Adjourn, yeas and nays on motions to adjourn...

notice to the Senato that the House of Representatives is ready to ad-
journ

joint committee to inform the President that Congress is ready to adjourn 338, 339
report

notice to the House of Representatives that Senate is about to adjourn. Adjutant general's office, memorial of John M. Hepburn and others, clerks in, for compensation for extra services..

Adkins, Elizabeth, leave to withdraw..

Africa, petition of A. M Carnahan and others, for the transportation of emigrants
to Liberia in United States vessels going to the coast of Africa..
committee discharged and ordered to lie on the table.....
Agricultural department of government, memorial of J. S. Skinner relative to;
yeas and nays on motion to refer to a select committee..
referred to the Committee on Agriculture...

Agricultural bureau...

Agricultural statistics.memorial of the New York Agricultural Society......
Alabama, citizens of, petition for a division of the State into two judicial districts

committee discharged....

payment of interest on advances by, to the government during the Creek
war. (See bill S. 351.)

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Indian reservation in, bill to relinquish the reversionary interest of the
United States in a certain. (See bill S. 163)

bill to extend the provisions of the act of March 3, 1847, for carrying
into effect the compacts with Alabama and Missouri relative to the
five per cent. fund and school reservations. (See bill S. 470 )
bill to cede to, the unsold lands in that State. (See bill S. 184.)
university of, remission of duties on a telescope for. (See bill S. 358.)

Albemarle sound and the Atlantic ocean, communication between. (See bill S.
422.)

Alden, Judah, resolution for leave to withdraw....

Aldrich, Polly. (See bill H. R. 447 )

Algiers, Louisiana, resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana for a foundry and armory at..

368, 369

Aldrich, S. W., David P. Wells, and N. H. Wyse, petition......

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Alien passengers, security against becoming a public charge, resolution by Mr.

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printing the decisions of the judges of the Supreme Court in the
cases of Smith vs. Turner and Norris vs. the city of Boston;
resolution by Mr. Webster.....
resolution by Mr. Foote......

yeas and nays.

Page.

Alleghany river, survey and examination of. (Sce bill S. 436.)

Allen, Hon. William, attended. resolutions submitted by:

to appoint the Hon. David R. Atchison president of the Senate pro tem

pore

for ascertaining the classes in which the Senators from Iowa shall be in-
serted

transmission of the mail between the United States and foreign countries

Allen and others, Ebenezer, memorial...

America, North, memorial of J. Disturnell relative to the collection of statistics
of....
American archives, distribution of. (See joint resolution H. R. 55)
American board of commissioners for foreign missions, memorial referred.
leave to withdraw..

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81, 81

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American vessels in distress, resolution in relation to foreign officers or seamen who shall render relief to. (See joint resolution H. R. 57.)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston. report of a committee of, rel. ative to the coast survey.....

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Anderson, Samuel T. (See joint resolution H. R. 20.)

Amherst college, president of, petition for a new edition and distribution of the works of the exploring expedition...

return of the resolution asked..

committee discharged, and the return ordered.

Anderson, Thomas D., legatees of, memorial..

Anderson, William C, petition....

Anderson, Timothy P., widow and heirs-at-law of. (See bill S. 221.)

Andrews, Asa, leave to withdraw.

(See bill S 35.)

Angus, Anne W. (See bill H. R. 59.)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, citiz ns of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c.......
Annie Tift, ship. (See bill S. 361)

Ante-chamber, resolution by Mr Foote relative to the superintendent of........
Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. (See bill S. 384.)

Appendix to the Senate Journal.

Appointments by the President not submitted to the Senate, resolution by Mr.
Johnson, of Maryland...

Appropriations, bill to supply deficiencies of. (See bill H. R. 665.)

yeas and nays..

Arkansas and Missouri, overflowed lands in, resolution of the Legislature of
Missouri.....

and other volunteers, subsistence to. (See bill S. 295 )
and other States, overflowed lands in.
title to certain tracts of land in. (See
office of the surveyor general in, resolution of the Legislature of Ar-
kansas for the continuance of..

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184

69, 73

340

70

123

221

(See bill S. 253.)

bills S. 290 and H. R. 487.)

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school lands in, memorial of the Legislature.....

completion and repair of forts and barracks on the frontier of, me-
morial of the Legislature...

bill to grant to, the Hot Spring reservation therein. (See bill S. 379.)
committee discharged

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117

117

report..

payment of the five per cent. fund due to, resolution of the Leigisla-
ture of Arkansas

land claims in. (See bills S. 262 and 489.)

new collection district in. (See bill S. 390.)

Salt Spring lands in, resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas

report and bill (see bill S. 466)...

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citizens of, memorial for railroad from Memphis to the Pacific... 149, 225, 265 establishment of mail routes in, resolution of the Legislature of Ar

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kansas

resolution by Mr. Sebastian..

Arkansas Legislature, memorials and resolutions

protection of the frontier from Indian depredations.
construction of a road from Fort Smith to California.

(See joint resolution S. R. 54.)

for mail routes from Antoine post office to Ackadelphia; from Boon.
ville to Ozark; and from Clarksville to St. Paul's post office.....
completion and repair of forts and barracks on the State frontier...

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report and bill (see bil S. 466).

Page.

117

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154

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for mail routes from Rockroe to Boonville, and from St. Louis to
Little Rock..

for a grant of land to the States for internal improvements. the pay-
ment of the five per cent. fund in land, and a reduction of the
price of the public lands.

continuance of the office of surveyor general of Arkansas..

Armistead, Starkey, executor of. (See William Plummer.)

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Armories, national, report of the Secretary of War of the expenses of the national armories, and the number of arms made and repaired..........

103

.......

Arms and ammunition to emigrants to Oregon, California, and New Mexico. (See joint resolution S. R. 56.)

Arms made and repaired at the national armories, report of the Secretary of
War

105

Armstrong, Thomas and Elizabeth, petition....

103

Armstrong, Amos. (See bill H. R. 453.)

Army, resolutions by Mr. Baldwin relative to the money collected by the army in
Mexico

70

bill amendatory of an act respecting the reorganization of the army.
(See bill S. 385.)

medical staff of the army. (See bill S. 393.)

yeas and nays

286

appropriation bill. (See bill H. R. 695.)

petition of the commissioned officers of the third regiment of artillery rela-
tive to certificates of merit to non-commissioned officers of that regiment
operations of the army in Texas and the adjacent Mexican States, report
of the Secretary of War.....

Army Register, communication from the Secretary of War with copies of...................
Arnold, John, administrator of. (See George G. Bishop.)

Artillery, third regiment of. commissioned officers of, petition relative to certifi
cates of merits to the non-commissioned officers of that regiment

Ashard, William K., memorial...

Aspinwall, William H., John L. Stephens, and Henry Chauncey, memorial in relation to the Panama railroad.

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278

204

244

258.

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referred

60

(See bill S 352.)

resolution by Mr. Baldwin in relation to the contract between the
government of New Grenada and Messrs. Aspinwall, Stephens,
and Chauncey....

69

resumed the chair

letter from William H. Aspinwall and others, with additional docu.
ments in relation to the Panama railroad

Astronomical clock and telegraph register, report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, with a report of the superintendent of the coast survey.

Atchison, Hon. David R., attended...................

presented the credentials of the Hon. William K. Sebastian.
appointed President of the Senate pro tem..

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presented the credentials of the Hon. Moses Norris, jr.

resolutions submitted by

to rescind the orders of last session discharging the Committees on
on Commerce, Pensions, Military Affairs, and Naval Affairs,
from certain business...

to refer portions of the President's message

to rescind the resolution setting apart a day for private bills..........

for a recess .......

yeas and nays

51

67

233, 272 245, 259

254

Atlantic ocean, telegraphic communication across, memorial of Horatio Hubbell
and John Henry Sherburne.....

resolution by Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, for a despatch of Mr.
Wheaton concerning a communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean seas.....

Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company. (See bill S. 405.)
Attica, New York, citizens of, petition for the construction of a railroad to the
Pacific by Hartwell Carver and associates...
Auditor, First, of the Treasury Department, and Auditor of the Post Office De
partment. report in the case of Jennings, Roddey, & Carter.....
Second, and Second Comptroller, report of, showing the amount due the
Cherokees under the treaty of 1846..

Averill,

referred

communication from the Second Comptroller relative to the
above report

Fifth, communication from, relative to light-houses, ordered to be printed
Canfield. (See bill H. R. 624)

Page.

157

79, 86

258

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131

134

137

361

Badger, Hon. George E., attended credentials presented..

B.

oath administered..

resolutions submitted by

discontinuance of the contract for publishing the debates and proceed

ings of the Senate................

pay to Thomas Peters for extra services

Badger, Thomas. (See bill H. R. 128.)

Bagby, Hon. Arthur P., resolution by, in relation to the powers of the general government on the subject of internal improvements, ordered to lie on the table Baker, David, petition

Baker, R. L., petition

(See joint resolution S. R. 43.)

Baldwin, Hon. Roger S., attended

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presented the credentials of the Hon. Trueman Smith..
resolutions submitted by-

contract between the government of New Granada and Messrs. Aspinwall, Stephens, and Chauncey, in relation to the Panama railroad. moneys collected in Mexico under authority of the United States.... Baldwin, John, adverse report concurred in and committee discharged....

leave to withdraw...

Baldwin, John P. (See bill S. 139.)

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Barclay, Joseph, adverse report concurred in..

Baltimore, merchants, &c., memorial for free trade between the United States and Canada, in agricultural products

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Barclay & Livingston, and other merchants of New York, memorial for the re

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Bayard & Co., Wm., memorial, railroad from the Mississippi to California......
Bayard, Samuel J., memorial..

(See bill S. 389.)

Beach, Samuel, resolution for leave to withdraw..

Beach, Samuel, heirs of, leave to withdraw..

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Bedinger, Henrietta, adverse report concurred in...

Bedinger, Daniel P., petition, transportation of free colored people..

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Belfast, transfer of Vinal Haven, North Haven, and Islesboro, from the Penob-
scot collection district to that of. (See bill H. R. 344.)
Bell, Hon. John, attended

resolutions submitted by-

4,351

business before the Committee on Indian Affairs last session, and not re-
ported on, recommitted..

103

amount due to the Cherokee nation of Indians.

amount advanced to the " old settlers" or Western Cherokees..

110, 116

143

Benns, Charles. (See bill H. R. 52.)

Benson, A. S. and A. W., settlement of the claims of, resolution by Mr. Dickin-

son..

(See joint resolution S. 66.)

Benton, Hon. Thomas H., attended..

presented the credentials of the Hon. David R. Atchison
to administer oath to the Hon. David R. Atchison..
resolutions submitted by-

...

amounts appropriated for the coast survey..
amount expended on the exploring expedition

......

number of vessels, &c., employed in the coast survey.
synoptical index to the laws and treaties.....
to repeal the 49th rule.....

to appoint the Hon. David R. Atchison president pro tem..

Benton county, Florida, land for a county site in, resolution of the Legislature of
Florida.

....

Berks county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition, for increase of duties on foreign
manufactures...

Berrien, Ilon. John McPherson, attended..

presented the credentials of the Hon. George E. Badger.
presented the credentials of the Hon. Wm. C. Dawson.....

Bessee, Anthony. (See bill H. R. 119.)

Big Sandy creek, improvement of the harbor at the mouth of. (See bill S. 449.)
Bills, motion by Mr. Atherton to rescind the orders of last session, discharging
the Committees on Commerce, Pensions, Military Affairs, and Naval
Affairs, from certain....

resolution by Mr. Cameron, to change the number of copies of, printed for
the Senate

resolution by Mr. Bradbury, for an amendment of the rules in relation to
amendments to bills..

private, motion by Mr. Bradbury to set apart a day for..

271

5, 351

198

352

70

71

88

115, 119

189, 202

295

131

99

4,350

92

290

51

51

258

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resolution by Mr. Atherton to rescind the resolution setting apart
a day for

51, 60

233, 272

resolution by Mr. Hale relative to the mode of acting upon
resolution by the House of representatives for an additional joint
rule in relation to.....

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Bingham, Elizabeth, administrator of. (See John H. Kimball.)

Bishop, George G., and Peter U. Morgan, administrator of John Arnold, petition

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report.

leave to withdraw.

Black river, examination of the harbor at the mouth of. (See bill S. 438.)
Blackford, Wm. M. (See bill H. R. 314.)

293

293

Blackford county, Indiana, citizens of, petition for post office at Ransom's store..
Blair county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition, for an increase of duties on foreign
manufactures.

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