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Blake, Wm. (See bill H. R. 202.)
Blake, John A., memorial......

committee discharged

Blanchard, A. G, and others, memorial

Bleakley, Josiah. (See Jean F. Perry.)

Block island, Rhode Island, improvement of the harbor at. (See bill S. 423.)

Blodget, Sylvanus. (See bill H. R. 616)

Blue Book distribution of.

(See joint resolution H. R. 43.)

Blythe, Calvin, petition

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committee discharged

Boggs, Eve. (See bill H. R. 659.)

Books to Senators, resolution to furnish...
Borland, Hon. Solon, attended....

credentials presented...

oath taken, &c.....

Boston, Jacob. (See bill H. R. 607.)

Boston, petition of publishers of periodicals in, relative to postage.
Boston, insurance companies of, memorial relative to the coast survey..
Bosworth, Benjamin F, resolution by Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, relative to
bounty land to...

report and bill (see bill S. 375).

Bounty lands. (See Lands)

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Bowdoinham, Maine, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c...
Bowen, S. J., leave to withdraw..

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Brandon, right of way and land for a railroad from Brandon to the eastern border
of Mississippi. (see bill S. 364.)

Brazos de Santiago, port of entry at. (See bill S. 299.)

Breese, Hon. Sidney, attended..

resignation of his appointment as regent of the Smithsonian Institution
resolutions submitted by-

mail route from Kane to Witt's mill or Jalapa..

to refer the President's message so far as relates to the public lands..
mail route from Hennepin to Magnolia..

extension of the provisions of the 9th section of the act of 11th Feb-
ruary, 1847, to the devisees of deceased soldiers....

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copies of a map for the Commissioner of the General Land Office..
establishment of a marine hospital on Rock island

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bounty land for services in the last war with Great Britain.....

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extra pay to the navy and marine corps for services in the war with
Mexico....

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report

report of the Postmaster General..

compilation and translation of the laws in force in New Mexico and
California on 13th May, 1846

to print a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office with
his annual report, and to print an additional number of the annual
report

Bremen, contract with Edward Mills for the transportation of the mails between
the United States and, resolution by Mr. Clarke..........

postal arrangement with, resolution by Mr. Niles

Brennan, Charles, and others, leave to withdraw...........

Bren', Thomas L. L., memorial referred..

Brigham, James H., wife of. (See Sarah D. Caldwell.)
Bright, Hon. Jesse D., attended..

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mail steamers from Southampton, Bremen, and Havre. (See bill S.
394.)

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6, 351

Bright, Hon. Jesse D., presented the credentials of the Hon. James Whitcomb
resolutions submitted by-

despatches from the United States minister at Rio de Janeiro relative-
to Com. G. W. Storer.....

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notice to the President of the United States and to the House of Rep
resentatives of the appointment of the Hon. David R. Atchison as
President of the Senate pro tempore....

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designated depositories appointed under the sub-treasury act of August
6, 1846. &c....

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printing the pension laws and bounty land laws..

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annual report of the Commissioner of Patents to be bound, and the
Commissioner to be furnished with copies...

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to fix the hour of meeting......

employment of B. F. Brown as a clerk in the Senate.

British provinces. (See Colton's Map.)

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Brocchus, Perry E., memorial in behalf of the marine corps for extra pay and
bounty land........

Brooklyn, communication from the mayor of Brooklyn, with the proceedings of
the common council of that city, in relation to a branch mint......
Brown, John P., petition..

Brown, B. F., resolution by Mr. Bright for the employment of, as a clerk in the
Senate.

Bruce, John, petition referred..

Brunswick Maine, citizens of, petition for reduction of postage.

Brush, John M. (See Eugene Van Ness)

Brush, Nehemiah, executors of. (See Eugene Van Ness.)

Brush, Nehemiah. (See bill S. 259 )

Bryan, Joseph. (See bill H. R. 198)

Bryan, John A. (See joint resolution S. R. 19.)

Bryant, A. C., and others. (See bill H. R. 359.)
Buchanan, Elijah, adverse report concurred in..
Buck, Mary. (See bill H. R 548.)

Buffalo, citizens of, memorial for a railroad from the Missouri to the Pacific.....
petition for a reduction of postage and abolition of the frank-
ing privilege.

petition for the abolition of the spirit ration in the navy, and
corporal punishment in the military and naval service.....

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Common Council of, petition for the abolition of the spirit ration in the
navy, and corporeal punishment in the military and naval service....

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Bull, Archibald, and Lemuel S. Finch. (See bill H. R. 129.)

Buoys. (See Light-houses.)

Burgess, Charles J., memorial.

Burns, William H., petition....

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Burriss, Elizabeth, heirs or assigns of. (See bill H. R. 191.)

Burying ground in Mexico for the use of citizens of the United States. (See joint
resolution S. R 61.)

Bush, William Henry, memorial.

resolution by Mr. Dickinson..

message from the President with report of the Secretary

of State.

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Business, motion by Mr. Atherton to rescind the orders of last session discharging
the Committees of Commerce, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, and
Pensions, from certain....

before committees last session, and not reported on, recommitted-
motion by Mr. Bell....

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Caddo boy, reparation for the killing of a, by volunteers in Texas. (See bill S.
360.)

Caldwell, Sarah D. (See bill H. R. 310.)

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Caldwell, Joseph F. (See bill S. 83.)

Calhoun, Hon. J. C., attended.....

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

California, admission of, into the Union as a State. (See bill S. 350.)

yeas and nays on motion to refer
report of the committee.......

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views of a minority of the committee.

select committee on the bill...

bill to establish the territorial government of. (See bill H. R. 685.)
committee discharged.

establishment of a government for, and exclusion of slavery from the

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territorial government for California and New Mexico, memorial of

resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina for the adoption of the
Missouri compromise in the organization of territorial governments
in California and New Mexico...

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report of the select committee on the publication of the results of Col.
Fremont's exploring expedition to, ordered to lie on the table.........

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bill for ascertaining claims and titles to land in California and New
Mexico, to grant donation rights, and to provide for the survey
of the lands therein. (See hill S. 336.)

road from Fort Smith to, memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas...

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laws in force in, on 13th May, 1846, resolution by Mr. Breese for a
translation and compilation of...

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memorial of Peter Von Schmidt relative to the gold mines in........
bill to extend the revenue laws over. (See bill H. R. 734)
mail steamers from, to China and the East Indies, memorial of James
B. Moore & Co....

committee discharged..

resolution by Mr. Underwood for a board of commissioners to ascertain
the quantity of appropriated lands in California and New Mexico,
and what disposition should be made of the mineral lands..
arms and ammunition to emigrants to. (See joint resolution S. R. 56.)
extension of the laws relating to Indian affairs over. (See bill 8.382.)
slavery in-

resolution of the Legislature of New York.....

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petition of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania
resolutions by Mr. Houston relative to a communication between the
United States and New Mexico, California, and Oregon, gold in
California...

railroad from the Mississippi to, memorial of William Bayard & Co..
despatches of Commodore Stockton relative to the naval and military
operations in, resolution by Mr. Westcott

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report of the Secretary of the Navy.....
geological reconnoissance of. (See joint resolution 8. R. 51.)
geological reconnoissance of the territories of the United States con-
tiguous to the Pacific coast. (See joint resolution S. R. 71.)

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Calkins & Co., E. P., surviving partner and legal representative of. (See Sam-

uel Jones.)

adverse report recommitted...

Callaghan, Bryan. (See bill S. 310.)

Cameron, Hon. Simon, attended

resolutions submitted by, viz:

to supply Senators with newspapers.......

to change the number of copies of the Journal, docu-
ments, and bills printed for the Senate.....
claims against the Cherokees.....

resolution of December 14, 1847, to furnish Senators
with copies of the Constitution and other books ....
payment for services performed in contracting for the
printing of Congress.

to suspend the 16th joint rule .....

Campbell, William A., surviving partner of James C. Watson

Campbell, John.

(See bill H. R. 285.)

Campbell, William R., petition....

(See bill S. 407.)

Campbell, Thomas J. (See Clerk of the House of Representatives)

Canada, bill to admit certain articles the growth of Canada, into the United
States free of duty, &c. (See bill H. R. 471.)

reciprocal free trade with Canada in certain agricultural products—
petition of citizens of Toledo, Ohio.....

petition of merchants, &c., of Baltimore...

annexation of, petition of citizens of Ogle county, Illinois.

Canals, land to the States for railroads, &c. (See bill S. 415.)

Canandaigua, New York, petition of John A. Granger in behalf of the village of,
for the abolition of corporeal punishment in the military and naval
service...

petition of John A. Granger, in behalf of the village of, for a pro-
hibition of intoxicating liquors in the navy.

Canfield, Lizur B. (See bill H. R. 282.)

Capella, Peter. (See bill S. 48.)

Capella, Andrew, administrator of. (See Peter Capella.)

Capital punishment, abolition of, petition of citizens of Schuylkill county, Penn-

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Carnahan, A. M., and others, petition for the transportation of emigrants to

Carnes, Peter A., leave to withdraw..

committee discharged, and ordered to lie on the table.

petition....

report and bill (see bill S. 491).

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Carrington, H. (See bill H. R. 272.)

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Cayuga county, N. Y., citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c.......
Cayuga Indians. (See Seneca Indians.)

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Cazean, Francis, administrator of, petition referred...

Cedar Keys, port of entry and delivery at, resolution of the Legislature of Florida
Cedar Bluff, relief of citizens of. (See bill H. R. 802.)

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bill H. R. 813 referred to the select committee ......
memorial of J. Disturnell relative to the collection of statistics of North
America and the West Indies......

memorial of the New York Agricultural Society for the collection of agri-
cultural statistics....

Center, George. (See bill S. 107.)

Central and Northern Cross Railroads, resolution of the Legislature of Illinois,
for land for..

Centre county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition relative to newspaper postage.
Ceresco, Wisconsin, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c...
Certificates of merit to the non-commissioned officers of the 3d regiment of artil-
lery, petition of the commissioned officers..

Champlin, Stephen. (See bill H. R. 77)

Chaplains, memorial of the Kehnkee Primitive Baptist Association, in relation to
the employment of chaplains by government...

Chaplains to Congress, resolution of the House of Representatives for the elec

tion of..

concurred in by the Senate..

election of the Rev. R. R. Gurley by the House of Rep-
resentatives

election of the Rev. Henry Slicer by the Senate.

Chaplains in the army, additional. (See bill S. 393.)

Chapman, Ezra, petition.

Chapman, William, petition

Charleston Chamber of Commerce, proceedings of, relative to the coast survey.
Charleston, improvement of Hog island channel at Charleston. (See bill S. 431.)
citizens of, petition for the removal of restriction on Spanish vessels..

Chase, honorable Salmon P., credentials presented, &c.....

resolutions by, on the death of the honorable Rudol-
phus Dickinson.

Chase, Ann. (See joint resolution S. R. 18.)

leave to withdraw....

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adverse report..

Chauncey, Henry. (See William H. Aspinwall.)

Cheever, William D., widow and executrix of. (See Jeannette C. Huntington.)
Cherokee Indians, amount due to, according to the principles established by the

treaty of 1846, resolution by Mr. Bell......

report of the Second Comptroller and Second Auditor..

referred....

communication from the Second Comptroller.....

memorial of Johnson K. Rogers for himself and other Chero-

kees, for an investigation of their wrongs..

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select committee on.

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claims made against, especially the "Old Settlers," resolution
by Mr. Cameron..

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report of the Secretary of War...
modification of the order to print..

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amount advanced to the "Old Settlers," or Western Chero-

kees, resolution by Mr. Bell...

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report of the Secretary of War..

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memorial of W. S. Coodey and John Drew, representatives of
the "Old Settlers," for the payment of their debts.......
memorial of William P. Ross, W. S. Coodey, and John Drew;
in behalf of the Old Settlers" or Western Cherokees.....
committee discharged, and ordered to be printed..

Chester, Wintrhop W., and S. E. Guild, communication......

Chester county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on

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Chicago, railroad connecting the upper and lower Mississippi with the lakes at

Chicago. (See bill S. 355.)

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