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Iowa Legislature, memorials and resolutions-Continued.

improvement of the Des Monies and Rock river rapius.
mail route from Bloomington to Prairie du Chien...

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mail route from Tipton to the county seat of Benton county.
mail route from Ottumwa to Chariton point
mail route from New London to Iowa city..

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land for a branch of the State University at Fairfield.
improvement of the Maquoketa river.

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yeas and nays...

Irons, John, petition referred....

Irvine, Caleb E., injunction of screcy removed from the proceedings of the Sen-
ate on the nomination of

Islesboro, transfer of, from the Penobscot to the Belfast collection district. (See
bill H. R. 344.)

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Jackson, Jesse Washington. (See bill H. R. 279.)

James Mitchell, ship, legal owners of. (See bill H. R. 436.)

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Jennings, Roddey, & Carter, report of the First Auditor of the Treasury Depart-

ment and the Auditor of the Post Office Department in the case of..
Jillson, Nancy, adverse report concurred in.

Johnson, Hon. Henry, attended

resolutions submitted by-

Benjamin F. Bosworth's claim for bounty lands..
clerk for the Committee on Pensions..

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report of Captain Mervine, relative to the battle of St. Clara, Cap.
tain Ward, Marston, &c..

bonds and guarantees issued by the Territorial government of
Florida

Johnson, Hon. Reverdy, attended.

letter resigning his seat in the Senate..

executive of Maryland to be informed of the resignation...
resolutions submitted by-

despatch of Mr. Wheaton concerning a communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean seas....
appointmeats by the President not submitted to the Senate..

Johnson, T. A., petition for the abolition of the spirit ration in the navy
petition for the abolition of corporeal punishment in the military and
naval service..

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resolution by Mr. Allen, for ascertaining the classes in which the Sena-
tors from Iowa shall be inserted..

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mail route from Dubuque to Keokuk.

Jones, Captain Samuel, legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 306.)
Jones, Roger, memorial..

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Jones, John Rice, legal representatives of. (See bill S. 383.)

Jones, Hervey.. (See bill H. R. 210.)

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Jones & Boker, resolution by Mr. Westcott, relative to the act for the relief of,
ordered to lie on the tale

Jorry William, resolution for leave to withdraw..

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

Judge, Thomas L. (See bill H. R. 567.)

Judicial districts, petition of citizens of Alabama for a division of the State into

two..

committee discharged.....

Jurisdiction, appellate, of the Supreme Court.
Jurors, selection of, in certain United States courts.

(See bill S. 384.)

(See bill H. R. 804.)

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Kalamazoo river, improvement of the harbor at the mouth of. (See bill S. 425.)
Kearsley, Jonathan, petition

Keenan, jr., Dennis, petition..

Kehukee Primitive Baptist Association, memorial relative to the appointment of
chaplains by Government.

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Keller and others, Charles M., petition for a modification of the patent laws....
Kellet, Charles A. (See bill H. R. 363.)

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Kelly, Ann, adverse report concurred in, and committee discharged
Kendrick, H. L., petition...

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Kennet monthly meeting of Friends in Chester county, Pennsylvania, memorial
relative to slavery..

Kentucky, mail routes in, resolution by Mr. Underwood.

United States circuit court in, judge of the United States courts in the
fifth circuit to hold. (See bill H. R. 805.)

Keokuk, land to Iowa for a railroad from Dubuque to. (See bill S. 372.)
Kerr, Ruth, petition.....

adverse report..

Key West, navy yard and naval depot at, resolution by Mr. Westcott.
Kickapoo Indians, memorial, committee discharged...

Kickapoo and Pottawatomie Indians, petition..

Kimball, John H., petition

Kincart. John. (See bill S. 407.)

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to fix a time for the appointment of the standing committees..

to increase the number of members of the Committees on Military Affairs
and Naval Affairs.....

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to suspend the 34th rule for the appointment of the standing committees
allowance to Alexander Hammett...

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regulation of the number and compensation of officers, clerks, messengers,
and other persons employed by the Senate..

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land for services in the last war with Great Britain.

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King, and others, James G., memorial for the improvement of Hurl Gate channel
and the harbor of New York..

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Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, petition of the Sadsbury monthly meeting of

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Land claims-

bill supplemental to an act confirming certain land claims in Louisiana.
(See bill H. R. 196.)

bill for ascertaining claims and titles to lands in California and New
Mexico, &c. (See bill S. 336.)

bill to amend the act of June 17, 1844, for the adjustment of land claims
in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Mississippi and Ala-
bama. (See bill S. 262.)

bill to revive an act to settle the title to certain tracts of land in Arkan-
(See bill S. 290.(

sas.

bill amendatory of the act of 26th May, 1824, re-enacted June 17, 1844,
to enable claimants to lands in Missouri and Arkansas to try the
validity of their claims. (See bill S. 489.)

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petition of citizens of Michigan for the extension of the pre-emption
laws to the mineral lands on Lake Superior
resolution by Mr. Felch relative to reducing the price of the mineral
lands on Lake Superior, and the allowance of pre-emption rights..
report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the
mineral lands in Michigan, communicated by the Secretary of the
Treasury...

ordered to be printed.

petition of citizens of Pennsylvania for a reduction of the price of the
mineral lands...

reduction of the price of the mineral lands in the Lake Superior district,
Michigan, and in the Chippewa district, Wisconsin. (See bills S.
487 and H. R. 741.)

Lands, bounty-

petition of James Foy and others, late of the quartermaster's depart-
ment, for extra pay and bounty land..

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resolution of the Legislature of Florida for bounty land to officers and
soldiers of the Seminole war..

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committee discharged

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resolution to grant extra pay and bounty land to substitutes. (See F
joint resolution S. R. 52.)

memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas for bounty, land to all officers

and soldiers at any time in actual service.

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adverse report.....

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petition of Samuel S. Bartlett, in behalf of that portion of the marine
corps which served in California....

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land for services in the last war with Great Britain, resolution by Mr.
King..

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resolution by Mr. Breese..

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memorial of Perry E. Brocchus, in behalf of the marine corps, for extra

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Land laws, bounty, resolution by Mr. Bright for printing.

amendment of, resolution by Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts...

Lands lying between the meander line and middle of the meandered rivers. (See
bill S. 463.)

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report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual report of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office..

extra copies ordered to be printed.....

grant of land to the States for certain purposes. (See bill S. 328)
President's message, so far as it relates to the public lands, referred..
memorial of John A. Ragan, proposing to drain the public lands.....
cession of the public lands to the States in which situated, resolution by
Mr. Walker...

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bill to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands. (See bill
S. 3.)

Lill to grant to Arkansas and other States overflowed lands. (See bill
S. 253.)

overflowed lands in Arkansas and Missouri, resolution of the Legisla

ture of Missouri...

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Lands, public-Continued.

donation of the public lands to actual settlers-
petition of Joseph Wyer and others..

petition of citizens of the United States..
committee discharged.......

petition of citizens of Pennsylvania...

petition of citizens of Massachusetts..

reduction of the price of the pine lands in Florida and other States,
resolution by Mr. Yulee....

reduction of the price of the public lands in the Miami reserve, resolu-
tion of the Legislature of Indiana.

(See bill S. 402.)

memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas for a grant of land to the
States for internal improvements, a reduction of the price of the
public lands, and the payment of the five per cent. fund in land...
bill to grant the right of way across the public lands, and to dispose of
said land in aid of the several States in the construction of railroads
and canals. (See bill S. 415.)

return of, from the House of Representatives asked...

motion to reconsider.

Landon, Giles. (See bill H. R. 559 )

Lane, William B., injunction of secrecy removed from the proceedings of the
Senate on the nomination of.....
yeas and nays.

Lane, James Crandal, petition.....
Langford's Company of Florida volunteers, resolution of the Legislature of Florida
Lapoint county, Michigan, citizens of, petition for a mail route from the county
seat to the falls of the St. Croix...

Larrabee, Major Charles. (See bill H. R. 773.)
Laurence, Zachariah. (See bill H. R. 242.)

Laws of Congress, increase of the number to be annually distributed to the States
and Territories. (See joint resolution H. R. 49.)

Laws and treaties of the United States, synoptical index to the, resolution by Mr.
Benton.

Le Blanc, Villeneuve, documents submitted and referred.

Le Caze. James, administrator of. (See Frederick Vincent.)

Le Grand, Paulina, executor of. (See H. Carrington.)

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

Lee county, Iowa, petition of settlers in, adverse report concurred in.

Lee, Oliver, legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 399.)

Lee, William. (See bill S. 235)

Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on for-
eign manufactures...

Letter postage, petition of citizens of Sterling, Michigan, for a reduction of.....
Leverett, Mary G. (See bill H. R. 547.)

Levy, Moses E., memorial referred....

Lewis, Nathaniel, memorial

(See bill S. 400.)

adverse report..

Lewis, Hon. Dixon H., resolutions by Mr. King on the death of..

Lexington, right of way and land for a railroad from Lexington to Ohio city.
(See bill S. 380.)

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Libbey, Robert, heirs of, petition referred.

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Libby's island, petition of citizens of Machias, Maine, for a fog-bell on....
Liberia, petition of A. M. Carnahan and others, for the transportation of emi-
grants to Liberia in United States vessels going to Africa....
committee discharged, and ordered to lie on the table.....

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Library of Congress. (See Congress.)

Light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., appropriations. (See bill S. 485.)
Light-houses, communication from the Fifth Auditor relative to, ordered to be
printed..

Ligon, Thomas P. (See bill H. R. 110)

Lillard, James M., petition....

adverse report..

Linard, Thomas, petition ...

report adverse

Lincoln county, Maine, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage.
Lincoln, Lemuel R., documents...

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Lindsay, Andrew J., injunction of secrecy removed from the proceedings of the
Senate on the nomination of
yeas and nays...

Little & Brown, petition......

Little Sodus bay, improvement of. (See bill S. 433.)
Little Egg harbor, survey and examination of. (See bill S. 440.)
Little Fort on Lake Michigan, improvement of the harbor at.
Live oak and other timber, preservation of. (See bill S. 142.)
Livingston, James, heirs of, resolution for leave to withdraw..
London, United States minister at, resolution by Mr. Webster for the instruction
to, offering a further extension of reciprocity and equality in navigation, and
especially in relation to the coasting trade....

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(See bill S. 442.)

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Long Island, New York, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage.
Loring, W W., M. E. Van Buren, and R. M. Morris, memorial..
Lott, William. (See bill H. R. 464.)

Louisiana Legislature, resolutions-

for a law to make the practice of the United States courts in Louisi-
ana conform to that of the State courts

(See bill S.
S.421.)

Raccourci cut-off in the Mississippi river...

establishment of a foundry and armory at Algiers..

Louisiana, surveyor general of, annual report of, communicated by the Secretary

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of the Treasury...

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petition of registers and receivers of land offices in Louisiana for com.
missions on entries of military land warrants..

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land to, for internal improvements. (See bill S. 363.)

land claims in. (See bill H. R. 196.)

mode of practice of the United States courts in, resolution of the Legis-
lature of Louisiana.

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(See bill S. 421.)

draining of swamp lands in. (See bill H. R. 635) ....
district courts of the United States in. (See bill S. 282)

Lowndes county, Mississippi, grant of land for schools in. (See bill H. R. 574.)
Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on
foreign manufactures..

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

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Lynch, William. (See bill H. R. 646.)
Lynch, Lieutenant William F., report of, of an examination of the Dead Sea,

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Machias, Maine, citizens of, petition for a fog-bell on Libby's island..
Mack, Caroline, documents referred......

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Mackay, Sarah A., petition..

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McAvoy, James. (See bill H. R. 46.)

McAffee, Joseph, heirs and legal representatives. (See bill S. 333.)

Mc Blair, Thomas P., petition referred..

McClellan's company of Florida volunteers, documents relative to the claim of...

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(See bill H. R. 312.)

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McRae, William, widow of. (See Mary McRea.)
McRae, Mary. (See bill S. 22.)

Madlam, John, petition...

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