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States, land to the States for certain purposes. (See bill S. 323.)

Stealy, John, leave to withdraw.

Steam boilers, report of the Commissioner of Patents, relative to patents for the
prevention of the explosion of

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report of the Commissioner of Patents, relative to the explosion of
steam boilers for boats and railroads..

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motion to print referred

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ordered to be printed..

committee discharged, and again referred

report...

committee discharged, and again referred..

500 copies to be furnished to the Commissioner..

documents submitted by Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, relative to

the prevention of the explosion of steam boilers, to be printed.

Stephens, John L. (See Wm. H. Aspinwall.)

Sterling, citizens of, memorial relative to postage on letters and newspapers..
Sterrett, William C., petition

Steuart, Adam D., petition referred..

Stevens & Ellison, and others, petition.

Stevenson, W. W., documents..

Stinson, Benjamin, petition

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Stockbridge Indians, petition relative to their lands...

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treaty with, injunction of secrecy removed from the pro-
ceedings of the Senate...

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yeas and nays..

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resolution by Mr. Dickinson

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Stocks, United States, establishment of an office for the transfer of, in New York,

report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Stockton, Commodore, despatches of, relative to the naval and military operations

in California, resolution by Mr. Westcott..
report of the Secretary of the Navy..

Stokely, Captain Nehemiah, heirs of. (See bill H. R. 496.)
Storer, Commodore G. W., despatches from the United States minister at Rio
de Janeiro, in relation to, resolution by Mr. Clarke
message from the President

Stout, Isabella, heir-at-law of James Samson, petition referred
Sturgeon, Hon. Daniel, attended

Substitutes, extra pay and bounty land to. (See joint resolution S. R. 52.)
Sub-treasury act of August 6, 1846, designated depositaries appointed under,

resolution by Mr. Bright..

report of the Secretary of the Treasury

Superior, Lake, land district, reduction of the price of the mineral lands in.
(See bills S. 487 and H. R 741.)
Supreme Court of the United States-

bill in addition to the act to regulate the exercise of appellate
jurisdiction by the Supreme Court. (See bill S. 384.)

decisions of the judges of the Supreme Court in the case of
"Smith vs. Turner," and "Norris vs. the city of Boston,"
to be printed-

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Survey, joint resolution for a geological survey in detail. (See joint resolution
S. R. 71.)

Surveyor General of Arkansas, resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas for the
continuance of the office of

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3, 350

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Sutton, Jesse. (See bill H. R. 498.)

Swearing, punishment for false swearing in certain cases. (See bill H. R. 211.)
Syracuse, New York, proceedings of a meeting of citizens, for the abolition of
the spirit ration in the navy, and corporeal punishment in the military and
naval service

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Talbot and others, Thomas. (See bill S. 45 )
Tampico mounted rangers. (See Lewis Morris)

Tariff of 1842, petition of citizens of mercer county, Pa., for

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Tariff of 1846, construction given to, in respect to duties on articles, upon the
exportation of which any foreign country pays a bounty, reso-
lution by Mr. Niles....

report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

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Tariff, President's message, so far as it relates to, referred.

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Tariff, petitions of citizens in relation to-

Columbia county, Pa...

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Schuylkill county, Pa..
Lebanon county, Pa..
Dauphin county, Pa....
Elizabeth township...
Philadelphia county, Pa..
Philadelphia city..
Essex county, Ñ. Y..
Lehigh county, Pa.....
Huntingdon county, Pa..
Union county, Pa....
Pennsylvania...
Chester county,
Mifflin county, Pa..
Luzerne county, Pa..
Montgomery county, Pa..
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Blair county, Pa.....
Lycoming county, Pa.
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Pa.

Tatem, Henry, resolution for leave to withdraw

Taylor, Zachary, declared to be elected President of the United States.

committee to inform, of his election

Taylor, Thomas M., petition...

Taylor, Creed, (See bill S. 69.)

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Taylor, Edward. (See bill H. R. 454.) '

Taylor, Charles, petition...

Taylor, Maria, report and bill (see bill S. 468)

Taylor and others. Isaac W., report and bill (see bill S. 489)..

Taylor, William W., injunction of secrecy removed from the proceedings of the

Senate on the nomination of......
yeas and nays

Teakle, Littleton D., adverse report concurred in, and committee discharged...
Tee, William. (See bill H. R. 507.)
Tehuantepec, isthmus of, memorial of Wells & Co., and others, of New York,
for aid in constructing a railway across.
petition of P. A. Hargous, relative to a railroad across
memorial of Jesse E. Dow, relative to a road across.

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Telegraph register. (See Astronomical Clock.)
Tennessee, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage..
Tensaw river, right of way and land to Alabama and Florida for a railroad from
Montgomery to Pensacola, &c. (See bill S. 349 )

Territorial governments, petition of citizens of Pennsylvania for the adoption of
the ordinance of 1787, in the organization of

Testimony, bill concerning. (See bill S. 20.)

Texas Legislature, resolutions for the establishment of military posts between the
Red river and the Rio Grande, committee discharged, and again referred.....
Texas, extension of the limits of-

petition of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, against......
claims of Texas to the territory acquired from Mexico, resolution of the
Legislature of New York..

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yeas and nays

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Texas, memorial of Ebenezer Allen and others, citizens of Texas, for a railroad
from the Rio Grande to the Pacific

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United States district judge for, memorial of members of the bar of Gal-
veston for an increase of the salary of..

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additional district court in. (See bill S. 93.)

and the adjacent Mexican States, report of the Secretary of War, show-
ing the operations of the army in..

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ports and harbors of, survey and examination of. (See bill S. 432.)
map of, by J. De Cordova, resolution by Mr. Houston...

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resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island.

Thacker, Joel. (See bill H. R. 341.)

Thomas, David. (See bill H. R. 76.)

Thomason, Elisha. (See bill H. R. 189.)

Thompkins, Christopher, widow of. (See Martha Dameron)

Thompson, Charles, widow of. (See Emma C. B. Thompson.)

Thompson, Emma C. B., petition....

Thompson, Philip W. (See Henry C. Miller.)

Thompson, Samuel H., petition referred.

leave to withdraw.

Thompson, Mary W. (See bill H. R. 505.)

Thompson, Farley D., petition.

Thornton, Captain Presley, heirs and legal representatives of. (See bill H. R.

536.)

Ticonic, schooner. (See bill S. 211.)

Tift, Asa F., petition.

(See bill S. 361.)

Tift, Annie, ship. (See bill S. 361.)

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Timber reserved for naval purposes, preservation of.

(See bill S. 142.)

Todd, Barnard, legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 248.)

Toledo, Ohio, citizens of, petition for free trade with Canada in certain agricul-
tural products

Toler, Jesse. (See bill S. 205.)

Tompkins, Nancy. (See bill H. R. 61.)

Tonawanda Indians, petition of citizens of Rochester, New York, in behalf of,
adverse report concurred in

Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels-

resolution by Mr. Westcott.

report of the Secretary of the Treasury..

trading between the United States and Cuba, res-
olution by Mr. Westcott modified and agreed to
Topographical engineers, petition of James Crandal Lane against the employment

of, on works unconnected with the military service...
Topping, William H., petition.....

Totten, Colonel Joseph G., communicating the memorial of Isaac S. K. Reeves..
Towle, David. (See bill H. R. 554.)

Tracy, William, leave to withdraw....

Trader's Point, bill to authorize the laying off of a town at. (See bill S. 408.)

document.

- Transport vessels, transfer of, from the War to the Navy Department. (See
joint resolution S. R. 58.)

Transportation for the United States squadron on the northwest coast, resolution
by Mr. Niles

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Treasury Department, report and resolution relative to Robert Mayo's work on.

(See joint resolution S. R. 57.)

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resolution by Mr. Mangum for the purchase of Robert

Mayo's work on....

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contracts made by, report of the Secretary of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Commissioner of
Customs for the Treasury Department. (See bill H.
R. 764.)

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yeas and nays

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Treasury, Acting Secretary of, committee discharged from a report of, presented

December 29, 1847.....

Treasury, Secretary of the, reports of-

state of the finances....

additional copies ordered to be printed, yeas and nays......
with the annual report of the superintendent of the coast survey.
expenditures and results of the coast survey...

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number of vessels and persons employed in the coast survey, com-

municated by the President..

warehousing system

report of the superintendent of the coast survey relative to the sur-
vey of the coast of Florida..

Treasury, Secretary of the, reports of-Continued.

referred

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with annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
extra copies ordered to be printed, &c..
contracts made by the Treasury Department .................
concerning wrecks of American vessels

with a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office
enclosing the annual report of the surveyor general of Louisiana
annual cost of the coast survey communicated by the President....
with report of the superintendent of the coast survey on an applica-

tion of the galvanic circuit to an astronomical clock and tele-
graph register in determining local differences of longitudes...
designated depositaries, appointed under the sub-treasury act of
August 6, 1816....

with communication from the Commissioner of the General Land
Office relative to the mineral lands in Michigan.....
ordered to be printed......

with report of the Register of the Treasury on commerce and navi-

tion
examination by T. O. Edwards of the operation of the act to prevent
the importation of adulterated drugs and medicines..
relative to the invention of John B. Emerson, communicated by the
President.....

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establishment of an office in New York for the transfer of United
States stocks, &c. ...

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construction given to the tariff of 1846 in respect to duties on arti-
cles on which a bounty is paid by any country at the place of
exportation...

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tonnage duty on Spanish vessels.

yeas and nays..

rescinded....

payments for miscellaneous claims, expenditures for disabled sea-
men, and from the marine hospital fund...

relative to additional rooms required for the War and Navy Depart-
ments and the expediency of purchasing Winder's building...
Treasury, Assistant Secretary of the. (See bill H. R. 764.)

Treat, Joseph, petition....

Treaties of reciprocity in navigation between the United States and other nations,
resolution by Mr. Clarke..

Treaties of commerce and navigation between the United States and other
nations, giving the vessels of those nations the right of trading be-
tween the United States and the rest of the world, in the productions
of every country, upon the same terms as American vessels, resolu-
tion by Mr. Clarke..
message from the President.

Treaties of the United States, synoptical index to, resolution by Mr. Benton...
Tredega Iron Company, petition..

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Trenton, New Jersey, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c....
Tribon, Francis. (See bill H. R. 550.)
Trinity church at St. Augustine, Florida, memorial of the warden and vestry of
Tropical plants, supplemental to the act of July 7, 1838, to encourage the intro-
duction and promote the cultivation of. (See bill H. R. 594.)
Trousdale, Cincinnatus, and John G. Connelly. (See bill S. 401.)
Troy, New York, citizens of, petition for a charter to Hartwell Carver and asso-

ciates for railroad to Oregon.

proceedings of a meeting of citizens of, for the abolition of the
spirit ration in the navy, and corporeal punishment in the
military and naval service.

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

Tucker, Oliver, petition....
Tucker, John, memorial referred.

Tucker, John, resolution of the Legislature of Florida for compensation to.....
Turkey, resolution by Mr. Clarke relative to the United States consular system
for Turkey, and violations of the laws of that empire by the United States con-
suls.....

Turney, Hon. Hopkins L., attended..

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

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Underwood, Hon. Joseph R., attended

presented the credentials of the Hon. Thomas Metcalfe..
resolutions submitted by-

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

mail route from Russellville to Elkton, and Elkton to Madisonville

Union Bank of Florida. (See bill H. R. 569)

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

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Union, dissolution of, petitions for-

Joseph Treat..

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citizens and females of Pennsylvania....

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settlers.
committee discharged

motion to reconsider

United States, citizens of, petitions for a donation of the public lands to actual

United States stocks, establishment of an officer in New York for the transfer of,
resolution by Mr. Dickinson

report of the Secretary of the Treasury..

United States, map of. (See Colton's Map)

United States, female inhabitants of, petitions relative to slavery.
yeas and nays....

citizens of, petitions for the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in

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the navy..

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citizens of, petitions for the prohibition of corporeal punishment in
the military and naval service.....

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citizens of, memorial for a military post in California, near the
gold region.....

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memorial for military escorts on the route to California, and a
military post near the gold region....

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loaning field pieces to the Norwich University..

mail route from Brattleboro', Vermont, to Whitehall, New York.....
Useful arts, bill (H. R. 102) to amend the acts to promote the progress of the,
memorial of Henry O'Reilly remonstrating against.

Utica, citizens of, petition for the abolition of the spirit ration in the navy

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Van Buren, M. E. (See W. W. Loring.)

Van Ness, Eugene, and John M. Brush, executors of Nehemiah Brush. (See bill
S. 237.)

Van Valkenburg, Bartholomew, resolution for leave to withdraw..
Ventilating Senate chamber, resolution by Mr. Walker, to pay John Skirving for
Venue, bill to authorize the change of. (See bill S. 420.)

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Vera Cruz, transportation of the mail from New Orleans to, in steam vessels.
(See joint resolution S. R. 44.)

Vermont, petitions of females of, relative to slavery.....

Vermont, mail routes in, petitions of citizens of Orange county

resolution by Mr. Upham..

Vessels, conveyance of. (See bill H. R. 737.)

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

Vessels, transport, resolution to transfer from the War to the Navy Department.
(See joint resolution S. R. 58.)

Vice President. (See President and Vice President, and Millard Fillmore.)

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