Treasury, relative to compromise of Dennistoun cotton suits. Letter of the
Secretary of the .

Treasury, communicating letter of the Director of the Bureau of Statistics
relative to the abolition of said bureau. Letter of the Secretary of the....
Treasury, relative to the disposition of the proceeds of captured and aban-
doned property received by Colonel Holabird. Letter of the Secretary of
the..

Treasury, relative to existing laws regulating the carriage of passengers on
steamships and other vessels. Letter of the Secretary of the
Treasury, relative to existing and unexpended appropriations.
the Secretary of the.....

1

1

2

2

Letter of

2

Treasury, relative to sales of captured and abandoned cotton. Letter of the
Secretary of the....

Troops and military stores on Union Pacific. Union Pacific, eastern division,
and Chicago and Northwestern railroads. Comparative statement of rates
of transportation of.......

U.

United States of North Germany. Formation and functions of government
of.....

Union Pacific Railroad Company's branches. Amount of United States bonds
issued to..

Union Pacific railroads. Comparative statement of rates of transportation
of troops and military stores on Chicago and Northwestern, Union Pacific,
eastern division, and..

Unpaid claims in quartermasters' department. Letter of the Secretary of
the Treasury relative to

V.

Vessels of war and steam machinery. Report of board appointed to examine
the claims of contractors for

Virginia convention. Constitution framed by.
Volunteer officers retained in service. List of..

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Voters in rebel States, number of persons disfranchised, &c. Statement of
registered

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W.

War ad interim, communicating papers relative to the case of Fitz John
Porter. Letter of the Secretary of

War ad interim, relative to reduction of military reservation of Point Sau
José, California. Letter of Secretary of

Warehouses in the city of New York. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
relative to the location of customs.

War, transmitting list of volunteer officers retained in service. Letter of the
Secretary of..

War, transmitting comparative statement of rates of transportation of mili-
tary stores on Union Pacific, Union Pacific, eastern division, and Chicago
and Northwestern railroads. Letter of the Secretary of.....
War, transmitting report of Commissary General of Subsistence, showing
amount and value of subsistence stores issued to Indians under charge of
Indian Bureau. Letter of the Secretary of.

War, relative to the number of military districts or headquarters in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. Letter of the Secretary of

War, transmitting report of Chief Engineer relative to removal of reefs in
East river, New York harbor. Letter of the Secretary of

War, transmitting statement of contracts made by quartermasters' depart-
ment in February, 1868

War, relative to relinquishment of military reservation at Fort Ridgely.
Letter of the Secretary of

War, relative to practice in the settlement of public accounts prior to the
passage of the act respecting prompt settlement of public accounts. Let-i
ter of the Secretary of...

War, transmitting statement of contracts made by quartermasters' depart-
ment in the month of April, 1868. Letter of the Secretary of
War, transmitting letter of General Canby and its enclosures relative to the
ordinance of the convention of South Carolina. Letter of the Secretary of.
War, transmittingcopy of the constitution framed by the Virginia convention.
Letter of the Secretary of

War, relative to cost of opening for first-class steamboat navigation Bayou
Manchac, Amite river, Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain. Letter of the
Secretary of..

War, transmitting statement of contracts made by quartermasters' depart-
ment in May, 1868. Letter of the Secretary of..

War, transmitting communication from General Stoneman relative to proposed
election to be held in the first military district. Letter of the Secretary of.
War, relative to the cost of maintaining military establishments in New
Mexico and Arizona. Letter of the Secretary of

War. transmitting letter of General A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, asking
trial by court-martial, for offences imputed to him in report to Congress by
Joint Committee on Ordnance. Letter of the Secretary of..
War, transmitting Raynolds's report of exploration of Yellowstone river.
Letter of the Secretary of..

LIST

OF

EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

OF THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

FOR THE

SECOND SESSION FORTIETH CONGRESS.

1867-'68.

Subject.

MESSAGES OF the President of the United States, VIZ:
Transmitting correspondence with Mr. Motley, recent minister of the
United States at Vienna, not heretofore communicated

Transmitting correspondence relative to formation and functions of the
government of the United States of North Germany.
Transmitting correspondence relative to the international monetary con-
ference held at Paris in 1867

Transmitting report of Secretary of State, in compliance with 18th section
of act of August 18, 1856, regulating the diplomatic and consular sys-
tems of the United States..

Transmitting report of Secretary of the Treasury relative to the amount
of United States bonds issued to Union Pacific Railroad Company's
branches.........

Transmitting report of Secretary of State relative to the appointment of
Hon. Anson Burlingame, American minister at Pekin, to a mission in
behalf of the Chinese government.

Communicating information in relation to bill (S. 141) entitled "An act
for the further security of equal rights in the District of Columbia”.......
Transmitting report of Secretary of State with accompanying papers
relative to the occupation of the island of San Juan, in Puget sound
Transmitting report of general commanding the army of the United
States relative to instructions issued to General Pope and General Meade
on their being assigned to command of third military district....
Transmitting correspondence relative to alleged interference of our consul
at Rome in the late difficulties in Italy

Transmitting report of Secretary of State relative to Alta Vela claim....
Transmitting correspondence relative to the abduction of Allen Mac-
donald from the township of Moore, in Canada.....
Transmitting papers relative to arrest and trial of Rev. John McMahon,
Robert B. Lynch, and John Warren, by the government of Great
Britain

Returning bill (S. 213) entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An
act to amend the judiciary act,' passed the twenty-fourth of September,
seventeen hundred and eighty-nine," with his objections..
Transmitting report of Assistant Adjutant General relative to number
and designation of military departments formed since August 1, 1867..
Transmitting papers relative to applications for exclusive privileges in
connection with hunting, trading, and the fisheries, in Alaska .....
Submitting report of the Secretary of State concerning naturalization
treaty between the United States and North Germany..
Transmitting correspondence relative to the murder of the ship's company
of the American bark Rover, by the inhabitants of the island of
Formosa

Subject.

MESSAGES OF the President of the UNITED STATES-Continned.
Transmitting the constitution adopted by the convention of the State of
Georgia..

Transmitting reports of Secretary of the Treasury and of the Attorney
General relative to seizure and confiscation of property of rebels......
Communicating report of Secretary of State and other information relative
to a new port at Tivives, in the Gulf of Nicoza, on the Pacific coast ..
Transmitting correspondence with the authorities of Great Britain relative
to new postal treaty

Transmitting report of Secretary of State relative to recent events in the
empire of Japan...

Returning bill (H. R. 1039) to admit the State of Arkansas to repre-
sentation in Congress," with his objections thereto
Transmitting correspondence relative to the act of Congress prohibiting
persons in the diplomatic service from wearing uniforms or official

costumes

Transmitting correspondence relative to an alleged practice of the Danish
authorities to banish convicts to this country
Transmitting report of Secretary of State enclosing list of States whose
legislatures have ratified the 14th article of amendment to the Consti-
tution of the United States and copies of resolutions of ratification....

Recommending certain amendments to the Constitution of the United
States

Communicating correspondence between the Secretary of State and the
minister resident of the United States at Japan relative to amendment
of laws of the United States prohibiting the coolie trade ...
Communicating report of board of officers on new location of powder
magazines in New York harbor and at other places

Relative to amounts paid for publishing United States laws, and for con-
sul fees since March 4, 1861..

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, VIZ:

REPORTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, VIZ:
Relative to proceeds of captured and abandoned property received by
Colonel S. B. Holabird, while chief quartermaster of the department
of the Gulf.........

Relative to withholding a part of the salary of judges of the courts of the
United States for taxes..

Relative to the transfer of unexpended balances of appropriations to other
accounts since June 23, 1860....

Relative to the appointment of Edmund Cooper Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, and his assuming the duties of said office...

1

Relative to amount and character of taxes collected from the national
banks since their establishment, &c.....

1

Relative to action of the Treasury Department with reference to captured
and abandoned property.

1

Relative to unpaid claim of John Bullfinch and other owners of the brig
Ocean Belle....

1

Relative to amount of rent paid for public stores in the city of New York,
and relative to other locations for customs warehouses in said city....
Relative to the appointment or removal of assessors and collectors of
internal revenue....

Relative to compromise of certain suits known as the Dennistoun cotton

suits....

Communicating a letter from the Director of the Bureau of Statistics in
relation to the joint resolution abolishing said bureau...

Relative to the disposition made of the proceeds of captured and abandoned
property received by Colonel Holabird..

Relative to existing laws regulating the carriage of passengers in steam-
ships and other vessels...

Relative to existing and unexpended appropriations..

Relative to sales of captured and abandoned cotton

REPORTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, VIZ:

Communicating list of volunteer officers in the military service of the
government

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15

22

24

25

Subject.

REPORTS AND LETTERS OF SECRETARY OF WAR-Continued.
Communicating statement showing the comparative rates now paid by
the United States for the transportation of troops and military stores to
the Union Pacific Railroad Company, to the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, eastern division, and to the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad Company

Communicating report of Commissary General of Subsistence, showing
quantity and value of subsistence stores issued to Indians under charge
of the Indian bureau....

Relative to cost of opening, for first class steamboat navigation, Bayou
Manchac, Amite river, Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain..
Relative to the number of military districts or headquarters in the Dis-
trict of Columbia .....

Relative to expense of removing the reefs in East river known as Battery,
Diamond, and Coenties

Transmitting statement of contracts made by the quartermasters' depart-
ment in February 1868....

Relative to relinquishment of military reservation at Fort Ridgely
Relative to the course of practice in respect to the settlement of public
accounts and the drawing of requisitions there for by Secretary of War.
Transmitting copy of constitution framed by the convention of the State
of Virginia....
Transmitting letter of General Canby, and its enclosures, relative to an
ordnance of the South Carolina convention providing for the assembling
of the general assembly, &c.....
Transmitting statement of contracts made by the quartermasters' depart-
ment in April, 1868.........

Transmitting statement of contracts made by the quartermasters' depart-
ment in May, 1868..

river...

Transmitting communication of General Stoneman, commanding the first
military district, relative to a proposed election to be held therein......
Communicating information relative to expense of maintaining the mili-
tary establishment in New Mexico and Arizona...
Communicating Raynolds's report on the exploration of the Yellowstone
Communicating letter from Brevet Major General A. B. Dyer, Chief of
Ordnance, asking trial by court-martial for offences imputed to him in
a report made to Congress by the Joint Committee on Ordnance....
REPORTS AND Letters OF SECRETARY OF WAR AD INTERIM, VIZ:
Communicating copies of papers relating to the case of Fitz John Porter.
Communicating further information in relation to the case of Fitz John
Porter

Relative to the reduction of the military reservation of Point San José,
California

....

LETTERS OF SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, VIZ:

Communicating report of the board appointed July 6, 1867, to "examine
the claims of certain contractors for the construction of vessels of war
and steam machinery," under act of Congress approved March 2, 1867.
Communicating information in relation to the number of persons employed
in the navy yards on the 1st day of January, 1868, and the 1st day
of July, 1863...

......

...

Communicating information in relation to the discovery, occupation, and
character of the Midway islands in the Pacific ocean
Relative to the iron-clad Monitor
REFORTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, VIZ :
Relative to length of line of road completed by Union Pacific Railroad
Company, and its branches, and the Central Pacific Railroad Com-
pany

Relative to claimants for indemnity for depredations by Sioux Indians in
Minnesota, under act of February 16, 1863...

2

Relative to recent raids and outrages upon citizens of Texas and in the
Chickasaw nation by bands of Kiowa and Comanche Indians.
Communicating statement from acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
showing the items omitted and changes made in the bill making appro-
priations for the Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1869.
Relative to payment of per capita dividend to Creek Indians

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