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Smyly, J. S.. petition of citizens of Edgefield district, South Carolina, for a post
office at the residence of..

Snavely, William. (See bill H. R. 514.)
Snodgrass, Thomas, petition..

committee discharged and again referred
additional documents..

Soldiers, resolution by Mr. Breese to extend the provision of 9th section, act 11th
February, 1847, to the devisees of deceased soldiers

report.

Solicitor of the Treasury, reports of-

with the decision of the arbitrator on the claim of the Catholic
church at St. Augustine.....

Page.

154

128

229

229

88

100

165

report showing the operations of that office since its organiza-
tion, communicated by the President......

295

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Southampton, Bremen, and Havre, mail steamers to.

146

(See bill S. 394.)

185

54

South Carolina Legislature, resolution relative to slavery..
Southmayed & Son, Horace, memorial referred ...
Spain, laws of Spain and Mexico in force in New Mexico and California on the
13th of May, 1846, resolution by Mr. Breese, for a compilation and translation

of
Spalding, Azel, petition referred...

Spanish vessels exempt from discriminating duties in certain cases.
R. 792.)

committee discharged, and again referred

Spanish vessels, tonnage duty on, resolution by Mr. Westcott.

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Spanish vessels trading between Cuba and the United States, resolution by Mr.
Westcott, relative to the tonnage duty on, modified and agreed to..
Spanish vessels trading between the United States and Spain, petition of citizens

of Charleston, for the removal of restrictions on

Speiden, William. (See joint resolution H. R. 14.)

Spencer, Joseph, heirs and representatives of. (See James M. Lillard.)

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Springfield, Mass., citizens of, memorial for an amendment of the patent laws..

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Stanert, John, adverse report concurred in...
State Department, disbursements from the contingent fund of the department,
&c., report of the Secretary..................

clerks employed in the department, report of the Secretary..

State, Secretary of, reports of-

disbursements from the contingent fund of the State Department; dis-
bursements for all objects; disbursements from the contingent fund
for foreign intercourse; and disbursements from the contingent fund
for all the missions abroad...

number and description of passengers who arrived in 1848.
returns of American seamen....

188

244

3, 350

56

49

117

49

60

68

clerks employed in the department.

117

with despatches from the minister at Rio de Janeiro, relative to the
conduct of Com. GW. Storer, communicated by the President....
relative to John B. Emerson's invention, communicated by the Presi-.
dent.....

159

174

with correspondence relative to the imprisonment of Wm. H. Bush,
communicated by the President..

States, land to the States for railroads and canals. (See bill S. 415.)
return of the bill from the House of Representatives asked..
motion to reconsider

cession of the public lands to the States in which situated, resolution by
Mr. Walker...

land to the States for internal improvements, resolution of the Legislature
of Arkansas

252

212, 218

218

189

180

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

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

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155

106

106

report..

committee discharged, and again referred

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

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..

motion to print referred

ordered to be printed.

committee discharged, and again referred..

500 copies to be furnished to the Commissioner.

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

106

147

147

119

251

364

184

53

271

176

Stevens & Ellison, and others, petition..

224

Stevenson, W. W., documents..

291

Stinson, Benjamin, petition.

53

Stockbridge Indians, petition relative to their lands.

61

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

389

yeas and nays..

392

51

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

resolution by Mr. Dickinson ...

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-

resolution by Mr. Webster..

resolution by Mr. Foote

yeas and nays

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

176

193

220

76

159

66

3, 350

122

138

226

368, 368

368

180

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

199

T.

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

103

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.

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

Tariff, petitions of citizens in relation to-

Columbia county, Pa....

Berks county, Pa..
Schuylkill county, Pa...
Lebanon county, Pa.
Dauphin county, Pa..
Elizabeth township.
Philadelphia county,
Philadelphia city..

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Pa.

Essex county, Ñ. Y.....
Lehigh county, Pa.......
Huntingdon county, Pa.....
Union county, Pa..

Pennsylvania...

Pa..

Chester county,
Mifflin county, Pa...

Luzerne county, Pa....

Montgomery county, Pa....
Clarion county, Pa..
Blair county, Pa....
Lycoming county, Pa.

Mercer county, Pa...

Tatem, Henry, resolution for leave to withdraw

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72, 76

178

67

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214

214, 217, 219

266

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

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

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

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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.

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.....

yeas and nays

resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island.

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

185

226

293

384

387

56

112

186

225

137

224, 255

165

107

140

140

278

146

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

154

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....

278

ports and harbors of, survey and examination of.

(See bill S. 432.)

map of, by J. De Cordova, resolution by Mr. Houston....

147

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

Page.

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.)

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

(See bill S. 142.)

Timber reserved for naval purposes, preservation of.
Todd, Barnard, legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 248.)
Toledo, Ohio, citizens of, petition for free trade with
tural products.

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

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

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1

112

223

115

69

Canada in certain agricul-

209, 258

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...

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

document....

200

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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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..

317, 318, 318, 319, 319,

320

281

50

50

62

193, 215

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

municated by the President..

205

warehousing system

244

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

223

Treasury, Secretary of the, reports of-Continued.

referred

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, 1846....

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.....

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

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

tonnage duty on Spanish vessels..

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.)

yeas and nays.

Treat, Joseph, petition.

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246

63

209, 225
204

72

82

87

106

138

139

144

139

140

174

176

178

278

306

306

317, 318, 318, 319, 319, 320
264

76

93, 98

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

rescinded...

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...

93, 98

271

115, 119

188

Trenton, New Jersey, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c......
Tribon, Francis. (See bill H. R. 550.)

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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.

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

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