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of Mr. Shields's resignation

yeas and nays

Governor of Illinois to be furnished with a copy of the reso-

lution of the Senate declaring the election of James
Shields void

Shoemaker, George R., legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 161.)
Shover, William H., petition...

Shriver, John S., memorial in behalf of steamboat companies engaged in the coast-
ing trade, for a modification of the act of 1793..
Simmons, Maurice R. (See bill H. R. 458.)

Simons, E. (See John C. Riddle.)

Simonson, John S., injunction of secrecy removed from the proceedings of the
Senate on the nomination of......
yeas and nays

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Simonton, Samuel, committee discharged and again referred..

committee discharged....

Simpson, George, heirs of. (See joint resolution S. R. 45.)

Simpson, John J., petition...

report.

committee discharged

committee discharged

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Sims, Hon. Alexander D., proceedings on the announcement of the death of..
Skiles, John W., petition...

Skinner, J. S., memorial for an agricultural department of government-
yeas and nays on motion to refer to a select committee...
referred to the Committee on Agriculture.....

Skinner, John P. and the legal representatives of Isaac Green. (See bill H. R.
181.)
Skirving, John, resolution by Mr. Walker to pay, for ventilating the Senate
chamber..

Skunk river, improvement of, memorial of the Legislature of Iowa..
Slacum, William A., personal representatives of. (See bill S. 251.)

motion to reconsider.....

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Slake, Agnes, and the heirs of De Repentigny, adverse report concurred in..
Slavery, slave trade, &c., in the District of Columbia-

petitions and memorials of citizens and others-

Norristown, Pennsylvania....

Pennsylvania..

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158, 224, 224, 232, 232, 255, 265, 265, 265, 265, 306

New Jersey

220

Eliot, Maine....

265

Kennet monthly meeting of Friends..

231

New Garden monthly meeting of Friends.

237

Sadsbury monthly meeting of Friends.

237

Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery..
members of the board of aldermen and common council of Wash-
ington.....

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New York......

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Sadsbury monthly meeting of Friends....

Slavery, &c., in New Mexico and California-

petition of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania..

petition of citizens of Pennsylvania...

resolutions of State Legislatures-

yeas and nays

Illinois....

South Carolina

Wisconsin......
Rhode Island..

New Hampshire.

Slavery, &c., in the territories-

petitions and memorials of citizens and others-

Friends in Ohio..

motion to reconsider

Middletown, Connecticut
Rhode Island.....

Pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery..

Kennet monthly meeting of Friends....

New Garden monthly meeting of Friends....

resolutions of State Legislatures-

Florida.....

Wisconsin.....
North Carolina.
New Hampshire.
Michigan

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Slavery throughout the Union, &c-

petitions of female inhabitants of the United States..

107

232

140

140

164

185

259

278

154

108

113

154

306

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yeas and nays...

109

motion to reconsider...

113

petition of inhabitants of Pennsylvania.. .158, 232, 232, 265, 265, 266, 291

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Smith, Lieutenant, resolution by Mr. Douglas for the report of, on the drainage

Smith, Jonathan, heirs of, resolution for leave to withdraw

appointment of regents in. (See joint resolution S. R. 41.)
resignation of Mr. Breese as regent.....

271

266

307

368, 369

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letter from the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution relative to
a vacancy in the board of regents....

357

resolution by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, relative to the filling of

vacancies in the board of regents.

yeas and nays........
Mr. Pearce appointed a regent....

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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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South Carolina Legislature, resolution relative to slavery.
Southmayed & Son, Horace, memorial referred

146

185

54

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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188

244

3, 350

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...

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. G. W. 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

(See bill S. 323.)

States, land to the States for certain purposes.
Stealy, John, leave to withdraw...

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

Page.

155

106

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

106

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documents submitted by Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, relative to
the prevention of the explosion of steam boilers, to be printed.

364

184

53

committee discharged, and again referred

271

176

224

291

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resolution by Mr. Dickinson

51

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..

Stockbridge Indians, petition relative to their lands..

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-

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

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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

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

Dauphin county, Pa..

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, petitions of citizens in relation to-

Columbia county, Pa.....

Berks county, Pa...
Schuylkill county, Pa..

Lebanon county,

Pa.

Pa.

Elizabeth township..
Philadelphia county,
Philadelphia city..
Essex county, Ñ. Y....
Lehigh county, Pa.....
Huntingdon county, Pa.
Union county, Pa...
Pennsylvania...

Chester county,

Pa....

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

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

committee to inform, of his election
report...

Taylor, Thomas M., petition

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

Page.

72, 76
178

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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

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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..

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226

293

384

387

56

112

186

225

137

224, 255

165

107

140

yeas and nays

140

278

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

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

resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island.

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