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California, in favor of the enactment of a law dedicating the Presidio reserva-
tion for a public park. Resolution of the legislature of...
California, in favor of a mail route from San Diego to Salt Lake City. Reso-
lution of the legislature of.

California, for a tri-weekly mail from Oroville to Taylorville, and the exten-
sion of the route to Round Valley. Resolution of the legislature of...
Canal around the Des Moines Rapids. Resolutions of the legislature of Iowa
for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Mississippi
River, by the construction of a

Capital from Washington to Fort Leavenworth military reservation, Kansas.
Resolution of the legislatur of Kansas in favor of the removal of the
national

Capital of the United States. Resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor
of removing the...

Capital to some point in the Mississippi Valley. Resolution of the constitu-
tional convention of the State of Illinois for the removal of the national..
Cape Cod Ship Canal. Resolution of the legislature of Massachusetts in favor
of aid to the.

Carroll, for compensation. Petition of Anna Ella.

Census returns an account of the net proceeds of income derived from every
business, profession, or employment. Petition of citizens of Connecticut
praying that there may be required in the next.
Cherokee treaty.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating

amendments to the..

Cherokee Nation of Indians. Memorial protesting against the passage of the
bill (S. 631) to provide for carrying into effect the provisions of a treaty
concluded between the United States and the...

Cherokee treaty pending before the Senate. Letter of the Secretary of the
Interior to the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs in relation to..
Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw nations of Indians, remonstrating against the
passage of the bill (S. 679) to organize the Territory of Ok-la-ho-ma.
Memorial of the delegates of the.......

Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, in favor of a line of steamships
between Australia and the South Pacific Islands and San Francisco. Reso-
lutions of the..

Chief of Engineers upon the Cape Cod Ship Canal. Letter of the Secretary of
War to the committee of the Senate communicating a report of the.
Choctaw nation. Memorial of, remonstrating against the passage of a bill to
provide for the consolidation of the Indian tribes, and against the incorpora-
tion of certain railroads to pass through the Indian Territory..
Citizens' Association of New York, for the passage of the bill to incorporate the
International Society of the United States for the Promotion and Protection of
Immigration. Petition of the president and secretary of the....
Cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and
its appraisement at certain designated ports of delivery, instead of at the
port of entry alone. Memorial of the board of directors and members of the
Union Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis and citizens of St. Louis, praying
the enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great..
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, in relation to a revision of the existing tariff
laws. Resolution of the..

Claims of American citizens against the United States on account of French
spoliations prior to the year 1800. Resolution of the legislature of Massa-
chusetts in favor of the immediate recognition and adjustment of the....
Claims of certain citizens of Kansas for services rendered in recruiting and
drilling of men for the military service of the United States in 1862. Reso-
lution of the legislature of Kansas in favor of the payment of the.
Claims of Massachusetts and Maine for interest on advances to the United
States during the war of 1812. Resolution of the legislature of Maine for the

payment of the

Claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela.
Papers from the Department of State relative to the

Climate and production of soil to emigration to that State. Resolutions adopted
at a meeting of citizens of Whitefield County, Georgia, enumerating the in-
ducements of...

Coasting trade between New Orleans and ports on the Gulf of Mexico. Peti-
tion of owners and masters of steamships and sailing vessels engaged in the..
College of Agriculture and the Mechanics Arts. Memorial of the regents of
the University of California for amendment of existing laws for the support

of.

Colorado River of the West. Petition of Samuel Adams for compensation for
services rendered and expenses incurred in the exploration of the..
Colorado against any change of the organic law concerning the jurisdiction of
probate courts in that Territory. Resolution of the legislative assembly of
the Territory of.......

Colored people of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, praying the
adoption of such measures as will secure to them equal rights and privileges
with white citizens. Memorial of a committee on behalf of the..
Committees. List of....

Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Letters of John C. Frémont, president
of Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, to the chairman of the-
Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the Cherokee treaty pending be-
fore the Senate, and the claim of the Cherokees to territory west of the one-
hundredth meridian. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the chair-
man of the....

Commission to investigate the claims of all persons who have lost property by
depredations committed since January 1, 1864, by Indian tribes with whom
peace conferences have been held. Resolution of the legislature of Kansas
in favor of an appointment of a..

Commissioner plenipotentiary to the republic of Mexico. Petition of Nicholas
P. Trist, praying additional compensation for services rendered as..
Commercial relations between the United States and Spanish American States
on this continent. Resolution of Mr. Fenton relative to the condition of the.
Congressional Printer. Annual report of...

Connecticut, praying that there may be required in the next census returns an
account of the net proceeds of incomes derived from every business. Peti-
tion of citizens of...

Constitutional convention of the State of Illinois in favor of the removal of
the national capital. Resolution of the..
Consular affairs, with reports of consular officers in France and Belgium. Let-
ter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating the report of the agent
of the United States to examine...

Convention. Address of republican State, held in Richmond, Virginia...
Court of Claims for the year ending December 6, 1869. Statement of the judg-
ments rendered in the..

Creek Nation of Indians against the organization of territorial government for
the Indian Territory. Memorial of delegates of the
Criminal court of the District for the year 1869. Letter of the warden of the
jail in the District of Columbia, showing the expenses of the..
Critchfield and Henry C. Anderson, late soldiers of the Thirteenth Iowa infan-
try. Resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of such legislation as
will set aside the verdict of the military court in the case of William B..........
Curtis in repelling the invasion of General Price, commanding the confederate
army, in July and August 1864. Resolutions of the legislature of Kansas
in favor of the payment of the claims of citizens of that State for services
rendered and property lost in action under Major General..

Cuba. Copy of resolution adopted by the assembly of South Carolina in favor
of recognizing the independence of...

Cushing, J. A., praying an investigation into the business of the Gas Company
of Washington City...

Defaulting State on any account whatever. Letter from the Secretary of the
Interior inclosing copy of a letter from his predecessor, and draught of bill
requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold any moneys due from
the United States to a...

Delaware breakwater. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary
of War, relative to surveys for a harbor at the...
Des Moines Rapids. Resolution of the legislature of Iowa for an appropriation
for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River by a con-
struction of a canal around the..

Des Moines River. Resolution of the legislature of Iowa for a grant of land
to that State to indemnify persons who have purchased from the United
States, or preempted, any of the odd sections of land lying along the.....
Disbursements for the year ending March 1870. Letter of the warden of the
jail in the District of Columbia, communicating the amount of...
Distillers of fruit. Joint resolution of the legislature of California in favor of
such a modification of the internal revenue law as will exempt from taxation.

District of Columbia. Petition of citizens of the, representing the several
boards of trustees having charge of public schools within said District, for
aid in maintaining and extending the advantages of education....
District of Columbia. Petition of H. C. Ingersoll that the right of suffrage be
granted to women in the....

District of Columbia. Resolution that the last Friday and Saturday of the
month be assigned exclusively to the consideration of bills and matters relat-
ing to the....

District attorneys of two per centum upon all moneys hereafter collected or
realized in suits or proceedings upon official bonds of public officers, &c.
Letter of the Solicitor of the Treasury in relation to the enactment of a law
authorizing the payment to...

Dominican government at Azua, San Domingo. Additional papers in the case
of Davis Hatch, an American citizen...

Downey, mayor of Brownville, Texas, that measures be taken to procure from
the Mexican government the abolition of the "zona libre" (free belt) estab-
lished by the legislature of the State of Tamaulipas. Memorial of Edward.
Du Luth. Resolutions of the legislature of Minnesota for an appropriation for
the improvement of the harbor of..

Duty on articles mentioned in bill entitled "An act to reduce internal taxes,
and for other purposes." Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting a statement of increase and decrease of..

Education in the District of Columbia. Petition of citizens of the District
of Columbia, representing the several boards of trustees having charge of
public schools within said District, praying aid for maintaining and extend-
ing the advantages of....

Emigration to the State of Georgia.

Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citi-
zens of Whitefield County, Georgia, enumerating the inducements of climate
and productiveness of soil to...

Evening sessions. Resolution of Mr. Pomeroy in relation to..

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Falls of St. Anthony. Memorial of the legislature of Minnesota for an appro-
priation for the improvement of the...

Fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolutions
of the legislature of New York repealing the resolution of that State passed
April 14, 1869, ratifying the..

Fifteenth article of the Constitution of the United States. Resolutions of the
legislature of Ohio ratifying the amendment proposed by Congress as the..
Fillmore. Letter of Millard, communicating a report upon the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad...

Florida Telegraph Company, relative to cable from Florida to the West India
Islands. Memorial of the International Ocean Telegraph Company, in an-
swer to the memorial of the....

Fort Ridgely, in that State. Memorial of the legislature of Minnesota in fa-
vor of speedy action by the Government toward perfecting the titles of cer-
tain settlers on the military reservation at..

Fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Resolution
of the legislature of Georgia ratifying the proposed...

Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of
an appropriation for the completion of the improvement of the...
Franking privilege. Resolution of the legislature of Kansas in favor of the
abolition of the....

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Franking privilege. Resolutions of the legislature of Iowa in favor of the
abolition of the..

Freedmen who shall settle on and cultivate the same for one year, shall re-
ceive a patent for the same. Memorial of the laboring men of the United
States for subdivision of surveyed public lands in the Southern States into
tracts of 40 acres each, and that..

Frémont County, Colorado. Petition of the German Colonization Company
of Colfax for a grant to said company of 40,000 acres of public lands in ...
Frémont, president of Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, to the
chairman of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad in relation to the affairs
of said company. Letter of......

French spoliations prior to the year 1800. Resolutions of the legislature of
Massachusetts in favor of the immediate recognition and adjustment of the
claims of American citizens against the United States on account of.......
French minister and the Secretary of State relative to landing the submarine
cable. Copies of a correspondence between the..

Galveston, Pass Cavallo, &c. Resolution of the legislature of Texas for au
appropriation to improve the bars at.

Garrett, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, for a reduction
of the duty on iron and steel rails. Petition of John W

Gas Company of Washington City. Petition of J. A. Cushing for an investi-
gation into the business of the..

Georgia, ratifying the proposed fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. Resolution of the legislature of....
Georgia, ratifying the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. Resolution of the legislature of the State of.............
Georgia to representation in Congress as a State of the Union. Resolution
of the legislature of Georgia declaring the assent of said State to the condi-
tions imposed upon said State by the act of Congress of June 25, 1868, pro-
posing to admit the State of....

German Colonization Company of Colfax, Frémont County, Colorado, for
a grant of 40,000 acres of unsurveyed public lands in said county. Pe-
tition of the...

Grand international council of Indians asking a strict observance of treaty
stipulations. Letter of the Cherokee delegation of Indians transmitting an
address of the...

Harbors of the United States against encroachments. Resolution of the legis-
lature of Maine in favor of the enactment of a law for the appointment
of a board of commissioners for the preservation of the.....

Hart, of Florida, claiming to be entitled to a seat in the Senate, as a Senator.
Petition of Ossian B...

Hatch, an American citizen imprisoned by the Dominican government at Azua,
San Domingo. Additional papers in the case of Davis....
Healdsburg to Calistoga, in said State. Resolution of the legislature of Cali-
fornia for the establishment of mail routes from Santa Rosa to Sonoma,
from Santa Rosa to Sebastopol, and from...

Incomes derived from every business, profession, or employment. Petition of
citizens of Connecticut praying that there may be required in the next cen-
sus returns an account of the net proceeds of..
Income tax. Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the aboli-
tion of the....

Indians, and against any further reduction of the Army. Resolutions of the
legislature of Kansas for increased protection on the frontier of that State
against depredations by the..

Indians, who have not become citizens, from the limits of that State to special
reservations, and the extinguishment of their right of possession to lands in
that State, that the same may be granted for railroad purposes. Resolutions
of the legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of all
Indian Territory. Memorial of delegates of the Creek nation of Indians re-
monstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the...
Indians from that State. Memorial of the legislature of Wisconsin for the re-
moval of certain bands of..

Indian policy and system of governing the Indian tribes. On the propriety of
a change or modification of the..

Indian tribes within the bounds of the United States. Letter of the Secretary
of the Interior to the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs commu-
nicating a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to all
the...

Ingersoll, that the right of suffrage be granted to women in the District of
Columbia. Petition of H. C.....

Internal revenue for the several years ending with each month, from June
1869, to January 1870, inclusive. Letter of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, communicating a statement showing the increase in the receipts of.
Internal revenue law as will exempt from taxation distillers of fruit. Joint
resolution of the legislature of California for such modification of the...
Internal revenue taxes collected in the United States for the year ending June
30, 1869, the amounts that are repealed by Senate bill No. 890, and the
amounts that are retained. Table showing the..

Internal taxes and for other purposes. Letter of the Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, with tabular statement showing the increase and decrease of duty
on articles mentioned in Senate bill to reduce....
International Ocean Telegraph Company, in answer to the memorial of the
Florida Telegraph Company in relation to a cable from Florida to the West
India Islands. Memorial of the...

International Society of the United States for the Promotion and Protection
of Immigration. Petition of the president and secretary of the Citizens'
Association of New York for the passage of the bill to incorporate the
Iowa ratifying the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. Resolution of the legislature of.......

Iowa in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from
O'Brien County, Iowa, to the Missouri River at or near Yancton, in Dakota
Territory. Resolutions of the legislature of.......

Iowa for granting a pension to Lieutenant Colonel John C. Abercrombie. Res-
olution of the legislature of..

Iowa in favor of removing the capital of the United States. Resolution of
the legislature of..

Iowa in favor of such legislation as will set aside the verdict of the military
court in the case of William B. Critchfield and H. C. Anderson. Resolutions
of the legislature of .

Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of
the Mississippi River. Resolutions of the legislature of..

Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the improvement of
the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Resolution of the legislature of..
Iowa in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. Resolutions of the
legislature of...

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Iowa for a tri-weekly mail route from Strawberry Point, via St. Sebold and
Volga City, to El Kader. Resolution of the legislature of
Iowa for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad on the Mis-
souri River. Resolutions of the legislature of.

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Jail in the District of Columbia, communicating a statement of the number of
prisoners confined therein, the amount of disbursements, and the expenses
of the criminal court. Letter of the Warden of the
Jefferson City. Resolution of the legislature of Missouri for an appropriation
for the erection of a building for the accommodation of the post office and
the United States courts at

Junction City to New Scandinavia, in said State. Resolution of the legisla-
ture of Kansas for a tri-weekly mail route from....
Jurisdiction of probate courts in that Territory. Resolution of the legislative
assembly of the Territory of Colorado against any change of the organic
law concerning the

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Kanawha and James River Canal. Resolutions of the legislature of Ohio in
favor of aid by the United States in the early construction of the....
Kansas in favor of the early apportionment of representation under the com-
ing census. Resolutions of the legislature of..

Kansas for the passage of a law to extinguish the title of the Indians to the
Black Bob Shawnee reservation. Resolution of the legislature of
Kansas for the removal of the national capital from Washington. Resolution
of the legislature of....

Kansas for the abolition of the franking privilege. Resolutions of the legisla-
ture of..

Kansas ratifying the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. Resolutions of the legislature of...

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