No. 1. Joint Resolution of Thanks to General John E. Wool. The thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Brevet Major-General John E. Wool, for his distinguished services in the late war with Mexico, and especially for the skill, enterprise, and courage which distinguished his conduct at the battle of Buena Vista. The President is requested to cause a sword, with suitable devices, to be presented to General Wool, as a testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallant and judicious conduct on that memorable occasion. January 24, 1854. No. 3. A Resolution authorizing an increase of the force in the office of the Superintendent of the Public Printing. February 10, 1854. No. 4. A Resolution for supplying new members of the Senate and House of Representatives with such books of a public character as have been heretofore supplied. February 23, 1854. No. 5. Joint Resolution authorizing a supplemental contract for certain marble for the Capitol Extension. March 1, 1854. No. 6. A Resolution accepting certain volumes and medals presented by her Britannic Majesty's Government to the United States. The presentation volumes and medals, illustrative of the Exhibition in London, in 1851, are accepted, and placed in the Library of Congress. March 27, 1854. No. 7. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury and Light-house Board to determine upon the site, plan, and mode of constructing the Light-house on Cohasset Rocks, and for other purposes. March 27, 1854. No. 8. Joint Resolution relative to bids for provision, clothing, and small stores for the use of the Navy. All such bids may be rejected, at the option of the Department, if made by one who is not known as a manufacturer of, or regular dealer in, the article proposed to be furnished; which fact, or the reverse, must be distinctly stated in the bids offered. The bids of all who have failed to fulfil any contracts previously entered into with the United States, shall, at the option of the Department, be rejected. If more than one bid be offered for the supply of an article on account of any one party either in his own name, or in the name of his partner, clerk, or any other person, the whole of such bids shall be rejected at the option of the Department. Copartners shall not be received as sureties for each other. Whenever it is necessary for the interest of the government, and the health of the crews of the United States vessels, to procure particular brands of flour, which are known to keep best on distant stations, the same may be procured in market overt. March 27, 1854. No. 10. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the expenses of codifying and revising the Revenue Laws. $5,000 are appropriated; and report of expenditure be made by Secretary of the Treasury, to Congress, in December, 1854. April 6, 1854. No. 11. A Joint Resolution authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury to adjust the expenses of a Board of Commissioners appointed by the Territorial Assembly of Oregon, to prepare a code of laws; also to adjust the expense of collecting and printing certain laws and archives of the Territory of Oregon. May 3, 1854. No. 12. A Resolution for extending an existing contract for carrying the Mail in Alabama. May 3, 1854. No. 13. Joint Resolution directing the connection of the public surveys in Alabama, with the boundary line between the States of Alabama and Florida. June 29, 1854. No. 16. Joint Resolution explanatory of the 2d section of a Resolution to establish certain Post Routes, approved July 12, 1852. July 17, 1854. No. 17. A Resolution providing for the distribution of the Works of Thomas Jeffer son. July 20, 1854. No. 18. Joint Resolution to fix the compensation of the employees in the Legislative Department, and to prohibit the allowance of the usual extra compensation to such as receive the benefits hereof. 20 per cent. added to their present compensation. July 20, 1854. No. 25. A Joint Resolution directing the presentation of a Medal to Commander Duncan N. Ingraham. It is for rescuing Martin Koszta from the Austrian war-brig Hussar. August 4, 1854. X. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. 1. Statement of Duties, Revenues, and Public Expenditures, during the Fiscal Years ending June 30, 1852, and June 30, 1853. [From Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, Jan. 15, 1853, and Dec. 6, 1853.] Total receipts, exclusive of loans, &c., 738,623.89 49,728,386.89 61,337,574.40 Balance in the Treasury, July 1, 1851 and '52, 10,911,645.68 14,532,636.37 * This includes the salaries of Chargés d'Affaires, and outfits of Ministers and Chargés. |