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A bill to establish a board of accounts

read twice and referred....

A bill authorizing Victor Morass to relinquish certain lands and to
enter the same quantity elsewhere-

reported and read the first time..

read the second time and ordered to be engrossed.
passed....

59 A bill to provide compensation to such persons as may be designated
by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive and keep the public
money, under the fifteenth section of the act of 6th August, 1846,
for the additional services required under that act-

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read twice and referred..

reported and ordered to be engrossed..
passed..

A bill tor the relief of William Darby

read twice and postponed....

considered and ordered to lie on the table..

ordered to be engrossed, (yeas and nays).

passed......

A bill to provide for the repair and improvement of the dam at the
head of Cumberland island, in the Onio river-

read twice and ordered to lie on the table...

referred.....

reported....

ordered to lie on the table..

62 A bill to provide more effectually for overcoming the obstructions to
the navigation of the Ohio river, at the falls thereof-
read twice and referred...

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reported and ordered to lie on the table..

A bill to grant to the city of Burlington, in Iowa, the land heretofore
reserved between that city and the Mississippi river-

read twice and referred....

reported with an amendment..

amendment concurred in, and ordered to be engrossed.
passed....

64 A bill to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French, prior to the 31st day of July, 1801

read twice......

referred to a select committee.

reported...

considered (yeas and nays).

considered..

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amendment proposed by Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, and modified on

65 A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels”

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A bill granting relief to John A. McGaw, of New York-Continued

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70 A bill for the relief of the widows and relatives of certain officers and seamen of the United States brig Washington who were lost overboard in a hurricane

reported and read the first time......

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read the second time....

amended and ordered to be engrossed..
passed..

A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register to
the brig Ada-

reported and read the first time....

read the second time and ordered to be engrossed..

passed..

passed House of Representatives.

examined

signed....
presented.

approved...

A bill granting to the State of Mississippi the right of way and a do-
nation of public land for the purpose of locating a railroad from
Brandon to the western border of said State, in the direction of
Montgomery, Alabama-

read twice and ordered to be engrossed....
passed...

A bill granting the right of way for, and to aid in the construction of a
line of telegraph from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean—
read twice and referred....

A bill to authorize the State of Illinois to select the residue of the
lands to which she is entitled under the act of 2d March, 1827,
granting land to aid that State in opening a canal to connect the
waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan-
read twice and referred......

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A bill to revive and continue in force for a limited time the provisions
of an act relative to suspended entries of public land—

read twice and referred.

reported...

considered..

postponed..

passed..

A bill for the relief of the personal representative of William A. Sla.
cum, deceased—

read twice and referred.....

reported...

oidered to be engrossed.

passed.....

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A bill for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Colonel Alex-
ander G. Morgan-

read twice and referred.

reported....

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ordered to be engrossed
passed......

A bill amendatory of the act entitled "An act to provide for holding
the courts of the United States in case of the sickness or other
disability of the judges of the district courts," approved July 29,
1850-

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passed House of Representatives with an amendment.

Senate concur.

examined
signed.

approved.

A bill making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors
and rivers-

read twice and referred....

A bill for the relief of Thomas H. Leggett

read twice and referred......

reported......

ordered to lie on the table.
considered and postponed..

81 A bill for the relief of John R. Bryan, administrator of Isaac Garret

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reported.....

read the second time and rejected (yeas and nays).

A bill for the relief of Mrs. Margaret Hetzel, widow and administratrix

of A. R. Hetzel, late Assistant Quartermaster in the army of the
United States-

reported...

read the second time and ordered to be engrossed..

passed...

passed House of Representatives.

examined..

signed....

presented..

approved.

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A bill for the relief of Adjutant General Roger Jones

reported.....

read the second time and ordered to be engrossed
passed.

85 A bill for the relief of the representatives of Joseph Watson, de

ceased

read..

read the second time, and ordered to be engrossed.
passed

86 A bill to provide for the payment to the State of Georgia for moneys
expended by the State for horses and equipments lost by volun-
teers and militia whilst engaged in the suppression of the hostilities
of the Creek, Seminole and Cherokee Indians, in the years 1836,
1837 and 1838-

read twice and referred
reported.....

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87 A bill to grant the right of pre-emption to settlers on the public land, known as the "Maison Rouge grant," and for other purposes

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approved.

presented..

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act proposing to the State of
Texas the establishment of her northern and western boundaries,
the relinquishment by said State of all territory claimed by her ex-
terior to said boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United
States, and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico,"
approved September, 1850-

read twice and referred.....

motion by Mr. Butler to reconsider the vote referring the bill..
reported with an amendment.....

90 A bill granting to the State of Michigan the right of way and a dona-
tion of public land for the purpose of constructing a canal or rail-

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passed...

91 A bill to establish an additional land office in Michigan

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read twice and referred..

reported...

amended, ordered to be engrossed and passed.

A bill for the redemption of certain Choctaw annuities

read twice and referred...

reported....

A bill for the relief of Allen G. Johnson

reported and read the first time.....

read the second time and ordered to be engrossed.
passed...

A bill to increase the efficiency of the army by a retired list for disa-
bled officers-

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read twice and referred

reported with amendments

A bill to extend a patent heretofore granted to John Shly, of the State
of Georgia-

reported and read the first time....

read the second time, amended and ordered to be engrossed...
passed.

A bill to provide for the removal of obstructions in the river Savan-
nah, in the State of Georgia, and for the improvement of the same-
read twice and referred.

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reported

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ordered to be engrossed and passed.....

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A bill to make the salary of the judge of the criminal court of the
District of Columbia equal to that of an assistant judge of the cir-
cuit court of said district-

reported and read the first time...

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A bill for the relief of Thomas Snodgrass

read twice and referred.....

reported and ordered to be engrossed
passed......

101 A bill to remit or refund duties on goods, wares and merchandise destroyed by fire

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A bill to amend the act approved March 2, 1831, entitled "An act to
provide for the punishment of offences committed in cutting, de-
stroying or removing live oak and other timber, or trees reserved
for naval purposes-

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read the second time and ordered to be engrossed.
passed....

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A bill for the payment of outstanding loan office and final settlement
certificates, issued for money loaned, or for services, or for supplies
during the revolutionary war-

read twice and referred.

discharged and again referred
reported

106 A bill granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the State of Arkansas, in aid of the construction of certain railroads in said State

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A bill declaring the assent of Congress to the State of Missouri to
impose a tax on lands hereafter sold by the United States therein,
from and after the day of sale-

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A bill making an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at
Portland, Me.-

reported and read the first time......

read the second time and ordered to be engrossed.

read the third time..

passed.

A bill to increase the salary of the district judge of the United States
for the southern district of Florida-

read twice and referred

reported

A bill to purchase the stock owned by individuals in the Louisville and
Portland canal, and for other purposes-

read twice and ordered to be printed....

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