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A bill for the relief of James Jeffries and Jeremiah M. Smith-
reported and read the first time

545

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a new regis-
ter to the barque Queen, of Dundee—

Page.

618

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

619

625

546

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

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

619

547

A bill authorizing the adjustment and payment of the claims of Wil-
liam Hazzard Wigg, deceased, for losses sustained by him during
the war of the revolution-

reported and read the first time

619

548

A bill for the relief of John G. Camp, late marshal for the middle
district of Florida-

reported and read the first time..

642

549 A bill to settle the title to certain lands in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio

reported and read the first time

550 A bill to authorize the business of banking in the District of Columbia, and to regulate the issuing and circulation of notes as moneyread the first time and ordered to be printed.....

551

A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of James Clamorgan,
deceased, late of Missouri-

reported and read the first time....

643

643

653, 654

No.

SENATE RESOLUTIONS.

Title and action.

Page.

1

Resolution in relation to the reception and entertainment of Louis
Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, in the United States-

read the first time...

read the second time.

withdrawn....

2 Resolution expressive of the sympathy of Congress for the exiled Irish patriots, Smith O'Brien, Thomas Francis F. Meagher and their associates

3

4

read the first time....

read the second time and ordered to lie on the table..
considered....

amendment proposed by Mr. Shields.......
amendment proposed by Mr. Seward....

Resolution explanatory of the act approved September 28, 1850, en-
titled "An act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers
who have been engaged in the military service of the United
States"-

read the first time...

read the second time and referred..

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amendment proposed by Mr. Borland and ordered to be printed..
amendment proposed by Mr. Walker..

yeas and nays..

reported with an amendment..

reported amendment amended and agreed to
amendment proposed by Mr. Walker.........

amendment proposed by Mr. Gwin..

ordered to be engrossed, (yeas and nays).

title amended and passed, (see bill S. No. 146).

Resolution of welcome to Louis Kossuth

read the first time

read the second time.

considered...

amendment proposed by Mr. Berrien...

yeas and nays...

amendment proposed by Mr. Shields..
yeas and nays....

amendment proposed by Mr. Borland..

ordered to be engrossed, (yeas and nays) and passed..

passed House of Representatives, examined, signed and presented.
approved....

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Resolution authorizing the President of the United States to confer
the title of lieutenant general by brevet, for eminent services-
read twice and referred..

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reported...

84

6

Resolution in relation to printing the returns of the seventh census-
read twice and referred..

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Resolution requesting the President of the United States to interpose
the friendly offices of this government with the President of the
Republic of France, in behalf of the liberation of Abdel Kader-
read the first time..

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No.

8

Title and action.

Resolution repealing the joint resolution approved 3d March, 1845,
"directing the Secretary of the Treasury whenever any State shall
have been or may be in default for the payment of interest or prin-
cipal on its stocks or bonds held by the United States in trust, to
retain certain moneys to which such State is entitled for the pur-
poses therein nameď"-

Page.

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House of Representatives applies for a copy of the resolution..
copy sent to House of Representatives.....

209

211

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121

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Resolution for the relief of Alexander P. Field, late Secretary of Wis-
consin Territory, and his sureties-

read twice and referred....

reported....

ordered to be engrossed.

passed.....

Resolution providing for a compendium of the annual public docu-
ments

read twice, ordered to lie on the table and be printed...
motion to lie on the table, (yeas and nays).

referred.....

reported and ordered to lie on the table....

Resolution to authorize an investigation into the causes of the explo

sion of steam boilers, and the best means of preventing the same

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14 Resolution to provide ice-boats for the Potomac river

Resolution authorizing the purchase of the ninth volume of the laws

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Resolution to authorize the continuance of the work upon the two
wings of the Capitol-

reported, read twice and ordered to be engrossed.....

158

285

286

393

396

398

402

404

179

373

377

186

No.

17

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Resolution to authorize the continuance of the work upon the two
wings of the Capitol-Continued-

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Senate agree to amendments of House of Representatives with
amendments.....

House of Representatives agree to first and disagree to second
amendment of the Senate...

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352

18 Resolution concerning the publication of a compendium of the several censuses of the United States

read the first time...

read the second time.

considered and postponed..

19 Resolution for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Corderey

reported and read the first time.....

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

20 Resolution extending the time of the commission under the conven-
tion with Brazil-

21

17

reported and read the first time..

read the second time and amended..

ordered to be engrossed and passed...

passed House of Representatives, examined and signed.

presented and approved.....

Resolution modifying the existing laws for the government of the Post
Office Department in relation to California and Oregon-
reported and read the first time....

22 Resolution in relation to the number of electoral votes each State will
be entitled to in the Presidential election of 1852—

23

read twice and referred...

reported with an amendment.

reported amendment agreed to and passed...

Resolution to provide for straightening the eastern boundary line of
the naval hospital at New York-

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reported and read the first time..

read the second time....

ordered to be engrossed and passed.

Resolution authorizing the completion of a war steamer for harbor de

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249

249

214

378

377

218

229

999

990

265

249

286

289

262

275

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No.

28

Title and action.

Resolution to provide for the production of seeds required for distri

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bution at the Patent Office

read the first time...

309

29

Resolution authorizing the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives to grant the use of the books in the
library of Congress to the justices of the circuit and criminal courts
of the United States for the District of Columbia-
read twice and referred.

326

30 Resolution for the relief of those mechanics and laborers who have come to this city for the purpose of aiding in building the extension of the Capitol, and who have been for a long time out of employment by the neglect of Congress to make appropriation thereforread the first time..

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32 Resolution for supplying arms to the Washington Yeagers and the Washington Boone Riflemen, in the District of Columbiareported, read twice and ordered to be engrossed

passed..

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33 Resolution authorizing the closing of the accounts of certain officers of the army

read twice and referred...

reported ....

ordered to be engrossed..

read the third time....

passed.....

34 Resolution for the relief of Isaac Houston

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

35 Resolution giving the assent of Congress to an act of the legislature
of the State of Mississippi, appropriating a portion of the swamp
and overflowed lands granted to said State by the act approved

September 28, 1850

read twice and referred.

committee discharged

36 Resolution granting the right of way to the Fayetteville and Central Plank Road

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38 Resolution for surrendering the site of the old Oglethorpe barracks to the city council of Savannah, Georgia

351 354

362

364

368

367

433

433

435

436

376

380

385

612

395

395

402

404

408

410

420

415

550

reported, read twice and ordered to be engrossed

passed..

451 457

39 Resolution authorizing the examination of the claims of the "Biloxi Bay" Indians

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40 Resolution for the purchase of certain copies of a work on naval dry docks

read twice and referred.

456

41

Resolution for the removal of the alanthus from the public grounds
and streets in the city of Washington-

read twice and referred..

481

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