Lands, public, cession of, to the States for the sole purpose of
being granted to actual occupants. (See bill
S. 11.)

petition of citizens of Cincinnati

Page

citizens of Peoria county, Illinois

Lands, public, payment of the fourth instalment of the proceeds
of the sales of—

petition of citizens of Blair co., Pennsylvania

Montgomery county, Pa.
York county, Pa.
city and county of Philada.

Lands, public, correction of errors in the entry of. (See bill
S. 501.)

Lands, public, Monroe county, Michigan, sale of, petition of cit-
izens of Monroe

Lands, public, to be reserved for bounties in case of war, memo-
rial of George Andrews

Lands, public, survey and sale of islands. (See bill S. 368.)
Lands, public, change in the laws relating to the disposition of
petition of citizens of Middleton, Wisconsin
L. M. S. Holleville

proceedings of a meeting at Aurora, Indiana

Lands, public, donations to heads of families-

resolutions passed at a meeting of citizens of
Westfield, Indiana

petition of citizens of Rock county, Wisconsin
Land district, new, in Minnesota, resolution by Mr. Felch

(See bill S. 540.)

Land districts in Iowa, additional. (See bill S. 478.)
Land districts in Wisconsin, additional. (See bill H. R. 288.)
Land districts, bill to amend an act for discontinuing the office of
surveyor general in the, and for abolishing land offices. (See
bill H. R. 291.)

Land office, additional, in Michigan. (See bill S. 91.)
Land office, at Salem, Missouri, establishment of, petition of cit-
izens of Missouri

(See bill S. 474.)

Land office at Cedar Falls, Iowa, proceedings of a meeting held
in Bremer county, Iowa, in favor of

Land offices, late and present officers of, petitions for additional
compensation for locating military bounty land

warrants-

committee discharged from all petitions on the
subject

at Dubuque, Iowa

Jackson, Mississippi
Defiance, Ohio

referred
Ionia, Iowa-

104

291

125

237,573

406

545

554

617

630

Land offices, additional compensation to officers-Continued-

committee discharged

At Clarksville, Arkansas

Saut Ste. Marie

Dixon, Illinois
discharged -
Palmyra, Missouri

Cahaba, Alabama,

Batesville, Arkansas

Monroe, Louisiana

Washington, Arkansas

Land officers, bill to amend an act for abolishing. (See bill
H. R. 291.)

Page

485

42

42

47

113

47

61

65

70

90

Land offices in Florida, compensation to registers and receivers in,
for the entry of certain lands, report (No. 174) and bill (sée bill
S. 354.)

339

Land office at Tampa, petition of citizens of Florida
Land claims in California and New Mexico, evidence in relation
to, to be procured, amendment to bill H. R. 207

438

368

Land claims, private—

in Louisiana, bill to provide for the issuing of
patents for a certain class of confirmed private
land claims in Louisiana. (See bill S. 385.)
settlement of, within the D'Autrieve claim.
bill S. 508.)

(See

in Michigan, petition of citizens of Michigan, re-
ferred

in Michigan, a certain class of private land claim-
ants, to file their claims with the register and
receiver at Detroit, for investigation. (See bill
S. 391.)

in California, resolution by Mr. Gwin

in New Mexico, evidence in relation to, to be pro-

Lansing, Michigan, citizens of, petition, homestead bill

453

Lapsley, William M., petition

61

Larkin, Thomas O., memorial

Latimer, William K., proceedings relative to the trial of-

resolution by Mr. Hale

report of the Secretary of the Navy

motion to print referred

report in favor of printing

130

82

85

109

132, 140

motion to print extra copies

Lawrence county, New York, inhabitants of, memorial against

390

Laurel, Indiana, proceedings of a meeting of citizens of, organ-
ization of the Territory of Nebraska

Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, inhabitants of, memorial against
Sunday mails

Lawrence, Wolcott, heirs of, petition

committee discharged

Lawrence, Zachariah, petition

Page

478

257

312

375

69

Lawrence, James, widow of. (See Julia M. Lawrence.)
Lawrence, Josiah. (See James B. Moore.)

Lawrence, Julia M., petition

Laws, United States, purchase of the ninth volume of-
resolution by Mr. Davis

(See joint resolution S. R. 15.)

resolution by Mr. Pearce for the distribution of the index
to Little and Brown's laws, and for furnishing senators
with that edition of the laws

Laws and judicial system over the United States, bill to amend
the act extending. (See bill S. 16.)

Laws, resolution of the legislature of lowa declaring its unyield-
ing devotion to the Constitution and

Laws of the United States, due execution of, in Ohio, bill to
amend an act to provide for. (See bill S. 129.)

Laws of the United States, and the debates thereon in Congress,
distribution of. (See joint resolution H. R. 24.)

Laws of the United States, for the library of the Faculty of
Advocates and the library of the University of Edinburgh,
letter of Lewis H. Sanford -

Laws of the United States, appointment of a commissioner to
revise the public statutes, resolution by Mr. Sumner
Laws, William R., and others, memorial

Lawson, L. E. L. A., memorial referred

(See bill S. 167.)

Leavitt, Nathaniel, heirs at law of, petition referred
committee discharged and leave to withdraw

Lecaze and Mallett. (See James Lecaze.)

Lecaze, James, administrator of, memorial

report (No. 103) and bill, (see bill S. 166)

Lee, (Chipley,) Richard H., memorial, land for the establishment

of a place of public worship and manual labor school
Lee, Wm. H., administrators of. (See Ann Y. Kelly.)

Lee, Richard B., petition

report (No. 237) and bill, (see bill S. 434)

Lee, Charles W., memorial

136

39,50

112

291

339

298

237

366

176

249

411

101

433

153

Lee county, lowa, citizens of, memorials, settlement of land
claims in the Sac and Fox half-breed reservation

committee discharged

Leggetts, Thomas H. (See bill S. 80.)

report committee (No. 22)

-

Leicester, Mass., citizens of, petition, cheap ocean postage

Le Roy, John, petition referred

report (No. 105) and bill, (see bill S. 272)

Page

Letters, &c., number of, sent by mail, resolution by Mr. Sumner 287, 307

report of the Postmaster General

Leutze, E., petition to execute two national paintings

resolution by Mr. Cooper

Levely, Henry, widow of. (See Mary F. B. Levely.)
Levely, Mary F. B., memorials

committee discharged and again referred
report (No. 180) and bill, (see bill S. 361)
Levy, Jonas P., memorial, claim against Mexico

424, 432
338

339, 460

181, 227, 231

296

348

126

petition proposing to open a communication be-
tween Vera Cruz and Alvarado and Huatalco,
and to convey the mail between New York,
New Orleans and San Francisco
petition referred

Lewis, Charles, heirs of, petition referred
Lewis, James. (See bill H. R. 92.)
Lewis, Thomas C., heirs of, memorial -

Lewis, Jonathan, petition referred

Lewis, J. W. P., communication of, improvement of light-houses,
resolution by Mr. Seward

(See joint resolution S. R. 31.)

Lewis, H. P., additional document

148

420

70

148

192

406, 477

197

305

374

401

611

61

131

report (No. 216) and bill, (see bill S. 410)

Lewis, Samuel S., petition

Lexington and Daviess county railroad, memorial of the legis-

lature of Missouri

committee discharged

Liberia, recognition of the independence of, and establishment of
a line of steamers to-

petition, citizens of Cedarville, Ohio

Library of Congress, use of books in, by the judges of the cir-
cuit and criminal courts for the District of Columbia. (See
joint resolution S. R. 29.)

Library of Congress, destruction of, by fire-

letter of John S. Meehan

resolution by Mr. Cass, for inquiry, &c.
inquiry into the origin of the fire. (See
joint resolution H. R. 8.)

appropriations to meet expenses incurred
in consequence of. (See bill H. R. 40.)
preparation of a room for the temporary
reception of the books, resolution by
Mr. Hunter

(See bill S. 99.)

repair and enlargement of the principal
apartment of, resolution by Mr. Pearce
report (No. 63) and bill, (see bill S. 184)

210

86
87, 110

98

154

178

Licking county, Ohio, assistant marshals for taking the census
in, memorial
Lieutenant-General, resolution to authorize the President to
confer the title of. (See joint resolution S. R. 5.)

-

Life-boats, disbursements for, report of the Secretary of the
Treasury
appropriation for, petition of inhabitants on the

coast of New Jersey

on Long Island, New York,
(See bill H. R. 312.)

Light-boats, &c., appropriations for.

Lightbourn, James P., petition

Light-houses, Wilson and Meacham, apparatus for illuminating,
documents in favor of an appropriation to test

Light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., appropriations for. (See
bill H. R. 312.)

Light-house purposes, contracts made for, report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury

-

Light-houses, improvement of, communication from J. W. P.
Lewis, resolution by Mr. Seward -
Light-house Board, report of, communicated by the Secretary of
the Treasury

Page

190

366

399

399

76

599

147

406, 477

180

resolution to print additional copies, 182, 186

Light-houses on the Pacific coast, contracts for-

resolution by Mr. Weller

report of the Secretary of the Treasury

Light-house Board, establishment of-

memorial of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia,
report of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce
of New York

331

374

363

406

409

61

331

414

Lindsay, Robert, widow of. (See Mary Martin.)
Linn, David, arrears of pension to, resolution by Mr. Bradbury,
Litchfield, Connecticut, legal voters of, petition, homestead bill,
Litchfield, Caleb W., memorial

403

Little Egg Harbor, improvement of, memorial of inhabitants of,
referred

161

161

Little Egg Harbor, memorial of inhabitants of, referred
Little Rock, port of entry and delivery at, establishment of.
(See bill S. 25.)

Little Rock, railroad from the Mississippi to the boundary of
Texas, via. (See bill H. R. 233.)

Little Rock, railroad from Memphis to the boundary of Texas