EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

THE

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OF THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, AND THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE CONVENED MARCH 4, 1885.

For S. Ex. Doc. No. 95, see part 2 of vol. 2.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

Volume 1.-Nos. 1 to 49, inclusive.
Volume 2.-Nos. 50 to 106, inclusive, and

Nos. 1 and 2 of Special Session.

WASHINGTON:

CA

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1885.

INDEX

THE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

ΤΟ

OF THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

A.

FOR THE

SECOND SESSION FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, 1884-'85, AND SPECIAL

SESSION OF THE SENATE, MARCH, 1885.

Subject.

Alaska. Official report of Lieutenant Schwatka of his military recon-
naissance of 1883 in

Alaska. Report of recent explorations in Northern, by Lieut. George
M. Stoney, U. S. N. (Only letter of Secretary printed).

Antonio de Salazar grant. Letter Secretary of the Interior, transmitting

a tracing of the plat of the preliminary survey of the unconfirmed

private land claim, No. 132, in the Territory of New Mexico, known

as the......

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians. Condition of the

Arkansas River. Relative to obstruction to navigation through the draw
of the railroad bridge across the, at Rob Roy, Ark. (Special session).
"Armament Board." Report of the, upon the various kinds of ordnance
for the service....

Army Letter of the Surgeon-General with petition of hospital stewards

of the, for increase of pay.

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

Army, Petitions relating to Senate bill 2442 to increase the efficiency

of the infantry branch of the....

(Only letter of transmittal printed.)

Astronomical day. Letter Secretary of the Navy concerning the pro-

posed change in the time for beginning the...

Attorney-General. Letters:

Relative to the erection of a United States penitentiary....

(Only letter of Attorney-General printed.)

Asking additional appropriations for defending suits brought in the
Court of Claims under the act of March 3, 1883

Proceedings under the act of Congress for increasing the water of

the city of Washington.

Lands taken by the Government under the act of July 15, 1882.

Relative to the indebtedness of the Union Pacific Railroad Com-

pany..

Relative to obtaining certain records of the late Confederate States

pertaining to mail contracts

Appropriation for defense of the United States in the Court of

Claims..

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Subject.

B.

Bayly, Sampson P. Estimate of appropriation for the relief of
Block Island, Rhode Island. Enlargement of the basin at..
Breakwater in Oswego Harbor. Damage done the, by the recent galo..
Brooklyn, N. Y. Extension of the limit of cost of the public building at.
Brooklyn Navy-Yard. Estimate of appropriation for repair of the stone
dry-dock at the....
Buckhannon River, West Virginia. Letter Secretary of War regarding
the work done upon the

C.

California. Papers relating to the Moquelamos grant in...

(Only letter of transmittal and schedule of papers printed.)
Cannon for new cruisers. Estimate of appropriation for testing rifled..
Central and South American Commissioners.

Reports of

Information relative to the papers (part 2)
Central and South America. Foreign trade of.

Cherokee lands. Letter Secretary of the Interior regarding the price
paid for certain.....

Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. Condition of the.

Claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Supplemental
list of

Letter Postmaster-General recommending an

Clerks in post offices.

additional appropriation for

Clerks employed in the Treasury Department. List of.

Clerks and other persons employed in the War Department. List of the.
Coal on the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona.

Letter Secretary

of the Interior relative to

Coal for naval use. Report upon the comparative merits of anthracite
and bituminous

Chart to accompany report relative to the merits of anthracite and
bituminous coal for naval use (part 2)

Coasters' Harbor Island, Rhode Island. Steps taken to establish an
advanced course of instruction of naval officers at.

Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita Indian Agency. Condition of affairs at
the

(Letter of the Secretary only printed.)

Compass-stations. Letter Secretary of the Navy relative to the estab
lishment of

Confederate States during the late war of the rebellion. Public policy
of the executive department of the

Confederate States. Relative to obtaining records of the late, pertain-
ing to mail contracts

Contracts made by the War Department during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1884..

(Only letter of the Secretary printed.)

Contracts between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the West-

ern Union Telegraph Company. (Special session).
Court of Claims under the act of March 3, 1883. Letter from the At-
torney-General asking additional appropriations for defending suits
brought in the .
Court of Claims. Appropriation for defense of the United States in
the
Creek Indians. Objections of, to pending legislation providing for the
opening up to homestead settlement of certain lands in the Indian
Territory

Creek and Seminole Indians. Lands in the Indian Territory acquired
by treaty from the

Crocker, Uriel. Views of the President of the provisions of Senate
bill 862 for the relief of.

Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Letter Secretary of the Interior
regarding the leasing of land on the...