Michigan, women of State of, abolish slavery wherever Congress has jurisdiction,
and prevent its further extension

joint resolutions of Legislature of State of, in relation to extending
ordinance of 1787 to the newly acquired territories.

Milam, George W..

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327

Minesota, citizens of, for territorial organization. ...

convention at Stillwater, for territorial organization

Citizens of Terrritory of, remove land office at St. Croix to Still water.
Mississippi, registers and receivers of State of, increase of compensation on ac-
count of bounty land warrants

citizens of Leake county, change in mail route from Canton to Hills,
borough....

of State of, uniform rate of postage, and abolition of the
franking privilege.

valley, citizens of, establish commercial communication to California.
Missouri, citizens of Davies county, mail route from Lexington to Gallatin ......
of Caldwell, mail route from Lexington to Gallatin ....
of Osage and Gasconade counties, mail route from Herman to
Linn.

of Adair county, mail route from Kirkville to Milan
of Franklin county, mail route from Union to Piney..
of Perry county

of State of

See House Journal, June 19, 1848.

See House Journal, June 19, 1848.

.....

of Hannibal, grant of land for the use of common schools......
members of General Assembly of State of, grant to said State and Ar
kaasas, certain submerged lands, for the purpose of reclaim-
ing.

See bill H. R. No. 810.

of General Assembly, in relation to swamp and submerged

lands

citizens of State of, establish commercial communication between Mis-
sissippi valley and California

..... 430, 498, 529, 534

477

461

of Jackson and Green counties, establish commercial communi.
-cation between Mississippi valley and California ......
of State of, provide military escort to protect California emi-
grants..

523

594

146

of Lafayette county, establish commercial communication be-
tween Mississippi valley and California

of State, establish military posts in California....

of Oregon county..

See House Journal, February 11, 1848.

of Ozark county, grant of land for county seat. (See bill H. R.
No. 406.)

members of Legislature of State of, grant of land to aid a geological

survey

of Legislature of State of, grant of land to aid in building St.
Joseph's and Hannibal Railroad
Mitchell, Robert B...

See bill H. R. No. 541.

See bill H. R. No. 436.

Mitchell, James, (ship,) legal owners of.

Montgomery, David, citizens in behaif of..
Montgomery, A.....

Montgomery, Jacob P..

Montgomery, John P., et al..

See bill H. R. No. 715.

See bill H. R. No. 784.1

See bill H. R. No. 749.

Mordecai, A..........

Morgan, P. W., administrator of J. Arnold and G. G Bishop.

Moreno, Francis..

Morris, Captain Thomas, heirs of

317, 437

196, 347

466

Morrison, Robert, et ál..

See bill S. No. 147.

119

77, 279, 434
351, 546

282, 522, 552, 573
204
362, 496

77

Munday, Leah, heirs of

125

Munger, Sarah, and other heirs of Noah Wiseman.

Murphy, David..........

116, 433

319

See bill H. R. No. 561

410

See bill H. R. No. 32.

Naturalization of foreigners, clerks of courts issue certificates
Navy, relief of pursers in. (See joint resolution H. R. No. 51.)
Navy Register and Laws, purchase of. (See joint resolution H. R. No. 47.)
Navy, Secretary of the, communicates-

a statement of appropriations for naval service for last fiscal year......
number and places of birth, &c., of officers and marines employed in the
Gulf and Pacific coasts during war with Mexico

names and residence of applicants for relief under navy pension laws,
whose applications have been rejected.......

amount of pay to each person named in the Navy Register for rations,
forage, servants, &c.....

statement of punishments in naval service during years 1946 and 1847..
unclaimed wages of seamen, not time to prepare statements of........
New Bedford, erection of fort at.....

New Hampshire, State of, members from appear, viz:

J. H. Johnson, C. H. Peaslee, Amos Tuck, James
Wilson...

settlement of claims of the State of. (See bill H. R. No. 15.)

New Jersey, State of, members from appear, viz :

J. E. Edsall, D. S Gregory, J. G. Hampton, William A.
Newell, J. Van Dyke.....

New Mexico and California, that committee report bills providing territorial
governments for, with slavery excluded.........
to establish territorial government of. (See bill H. R. No. 711.)
and California, bills to establish governments in, made special

New York, State of, members from appear, viz:

A. Birdsall, H. S Conger, William Daer, Daniel Gott, N.
K. Hall, E. B. Holmes, Timothy_Jenkins, Orlando Kel-
logg, Sidney Lawrence, William T. Lawrence, F. W.
Lord, William B. Maclay, Dudley Marvin, Joseph Mul-
lin, William Nelson, Henry Nicoll, George Petrie, Har-
vey Putnam, Gideon Reynolds, David Rumsey, jr., Eliakim
Sherrill, J. 1. Slingerland, G. A. Starkweather, D. B. St.
John, F. A. Tallmadge, Cornelins Warren, Hugh White.
Esbon Blackmar, in place of J. M. Holley, deceased, and
Horace Greely, in place of D. S. Jackson, whose seat
was declared vacant by House last session-sworn.
Washington Hunt and Peter H. Silvester..

Robert L. Rose

William Collins.

branch mint in city of. (See bill H. R. No. 396.)

Nicholls, William R., proposition that extra pay be granted to, for conveying
remains of Hon. J. A. Black to South Carolina
North Black river, Michigan, survey of mouth of
North Carolina, State of, members from appear, viz:

b.

D. M. Barringer, Nathaniel Boyden, Thomas L.
Clingman, John R. J. Daniel, Richard S. Donnell,
James J. McKay, David Outlaw, Augustine H. Shep-
perd, Abraham W. Venable...

Norwich University, Vermont, expediency of loaning two field pieces to..
Notices of bills, &c.

to grant to Illinois right of way and donation of public lands for
railroads, &c.......

to grant to Indiana and Illinois right of way and alternate sec-
tions of land for railroad purposes......

making appropriations for the preservation, repair, and comple-
tion of certain harbor improvements on the northern lakes.............
making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors on
Lake Michigan and of St. Clair flats...

making an appropriation of land for the construction of a canal
around the falls of St. Marie, Michigan

....

to legalize the location of certain land warrants at land office at
Defiance, Ohio.....

to reduce the rates of postage on letters and newspapers; to es-
tablish uniform postage charges, and to correct abuses of frank-
ing privilege..

to discourage speculation in public lands, and to secure homes
thereon to actual settlers.....

making a grant of land to aid in the completion of the Clinton and
Kalamazoo canal in Michigan...

for the construction of a military road from Lansing to Mackinaw,
in Michigan.......

to amend an act making appropriations for the civil and diplo.
matic expenses of government for the year ending the 30th day
of June, 1849, and for other purposes, approved August 12,
1848, by declaring that a proviso in said bill, limiting the fees
for taking depositions in certain cases, be extended to all and
every civil cause between any parties whatever, and all pro-
ceedings in admiralty brought, and to be brought, in the circuit
and district courts of the United States; and further directing
that the clerks of said courts furnish to all persons desiring to in-
spect the same during office hours, all alphabetical and other
indexes of the judgments and decrees recorded in said courts,
without any fee or charge therefor.....

further to continue in force the acts for the payment of horses and
other property lost in the military service of the United States.
granting to the State of Missouri the right of way and a donation
of public lands for the purpose of making a railroad from Han-
nibal to St. Joseph.....

settlement of accounts of officers of the army and navy, or other
persons who received moneys raised in Mexico by contributions,
penalties, or assessments......

'repeal tariff of 1846, and restore tariff of 1842....

. . . ....་

for survey of a canal or railroad to connect Atlantic and Pacific

oceans....

Notices of bills, &c.

to provide homes of 160 acres to the head of a family, and to
widows who are mothers, "without money, and without price"
granting lands to certain States to aid in the construction of roads
and canals and improvement of rivers....

to grant to Illinois alternate sections of land to aid in the con-
struction of certain railroads.......

to appoint an officer to grant enrolments and licenses, to reside at
Chesapeake city, Maryland..

granting right of way over public lands in Indiana and Illinois to
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, and a portion of
public land in said States to said company..

to amend an act to divide Alabama into judical districts..
to graduate and reduce price of public lands of the United
States, &c....

to grant to Iowa alternate sections of land to aid in the construc-
tion of railroad....

to repeal all acts of Congress establishing or maintaining slavery
in the District of Columbia...

to pay to Wisconsin the two per cent. upon proceeds of public
lands sold in the limits of said State, &c....

granting lands to the State of Ohio for the construction of a road
from Lower Sandusky to Greenville treaty line..
for the relief of Joseph Decret.....

to regulate and equalize pay, and to prevent interruptions in
transporting mails on railroads in the United States...
granting a portion of public lands in the State of Mississippi to
said State to aid in constructing a levee on Mississippi river...
to provide for revision, &c., of statutory laws of the United States
extending provisions of existing laws granting bounty land to offi

cers and soldiers in the war with Mexico to officers and sol-
diers engaged in the Indian wars prior to the treaty of Green-
ville, in 1795; also, to officers and soldiers of the late war with
Great Britain....

to pay to the State of Missouri the two per cent. on proceeds
of public lands sold in said State, and which has been re-
served, &c.

to grant land to the State of Mississippi to improve the navigation
of certain rivers.....

to provide for the graduation of the price of the public lands.....
to authorize the people of the District of Columbia to express
their opinion as to the continuance of slavery......

to extend to personal liberty of American freemen protection of
trial by jury...

donation of lands to the States and Territories for improvement
of agriculture....

to extend provisions of ninth section of act "to raise for a limited
time an additional military force," &c., to commissioned officers
below rank of brigadier general who served in the war with
Mexico.....

giving to clerks to pay masters in the army mileage for traveling
in execution of duty...

authorizing new selections of land in lieu of worthless school
selections, &c........

relief of assignees of Baron de Ferriet....

...

110

relief of settlers on 16th section of township 21 north, range 11
east, Ouachita, Louisiana..

to ascertain and satisfy American citizens for spoliations by the
French prior to 1801..

aid in construction of Pennsylvania railroad, the Pittsburg and
Connellsville railroad, and Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad....
regulating evidence in courts of the United States....
relief of W. O. Walker...

110

113

118

120

125

125

relief of John P. Montgomery and other soldiers of the war with
Mexico....

to prescribe the terms of the sessions of Congress..

to construe the several acts of Congress for relief of revolutionary
soldiers so as to embrace teamsters, &c. .....

relief of Stoughton A. Fletcher...

130

136

136

136

Notices of bills, &c.

making grant of land to aid the New York and Boston Railroad
Company in construction of air-line railroad

.........

in relation to mileage of persons appointed to deliver electoral
votes for President and Vice President to President of Senate..
to abolish franking privilege....

to cede everglades to State of Florida..
relief of representatives of Uri Emmons

retrocede to State of Maryland the District of Columbia.
granting to State of Missouri the right of way for rail road from
Lexington, on Missouri river, to Ohio City, mouth of Ohio
river

to repeal joint resolution directing mode of procuring the public
printing.

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150

151

166

170

170

170

170

granting right of way and land to State of Mississippi for railroad
from Brandon to eastern boundary.......

176

granting land to aid in making Detroit, Romeo, and Port Huron
railroad, in Michigan....

176

to amend act vesting in commissioners of Wood and Sandusky
counties the right to certain lots in Perrysburg and Croghans-
ville, Ohio"

in relation to school lands relinquished......

to regulate mileage of members of Congress

to authorize people of Territory of California to form constitution
and State government and for admission into the Union.......
respecting limits of Texas and New Mexico.....

to abolish slavery in Distriet of Columbia by consent of white
people thereof, with compensation to owners.

215

215

234

236

236

242

to construe and extend provisions of act to raise for limited time
additional military force, &c....

272

relief of Robert B. White...

283

to authorize distribution of books, &c., to the free academy, New
York......

283

for the coinage of one dollar gold pieces at the mint of the United
States and branches...

292

297

297

310

333

supplementary to act for relief of J. P. B. Gratiot, &c....
prohibit vending lottery tickets in District of Columbia....
making Fort Covington, New York, port of delivery...

to authorize issue of treasury scrip for one hundred dollars to
Eliza Johnson, &c......

provide for expression of opinion of free white people of District
of Columbia entitled to vote at elections in regard to abolition
of slavery.......
making donation of public lands to the several States and Terri-
tories for encouragement and improvement of said States and
Territories..

granting public lands to several States and Territories for pur-
of internal improvement......
poses

to extend to all widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolution
the same privileges as are enjoyed by those married prior to
1800...

allow drawback on all merchandise landed in California from the
United States till revenue laws are extended over that country
to require heads of bureaus in examination of claims arising out
of war with Mexico to give preference to those of widows and
orphans....

to establish mint in California and to prevent foreigners digging

Nye, J. W., proposition that he be paid for certain services under contract with
the postmaster of the House of Representatives...

343

408

408

410

410

464

519

519

252, 395