Title.

Interior, Secretary of, communicates relative to Choctaw In-

dian claims....

transmits draught of a bill amendatory
of an act for the relief of Indians of
the Northern superintendency
transmits an estimate of appropriation
for subsistence, &c., of Kansas In-
dians
transmits a petition praying for author-

ity to erect a bridge across the Red
River, in the Chickasaw country
communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for the construction of a wagon-
road from Red Lake Crossing to Red
Lake agency, Minnesota...

transmits an estimate of an appropria-
tion to defray the expenses of appraisal
and sale of Chippewa lands in Wiscon-

sin.
communicates relative to an appropria-
tion in aid of the Indians of the Cen-
tral superintendency.

communicates relative to an appropria-

tion to defray the expenses of appraisal
and sale of certain lands in Nebraska.
communicates relative to an appropria
tion for removal of the Cheyenne Riv-
er agency

communicates relative to the claim of
Hugo Wedeles...

communicates relative to an appropria-
tion to defray the expenses of the ap-
praisal and sale of the Kansas Indian
lands.

communicates relative to the claim of
Charles Autobees..

communicates relative to certain nego-
tiations with the Ute Indians in Colo-
rado...
communicates relative to the claim of
the Walnut Grove Mining Company,
of Arizona

communicates relative to the condition,
location, &c., of the Teton-Sioux In-
dians

communicates relative to the expense of
removing the Otter Tail band of Pil-
lager Indians.
transmits an estimate of appropriation
for the purchase of one township of
land in the White Earth reservation,
for use of the Pembina band of Chip-
pewa Indians.
communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for collecting and subsisting the
Apache Indians

transmits reports of the surveyor-general
of New Mexico on private land claims.
communicates relative to payment of
persons assisting in making appraise-
ment of squares in Washington..
communicates relative to an appropria-
tion to meet indebtedness contracted
by the agent of the Arickaree, Gros
Ventre, and Mandan Indians....

Title.

Interior, Secretary of, transmits amendment to an act making
appropriations for the legislative, exe-
cutive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for 1873....

communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for a map for the American de-
partment of the Vienna exposition....
transmits protest of the governor of the
Chickasaw Nation against the open-
ing of the Indian Territory to white
settlement...

communicates relative to an appropria-
tion to pay interest to the Osage In-
dians..

transmits list of questions propounded
by civil service examiners to candi-
dates for appointment in his depart-

communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for the completion of the Colum-
bia Hospital for Women
communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for continuing the geological sur-
vey of the Territories.....

communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for the relief of the Mississippi
Chippewa Indians...

communicates relative to an appropria-
tion for the removal of the Great and
Little Osage Indians...

transmits a memorial of the legislature
of Dakota, praying for the removal of
the Pembina band of Chippewa In-
dians

communicates relative to the condition
of the Miami Indians, and the rights
of settlers on their lands
communicates relative to the present
difficulties with the Modoc Indians...
communicates relative to a deficiency in
the appropriation for the subsistence
of the Sioux Indians..........
transmits estimate of appropriations re-
quired for the incidental expenses of
the Indian service
transmits an act of the legislature of the
Chickasaw Nation for the adoption of
the negroes of the Chickasaw Nation.
communicates relative to the restoration
to market of certain lands in Michigan
transmits draught of a bill for authority
to use the unexpended balance of pre-
vious appropriations for the subsist-
ence of the Navajo Indians..
communicates relative to the claim of
José A. Baca and Romaldo Baca
communicates relative to the claim of

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Cyrus M. Cutler

communicates relative to the claim of

M. Desmarais & Co....

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230

Title.

Interior, Secretary of, communicates relative to the claim of

Probst & Kirchner.

communicates relative to the claim of
Seth E. Ward....

communicates relative to House bill 3099,
for the relief of the Alabama, Cooshat-
ta, and Muscogee tribes of Indians, in
Texas..

recommends an appropriation for wagon-
roads to Yellowstone national park...

communicates relative to the claim of
Christopher Weidner...

Internal revenue, annual report of the Commissioner of..

index of the above....

Isthmus of Panama, letter from the Secretary of War relative
to freights via the..

J.

Jussen, Edmund, message of the President of the United States,
transmitting his objection to signing House
bill No. 2291, for the relief of..

K.

Kansas, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the
affairs of the Ottawa University in.....

L.

Land-Office, annual report of the Commissioner of the General.
Land, letter from the Secretary of War transmitting draught
of a bill to confirm the purchase by the executive depart-
ment of a certain tract of, at Omaha, Nebraska
Lands, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an
appropriation to defray the expenses of appraisal and
sale of certain, in Nebraska

letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an
appropriation to defray the expenses of appraisal and
sale of the Kansas Indian..

letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the
restoration to market of certain, in Michigan....
Legal-tender notes, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
transmitting information relative to the increased issue of...........
Letters, letter from the Postmaster-General relative to the
number of, annually transmitted since 1820, with ratio of
postage each year, &c...

Levees of the Mississippi, letter from the Secretary of War
relative to bill of the House No. 3419, to aid in the rebuild-
ing of the.
Light-house and buoyage property, letter from the Secretary
of the Treasury transmitting draught of a bill to protect the.
Louisiana, message from the President of the United States in
answer to resolution of the House relative to the condition
of affairs in

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M.

Madden, Charles B., letter from the Secretary of War relative
to the claim of..

Mail-contractors, letter from the Postmaster-General trans-
mitting report of fines imposed upon and deductions made
from the pay of..

Mails, letter from the Postmaster-General relative to the cost
of transportation of the, on the Union Pacific Railroad......

Title.

Maine, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the Harbor
of Portland

Marine hospital, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
transmitting draught of a bill for the purchase of a site for
a, near the port of New York

Marine hospital, New Orleans, letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury transmitting draught of a bill for the sale of the...
Marine hospital service, annual report of the supervising
surgeon of the....

index to the above

Marine hospital service, letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury relative to present laws governing the.
Matron at Pawnee Indian agency, letter from the Secretary
of the Interior relative to an appropriation for the salary of
the, of the school at Pawnee Indian agency
Maryland, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
improvement of Elk River....

McCullah, James A., message from the President of the
United States, returning with his objections bill for the
relief of...

McKinney, Charles J., letter from the Secretary of War
relative to the claim of.

McLaughlin, John and William South, letter from the Secre-
tary of War relative to the amount due to .
Medical department, letter from the Secretary of War relative
to a deficiency in the appropriation for the...
Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company, letter from the
Secretary of War relative to House bill 2012 granting right
of way to the, through the Vicksburgh national cemetery.
Metropolitan police, annual report of the board of...
Michigan, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
construction of a canal around the falls of the
Saint Mary's River in

letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to
the restoration to market of certain lands in....
Military convicts, letter from the Secretary of War relative to
an appropriation for outstanding claims for care and main-
tenance of, in State penitentaries

Military post, letter from the Secretary of War transmitting
an extract from the report of the Inspector-General of an
inspection of the, of Key West, Florida.

Military posts, letter from the Secretary of War relative to an
appropriation for the establishment of, on the Northern
Pacific Railroad

Mines and mining statistics, letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury transmitting report of Professor Raymond on, west
of the Rocky Mountains.
Missouri, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
indebtebness of the State of, for ordnance and
ordnance stores..

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to
the erection of a public building at Saint Joseph..
Montana Indian war claims, letter from the Secretary of War
relative to the, of 1867

N.

Navy Department, letter from the Secretary of the Navy
relative to clerks and employés ap-
pointed in, during the year 1872....
letter from the Secretary of the Navy
relative to civil service questions in use

Title.

Navy, Secretary of the, annual report of ....

communicates relative to the amount
paid for freight on materials, tools,
&c., during 1870 and 1871..
communicates relative to clerks and
employés appointed in his Depart-
ment during the year 1872..
communicates relative to civil-service
questions in use in his Department..
letter from, relative to House bill No.
3400, to regulate the grade of certain
officers in the.

transmits list of civil employés in his
Department

Nebraska, letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to
an appropriation to defray the expenses of ap-
praisal and sale of certain lands in...

letter from the Secretary of War transmitting
draught of a bill to confirm the purchase by the
executive department of a certain piece of land
at Omaha

Negroes of the Chickasaw Nation, letter from the Secretary of
the Interior transmitting an act passed by the legislature of
the Chickasaw Nation to adopt the

Newman, William H., and L. A. Van Hoofman, letter from
the Secretary of War relative to the claims of .

New Mexico, letter from the Secretary of the Interior trans-
mitting reports on private land-claims in

New York, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative
to the suspension of work on the new post-office
building in the city of...

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmit-

ting draught of a bill for the purchase of a site
for a marine hospital near the port of.

letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
survey of Bear Creek Harbor, Lake Ontario ....
New Yorker Democrat, letter from the Secretary of War

Night-signals, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative
to, in the mercantile marine
North Carolina, letter from the Secretary of War relative to
the improvement of the entrance to Cape Fear River

0.

Officers in the Navy, letter from the Secretary of the Navy
relative to bill of the House No. 3400, to regulate and
establish the grade of certain...

Ohio, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the harbor
of Toledo

letter from the same on same subject..

Ordnance and ordnance stores, letter from the Secretary of
War relative to the indebtedness of the State of Missouri
for, issued to said State....

P.

Patents, annual report of the Commissioner of.

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190

Penitentiaries, letter from the Secretary of War relative to an
appropriation to meet outstanding claims for care and main-
tenance of military convicts in State

133

Penitentiary, letter from the Secretary of War relative to the
taking down and removal of the old, in Washington arsenal
grounds...