:

THE

EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

1879-'80.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

Volume 1.. Nos. 1 to 50, except No. 17.
Volume 2..No. 17.
Volume 3..Nos. 51 to 99.
Volume 4.. Nos. 100 to 180.
Volume 5..Nos. 181 to 216, except Nos. 208 and 209.
Volume 6..No. 208.
Volume 7..No. 209.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

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affairs in..

ment to the Treasury:

Abert, S. T., United States civil engineer. Report of survey of Dan

River, Virginia... Adjntant-General. Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to a deticiency in the appropriatiou for

contingent expenses, office of
Alaska. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy transmitting report of

Cornwander L. A. Beardslee in regard to the present condition of
Alaska. Report of Captain Bailey upon the number, occupation, and

condition of the people of; report of the Supervising Surgeon-Gen-
eral Marine Hospital Service on the same subject; also report of
Special-Agent Otis upon the illicit traffic in rum and fire arms

Additional information
Alaska Territory. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury transınit-
ting reports of Capt. John W. White, of the

revenue service, concerning matters with ; also copies of papers relating to the transfer of the jurisdiction over the Territory from the War

Depart-
Alaska, resources, condition, and affairs of the Territory of. Report

of Henry C. De Ahna....
Albemarle and Chesapeake line. Survey of inland water-routes from
Norfolk, Va., to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Hatteras, to the Cape
Fear River. Report of Capt. Charles B. Phillips and F. W. Frost,
assistant engineer....
Allen, Capt. C. J., report of, on the construction of a sluiceway at the
Allen, Capt. Charles J. Report of survey of Superior Bay
Allen, Capt. Charles J. Report of survey of Mississippi River from

Saint Paul to Falls of Saint Anthony...
Allegheny River, New York, survey of. Report of Thomas P. Roberts,
Alspa Harbor and Bar, Oregon, survey of. Report of Robert A.
Habersham, assistant engineer,
Alton Harbor, improvement of. Report of board of engineers
American fishermen at Fortune Bay, correspondence with Great Britain
American-Spanish Claims Commission. Report of the Secretary of
State in relation to claims before the.....

Treasury as to whether
the bill for the repeal of certain laws pertaining to permanent and

Falls of Saint Anthony,

assistant engineer

the United States..

115

À 122, pt.

130

indefinite, would affect the appropriation for the sinking-fund for
the 1.65 bonds of the District of Columbia.

5 178
Archer's Hope River, Virginia, survey of. Report of J. M. Wolbrect,
assistant engineer...

117
Archive Office. Letter of the Secretary of War relating to the busi-
ness of the...

1 40
Arizona Territory, report and opinion of the surveyor-general of, in

the matter of the private land-claim No. 7, known as Tumacacori
and Calabazas, in Pima County

5 207
Arkansas River, survey of the. Report of Captain Thomas H. Hand-
bury.

3 67
Army. Letter of the Secretary of War relative to such portion of the

Army appropriation bill as relates to commutation of rations to en-
listed men.

4 140
Army. Telegram from General 0. 0. Howard for a modification of
the laws relating to traveling allowances for officers and men

85
Army, names of all officers of the, retired from service since the pas-
sage of the act of June 18, 1878. Letter of the Secretary of War...

102
Army. Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the purchasing
of supplies for remote posts..

4
Army. Petition of Col. W. Merritt and other officers of the Fifth
Cavalry relative to the restoration of certain officers to the...

4 119
Letter Lieut. Col. J. W. Forsyth, First Cavalry, on the same subject. 4 119, pt.2
Army, officers of the. Petition for repeal of law requiring payment
for fuel

122
Additional petition.
Report of Quartermaster-General.

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Army, letter of Col. George P. Buell against the reinstatement in
the, of John W. Eckles.

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Army. Petition of Lieut. Charles W. Hobbs in relation to promotion

in the..
Army, petition of commissioned officers of the, for such legislation

as will entitle all lieutenants of the Army of fourteen years' service
in the grade of lieutenant to rank and pay of captain..

Additional petition ....
Army, otfieers of, petition –

Passage of an act for the retirement of officers at the age of sixty-
two...

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Army. Petition of otticers of the Sixth Cavalry against the restora-

tion of certain officers to the....
Army and Navy pensions. (See Pensions.)
Ashland Harbor, Wisconsin, examination of. Report of Assistant En-
gineer L. Y. Schermerhorn..

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Atlantic Ocean south of Hatteras, survey of water-routes from the

harbor of Norfolk, Va., to the. Report of Capt. Charles B. Phil.
lips and F. W. Frost, assistant engineer.

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Attorney-General. Letter-

List of persons who have held appointments under the Depart-

ment of Justice during 1879...
Attorney-General for the Post-Office Department, increase of the sal-

ary of the Assistant. Letter of the Postmaster-General....
Auditor of Railroad Acconuts. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior
relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for the office of ...

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Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to a deficiency
in the salary of the.

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Awards of the mixed commission between the United States and

Venezuela. Message of the President of the United States in rela-

tion to the
Awards made by the late United States and Mexican Commission.

Message of the President of the United States concerning certain..

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B.

Bailey, Captain. Report of, upon the number, occupation, and con-
dition of the people of Alaska....

Additional information...