A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Senate Joint Resolutions, 29th Congress

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Agreeably to notice, Mr. Allen asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, amended, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the words ''joint resolution,'' and insert those printed in ... (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Archer asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. Joint Resolution Concerning the purchase of additional lands for the use of the United States armory at Harper's Ferry. (S.R. 5)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bagby asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. Joint Resolution [Explanatory of ''An act for the relief of Mary Ann ... (S.R. 3)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bagby asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States. (S. 8)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Breese asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: At the end of the bill insert the words in italics. Joint Resolution In relation to mineral lands. (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to adjust, by arbitration, a controversy between the United States and David Ames. (S. 36)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Dickinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. Joint Resolution To provide for the preservation of petitions and other papers presented to Congress. (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Evans asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. Joint Resolution In favor of David Shaw and Solomon T. ... (S. 2)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Evans asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. Joint Resolution In favor of David Shaw and Solomon T. Corser. (S.R. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mangum asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution For the relief of William H. Thomas. (S. 28)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Semple asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and ordered to lie on the table. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States, in relation to the judicial power. (S.R. 2)

American and British population, and of the confusion and conflict of national jurisdictions, dangerous to the cherished peace and good understanding of the two countries-- With a view, therefore, that steps be taken for the abrogation of the said convention of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, in the mode prescribed in its ... (S. 6)

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution In relation to the rendition of judgments against the United States in certain cases. (S. 13)

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Respecting the maps and charts of the surveys of the boundary lines of the United States of America with foreign States. (S. 25)

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 201,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Declaratory of the act passed twenty-third August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled ''An act for the relief of Charles F. Sibbald.'' (S. 19)

Mr. Atchison, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to sanction an agreement made between the Wyandots and Delawares for the purchase of certain lands, by the former, of the latter tribe of Indians. (S. 21)

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To provide for the publication of a code of land laws and instructions. (S. 20)

Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Public Buildings, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Appropriating a portion of the public ground, in the city of Washington, for the erection of a monument to George Washington. (S. 4)

Mr. Dayton, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 82,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Orlando Saltmarsh and William Fuller. (S. 7)

Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the benefit of John Devlin. (S. 32)

Mr. Fairfield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, considered in Committee of the Whole, and postponed until to-morrow. Joint Resolution Authorizing the employment of the United States ship Macedonian in transporting provisions for the ... (S.R. 14)

Mr. Houston asked and obtained leave, by unanimous consent, to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Presenting the thanks of Congress to Brigadier General Taylor, and for other purposes. (S. 26)

Mr. Jarnagin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For statements touching the relations between the United States and the Indian tribes. (S. 10)

Mr. Jarnagin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Henry R. Schoolcraft. (S. 34)

Mr. Jarnagin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Tahney, Akey, Sally, Utzah, Olly, Polly, and Archibald, the widow and children of Sour John, a Cherokee Indian. (S. 35)

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 116,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the benefit of John Devlin. (S.R. 11)

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Putney and Riddle. (S. 14)

Mr. Miller, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection, on the public grounds in the city of Washington, of a monument to George Washington. (S.R. 7)

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Orlando Saltmarsh and William Fuller. (S.R. 6)

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Providing for temporary mail service in Texas. (S. 11)

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Providing for transporting mails to and from the army in Mexico. (S.R. 8)

Mr. Niles, from the committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Regulating the printing of Congress, and establishing the compensation of the same. (S. 3)

Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on the Library, submitted a report, (No. 184,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For subscription for Gordon's Indices. Whereas Thomas F. Gordon formerly preferred a memorial proposing to prepare and publish complete Indices to the Journals ... (S. 16)

Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on the Library, submitted a report, (No. 314,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Authorizing the employment of Hiram Powers to execute certain statues for the United States. (S. 22)

Mr. Pennybacker, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 185,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Peter Gorman. (S. 17)

Mr. Rusk, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 133,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Caleb Green. (S.R. 12)

Mr. Woodbridge, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Relating to errors and defective returns in certain surveys, plats, and field-notes. (S.R. 15)

Mr. Woodbridge, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 404,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Relative to errors and defective returns in certain surveys, plats, and field notes. (S. 29)

Read, and ordered to be printed. Note.--The resolution proposed to be amended is printed in roman characters, the proposed amendment is printed in italics. Joint Resolution Concerning the Oregon territory. Whereas, by the convention concluded the twentieth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, between the United States of America and the ... (S. 6)