Micholl, Morland, petition of

Middlesex county, Connecticut, citizens of, petition, alteration

Milburn, William H., elected chaplain by the House of Repre-
sentatives

Miles, Benjamin, leave to withdraw

Page.

278

310

42, 59

88

65

459

Miles, Edward H., petition

(See bill S. 248.)

324

Military road from Fort Gratiot to Detroit, extension of, resolution

report of the Secretary of War

Military establishment, expenditures for the contingent expenses

of, report

committee discharged

Military defences of the country, condition of, resolution

102

107, 124

92

99

Military and naval defences, memorial of the Memphis convention
estimates for increasing, resolution -
increase of, petition

Military asylum for invalid soldiers, petitions
Military Academy, appropriations for. (See bill H. R. 116.)
joint committee of Congress to attend the an-
nual examination at. (See resolution H.
Ra 35.)

Military appointments, limiting, to the age of 60, resolution
Militia of Oregon, organization of, resolution

committee discharged
(See bill S. 99.)

Militia of the United States, organization of-

memorial of the State military convention at Harrisburg

increase of pay, and bounty land to. (See bill S. 212.)
illegally called into service by an officer of the army, res-
olution

yeas and nays

messages from the President

expenses incurred under calls for, by Generals Gaines
and Taylor, refunded. (See resolution H. R. 37.)

Militia, payment of certain volunteers and. (See resolution H.
R. 47.)

adverse report

Mills, Reuben, petition of

Milsted, John. (See bill H. R. 371.)

Milwaukie, Wisconsin, citizens of, petition for a daily mail to De-

Mineral lands, control of. (See resolution S. 15.)

sale of, in Illinois, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and
Iowa. (See bills H. R. 8 and 31.)

petitions for the sale of

relative to the, in Illinois, resolution

report of the Secretary of War

ordered to be printed

187, 188, 206

55, 192

86

97

102

petitions

report of the Secretary of the Treasury

road from Green Bay to, petition

removal of the Chippewa Indians from, resolution

message from the President

surveys and sale of lands in, resolution

message from the President

Miners. (See Sappers.)

Minot's ledge, erection of a light-house on, petitions

Mint, United States, establishment of a branch in New York,

(See bill S. 163.)

establishment of a branch in Charleston,
South Carolina, petitions

(See bill S. 160.)

72

269

311

290

331, 336

364

362

395

328

43, 108

Page.

Miranda, Pedro. (See Benjamin Chaires.)

Mississippi, citizens of, petition for the erection of light-houses

at Mississippi city and St. Joseph's island
amendment of the act of 17th June, 1844, for the
adjustment of land claims in. (See bill S. 88.)

yeas and nays

coast of, erection of light-houses on, resolution
legalization of land sales made at Chocchuma and
Columbus, and indemnification of the Chicka-
saws therefor. (See bill H. R. 20.)

mail routes in

Mississippi city, erection of a light-house at, resolution -

petition

Mississippi river, granting lands inundated by, to the States in

225

313

86

46, 60, 108

86

225

46, 60

76

77,80

138

182

174

407

land for the light-house at the Southwest pass
of. (See bill S. 136.)

protection of public lands overflowed by the,
resolutions -

98, 106, 145

appointment of a board of engineers to exam-
ine and survey the, with a view to its im-
provement, and reduction of the price of
swampy and inundated lands thereon, in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Illinois,
and Missouri, (see bill S. 216,) and report -
survey of the Southwest pass of, Barrataria
bay, &c., resolution

Mississippi, to aid, in a railroad from Jackson, through Brandon,
to the western boundary of Alabama. (See bill

S. 19.)

yeas and nays

reduction of the price of swampy and inundated
lands in, (see bill S. 216,) and report
relative to forts on Ship island, resolution

message from the President

Mississippi legislature, resolutions and memorials of—

relative to Oregon, and the interference of foreign nations
reduction of the price of the public lands, modification of
the pre-emption laws, and the issuing of patents for the
lands granted to that State

memorial for a grant of the inundated lands, and relative
to the disposition of school lands

368

480

270

268

35, 36

40

141

144

182

Mississippi legislature, resolutions and memorials of—

land for the improvement of Pearl river -

memorial for the removal of obstructions in the commu-
nication between the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico
reduction of the price of the public lands in that State
land for the improvement of the Homochitto river
relative to school lands in that State

Page.

182

182

182

182

189

draining inundated lands, and a grant of land for inter-
nal improvements

192

land for the improvement of Chickasahay, Pascagoula,

and Leaf rivers

192

confirmation of pre-emptions to certain settlers on the
public lands in Mississippi

206

quieting titles to lands in that State

240

confirmation and regulation of pre-emption claims

243

153

committee discharged

232

Missouri, memorials and petitions of citizens-

removal of the land office from Palmyra to Bloomington

in favor of the notice to Great Britain of the intention of
the United States to annul the convention of August
6, 1827

establishment of military posts along the route to Oregon
relative to the mail route to Oregon

against forming the land districts of Fayette and Palmy-

Missouri, steam frigate, indemnification of the officers, seamen,
and marines of, resolution

374

Mix, Mervine P., widow of. (See Ann Mix.)

Mix, Ann, widow of Mervine P. Mix, memorial of

61

Mix's patent manger stopper, Secretary of the Navy to purchase
the right of using. (See bill H. R. 93.)

Mobile, establishment of a magnetic telegraph between, and
New Orleans, communication from the Postmaster General
Mobile bay, deepening channel of, memorial of Alabama
Mobile harbor, defence of, resolution

Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Company, remission of the duty
paid on iron rails by, resolution

Molasses, frauds in the importation of, resolution

report of the Secretary of the Treasury

325

187

77, 80

112

370

470

leave to withdraw

justment of international difficulties -

Moon, Richard, petition of

Moore, Andrew, documents relative to claim of

Moore, Robert, heirs of, leave to withdraw

Moore, John. (See Frances Moore.)

memorial of

Moore, Frances, heir and legal representative of John Moore,

Moneys, amendment of act 3d March, 1845, fixing the value of
certain, at the custom-house. (See bill H. R. 232.)
petition relative to

concerning depositories of, report of the Secretary of
the Treasury

Montgomery, Lemuel P., legal representatives of, petition
committee discharged

Montpelier, Vermont, petition of citizens of, for the peaceful ad-

Page.

217

216

398

477

488

131

136

93

84

180

206

245

273

memorial

290

Morland Micholl, Sands, Fuller, and company, petition

Morse, Samuel F. B, employment of, to execute a painting for

Mott, Valentine, and others, memorial, duty on leeches

Murray, Thomas, junior. (See Margaret C. Brown.)

Mystic, Connecticut, citizens of, memorial for a peaceful adjust-