202 A bill for the relief of Wade Allen
203 A bill for the relief of William Pittman
204 A bill requiring apprentices to be employ-
ed on board vessels engaged in the
coasting trade.

338

338

353

353

205 A bill for the relief of Pearson Cogswell
206 A bill to grant a quantity of public land
to the State of Arkansas for the pur-
pose of internal improvement.
207 A bill in amendment of an act entitled
"An act to reduce the rates of postage,
to limit the use and correct the abuse of
the franking privilege, and for the pre-
vention of frauds on the Post Office
Department."

208 A bill for the relief of Shedrack Gillet
and others.

209 A bill in addition to the several resolves,
ordinances, and acts of Congress pro-
viding for, or relative to, the grant of
bounty lands to the officers and soldiers
of the revolution upon the continental
establishment.

210 A bill to provide for the distribution of 362 389
the edition of the laws and treaties of

320

Approved.

the United States, published by Little
and Brown, under the provisions of
the resolutions of Congress, approved
March 3, 1845, and for other purposes.
211 A bill to provide for the organization of
the volunteer forces brought into the
service of the United States into bri-
gades and divisions, and for the ap-
pointment of the necessary number of
general officers to command the same.
212 A bill to increase the pay of the non-com-
missioned officers, musicians, and pri-
vates of the army of the United States,
and the militia and volunteers in the
service of the same, and allowing them
bounty land in certain cases.

213 A bill for the relief of Peter Engles, sen.
214 A bill providing for the publication and
distribution of additional copies of the
narrative and scientific works of the
exploring expedition under the com-
mand of Commander Charles Wilkes
of the United States navy.

215 A bill for the relief of the legal represen-
tatives of George Mayo, deceased.
216 A bill authorizing the appointment of a
board of engineers to make an examina-
tion and survey of the Mississippi, with
the view to the improvement of its navi-
gation, and provision for the gradual
reduction of the price of the swampy
and inundated public lands lying there-
on, within the States of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas, Illinois, and Mis-

souri.

217 A bill to provide for the completion of the 373
marine hospital and erection of a cus-
tom-house in the port of New Orleans
218 A bill for the relief of Welcome Parmeter
219 A bill for the relief of John England

374

374

220 A bill for the relief of Josephine Nourse 378

221 A bill to establish and organize an execu-

tive bureau under the exclusive direc-
tion and control of the President of the
United States.

381 396, 408

222 A bill to establish a new land office in the 381 466
northern part of Michigan, and to pro-
vide for the sale of mineral lands in the
State of Michigan and Territory of
Wisconsin.

223 A bill to erect the office of surveyor gene-
ral of the public lands in the Territory
of Oregon, and to grant donation rights
to settlers therein, and for other pur-
poses.

224 A bill for the relief of Fernando Fillany
225 A bill for the relief of the heirs of Robert
Fulton.

382

382
382 389

466

Approved.

458

461
461

462
465

244 A bill for the relief of the legal represen-
tatives of Rice Jones, deceased."
245 A bill for the relief of Artemas Conant
246 A bill to set apart a portion of the public
lands with which to construct a railroad
from lake Michigan to the Pacific ocean.
247 A bill for the relief of Peter Frost
248 A bill to authorize the issuing of a new
register for the American barque Pons,
of Philadelphia, by the name of the
Cordelia.

249 A bill for the relief of the heirs and rep-
resentatives of John Beardon, deceased.

471

250 A bill in relation to claims for losses sus- 471
tained by Indian depredations and
otherwise in the late Seminole war.

251 A bill for the relief of John P. Baldwin, 472
owner of the Spanish brig Gil Blas.

Proceedings
before pas-

sage.