Congressional Serial Set

Date of the law or
resolution.

1864, March

2

When expected to be
made.

REPORTS TO BE MADE TO CONGRESS.

A report of all the diplomatic correspondence on the present House Journal.
state of Mexico, since that published by the 37th Congress;
also all the despatches of the honorable E. A. Turpin,
minister to Venezuela, relating to the change in that re-
public from a constitutional form of government to the
government of General Paez; also all the correspondence
between the Secretary and Henry T. Blow and E. D.
minister to Venezuela.
Culver, the one late and the other present United States

A report of the defence of Major General S. R. Curtis against House Journal.
the report made by the McDowell investigating commis-
sion, including in such communication all papers and evi-
dence submitted on behalf of General Curtis in said defence.
A report of any information in his possession showing the
practical operation of the tenth article of the treaty of
Washington of the 9th of August, 1842, and the expe-
diency of giving to her Britannic Majesty's government
the notice required for the termination of such article.

6 A report whether, since the second day of July last, there
have been granted to any individuals other than agents
of the treasury, any orders, permits, or licenses, to buy,
sell, contract, or in any way to deal in cotton or produce
in the seceded States; and if so, what have been the nature

Senate Journal.

73

No time specified.

Senate Journal.

138

No time specified.

1864, June

7

1865, Jan.

16

1865, Feb.

24

and extent of such licenses, or permits, and to whom the same have been granted, and at whose solicitations, and what orders have been granted to military authorities to aid the same; and further, to inform the Senate what rule of preference has been adopted as to the persons to whom such permits or licenses, if any, have been granted; whether any, and what, consideration has been paid for such personal and valuable privileges, and under what law such licenses or permits, if any, have been granted.

A report of what portions of the State of Louisiana were in the military occupancy of the United States on the first Monday of September, 1864, the date of the ratification of the alleged revised constitution of that State, and what portions of the State were then in the military occupancy of the rebels; and also in what parishes or election districts votes were given for or against the ratification of said instrument.

Senate Journal.

231

No time specified.

A statement showing the amount of cotton in bales, and the House Journal. value thereof, which was in the hands of the military authorities at the time of the cessation of hostilities, as captured or forfeited cotton, together with all cotton which has since come into the hands of the United States authorities as property of the late so-called Confederate States; also the amount of all cotton in any wise coming into the hands of the federal authorities during the war, and under the care of what officers, and the disposition which has been made of such cotton in each State, both during and since the late war, how sold, to whom, and by whom, and on what commission, and for what price.

759

No time specified.

28

REPORTS TO BE MADE TO CONGRESS

23

27

A report whether any, and if so, how many, American ves-
sels have been destroyed by pirates during the last year
on the coast of China, and whether any additional legisla-
on that coast.
tion is necessary for the protection of American commerce

Information whether any application has at any time been
made to him for the pardon of G. E. Pickett, who acted
as a major general of rebel forces in the late war, and if
so, what has been the action thereon; and that he commu-
nicate copies of all papers or other documentary evidence
relative to such application for pardon; and also informa-
tion whether, since the adjournment at Raleigh, N. C., on
the 30th of March last, of the last board or court of in-
quiry which was convened to investigate the facts attend-
ing the hanging of a number of United States soldiers for
alleged desertion from the rebel army, any further meas-
ures have been taken to bring the said Pickett or other
perpetrators of that crime to punishment.

A report concerning the practicability of establishing equal
reciprocal relations between the United States and the dif-
British
ferent British provinces of North America, including the
possessions on the Pacific; and also concerning
the actual condition of the question of the fisheries, with

Senate Journal.

755

During the session.

1866, July

Senate Journal.

792

1866, July

28

such recommendations as he may choose to make, tending to the peaceful arrangement of these important matters.

A report of all correspondence not heretofore published between the government of the United States and the gov ernments of France and Prussia since the 4th of March, 1857, touching the claim to military service asserted by those governments in reference to persons born in those countries, but who have since become naturalized under the laws of the United States.

H. Mis. Doc. 1-2

No time specified.

Annual.

Abstracts of the returns made by collectors of the registered seamen of the United States.

1819, March

2

A list of passengers arriving in the United States from foreign countries during the year 1866.

Statutes at Large,
volume 3.

489

1842, Aug.

26

A full and detailed statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the State Department, showing to whom payments were made, and for what, &c.

Statutes at Large,
volume 5.

527

Early in January.

1842, Aug.

26

Statements of all moneys expended by disbursing officers, acting under the orders of the State Department, during the year 1866.

The names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or any of its offices, during the year 1866, or any part thereof, with the time each was actually employed, and the sum paid each, and whether they have been usefully employed; whether the services of any can be dispensed with without detriment to the

Statutes at Large, volume 3. Statutes at Large, volume 5.

1818, April 1842, Aug.

20 26

1856, Aug.

public service; and whether the removal of any, and the
appointment of others in their stead, is required for the
better despatch of business; and the residence of each at
the time of his appointment.

18 A report of all the fees collected and acccounted for by con-
suls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and vice-commercial
agents.

1858, April

A report of the commercial information communicated by the
diplomatic and consular officers severally.

A detailed statement of the manner in which the expenditures
are made, by the general agent at New York and commis-
sioner general at Paris, as provided for in the joint resolu-
tion "to enable the people of the United States to partici-
pate in the advantages of the Universal Exhibition at Paris
in 1867."

Special.

20 A report of such correspondence as may have taken place House Journal. between the authorities of this government and that of the government of Chili, in regard to the detention of the American vessels Good Return and Franklin at the port of Talcahuano, in the year 1832.

653

No time specified.

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