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Senate Joint Resolutions, 38th Congress

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Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked, and obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution For the restoration of peace and the Union, the vindication of the Constitution, and the construction of additional and adequate guaranties of the rights and ... (S.R. 81)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Howe asked and obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Hendricks, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the word ''That,'' in line 3, section 1, to the end of the resolution, and insert in lieu thereof what follows ... (S.R. 8)

Mr. Anthony asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. Trumbull, committee discharged. Joint Resolution Repealing a joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States. (S.R. 25)

Mr. Anthony asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Of thanks to Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, and the officers and men who fought under his command. (S.R. 5)

Mr. Carlile asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Declaring the objects of the war. (S.R. 28)

Mr. Carlile asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the word ''that'' in line three, section one, and insert what ... (S.R. 28)

Mr. Clark asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Joint Resolution Declaratory of the sense of Congress upon negotiations and terms of settlement with the rebels. (S.R. 102)

Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To purchase mail pouches or boxes of Marshall Smith's patent for the postal service, and for other purposes. (S.R. 121)

Mr. Conness asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Pomeroy without amendment. Joint Resolution To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain the title to certain property in Carson City, and Territory of ... (S.R. 33)

Mr. Dixon asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull without amendment and adversely. Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. At the second session begun and held at ... (S.R. 101)

Mr. Doolittle asked, and by unanimous consent 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 Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof insert what ... (S.R. 60)

Mr. Doolittle asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Doolittle without amendment. Joint Resolution Directing inquiry into the condition of the Indian tribes, and their treatment by the civil and military ... (S.R. 89)

Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To appoint commissioners to the hostile tribes of Indians from the Upper Missouri. (S.R. 52)

Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To postpone and prevent the sale, for less than their appraised value, of certain Indian lands in Minnesota. (S.R. 92)

Mr. Farwell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which were read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported by Mr. Howard without amendment, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to the first Monday in December next. Joint Resolutions Authorizing the ... (S.R. 124)

Mr. Foster asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Nesmith without amendment. Joint Resolution Authorizing the settlement of the accounts of the late Captain Daniel Hebard, of the United States ... (S.R. 43)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of James B. Royce. Whereas, James B. Royce, of the town of Shrewsbury and State of Vermont, entered the service of the United States as a private in company I, seventh regiment of ... (S.R. 112)

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading, (Mis. Doc. No. 105.) Joint Resolution For the relief of clerks at the Kittery and Philadelphia navy yards. (S.R. 44)

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 61,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of the contractors for the machinery of the side-wheel gunboats known as ''double-enders.'' (S.R. 50)

Mr. Harlan asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to appoint a day for national humiliation and prayer. (S.R. 74)

Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution In relation to the massacre of the Cheyenne Indians. (S.R. 93)

Mr. Harris asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment. Joint Resolution In relation to the professors of the Military Academy at West Point. (S.R. 58)

Mr. Harris asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull without amendment. Joint Resolution In relation to the taking of a census in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (S.R. 45)

Mr. Henderson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution To provide against periodical rebel invasions into Missouri, and to protect the interests of the government on the ... (S.R. 86)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report (No. 130) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution For the relief of Paul S. Forbes and others. (S.R. 119)

Mr. Howard asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to to-morrow. Joint Resolution For the relief of Mrs. Lucy A. Rice, late of Richmond, Virginia. Whereas Mrs. Lucy A. Rice, late of Richmond, Virginia, by her courage and ... (S.R. 116)

Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Advising retaliation for the cruel treatment of prisoners by the insurgents. Whereas it has come to the knowledge of Congress that great numbers of our soldiers who have fallen ... (S.R. 97)

Mr. Howe asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution For the relief of the officers and soldiers of the United States now held captives in the rebel prisons at Richmond ... (S.R. 10)

Mr. Johnson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Hicks without amendment. Joint Resolution Tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodore Cadwallader Ringgold, the officers and crew of the United States ship ... (S.R. 19)

Mr. Lane, of Kansas, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Doolittle with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. Joint Resolution Authorizing the ... (S.R. 85)

Mr. Lane, of Kansas, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution For the recognition of the free State government of the State of Arkansas. Whereas the President of the United States, by proclamation of the first ... (S.R. 62)

Mr. Lane, of Kansas, asked, and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to lie on the table. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to appoint a board ... (S.R. 4)

Mr. McDougall asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution In relation to the occupation of Mexico. (S.R. 13)

Mr. Morgan asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Morgan without amendment. Joint Resolution Presenting the thanks of Congress to Cornelius Vanderbilt for a gift of the steamship Vanderbilt. ... (S.R. 14)

Mr. Morrill asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Howe without amendment. Joint Resolutions Creating a Committee on Damages. (S.R. 110)

Mr. Morrill asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Dixon without amendment. Joint Resolution Authorizing that the time for revision of the laws of the District of Columbia be extended for and during ... (S.R. 127)

Mr. Morrill asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. On motion by Mr. Sumner, Committee discharged. Joint Resolution Requiring the President of the United States to give the government of Great Britain the notice required for ... (S.R. 12)

Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To provide for the revision of the laws of the District of Columbia. Whereas the revised code of the District of Columbia, prepared under the authority of Congress, entitled ''An act ... (S.R. 59)

Mr. Nesmith asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Nesmith without amendment. Joint Resolution Of thanks to Major General George H. Thomas and the officers and men who fought under his command ... (S.R. 11)

Mr. Pomeroy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Joint Resolution For the return of Arkansas to the Union. Whereas the President of the United States, by a proclamation bearing date the sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight ... (S.R. 104)

Mr. Pomeroy, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 118,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Authorizing the adjustment of the claim of George J. Stubblefield, for chewing tobacco furnished to the United States. (S.R. 109)

Mr. Powell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution Proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States. (S.R. 26)

Mr. Riddle asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment and adversely. Joint Resolution To allow senators and representatives to visit forts, military prisons, and hospitals ... (S.R. 73)

Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following joint resolution; which was read twice, considered as in Committee of the Whole, amended, postponed to to-morrow, and ordered to be printed as amended. Joint Resolution Providing for the appointment of a commission upon the subject of raising revenue by taxation. (S.R. 115)

Mr. Sumner asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, without amendment. Joint Resolution To facilitate commercial, postal and military communications among the several States. Whereas the ... (S.R. 46)

Mr. Sumner asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull without amendment, and adversely. Joint Resolution To provide for submitting to the several States an amendment of the Constitution of the United States. (S.R. 24)

Mr. Sumner asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull without amendment, and adversely. Joint Resolution To provide for submitting to the several States an amendment of the Constitution of the United ... (S.R. 108)

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Authorizing the acceptance of a certain testimonial from the government of Great Britain. (S.R. 51)

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Giving the assent of Congress to the acceptance of a watch from the British Privy Council of Trade, by the master of the American schooner Highlander. (S.R. 29)

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Relating to international exhibitions at Bergen, in Norway, and Oporto, in Portugal, during the summer of eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Whereas the governments of the Kingdom of Sweden and ... (S.R. 122)

Mr. Ten Eyck asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Chandler without amendment. Joint Resolution Authorizing the issue of a register to the steamer Mohawk. (S.R. 31)

Mr. Trumbull asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan without amendment, and that the resolution be postponed indefinitely. Joint Resolution In reference to lands belonging to certain States. Whereas by the ... (S.R. 22)

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report (No. 127) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution Recognizing the government of the State of Louisiana. (S.R. 117)

Mr. Wade asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Read the second time and referred to the Committee on the Library. Reported by Mr. Collamer without amendment, and adversely. Joint Resolution Allowing the use of the congressional library to the ... (S.R. 1)

Mr. Wade asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Howard, committee discharged. Joint Resolution Regulating the treatment of confederate prisoners in custody of the authorities of the United ... (S.R. 95)

Mr. Wade, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read twice, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to to-morrow. Joint Resolution To amend the charter of the city of Washington. (S.R. 57)

Mr. Wilkinson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Printing. On motion by Mr. Powell, committee discharged. Joint Resolution Repealing the joint resolution of Congress providing for the distribution of certain public books and documents. (S.R. 63)

Mr. Wilkinson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment. Joint Resolution Extending the benefits of the bounty ... (S.R. 20)

Mr. Wilkinson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Wilson, committee discharged. Joint Resolution Amendatory of an act entitled ''An act to provide for the protection of overland emigration to ... (S.R. 61)

Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading, (S. Mis. Doc. No.--.) Joint Resolution For the relief of Thomas J. Galbraith. (S.R. 67)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. On motion by Mr. Fessenden, committee discharged. Joint Resolution To appropriate twenty-five millions of dollars for the subsistence and pay of militia called out by the President. (S.R. 47)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Wilson, committee discharged. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to call out men by draft for one year. (S.R. 56)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Wilson, committee discharged. Joint Resolution To provide additional ground for a cemetery at the Soldiers' Home. (S.R. 49)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment. Joint Resolution Expressive of the thanks of Congress to Major General Joseph Hooker and Major General George G. ... (S.R. 3)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment. Joint Resolution Expressive of the thanks of Congress to Major General Nathaniel P. Banks and the officers and ... (S.R. 2)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson without amendment. Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of official reports of the operations of the armies of the United ... (S.R. 21)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all of the original resolution, and in lieu thereof insert what follows, printed in italics. Joint ... (S.R. 90)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion by Mr. Trumbull, committee discharged. Joint Resolution Providing for the taking of a census of the United States. (S.R. 53)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Wilson, committee discharged. Joint Resolution Concerning appointments in the military service. (S.R. 48)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution To encourage enlistments and to promote the efficiency of the military forces of the United States. (S.R. 55)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following joint resolution; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Joint Resolution To encourage enlistments and to promote the efficiency of the military forces of the United States. (S.R. 82)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To authorize surveys to be made with a view to the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, to deepen and enlarge the Illinois and Michigan canal, and improve ... (S.R. 118)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To extend the time for paying bounties to veteran and other volunteers. (S.R. 9)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of colored volunteers recruited in South Carolina. (S.R. 126)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following joint resolution; which was read the first and second times. Joint Resolution To equalize the pay of soldiers in the United States army. (S.R. 23)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 122,) accompanied by the following joint resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading. Joint Resolution To encourage the employment of disabled and discharged soldiers. (S.R. 111)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade submitted the following amendment: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. Joint Resolution Advising retaliation for the cruel treatment of prisoners by the insurgents. Whereas it has come to the knowledge of Congress that great numbers of our soldiers who have fallen as ... (S.R. 97)

States, and upon their duty as the legitimate subjects of those laws; and whereas they have denied to the charity of the loyal people of the United States the privilege of supplying the most pressing necessities of their brethren in those prisons, and have recently refused even to receive a flag of truce from the authorities of the United States, ... (S.R. 10)