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Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 39th Congress

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Passed the Senate with an amendment. House of Representatives concurs in the amendment of the Senate with amendments; which were referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Dixon with amendments, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act ... (H.R. 61)

Bead twice, ordered to be printed, and motion to recommit pending. Mr. Stevens, from the Select Committee on Reconstruction, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the more efficient government of the insurrectionary States. Whereas the pretended State governments of the late so-called Confederate States of Virginia, North Carolina, ... (H.R. 1143)

Mr. Harris, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill In relation to the district courts of the United States in the State of Florida. (H.R. 437)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Amendment In the nature of a substitute reported by Mr. Ingersoll, from the Committee for the District of Columbia. (H.R. 288)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported back the following substitute to H.R. 771: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and ... (H.R. 771)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, and made a special order for Tuesday, 19th day of June, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of Amendment In the nature of a substitute, to H.R. 361, to reorganize and establish the army of the United States, reported by Mr. Schenck, from the Committee ... (H.R. 361)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Amendment By Mr. Schenck, to H.R. 602, in the nature of a substitute, reported from the Committee on Military Affairs. (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Amendment In the nature of a substitute, to H.R. 361, to reorganize and establish the army of the United States, reported by Mr. Schenck,from the Committee on Military Affairs. (H.R. 361)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, 12th April. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Amendment In the nature of a substitute, to H.R. 361, to reorganize and establish ... (H.R. 361)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to House bill No. 141, reported by Mr. J. F. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary. (H.R. 141)

Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Amendment In the nature of a substitute H.R. 577, granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the ''Sierra Nevada and Contra Costa Irrigation and Canal Company'' in the State of California. (H.R. 577)

Ordered to be printed and the further consideration postponed to the next morning hour A Bill To facilitate commercial, postal, and military communication among the several States. Whereas the Constitution of the United States confers upon Congress, in express terms, the power to regulate commerce among the several States, to establish post roads, ... (H.R. 11)

Ordered to be printed as amended by the Senate in Committee of the Whole. Note.--The parts stricken out of the bill are printed within [brackets;] those printed in italics are inserted. An Act To incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal Company. Whereas the exposed and unprotected condition of our extended northern frontier demands that immediate ... (H.R. 344)

Ordered to be printed as amended. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Johnson, to the bill (H.R. 1143) to provide for the more efficient government of the insurrectionary States, namely: Insert the following as an additional section: (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture with leave to report at any time. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 50, reported by Mr. Bidwell, from the Committee on Agriculture. (H.R. 50)

Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 450, reported by Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Military Affairs. (H.R. 450)

Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with amendments, ordered to ho printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, 12th April. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Amended, engrossed, read the third time, and rejected. Vote to reject reconsidered ... (H.R. 361)

Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Amendment In the nature of a substitute, submitted by Mr. James M. Ashley, to bill H.R. 882. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Ordered to be printed. In the nature of a substitute, submitted by Mr. James M. Ashley, to bill H.R. 543. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment By Mr. Bingham, to be proposed to H.R. 1143. Strike out the parts within brackets in two places. Whereas he pretended State governments of the late so-called Confederate States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas were set up without the ... (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment By Mr. Boutwell Mr. Bingham's second amendment to House bill No. 1143. (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to bill H.R. 437, proposed by Mr. J. F. Wilson. (H.R. 437)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to bill H.R. 673, to regulate the civil service of the United States, submitted by Mr. James M. Humphrey. (H.R. 673)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 50, reported by Mr. Bidwell from the Committee on Agriculture, to a bill to amend an act entitled ''An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,'' approved July second, ... (H.R. 50)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 543, proposed by Mr. Stevens. Whereas the eleven States which lately formed the government called the ''Confederate States of America,'' have forfeited all their rights under the Constitution, and can be reinstated in the same only through the action of Congress: Therefore, (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 63, to be proposed by Mr. Stevens when in order. Whereas it is due to justice, and as an example to future times, that some proper punishment should be inflicted on the people who constituted the ''Confederate States of America,'' both because they declared an unjust war against ... (H.R. 63)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. No. 276, reported by Mr. Garfield, from the Select Committee on Education. (H.R. 276)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. No. 623, to be proposed by Mr. Stevens. Whereas the eleven States which lately formed the government called the ''Confederate States of America,'' have forfeited all their rights under the Constitution, and can be reinstated in the same only through the action of Congress: ... (H.R. 623)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to House bill No. 207, to amend an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and means to support the government,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 207)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute, submitted by Mr. Paine, to H.R. 344. Whereas the exposed and unprotected condition of our extended northern frontier demands that immediate provisions be made by the government for its defence; and whereas the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, to connect the ... (H.R. 344)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Conness to the bill (H.R. 280) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, viz: Insert at end of the first section of the bill, the following: (H.R. 280)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Henderson to the bill (H.R. 280) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, viz: Insert as an additional section, the following: (H.R. 280)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Sumner to the bill (H.R. 1162) for the re-establishment of civil government in the State of Louisiana, viz: Insert the following as additional sections: (H.R. 1162)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Trumbull to the bill (H.R. 280) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, viz: Insert as a new section: (H.R. 280)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wade to the bill (H.R. 280) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, viz: Insert as an additional section the following: (H.R. 280)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Williams to the bill (H.R. 1161) to amend existing laws relating to internal revenue, viz: Insert as an additional section: (H.R. 1161)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Williams, to the bill (H.R. 1143) to provide for the more efficient government of the insurrectionary States, namely: Insert the following as an additional section: (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (H.R. 1220) to provide ways and means for the payment of compound interest notes. (H.R. 1220)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (H.R. 602) to equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who served in the late war for the Union, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Bingham to House bill 543. Strike out all of the first section of the bill, and the amendment thereto, to provide for the restoration, and so forth, after the words ''Be it enacted,'' and so forth, and insert the following: (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Blaine to Mr. Bingham's amendment to House bill No. 1143. (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Hawkins to H.R. 1143. Strike out all after the title of the bill and insert the following in lieu: Whereas a large number of the people of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas, did declare their independence of ... (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Henderson to the bill (H.R. 280) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, viz: Insert, as an additional section, the following: (H.R. 280)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. McDougall to the amendment proposed by Mr. Johnson, to the bill (H.R 1143) to provide for the more efficient government of the insurrectionary States, viz: At the end of the amendment insert the following proviso: (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Price to House bill 138. (H.R. 138)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Schenck, to bill H.R. 513. (H.R. 513)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Trimble, to H.R. 1143. Add the following proviso: (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Trumbull to the amendment of Mr. Henderson to the bill (H.R. 280) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes, viz: Insert, at the end of the amendment, the following: (H.R. 280)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Van Winkle, to the bill (H.R. 363) supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions, viz: Insert the following as an additional section: (H.R. 363)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed to be offered by Mr. Kasson, as a substitute for H.R. 796 and S. 282. A Bill To reorganize the treasury and other executive departments, and for other purposes. (H.R. 796)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Reported by Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Public Lands, to the act (H.R. 365) granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Nevada, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert as follows: (H.R. 365)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Submitted by Mr. Burt Van Horn, in the nature of a substitute for the bill (H.R. 344) to construct a ship canal around the falls of Niagara. A Bill To incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal Company. Whereas the exposed and unprotected condition of our extended northern frontier demands that immediate provisions be made ... (H.R. 344)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Ashley, to H.R. 1143. (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Benjamin to House bill No. 513. (H.R. 513)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Boutwell to House bill No. 543. Mr. Boutwell gives notice that he shall propose to amend the ''bill to provide for the restoration of the States in insurrection to their full practical rights,'' by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the following: (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. James F. Wilson to House bill No. 543. Strike out all after the enacting clause in the first section of House bill No. 543 and insert the following: (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Kasson, to H.R. 1143. A Bill To establish an additional article of war for the more complete suppression of the insurrection against the United States. (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Sherman, to the bill H.R. 1143. Whereas no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas it is necessary that ... (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. William Lawrence to H.R. 1143. Amend as follows: (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To H.R. 1143, proposed by Mr. Banks, as a substitute. Whereas a form of government has been organized in Louisiana, one of the States lately in rebellion, which government has never been recognized by Congress, and having failed to secure the rights of loyal citizens or protect the government against disloyal ... (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To H.R. 26, submitted by Mr. Ingersoll. At the end of section 2, after the word ''poor,'' insert the words following: (H.R. 26)

Ordered to be printed. Modified Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 543, proposed by Mr. Stevens. Whereas the eleven States which lately formed the government called the ''Confederate States of America'' have forfeited all their rights under the Constitution, and can be reinstated in the same only through the action of Congress: ... (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. James M. Ashley submitted the following amendment to the amendment of Mr. Stevens to the bill H.R. 543. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Ordered to be printed as modified. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to H.R. 543, proposed by Mr. Stevens, Whereas the eleven States which lately formed the government called the ''Confederate States of America,'' have forfeited all their rights under the Constitution, and can be reinstated in the same only through the ... (H.R. 543)

Ordered to be printed. Proposed by Mr. Henderson, to the bill (H.R. 1143) to provide for the more efficient government of the insurrectionary States, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert as follows: (H.R. 1143)

Ordered to be printed. Resolve, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 718) entitled ''An act to provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes,'' do pass with the following amendment. Ordered to be printed with amendments of Committee of Ways and Means, made a special order for Thursday, after the morning hour, and ... (H.R. 718)

Ordered to be printed. Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 718) entitled ''An act to provide increased revenue from the imports, and from other purposes,'' do pass with the following amendment. Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: (H.R. 718)

Read and passed to a second reading. An Act For the re-establishment of civil government in the State of Louisiana. (H.R. 1162)

Read and passed to a second reading. An Act To provide for the more efficient government of the insurrectionary States. Whereas the pretended State governments of the late so-called Confederate States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas, were set up without the ... (H.R. 1143)

Read and passed to a second reading. Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of certain drafted men. Whereas certain persons, drafted into the military service under the calls of the President of the United States, made February first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and March ... (H.R. 811)

Read and passed to a second reading. Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the building of a military and postal railroad from Washington, District of Columbia, to the City of New York. (H.R. 632)

Read and passed to a second reading. Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act For the relief of certain drafted men. Whereas certain persons, drafted into the military service ... (H.R. 811)

Read the first and second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 36)

Read the first and second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen ... (H.R. 36)

Read the first and second times. Referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Norman Wiard. (H.R. 818)

Read the first and second times. Referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To provide increased revenue from imported wool, and for other purposes. (H.R. 793)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Consideration still pending. Mr. Eliot, from the Select Committee on New Orleans Riots, reported the following bill: A Bill For the re-establishment of civil government in the State of Louisiana. (H.R. 1162)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Relative to the sale of postage stamps and stamped envelopes on credit. (H.R. 279)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill More effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States. (H.R. 806)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate further the registering of vessels. (H.R. 204)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, from the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue in force and to amend an act entitled ''An act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 613)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, from the Committee on Freedmen, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue in force and to amend an act entitled ''An act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 359)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jenckes, from the Select Committee on the Bankrupt Law, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. (H.R. 598)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jenckes, from the Select Committee on the Civil Service, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate the civil service of the United States, and promote the efficiency thereof. (H.R. 673)

Read twice and ordered to be printed. Ordered to be printed as amended, and the proposed amendments. Mr. Eliot, from the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue in force and to amend an act entitled ''An act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 613)

Read twice and ordered to lie on the table. An Act For the relief of James Tetlow. (H.R. 1188)

Read twice and pending at the expiration of the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of paymasters of the army. (H.R. 475)

Read twice and referred to a Select Committee on Coinage and Weights and Measures. An Act To authorize the use in post offices of weights of the denomination of grams. (H.R. 597)

Read twice and referred to a Select Committee on Coinage and Weights and Measures. An Act To authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures. (H.R. 596)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the ''Howard Institute and Home'' of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 482)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Relating to the Alexandria canal. Whereas, by an act of Congress, on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, the Alexandria Canal Company was incorporated and authorized and ... (H.R. 1172)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Centre Market Company in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. (H.R. 799)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Welker, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a criminal code for the District of Columbia. (H.R. 1067)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Welker, on leave, introduced the following bill: To repeal an act entitled ''An act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia,'' and for other purposes. Whereas the Constitution of the United States ... (H.R. 932)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Reported back with an amendment, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed till to-morrow: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Concerning the fire department ... (H.R. 183)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Reported back without amendment, the committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Latham, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an Act entitled ''An act to incorporate the Guardian Society and ... (H.R. 404)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District, of Columbia. Mr. Henderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate ''The Petroleum Company of Washington City.'' (H.R. 1098)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Loan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John T. Taylor, late postmaster at Gallatin, Missouri. (H.R. 723)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Norman J. Hall. (H.R. 483)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Harding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James M. Bishop, who claims two hundred and thirty-six dollars. (H.R. 916)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to prevent the spread of foreign diseases among the cattle of the United States,'' approved December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. That an act entitled ''An act to prevent the spread of foreign diseases among the cattle of the United ... (H.R. 321)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. An Act To prevent the spread of foreign diseases among the cattle of the United States. (H.R. 23)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported back with an amendment, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed till Thursday, the 25th instant, after the morning hour. Insert the part in italics. Mr. Kerr, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the fifth section of an act entitled ''An act ... (H.R. 50)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims, An Act For the benefit of William G. Lee. (H.R. 629)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims, An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property destroyed in the military service of the United States,' '' approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 519)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the benefit of Colonel R. E. Bryant. (H.R. 214)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the benefit of Henry Horne. (H.R. 521)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the benefit of John W. Campbell. (H.R. 215)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Captain James Starkey. (H.R. 660)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Christina Elder. (H.R. 345)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Doctor Edward Jarvis. (H.R. 708)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Edward Blanchard. (H.R. 824)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Edward P. McKinney, of Binghamton, New York, late captain and assistant commissary of subsistence. (H.R. 354)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Elisha J. House, assessor of internal revenue for the second district of Michigan. (H.R. 520)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Ernest F. Kleinschmidt, of Cincinnati, Ohio. (H.R. 966)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Francis A. Gibbons. (H.R. 386)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of George M. Fay and Nahum Fay. (H.R. 284)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Henry Rudd, of Henry county, Iowa. (H.R. 825)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Hiram Paulding, rear-admiral United States navy. (H.R. 457)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Hugh Leddy. (H.R. 346)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Ishmael Day. (H.R. 504)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of J. and 0. P. Cobb and Company. (H.R. 1096)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of James Fitzgibbon. (H.R. 711)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of James G. Holland, late acting assistant paymaster United States navy. (H.R. 421)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of James Hooper, of Baltimore, Maryland. (H.R. 967)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of James M. Bishop, who claims two hundred and thirty-six dollars. (H.R. 916)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Johnson A. Dawson, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky. (H.R. 823)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Liston H. Pearce. (H.R. 517)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Martha A. Estill, of the State of California. (H.R. 808)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eleanor C. Ransom. (H.R. 709)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Chipman, widow of Major Charles Chipman, deceased. (H.R. 1168)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Emma A. Porch. (H.R. 1094)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Munroe Young. (H.R. 516)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Nathan Noyes. (H.R. 522)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Norman J. Hall. (H.R. 483)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Pitcher and Hayford, and Otis and Ferguson, of Belfast, Maine. (H.R. 694)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of R. L. B. Clarke. (H.R. 347)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Rebecca J. Sheppard. (H.R. 816)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Horace I. Hodges. (H.R. 526)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Major John A. Whitall, late paymaster in the United States army, deceased, on account of lost or stolen vouchers. (H.R. 531)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of the owners of the bark Maria Henry. (H.R. 518)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of the sureties of James T. Pollock, late receiver at Crawfordsville, Indiana. (H.R. 840)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Timothy Leyden. (H.R. 822)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Victor Mylens, first lieutenant sixty-eighth New York volunteers. (H.R. 1097)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of William H. Wheeler, of Bangor, Maine. Whereas William H. Wheeler, of Bangor, Maine, in the month of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, lost a United States bond of the denomination of five hundred dollars, issued under the act of twenty-fifth February, eighteen ... (H.R. 695)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of William Joslin. (H.R. 584)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a certain draft to W. W. Potter, late acting military agent of the State of New York. (H.R. 1095)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act To indemnify Abial Morrison for property destroyed by hostile Indians in Washington Territory, in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 974)

Read twice and referred to the committee on Claims. Committee discharged and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Van Winkle, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics. An Act For the relief of Christina Elder. (H.R. 345)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Clark with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act For the relief of William H. Wheeler, of Bangor, Maine. Whereas William H. Wheeler, of Bangor, Maine, in the month of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, lost a United States bond of the denomination ... (H.R. 695)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Howe, with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a certain draft to W. W. Potter, late acting military agent of the State of New York. (H.R. 1095)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of registry, or enrolment and license, to certain vessels. (H.R. 728)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Declaratory of an act entitled ''An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue registers to vessels in certain cases,'' approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 727)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act For the relief of Charles Brewer and Company. (H.R. 555)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Further to provide for the safety of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, to regulate the salaries of steamboat inspectors, and for other purposes. (H.R. 477)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act In relation to the revenue cutter service. (H.R. 899)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1154)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for other purposes. (H.R. 492)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Relating to pilots and pilot regulations. (H.R. 729)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Relative to the port of Camden, New Jersey. (H.R. 1062)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to encourage immigration,'' approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and an act entitled ''An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and for other ... (H.R. 481)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To ascertain the practicability of having a steamboat navigation from the Chesapeake bay, at the mouth of the Susquehanna river, to Lake Ontario, in the State of New York. (H.R. 92)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize changes in location of lights and other aids to navigation on the southern coasts of the United States. (H.R. 937)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize entry and clearance of vessels at the ports of Boothbay and Saint George, Maine. (H.R. 1167)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize the building of light-houses therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1166)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize the entry and clearance of vessels at the port of Calais, Maine. (H.R. 795)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize the sale of marine hospitals and of revenue cutters. (H.R. 184)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To change the port of entry in Puget's Sound. (H.R. 729)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To constitute Omaha and Nebraska city, in the Territory of Nebraska, and Saint Paul, in Minnesota, ports of delivery. (H.R. 609)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To extend the time for the withdrawal of goods for consumption from public store and bonded warehouse, and for other purposes. (H.R. 135)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To facilitate commercial, postal, and military communication among the several States. Whereas the Constitution of the United States confers upon Congress, in express terms, the power to regulate commerce among the several States, to establish post roads, and to raise and support armies: ... (H.R. 11)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To fix the compensation of the officers of the revenue cutter service, and for other purposes. (H.R. 900)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal Company. Whereas the exposed and unprotected condition of our extended northern frontier demands that immediate provisions he made by the government for its defence; and whereas the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara, to connect ... (H.R. 344)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To provide for and to regulate the weighing of exports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 480)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To provide for making the town of Whitehall, New York, a port of delivery. (H.R. 611)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To regulate and fix the salary of the consul at Hamburg. (H.R. 1063)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To regulate the registering of vessels. (H.R. 204)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leonard Myers, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To encourage commerce and internal trade by facilitating direct importations. (H.R. 945)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Chandler with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for other purposes. (H.R. 492)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Chandler, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert, those printed in italics. (H.R. 1154)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Creswell with an amendment, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act In relation to the revenue cutter service. (H.R. 899)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Edmunds with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Further to provide for the safety of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, to regulate the salaries of steamboat inspectors, ... (H.R. 477)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Edmunds with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To authorize the building of light-houses therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1166)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Howe, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To incorporate the Niagara Ship Canal Company. Whereas the exposed and unprotected condition of our extended northern frontier demands that immediate provision he made by ... (H.R. 344)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report to the Senate on the second Monday in December next. An Act To provide increased revenue from imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 718)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint assistant assessors of internal revenue. (H.R. 58)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Exempting pensions from the internal revenue tax. (H.R. 787)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Imposing a duty on live animals. (H.R. 511)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making additional appropriations, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations, for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes. (H.R. 86)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. (H.R. 876)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1173)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. (H.R. 737)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 1184)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 255)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. (H.R. 261)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 1039)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 387)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 213)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 896)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 1176)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 122)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 903)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 918)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. (H.R. 280)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1126)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 127)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 912)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 37)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the uses of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, for the fiscal year, commencing January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 545)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 1144)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 654)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 500)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.'' (H.R. 612)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,'' approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the act amendatory thereof, approved March three, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 433)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and means to support the government,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 207)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend existing laws relating to internal revenue. (H.R. 1161)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To authorize the coinage of five-cent pieces. (H.R. 397)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To authorize the issue of certain bonds in denominations greater than one thousand dollars. (H.R. 772)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To authorize the President to appoint certain officers of the Executive Mansion and fixing their salaries. (H.R. 211)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To authorize the refunding of certain taxes. (H.R. 759)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To declare the meaning of certain parts of the internal revenue act, approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other purposes. (H.R. 201)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To establish certain offices for the assay of gold and silver, in lieu of certain branch mints heretofore established. (H.R. 1233)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To exempt the Gettysburg National Monument from imposts and charges. (H.R. 283)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To protect the revenue, and for other purposes. (H.R. 780)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To provide for examinations of the Treasury Department and other executive departments. (H.R. 1079)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To provide ways and means for the payment of compound interest notes. (H.R. 1220)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To reduce internal taxation and to amend an act entitled ''An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,'' approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and acts amendatory thereof. (H.R. 513)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To regulate and secure the safe-keeping of public money intrusted to disbursing officers of the United States. (H.R. 621)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To regulate the sale of gold by the Secretary of the Treasury. (H.R. 1030)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes. (H.R. 791)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Insert the parts printed in italics. An Act To protect the revenue, and for other purposes. (H.R. 780)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the payment, of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 903)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 896)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 213)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To reduce internal taxation and to amend an act entitled ''An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other ... (H.R. 513)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other ... (H.R. 904)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. An Act Making additional appropriations, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations, for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending the ... (H.R. 86)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for ... (H.R. 280)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 122)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 37)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend existing laws relating to internal revenue. (H.R. 1161)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with an amendment, viz: Strike out the part in [brackets,] An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. (H.R. 912)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. (H.R. 737)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1126)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ... (H.R. 1039)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To provide ways and means for the payment of compound interest notes. (H.R. 1220)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ... (H.R. 387)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1173)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. An Act To authorize the coinage of five-cent pieces. (H.R. 397)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reported back by Mr. Dodge, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hiram ... (H.R. 457)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr. John H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the defence of the northeastern frontier. (H.R. 159)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act For the relief of Henry P. Blanchard. (H.R. 1051)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act For the relief of J. Judson Barclay. (H.R. 683)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act For the relief of Nott and Company. (H.R. 1231)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on foreign Relations. An Act More effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States. (H.R. 806)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To further secure American citizens certain privileges under the treaty of Washington. (H.R. 154)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To promote the construction of a line of railroad from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Cleveland, Ohio. Whereas, by an act of the general assembly of the State of Ohio, (reviving a, previous law,) passed March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, the Cleveland and Mahoning ... (H.R. 537)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To promote the construction of a line of railroads between the city of Washington and the northwest, for national purposes. Whereas there is now a complete line of railroad between the city of Washington and Cumberland, in Alleghany county, in the State of Maryland, which is ... (H.R. 527)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For the benefit of certain half-breeds and mixed-bloods of the Winnebago tribe of Indians. (H.R. 416)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For the relief of Richard Chenery. (H.R. 588)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For the relief of the administrators and securities of Almon W. Babbitt, late Secretary of Utah. Whereas Almon W. Babbitt, as secretary of the Territory of Utah, in the summer of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, had advanced to him by the Treasury Department, at the city of ... (H.R. 150)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Strike out original bill and insert substitute. Mr. A. W. Hubbard, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the ... (H.R. 305)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported back with an amendment; amendment pending; ordered to be printed. Insert the parts in italics. Mr. Clarke, of Kansas, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To subject Indian lands and allotted lands in Kansas to the laws thereof. (H.R. 259)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Henderson, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the part in [brackets] and insert that printed in italics. An Act For the relief of Richard Chenery. (H.R. 588)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Norton, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert what is printed in italics. An Act For the benefit of certain half-breeds and mixed bloods of the Winnebago tribe of Indians. (H.R. 416)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Ferry, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to the several acts relating to pensions. (H.R. 208)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Extending the provisions of the pension laws. (H.R. 976)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Strike out the part within [brackets] and insert substitute. Mr. Eggleston, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill [In amendment of the ... (H.R. 278)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with an amendment, viz: Strikeout all after the enacting clause of the second section, and in lieu thereof insert what follows, printed in italics. An Act To revive the grade of General in the United States army. (H.R. 3)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase certain property for military purposes. Whereas the government of the United States, on the fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, took possession of the dwelling house and lot of Ambrose Morrison, of ... (H.R. 666)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Declaring and fixing the rights of volunteers as a part of the army. (H.R. 1134)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Donating a portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation for the exclusive use of a public road. (H.R. 942)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Captain David Beaty's company of independent scouts. Whereas David Beaty, of Fentress county, Tennessee, did, on the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, organize a company of independent scouts, numbering one hundred and ... (H.R. 1139)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Catherine Welsh. (H.R. 486)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of certain officers in the volunteer service who failed to make proper returns of stores and other public property. (H.R. 680)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Charles M. Stout, late a second lieutenant in company E, seventh regiment Pennsylvania reserve corps. (H.R. 641)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Colonel L. G. Houck, of Tennessee. Whereas the Secretary of War authorized L. C. Houck to raise a regiment of infantry on the fifth clay of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the said L. C. Houck proceeded to recruit and organize the ... (H.R. 1170)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of George R. Frank, late captain thirty-third regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry. (H.R. 472)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of John C. McFerran, of the United States army. (H.R. 474)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant John H. Osler, of Guernsey, county, Ohio. (H.R. 1225)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Oliver Lumphrey. (H.R. 1137)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Samuel Silver. (H.R. 1228)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of the estate of E. W. Eddy. (H.R. 394)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of the members of the twenty-first New York cavalry. (H.R. 1003)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of the widow of Andrew Cunningham. (H.R. 1230)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act In relation to claims for horses turned over to the government. (H.R. 540)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Providing for the issue of certificates of service to officers and soldiers of volunteers. (H.R. 1129)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Relating to brevets in the army of the United States. (H.R. 879)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act making appropriations,'' &c., approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, giving additional bounties to discharged soldiers in certain cases. (H.R. 1049)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the National Soldiers and Sailors' Orphan Home,'' approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 848)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property in the military service of the United States,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. (H.R. 1138)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act granting the right of way over the military reserve at Fort Gratiot, Michigan. (H.R. 607)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend section twelve, chapter two hundred and ninety-nine, of the laws of the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress. (H.R. 1130)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend section two, chapter one hundred and twenty-nine, of public acts of eighteen hundred and forty-nine. (H.R. 1078)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend the act establishing ''the National Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers.'' (H.R. 1136)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend the ninth section of the act entitled ''An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 156)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the construction of a railroad through certain land of the United States in Kansas. (H.R. 448)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the payment of prize money to certain officers and enlisted men of the signal corps of the army. (H.R. 1128)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the purchase of certain lots of ground adjoining the Alleghany arsenal, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. (H.R. 1141)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey certain lots in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. (H.R. 1131)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish transportation to discharged soldiers to whom artificial limbs are furnished by the government. (H.R. 792)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell a portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation to the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, for a public park. (H.R. 447)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To continue in force and to amend ''An act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 613)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the late war for the Union. (H.R. 602)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who served in the late war for the Union. (H.R. 836)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To establish and to protect national cemeteries. (H.R. 788)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To extend the benefits of section four of an act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 456)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To extend to general officers and officers on the retired list the benefit of the additional ration for every five years' service. (H.R. 1135)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To facilitate the settlement of the accounts of paymasters of the army. (H.R. 475)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To fix the pay of the quartermaster sergeant of the battalion of engineers. (H.R. 1127)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide arms and ammunition for the defence of the inhabitants of Dakota Territory. (H.R. 420)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide for the payment of the sixth, eighth and eleventh regiments of Ohio volunteer militia, of Cincinnati, Bard's company of cavalry, and Paulsen's battery, during the time they were in the service of the United States, in eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 725)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To reduce and establish the pay of officers, and to regulate the pay of soldiers of the army of the United States. (H.R. 450)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for moneys advanced government for war purposes. (H.R. 360)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To render applicable to seamen in the United States navy and to marines the provisions relating to pensions in the act making appropriations for the civil expenses for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved July twenty-eight, ... (H.R. 1185)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To reorganize and establish the army of the United States. (H.R. 361)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To repeal the twelfth section of an act approved July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled ''An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 1140)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To revive the grade of General in the United States army. (H.R. 3)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Nesmith without amendment. An Act For the relief of John W. Taylor. (H.R. 812)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To continue in force and to amend ''An act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 613)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To establish and to protect national cemeteries. (H.R. 788)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the National Soldiers and Sailors' Orphan Home,'' approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 848)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act making appropriations,'' &c., approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, giving additional bounties to discharged soldiers in ... (H.R. 1049)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Declaring and fixing the rights of volunteers as a part of the army. (H.R. 1134)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with an amendment, viz: insert the words printed in italics. An Act To authorize the construction of a railroad through certain land of the United States in Kansas. (H.R. 448)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with and amendment,viz: Strike out all of the original bill after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act To equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the late war for the ... (H.R. 602)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported with amendments. Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with an amendment, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the ... (H.R. 848)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act To provide for the settlement of accounts of certain public officers. (H.R. 406)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Cobb, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edwin E. Woodman. (H.R. 913)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Julian, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To equalize the bounties of soldiers and sailors who served during the late rebellion. (H.R. 412)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back from the Committee on Military Affairs with an amendment, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 17th day of April, and made a ... (H.R. 3)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Strike out the part within [brackets] and insert the part in italics. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To revive the grade of General in the ... (H.R. 3)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment, and amendment agreed to; ordered to be referred to the Committee on Public Lands and printed. Mr. Henderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military road from Dalles ... (H.R. 21)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of Captain John J. Young, of the United States navy. (H.R. 682)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of Celestia P. Hart. (H.R. 681)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of Cornelius B. Gold, late acting assistant paymaster United States navy. (H.R. 453)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ann E. Smoot, widow of Captain Joseph Smoot. (H.R. 422)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of Rufus C. Spalding, paymaster in the United States navy. (H.R. 843)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To compensate the officers and crew of the United States steamer Kearsarge for the destruction of the rebel piratical vessel Alabama. (H.R. 1187)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To establish the offices of civil engineer and of master mechanics and master laborer in navy yards of the United States. (H.R. 1186)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To further regulate the appointment of certain volunteer officers to the regular navy. (H.R. 163)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To prevent officers of the navy from being deprived of their regular premotion on account of wounds received in battle, and for other purposes. (H.R. 667)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To provide for the better organization of the pay department of the navy. (H.R. 197)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To restore Lieutenant Joseph P. Fyffe to his grade in active service of the navy. (H.R. 140)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. A. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To further regulate the appointment of rear-admirals, and for the appointment of certain volunteer officers to the ... (H.R. 163)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Grimes with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To provide for the better organization of the pay department of the navy. (H.R. 197)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of Delia A. Jacobs, late Delia A. Fitzgerald. (H.R. 589)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of James C. Cook. (H.R. 760)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of Mrs. William L. Herndon. (H.R. 193)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of Richard A. Vervalen and others. (H.R. 819)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of Sylvanus Sawyer and William E. Ward. (H.R. 1059)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of Thomas D. Burrall. (H.R. 591)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of William Mann and Jacob Senneff. (H.R. 590)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act In amendment of ''An act to promote the progress of the useful arts,'' and the acts in amendment of and in addition thereto. (H.R. 342)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions An Act For the relief of Albert Nevins. (H.R. 268)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions, An Act For the relief of Charlotte Bence, widow of Philip H. Bence, late captain of company F, thirtieth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry. (H.R. 33)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Allowing persons having lost one foot and one hand in the naval service of the United States the same pension now allowed to persons having suffered the same loss in the military service. (H.R. 82)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Amendatory of an act entitled ''An act granting a pension to Mrs. Emerance Gouler.'' (H.R. 743)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the benefit of John W. Jones. (H.R. 700)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Ann I. Duchman. (H.R. 1200)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Captain William McKean. (H.R. 1226)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Catherine Mock. (H.R. 219)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Charles Valence. (H.R. 1197)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Charles Youly. (H.R. 218)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Cordelia Murray. (H.R. 216)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Daniel Frederick Bakeman, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 1045)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Daniel McMahon. (H.R. 1214)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Staley. (H.R. 1213)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Francis Barron. (H.R. 1202)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Francis Colgen. (H.R. 794)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of George W. Bush (H.R. 705)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of George W. Knabb. (H.R. 1201)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Hiram Hedrick. (H.R. 1054)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Isabella Strubing. (H.R. 434)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of James Foster. (H.R. 463)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of James L. Perham. (H.R. 699)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of James Riddle. (H.R. 1218)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Joel Farley. (H.R. 704)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of John Gordon. (H.R. 464)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of John Gray, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 1044)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of John Moreau, of Machias, New York. (H.R. 1055)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Lemantha Rader. (H.R. 739)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Lemuel Worster. (H.R. 1056)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Levisa Daniel. (H.R. 1193)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Lynch. (H.R. 703)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Lucinda Gates. (H.R. 616)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Marion M. Buxton. (H.R. 800)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Martha J. Willey. (H.R. 494)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mary A. Cross. (H.R. 1068)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mary A. Patrick. (H.R. 495)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mary B. Fowler. (H.R. 1195)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Matilda J. Monroe. (H.R. 740)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Milton Velzy. (H.R. 1092)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher. (H.R. 1146)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Rachel McClelland. (H.R. 1153)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Nancy Hinton. (H.R. 1212)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Nicholas Hibner, late a private in the sixth regiment Missouri State militia. (H.R. 446)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Quincy A. May. (H.R. 798)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Robert Henne. (H.R. 217)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Rufus L. Harvey. (H.R. 1203)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Betsey Nash. (H.R. 445)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the minor children of Salvador Accadi, deceased. (H.R. 742)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the minor children of Solomon Long. (H.R. 1058)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the orphan children of John Faris. (H.R. 1198)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Thomas Glasgow. (H.R. 1215)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Thomas Hurly. (H.R. 25)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of William H. Hafer. (H.R. 1199)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Charles Maus. (H.R. 1207)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Daniel Lucas. (H.R. 797)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to David B. Champion. (H.R. 1217)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Effie J. Harvey. (H.R. 1211)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to John Hoffman, of Madison county, in the State of New York. (H.R. 265)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to John Rogers. (H.R. 1204)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph Wrenn. (H.R. 1206)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Fitzpatrick. (H.R. 1190)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Hosea. (H.R. 1216)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Charlotte E. Reed. (H.R. 702)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth York, widow of Shubal York, late a surgeon in the Fifty-fourth regiment Illinois infantry, volunteers. (H.R. 443)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Isabella Fogg, of the State of Maine. (H.R. 266)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Clements. (H.R. 1052)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Joanna Winans. (H.R. 493)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Mary A. McManus, widow of Captain Andrew McManus, late of the Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. (H.R. 684)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Peter Fisher. (H.R. 1196)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to William Gleason. (H.R. 1205)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting an additional pension to Samuel Downing, one of the last surviving soldiers of the revolutionary war. (H.R. 1125)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mercie E. Scattergood. (H.R. 698)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting an increased pension to John J. Sohan. (H.R. 1053)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting arrears of pension to Lewis A. Horton. (H.R. 1192)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting arrears of pension to Sally Allen. (H.R. 1189)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting back pension to Margaret Boucher. (H.R. 1209)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting back pension to Mary J. Dexter. (H.R. 1194)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Ann Sheehey. (H.R. 461)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Anna E. Ward. (H.R. 459)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Jonathan W. Beach. (H.R. 741)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Lewis W. Dietrich. (H.R. 444)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Mrs. Sally Andrews. (H.R. 462)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Sarah E. Pickell. (H.R. 458)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Spencer Kellogg. (H.R. 460)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pension to Virginia K. V. Moore (H.R. 267)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act In amendment of the several acts relating to the organization of the pension office. (H.R. 278)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Increasing the pension of Isabella Fogg. (H.R. 1191)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Increasing the pension of John Russell. (H.R. 1208)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Increasing the pension of Levi M. Roberts. (H.R. 1210)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Increasing the pensions of widows and orphans, and for other purposes. (H.R. 692)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. (H.R. 363)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To grant a pension to Leonard Saint Clair. (H.R. 371)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Lane with an amendment, viz: Strike out the part in [brackets,] and insert that printed in italics. An Act For the relief of the minor children of Solomon Long. (H.R. 1058)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Stockton with an amendment, viz: In the ninth line, strike out the words within [brackets,] and in lieu thereof insert those printed in italics, and accompanied by a report (No. 47.) An Act For the relief of Catherine Mock. (H.R. 219)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Van Winkle with amendments, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act Increasing the pensions of widows and orphans, and for other purposes. (H.R. 692)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Van Winkle with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. (H.R. 363)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act Declaring Clinton bridge, across the Mississippi river, at Clinton, in the State of Iowa, a post route. (H.R. 965)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act In regard to the compensation of route agents in the Post Office Department. (H.R. 964)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To amend the postal laws. (H.R. 281)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 1182)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 61)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To provide that the ''soldier's individual memorial'' shall be carried through the mails at the usual rate of printed matter. (H.R. 471)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Raymond, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Providing for the appointment of a commission to purchase a site and erect a building for a post office in the city of New York. (H.R. 89)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Dixon with an amendment, viz: At the end of the bill insert what follows printed in italics. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 61)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Ramsey with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 1182)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Van Winkle with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend the postal laws. (H.R. 281)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Printing. Reported by Mr. Anthony with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Providing for the election of a Congressional Printer. (H.R. 1099)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act Authorizing documentary evidence of titles to be furnished to the owners of certain lands in the city of Saint Louis. Whereas within the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, there are many lots, tracts, pieces, and parcels of land which were confirmed by the act of ... (H.R. 15)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act Granting land to A. M. Jess, of Josephine county, Oregon. Whereas the land claimed and settled upon by A. M. Jess, on Applegate river, in Josephine county, State of Oregon, under the provisions of the homestead law of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has since, ... (H.R. 145)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act To confirm unto Augustin Amiot, his legal assigns and representatives, a certain lot of ground in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri. Whereas, under the act of Congress approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled ''An act for the final ... (H.R. 364)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. A Bill Authorizing documentary evidence of titles to be furnished to the owners of certain lands in the city of St. Louis. Whereas within the city of Saint Louis, in the ... (H.R. 15)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and grounds An Act In relation to the unlawful tapping of government water pipes. (H.R. 776)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. An Act For the relief of Charles F. Anderson. (H.R. 143)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. An Act For the relief of Henry S. Davis. (H.R. 820)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. An Act To grade East Capitol street and established Lincoln square. (H.R. 601)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands, An Act For the disposal of the public lands for homestead actual settlement in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida. (H.R. 85)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Amendatory of ''An act for the disposal of the public lands for homestead actual settlement in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida.'' (H.R. 1183)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Amendatory of the pre-emption and homestead laws. (H.R. 807)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Erecting the Territory of Montana into a separate surveying district, and for other purposes. (H.R. 187)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Erecting the Territory of Montana into a surveying district, and for other purposes. (H.R. 466)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the discontinuance of land offices, and authorizing modifications in the limits of said districts. (H.R. 733)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the organization of land districts in the Territories of Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and Montana. (H.R. 746)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting lands to the State of Minnesota, for the establishment of an asylum for the relief of disabled soldiers and sailors of that State and of the United States. (H.R. 734)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from Dalles City, on the Columbia river, to Fort Boise, on the Snake river. (H.R. 910)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Nevada. (H.R. 365)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend ''An act making a grant of lands to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction of the railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior, ''approved May five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 191)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend section two of an act entitled ''An act to authorize the legislatures of the States of Illinois and Tennessee to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in those States.'' (H.R. 553)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend the fifth section of an act entitled ''An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,'' approved July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, so as to extend the time within ... (H.R. 50)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To authorize a departure from the established mode of surveying in certain cases. Whereas, owing to the peculiar habits of settlement of a portion of the people of New Mexico and Arizona, and the irregular configuration of the surface of the country in some parts of the mountainous ... (H.R. 355)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To consolidate the land offices in the several States therein named. (H.R. 747)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To create the office of surveyor general in Idaho Territory. (H.R. 391)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To establish a land office in the Territory of Idaho. (H.R. 249)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To explain and limit ''An act to grant the right of way to the Humboldt Canal Company through the public lands of the United States.'' (H.R. 690)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To quiet the title to certain lands within the corporate limits of the city of Benicia. (H.R. 557)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To remove the office of surveyor general of the States of Iowa and Wisconsin to Plattsmouth, Nebraska. (H.R. 491)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered to be printed. Mr. James, M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Great Salt Lake City to the Colorado river, and to secure to the government of the United States the use of the same for postal, ... (H.R. 455)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To confirm the selection and locations of lands granted to the State of California by the United States. Whereas grants of ... (H.R. 377)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Burleigh, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the city of Yancton, Dakota Territory, to ... (H.R. 497)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. J. M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To develop and reclaim public lands requiring irrigation, and to encourage agriculture, in the Territories of Idaho, ... (H.R. 10)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Kirkwood with an amendment, viz: Insert what is printed in italics. An Act For the disposal of the public lands for homestead actual settlement in the States of Alabama., Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida. (H.R. 85)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Kirkwood with an amendment, viz: Insert what is printed in italics. Recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Kirkwood with an amendment, viz: Insert what is printed in italics. An Act For the disposal of the public lands for homestead actual settlement in ... (H.R. 85)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Pomeroy with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act [For the organization of land districts in the Territories of Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and Montana.] To create the office of surveyor general in the Territory of Montana, ... (H.R. 746)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Stewart with an amendment, viz: Add as an additional section what is printed in italics. An Act To quiet the title to certain lands within the corporate limits of the city of Benicia. (H.R. 557)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Miller, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To ascertain the practicability of having a steamboat navigation from the Chesapeake ... (H.R. 92)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act Amendatory of the organic act of Colorado Territory. (H.R. 1121)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act Amendatory of the organic act of Washington Territory. (H.R. 179)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act Authorizing the reimbursement to the Territory of Nebraska of certain expenses incurred in repelling Indian hostilities. (H.R. 761)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act For the relief of the inhabitants of towns and villages in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. (H.R. 315)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act Setting aside certain proceeds from internal revenue for the erection of penitentiaries in the Territories of Nebraska, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and Dakota. (H.R. 715)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana,'' approved May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 202)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To amend the organic acts of Arizona and New Mexico. (H.R. 950)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To amend the organic acts of the Territories of Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. (H.R. 508)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported by Mr. Wade with an amendment, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets.] An Act To amend the organic acts of the Territories of Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. (H.R. 508)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Authorizing the construction of a jail in and for the District of Columbia. (H.R. 124)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Concerning the fire department of Washington city. (H.R. 183)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act For the relief of William B. Todd. (H.R. 1001)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Legalizing marriages and for other purposes in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 615)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend ''An act to extend the charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad,'' passed March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 230)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act providing for the selection of jurors to serve in the several courts of the District of Columbia.'' (H.R. 24)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the trustees of the Female Orphan Asylum in Georgetown and the Washington City Orphan Asylum in the District of Columbia,'' passed May twenty-four, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. (H.R. 803)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend an act to extend the charter of the president and directors of the Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 358)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend an act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 223)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend the act entitled ''An act to incorporate Newsboys' Home,'' and also for the relief of abandoned children in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 1142)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend the charter of the Washington Gas-light Company. (H.R. 558)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend the law of the District of Columbia in relation to judicial proceedings therein. (H.R. 907)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To annul the thirty-fourth section of the Declaration of Rights of the State of Maryland, so far as it applies to the District of Columbia. (H.R. 564)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To authorize the extension, construction and use by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of a railroad from between Knoxville and the Monocacy Junction into and within the District of Columbia. Whereas it is represented to the present Congress that the Baltimore and ... (H.R. 559)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad into and within the District of Columbia. Whereas it is represented to this present Congress that the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, incorporated by an act ... (H.R. 388)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To establish in the District of Columbia a Reform School for Boys. (H.R. 379)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To extend to certain persons the privilege of admission, in certain cases, to the United States government asylums for the insane. (H.R. 726)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate ''The National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home.'' (H.R. 779)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate ''The Soldiers' and Sailors' Union'' of Washington, District of Columbia. (H.R. 587)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the ''Howard Institute and Home'' of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 482)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the Academy of Music of Washington City. (H.R. 510)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the National Capitol Insurance Company. (H.R. 234)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the National Farm School. (H.R. 802)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the rational Theological Institute. (H.R. 352)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To pay and discharge certain debts and expenditures to the corporation of the city of Washington. (H.R. 710)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To regulate proceedings before justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 571)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Henderson, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To regulate proceedings before justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 571)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Morrill with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To incorporate the National Capitol Insurance Company. (H.R. 234)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Morrill, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To establish in the District of Columbia a Reform School for Boys. (H.R. 379)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Wade with amendments,viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and invert those printed in italics. An Act To authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad into and within the District of Columbia. Whereas ... (H.R. 388)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary An Act To alter the places of holding the circuit courts of the United States for the Rhode Island district. (H.R. 643)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Changing the name of Emil Cohen. (H.R. 661)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Directing a district court to be held at the city of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 62)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Fixing the compensation for the bailiffs and criers of the courts of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 356)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act In relation to the courts of Washington Territory. (H.R. 438)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Providing for an additional term of the circuit court of the United States in the eastern district of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1038)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend ''An act regulating proceedings in criminal cases, and for other purposes,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 635)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 238)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend the act declaring the of officer who shall act as President of the United States in case of vacancies in the office both of President and Vice-President, approved March first, seventeen hundred and ninety-two. (H.R. 2)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To declare the sense of an act entitled ''An act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the payment of certain demands for quartermasters' stores and subsistence supplies furnished to the army of the United States.'' (H.R. 902)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To declare valid and conclusive certain proclamations of the President, and acts done in pursuance thereof, or of his orders, in the suppression of the late rebellion against the United States. (H.R. 859)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To define and punish certain crimes therein named. (H.R. 604)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. (H.R. 598)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of commissioners of the circuit courts of the United States. (H.R. 32)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. (H.R. 473)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To fix the number of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to change certain judicial circuits. (H.R. 334)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To fix the times for the regular meetings of Congress. (H.R. 830)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To limit the time for bringing suits before the Court of Claims. (H.R. 668)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To protect the rights of action of loyal citizens. (H.R. 603)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To provide for the suits, judgments, and business of the United States provisional court for the State of Louisiana. (H.R. 468)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To punish certain crimes in relation to the public securities and currency, and for other purposes. (H.R. 719)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the appointment of clerks and commissioners of bail in the circuit or district courts of the United States. (H.R. 804)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives in preparing for the organization of the House, and for other purposes. (H.R. 874)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the selection of juries for the several courts of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 901)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the terms of the United States courts in the eastern district of New York, and for other purposes. (H.R. 134)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the time and fix the place for holding the circuit court of the United States in the district of Virginia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 563)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the time and places of holding the district court of the United States within and for the district of Maine. (H.R. 84)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To repeal section thirteen of ''An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,'' approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 828)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To repeal section twenty-three of chapter seventy-nine of the acts of the third session of the thirty-seventh Congress, relating to passports. (H.R. 568)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To restore the possession of lands confiscated by the authorities of the States lately in rebellion. (H.R. 805)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Humphreys, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to the circuit and district courts of the United States in the State of Now York. (H.R. 1221)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Moorhead, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To further extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. (H.R. 722)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Raymond, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Chauncey B. Sabin and Peter W. Gray, of Harris county, Texas. (H.R. 294)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. William Lawrence, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prescribe the qualification of officers and attorneys-at-law, and to regulate appointments to office. (H.R. 915)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the same without amendment. Ordered to be printed; the further consideration postponed until December 13, after the morning hour; special order for that day, and from day to day until disposed of Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced ... (H.R. 560)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the practice and define the powers of the Supreme Court of the United States in certain cases arising under the Constitution and laws thereof. (H.R. 1015)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the time and manner of holding elections for Senators in Congress,'' approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 908)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Raymond, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the several acts of Congress relating to naturalization, and for other purposes. (H.R. 88)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Insert the parts in italics. Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend ''An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,'' approved ... (H.R. 605)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed and re-committed to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Dawes, on leave introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled an ''An act farther to provide for the collection of duties on ... (H.R. 141)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Eggleston, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the judicial system of the United States. (H.R. 170)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. J. F. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prescribe an oath for public officers and members of the bar, and for other purposes. (H.R. 239)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Woodbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Regulating the salaries of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 370)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Green Clay Smith, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate ''The United States Mutual Protection Homestead Company.'' (H.R. 26)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Green Clay Smith, on leave, introduced the ... (H.R. 26)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, the further consideration postponed to January 10, made a special order from day to day till disposed of, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Extending the right of suffrage in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 1)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Clark with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 238)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Frelinghuysen with an amendment, viz: Strike out the part in [brackets] and insert that printed in italics. An Act To restore the possession of lands confiscated by the authorities of the States lately in rebellion. (H.R. 805)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Harris, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To fix the times for the regular meetings of Congress. (H.R. 830)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Hendricks, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To define and punish certain crimes therein named. (H.R. 604)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Poland with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. (H.R. 598)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull with amendments, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To declare the sense of an act entitled ''An act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the payment of certain demands for ... (H.R. 902)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all of section two after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed italics. An Act To fix the number of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to change certain judicial circuits. (H.R. 334)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the farther consideration postponed until Friday December 11, after the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert substitute. Mr. W. Lawrence, on leave, introduced the following ... (H.R. 418)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Militia. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Abner C. Harding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill [To educate the militia of the United States.] (H.R. 102)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. A. W. Hubbard, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Amending an act entitled ''An act for a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to ... (H.R. 129)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. R. T. Van Horn, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad, connecting the great lakes, Iowa, ... (H.R. 378)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Imogene Buckingham, of Edgar county, Illinois. (H.R. 701)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish certain mail routes in the State of California. (H.R. 724)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Grinnell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the postal laws regulating the compensation of postmasters. (H.R. 151)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Spalding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of telegraph lines, and to secure to the government the use ... (H.R. 575)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. An Act To authorize the issuing of a military land warrant to Frederick Berlin, assignee of the heirs of Peter Hess, deceased. (H.R. 556)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reported back with amendments, and ordered to be printed: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Higby, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the city of Stockton to the town of ... (H.R. 865)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reported back with an amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Chaves, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the inhabitants of towns and villages in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. (H.R. 315)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. A. W. Hubbard, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the State of Iowa in alternate sections to aid in the construction of the Iowa Central ... (H.R. 413)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Ordered to be printed. Mr. J. M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the organic acts of the Territories of Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. (H.R. 508)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making appropriation for the survey of the boundary between the State of Oregon and Territory of Idaho. (H.R. 251)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Denny, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to the courts of Washington Territory. (H.R. 438)

Read twice and referred to the Committee, on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Altazera L. Willcox, of Chenango county, in the State of New York. (H.R. 264)

Read twice and referred to the Joint Committee on Printing. An Act Providing for the election of a Congressional Printer. (H.R. 1099)

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Henderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Columbia river to Salt Lake City. (H.R. 679)

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon. (H.R. 138)

Read twice and referred, to the Committee on the Judiciary. A Bill To enforce the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Whereas the Congress of the United States, at the second session of the thirty-eighth Congress, proposed to the several States for adoption the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution, which has now, by ... (H.R. 956)

Read twice and reported to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. (H.R. 904)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Providing for the punishment of certain crimes therein named in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 431)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Morrill with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and in lieu thereof insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend an act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 223)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Setting aside certain proceeds from internal revenue for the erection of penitentiaries in the Territories of Nebraska, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, ... (H.R. 715)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Rudd, of Henry county, Iowa. (H.R. 825)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Johnson A. Dawson, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky. (H.R. 823)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following Joint resolution: Joint Resolution For the adjustment of the claim of Edward Blanchard, executor of Captain Evan M. Buchanon. (H.R. 824)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry S. Davis. (H.R. 820)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jenckes, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Ball. (H.R. 550)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. W. B. Washburn, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To pay and discharge certain debts and expenditures to the corporation of the city of Washington. (H.R. 710)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To declare the meaning of certain parts of the internal revenue act, approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other purposes. (H.R. 201)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spalding, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President to appoint certain officers of his household and fixing their salaries. (H.R. 211)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday next, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the ... (H.R. 912)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Saturday, 23d instant, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the ... (H.R. 1184)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, 13th, after the morning, hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service ... (H.R. 876)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, 22d day of February, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Kasson, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the ... (H.R. 280)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, the 22d, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian ... (H.R. 387)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday evening, February 13, and from day to day till disposed of Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend existing laws relating to internal revenue. (H.R. 1161)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Motion to reconsider the vote of commitment pending. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To double the pensions of those who were made pensioners by the casualties of the late war; to pay the damages done to loyal ... (H.R. 63)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bingham moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was committed. Mr. Bingham, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide increased revenue from imported wool, and for other purposes. (H.R. 793)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for other ... (H.R. 492)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who served in the late war for the Union. (H.R. 602)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the States lately in rebellion to retain their privileges in the Union. Whereas the eleven States which lately formed the government called the ''Confederate States of ... (H.R. 623)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered, to be printed. Mr. Ross, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Wyandot tribe of Indians. Whereas, by the seventh article of the treaty of January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, ... (H.R. 432)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, made a special order for to-morrow, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations to supply deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing for the year ... (H.R. 500)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Friday, January 4, 1867. A Bill Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. (H.R. 904)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for January 17, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth ... (H.R. 122)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for January 4, 1867. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending ... (H.R. 903)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for May 3, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide internal ... (H.R. 513)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday next, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Kasson, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during ... (H.R. 918)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday, February 12, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial ... (H.R. 213)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday, February 19, after the morning hour, and from day to day, till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval ... (H.R. 1176)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday, July 23, 1866. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of ... (H.R. 791)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Saturday, February 9, and from day to day until disposed of Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ... (H.R. 1126)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, February 15, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the consular ... (H.R. 261)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, the 18th instant, and from day to day, until disposed of, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the ... (H.R. 127)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for to-morrow, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations and to supply deficiencies in ... (H.R. 1227)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Tuesday, 19th instant, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ... (H.R. 1173)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Tuesday, 29th instant, after the morning hour, from day to day. Mr. Kasson, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses ... (H.R. 1039)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Tuesday, July 3, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses ... (H.R. 737)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Tuesday, May 1, after the morning hour, and from day to day until disposed of Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the uses of the Bureau ... (H.R. 545)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday next, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the construction, ... (H.R. 919)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday, 14th instant, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and ... (H.R. 255)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday, July 11, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Kasson, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the reimbursement to the ... (H.R. 761)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday, March 14, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for ... (H.R. 360)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made a special order of the day for January 12, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy ... (H.R. 37)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, 18th, made a special order for that, day, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations ... (H.R. 896)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, from the Committee of Claims, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Hooper, of Baltimore, Maryland. (H.R. 967)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the pavement of a portion of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street west with the Nicolson pavement. (H.R. 1175)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKee, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph H. J. Rutter, of Baltimore, Maryland. (H.R. 1169)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thornton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Balmer and Weber, of Saint Louis, Missouri. (H.R. 821)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thornton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George W. Ashburn. (H.R. 1171)

Read twice, committed, to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Timothy Leyden. (H.R. 822)

Read twice, committed, to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To reorganize the Treasury Department and fix the pay of its officers. (H.R. 796)

Read twice, made special order for Thursday, December 6, after morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To fix the times for the regular meetings of Congress. (H.R. 830)

Read twice, ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and motion to reconsider pending. Mr. Alley, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the postal laws. (H.R. 281)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Friday next, after the morning hour. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating trade with the British North American possessions (H.R. 337)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Friday, the 13th, after the morning hour. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and ... (H.R. 771)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, May 10, after reading the journal, and from day to day until disposed of Mr. Stevens, from the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction, reported the following bill: A Bill Declaring certain persons ineligible to office under the government of the United States. (H.R. 544)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, the 8th, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and means to support the government,'' approved March third, ... (H.R. 207)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday, May 9th, after reading the journal, and from day to day until disposed of Mr. Stevens, from the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for restoring to the States lately in insurrection their full political rights. Whereas it ... (H.R. 543)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Mr McKee, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of William G. Lee. (H.R. 629)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Delano, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill. A Bill For the relief of Francis A. Gibbons. (H.R. 386)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Sloan, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase certain property for military purposes. Whereas the government of the United States, on the fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, took ... (H.R. 666)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and made the order of the day for to-morrow. Insert the parts in italics. Mr. McKee, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit ... (H.R. 629)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sloan, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of War to purchase ... (H.R. 666)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Conckling, from the Committee of Ways a Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Declaring money on hand not exempt from taxation. (H.R. 410)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Hogan, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To compensate the North Missouri Railroad Company, of Missouri, for losses sustained during the rebellion in performing government service, and to allow a credit on duties to be ... (H.R. 1232)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the issue of bonds for funding the obligations of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 117)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To reorganize the Treasury Department and fix the pay of its officers. (H.R. 696)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Accounts. Mr. Rollins, from the Committee on Accounts, reported the following bill: A Bill A bill to equalize the pay of the officers and employees of the House of Representatives, to prohibit the allowance of extra compensation, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1133)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Accounts. Mr. Rollins, from the Committee on Accounts, reported the following bill: A Bill A bill to equalize the pay of the officers and employees of the House of Representatives, to prohibit the allowance of extra compensation, and for other purposes. (H.R. 789)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Bidwell, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish the Department of Agriculture. (H.R. 1057)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported back and modified, by unanimous consel, and ordered to be printed as modified. Mr. Bidwell, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish the Department of Agriculture. (H.R. 1057)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill Making additional appropriations, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations, for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, ... (H.R. 86)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency, with leave to report at any time after the morning hour. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States ... (H.R. 677)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate and secure the safe-keeping of public money intrusted to disbursing officers of the United States. (H.R. 621)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Mr. S. J. Randall, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the issue of treasury notes, not bearing interest, to be used in providing a sinking fund for the extinguishment of the national debt. (H.R. 1006)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Eggleston, from the committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to provide for the safety of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, to regulate the salaries of steamboat inspectors, and for other ... (H.R. 477)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to encourage immigration,'' approved July four, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the act entitled ''An act to regulate the carriage of ... (H.R. 481)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Longyear, from the Committee on Commerce reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the building of light-houses therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1166)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Motion to reconsider recommitment pending. Mr. Patterson, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the defence of the northeastern frontier. (H.R. 1042)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the administrators of the estate of the late Almon W. Babbitt, secretary of Utah. (H.R. 150)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Coffroth, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to the officers and soldiers of the war with Great Britain of eighteen hundred and twelve, and those engaged in Indian wars during that period. (H.R. 665)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Perham, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. (H.R. 363)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, and motion to reconsider pending. Mr. Ancona, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. (H.R. 473)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Ancona, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act making appropriations,'' and so forth, approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, giving additional bounties to discharged ... (H.R. 1049)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Deming, on leave, introduced the following bill. A Bill To establish and to protect national cemeteries. (H.R. 788)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reorganize and establish the army of the United States. (H.R. 361)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Julian, from the Committee on Public Lands, introduced the following bill: A Bill Amendatory or ''An act for the disposal of the public lands for homestead actual settlement in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida.'' (H.R. 1183)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Burt Van Horn, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To construct a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. Whereas the exposed and unprotected condition of our extended northern frontier demands that immediate ... (H.R. 344)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Motion to reconsider commitment pending. Mr. James F. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To declare and protect all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States in the several States. (H.R. 1037)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on the Judiciary, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports.'' (H.R. 594)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Cook, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Amendatory of ''An act to amend an act entitled 'An act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,''' approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 755)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Cook, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the creation of a National Bureau of Insurance. (H.R. 738)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Cook, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other ... (H.R. 872)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the regulation of appointments to, and removals from, office. (H.R. 664)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be printed with amendments, and the further consideration postponed until Thursday, December 6, immediately after the reading of the journal. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the regulation of ... (H.R. 664)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be printed with amendments, and the further consideration postponed until Thursday, December 6, immediately after the reading of the journal. Ordered to be printed as amended, with proposed amendments, and postponed to Thursday, after the morning hour. ... (H.R. 664)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with amendments; amendments agreed to. Mr. O'Neill moved a further amendment--pending--ordered to be printed as amended and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, with the pending amendment. Strike out the part within [brackets] and insert ... (H.R. 872)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Militia. Mr. G. Clay Smith, from the Committee on the Militia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia and organizing an active militia force throughout the United States. (H.R. 501)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Militia. Mr. Paine, from the Committee on the Militia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1041)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Militia. Mr. Paine, from the Committee on the Militia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1145)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Price, from the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad, in California, to Portland, or the navigable ... (H.R. 339)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Sidney Clark, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of a southern branch of the Union Pacific railway and telegraph, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, ... (H.R. 325)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Julian, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the survey and sale of the lands of the United States containing gold, silver, and other valuable minerals, for the assaying and coining of such minerals, and ... (H.R. 322)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Julian, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To quiet land titles in California. Whereas grants of land have been heretofore made to the State of California, to wit: By the eighth section of the act of September ... (H.R. 599)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts italics. Mr. Julian, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A ... (H.R. 322)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a territorial government for the Indian territory. (H.R. 1181)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on War Debts of the Loyal States. Mr. Blaine, from the Committee on War Debts of the Loyal States, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the States that have furnished troops to the Union army, for advances made and expenses incurred in raising the same. Whereas the ... (H.R. 282)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Joint, Select Committee on Retrenchment. Mr. Jenckes, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate the civil service of the United States, and promote the efficiency thereof. (H.R. 889)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on Air Line Road to New York, and motion to reconsider the recommitment-pending. Mr. Stevens, from the Select Committee on Air Line Railroad to New York, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the building of a military and postal railroad from Washington, District ... (H.R. 632)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Price, from the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported the following bill: A Bill To secure the speedy construction of the Northern Pacific railroad and telegraph line, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, ... (H.R. 414)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on War Debts of Loyal States, and that the same be continued as now organized, with leave to report during the next session by bill or otherwise. Mr. Blaine, from the Select Committee on War Debts of Loyal States, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the States ... (H.R. 631)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on War Debts of Loyal States. Mr. Blaine, from the Select Committee on War Debts of Loyal States, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the States that have furnished troops to the Union army for advances made and expenses incurred in raising the same. Whereas the ... (H.R. 998)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted, to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Baldwin, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish, in the District of Columbia, a Reform School for Boys. (H.R. 379)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prevent officers of the navy from being deprived of their regular promotion on account of wounds received in battle. (H.R. 667)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Rogers, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Constituting eight hours a day's work, for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the government of the United States. (H.R. 291)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Rogers, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To equalize bounties. (H.R. 293)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Thayer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the act declaring the officer who shall act as President of the United States in case of vacancies in the office both of President and Vice-President, approved March one, seventeen hundred and ... (H.R. 2)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, Mr. Windom, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting the State of Iowa lands in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of the St. Louis and Cedar Rapids railroad. (H.R. 655)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Sidney Clarke, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the act of March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State, and an act ... (H.R. 41)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to the second Monday of December next, after the morning hour. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a system of education for the army of the United States, and to provide that all promotion therein shall be from the ranks. (H.R. 817)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, December 13, and made a special order after the morning hour. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To prevent the reception and counting of illegal electoral votes in the election of President and Vice President of ... (H.R. 875)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, July 3, after the morning hour. Mr. J. F. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Explanatory of an act entitled ''An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line ... (H.R. 753)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday the 11th instant, after the morning hour. Mr. Kelley, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept League island, in the Delaware river, for naval purposes. (H.R. 452)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday the 18th of July. Mr. Niblack, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for and to regulate the compensation of senators, representatives, and delegates in Congress. (H.R. 781)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, postponed to Saturday, July 14, after the morning hour, and made a special order. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To protect the revenue, and for other purposes. (H.R. 780)

Read twice, ordered, to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to the second Tuesday of December next, after the morning hour. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of national railroads, and establish the same as post, military, and commercial roads. (H.R. 465)

Read twice, pending at the expiration of the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Hubbard, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James C. Cook. (H.R. 760)

Read twice, postponed until Friday, December 7, after the morning hour, made the special order for that time, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate removals from office. (H.R. 832)

Read twice, referred to a Select Committee of seven members, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the building of a military and postal railroad from Washington, District of Columbia, to the city of New York. Whereas the necessities of the general government require the construction of ... (H.R. 91)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the act entitled ''An act to incorporate a 'Newsboys' Home,''' and also for the relief of abandoned children in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 1142)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize a special tax for the purpose of improving the Washington City canal. (H.R. 502)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the National Burglary Insurance Company of Washington, District of Columbia. (H.R. 1087)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Washington Canal Company, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Whereas the mayor, board of aldermen, and board of common council of the city of Washington, ... (H.R. 503)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the establishment and maintenance of a public park in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 748)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McCullough, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the extension construction and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, into and within the District of Columbia. Whereas, it is represented to this present ... (H.R. 388)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of a penitentiary, jail, and house of correction in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 625)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alonzo Hyde. (H.R. 863)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the distribution of the reward offered by the President for the capture of Jefferson Davis. (H.R. 1021)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawes, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To fix the time for the election of representatives and delegates in the Congress of the United States. (H.R. 851)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Julian, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Concerning the elective franchise in the Territories of the United States, and the admission of new States into the Union. (H.R. 569)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. A. C. Harding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend ''An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as amended ... (H.R. 299)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chanler, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a national school of science. (H.R. 1222)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for examinations of the Treasury Department, and other executive departments. (H.R. 1029)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hooper, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend ''An act to provide ways and means to support the government,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 405)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Relating to the currency of the United States. (H.R. 407)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from selling gold. (H.R. 1101)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish additional offices for the assay of gold and silver, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Trimble, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal the tax on cotton and sugar. (H.R. 1070)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To reorganize the Department of Agriculture. (H.R. 881)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the payment of the reward offered by the President of the United States, in April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, for the capture of Jefferson Davis. (H.R. 970)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ward, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide means for the payment of the militia of the State of New York for their services in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 485)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Declaring certain obligations of the United States and national bank currency subject to taxation under State authority. Whereas, by several acts of Congress, divers obligations of the United States ... (H.R. 515)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend section forty-one of the act to provide a national currency, and so forth, approved June three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 626)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting further time and facilities for the conversion of State banks into national banks. (H.R. 524)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kuykendall, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a true national currency, and to provide for the collection and disbursement of the revenue, and the liquidation of the national debt, and for other purposes. (H.R. 935)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lynch, on leave introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the resumption of specie payment. (H.R. 1113)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lynch, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide against undue expansions and contractions of the currency. (H.R. 1114)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. S. J. Randall, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the issue of treasury notes, not hearing interest, to be used in providing a sinking fund for the extinguishment of the national debt. (H.R. 952)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Trimble, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal the tax on State bank circulation. (H.R. 1104)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To fix the standard of weights and measures. (H.R. 252)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Darling, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. (H.R. 196)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to the revenue cutter service. (H.R. 899)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To fix the compensation of the officers of the revenue cutter service, and for other purposes. (H.R. 900)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eggleston, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Further to provide for the safety of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, to regulate the salaries of steamboat inspectors, and for other purposes. (H.R. 343)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eggleston, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1154)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to the merchant marine of the United States. (H.R. 1163)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of a ship channel across the Pass a I'Outre, at the mouth of the Mississippi river, and for other purposes. (H.R. 562)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To limit the liability of ship-owners, concerning maritime liens, and for other purposes. (H.R. 64)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend ''An act further to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 1019)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the improvement of certain harbors in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 263)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hogan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river, at the Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids. (H.R. 236)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hunter, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To facilitate the establishment of a naval and marine coal depot on the eastern shore of New Jersey, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1100)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Relating to pilots and pilot regulations. (H.R. 70)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To create the collection district of Corpus Christi, and for other purposes. (H.R. 676)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northwestern, and northeastern frontiers, and for other purposes. (H.R. 307)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the admission of the States of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada East, and Canada West, and for the organization of the Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and Columbia. (H.R. 754)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to Round Valley and other Indian reservations in northern California. (H.R. 572)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Denny, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To indemnify the citizens of the Territory of Washington and State of Oregon for property destroyed by Indians in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 1023)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Arapahoes, Cheyenne, and Sioux Indians. Whereas during the past two years certain bands of ... (H.R. 505)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries committed by certain bands of Arapaho, Cheyenne, Sioux, and other hostile Indians. Whereas during the past three ... (H.R. 946)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. G. F. Miller, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve with Great Britain. (H.R. 853)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve with Great Britain. (H.R. 165)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue to army and navy pensioners their pensions, notwithstanding their appointments to civil office. (H.R. 923)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Taylor, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To increase the pensions of certain disabled officers of the volunteer service. (H.R. 570)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Relating to acting assistant surgeons in the United States army. (H.R. 608)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hawkins, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States,'' approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 895)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to an act entitled ''An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes,'' ... (H.R. 926)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kasson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To restore the jurisdiction of Indian affairs to the Department of War. (H.R. 960)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lynch, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide military instruction in colleges established under an act entitled ''An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture ... (H.R. 499)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to an act granting additional bounty to certain enlisted soldiers, approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred. and sixty-six. Whereas a number of cases have arisen in which enlisted ... (H.R. 953)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To place all officers of the army on the same footing therein as to allowances of extra rations for volunteer service. (H.R. 898)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who served in the late war for the Union. (H.R. 836)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To reduce and establish the pay of officers and to regulate the pay of soldiers of the army of the United States. (H.R. 450)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shellabarger, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ellen Sanderson, widow of Colonel John P. Sanderson, the provost marshal general of Missouri. (H.R. 275)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sidney, Clarke, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (H.R. 1118)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Trowbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a commission for the settlement of claims against the government of the United States held by loyal citizens of East Tennessee. Whereas a large number of loyal citizens of East Tennessee ... (H.R. 686)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ward, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Giving bounty land and money to United States soldiers who served in the late rebellion. (H.R. 8)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who served in ... (H.R. 836)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delos R. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting to A. Sutro the right of way, and granting other privileges, to aid in the construction of a draining and exploring tunnel to the Comstock lode, in the State of Nevada. (H.R. 687)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Higby, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To legalize the occupation of the public mineral lands and to extend the right of pre-emption thereto. (H.R. 786)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal so much of the act approved April seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, chapter forty-five, section one, as appropriates the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the purchase of the right of ... (H.R. 995)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the establishment of one or more naval depots on the northern and northwestern lakes of the United States. (H.R. 864)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the annual publication of a separate report of the progress of the survey of the northern and northwestern lakes. (H.R. 877)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chavis, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For ascertaining and settling private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 1159)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer, on leave introduced the following bill: A Bill To confirm unto Augustin Amiot, his legal assigns and representatives, a certain lot of ground in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri. Whereas, under the act of Congress approved June ... (H.R. 364)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the purchase by the United States of the farm of the late Robert Isherwood. (H.R. 1152)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the citizens of Benicia, in Solano county, State of California. (H.R. 269)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To confirm the selection and locations of certain lands granted to the State of California by the United States, and for other purposes. Whereas grants of land have been heretofore made to the State of ... (H.R. 441)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the State of California to reclaim the dry and sterile lands within the limits of said State. (H.R. 403)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To facilitate the selection of lands granted to the State of California by the United States. Whereas grants of land have been heretofore made to the State of California, to wit: By the eighth section of the ... (H.R. 270)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To quiet the title to certain lands ceded by the United States to the States. (H.R. 53)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of a wagon road, for military and postal purposes, through the Territories of Dakota and Montana. (H.R. 996)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Amendatory of the pre-emption and homestead laws. (H.R. 783)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the disposal of the public lands for homestead actual settlement in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida. (H.R. 85)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the issue of patents for lands in certain cases. (H.R. 67)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To confirm title to certain lands in California and provide for survey of same. Whereas in California many grantees of land from the Mexican government had, prior to anno Domini eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 68)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Defrees, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To re-establish civil governments in the States lately in rebellion, and enable them to resume their former relations with the States of the American Union. Whereas, in the year of our Lord one thousand ... (H.R. 1106)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. H. D. Washburn, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To re-establish civil government in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, and to restore said States to the ... (H.R. 985)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the loyal citizens of the United States residing in States whose constitutional governments were usurped or overthrown by the recent rebellion, (after accepting certain conditions therein ... (H.R. 54)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. James M. Ashley,on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To guarantee a republican form of government to the States of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. Whereas, in the years ... (H.R. 1108)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To secure equal political rights to every citizen of the United States. Whereas the United States are required by the Constitution thereof ''to guarantee to every State in this Union'' '' a republican form ... (H.R. 256)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ward, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To guarantee to certain States that have been in rebellion a republican form of government. (H.R. 856)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To construct a canal to improve the Upper rapids and Lower or Des Moines rapids of the Mississippi river. (H.R. 20)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Latham, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the State of West Virginia to aid in the construction of certain railroads. (H.R. 144)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home,'' approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and whereby certain corporate rights ... (H.R. 848)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Blaine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the National Safe Deposit Company of Washington. (H.R. 338)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a complete and uniform plan of sewerage of the city of Washington, and to provide for such improvement and regulation of the tide-water front of said city and of the canals and ... (H.R. 288)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingersoll, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Washington and Georgetown Canal and Sewerage Company. (H.R. 983)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Maynard, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the law of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 907)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Noell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the elective franchise in the District of Columbia.'' (H.R. 987)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Welker, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a system of education for the public schools of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 961)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. F. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To fix the number of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to change certain judicial circuits. (H.R. 334)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. O'Neill, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to an act entitled ''An act to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes,'' ... (H.R. 335)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To regulate the selection of juries for the several courts of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 901)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bingham, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To declare valid and conclusive certain proclamations of the President, and acts done in pursuance thereof, or of his orders, in the suppression of the late rebellion against the United States. (H.R. 859)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports.'' (H.R. 509)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Broomall, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Regulating the appointment of certain public officers. (H.R. 833)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cook, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 298)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cook, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the United States to recover the value of property of which it has been defrauded. (H.R. 1002)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cook, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To limit the time for bringing suits before the Court of Claims. (H.R. 668)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To declare the ratification of the fourteenth article of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the first session thirty-ninth Congress. Whereas during the first session of the thirty-ninth ... (H.R. 1155)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delano, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To give construction to the act of June twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, increasing the pay of soldiers of the army, and to the act of March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, amending the ... (H.R. 1179)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Farquhar, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Directing all writs and processes issuing from United States courts to be in the name of ''The People of the United States,'' and the forms of writs and pleadings, practice and procedure in the several ... (H.R. 1073)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Farquhar, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To make treason odious by disfranchising within the District of Columbia all persons who voluntarily bore arms against the United States or accepted or exercised the functions of office from or under the ... (H.R. 860)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Finck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prescribe the oath of office. (H.R. 171)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. F. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To punish certain crimes in relation to the public securities and currency, and for other purposes. (H.R. 719)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To organize a United States court for the Indian Territory. (H.R. 929)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jenckes, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the civil service of the United States. (H.R. 60)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kelley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To create and organize a department to be called the Department of Internal Revenue. (H.R. 831)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lynch, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To protect the public credit and to prevent bribery and corruption. (H.R. 749)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rogers, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal all acts of Congress exempting government bonds and securities from federal, municipal, or State taxation, and empowering the States to tax them the same as other property, and imposing a ... (H.R. 292)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shellabarger, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Declaring the forfeiture of certain privileges of citizenship by acts of rebellion against the United States, and providing for the restoration of those privileges in certain cases. (H.R. 978)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shellbarger, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To declare and protect all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States in the several States. (H.R. 437)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spalding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the judicial system of the United States. (H.R. 59)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ward, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To punish for the removal of dead bodies from the grave or other place of interment in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 1)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to guardians of minors in the District of Columbia, their appointment, powers, and duties. (H.R. 1076)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To create the office of surrogate of the District of Columbia, provide for the appointment of a surrogate, and define his powers and duties. (H.R. 1075)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the appointment of a marshal for the District of Columbia, and to change the mode of appointing that officer. (H.R. 1077)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments, amendments agreed to, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, with leave to report at any time, after the morning hour, after giving one day's notice. Mr. Bingham, on leave, introduced the following ... (H.R. 859)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.; Mr. G. F. Miller, on leave, introduced the following bill. A Bill To provide for the appointment of assessors and collectors of internal revenue throughout the United States. (H.R. 880)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kasson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enforce a provision of the eighth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Whereas it is declared by the eighth amendment of the Constitution of the United ... (H.R. 1080)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 914)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Denny, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Puget sound or Admiralty inlet, in Washington Territory, to the Columbia river. (H.R. 439)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for ... (H.R. 1115)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To facilitate the construction of a branch of the Union Pacific railroad from Sioux City to the head of Lake Superior. (H.R. 1033)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Goodwin, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes. (H.R. 1025)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. James M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Colorado river to the Pacific Central railroad, and to secure to the government of the United States the use of the same ... (H.R. 1109)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kasson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend ''An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, ... (H.R. 401)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sidney Clarke, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the city of Lawrence, in the State of Kansas, to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico in the ... (H.R. 1117)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Reported back, amended, and ordered to be printed as amended, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, January 8, after the morning hour, and made a special order for that day. Mr. Denny, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting ... (H.R. 439)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the construction of a government telegraph from Washington to New York city. (H.R. 892)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hogan, on leave, introduced the following bill A Bill To repeal the second section of an act to authorize the construction of certain bridges, and to establish them as post roads. (H.R. 827)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kasson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the purchase or construction of military and postal lines of telegraph, under the direction of the Post Office Department. (H.R. 891)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the establishment, of ocean mail steamship service between the United States and the Sandwich islands. (H.R. 1089)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Milwaukie and Prairie du Chien Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi river, and to establish a post route. (H.R. 375)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To punish obstructions of railways used for the transportation of the United States mails. (H.R. 1034)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. R. T. Van Horn, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river, and to declare the same a post route. (H.R. 721)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a canal in the State of California. (H.R. 906)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the State of California to aid in the construction of a certain wagon road for military and postal purposes. (H.R. 670)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To encourage the construction of a telegraph line between the State of California and the Territory of Idaho. (H.R. 689)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making a grant of lands to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction of a branch railroad from the waters of Lake Superior to the British possessions. (H.R. 784)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To encourage experiments in the growth of forest trees upon the western plains. (H.R. 619)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To protect the rights of actual settlers upon the public lands of the United States. (H.R. 990)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Driggs, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the States of Wisconsin and Michigan to aid in the construction of the Wisconsin and Lake Superior railroad and its branch. (H.R. 1050)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid and encourage emigration from Europe to the upper peninsula of Michigan. (H.R. 302)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Ceding the public lands to the several States in which they lie. Whereas the public lands of the United States have ceased to be a source of revenue to the general government, and a return to the ... (H.R. 785)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of a wagon road from Columbus, Nebraska, to Virginia City, Montana Territory. (H.R. 539)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the geological survey of the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 649)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. M. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in establishing a line of traction engines and wagons from the Missouri river to the Rocky mountains, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other ... (H.R. 652)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon. (H.R. 717)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To confirm to the State of California and purchasers under her laws, selections of land made in part satisfaction of the various acts of donations by Congress. (H.R. 309)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRuer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To quiet title to land in the town of Santa Clara, in the State of California. (H.R. 878)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the sale of the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. Whereas the public reservation known as the Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkansas, is now held and occupied without color of title by ... (H.R. 1035)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sidney, Clarke, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad and its extension to Red river. (H.R. 535)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid ... (H.R. 906)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed Mr. Bradford, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the admission of the State of Colorado into the Union, and for other purposes. Whereas, on the twenty-first day of March, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, Congress ... (H.R. 182)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hitchcock, on leave introduced the following bill: A Bill Appropriating certain of the proceeds of internal revenue in the Territory of Nebraska for the purpose of erecting a penitentiary and completing the capitol in said Territory. (H.R. 538)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Julian, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Providing civil governments for the districts lately in revolt against the United States, and for the restoration of said districts to their forfeited rights as States of the Union. Whereas the people of ... (H.R. 894)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To re-establish civil government in North Carolina, and enable it to resume its former relations as one of the constituent States of the American Union. Whereas, on the twentieth day of May, anno Domini ... (H.R. 882)

Read twice, referred to the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bidwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Respecting the town site of Shasta, California. (H.R. 959)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee of seven members, and ordered to be printed Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of a line of railway communication between the cities of Washington and New York, and to constitute the same a public highway and a military road and postal route of ... (H.R. 96)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee of Seven, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a National Bureau of Education. (H.R. 276)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on a Uniform System of Bankruptcy, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jenckes, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. (H.R. 7)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on a Uniform System of Bankruptcy, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, 30th instant, after morning hour, and from day to day until disposed of Strike out the parts within (brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. ... (H.R. 7)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Free Schools in the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a system of common schools for the District of Columbia. Whereas the capital of a great nation, though a political necessity, is generally a social evil; and ... (H.R. 1086)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Beaman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue in force and to amend an act entitled ''An act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 330)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eliot, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees.'' (H.R. 87)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, the 23d instant, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Eliot, on leave, ... (H.R. 87)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Military and Postal Railroad from Washington to New York, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the building of a military and postal railroad from Cumberland, or the river Potomac, in the State of Maryland, to the city of Pittsburg, in ... (H.R. 424)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Military and Postal Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania, to continue and construct the ... (H.R. 537)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Military and Postal Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To promote the construction of a line of railways between the city of Washington and the northwest, for national purposes. Whereas there is now a complete line of railroad between the ... (H.R. 527)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Blaine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Providing for a special enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States prior to October first, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 220)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. F. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting land to the Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad Company, and for other purposes. (H.R. 304)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Ordered to be printed as amended and also as proposed. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. J. F. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting land to the Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad ... (H.R. 304)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on the War Debts of the Loyal States, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Loan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the State of Missouri for moneys expended for the United States. (H.R. 301)

Read twice, referred, to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hotchkiss, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To encourage education in agriculture and mechanic arts. (H.R. 350)

Read twice, reported to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Delos R. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To explain and limit ''An act to grant the right of way to the Humboldt Canal Company through the public lands of the United States,'' approved, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six. ... (H.R. 690)

Read twice, the further consideration postponed till to-morrow morning after the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hotchkiss, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the payment of the rewards offered by the President of the United States and the officers of the War Department, in April and May, ... (H.R. 801)

Read two, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Brandegee, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for one or more naval stations on the northwestern lakes. (H.R. 653)

Read, twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. (H.R. 127)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations with Senate amendments. Reported back, ordered to be printed with Senate amendments, and the further consideration postponed until to-morrow. Strike out parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making additional appropriations, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations, for ... (H.R. 86)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations with Senate amendments. Reported recommending concurrence in some amendments and disagreeing to others of Senate's amendments, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday, April 4, and made the order from day to day, after the morning hour, and until disposed of. An Act ... (H.R. 122)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, with Senate's amendments, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending ... (H.R. 387)

Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Mr. Hotchkiss, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To exempt certain public lands from taxation. (H.R. 716)

Reported back by Mr. Windom, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to bill H.R. 572. A Bill To provide for the care and maintenance of the Indians in northern California. (H.R. 572)

Reported by Mr. Boutwell, from the Committee on the Judiciary, in addition to House bill No. 2, ordered to be printed, and recommitted. Motion pending to reconsider the motion to recommit. Insert the part in italics. Amendment By Mr. Boutwell to H.R. No. 2, to amend the act declaring the officer who shall act as President of the United States in ... (H.R. 2)