A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 38th Congress

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Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John P. Brown, secretary and dragoman of the legation of the United States at Constantinople. (H.R. 813)

Mr. Allison, from the Committee of Public Lands, reported a substitute for bill H.R. 159. Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill For a grant of lands to the Senate of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State. (H.R. 159)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 424) ''to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,'' reported the same with the following amendment, viz: Strike out all of the bill after the enacting clause and insert the following in lieu thereof. Amendment. (H.R. 424)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 424) ''to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,'' reported the same with the following amendment, viz: Strike out all of the bill after the enacting clause and insert the following in lieu thereof. Ordered to be printed. Amendment. (H.R. 424)

Mr. J. R. Morris, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported back House bill No. 169, with the following amendment in the nature of a substitute, with a report. Ordered, That report and substitute be printed, and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Amendment In the nature of a substitute to House bill No. 169, ... (H.R. 169)

Mr. Schenck reported from the Committee on Military Affairs the following bill, which was amended by striking out the first and second sections, and the fourth section amended as indicated by italics, ordered to be printed with pending amendment of Mr. Broomall, in the nature of a substitute, and pending amendment of Mr. Garfield to strike out ... (H.R. 75)

Ordered to be printed with Senate's amendments, and recommitted to the Select Committee on Freedmen's Affairs. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. An Act To establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. (H.R. 51)

Ordered to be printed with Senate's amendments, Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part in italics. An Act Further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes. (H.R. 549)

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. An Act To provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof. (H.R. 395)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment By Mr. Ashley, in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 740. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (H.R. 740)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute, proposed by Mr. Stevens, to H.R. 772. (H.R. 772)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute, proposed by Mr. Wilson, to the bill (H.R. 740) to establish the supremacy of the Constitution in the insurrectionary States. (H.R. 740)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Conness to bill, (H.R. 26,) reviving the grade of Lieutenant General in the United States army, viz: in line seven, after the words ''Lieutenant General,'' insert the following: (H.R. 26)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Conness to the bill (H.R. 405) to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, viz: On page 140, section 93, strike out lines 348, 349, and 350, and in lieu thereof insert the following: (H.R. 405)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Doolittle to the bill (H.R. 395) to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof, viz: at the end of the bill insert as additional sections the following: (H.R. 395)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Morgan to the bill (H.R. 405) to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, namely: At the end of section one hundred and twenty-four insert the following: (H.R. 405)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Sherman to bill (H.R. 395) ''to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,'' namely: (H.R. 395)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilkinson to the bill (H.R. 159) for a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said Sate, viz: at the end of the bill insert, as an additional section, the following: (H.R. 159)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (H.R. 683) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, viz: at the end of the bill insert the following as additional sections: (H.R. 683)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (H.R. 683) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, viz: At the end of the bill insert the following as additional sections: (H.R. 683)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (H.R. 683) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, viz: at the end of the bill insert the following as an additional section: (H.R. 683)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson, to the bill (H.R. 683) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, viz: at the end of the bill insert the following as an additional section: (H.R. 683)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Of Mr. Morrill to the amendment of Mr. E. B. Washburne to strike out lines 307 to 311 H.R. 649. Insert, in place of the words proposed to be stricken out, as follows: (H.R. 649)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment of Mr. Schenck to amendment of Mr. Broomall to H.R. 549. Strike out Mr. Broomall's substitute, and insert the following in lieu thereof: (H.R. 549)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Littlejohn to H.R. 126, in the nature of a substitute. 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. 126)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Littlejohn to H.R. 126, in the nature of a substitute. 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. 126)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Pomeroy, in the nature of a substitute, to section two H.R. 540. (H.R. 540)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Sherman to the bill (H.R. 405) to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, viz: Strike out section one hundred and nine of the bill, and in lieu thereof insert the following: Banks and Banking. (H.R. 405)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Wilson to bill (H.R. 307) to regulate commerce among the several States, viz: At the end of the bill insert the following as an additional section: (H.R. 307)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (H.R. 583) to amend the twenty-first section of an act entitled ''An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes,'' approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, viz: at the end of the bill insert the following as ... (H.R. 583)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed to be offered by Mr. Farnsworth, when in order. Add at the end of the bill the following sections: (H.R. 678)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed to be submitted by Mr. Holman. (H.R. 678)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed to be submitted to bill H.R. No. 63, by Mr. King, when in order. Amend by adding the following additional sections: (H.R. 63)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Reported by Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Finance, to the bill (H.R. 405) to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, namely: In section 93 strike out lines 446 to 452, both inclusive, and in lieu thereof insert: (H.R. 405)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Submitted by Mr. Eliot to H.R. 602. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Eliot, to H.R. 602. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Morrill, when in order, to bill H.R. 744. (H.R. 744)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Wilson to H.R. 602. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert. (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment To be submitted by Mr. Stevens, when in order, to House bill No. 244. (H.R. 244)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Sprague to the bill (H.R. 405) to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, viz: (H.R. 405)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments to be proposed by Mr. Stevens to bill H.R. 515. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. A Bill To provide ways and means for the support of the government. (H.R. 515)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments To be submitted, when in order, to House bill No. 549, by Mr. Stevens. (H.R. 549)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to offer the following as an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, to H.R. 602. Amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley proposed to introduce the following bill: A Bill To define the boundaries of the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 108)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley, from the Select Committee on ''Rebellious States,'' reported the following proposed Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (H.R. 602)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens proposed to add to the end of the bill the following amendments: Amendments. Add at the end of the bill the following: (H.R. 744)

Ordered to be printed. On the question, Will the Senate concur in the amendment made in Committee of the Whole to the 41st section of the bill (H.R. 395) to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof, Mr. Sumner submitted the following amendment: Amendment. ... (H.R. 395)

Ordered to be printed. Substitute offered by Mr. Stevens for House bill No. 333. A Bill To provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the ciruclation and redemption thereof. (H.R. 333)

Ordered to the printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the ''Act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,'' viz: (H.R. 405)

The parts within brackets and italics as amended in the Senate. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, with Senate amendments. Reported back, ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, made a special order for Wednesday, March 2, after the morning hours, and from to day till disposed ... (H.R. 156)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boyd, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Norris, for furnishing subsistence to Indians in California. (H.R. 753)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harrington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Robertson and others. (H.R. 789)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. William G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John A. Haddock. (H.R. 769)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day for Wednesday, March 1, 1865, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To further supply ... (H.R. 799)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, made the special order of the day for Saturday, February 25, 1865, after the morning hour, and from day to day until disposed of, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill ... (H.R. 786)

Read a first and second time, Mr. Henry W. Davis to amend; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Add the part in italics. Mr. Alexander H. Rice, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To compensate the officers and crew of the United States steamer ... (H.R. 802)

Read a first and second time, recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomas T. Davis, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To prevent the enlistment of persons charged with crime in the District of Columbia, as ... (H.R. 798)

Read a first and second time, recommitted to the Committee of Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Holman moved a reconsideration of the vote on recommitment. Mr. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. (H.R. 756)

Read a first and second time, recommitted to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cornelius Cole moved that the vote by which the said bill was recommitted to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad be reconsidered, pending. Mr. Cornelius Cole, from the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported ... (H.R. 763)

Read a first and second time, referred 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 Amendatory of certain acts imposing duties upon foreign importations. (H.R. 795)

Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide for the deficiency in the appropriations for the pay of officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri. (H.R. 35)

Read twice and referred to a select committee of thirteen members, viz: Mr. Stevens, Mr. Wilder, Mr. John B. Steele, Mr. Price, Mr. Cole, Mr. Noble, Mr. Donnelley, Mr. McBride, Mr. William G. Steele, Mr. McClurg, Mr. Ames, Mr. Ames, Mr. Yeaman, and Mr. Sweat. Reported back with amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the ... (H.R. 5)

Read twice and referred to a select committee of thirteen members, viz: Mr. Stevens, Mr. Wilder, Mr. John B. Steele, Mr. Price, Mr. Cole, Mr. Noble, Mr. Donnelley, Mr. McBridge, Mr. William G. Steele, Mr. McClurg, Mr. Ames, Mr. Yeaman, and Mr. Sweat. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting public lands to the People's ... (H.R. 5)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Fenton, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a penitentiary, jail, and house of correction, in and for the ... (H.R. 169)

Read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. T. T. Davis, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the improvement of the Potomac river opposite the city of Washington. (H.R. 167)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of Major John A. Whitall, paymaster in the United States army, on account of lost or stolen vouchers. (H.R. 111)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported back with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boyd, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the widow and heirs of John A. Stevens, ... (H.R. 626)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported back with an amendment, ordered to be printed, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and made the order of the day for to-morrow: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert parts in italics. Mr. Hotchkiss, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief ... (H.R. 338)

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. Long, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob S. Lowery and George A. Gray. (H.R. 171)

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. Holman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William C. Walker and others. (H.R. 47)

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. Noble, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Weber. (H.R. 203)

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. Spalding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case. (H.R. 43)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Boutwell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the examination of clerks in the several departments of the government. (H.R. 315)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back recommending concurrence in some and non-concurrence in others. Ordered to be printed with Senate amendments. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for ... (H.R. 40)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Kasson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Relating to the capture of cotton and disposition thereof by the military forces of the United States. (H.R. 213)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. An Act To amend the act entitled ''An act to encourage immigration,'' approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the 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 ... (H.R. 746)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported by Mr. Sherman, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. An Act To encourage emigration. (H.R. 411)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Alexander F. Pratt. (H.R. 574)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Ambrose Morrison, of Nashville, Tennessee. (H.R. 463)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of John Williams. (H.R. 569)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Sarah Robinson, widow of Hon. John L. Robinson, late United States marshal for the district of Indiana. (H.R. 460)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Solomon Wadsworth. (H.R. 431)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company, of New York. (H.R. 456)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act Supplemental to the act entitled ''An act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims,'' &c., passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 714)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Clark with an amendment, viz: In line ten, after the word ''army,'' insert what follows printed in italics. An Act Supplemental to the act entitled ''An act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims,'' &c., passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 714)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Howe without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse, report, (No. 56.) An Act For the relief of Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case. (H.R. 43)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Concerning the collection district of Salem and Beverly, in Massachusetts. (H.R. 783)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Fixing certain rules and regulations for preventing collisions on the water. (H.R. 62)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act For the prevention and punishment of frauds in relation to the names of vessels. (H.R. 360)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act For the relief of John J. Michie, of New Orleans, Louisiana. (H.R. 338)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act For the relief of Samuel Beaston, master of the schooner ''George Harris.'' (H.R. 520)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Further to provide for the verification of invoices. (H.R. 697)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Further to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels. (H.R. 510)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Granting to the Michigan City Harbor Company the use of government piers in said harbor for the purpose of protecting said harbor. (H.R. 781)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act In addition to the ''Act respecting quarantine and health laws,'' approved February 25, 1799, and for the better execution of the third section thereof. (H.R. 563)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Relating to the enrolment and license of certain vessels. (H.R. 738)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board public and private vessels of the United States. (H.R. 519)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To abolish the collection districts of Cape Perpetua and Port Orford. (H.R. 477)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the admeasurement of tonnage of ships and vessels of the United States.'' (H.R. 784)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To amend the act relating to officers employed in the examination of imported merchandise in the district of New York. (H.R. 729)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To appoint an appraiser and assistant appraiser for the port of Portland, and for other purposes. (H.R. 373)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To change the name of the district and port of Presque Isle to the district and port of Erie. (H.R. 287)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To exempt certain vessels therein named from enrolment and license, and from the payment of tonnage duty, and for other purposes. (H.R. 374)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To extend the provisions of the first section of ''An act for the government of persons in certain fisheries,'' approved June nineteen, eighteen hundred and thirteen. (H.R. 780)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To provide for the collection of hospital dues from vessels of the United States sold or transferred in foreign ports or waters. (H.R. 367)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To provide for the repair and preservation of certain public works of the United States. (H.R. 450)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To provide for two assistant local inspectors of steamboats in the city of New York, and for two local inspectors at Galena, Illinois, and to re-establish the board of local inspectors at Wheeling; and also to amend the act approved June eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled ... (H.R. 667)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To re-establish the principal port of entry for the District of Champlain at Plattsburgh, and for other purposes. (H.R. 120)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To regulate commerce among the several States. (H.R. 307)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To regulate the fees of custom-house officers on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States. (H.R. 739)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To repeal section two of an act entitled ''An act to regulate the foreign coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes,'' approved March two, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 324)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To repeal the eight section of an act entitled ''An act in addition to the several acts concerning commercial intercourse between loyal and insurrectionary States, and to provide for the collection of captured and abandoned property, and the prevention of frauds in States declared in ... (H.R. 805)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To revive certain provisions of the act entitled ''An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes. (H.R. 690)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Chandler with an amendment, viz: After section three insert, as additional sections, what follows, printed in italics. An Act To create an additional supervising inspector of steamboats and two local inspectors of steamboats for the collection district of Memphis, Tennessee, and ... (H.R. 426)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Morgan with an amendment, viz: In section seven strike out the words within [brackets,] and in lieu thereof insert what follows, printed in italics. An Act To amend the act relating to officers employed in the examination of imported merchandise in the district of New York. (H.R. 729)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Ten Eyck, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To provide for the repair and preservation of certain public works of the United States. (H.R. 450)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Committee on Commerce. An Act To create an additional supervising inspector of steamboats and two local inspectors of steamboats for the collection district of Memphis, Tennessee, and two local inspectors for the collection district of Oregon, and for other purposes. (H.R. 426)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Elections. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Elections. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To fix the time for holding elections for representatives in Congress, and to enable soldiers in the service of the United States ... (H.R. 9)

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 thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 192)

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 legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 192)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Amendatory of certain acts imposing duties upon foreign importations. (H.R. 795)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act For the relief of collectors and surveyors of customs in certain cases. (H.R. 705)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act In relation to certain drafts issued by the Treasurer of the United States in satisfaction of warrants which are outstanding unpaid. (H.R. 797)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriation for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 34)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 527)

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 the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 207)

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 the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 688)

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-five. (H.R. 40)

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 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 240)

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-six. (H.R. 682)

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 thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 649)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 151)

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-six. (H.R. 676)

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 the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 33)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of the awards made by the commissioners appointed under and by virtue of an act of Congress entitled ''An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of the depredations and injuries by certain bands of sioux Indians,'' approved ... (H.R. 377)

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 June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 198)

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-six. (H.R. 683)

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-six. (H.R. 621)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Requiring proof of payment of duties on foreign salt before payment of the allowances provided for by the acts of July twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and March three, eighteen hundred and nineteen. (H.R. 356)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 265)

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 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 744)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes,'' approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 677)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend the 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. (H.R. 618)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To extend the time allowed for the withdrawal of certain goods therein named from public stores. (H.R. 603)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To facilitate the repayment of depositors at the assay office at New York. (H.R. 553)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To increase duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 494)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes. (H.R. 122)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To provide for acting assistant treasurers or depositaries of the United States in certain cases. (H.R. 689)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes. (H.R. 540)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To provide ways and means for the support of the government. (H.R. 772)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To punish and prevent the counterfeiting of coin of the United States. (H.R. 455)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for expenses in calling out the militia of said State during the recent invasion. (H.R. 117)

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 the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 156)

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 thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 620)

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 increase duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 494)

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 current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ... (H.R. 240)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with an amendment, to wit: Insert the words printed in italics as an additional section. An Act Making appropriation for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 34)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden, with amendments, to wit: Strike out the words within [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-five. (H.R. 40)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Fessenden, with amendments, to wit: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 156)

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 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 151)

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 June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 198)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherma, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof. (H.R. 395)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence, for the year ending the thirtieth of ... (H.R. 688)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [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 thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. (H.R. 649)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman 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-six. (H.R. 676)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act To provide for acting assistant treasurers or depositaries of the United States in certain cases. (H.R. 689)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman, with amendments, viz: Strike out the word within [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. 682)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported by Mr. Sherman, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. 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 ... (H.R. 744)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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. Knapp, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac R. Diller. (H.R. 94)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act For the relief of the personal representatives of Jonah A. Hughston, deceased. (H.R. 771)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for the payment of the claims of Peruvian citizens, under the convention between the United States and Peru of the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,'' approved June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 521)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To carry into effect the convention with Ecuador for the mutual adjustment of claims. (H.R. 341)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To increase the salaries of the judges and arbitrators appointed under the treaty with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade. (H.R. 552)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To indemnify the owners of the British schooner Glen. (H.R. 144)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act To provide for the execution of treaties between the United States and foreign nations respecting consular jurisdiction over the crews of vessels of such foreign nations in the waters and ports of the United States. (H.R. 487)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Mr. Sumner without amendment. An Act To indemnify the owners of the British schooner Glen. (H.R. 144)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Reported by Mr. Doolittle, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To vacate and sell the present Indian reservations in Utah Territory, and to settle the Indians of said Territory in the Uinta valley. (H.R. 220)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For the benefit and better management of the Indians. (H.R. 193)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For the relief of the estate of B. F. Kendall. (H.R. 414)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported back with a recommendation that it do not pass, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. A. W. Hubbard, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To abolish the northern Indian superintendency. (H.R. 399)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 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. Kinney, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust and settle the accounts of ... (H.R. 130)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 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. Perea, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the making of treaties with the Navajoe, Apache, and Utah Indian tribes, ... (H.R. 108)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Harlan without amendment and adversely, and accompanied by a report, (No. 38.) Recommitted to the Committee of Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Doolittle with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics; and amend ... (H.R. 162)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A Bill For the relief of Lucretia M. Perry, widow of Paymaster Perry, late of the United States navy. (H.R. 437)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Concerning regimental and garrison courts-martial. (H.R. 765)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the better organization of the Subsistence department. (H.R. 600)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of John Dickson, of Illinois. (H.R. 296)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant William P. Richner, seventy-seventh regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. (H.R. 121)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes. (H.R. 549)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act Reviving the grade of lieutenant general in the United States army. (H.R. 26)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To aid in the protection of emigrants to the Territories. (H.R. 196)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other purposes,: approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 625)

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 destroyed in the military service of the United States.'' (H.R. 545)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act for enrolling and calling out the national forces so as to increase the rank, pay, and emoluments of the Provost Marshal General. (H.R. 301)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend section nine of the act approved July seventeen, 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. 302)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend the sixteenth section of the act entitled ''An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes,'' approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 281)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend the twenty-first section of an act entitled ''An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes,'' approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 583)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To construct a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. 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 ... (H.R. 126)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To construct an ship canal for the passage of armed and naval vessels from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan, and for other purposes. (H.R. 322)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To determine the rank of officers re-entering the military service. (H.R. 653)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To drop from the rolls of the army unemployed general officers. Whereas it appears that may general officers in the regular and volunteer forces of the army of the United States are, and have been for some time past, either entirely unemployed, or not on duty ... (H.R. 586)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To establish a Bureau of Military Justice. (H.R. 308)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To extend to certain persons in the employ of the government the benefits of the Asylum for the Insane in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 644)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To facilitate the payment of bounties and arrears of pay due for the service of wounded and deceased soldiers. (H.R. 199)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To increase the efficiency of the medical corps of the army. (H.R. 543)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To increase the pay of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes. (H.R. 767)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To organize a regiment of veteran volunteer engineers. (H.R. 251)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide for the more speedy punishment of guerillas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 511)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide for the relief of James Lindsay. (H.R. 548)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide for the voluntary enlistment of any persons, residents of certain States, into the regiments of other States. (H.R. 261)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To regulate the dismission of officers in the military and naval service. (H.R. 187)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To regulate the pay of paymasters and military storekeepers of ordnance. (H.R. 542)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To regulate the rank, pay, and emoluments of veterinary surgeons of cavalry regiments. (H.R. 546)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To vacate and sell the present Indian reservations in Utah Territory, and to settle the Indians of said Territory in the Uinta valley. (H.R. 220)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Howard with an amendment, viz: At the end of section 8 insert what follows printed in italics. An Act In addition to an act for the establishment of certain arsenals. Whereas it is necessary that the government of the United States should at an early day, ... (H.R. 206)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Reviving the grade of lieutenant general in the United States army. (H.R. 26)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with an amendment, viz: in section one, line thirty, after the word ''That'' insert what follows printed in italics. An Act For the better organization of the Subsistence department. (H.R. 600)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson with an amendment, viz: In the first section of the bill strike out the words within [brackets.] An Act To provide for the more speedy punishment of guerillas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 511)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Wilson, with amendments, viz: In section 2, line 4, strike out the word ''colonel,'' and in lieu thereof insert the word major. An Act To establish a Bureau of Military Justice. (H.R. 308)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Monday, February 1, after the morning hour. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: ... (H.R. 26)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment, amendment agreed to, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Cole, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the Territory of Washington to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort ... (H.R. 115)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 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. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Anderson, assignee of John James, of Texas. (H.R. 163)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Orth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the officers and men of the twentieth regiment of Indiana volunteers for loss of baggage and other property ... (H.R. 87)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act Fixing the date of the loss of the United States brig Bainbridge, and for the relief of the officers, and seamen, and marines of the same, and for other purposes. (H.R. 297)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the classification of the clerks to paymasters in the navy, and graduating their pay. (H.R. 300)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to establish and equalize the grade of line officers of the United States navy,'' approved July sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 303)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To amend certain acts relating to the naval service, and for other purposes. (H.R. 801)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To appoint certain officers of the navy. (H.R. 370)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of naval constructors and steam engineers, and for other purposes. (H.R. 534)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the Marine Hospital and grounds at Chicago, Illinois, and to purchase a new site and build a new hospital. (H.R. 504)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To authorize the United States to acquire land in Wallabout bay, belonging to the city of Brooklyn, and to authorize the exchange of other lands therefor. (H.R. 561)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To further regulate the appointment of admirals, and for the appointment of certain volunteer officers to the regular navy. (H.R. 535)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To increase the pay of midshipmen and others. (H.R. 605)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To revive in part the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 803)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henry Winter Davis, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a board of naval administration. (H.R. 396)

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 Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of naval constructors and engineers in the Naval ... (H.R. 351)

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. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Naval Affairs. Strike out all the parts within [brackets,] and ... (H.R. 351)

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. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Strike out all the parts within [brackets,] and ... (H.R. 351)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Grimbs with amendment, viz: In line 3, section 2, after the word ''pay,'' insert the words printed in italics, and at the end of the bill insert, as an additional section, that printed in italics. An Act To increase the pay of midshipmen and others. (H.R. 605)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Hale, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To appoint certain officers of the navy. (H.R. 370)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Hale, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of naval constructors and steam engineers, and for other purposes. (H.R. 534)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported by Mr. Hale, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by a miscellaneous document, (No. 108.) An Act For the classification of the clerks to paymasters in the navy, and graduating their pay. (H.R. 300)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad. An Act 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 postal, military, and other purposes,'' approved July first, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 763)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad. Reported by Mr. Howard with an amendment, viz: In line 6, section 1, after the word ''California,'' insert the words, printed in italics. An Act 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 ... (H.R. 763)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to extend the patent of Josiah Copeland for a new and useful improvement in boot crimps. (H.R. 793)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Charles M. Pott. (H.R. 478)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Deborah Jones. (H.R. 465)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Eliza Cass Woodbridge. (H.R. 564)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Francis Patterson. (H.R. 566)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of George W. Murray. (H.R. 380)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Henrietta O. Gardner. (H.R. 790)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Henry Karstens. (H.R. 792)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Jacob Weber. (H.R. 203)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Julia A. Ames. (H.R. 272)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mary A. Hyde. (H.R. 467)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Peter Navarre. (H.R. 393)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Betsey Nash. (H.R. 319)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the widow of C. A. Haun. (H.R. 466)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Seppien. (H.R. 567)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Rachel Mills, widow of Peter Mills, deceased, late a major in the United States army. (H.R. 565)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Sophia Brooke Taylor, widow of the late Major Francis Taylor. (H.R. 791)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Booth. (H.R. 454)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting an invalid pension to Esther P. Fox, widow of Augustus C. Fox. (H.R. 291)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. (H.R. 756)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To amend an act for the relief of Valentine Wehrheim, approved June twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 468)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To grant a pension of eight dollars per mouth to Harris Welch. (H.R. 452)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To increase the pension of Isaac Allen. (H.R. 453)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To increase the pension of the revolutionary pensioners now on the rolls of the Pension Office. (H.R. 312)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To pay to each of the surviving soldiers of the Revolution, five in number, whose names are on the pension rolls, three hundred dollars annually, as a gratuity, in addition to the pension now paid them. (H.R. 728)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Foster with an amendment, viz: In line ten, after the word ''sixty-two,'' insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 87.) An Act For the relief of Martha Janes Skaggs. (H.R. 347)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Foster with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 96) An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Betsey Nash. (H.R. 319)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Foster with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act For the relief of Rhoda Wolcott, widow of Henry Wolcott. (H.R. 290)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Foster with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics; and accompanied by a report, (No. 95.) An Act For the relief of Mary Scales Accardi. (H.R. 394)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Foster, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas [Booth] Bootle. (H.R. 454)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act Supplementary to an act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled ''An act to establish certain post roads, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 320)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for carrying the mails from the United States to foreign ports, and for other purposes,'' approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 623)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To amend the law prescribing the articles to be admitted into the mails of the United States. (H.R. 143)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To establish a postal money order system. (H.R. 185)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 532)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 774)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To provide for carrying the mails from the United States to foreign ports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 142)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Collamer with amendments, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 774)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Collamer, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To provide for carrying the mails from the United States to foreign ports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 299)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Printing. An Act To pay, in part, for publishing the debates of Congress, and for other purposes. (H.R. 421)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico.'' (H.R. 422)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act To provide for the settlement of private land claims in the Territory of Arizona, and for the survey thereof. (H.R. 751)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back without amendment, accompanied by a report, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Le Blond, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Sawyer and others, of the State of Ohio. Whereas by the ... (H.R. 133)

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. Mr. Winfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Concerning certain locations of lands in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 435)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. An Act To provide for the improvement of the grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane by an exchange of land. (H.R. 554)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act amend an act of Congress entitled ''An act to grant the right of pre-emption to certain purchasers on the Soscol ranch, in the State of California.'' (H.R. 560)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Authorizing the issue of patents for locations made with certificates granted under authority of the act of Congress approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, allowing floats in satisfaction of lands sold by the United States within the limits of the Las Ormigas, and ... (H.R. 205)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Concerning certain school lands in township forty-five north, range seven east, in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 149)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Concerning lands in the State of California. (H.R. 179)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Confirming the title of Joseph Ford to certain lands in Rice county, in the State of Minnesota. (H.R. 228)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Extending the time for the completion of certain land-grant railroads in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. (H.R. 761)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad, of the State of Michigan. (H.R. 469)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State. (H.R. 159)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of the citizens of Denver, in the Territory of Colorado. (H.R. 432)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Noah Wiswall. (H.R. 145)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of the settlers upon certain lands in California. (H.R. 371)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of William Brindle. (H.R. 493)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of William Nicholls. (H.R. 788)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting lands to the State of Wisconsin to build a military road to Lake Superior. (H.R. 247)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act In relation to university lands in Washington Territory. Whereas it is declared in the fourth section of the act of Congress approved July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, amendatory of the act approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, creating the ... (H.R. 116)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State,'' approved May fifteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 381)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To authorize the issuing of patents for certain lands in the town of Stockbridge, State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. (H.R. 558)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To confirm certain entries of land in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 217)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To extend the time for the completion of certain railroads to which land grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. (H.R. 710)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To secure to persons in the military or naval service of the United States homesteads on confiscated or forfeited estates in insurrectionary districts. (H.R. 276)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion by Mr. Foote, committee discharged. An Act For the relief of Sally Northup. (H.R. 572)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion by Mr. Harlan, Committee discharged. 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 ... (H.R. 404)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back with an amendment, recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows, printed in italics. Mr. Driggs, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting land to the State of Michigan, ... (H.R. 745)

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. Bennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the development of the mineral resources of the United States and of the public domain. (H.R. 140)

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. Julian, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To secure to persons in the military or naval service of the United States homesteads on confiscated or forfeited estates in ... (H.R. 276)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act For the relief of the citizens of Denver, in the Territory of Colorado. (H.R. 432)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget's Sound, on the Pacific coast, by the northern route. (H.R. 483)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend an act of Congress entitled ''An act to grant the right of pre-emption to certain purchasers on the Soscol ranch, in the State of California.'' (H.R. 560)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan with an amendment, viz: Strike out all of the original bill and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act Extending the time for the completion of certain land-grant railroads in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. (H.R. 761)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan with an amendment, viz: Strike out all of the original bill, and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act [For the relief of the occupants of the lands of the ex-mission of San Jose, in the State of California.] (H.R. 775)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Granting lands to the State of Michigan for the construction of certain wagon roads for military and postal purposes. (H.R. 227)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said ... (H.R. 381)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act Granting lands to the State of Wisconsin to build a military road to Lake Superior. (H.R. 247)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Hendricks with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To authorize the issuing of patents for certain lands in the town of Stockbridge, State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. (H.R. 558)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Hendricks with an amendment, viz: At the end of the bill insert, as an additional proviso, what follows printed in italics. An Act To confirm certain entries of land in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 217)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Pomeroy with amendments, viz: Strike out the words will, in [brackets and insert those printed in italics. An Act To extend the time for the completion of certain railroads to which land grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. (H.R. 710)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Pomeroy without amendment. An Act To quiet the titles to lands within the Rancho Laguna de Santos Calle, in the State of California. (H.R. 559)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. 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. W. B. Washburn, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah Whitney and Mary Huggerford, children of ... (H.R. 72)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Committed of the Whole House on the state of the Union discharged, and bill recommitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Reported back ... (H.R. 266)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spalding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to the surviving soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 266)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spalding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To construct a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. (H.R. 126)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Arnold, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To construct a ship canal for the passage of armed and naval vessels from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan, and ... (H.R. 91)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed for ten days. Mr. Wallace, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To construct certain wagon roads in the Territory of Idaho. (H.R. 323)

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 Idaho,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 486)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown, a republican form of government. (H.R. 244)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana. (H.R. 15)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Wyoming. (H.R. 633)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia An Act To amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. (H.R. 522)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Authorizing and requiring the opening of sixth street west. (H.R. 364)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Concerning the Potomac bridge and the Centre market. (H.R. 776)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act In relation to marriages in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 735)

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, and for other purposes,'' passed March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 514)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company.'' (H.R. 495)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the Metropolitan Railroad Company, in the District of Columbia,'' approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (H.R. 622)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To authorize the bailiff of the orphans' court, in the county of Washington, and District of Columbia, to serve processes issued by said court, and for other purposes. (H.R. 434)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To establish Colfax street in the city of Washington and District of Columbia. (H.R. 550)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the ''Home for Friendless Women and Children.'' (H.R. 383)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the Baltimore and Washington Depot and Potomac Ferry Railway Company. (H.R. 186)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the Continental Hotel Company of the city of Washington. (H.R. 764)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the Harmony Cemetery Company, (of colored persons), in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 787)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate The National Union Insurance Company of Washington. (H.R. 517)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the News-boys' Home. (H.R. 484)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Grimes with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company.'' (H.R. 495)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Henderson, with amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To incorporate the ''Home for Friendless Women and Children.'' (H.R. 383)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Morrill, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend ''An act to extend the charter of the Alexandria and Washington railroad, and for other purposes,'' passed March three, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 514)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary An Act To provide for ascertaining and adjusting claims against the government for injury or destruction of property by the army of the United States, or by military authority, during the present rebellion. (H.R. 533)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, An Act Providing for a bust of the late Chief Justice Taney, to be placed in the Supreme Court room of the United States. (H.R. 748)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Amendatory of the acts relative to the Attorney General's office, and to fix the compensation of his assistant and clerks. (H.R. 758)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Changing the name of Emil Cohen. (H.R. 777)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Directing a district court or circuit court to be held at the city of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 80)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act For changing the time for holding the circuit courts in the district of Virginia. (H.R. 664)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act In reference to prosecutions for libel in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 692)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act In relation to the appropriation of private property to the public use. (H.R. 778)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act In relation to the computation of the time within which an indictment may be found against persons charged with crimes against the laws of the United States. (H.R. 274)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act In relation to the village of Deposit, Delaware county, New York. (H.R. 497)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Providing for a district and a circuit court of the United States for the district of Nevada, and for other purposes. (H.R. 640)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Providing for the confinement of juvenile offenders against the laws of the United States in houses of refuge. (H.R. 749)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.'' (H.R. 601)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act prescribing the times and places for holding terms of the circuit courts for the districts of Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas,'' approved January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 306)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend the third section of an act entitled ''An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other purposes,'' so far as the same relates to witnesses in the courts of ... (H.R. 657)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To change the place of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the district of West Tennessee, and for other purposes. (H.R. 65)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To detach the counties of Calhoun and Branch from the western judicial district, and annex the same to the eastern district of the State of Michigan. (H.R. 513)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To enable guardians and committees of lunatics, appointed in the several States and other countries, to act within the District of Columbia. (H.R. 42)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To facilitate judicial proceedings on writs of error and appeals. (H.R. 638)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To facilitate proceedings in admiralty and other judicial proceedings in the port of New York, and for other purposes. (H.R. 184)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To prescribe the mode of designating citizens of the United States who shall serve as jurors in the circuit and district courts of the United States. (H.R. 609)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To prevent the selling and circulation of counterfeit coin, and of counterfeit and altered treasury notes and postal currency bills. (H.R. 284)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To provide for another term of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 641)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To provide for holding courts in the western district of Missouri, and to prescribe the times thereof. (H.R. 631)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To provide for the publication of the opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States. (H.R. 707)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate prize proceedings and the distributions of prize money, and for other purposes. (H.R. 446)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the sessions of the circuit and district courts for the northern district of New York, and for other purposes. (H.R. 32)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To regulate the taking of deposition in certain cases. (H.R. 779)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To repeal a portion of a joint resolution explanatory 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 seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 579)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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. 305)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Cox, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prevent officers of the army and navy, and other persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States, from interfering in elections in the States. (H.R. 334)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Dumont, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To declare the validity of certain bonds, obligations, and undertakings, sealed or unsealed, heretofore made or that may hereafter be made. Whereas many bonds, obligations, and undertakings, sealed and unsealed, have heretofore ... (H.R. 348)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with amendment, ordered to be printed, and re-committed to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Higby, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To exclude traitors and alien enemies from the courts of the United States in civil cases, and from the public lands. (H.R. 268)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Monday, June 20, after the morning hour. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert part in italics. Mr. Odell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To facilitate proceedings ... (H.R. 184)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with an amendment, amendment agreed to, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, January 21. Amended. Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of ... (H.R. 66)

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. Arnold, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid the President of the United States in carrying into more immediate execution the proclamation of emancipation issued ... (H.R. 24)

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. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the revision and consolidation of the statutes of the United States. (H.R. 67)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Foster with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Providing for a district and a circuit of the United States for the district of Nevada, and for other purposes. (H.R. 640)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Foster with an amendment, viz: Strike out all of the original bill; and in lieu thereof insert what follows, printed in italics. An Act [To amend the third section of an act entitled ''An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ... (H.R. 657)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Harris, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To facilitate proceedings and other judicial proceedings in the port of New York, and for other purposes. (H.R. 184)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Harris, with an amendment, viz: at the end of the bill, add what follows, printed in italics. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to stipulate for the release from attachment or other process of property claimed by the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 355)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to stipulate for the release from attachment or other process of property claimed by the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 355)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. An Act 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 the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,'' approved July first, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 438)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. An Act To authorize and aid in the construction of a railroad connecting the Pacific railroad, in California, with the Columbia river, in Oregon, and Puget Sound. (H.R. 691)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. C. Cole, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads in the State of California. (H.R. 593)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Cole, on leave, introduced the following ... (H.R. 581)

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. Alley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To secure the speedy transportation of the mails. (H.R. 183)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported back without amendment, demand for previous question pending, ordered to be printed. Mr. Knox, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the National Mississippi Bridge Company. (H.R. 634)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a temporary government for the ... (H.R. 15)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported back without amendment, and ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State ... (H.R. 11)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the people of Nebraska to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into ... (H.R. 14 1/2)

Read twice and referred to the select committee of nine, viz: Mr. Eliot, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Knapp, Mr. Orth, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Kalbfleisch, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Middleton. Mr. Eliot, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a Bureau of Emancipation. (H.R. 1)

Read twice and referred to the select committee of seven members. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the select committee of seven members on that subject. Strike out the words in [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. Mr. Pendleton, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide that the ... (H.R. 214)

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen. An Act To establish, in the War Department, a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. (H.R. 698)

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen. Reported by Mr. Sumner with an amendment, viz: Strike out all of the original bill, and in lieu thereof insert what follows printed in italics. An Act [To establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs.] (H.R. 51)

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen. Reported by Mr. Sumner without amendment. An Act To repeal the fugitive slave act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all acts and parts of acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves. (H.R. 512)

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back without amendment, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed for two weeks, after the morning hour. 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 ... (H.R. 190)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For the relief of Margaret L. Stevens, widow of General Isaac I. Stevens. (H.R. 195)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act To provide for an advance of rank to officers of the navy and marine corps for distinguished merit. (H.R. 607)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act for the punishment of crimes in the District of Columbia,'' approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 595)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. Of courts of bankruptcy and their jurisdiction. (H.R. 424)

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. Creswell, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Anderson, of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 419)

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. Creswell, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Rebecca Scott, widow of Major John B. Scott, late of the United States army. (H.R. 436)

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. F. W. Kellogg, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jean M. Lander, widow of F. W. Lander, deceased. (H.R. 547)

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. Farnsworth, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Dickson, of Illinois. (H.R. 296)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alexander F. Pratt. (H.R. 574)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Amzi L. Burns. (H.R. 529)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of C. J. Field and C. F. Clay, of Bolivar county, Mississippi. (H.R. 492)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Egbert A. Thompson. (H.R. 531)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Calvert. (H.R. 530)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Mowry: (H.R. 458)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of H. R. Crosbie. (H.R. 292)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of O. B. & O. S. Latham. (H.R. 459)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of R. L. B. Clarke. (H.R. 256)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Columbia Bank. (H.R. 457)

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. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of the second regiment, third brigade, Ohio volunteer militia, during the time they were mustered into the service of the ... (H.R. 293)

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. Holman, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (H.R. 294)

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. Long, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Warren and Son. (H.R. 479)

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. Orth, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Frederick A. Beelen, late secretary of legation to Chili. (H.R. 345)

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. Orth, from the select committee on the chemist of the Department of Agriculture, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dr. Charles M. Wetherill. (H.R. 346)

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. Pruyn, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of T. T. Garrard and others. (H.R. 568)

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. Ross, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Ezekiel Darling. (H.R. 556)

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. Ross, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Joseph Pike. (H.R. 557)

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. Schenck, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of the Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Company. (H.R. 544)

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. Spalding, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the Relief of Frances Munson. (H.R. 516)

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. Stiles, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs-at-law of Colonel Archibald Crary, deceased, for pay for services. (H.R. 528)

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. Thayer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John E. Bouligny. (H.R. 440)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of D. McV. Stuart. (H.R. 489)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of F. A. Holden, Eli Thayer, Hannah Buxton, D W. Frisby, and Hiram Bloss. (H.R. 226)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Frederick Sheridan. (H.R. 716)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Horace E. Dimick, of St. Louis, Missouri. (H.R. 490)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. J. Lints. (H.R. 717)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John C. McConnell. (H.R. 461)

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. G. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Browning, of Memphis, Tennessee. (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. W. H. Miller, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Horace Gates. (H.R. 555)

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. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edward Williams. (H.R. 392)

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. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Harriet and Emily W. Morris, unmarried sisters of the late Commodore Henry W. Morris. (H.R. 231)

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. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Martha Jane Skaggs. (H.R. 347)

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. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Scales Accardi. (H.R. 394)

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. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Peter Navarre, of Ohio. (H.R. 393)

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. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to William Burns, of Ohio. (H.R. 391)

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. Windom, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ambrose Morrison, of Nashville, Tennessee. (H.R. 463)

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. Windom, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. D. Turner and W. G. Raymond. (H.R. 464)

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. Windom, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jethro Bonney. (H.R. 571)

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. Windom, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Margaret L. Stevens, widow of General Isaac I. Stevens. (H.R. 195)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Reported from a Committee of the Whole House, without amendment. Question, Shall the bill be engrossed? Mr. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hull and Cozzens and John ... (H.R. 713)

Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, ordered to be printed, and made a special order of the day for Friday, January 6, 1865. Mr. McBride, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of the value of certain lands and improvements of private citizens, appropriated by the ... (H.R. 624)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To erect a fog-bell or fog-trumpet on Governor's Island, in the harbor of New York. (H.R. 706)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union ordered to be printed, made a special order for Friday, January 20, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and repairs of ... (H.R. 688)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday, January 9, 1865. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending thirtieth of ... (H.R. 621)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Monday, the 23d, after the morning hour, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and ... (H.R. 682)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, 15th December, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic of the government ... (H.R. 598)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, 15th December, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of ... (H.R. 597)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Thursday, January 19, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ... (H.R. 676)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Tuesday, January 17, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses ... (H.R. 649)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday, December 21. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending thirtieth ... (H.R. 620)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made a special order for Wednesday, January 18, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and ... (H.R. 677)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day for January 14, at 2 o'clock p. m. Ordered to be printed as amended and adopted in the Committee of the Whole Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To ... (H.R. 122)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day for Monday the 25th, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the ... (H.R. 156)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day for Thursday the 21st, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen ... (H.R. 151)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed, mad a special order for Wednesday, 18th January, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office ... (H.R. 659)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Holman, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of citizens of Indiana and Ohio. (H.R. 295)

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 establish an assay office at Carson City, Nevada Territory, and an assay office at Portland, Oregon. (H.R. 335)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pendleton, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other purposes. (H.R. 506)

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 amend an act entitled ''An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 54)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 33)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. (H.R. 34)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill of Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 40)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the time for the withdrawal of goods from public stores and bonded warehouses, and for other purposes. (H.R. 230)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Subsequently, Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union discharged, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, April 7, after the morning hour. A Bill Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the ... (H.R. 342)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, made a special order from and after Wednesday, at 7 o,'clock p. m., and until 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 revenue to support the ... (H.R. 744)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, made the special order of the day for to-morrow at 2 o'clock p. m., and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for expenses in calling out the militia of ... (H.R. 117)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, made the special order of the day of January 6, 1864, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, ... (H.R. 50)

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 February 23, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and ... (H.R. 240)

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 next, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the appointment of an Assistant Register of the Treasury. (H.R. 229)

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, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the ... (H.R. 527)

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 11, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and ... (H.R. 207)

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, February 9, and from day to day until disposed of, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of ... (H.R. 198)

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, the 24th, after the morning hour, and from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the ... (H.R. 683)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day for February 4, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses ... (H.R. 192)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made the special order of the day for January 14, at 2 o'clock p. m. Ordered to be printed as amended and adopted in the Committee of the Whole. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert in italics. Mr. Stevens, from the ... (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 the special order of the day of January 14, at 2 o'clock p.m. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes. (H.R. 122)

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 Thursday next, after morning hour. A Bill Making appropriations for certain miscellaneous expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and ... (H.R. 539)

Read twice, engrossed and read the third time, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Monday next, June 13, and made a special order after the morning hour. Mr. D. Morris, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal the fugitive slave act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all acts and parts of acts for the ... (H.R. 512)

Read twice, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pruyn, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hooper and Williams, Livingston, Kincaid, and Company, Gilbert and Gerrish, and others. (H.R. 462)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for March 23, after the morning hour, and from day to day until disposed of. Ordered to be printed with the amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported ... (H.R. 333)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and made a special order for March 23, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof. (H.R. 333)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. J. R. Steele, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish justices' courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 208)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. T. T. Davis, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company.'' (H.R. 495)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Hale, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for ascertaining and adjusting claims against the government for injury or destruction of property by the army of the United States, or by military authority, during the present ... (H.R. 212)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, with leave to report at any time one day after printed. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide ways and means for the support of the government. (H.R. 515)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 265)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill 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,'' passed June thirty, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 642)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Windom, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of the awards made by the commissioners appointed under and by virtue of an act of Congress entitled ''An act for the relief of persons for ... (H.R. 377)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, with leave to report at any time. Mr. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to act an entitled ''An act to grant pensions,'' approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 359)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, with leave to report at any time. Mr. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to grant pensions,'' approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 313)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Francis P. Blair, junior, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To indemnify the State of Missouri for expenses incurred in defence of the United States. (H.R. 369)

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 For the better organization of the Subsistence department. (H.R. 600)

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 amend an act entitled ''An act further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,'' approved July fourth, ... (H.R. 678)

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 drop from the rolls of the army unemployed general officers. Whereas it appears that many general officers in the regular and volunteer forces of the army of the United ... (H.R. 586)

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 establish, in the War Department, a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. (H.R. 698)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without amendment and postponed until February 2, 1865. Ordered, That the bill and the amendments proposed to be reported be printed. Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Military ... (H.R. 678)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Thayer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the settlement of private land claims in the Territory of Arizona, and for the survey thereof. (H.R. 751)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting certain privileges to the ''Guardian Society'' of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 255)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Public lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State,'' approved May ... (H.R. 381)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Driggs, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting lands to the State of Michigan for the construction of certain wagon roads for military and postal purposes. (H.R. 227)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Julian, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Amendatory of the homestead law, and for other purposes. (H.R. 242)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Canals, with leave to report at any time. Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to an act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled ''An act to establish certain post roads, and for ... (H.R. 320)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of certain wagon roads in the Territories of Idaho, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska. (H.R. 752)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Select Committee on the Rebellious States. Reported back with amendments, the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, January 10, 1865, after the morning hour, and made a special order from day to day after the morning hour until disposed of, and ordered to be printed. ... (H.R. 602)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Mr. Alley, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for carrying the mails from the United States to foreign ports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 142)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Alley, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a postal money order system. (H.R. 185)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on Bankrupt Law. Mr. Jenckes, from the select committee on a bankrupt law, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. Of courts of bankruptcy and their jurisdiction. (H.R. 424)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on Defences of Northeastern Frontier. Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Select Committee on Defences of Northeastern Frontier, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the defence of the northeastern frontier. (H.R. 541)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on Defences of Northeastern Frontier. Reported back with amendments, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. J. H. Rice, from the Select Committee on Defences of Northeastern Frontier, reported ... (H.R. 541)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the select committee on emancipation. Mr. Eliot, from the select committee on emancipation, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a Bureau of Emancipation. (H.R. 51)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, with leave to report at any time. Mr. Stevens, from the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported 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 ... (H.R. 438)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Rebellious States. Mr. Ashley, from the Select Committee on the Rebellious States, reported the following bill: A Bill To guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government. (H.R. 602)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the select Committee on the Rebellious States. Mr. H. Winter Davis, from the select Committee on the Rebellious States, reported the following bill: A Bill To guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown, a republican form of government. (H.R. 244)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Rebellious States. Reported back with amendments, the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, January 10, 1865, after the morning hour, and made a special order from day to day after the morning hour until disposed of, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the ... (H.R. 602)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To levy duties on leaf and manufactured tobacco. (H.R. 684)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Monday, the 21st. Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To construct a ship canal for the passage of armed and naval vessels from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan, and for other purposes. (H.R. 322)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Saturday, April 16, after the morning hour. Mr. Hooper, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof. (H.R. 395)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, after business of commerce, and made a special order till disposed of, subject to same rules as in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide ways and means ... (H.R. 772)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, February 2, after the morning hour. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the temporary increase of the compensation of certain clerks and employees in the civil service of the government. (H.R. 701)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, the 26th instant. Mr. Cole, from the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize and aid in the construction of a railroad connecting the Pacific railroad, in California, with the Columbia river, in Oregon, and ... (H.R. 691)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday next, after the morning hour. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 494)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday next, after the morning hour. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes. (H.R. 405)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, 19th instant. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To prevent depreciating the currency. (H.R. 403)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 2d February next. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To abolish certain laws in the conquered territory of the Confederate States, and to prescribe terms of their admission into the Union. Whereas certain States of the Union have, by ... (H.R. 118)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday next, after the morning hour. Mr. Deming, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To declare certain roads military and post roads and to regulate commerce. (H.R. 307)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday next. Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes. (H.R. 540)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, the further consideration postponed to Monday, February 6, after the morning hour, and made a special order from day to day till disposed of. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge ... (H.R. 703)

Read twice, recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilder, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians of Kansas. Whereas the sum of eight-nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-two ... (H.R. 425)

Read twice, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stiles, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Baltimore and Washington Depot and Potomac Ferry Railway Company. (H.R. 186)

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 in the Congress of the United States. (H.R. 660)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill In relation to the mines and minerals in the public domain. (H.R. 344)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kasson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To levy duties upon tobacco and its manufactures. (H.R. 627)

Read twice, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prevent gold and silver coin and bullion from being paid or accepted for a greater value than their real current value; and for preventing any note or bill issued by the United States, and made lawful ... (H.R. 577)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Mr. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To revive certain provisions of the act entitled ''An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes. (H.R. 690)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Colfax, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To constitute the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana, a port of entry, and to release the claim of the general government to the tonnage duties of said harbor to the Michigan City Harbor Company, to aid in its ... (H.R. 720)

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 Further to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels. (H.R. 510)

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 Relating to the enrolment and license of certain vessels. (H.R. 738)

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 amend the acts relating to officers employed in the examination of imported merchandise in the district of New York. (H.R. 729)

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 regulate the fees of customs officers on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States. (H.R. 739)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Elections, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawes, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the election of representatives in Congress from the States of Tennessee and Louisiana. (H.R. 2)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Finance, ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. An Act To provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes. (H.R. 405)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Finance, ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Reported by Mr. Fessenden with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of ... (H.R. 405)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kinney, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain and report to the Secretary of the Interior the losses sustained by the people of the Territory of Utah by Indian depredations. (H.R. 221)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,'' approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the other acts relating to enrolment and draft. (H.R. 678)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Finck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 128)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To determine the rank of military officers re-entering the military service. (H.R. 653)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, 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 the ... (H.R. 727)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the organization of volunteer engineer troops. (H.R. 796)

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 create a Bureau of Military Justice. (H.R. 49)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spaulding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 10)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yeaman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the restoration of the civil authority of the United States in certain States. (H.R. 584)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Strike out all within [brackets] and insert the part in italics. Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To ... (H.R. 49)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. A. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to establish and equalize the grade of line officers of the United States navy,'' approved July sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (H.R. 303)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. A. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To further regulate the appointment of admirals, to increase the number of line officers of the navy, and for the appointment of certain volunteer officers to the navy. (H.R. 535)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. A. H. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate prize proceedings and the distribution of prize money, and for other purposes. (H.R. 446)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spalding, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the establishment of a navy yard and navy depot at Cleveland, in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 585)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. C. Cole, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish a Mining department. (H.R. 617)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cornelius Cole, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To confirm to the State of California the swamp and overflowed lands within that State. (H.R. 722)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnelly, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making a grant of lands to the Territories of Dakota and Idaho, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said Territories. (H.R. 430)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Donnely, 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 railroad from Saint Cloud to the line of the Lake Superior and Mississippi railroad, in said State. (H.R. 680)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Holman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Donating public lands to the several States and Territories for the purpose of founding and endowing homes for disabled soldiers and seamen, and for other purposes. (H.R. 679)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Julian, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the sub-division and sale of the gold and silver lands of the United States and others, containing valuable minerals, for the coining of the products of such lands, and for other purposes. (H.R. 730)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the confiscation act, and for other purposes. In order to secure to the loyal people of the United States ''indemnity for the past and security for the future,'' and cause the rebels to pay part of ... (H.R. 12)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for submitting to the several States a proposition to amend the National Constitution prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude in all the States, and in the Territories now owned, or which may ... (H.R. 14)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal the fugitive slave act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all acts and parts of acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves. (H.R. 13)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. F. Thomas, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to the laws relating to the War Department, and authorizing the settlement and payment of certain claims against the United States. (H.R. 63)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Holman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To legalize and establish the civil commission at Memphis, Tennessee. Whereas the records connected with the administration of justice in the country of Shelby and State of Tennessee, and the officers of the ... (H.R. 90)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Orth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To create and organize a department of the government to be called the Department of Industry. (H.R. 216)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sloan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Submitting to the legislature of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Article XIII. (H.R. 673)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the judicial system of the United States. (H.R. 671)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Worthington, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Providing for a district and a circuit of the United States for the district of Nevada, and for other purposes. (H.R. 640)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reported back with amendments, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Thursday, the 21st instant, at 2 o'clock p. m. Mr. Thomas, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to the laws relating to the War Department, and ... (H.R. 63)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Mr. W. H. Wallace, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho,'' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. (H.R. 486)

Read twice, referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Price, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting public lands to aid in the construction of a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad and Telegraph line through the rich mineral regions in the Territories of Colorado, New Mexico, and ... (H.R. 482)

Read twice, the further consideration postponed to Wednesday, February 1, and made special order from day to day till disposed of, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to increase the compensation of inspectors of customs in certain ... (H.R. 704)

Read twice. Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Select Committee on that subject Mr. Brandegee, from the Select Committee on the expediency of the establishment of a new route between New York and Washington, for military, postal, and other purposes, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of a line of railway ... (H.R. 518)

Referred to the Committee of Grays and Means with Senate's amendments. Reported back, agreeing to some and non-concurring in others of the 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 legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the ... (H.R. 192)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed with Senate's amendments. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. An Act To increase duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 494)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed with Senate's amendments. Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. An Act To provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes. (H.R. 405)

Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Conness to the bill (H.R. 532) to establish certain post roads, viz: At the end of the bill insert the following as additional sections: (H.R. 532)

Reported from the Committee of Claims, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Darius S. Cole. (H.R. 115)

Reported from the Committee of Claims, read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Wormer. (H.R. 114)

Reported from the Committee of Claims, read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William G. Brown. (H.R.C.C. 116)

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H. R. 549) entitled ''An act further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,'' do pass with the following Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof as follows: (H.R. 549)