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Instructions to committees-Continued.

On Expenditures in the Department of Justice, to inquire into the expenses of the
United States court in Nebraska.

to inquire into the expenditure of the public funds in the western district of
North Carolina.
On Foreign Affairs, to inquire whether any legislation is necessary to prevent the
importation of coolies, &c....

On the Judiciary, to consider the expediency of authorizing by general law the Pre-
siding Officers of the two Houses to issue proper process to compel the
attendance of witnesses who have disobeyed the summons of either House.

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to inquire if the Western Union Telegraph Company have refused to trans-
mit dispatches for the American Press Association, &e

465

to report a bill providing for local jurisdiction in the United States courts of
all claims against the United States

516

On Military Affairs, petitions of Mrs. Ellen J. Brosnan, William S. McKnight, aud
James W. Richardson, and to War-Claims
On Naval Affairs, to investigate the charges of official corruption preferred against
Mr. Stowell, a member of the House from Virginia, in the sale of a cadet-
ship at the Naval Academy

On the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to inquire if any change can be made in the postal
laws to reduce the expenses of the Post-Office Department.

to inquire whether any additional security can be provided against the
destruction of the mails on railroad-cars.

On Printing, to inquire into the propriety of making a provision to supply a copy of
the Congressional Record to each of the official reporters of debates.

to inquire relative to the binding of the manuscript returns of the first and
ninth censuses..

On Rules, to inquire into the expediency of reporting a rule limiting the time during
which any remarks delivered in the House may be withheld from the Con-
gressional Record for revision.

On Ways and Means, to inquire into the expediency of restoring the duty on sugars.

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Number.¡

BILLS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Title.

41 A bill for the improvement of the currency,
and the reduction of the interest on the
funded debt of the United States.

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435

518

543

565

577

A bill granting a pension to Salem P. Rose,
of North Adams, Mass.

A bill granting the Memphis and Vicksburgh
Railroad Company the right of way along
the river-bank at the national cemetery at
Vicksburgh, Mississippi.

A bill declaring the true intent and meaning
of the Union Pacific Railroad acts approved
July 1, 1862, July 1, 1864, and July 3, 1866,
and for other purposes.

A bill for the construction of a canal con-
necting the waters of Lake Michigan, the
Illinois, the Mississippi, and the Rock
Rivers.

A bill for the relief of Joseph W. McClurg
and others, of Camden County, Missouri.
A bill to carry out certain Indian treaties of
1866, and to organize the Territory of Okla-
homa.

A bill to authorize the issue of swamp-land
indemnity certificates, and their location
by actual settlers.

A bill for the relief of Daniel S. Mershon, jr..
A bill for the relief of Raphael M. Miller
A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Penelope C.
Brown, widow of Stephen C. Brown, late a
private of Company C, Eighth Tennessee
Cavalry Volunteers.

A bill granting a pension to Hugh Wallace...
A bill for the relief of enlisted men who served
for thirty days in the war against the Semi-
nole Indians in the State of Florida.
A bill granting a pension to Rosanna Quinn..
A bill for the relief of Francis V. De Coster,
of Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota.
A bill to provide for the construction of a cer-
tain military wagon-road in the Territory
of Washington.

A bill to enable the people of Colorado to
form a constitution and State government,
and for the admission of the said State into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original States.

A bill granting a pension to Thomas Allcock,
of Rochester, New York.

A bill to re-imburse Charles Dougherty for
his expenses to the consulate of London-
derry.

1 A bill for the relief of Peters & Reed, naval
contractors at the Norfolk navy-yard in

1860.

A bill granting pensions to certain soldiers
and sailors of the war with Mexico, and
the widows of deceased soldiers.

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633

A bill for the relief of Randall Brown, of

450.

471

Nashville, Tennessee.

647

650

667

674

692
696

734

A bill for the relief of James B. White
An act for the relief of John Brennan
A bill for the relief of Nicholas Whitehall..
A bill providing that all pensions since March
4, 1861, shall commence from date of death
or discharge, and for other purposes.
A bill for the relief of William Chester
A bill granting a pension to Alice Mullally,
mother of John Mullally, of Company C,
Second Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers.
A bill to provide for reclaiming and improv.
ing the swamp and overflowed lands con-
nected with the United States navy-yard at
Brooklyn, New York.

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782

796

801

810

215

814

873

909

965

1026

A bill for the relief of the officers and crew
of the United States ship Wyoming and
the Ta-Kiang.

A bill to protect all citizens in their civil and
legal rights.

A bill for the relief of L. R. Strauss, of Macon
City, Missouri.

A bill for the relief of William Moore, late a
private in Company K, Seventy-third Regi-
ment Ohio Infantry Volunteers.

A bill for the relief of Almont Barnes
A bill to authorize the promulgation of the
general regulations for the government of
the Army.

A bill for the relief of certain citizens of the
State of Pennsylvania who suffered losses
from Union and rebel troops during the
invasion of said State by Lee's army.

A bill to re-imburse the trustees of Bethel
College.

A bill granting a pension to Samuel Purcell
A bill for the relief of J. C. McBurney.
1054 A bill granting a pension to Jefferson W.
Davis, first lieutenant Company F, Sixty-
fourth Regiment New York Volunteers.
A bill to re-organize the clerical force in the
General Land-Office.

1060

1061
1063

1121

1150
1184

1194

1196

1233

1259

1273
1275

1283

1288

1299

1317

13 40

A bill for the relief of George W. Bradley
A bill to restore Captain John C. Beaumont,
United States Navy, to his original position
on the Navy Register.

A bill for the relief of the State of Missouri, ...
on account of ordnance and ordnance stores
issued to said State by the United States
during the late war of the rebellion.

A bill for the relief of Mary A. McComb
A bill to provide for the settlement of the
claims of the officers of the revolutionary
army and the widows and children of those
who died in the service.

A bill chartering a double-track freight-rail-
road from tide-water on the Atlantic to the
Missouri River, and to limit the rates of
freight thereon.

A bill to alter and appoint the times for hold-
ing the circuit cout of the United States
for the fourth judicial district, and for other
purposes.

A bill for the relief of Jackson T. Sorrels, mail-
contractor on the route from Asheville,
North Carolina, to Franklin, North Caro
lina, in 1865.

A bill for the relief of William M. Moore,
late captain of Company G, Third North
Carolina Mounted Infantry.

A bill to regulate proceedings in mandamus
A bill granting a pension to William D. Boyd.
of Johnson County, Kentucky.

A bill for the relief of Thomas Day. of Indiana
A bill to authorize the State of Illinois to se
lect 367,000 acres of the public lands to
which said State is entitled by law.
A bill to correct the error in the date of en-
listment of John H. Franklin, late a soldier
of Company K, Seventh Regiment Iowa Vol-
unteer Infantry.

A bill to enable Ann Jennette Hathaway, ex-
ecutrix of the last will and testament of
Joshua Fathaway, deceased, to make appli
cation to the Commissioner of Patents for
the extension of letters-patent for improved
device for converting reciprocating into ro-
tary motion.

A bill for the relief of Charles A. Luke

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Number.

Bills of the House of Representatives-Continued.

Title.

1342

1350

1366

A bill declaratory of the rights of such Mexi
cau citizens as were established in terri-
tories acquired from Mexico by the treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden
treaty, and who have since continued to re-
side within the limits of the United States.
A bill to enable Lucius C. Chase to make ap-
plication to the Commissioner of Patents
for the extension of letters-patent for im-
provement in buckles.

A bill to authorize Thomas Christian and Z.
De Bow to bring suit in the Court of Claims
for compensation for the use of their im-
proved wagon-brake by the United States.
A bill for the benefit of the widow and minor
children of Dr. W. H. Kidd.

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1390

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1397

1428

A bill for the relief of I. M. Roane, of Macon
County, North Carolina, for supplies fur-
nished the Indian service in California be-
tween 1856 and 1860.

A bill for the relief of Susan B. Sams.
A bill granting a pension to Emily Phillips,
widow of Martin Phillips.

1438
1456 A bill for the relief of Mrs. Mary J. Orr, wid-
ow of Hon. James L. Orr, late envoy extra-
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the United States to Russia.

1488

A bill directing the Secretary of War to de-
tail an officer of the Army to go to Free-
stone County, Texas, to investigate the
burning of the store-house and goods of L.
R. Worthom, of said county, alleged to have
been done by Federal soldiers since the war.
1503 A bill granting relief to Agnes and Mary De
Leon, heirs of Rebecca L. De Leon, for rent
of house by United States troops.
A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to ascertain and report the amount
necessarily expended by the Territory of
New Mexico in organizing, equipping, and
maintaining the militia forces during the

1505

1509

rebellion.

A bill for the relief of the Holy Cross Mission
in the Territory of Dakota.

A bill for the relief of Gustavns F. Jocknick."
A bill for the relief of Joseph J. Petri
A bill for the relief of the heirs of Asbury
Dickins.

685

130

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1515

1579

1580

1588

A bill to revise, amend, and consolidate the
laws relating to the security of life on board
vessels propelled in whole or in part by

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Approved.

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1820 A bill granting a pension to Samuel Hender-

A bill to provide for the printing at the Gov-
ernment Printing-Office of one thousand
copies of the Descriptive Anatomical Cata-
logue of the Army Medical Museum.
A bill granting a pension to Thomas I. Acra
A bill granting arrears of pension to Axef S.
Howard.

1836
1864
1914 A bill for the relief of Augustus Sprague, late
a private of Company B, Second Michigan
Volunteers.

1938

1947

A bill to extend the provisions of the act of
March 3, 1871, entitled "An act to provide
for the collection of debts due from southern
railroads, and for other purposes."
A bill granting a pension to George Holmes..
1953 A bill granting a pension to William D. Mor-
rison, late captain of Company D. Seventh
Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry.
A bill for the relief of John H. Sothoron, of
Saint Mary's County, Maryland.

1975

1995

2001

2007

2013

2029
2032

2073

2030

An act to amend the act approved June 18,
1888, entitled "An act to require the judge
of the district courts of East and West
Tennessee to hold a court at Jackson, in
said State."

A bill for the relief of the Bartholomew
County Agricultural Society of Indiana.
A bill granting a pension to Luther C. French,
late assistant surgeon Fourth Regiment
Michigan Volunteers.

A bill providing for the payment of officers
commissioned by governors of the States
and afterward mustered into the service of
the United States during the time between
the date of the commission and the muster-
ing into the service of the United States.
A bill granting a pension to Coleman Sims..
A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to
promote the development of the mining re-
sources of the United States," approved
May 10, 1872.

A bill restricting the refunding of custom-
duties, and prescribing certain regulations
of the Treasury Department.

A bill to provide for deducting any debt due
the United States from any judgment re-
covered against the United States by such
debtor.

2093 A bill for the relief of General Samuel W.
Crawford, United States Army.
2101

A bill for the relief of the owners of the
steamer Clara Dolson.

2102 A bill to incorporate the Capitol, North O
Street and South Washington Railway Com-
pany.

2103 A bill giving the approval and sanction of
Congress to the route and termini of the
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad,
and to regulate its construction and opera-

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