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Postal cards. An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the manufacture of postal cards
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 1876. April 6, 1876......

Sioux Indians, different tribes. An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for certain Indians.

April 6, 1876..

Jail, District of Columbia. An act to suspend the sale of the jail on Judiciary Square, and for other

purposes. April 10, 1876..........

Pawnee reservation. An act to authorize the sale of the Pawnee reservation. April 10, 1876. .

Georgetown and Tennallytown Railroad. An act to incorporate the Georgetown and Tennallytown

Railroad Company. April 10, 1876...

Military road, Oregon. An act donating the military road running from Astoria, Oregon, to Salem, in

that State, to the several counties through which it passes. April 11, 1876...

Arsenal, Stonington. An act for the sale of the arsenal and lot at Stonington, Connecticut. April

11, 1876

Alabama claims. An act to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay judgments provided for in an

act approved February fifteenth, 1876, entitled "An act providing for the payment of judg-

ments rendered under section 11 of chapter 459 of the laws of the first session of the Forty-

third Congress." April 11, 1876....

Limitations of criminal prosecutions. An act to amend section 1044 of the Revised Statutes, relating to
limitations in criminal cases. April 13, 1876 ..

Bankruptcy. An act concerning cases in bankruptcy commenced in the supreme courts of the several

Territories prior to the twenty-second day of June, 1874, and now undetermined therein.

April 14, 1876..

Engraving and Printing Bureau. An act to provide for a deficiency in the Printing and Engraving

Bureau of the Treasury Department, and for the issue of silver coin of the United States in

place of fractional currency. April 17, 1876....

Customs duties, Centennial Exposition. An act to provide for the expenses of admission of foreign goods

to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. April 17, 1876 .

Rockland custom-house lot. An act providing for the sale of part of custom-house lot in Rockland,
Maine. April 17, 1876

Administering oaths in Senate. An act further to provide for the administering of oaths in the Senate.

April 18, 1876...

First National Bank of Saint Albans. An act to pay the First National Bank of Saint Albans, in the

county of Franklin and State of Vermont, the value of certain United States Treasury notes

held by said bank as financial agent of the United States, and forcibly taken therefrom by

raiders from Canada, in October, 1864. April 20, 1876

Capitol grounds. An act for continuing the work of improving the Capitol grounds. April 21, 1876.

Public lands. An act to confirm pre-emption and homestead entries of public lands within the limits

of railroad-grants in cases where such entries have been made under the regulations of the

Land Department. April 21, 1876...

Circuit court at Mobile. An act authorizing the transfer of certain causes from the circuit court of

the United States for the district of Alabama at Mobile into the circuit court of the United

States for the middle and northern districts of Alabama at Montgomery and Huntsville, in

said State. April 21, 1876...

Beaver land-district. An act to establish a land-office in the southern part of Utah Territory, to be

known as the Beaver district, and for other purposes. April 25, 1876.

Menomonee reservation. An act authorizing the sale of logs cut by the Indians of the Menomonee res-

ervation, in Wisconsin, under the direction of the Interior Department. April 25, 1876.....

Washington Square, Dubuque. An act giving the consent of the United States to the county of Du-

buque, in the State of Iowa, to construct county buildings in Washington Square, in the city

of Dubuque, and for other purposes. April 25, 1876..

"Charles W. Mead." An act to change the name of the steamboat "Charles W. Mead." April 26, 1876.

Surveys of public lands. An act to correct an error in the Revised Statutes of the United States, and

for other purposes. April 27, 1876 .

Mutual Protection Fire Insurance Company. An act to incorporate the Mutual Protection Fire Insurance

Company of the District of Columbia. April 27, 1876...

Capitol grounds. An act to protect the public property, turf, and grass of the Capitol grounds from

injury. April 29, 1876..

for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, 1876, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

May 1, 1876..

Deficiency appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations

Separate entry of packages. An act to provide for the separate entry of packages contained in one

importation. May 1, 1876..

Reform-School, District of Columbia. An act revising and amending the various acts establishing and

relating to the Reform-School in the District of Columbia. May 3, 1876.

Mineral lands in Missouri and Kansas. An act to exclude the States of Missouri and Kansas from the

provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to promote the development of the mining

resources of the United States," approved May tenth, 1872. May 5, 1876....

Fort Point reservation. An act to relinquish the interests of the United States in certain lands to the

city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California. May 9, 1876.....

Apaches in Arizona. An act appropriating fifty thousand dollars for subsistence supplies for Apache

Indians in Arizona Territory, and for the removal of the Indians of the Chiricahua agency to

San Carlos agency. May 9, 1876.......

Malt liquors. An act to define the tax on fermented or malt liquors. May 13, 1876.

Lights on Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers. An act authorizing the transfer of a certain appro-
priation. May 13, 1876.....

Investigation in Louisiana. An act appropriating nine thousand dollars to pay the expenses of the

Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Offices in Louisiana. May 19, 1876...

Timber culture. An act to amend the act entitled "An act entitled 'An act to encourage the growth
of timber on western praries'" approved March thirteenth, 1874. May 20, 1876...
Congressional Cemetery. An act relating to interments in the Congressional Cemetery. May 23, 1876.
Pre-emptors. An act to extend the time to pre-emptors on the public lands. May 23, 1876..........
Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan. An act extending the time within which homestead entries upon
certain lands in Michigan may be made. May 23, 1876....

Memphis custom-house. An act to further provide for the building of a custom-house, post-office, court-

rooms, and so forth, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee. May 23, 1876.....

Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway. An act to amend the charter of the Capitol,

North O Street and South Washington Railway Company. May 23, 1876 ...

Northern Railway. An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the United States

arsenal grounds near Benicia, California. May 24, 1876....

District of Columbia. An act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to cancel
and annul the condemnation of ground in square 762, in the city of Washington, for a public
alley, and for other purposes. May 25, 1876.....

Department of Justice. An act making certain transfers of appropriations in the provisions for the

contingent expenses of the Department of Justice for the current year. June 2, 1876....

Wilson McCandless. An act to permit the judge of the district court of the United States for the

western district of Pennsylvania to retire. June 2, 1876....

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Lick Observatory. An act granting a site for an observatory to the trustees of the Lick Observatory

of the astronomical department of the University of California. June 7, 1876..

Indian trust-funds. An act transferring the custody of certain Indian trust-funds. June 10, 1876..

Neville Island Channel. An act authorizing the residents and property-owners of Neville Township,

county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, to close the channel of the Ohio River on the

south side of Neville Island by the construction of an embankment or causeway from the head

of said island to the southern shore of said river. June 12, 1876....

"An get to amend section 5271 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating

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to extradition. June 19, 1876...

Grasshoppers. An act to amend “An act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands," approve

December twenty-eight, 1874, and for other purposes. June 19, 1876 ...

Fortifications appropriations. An act making appropriations for fortifications and for other works of

defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 1877, and for

other purposes. June 20, 1876....

Custom-house bonds. An act relating to the execution of custom-house bonds. June 20, 1876..

Cheboygan, Michigan. An act establishing Cheboygan, in the State of Michigan, a port of delivery.

June 20, 1876.

William H. Emory. An act authorizing the retirement of Col. W. H. Emory with the rank and pay of

a brigadier-general. June 26, 1876....

City of Brashear. An act to change the name of the steamship "City of Brashear" to "Lone Star."

June 26, 1876..

Medical Corps of the Army. An act to reduce the number and increase the efficiency of the Medical

Corps of the United States Army. June 26, 1876 ...

Courts in Colorado. An act to further the administration of justice in the State of Colorado. June

26, 1876

Washington Territory. An act to amend section 1911 of the Revised Statutes of the United States,

defining the jurisdiction of the courts in Washington Territory. June 29, 1876

Receivers of national banks. An act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and

for other purposes. June 30, 1876 ..

Temporary appropriations. An act to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

June 30, 1876...

Public printing. An act to continue the public printing. June 30, 1876...

Navy appropriations. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June

thirtieth, 1877, and for other purposes. June 30, 1876

Paragon." An act to change the name of the steamboat "Paragon," of Pittsburgh, Pa. July 1, 1876.

Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad. An act granting the right of way for a railroad and tele-

graph line to the Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company across Fort Walla Walla

military reservation, in Washington Territory. July 3, 1876

Dorer post-office, Delaware. An act making a further appropriation for the erection of Government

buildings in Dover, Delaware. July 3, 1876.....

Public lands. An act to repeal section 2303 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, making

restrictions in the disposition of the public lands in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi-

ana, Arkansas, and Florida, and for other purposes. July 4, 1876.

Young Men's Christian Association. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the joint

stock company of the Young Men's Christian Association of Washington," approved March

second, 1867. July 3, 1876...

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Additional bounty. An act to extend the time for filing claims for additional bounty under the act of

July twenty-eighth, 1866, which expired, by limitation, on January thirtieth, 1875, until July

first, 1880. July 5, 1876

Army officers for colleges. An act to amend section 1225 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

July 5, 1876...

Kansas Indian lands. An act providing for the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to actual

settlers, and for the disposition of the proceeds of the sale. July 5, 1876.

La Crosse bridge. An act to authorize the construction of a ponton bridge across the Mississippi

River from some feasible point in La Crosse County, in the State of Wisconsin, to some feasible

point in Houston County, in the State of Minnesota. July 6, 1876..

Nebraska City Bridge Company. An act authorizing the Nebraska City Bridge Company to construct

a ponton railway-bridge across the Missouri River at Nebraska City, in Otoe County,

Nebraska. July 8, 1876 ..

Temporary appropriations. An act to continue the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide

temporarily for the expenditures of the Government." July 10, 1876...

Postal-service appropriations. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Depart-

ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 1877, and for other purposes. July 12, 1876... 78

Taxes in District of Columbia. An act for the support of the government of the District of Columbia
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 1877, and for other purposes. July 12, 1876.......

Documentary stamps. An act relative to the redemption of unused stamps. July 12, 1876...

Indian supplies. An act to authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to purchase supplies for the

Indian Bureau in open market. July 12, 1876

Penitentiaries and jails. An act to amend section 5546 of the Revised Statutes of the United States,

providing for imprisonment and transfer of United States prisoners. July 12, 1876....

Northwestern Improvement Company. An act to authorize the Northwestern Improvement Company, a

corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, to enter upon the Menomonee

Indian reservation, and improve the Oconto River, its branches and tributaries, July 12,

1876

Custom-house permits. An act to exempt vessels engaged in navigating the Mississippi River and its

tributaries above the port of New Orleans from entries and clearances. July 12, 1876 .............

Indecent publications. An act to amend sections 3893 and 3894 of the Revised Statutes, providing a

penalty for mailing obscene books and other matters therein contained, and prohibiting lottery-

circulars passing through the mails. July 12, 1876.....

Rockland custom-house lot. An act to amend an act approved April seventeenth, 1876, providing for

the sale of a part of custom-house lot in Rockland, Maine. July 12, 1876 .

Public printing. An act to continue the act entitled "An act to continue the public printing." July

18, 1876

"Dolphin." An act to change the name of the steam-barge "Dolphin," of Clayton, New York. July

18, 1876....

Arizona laws. An act relating to the approval of bills in the Territory of Arizona. July 19, 1876

Pennsylvania avenue

the separament of Pensy

An act authoriz

ansylvania avenue. July 19, 1876..

Norton." An act for changing the name of the steam-propeller "Senator Mike Norton"

To America." July 19, 1876 ..

"Senator Mik

rt Kearney military reservation. An act to provide for the sale of the Fort Kearney military reserva-
tion in the State of Nebraska. July 21, 1876

Temporary appropriations. An act to continue the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide

temporarily for the expenditures of the Government." July 21, 1876..............

Paymaster General. An act establishing the rank of the Paymaster-General. July 22, 1876..

Military posts. An act to provide for the construction of military posts on the Yellowstone and

Muscleshell Rivers. July 22, 1876.

Key West reservation. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to purchase a parcel of land on the

Island of Key West, Florida. July 22, 1876..

Alabama Claims Commission. An act to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Ala-
bama Claims. July 22, 1876

Army appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, 1877, and for other purposes. July 24, 1876.
Kansas land-grant for railroads. An act to declare forfeited to the United States certain lands granted
to the State of Kansas in aid of the construction of railroads by act of Congress approved
March third, 1863. July 24, 1876.

Public printing. An act to continue the public printing. July 24, 1876....
Bankruptcy. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to amend and supplement an act entitled
An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,' approved
March second, 1867, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-second, 1874. July 26,
1876