See H. R. 2564.

127, 394

240
291, 292

79, 297

200

Adams F. Colburn, report of, on art in the Capitol
Adjournment, for the day..23, 33, 37, 53, 56, 64, 67, 69, 76, 89, 92, 99, 103, 109, 113, 127, 133, 139, 144, 149, 153, 166,
172, 180, 185, 193, 194, 205, 212, 219, 223, 228, 240, 248, 255, 259, 264, 273, 2' 6, 302, 306,
311, 315, 323, 337, 341, 352, 356, 365, 368, 383, 390, 394, 399, 405, 418, 431, 447, 458, 468
over one day.
.36, 39, 43, 69
for more than three days
.50, 65, 99
sine die...
513

Admiral and Vice-Admiral, to abolish the offices of, in the United States Navy..34, 51, 184, 248, 254, 262,446,
470, 476, 488, 490, 506, 513

Agricultural College funds, for the better

See H. R. 2509.

security of the

See H. R. 2417.

extending the agricultural college act to the State of Mississippi..

See H. R. 2907.

217, 220

242

Agricultural Report, to print the, of 1870.

See H. Res. 515.
Agriculture to procure and disseminate information of the extent of cereal and other crops

See H. R. 1054.
viz:

Alabama, members from the State of, appear,
Peter M. Dox, William C. Sherrod
Robert S. Heflin, Charles W. Buckley.
Alfred E. Buck..

to appoint an appraiser of merchandise for the port of Mobile.

See S. 446.

to remove the disabilities of certain persons in the State of..

See H. R. 2557.

to provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the district courts of...
See H. R. 2640.

to provide for a building for Government use at Montgomery, in the State of....
See S. 731.

Charles Hays, a member from the State of, appears.
for the relief of certain persons therein named from their disabilities in the
State of...

483, 505, 508, 512

505

148

to pay J. J. Hind, contestant against W. C. Sherrod.
Alabama claims, providing a commission to audit all claims for damages by the steamers
Alabama, Shenandoah, Florida, and Georgia, &c.............

See H. R. 2714.

authorizing the appointment of commissioners by the President on the
damages done by the Alabama and other British cruisers..

See H. Res. 452; H. R. 2817.

Alaska, to provide for a temporary civil organization of the Territory of

See H. R. 2944.

for extending the land laws of the United States over the Territory of..

See H. R. 1657.

letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the leasing of the seal fisheries
of

155, 196

272

272, 280, 320

301

321

98

the Secretary of the Treasury transmits a report of the special agent at St. Paul
Island
Aliens, extending the same right to naturalization to, serving in the United States Navy, as
is extended to, serving in the Army.
American Independence, celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of, at Philadelphia 65, 100, 131,

Apportionment, to fix the time for the election and provide for the, of representatives and

delegates..

See H. R. 2682, 2687, 1705.

granting additional representation to certain States...

See H. R. 2873.

Appraisers, for the appointment of an appraiser for the port of Mobile

See S. 446.

Secretary of the Treasury transmits draught of a bill to secure uniformity in
the mode of appointing

for the appointment of an appraiser for the port of Galveston, Texas

for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses..68, 88, 136, 143, 148, 153, 170, 174, 396, 397,
419, 441, 464, 467, 468, 469, 470, 488, 496, 509, 510

for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department..103, 219, 222, 225, 400,

special, for Indian service in New Mexico and Arizona..

Page.

Appropriations, for the consular and diplomatic expenses...134, 185, 189, 190, 212, 257, 281, 301, 305, 364, 365,

368, 397
167, 237, 264, 310, 314, 458, 460, 468, 488, 492, 508, 510

See H. R. 2689.

for the naval service..

See H. R. 2789.

Aqueduct, report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Washington...
Architect of Capitol Extension, letter from the, relative to the Lincoln statue.

transmits an inventory of the property belonging to the United
States in and about the Capitol, President's House, and the
Botanic Garden

letter from the, relative to the modification of the grades in
the vicinity of the Capitol

Arizona, making a special appropriation for the Indian service in New Mexico and
See H. R. 2580.

Richard C. McCormick, delegate from the Territory of, appears.
Arkansas, members from the State of, appear, viz: Logan H. Roots, Thomas Boles.
Anthony A. C. Rogers

to remove legal and political disabilities of John Cook, B. F. Hancock, et al..

See H. R. 2767.

to remove the legal and political disabilities of certain persons therein named in
the State of

See H. R 2768.

383

406

108

153, 174

217

504

87

104

23

67

157

157

authorizing terms of the United States district court to be held at Helena....387, 392, 407, 433,
447, 449, 455, 458, 509
See H. R. 1582.

Armory, statement of the expenses of the national, at Springfield.
Army, extending the provisions of section 25 of an act making appropriations for the sup
port of the, &c., approved July 15, 1870, to the relatives of deceased officers and
soldiers.

See H. R. 2484.

See H. R. 2487.

settlement of the claims of the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary...
amendatory of the act of July 15, 1870, providing homesteads for officers, soldiers,
seamen, &c ...

See H. R. 2520.

relative to the employment of officers of the, as professors in colleges and universities.
See H. Res. 418.

amendatory of an act making appropriations for the support of the, for 1871.......
See S. 1130.

amendatory of an act to extend the benefits of section four of an act making ap
propriations for the support of the, for the year ending June 30, 1866..........

See H. R. 2502.

repealing the twenty-sixth section of an act to increase and fix the military peace
establishment of the United States, approved July 28, 1866...

See H. R. 2568.

repealing the third section of a joint resolution amendatory of a joint resolution for
the relief of certain officers of the

See H. Res. 431.

for the further relief of the Fourth and Fifth Indiana regiments..

See H. Res 433.

relative to the construction of joint resolution amendatory of joint resolution for
the relief of certain officers of the
extending the provisions of the act of July 17, 1862, to define the pay, &c., of cer-
tain officers of the

102

103

See H. R. 2610.

amendatory of section twenty-five of the act making appropriations for the support
of the, for year ending June 30, 1871
See H. R. 2655.

117

for relief of disabled officers of the

to provide for the date of commission to fill original vacancies in the....
See H. R. 262.
appropriations for the support of the, for 1872
See H. R. 2816.
See H. R. 2871.

152

193, 359, 366, 458, 460, 468, 483, 486, 506, 510

218

Secretary of the Treasury called upon to furnish a tabular statement of the pay
allowances of the different grades of officers of the..

and

218

answer to the above call

301

relative to the officers of the staff of the General of the, of the United States, being
detailed for duty as secretaries, &c., of the President, &c..

232

See H. Res. 477.

Army, amendatory of an act to extend the benefits of section four of an act making appro
priations for the support of the

to authorize the promulgation of the general regulations for the government of the.
See S. 1294.

Arsenal, donating the Chattahoochee, to the State of Florida

See H. R. 2416.

.....

granting the land occupied by the Allegheny, to the city of Pittsburg..

See H. R. 2469.

to cause the removal of the machinery, arms, and stores now at the Allegheny,
and to sell the remaining property to the municipal authorities of the city of
Pittsburg..

Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Postmasters General, relating to the

See H. R. 2605.

Asylums, to extend the benefit of the act establishing a National Asylum for Disabled Volun-
teer Soldiers to the disabled soldiers of the war of 1812

See H. Res. 447.

Page.

279

329

469

37, 58, 69

38

151

196

216, 222, 268

151

231

102

..117, 214, 408, 413, 440

declaratory of the rights of citizens residing in any national asylum for disabled
soldiers

See H. R. 2680.

report of the Committee on Military Affairs relative to the management of the
National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Attorney General, called upon for a statement of the names of all persons, with places of
residence, who have been arrested in the State of Virginia for violation
of the internal revenue laws since the 1st day of January, le68, &c....
transmits answer to said call.

annual report of the

communicates relative to the account of the United States district attor
ney for Virginia in the case of one Patrick Wood

Attorney of the United States, amendatory of an act in relation to the office of, for the
southern district of New York

See H. R. 2465.

PETITIONS FROM.]

126

464, 535

126

321

254

321

37

Alabama, citizens of, for a post route from Thomas Station to Midway.

relative to railroad bridges on the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers
for aid to establish common schools

relative to navigation of Red River

Mobile Board of Trade relative to a railroad bridge over the Rigolets

Arkansas, citizens of, relative to the entry of certain lands

relative to a mail route from Mooningsport, Louisiana, to Ronde,
Arkansas

for a mail route from Searcy to Des Arc..

E. E. Henderson, for aid to establish common schools.

23

128

139, 155

274

Bankruptcy, amendatory of an act to establish a uniform system of, &e.....

See H. R. 2514, 2543, 2821, 2124.

to prevent frauds and perjuries in cases of debts discharged in..

See H. R. 2806,

.262, 316, 320, 476

.51, 78, 196, 253, 399

to extend the time in which debtors may receive discharges in, whose assets do
not pay fifty per centum of the claim against the estate..

See H. R. 2912.

See H. R. 2431.

185

247

Banks, to authorize the Jersey Shore National Bank, Pennsylvania, to change its location.. 29, 85, 88, 100

See also National Banks.

to incorporate the Capitol Hill Savings Bank of the District of Columbia..

See H. R. 2518.

making the notes of gold note, receivable for customs

See H. Res. 432.

to incorporate the Washington City Dime Savings Bank..

See H. R. 2583.

repealing that portion of the act to provide for the redemption of the three per cent.
temporary loan certificates, &c., that provides that no organized banking associa
tion shall have a circulation in excess of five hundred thousand dollars..

See H. Res. 439; H. R. 2×96.

61

80

87

103, 232

168, 298, 305, 310

to authorize the Worcester County Massachusetts National Bank, to change its

name...

See H. R. 2793.

amendatory of an act to provide for the redemption of the three per cent. temporary
loan certificates, and for an increase of national bank notes..

See II R. 2975.

authorizing the Farmers' National Bank of Fort Edwards, New York, to change
its location and name.......

See H. Res. 499.

See H. R. 2996.

278

302, 336, 340, 367

authorizing the Worthington National Bank of Cooperstown, New York, to change
its location and name......

303, 342, 343, 439
.268, 316, 320, 476

to provide for a reissue of national bank notes
See H. R. 2938, 3002; S. 1874.
Beacons, for the preservation and protection of, and buoys and other aids to navigation.....
See S. 1256.

Beard, Thomas P., claiming a seat from fifth district of Georgia, relating to the case of........
Bergen Heights Arsenal, directing the Secretary of War to sell

See S. Res. 10.

Berlin, the President recommends an increase of salaries of the minister and secretaries of
legation at

Blackburn, W. Jasper, relative to the case of

Bliss and Masterman, report of Committee on Foreign Affairs relative to the arrest and de-
tention of, by the government of Paraguay

Boats, to exempt certain, from the payment of marine hospital dues.

See H. Res. 388, 449.

288

188, 207, 212
216, 222, 268

299, 333

166, 173, 220

90, 106, 110
.29, 138, 167, 288, 300, 314