bills introduced by--
No.

878-to relieve American-built
steamers and vessels from import duties
laid upon materials and articles enter-
ing into their construction, repair, and
....304

use.

No. 903-for the relief of George A.
Stevens, of the United States Navy, 391
No. 1050-for the removal of legal and
political disabilities.......
....398
No. 1191-making appropriations for the
naval service for the year ending Juve
30, 1873........
.........599
No. 1214-establishing the number of
officers of certain ranks in the United
States Navy.....
No. 1554-to repeal section fourteen of
an act making appropriations for sun-
dry civil expenses of the Government
for the year ending June 30, 1871...1113
No. 1675-for the relief of Goen W.
Plummer....

............679

..1210

No. 2210-granting relief to Harlan P.
Eggleston.
........2269

No. 2258-for relief of W. E. Caswell, 2439
No. 2616-authorizing the construction
of a. public building at Rockland,
.....2886

Maine...

No. 2809-to allow the name of the
schooner Benjamin to be changed to
Sea-Lark...
.3648

resolution submitted by-

to place salt and coal upon the free
list-[February 19, 1872]. ......1117
reports made by..
.3396, 3562
incidental remarks by,
.304,
898, 1023, 1051, 1117, 1118, 1221,
1268, 1269, 1805, 2049, 2340, 2343, 2687,
8313, 3409, 3413, 3562, 3655, 3824, 4097
remarks on the apportionment bill.........63
on the Geneva commission appropriation

bill (H. R. No. 487)... .........75, 78
on the bill to relieve American-built
steamers, &c., from import duties, 396,
(see Appendix,) 500, 501, 507

(See Appendix.)
on the resolution to inquire into the
Louisiana disturbances....

...510

on the legislative appropriation bill...540,
541, 602, 2346, 2349, 2829, 2830, 2893
on the naval appropriation bill...599, 999,

1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1024, 1025,
1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1033,
1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058,
1059, 1060, 3035, 3388, 3396, 3397, 3562
on the order of business....
.998,

1023, 2741, 3007
on the subject of Tennessee politics, 1081
on the Post Office appropriation bill,
1661, 3680, 3832, 3833, 3877, 3881
on the resolution on the right to originate
revenue bills........
2108

on the bill to provide for the security of
life on board steamers, 2114, 2142, 2144
on the bill authorizing the appointment
of shipping commissioners...2173, 2178,
2179, 2180, 2182, 2206, 2207, 2208
on the bill for the relief of the officers
and crew of the Kearsarge........... 2210
on the bill to regulate the seizure of
invoices, &c.......
.2477, 2503

on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 1754), ||
3090, 3093

on the bill relative to retired officers of
the Army.........
.3221, 3222, 3223
on the tariff and tax bill...
.3231,
8232, 3311, 3451, 3569, 3570, 3571
on the amnesty bill (H. R. No. 2761), 3382
on the bill in reference to lands sold for
direct taxes......................... ................
.3388

on the bill to amend the laws relating to
pensions.....
........3394, 3395
on the question of final adjournment,
3524, 4136

on bill for the relief of J. C. Conner, 3631
on the civil appropriation bill... ....3750,
8781, 3782, 3784, 3789, 3791

Continued.

remarks on the bill to regulate the admission
of deaf and dumb pupils to the Columbia
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
3830, 4101
on the Army appropriation bill........8981
(See Appendix.)
Hall, John S., bill (H. R. No. 1997) for the
relief of, of Ritchie county, West Vir-
ginia-[By Mr. Davis.]

referred, 1775.

bill (H. R. No. 2477) for the relief of, of
Ritchie county, West Virginia-[By Mr.
Speer, of Pennsylvania.]

reported and passed. 2745.

Hall, Juliet E., bill (H. R. No. 2502) granting
a pension to, daughter of William Hall,
late colonel eleventh Iowa infantry-[By
Mr. Moore.]

reported and passed, 2749.

Hall of Representatives, resolution for a select

committee to consider what changes can
be made in the construction of the, so as to
give better light and ventilation-[By Mr.
Butler, of Massachusetts, May 30, 1872.]
read, 4089; agreed to, 4090; explanation,
4133.

Hallowell, Ann E., bill (H. R. No. 2228)

granting a pension to- -[By Mr. Kerr.]
referred, 2270.

Halpine, William G., resolution calling for the
correspondence relating to the release
of [By Mr. Cox, January 15, 1872.]
agreed to, 399.

bill (H. R. No. 1849) for the relief of-[By
Mr. W. R. Roberts.]
referred, 1401.

Halsey, George A., a Representative from
New Jersey.....

...............8
leave of absence granted to ......3294
petitions presented by, 605, 694, 865, 886,
1253, 1664, 2355, 2382, 3097, 3670, 3864
bills introduced by-

No. 928-to provide for the erection of
a building suitable for use as a post
office and for the accommodation of
United States internal revenue officials,
and other Government purposes, at
Jersey City, New Jersey..
..392

No. 1316-for the relief of John Black,
late consul of the United States at the
city of Mexico.........
.........683

No. 1317-to establish a port of entry at
Jersey City, New Jersey ....... 683
No. 1534-to provide for a building for
the use of the post office, custom-house,
United States circuit and district courts,
and internal revenue offices at Albany,
New York........
....994

................

No. 2141-for the relief of purchasers of
land sold for direct taxes in the insur-
rectionary States......... ........2073
No. 2942-for the construction of a cus-
tom-house, bonded warehouse, and post
office at Port Huron, Michigan.....3976
reports made by.......
...105,
994, 1272, 3976, 4022, 4134
incidental remarks by..
......105,
1019, 1218, 1521, 1581, 3976, 4134
remarks on the bill to provide for a public
building at Albany, New York.........994,
995, 996, 997
Hambleton, Martha L., bill (H. R. No. 2126)
for the relief of-[By Mr. Frye.]
referred, 2072; reported and recommitted,
2442.

Hambleton, Samuel, a Representative from
Maryland.........
.........8

..............

leave of absence granted to........3156, 3571
petitions presented by..........
24, 783
resolution submitted by-

in regard to a light-house on the shoals
known as "Solomon's Lump," between
Tangier sound and Chesapeake bay,
[February 21, 1872]:

reports made by..

incidental remarks by..........

.1165
1713, 2905

remarks on the call of the House........3861

470, 579, 1033, 1586, 1879, 1962

bills introduced by-
No. 735-to enable the President to pur-
chase a site and erect thereon a fire-
proof building for United States courts
and post office at Austin, Texas.....198
No. 1008-granting a pension to Mary
Ann Montgomery..
....395
No. 1154-to amend the second section
of an act approved August 30, 1852...499
No. 1489 to remove the legal and polit
ical disabilities imposed by the four-
teenth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States of certain persons
therein named........
.........971

joint resolutions introduced by-
No. 101-appointing commissioners to in-
quire into Indian depredations on the
frontier of Texas......... .......1115
No. 136-appointing commissioners to in-
quire into depredations on the frontiers
of the State of Texas..
........................... .....................2442
incidental remarks by.....
..2079
remarks on the subject of Texas politics,
1361, 1362

on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
bill...........
....2076

bills introduced by-
No. 687-for the removal of the civil and
political disabilities of Eldridge Barker,
a citizen of Coosa county, Alabama, 196
No. 1249-to repeal all laws of the United
States imposing a tax upon spirits made
exclusively of grapes, apples, peaches,
and other fruits.....
.... 680
No. 1250-for the relief of William Gar-
rett, G. W. Davis, Thompson S. Ste-
vens, and other citizens of Alabama,
from their civil and political disabili
ties
........680
No. 1251-to regulate proposals or bids
for mail service under the Post Office
Department and their acceptance by the
Postmaster General of the United
States.......
.....680
No. 1860-authorizing and instructing the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay Wil
liam A. Welch, deputy United States
marshal, $481 65 for services rendered
the Government in taking the eighth
census for Randolph county, in the State
of Alabama ....
..........829
No. 1361-to relieve innocent purchasers
of lands entered in accordance with au
act of Congress approved August 4,
1854, in the State of Alabama .......829
No. 2006-to relieve Judge William H.
Thornton and forty-six others, citizens
of the State of Alabama, therein named,
from the political disabilities imposed
by the fourteenth amendment of the
Constitution of the United States, 1775

Handley, William A., a Representative from
Alabama-Continued.

bills introduced by-

No. 2071-to authorize the election of
postmasters by the people............ 1953
No. 2072-to reserve from sale or entry
public lands upon which public school-
houses have been erected............1953
No. 2073-authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay to the claimants
the proceeds of certain cotton seized in
violation of instructions from the Treas-
ury Department, and which have been
covered into the Treasury............1953
No. 2074 to erect a post office building
in the city of Opelika, Alabama....1953
No. 2219-for the removal of the political
disabilities of certain citizens of the
State of Alabama.......
...2269
No. 2220-for the relief of Jasper N.
Pittman......
.3269
No. 2603-to grant to the State of Ala-
bama all the public lands within the
State remaining undisposed of, for the
benefit of the free public-school fund
of said State.......
............................... 2886
incidental remarks by.
423,

...........

467, 518, 1126, 1953, 2079, 2906
remarks on the bill to remove disabilities
(H. R. No. 2564).......
.......3525
Hanks, James M., a Representative from Ark-

ansas......................

...........8
leave of absence granted to.............. .3656
petition presented by....
2057
bills introduced by-

No. 725-to provide for the erection of a
marine hospital at or near the city of
Helena, Arkansas......

.......

..198

No. 1005-granting the right of way
through the public lands of the United
States in Arkansas to the Missouri,
Arkansas, and Louisiana Railroad and
Telegraph Company.... .........395
No. 1148-to confirm certain entries of
land therein named......................499
No. 1984-to authorize the construction
of bridges across the Arkansas river,
and to prescribe the dimensions of the
1774
No. 1985-for the removal of disabilities
imposed by the third section of the
fourteenth article of amendment of
the Constitution from L. L. Mack and
others, of Arkansas...... .......1774

same...

No. 2109-to authorize the issuance of
agricultural college scrip to the State
of Arkansas.....
............ 1955
No. 2231-to provide for the admission
of books, maps, charts, statuary, &c.,
for Soulé University free of duty...2270
No. 2297-to extend the time of letters-
patent issued to David Hohe........2440
joint resolution introduced by-

No. 100-to authorize the printing of a
further edition of Humphreys' and
Abbot's report on the physics and
hydraulics of the Mississippi river and
its tributaries.......
incidental remarks by.

..1115
.....1301, 1302,

1304, 1305, 1401, 2046, 2653, 4419, 4436
remarks on the deficiency bill (H. R. No.
1654).
.....1408
on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
bill.
1958
on the bill to provide for the security of
life on board steamers...

.2052

on the civil appropriation bill...3778, 3784
on bill to authorize the issuance of college
scrip to Arkansas.......3819, 4458, 4459
on the call of the House.
.3855, 3859
.4436

on the order of business....
Hanks, Dr. John F., bill (H. R. No. 1550) for
relief of the estate of [By Mr. Holman.]
reported, 1085; passed, 1086; passed Sen-
ate, 1689; enrolled, 1722; vetoed, 2057.
Hannay, John K., bill (H. R. No. 714) for the
relief of [By Mr. Farwell.]
referred, 197; reported and withdrawn,
3410.

Harbor-Continued.

bill (H. R. No. 670) to reimburse the city
of Savannah for all expenditures made
in the improvement of the, of Savan-
nah, Georgia, since the late war- -[By
Mr. McIntyre.]
referred, 196.

bill (H. R. No. 671) making appropriation
for the improvement of the, of Savan-
nah, Georgia, and the improvement
of the navigation of the Savannah
river from the city to its mouth-[By
Mr. McIntyre.]
referred, 196.

resolution calling for the report in relation
to the survey of the, of Savannah, Geor-
gia-[By Mr. McIntyre, January 25,
1872.]

agreed to, 605.

bill (H. R. No. 1225) for the improvement
of the, of Southport, Connecticut-[By
Mr. Barnum.]

referred, 680.

bill (H. R. No. 1074) providing for the
survey of the river and, at Washington,
District of Columbia-[By Mr. Stark-
weather.]

reported and passed, 479; passed the
Senate with amendment, 1188; agreed
to, 1242; enrolled, 1279; approved,
1582.

Harbor dues, bill (H. R. No. 516) prohibiting
that harbor, port, or pilotage fees, dues,
or other taxes or imposts be levied on
the tonnage, merchandise, trade, imports,
or cargoes of any vessel, or the vessel
itself, by virtue of the authority of any
State or municipal government, except
wharfage, pierage, and dockage, and
enacting that the collection or attempt to
collect the same or any portion thereof
be a penal offense-[By Mr. Negley.]
referred, 56.

bill (H. R. No. 783) prohibiting the collec-
tion of pilotage and, by State or
municipal authorities-[By Mr. Lynch.]
referred, 300.

Harbors, bill (H. R. No. 914) for the improve-
ment of the, of Bridgeport and West-
port-[By Mr. Barnum.]

referred, 392.

bill (H. R. No. 1484) making appropria-
tions for certain, in Michigan-[By
Mr. Stoughton.]

referred, 970.

bill (H. R. No. 1725) making an appropria-
tion for certain, in Michigan-[By Mr.
Foster, of Michigan.]
referred, 1212.

resolution calling for the report of Captain

Gillespie in regard to the improvement
of the, of Sandusky and Ashtabula, on
Lake Erie, and Waukegan, Illinois-[By
Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, February 1,
1872.]

agreed to, 773.

bill (H. R. No. 1042) making appropriations
for the improvement of the, of Sheboy-
gan and Port Washington, Wiscon-
sin-[By Mr. Eldredge.]
referred, 396.

Hardin, Martin P., bill (H. R. No. 1457) for
the relief of, of Pontotoc county, Missis-
sippi-[By Mr. Morphis.]

referred, 970; reported and passed, 4024;
passed Senate, 4458; enrolled, 4450;
approved, 4459.

544, 865, 1004, 1700, 1909, 2745, 2941
remarks on the Indiana contested elec-
tion-case of Gooding vs. Wilson...2670
on the civil rights bill......
....3073
on condition of the South-see Appendix.
Harper's Ferry, bill (S. No. 67) for the relief

of purchasers of lots and house lots sold by
virtue of an act of Congress for the sale of
the lands, tenements, and water privileges
belonging to the United States at and near,
in the county of Jefferson, West Virginia,
approved December 15, 1868.

received from Senate, 2008; referred, 3148.
Harris, Catherine, bill (H. R. No. 1346) for
the relief of [By Mr. Slocum.]
referred, 829; reported adversely and tabled,
1334.

Harris, George E., a Representative from
Mississippi.....
.8

leave of absence granted to.........1432, 2795
petitions presented by............399, 517, 680
bills introduced by-

No. 530-for the removal of the political
and civil disabilities of certain citizens
of Mississippi therein named............57
No. 688-to change the place of holding
the district court of the United States
for the northern district of Missis-
sippi.
.196
No. 1779-for the relief of Samuel Hitch-
cock
.1336
No. 1780-for relief of Eliza Webb, 1336
No. 2105-to remove the civil and polit
ical disabilities of certain persons named
therein.........
1955
No. 2221-for the relief of the civil and
political disabilities of certain citizens
of Mississippi.........
2269
No. 2280-to remove the political dis-
abilities of J. C. Davis, of Marshall
county, Mississippi............. 2439
No. 2815-to endow Reneau Female
University and five normal schools in
the State of Mississippi.... ..3649
reports made by.......1188, 1189, 1336, 3984
incidental remarks by, 1188, 1189, 1336, 3984
remarks on the Texas contested election-

case of Clarke vs. Giddings............349
on the bill to establish an educational
fund.....
........885

on the call of the House.........8849, 8858

Harris, J. H., resolution to pay, contestant, his
expenses in the election case of Harris vs.
Rogers, from North Carolina-[By Mr.
Hazelton, of Wisconsin, May 6, 1872.]
reported and agreed to, 3086.
Harris, John T., a Representative from Vir-
ginia.......

petitions presented by....

............

.8
.84,
202, 517, 975, 1223, 1962

bills introduced by-
No. 521-to repeal the act of July 2, 1862,
prescribing an oath of office............56
No. 669-to amend the act of April 3,
1871, so as to allow pay for rent of prop
erty used by the Army of the United
States, and where used by contract to
pay without proof of loyalty.......... 196
No. 1051-to change the times for hold-
ing circuit and district courts of the
United States for the western district of
Virginia......
.........399

No. 1243-to restore to the pension-roll
the name of Nancy Cloud, the widow
of William Cloud, a revolutionary pen-
sioner......
..680
No. 1551-for the relief of S. B. Mitch-
ell, George W. Mitchell, and J. W.
Mitchell..
1086

No. 1577-to grant to the State of Vir-
ginia public lands to assist her in paying
.........1114
her public debt............

No. 1588-to change the time for holding
the spring term of the United States
circuit and district courts at Harrison-
burg, Virginia......... .......1114

No. 1753-to authorize the extension of
the patent of James M. Lilley for an
improved instrument for surveying and
calculating areas..
.1214

No. 1806-for the relief of the heirs of
James M. Baker........
....1398
No. 1935-to remove the disabilities im-
posed by fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States from
Gilbert S. Meem and nine others, 1583
No. 1964-to authorize the erection of a
court-house and post office at Harrison-
burg, Virginia........... .............. 1773
No. 1965-to authorize the erection of
a post office in the city of Staunton,
Virginia......
............1773

No. 2040-for the relief of Redick Mc-
Kee....
......1811

No. 2041-for the relief of the children
of John M. Baker....
...1811
No. 2042-for the relief of Fannie M.
Jackson, of the State of Tennessee, 1811
No. 2215-to authorize the Postmaster
General to credit the postmasters in
the States lately in rebellion with the
stamps and stamped envelopes taken
from them by paramount force, or lost
or destroyed without the fault of the
said postmaster, and to refund any
money since paid for the same so taken,
..2269
lost, or destroyed.
No. 2272-for the relief of Burke &
Kunkel, for pig iron taken by agent of
the Treasury of the United States, 2439
No. 2672-for the relief of Thomas Burke,
of Virginia.......
........3084
No. 2841-for relief of Perry Broyles,3651
No. 2842-for the relief of George W.
Taylor, late postmaster of Winchester,
Virginia.......
3651

No. 2843-for the relief of W. T.
Simms.................
.....3651
No. 2939-to remove the political disabili-
ties of the persons therein named, 2938
No. 2948-for the relief of Lucy A. Baker

and Mary A. Baker, children of John
M. Baker, deceased....................4091
No. 2952-for the relief of Burke &
Kunkel................

.........

.4132

joint resolution introduced by-
No. 131-relating to the commissioners
of claims appointed under act of Con-
gress approved March 3, 1871.......2276

Harris, John T., a Representative from Vir-
ginia-Continued.

resolution submitted by-

to pay the select Committee on the Levees
of the Mississippi expenses incurred-
[June 8, 1872.1:
....4450
reports made by.....
.1086,
1811, 3617, 4091, 4131, 4132
incidental remarks by.
.399, 1023,
1086, 1114, 1401, 1583, 1811, 1906,
2276, 3533, 3617, 3846, 3881, 3884,
3938, 4091, 4130, 4131, 4132, 4451
remarks on the claims of southern citi-
zens...
........281
on the bill to establish an educational
fund........
.855, 859
on the bill to abolish the franking privi-
lege
.2341

on the legislative appropriation bill, 2378,
2391, 2393, 23,98

on the bill relating to the Central Pacific
Railroad Company.......

.2795

on the deficiency appropriation bill (H.
R. No. 1654).
3153, 3154
on the tariff and tax bill, 3159, 3565, 3568
on the bill to remove disabilities (H. R.
No. 2564)....
......... 3382
on the civil appropriation bill......... 3778,

3797, 4442
on the bill in reference to lands sold for
direct taxes......

on the call of the House...

3818
..3853,

3858, 3860, 3863
on the order of business.........3864, 4025
Harrison, Priscilla, bill (H. R. No. 2433)
granting a pension to-[By Mr. McJun-
kin.]

reported and passed, 2709; passed Senate,
3792; enrolled, 3873.

Hartwell, Lewis, bill (H. R. No. 1822) for
the relief of, of Jefferson county, Indi-
ana-[By Mr. Holman.]
referred, 1399.

Harvey, Benjamin and Jameson, bill (H. R.
No. 2021) for the relief of, heirs and legal
representatives of Benjamin Harvey, de-
ceased-[By Mr. Shoemaker.]
referred, 1776.

Haskell, Leonidas, bill (H. R. No. 2829) for
the relief of-[By Mr. Coghlan.]
referred, 3649.

Haskell, Phoebe, bill (H. R. No. 1059) grant-

ing a pension to, widow of Sidney Smith.
reported and discussed, 438; passed, 440.
remarks by-

bills introduced by-

No. 1001-for the relief of James A. Mc-
Culloch, late collector of the fifteenth
district of Missouri..........

......

......395
No. 1002-to cancel a bond..
.395
No 1145-to grant a pension to Evan
Johnson
.499
No. 1280-granting arrears of pension to
the heirs of James M. Smith.........681
No. 1281-for relief of George Graves, 681
No. 1625-to amend an act supplementary

to an act to allow the United States to
prosecute appeals and writs of error
without giving security, and for other
purposes, approved July 27, 1868, 1115
No 1720-to confirm title to John Bozer to
certain lands therein described...... 1212
No. 2087-for the relief of Josiah Cun-
ningham.......
.......1954
No. 2163-to confirm and legalize certain
entries of lands under the graduation
........ 2073
No. 2293-to legalize entries of public
lands under the homestead laws in cer-
tain cases...................
...........2440
No. 2738-to provide for the payment of
bounty to the fifteenth and sixteenth regi
ments Missouri cavalry volunteers, 3377
joint resolutions introduced by-

act...

........

No. 89-to construe section two of the act
approved February 26, 1853, to prevent
frauds upon the Treasury of the United
States...
.......681
No. 154-authorizing the Secretary of
War to correct an Army officer's
record......
....3649
incidental remarks by...... .2246, 3525
remarks on civil service reform..........2244
(See Appendix.)

...........

......

on the bill for the relief of certain home-
stead settlers.......
.... 3528, 3529
Hawaii, bill (H. R. No. 2122) to authorize the
minister of the United States at the Court
of Japan to represent the Government of,
at that Court-[By Mr. Kendall.]
referred, 2045; reported adversely and
tabled, 3660.

Hawkes, Miller & Co., bill (H. R. No. 2639)
for the relief of Butler, Miller & Co.,
and-[By Mr. Van Trump.]
referred, 3008; referred anew, 3506.
Hawley, John B., a Representative from Illi-
nois....
...23

......1427

No. 1414-authorizing the construction of
a wagon and railroad bridge across the
Mississippi river at Quincy, Illinois, 881
No. 1532-supplementary to the several
acts relating to pensions...... .992
No. 1852-to secure the public lands to
actual settlers........
No. 2026-to authorize the construction
of a wagon and railroad bridge across
the Mississippi river at Quincy, Illinois,
and to establish the same as a post
route...............................
.1805
No. 2117-to secure the public lands to
actual settlers.........
......1980
No. 2161-to authorize the construction
and maintenance of a bridge over the
Mississippi river, between the city of
Warsaw, in Hancock county, State of
Illinois, and the city of Alexandria, in
Clark county, State of Missouri, and to
establish the same as a post route, 2073
No. 2194-to amend the act in relation to
town site lands of the United States,
and for the relief of the inhabitants of
the cities or towns of Black Hawk, Cen-
tral City, and Georgetown, in the Ter-
ritory of Colorado.......
....2102

42D CONG. 2D SESS.-N.

nois-Continued.

bills introduced by-

No. 2202-authorizing joint entry by pre-
emption settlers ....
.........2205
No. 2230-supplementary to an act to en-
able the State of Arkansas and other
State to reclaim swamp lands within
their limits, approved September 28,
1850, and the amendment thereof, ap-
proved March 2, 1855.......... ....2270
No. 2382- for protection of owners of
saw-mills on the Mississippi river, 2687
No. 2784-granting the right of way to the
Missouri Valley Railroad Company,3527
No. 2785-for the relief of certain home-

stead settlers on the public lands,3527
No. 2863-to extend to the State of Ne-
vada the benefits of an act to enable the
State of Arkansas and other States to
reclaim the swamp lands within their
limits........
..............3774

joint resolution introduced by-
No. 128-proposing an amendment to the
Constitution......
...2270

resolution submitted by-
for printing the soldiers' and sailors' home-
steads bill-[ March 27, 1872]........2008
reports made by.
.1427,

1980, 2102, 2139, 2205, 3527, 3774
incidental remarks by..
....437,
473, 503, 903, 992, 1222, 1397, 1508,
1909, 2102, 2105, 2137, 2139, 2172, 2205,
8446, 3527, 3774, 3932, 3980, 4177, 4204
remarks on the bill relating to wages and
hours of labor........
......225

on the bill to establish an educational
fund.........
..564, 568, 864, 903
on the bill in relation to a public building at
Quincy, Illinois...1020, 1021, 1022, 1049
on the bill making an appropriation for
William and Mary College........1201
(See Appendix.)

on the bill to set apart lands for a public
park at the headwaters of the Yellow-
.1243

stone...

on the St. Croix and Lake Superior rail-
road bill................. 1330, 1331, 1332
on the bill relating to the Central Pacific
Railroad Company....
.1471, 1521
on deficiency bill (H.R No. 1654)....1480,
1481, 1482, 1483, 3095, 3096, 3097
on the Post Office appropriation bill, 1844
on the Chicago relief bill.
.1871
on the soldiers' homestead bill.........1958,
1959, 3170, 3171
on the bill to provide for the security of
life on board steamboats......1960, 1961
on the bill to secure the public lands to
actual settlers........
1980,

2139, 2140, 2170, 2171
on the order of business. ..2101, 2740
on the bill to encourage the planting of
trees on the public lands...... 2927, 2928
on the Helena and North Utah railroad
bill.........
.2952

on the bill to provide for the abatement
of taxes on distilled spirits...........3149
on the Missouri Valley Railroad Com-
pany bill.....
...3527

on the bill for the relief of certain home-

stead settlers......... .3527, 3528, 2529
on the civil appropriation bill, 3683, 3758
on the bill relating to swamp lands in
Nevada.......
...3774

on the call of the House, 3859, 3860, 3863
on the bill to amend the act relating to
soldiers' and sailors' homesteads, 4325
Hay, John B., a Representative from Illi-
nois ....
petitions presented by....836, 945, 975, 2150
bills introduced by-

.........

.8

No. 478-to provide for the payment of
pensions through postmasters.........42
No. 717-to amend an act granting pen-
sions to certain soldiers and sailors of
the war of 1812, and the widows of such
deceased soldiers, approved February
14, 1871...........

.197

nois-Continued.

bills introduced by-

................

No. 986-to reduce the tax on snuff and
tobacco......
...........394
No. 987-to equalize bounties of soldiers
who served in the late war for the
Union
.........394
No. 988-to abolish bonded warehouses
for the storage of manufactured tobacco
and snuff......
..394
No. 989-making appropriations for the
preservation and improvement of the
harbor at Alton, Illinois...............394
No. 1140-to distribute the number and
rank of Government employés among
the several congressional districts and
Territories......
........499
No. 1392-authorizing the construction
of a bridge across the Mississippi river
at St. Louis, Missouri............... .848
No. 1473-for relief of John Heberer, 970
No. 1474-to place printing type, ink, and
other printing material on the free list
in the tariff.....
......970
No. 1621-to provide for the printing of
additional copies of the agricultural re-
port for the year 1870, for the use of
the Senate and House..................1115
No. 1719-to grant a pension to Henry H.
Kaiser
.1212

No. 2577-granting a pension to Elizabeth
J. Ewing, of Sparta, Illinois........2884
No. 2699-to amend an act to establish
and protect national cemeteries, ap-
proved February 22, 1867............3225
No. 2751-granting a pension to James
Sanders......
..3378

resolution submitted by-

..........

in reference to the exportation of spirits
and whisky-[February 12, 1872]...972
reports made by........1188, 1334, 3224, 3225
incidental remarks by..
.1078,
1079, 1854, 2006, 2182, 3218,
3224, 3225, 3226, 3280, 4333
remarks on the apportionment bill........143
on the St. Croix and Lake Superior rail-
road bill.....
.........1277, 1302,
1803, 1304, 1309, 1310, 1312, 1716
on the civil service commission........1354
on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 1654),
1409. 1484

on the bill relating to the Central Pacific
Railroad Company..
1513

on the Post Office appropriation bill, 1840
on the tariff and tax bili ....3232, 3455
on the civil appropriation bilì.............................. 3786
on the call of the House................ ..3863

on a proposed amendment to the Consti
tution.

No. 683-for the more convenient trans-
action of business in the courts of
the United States in Alabama........196
No. 1312-for the relief of J. Morris, 683
No. 1650-to relieve certain persons
therein named from political disabili-
ties imposed by the fourteenth amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United
States.......
...1124
No. 2016-in relation to the United States
courts in the State of Alabama......1775
No. 2053-authorizing the nomination and
appointment to the retired list of the
Navy of a certain volunteer on the
active list of the Navy, who was dis-
abled in consequence of wounds re-
ceived during the late war............ 1898

Hays, Charles, a Representative from Ala-
bama-Continued.

bills introduced by-

............

No. 2276-for the relief of Andrew W.
Johnson......
2439
No. 2362-for the relief of certain citizens
from political disabilities.......... .2654
No. 2604-to regulate the control of the
horticultural gardens.
...2886
No. 2871-to abolish the grades of Admi-
ral and Vice Admiral in the Navy of
the United States.......
.3801
No. 2872-to authorize the appointment
of D. J. Draper an assistant surgeon in
the Navy of the United States......3801
No. 2941-for the relief of F. Pech, 3975
resolution submitted by-.

in reference to the improvement of
Mobile harbor-[April 5, 1872]...2205
reports made by.......
...1018,

1898, 2211, 2343, 3801, 3975
incidental remarks by, 1331,1898, 2212,3797,
3800, 3801, 3975, 4097, 4179, 4180, 4182
remarks on the order of business........2005
on the river and harbor appropriation
bill.........
.2447
on the outrages in the South...3077, 3078
on the bill for the appointment of D. J.
Draper an assistant surgeon in the
Navy......
.3801, 3802

on the bill to authorize the issuance of
college scrip to Arkansas........ .3818
on the bill for the relief of the officers and
crew of the Vicksburg.........4102, 4103
Hayslip, Samuel D., bill (H. R. No. 2707) for

the relief of, of Wyandotte, West Vir-
ginia-[By Mr. McGrew.]
referred, 3231.

Hazelton, Gerry W., a Representative from
Wisconsin.
....198

leave of absence granted to...............3406
petitions presented by........1400, 1579, 2270||
bills introduced by-

No. 746-to amend an act to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy through.
out the United States, approved March
2, 1867.
198
No. 747-to repeal an act to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy through-
out the United States, approved March
2, 1867.......

.198

No. 748-for the relief of Mary Craw-
ford....
198
No. 749-for the relief of John C. Mor-
rill..
......198
No. 750-for the relief of George W.
Burchard..........
198
No. 1052-for the relief of Joseph Par-
kins........
...399
No. 1310-for the relief of George W.
Sturdevant..........
682
No. 1399 for the relief of Mary R.
Gilson, mother of Edward D. Gilson,
deceased
.848
No. 1492-for the relief of Susan Scho-
field, widow of A. F. Schofield......971
No. 1636-for relief of William B. West,
late consul at Dublin, Ireland.....1115
concurrent resolution submitted by-
instructing the Secretary of the Interior
to cause to be prepared and published
a compendium of the ninth census-
[June 1, 1872] .........
resolutions submitted by-

...........4131

to pay Virgil Hillyer his expenses in the
contested-election case of Hillyer vs.
McIntyre [January 25, 1872]........605
declaring Thomas Boles elected from the
third district of Arkansas-[January
30, 1872]
calling for information touching the recent
survey of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers-
[February 26, 1872]..................................... .....1216
in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt

721

law [March 11, 1872]................. 1586
to pay David S. Gooding, contestant in
the contested election case from the
fourth district of Indiana-[April 24,
1872]

....2739

Hazelton, Gerry W., a Representative from
Wisconsin-Continued.
resolutions submitted by-

to pay J. H. Harris, contestant, his ex-
penses in the election case of Harris
vs. Rogers, from North Carolina-[May
6, 1872]
.3086
declaring Alexander S. Wallace entitled
to a seat from the fourth district of
South Carolina-[ May 7, 1872]......3156
to pay Isaac G. McKissick, expenses in-
curred as contestant in case of McKis-
sick vs. Wallace-[ May 9, 1872]...... 3244
reports made by...250, 721, 2739, 3086, 3156
incidental remarks by.....
.605, 627,
929, 1897, 2278, 2713, 2739, 3156,
3243, 3244, 3746, 3931, 3977, 3985
remarks on the Arkansas contested elec-
tion-case of Boles vs. Edwards....250,
472, 473, 475, 476, 721,
929, 933, 934, 937, 938

(See Appendix.)
on the Texas contested election-case of
Clark vs. Giddings.........
.346, 347
on the order of business...933, 3984, 4025
on the St. Croix and Lake Superior rail-
road bill...........1274, 1275, 1278, 1310,
1313, 1331, 1689, 1699, 1717, 1718
on the improvement of the Fox and Wis-
consin rivers....

1723

.8
leave of absence granted to...146, 1090, 3156
petitions presented by.................. 448, 694,
1409, 1782, 2081, 2403, 2453, 3244

bills introduced by-
No. 501-authorizing an appropriation for
the employment of surfmen at life-
saving stations on the coast of New
Jersey..
....56
No. 644-authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to change the name of the
sloop Margaret and Amelia............ 195
incidental remarks by.......... .3985, 4327
remarks on the bill appropriating money
for the employment of surfmen in New
Jersey.......

56
on the bill relating to the Central Pacific
Railroad Company..
1609
on the Post Office appropriation bill... 1841
on the tariff and tax bill..
..3008,

(see Appendix,) 350). 3569
Heaton, Charles, bill (H. R. No. 1098) to pay,
inventor of defensive armor for ships-[By
Mr. Storm.]

referred, 497.

Heberer, John, bill (H. R. No. 1473) for the
relief of [By Mr. Hay.]
referred, 970.

Hebert, Paul O., bill (H. R. No. 2283) for the

removal of the political disabilities of, of
Louisiana-[By Mr. Morey.]

referred, 2440.

Heddinger, John, bill (H. R. No. 2471) grant-
ing a pension to-[By Mr. Turner.]
reported and passed, 2715.
Henderson & Co., J. N., bill (H. R. No. 847)
for the relief of Tinsley, Van Horn & Co.,
Glenn, Overall & Clark, and, of Louisiana,
Missouri-[By Mr. King.]

referred, 303; reported and passed, 932.
Henry, John, bill (H. R. No. 2352) for the

relief of the heirs and legal representa-
tives of, deceased-[By Mr. Platt.]
referred, 2653.

Henry, William M., bill (H. R. No. 2714) for
the relief of [By Mr. Twichell.]
referred, 3376.

Hensley, Wesley, bill (H. R. No. 2443) grant-
ing a pension to-[By Mr. Wakeman.]
reported and passed, 2710.

Hepburn, Phoebe, bill (S. No. 201) for the
relief of.

received from Senate, 2302; referred, 3148;
reported and passed, 3838; enrolled, 3882.
Hereford, Frank, a Representative from West
Virginia......

..8

leave of absence granted to.............. ..........................
..1723
bills introduced by-

No. 595-to remove political disabilities
from all the citizens of the United
States..................................
.........59
No. 596-to remove disabilities from cer-
tain persons named therein..............59
No. 1034-making an appropriation for

locking and damming the Great Kan-
awha river, West Virginia............396
No. 1035-to repeal a joint resolution
approved March 2, 1867................396
No. 1730-to remove disabilities from

certain persons named therein...... 1212
No. 2713-to establish a post route, 3338
No. 2940-to establish post roads.....3938
resolution submitted by-

in regard to mixed schools, &c.-[ March
11, 1872]..............
incidental remarks by.....

.1582
.501,

1089, 1582, 2671, 3338; 3801, 3938, 4441
remarks on the bill for survey of the north-
ern boundary of the United States...421
on the bill to defray the expenses of the
Japanese embassy......
........509
on the bill to establish an educational
fund......858, 859, 882, 883, 885, 903
in correction of the Journal..............864
on the Post Office appropriation bill, 1552,
1654, 1655

on the extravagance of the Administra-
tion..........

......3079
.3214,
3215, 3455, 3570
on the order of business.
.3449
on the call of the House............... 3849,
3850, 3852, 3853
Herkimer, General Nicholas, bill (H. R.
No. 1922) to appropriate $5,000 for a mon-
ument to [By Mr. Potter.]
referred, 1581.

on the tariff and tax bill..

Herndon, William S., a Representative from
Texas......

(see Election, Contested.)
credentials of, presented......

leave of absence granted to, 258, 1471, 4213
bills presented by.........
..694, 2081
bills introduced by-

No. 856-for a suitable building for the
United States court, post office, and
internal revenue business in the city of
Tyler, State of Texas....................303
No. 1007-to establish the collection dis-
trict of Sabine Pass, and to create
Orange and Beaumont, in the collec
tion district of Sabine Pass, ports of
delivery.

........

.....395

No. 1155-to amend an act granting pen-
sions to certain soldiers and sailors of
the war of 1812, and to the widows of
deceased soldiers, approved February
4, 1817......
........499
No. 1156-appropriating money for the
survey and improvement of the naviga-
tion of the Sabine Pass, and the rivers
Sabine, Nueces, Angelina, and Trinity,
in the State of Texas.....................500
No. 1630-to remove the legal and polit
ical disabilities imposed by the four-
teenth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States on certain persons
therein named
......................................................... 1115