Hale, Eugene, a Representative from Maine- Hale, Eugene, a Representative from Maine- Continued.
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
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....
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
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....
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
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.]
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]:
incidental remarks by..........
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.
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......
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
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.
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...
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.
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.]
bill (H. R. No. 1225) for the improvement of the, of Southport, Connecticut-[By Mr. Barnum.]
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.]
bill (H. R. No. 1484) making appropria- tions for certain, in Michigan-[By Mr. Stoughton.]
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.]
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................
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.......
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...
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-
Havens, Harrison E., a Representative from Hawley, John B., a Representative from Illi- Hay, John B., a Representative from Illi- Missouri-Continued.
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-
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
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
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
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-
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...........
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.
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.......
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-
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
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]
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....
.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.]
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.]
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......
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.....
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.
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
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