age.

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Bagley, George A., of Watertown, twenty-second district of New York:
Auswered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on the Territories

Expenditures in the Treasury Department

Leave of absence granted..

Bills of the House introduced by-

Section 2958 of R. S., No. 100; Steam ferry-boat Geneva, 1475.
Baker, John H., of Goshen, thirteenth district of Indiana:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Appropriations..
Resolutions of the House introduced by--

That the Committee on Patents be, and it is hereby, instructed, as soon as practicable, to
report to the House a bill which shall prohibit the bringing or maintenance of suits for
damages for any infringement of a patent against any person who purchases for his
own use, and not for sale or barter to another, any article or implement in market,
unless at the time he purchased the same he knew that it infringed some existing
patent

Bills of the House introduced by-

Silver dollar, No. 452; infringement of patents, 453; L. Uber, 454; J. Haines, 455; R. M.
Widney, 456; import duties, 457; Dr. J. H. Long, 238; issue of legal-tender notes, 1231.

Baker, William H., of Constantia, twenty-fourth district of New York:

Ballou, Latimer W., of Woonsocket, second district of Rhode Island.

Answered roll-call

Sworn in....

Member of Committee on Printing

Leave of absence granted....

Bills of the House introduced by-

Pension act, No. 34; taxes on savings bank, 829; A. Dickins, 1216.

H. R. 1529.
Bankrupt law, to repeal the.
H. R. 18, 344, 440, 481, 496, 549, 552, 826, 911, 1020, 1081.
Banks, for the relief of the Iron Mountain Bank of Saint Louis..
H. R. 603.

That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to John H. McCormick, for
services as deputy in the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, the sum of $510, one hundred and
two days' services, at $5 per day, from the 5th day of March until the 14th day of June,
1877, inclusive

Bills of the House introduced by-

Homestead laws, No. 20; H. E. Davidson, 1233; cheap transportation, 1478; M. Birney,
1597; G. A. Armes, 1642; A. D. Bullock, 1742.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers.

J. H. J. Rutter

Davidson & Hiers.

Alfred D. Bullock.

Bank tax, to repeal the..

H. R. 38, 61, 243.

to repeal the internal-revenue law relative to the issue of State banks..

H. R. 229.

to repeal the Revised Statutes relative to the.

H. R. 206, 378.

to repeal certain sections of the law relative to tax on savings-banks

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That the Committee on Military Affairs be and they are hereby instructed to inquire into
the number and rank of officers of the Army, the number and location of forts, the con-
dition of the frontier, and of changing the organization of the Army.
That the committee clerks who are paid during the session only be continued in the employ.
ment of the House from the adjournment of the present to the opening of the next session
of this Congress; and the Clerk of the House is hereby authorized and directed to pay
them out of the miscellaneous items of the contingent fund....
Bills of the House introduced by-

National Iron Molder's Union, No. 292; section 1218, Revised Statutes, (service in Army,)
293; relief of distiller for Tice-meters, 294: Indian Bureau, 295; silver dollar, 296; letter-
carriers, 903; J. M. Leeds, 1014; W. G. Halpine, 1015; M. Kinneally, 1016; section 394,
Revised Statutes (tax on cigars), 1017; enlistments of colored troops, 1018; hospital
stewards, 1019; J. A. Lynch, 1364; L. A. Moris, 1365; W. Buckley. 1366; I. A. Thomas,
1367; A. Brenkman, 1674; to amend the Army bill for 1876, 1675; H. B. Spooner, 1676;
chapter 3, title 35, Revised Statutes, (stamp-taxes,) 1677; branch mint at Cincinnati, 1678.
Petitions presented by―

B. M. Moore....

J. Darling

To have the wages of government printers restored.

M. Kenneally

W. G. Halpine

P. F. Bacon et al

Memorial of the Board of Trade

J. Criser

A. Gleason..

P. E. Holcomb.

B. Best.

H. J. Drysdle..

W. J. Lyster

M. Colloty

A. B. Mullet

Bayne, Thomas M., of Pittsburgh, twenty-third district of Pennsylvania:
Answered roll-call..

Petitions presented by-

Harmonic Colonization Society

Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh

Beebe, George M., of Monticello, fourteenth district of New York:

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242, 279

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J. A. Billups, No. 245; J. R. Nichols, 246; G. D. Phillips, 247; refund certain moneys to
Georgia, 811; W. Jones, 963; J. A. Stewart, 1663.

Petitions presented by-

J. A. Billups, 32.

Answered roll-call

Sworn in...

Benedict, Charles B., of Attica, thirty-first district of New York:

Bicknell, George A., of New Albany, third district of Indiana:

M. Shuler, 1292.

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

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Member of Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States....

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Bicknell, George A.-Continued.

Member of Committee on the Revision of the Laws Regulating the Counting of the Elect-
oral Votes for President and Vice-President

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Bills of the House introduced by—

T. Crawford, No. 467; S. P. Vance, 468; Bartholomew Agricultural Society, 469; S. P.
Dicker, 470; M. J. Robinson, 471; T. Wilson, 472; Pension Laws, 1058.

Petitions presented by―

S. P. Vance, 26; for post-route, 26; Bartholomew County Agricultural Society, 42.
Biennial Register, to print the

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S. 192.

Bisbee, Horatio, Jr., (contestee,) of Jacksonville, second district of Florida:
Answered roli-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on the Mississippi Levees
Leave of absence granted

Bills of the House introduced by

Public buildings at Jacksonville, No. 652; Saint John's River, 653; United States courts at
Jacksonville, 1436; jurisdiction of judges in vacation, 1437; Atlantic and Mississippi
Canal, 1438.
Blackburn, Joseph C. S., of Versailles, seventh district of Kentucky:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee for the District of Columbia

on Expenditures in the War Department..
Resolutions of the House introduced by—

That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, authorized and di-
rected to pay to James M. Johns the sum of $50, for services as messenger on the floor
of the House from October 15 to November 1, 1877

That forty-five hundred additional copies of the Medical and Surgical History of the
War be printed for the use of the members of this House..

Bills of the House introduced by-

R. V. Jeffrey, No. 1225; A. S. Bloom, 1226; W. H. Gray, 1227; Price & Aken, 1228; S. B.
McCampbell, 1374; O. H. Perry, 1375; M. Quinn, 1743; W. P. Thorne, 1744; G. Garrett,

1745.

Petitions presented by—

Letter-carriers

A. S. Bloom

D. W. Price et al

R. V. Jeffrey.

W. H. Gray

E. C. Boudinot

Blair, Henry W., of Plymouth, third district of New Hampshire:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Pacific Railroad..

Accounts.

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the committee clerks who are paid during the session only be continued in the em-
ployment of the House from the adjournment of the present to the opening of the next
session of Congress, and the Clerk of this House is hereby authorized and directed to
pay them out of the miscellaneous items of the contingent fund.

Bills of the House introduced by—

H. H. Forristall, No. 915; I. Ricard, 916; S. P. Luther, 917; sale and settlement of railroad
lands, 1230; H. M. Stanley, H. Res. 52; pay of committee clerks, H. Res. 58.

Petitions presented by-

S. P. Luther et al

Bliss, Archibald M., of Brooklyn, fourth district of New York:

Bills of the House introduced by-

Silver dollar, No 571; sale of leaf-tobacco, 572; W. J. Riland, 573; Mrs. E. D. W. Hatch,
889; silver dollar, 1093; A. Wolcolm, 1424.

That the employés of the House of Representatives who have served during the present
session of Congress, and who have not taken the oath prescribed by law, shall be paid
their respective salaries out of the fund already appropriated for such service......

Bills of the House introduced by-

New judicial district in Georgia, No. 248; ante bellum mail-contracts, 1213; naval defi-
ciency, 1220: A. L. Maxwell, 1334.

Petitions presented by―

To have taxes refunded..

F. Grabam...

Bonded debt, to consolidate the, of the United States

H. R. 196.

Bonds, for the abolition of, on merchandise in custody of the government

H. R. 62.

to limit the time within which suits on, of the collector of internal revenue shall be
brought

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Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to W.
S. Warrick, out of the contingent fund of the House, the sum of $17.50, for services as
page of the House of Representatives, from October 15, 1877, to October 22, 1877
Bills of the House introduced by-

To repeal sections 4924, 4925, 4926, 4927, and 4928 of Revised Statutes, No. 318; A. G. Lee, 319;
L. D. Sutton, 320; R. C. Smith, 321; A. Vance, 322; C. Bridges, 323; bankrupt law, 1020;
Allard & Crozier, 1484; W. H. Slack, 1485; C. and S. Germain, 1679.

Petitions presented by—

D. Dunaway

A. G. Lee et al..

C. Bridges

Memorial of legislature

Bounties, to equalize..

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Bills of the House introduced by-

C. E. Fahnestock, No. 1244; A. Gregory, 1545; salaries of employés who failed to qualify,
H. Res. 59.

Bragg, Edward S., of Fond du Lac, fifth district of Wisconsin :

That the claims of James B. Belford and Thomas M. Patterson to a seat upon the floor of
this House as Representative of the State of Colorado in the Forty-fifth Congress be
referred to the Judiciary Committee of this House, to be appointed, with instructions
to report what was the time fixed by law for the election of a member of the Forty-fifth
Congress to represent the State of Colorado...

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers

D. Mathieu

Memorials from legislature

Brazil, to establish mail-steamship service between the United States and.

That it is in the interest of good government and a reformed system of civil service that
all officers in the civil service of the United States who, in compensation for their serv
ices as such, receive a salary of at least $2.500 and upward, shall devote their whole
time to the performance of their official duties, and shall not be permitted to carry on
any other business of any nature whatsoever

Brentano, Lorenzo.-Continued.

Bills of the House introduced by-

E. A. Clifford, No. 546; section 3214 Revised Statutes, (int. rev. tax,) 547; certificates of
naturalization, 1398; J. B. Stark, 1555.

Petitions presented by-

That the homestead law be changed..

E. A. Clifford..

For post-route

Bridges, to authorize construction of a bridge over the Ouachita River, in Louisiana.

H. K. 286.

to construct a bridge at Glasgow, Mo

H. R. 553, H. R. 1074.

H. R. 942.

to construct a bridge across the Potomac River.

Bridges, Samuel A., cf Allentown, tenth district of Pennsylvania:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in...

Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs..

Mileage

Bills of the House introduced by-

R. Peysert, No. 1533.

Briggs, James F., of Manchester, second district of New Hampshire :

J. B. Meadwell, No. 368; silver dollar, 369; resumption of specie payments, 370; J. W.
Burbridge & Co., 371; Mrs. M. A. Stevens, 372; A. P. James, 373; A. Faulkner, 374.

British Columbia, to enable the Baptist Association of Puget Sound to navigate a vessel fər
missionary purposes

H. R. 1588.

Brogden, Curtis H., of Goldsborough, second district of North Carolina:

Answered roll-call

6

Sworn in.

12

Member of Committee on the Revision of the Laws regulating the Counting of the Elect-
oral Votes for President and Vice-President
Expenditures in the Post-Office Department

96

For post-routes

Bills of the House introduced by-

To amend internal revenue laws, No. 232; Neuse River, 1659.

Petitions presented by-

S. B. Moore

Browne, Thomas M., of Winchester, fifth district of Indiana:

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Answered roll-call

Sworn in...

19

Member of Committee on the Revision of the Laws regulating the Counting of the
Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President

96

Bills of the House introduced by-

Section 3280, Revised Statutes, No. 463; J. C. Bates, 464; M. A. Jones, 465; U. Vogle, 1251;
J. W. Graydon, 1252.

Buckner, Aylett H., of Mexico, thirteenth district of Missouri:

Answered roll-call

Member of Committee on Banking and Currency.

Bills of the House introduced by-

Section 540, chapter 1, title 13, Revised Statutes, No. 596; market-house in the District of
Columbia, 813; silver dollar, 905; bankrupt-law, 1081; education of women, 1082; E. Lei-
tensdorfer, 1083; police commissioners in the District of Columbia, 1084; amendment to
the Constitution, H. Res. 29; war claims of Missouri, 1409; Missouri River near Saint
Charles, 1410; sale of lottery-tickets in the District of Columbia, 1411; depredations
upon property in the District of Columbia, 1412; S. T. Kauble, 1413.

Petitions presented by-

J. D. McGill.

W. H. Newman and L. A. Van Hoofman

Legislation for the alleged absurdity of coin redemption

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