Cannon, Joseph G.-Continued.

Bills of the House introduced by-

Public lands for Illinois, No. 539; resumption act, 540; W. H. Carmen, 541; P. W. Taylor,
1402; H. Robb, 1403.

Bills of the House introduced by-

Restoration of certain lands to market, No. 775; State government for Utah, 776; approval
of bills in Utah, 777; Fort Cameron military reservation, 778; Rush Lake military res
ervation, 779; Van Cott & Malin, 780; A. Call, 781; T. Newman, 782; R. M. Thomas,
1183.

Member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department
Revision of the Laws regulating the Counting of the Elec-
toral Votes.....
Resolutions of the House introduced by―

That the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy be, and is hereby,
authorized to employ a clerk at the ordinary rate as now provided by law, to be paid
out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives...

Bills of the House introduced by—

Letter-carriers

J. A. Kranz..

M. L. Broadwell.

J. S. Frizell

W. H. Curran

F. Box et al.

149

Petitions presented by-

L. M. Northcnt, No. 328; J. Armstrong, jr., 1029; citizens of Cynthiana, Ky., 1030; A. Wehe,
1384; E. R. Hull, 1396.

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Caswell, Lucien B., of Fort Atkinson, second district of Wisconsin:

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170

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Answered roll-call

Leave of absence granted

Bills of the House introduced by-

P. Maginnis..

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers

J. W. Turner...

Central America, relative to a treaty of commerce with

H. Res. 5.

Chalmers, J. R. (contestee), of Friar's Point, sixth district of Mississippi :

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

To create an additional standing committee on the Mississippi River

Bills of the House introduced by-

J. A. Nutt, No. 264; western judicial district of Mississippi, 906; section 4472 Revised Statutes
(transportation of cotton), 1353; Grant-Pemberton monument, 1509; harbor of Vicksburg,
1581; A. M. Mechon, 1668; A. E. Anderson, 1669; Freedman's Bank property, 1747.

Memorial of the mayor and aldermen of Vicksburg.

Chaplain of the House of Representatives, Rev. Dr. John Poisal, elected

Chittenden, Simeon B., of Brooklyn, third district of New York:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Banking and Currency

Chittenden, Simeon B.-Continued.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers.

S. H. Stringham.

Of forty-four presidents of national banks et al.

Civil service, to appoint a committee to consider the, of the United States.
to reform the, of the United States.

resolution relative to reform in the

H. R. 303.

Claflin, William, of Newton, eighth district of Massachusetts:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in.

Member of the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Petitions presented by-

Of citizens against the repeal of the bankrupt law
Claims, to repeal section 3480 of the Revised Statutes, relative to the payment of certain....
H. R. 204, 226.

relative to, against the government for postage-stamps lost, stolen, or destroyed

H. R. 1258

to provide for settling private land, in certain States and Territories

H. R. 1481.

for the payment of, due to persons for services done in the Southern States prior to
the war

H. R. 1524.
to repeal the joint resolution prohibiting the payment of, to persons not known to have
been opposed to the rebellion

H. Res. 17, H. R. 1684.

Claims, Commissioners of Alabama, to continue the Court of..

H. R. 1, 836, 1128.
to re-establish the

H. R. 836, 1373.

Claims, Court of, to enlarge the jurisdiction of..

H. R. 6.

to give the, jurisdiction in certain cases

H. R. 923, 143, 1491.

referring to the, claim for loss of Schooner Bergen

II. Res. 24.

Claims, Southern, Commission, to extend the jurisdiction of, to the Indian tribes

H. R. 1092.

Clark, Alvah A., of Somerville, fourth district of New Jersey:

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

Bills of the House introduced by-

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Lands located on military warrants, No. 1130; J. Roberts, 1446; C. L. Quackenbush, 1447;
section 3297 Revised Statutes (institutions of learning), 1448.

To refer contested case of O'Conor vs. Cain to Committee of Elections

Bills of the House introduced by—

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Clark, John B., jr., of Fayette, eleventh district of Missouri:

Leave of absence granted.

Member of Committee on Public Lands.

Coinage, Weights, and Measures
Resolutions of the House introduced by-
That the heads of the executive departments of the government be, and they are hereby,
requested to report to this House, at as early a date as practicable, what objections, if
any, there are to making obligatory in all governmental transactions the metrical sys
tem of weights and measures whose use has been authorized in the United States by
act of Congress; and also how long a preliminary notice should be given before such
obligatory use can be introduced without detriment to the public service; and that they
are also requested to state what objections there are, if any, to making the metrical
system obligatory in all transactions between individuals, and what is the earliest date
which can be set for the obligatory use of the metrical system throughout the United
States.....

Clark, John B., jr.—Continued.

Petitions presented by-

For paper currency not based upon coin.
Bills of the House introduced by—

Missouri River, No. 565; jurisdiction of United States courts for certain claims, 566; E.
Fisher, 567; W. L. Hickman, 568; University of Missouri, 569; practice in United States
courts, 570; silver dollar, 904; bridge over the Missouri River at Glasgow, 1074; fruit
brandy, 1075.
Clerk of the House of Representatives, reads the President's proclamation convening the first
session of the Forty-fifth Congress.

calls the House to order and the roll of members.
announces a quorum present.

to decide points of order.

George M. Adams elected

sworn in

to provide for the drawing of seats by the members of the
House

to pay V. H. McCormick $723.60

to pay George V. Hebb amount due him

to pay F. A. Wright, B. Whitley, and G. H. Weber, pages,
for services rendered..

to pay, out of contingent fund, John H. McCormick $510..
to pay James M. Johns $50

to pay the pages, James W. Friend, Frank Duncan, Ar-
thur May, Frank Sebring, Frank Angerer, H. Schultes,
T. G. Bryan, Edward Yost, Harry Blacklock, Edward
Donoghue, G. L. Gordon, E. Finley, C. Waller, F. Don-
nelly.

to pay G. J. Houston $295.334

to pay John M. Butler $348.

to pay H. T. Burrows, for services.

to pay B. C. Lee, for services.

to pay W. S. Warrick $17.50

to pay William M. Patton $400

to pay laborers of the House employed during the recess
of Congress. -

to pay Robert Coates..

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Clymer, Heister, of Reading, eighth district of Pennsylvania:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Appropriations..

the District of Columbia

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That Hon. George M. Adams, a citizen of the State of Kentucky, be, and he is hereby,
elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Forty-fifth Congress; that John
G. Thompson, of the State of Ohio, be, and he is hereby, elected Sergeant-at-Arms of
the House of Representatives of the Forty-fifth Congress; that John W. Polk, of the
State of Missouri, be, and he is hereby, elected Doorkeeper of the House of Representa
tives of the Forty-fifth Congress; that James M. Stewart, of the State of Virginia, be,
and is hereby, elected Postmaster of the House of Representatives of the Forty-fifth
Congress; and that Rev. Dr. John Poisal, of the State of Maryland, be, and is hereby,
elected Chaplain of the, House of Representatives of the Forty-fifth Congress...
That the Rev. Dr. W. P. Harrison, of the State of Georgia, be, and he is hereby, elected
Chaplain of the House of Representatives for the remainder of the term of the Forty-
fifth Congress.

That there be paid to E. J. Horton, out of the contingent fund of the House, the sum of
$155.90, for services in the employment of the Doorkeeper of this House..

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A. W. Gray, No. 434; withdrawal of national-bank currency, 435; Wabash River, 1512;
C. Harris, 1513; White River, 1514.)

Mississippi River, No. 602; Iron Mountaia Bank, 603; H. J. Phelps, 604; branch mint at
Saint Louis, 1217.

Petitions presented by-

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Letter-carriers

Colorado, to strike the name of Thomas M. Patterson from the roll of the House of Representa-
tives as a member from

to place the name of James B. Belford on the roll of the House as a member from

to swear in James B. Belford as a member of the House from

to refer credentials of James B. Belford to Committee of Elections
Collins, Francis D., of Scranton, eleventh district of Pennsylvania:
Answered roll-call..

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relative to a treaty of, with the Central American States..

relative to a treaty of, with Mexico

national board of trade, relative to the establishment of a department of
to promote the navigation and shipping interests of the United States..

Committees, to wait on the President.

H. R. 1661.

Standing

Select.

to designate, entitled to clerks..

to appoint a select committee to inquire relative to the ventilation of the hall of
the House..

to appoint a committee to report relative to a railing for the protection of the outer
circle of seats in the hall of the House
clerks of, designated by the Committee of Accounts, viz: to the Committee of Elec-
tions, a clerk; to the Committee on Banking and Currency, a clerk, who shall
also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department;
to the Committee on Commerce, a clerk; to the Committee on the Post-Office and
Post-Roads, a clerk; to the Committee for the District of Columbia, a clerk; to
the Committee on the Judiciary, a clerk; to the Committee on Indian Affairs, a
clerk; to the Committee on Education and Labor, a clerk, who shall also act as
clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, and to the Com-
mittee on the Mississippi Levees; to the Committee on Manufactures and the
Committee on Agriculture and to the Committee on the Militia, jointly, a clerk;
to the Committee on Naval Affairs, a clerk; to the Committee on Military Af
fairs, a clerk; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a clerk; to the Committee on
the Territories, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Mines
and Mining; to the Committee on Private Land-Claims, a clerk, who shall also act
as clerk to the Committee on Public Expenditures; to the Committee on the
Pacific Railroad and to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, jointly, a clerk ;
to the Committee on Patents, a clerk; to the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures
on Public Buildings and to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior De-
partment; to the Committee of Accounts, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to
the Committee on Mileage; to the Joint Committee on Printing, a clerk, who
shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office De-
partment and to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service; to the Commit-
tee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States, a clerk, who shall also act
as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department; to the
Committee on Railways and Canals, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and to the Committee
on Expenditures in the War Department..

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Committees, to authorize Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department to employ a
clerk...

to authorize Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures to employ a clerk...
to create an additional standing committee on the improvement and commerce of
the Mississippi River...

to authorize Committee on Mississippi Levees to employ a clerk

Page.

to style the Committee on Levees as the Committee on Levees and Improvement
of the Mississippi River

fixing date for payment of certain clerks of....

H. Res. 58.

relative to the payment of clerks of.

to allow the Committee on the revision of the laws regulating the counting of the
electoral votes, a clerk

relative to continuing clerks of, who are paid during the session only

Condemned cannon, donating, to the Colchester Monument Association of Connecticut

H. R. 1277.

donating, to the Ledyard Monument Association of Connecticut....

H. R. 1278.

Conger, Omar D., of Port Huron, seventh district of Michigan:

Answered roll-call...

Sworn in

Member of Committee on the Judiciary.

Expenditures in the Department of Justice

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Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to furnish this House with an estimate
of the probable cost of erecting and maintaining pier-lights at the entrance of the jetties
of the South Pass of the Mississippi River.........

Bills of the House introduced by-

Sand Beach Bay, No. 633; Alex. St. Bernard, 634; M. F. Carlton, 635; O. H. Irons, 636; im-
migration, 637; J. W. Spicer, 638; steamers Philo Parsons and Island Queen, 639; immi-
grants, protection of, 640; security of life on vessels, 641; section 3477 of Revised Stat-
utes, 1492; pier-lights at South Pass, 1639; Medical and Surgical History of the War,

Congressional Record, respecting an index to the

Connecticut, members from the State of, appear, viz: George M. Landers, James Phelps, John
T. Wait, Levi Warner

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to improve Milford Harbor in

H. R. 51.

Connecticut River, in...

H. R. 52.

for the relief of the Norwich and New York Transportation Company

to improve Stonington Harbor, in..

donating condemned cannon to the Colchester Monument Association of

donating condemned cannon to the Ledyard Monument Association of..

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H. R. 1278.

II. Res. 2.

Mr. Springer..

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H. Res. 11.

To place the name of James B. Belford on the roll

Papers in the case of Richardson rs. Rainey

To swear in James B. Belford, contestee.

To refer credentials of James B. Belford to Committee of Elections
Papers in the case of O'Conor vs. Cain..

To refer credentials of J. H. Acklin to Committee of Elections.

To place the name of Charles E. Nash on the roll..........

To allow time to file notice of contest

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