Florida, citizens of, for donation of a lot of land to the free public library, &c

joint resolution of the legislature of, asking Congress to appropriate $100,000 for the
purpose of improving the navigation of the Suwanee River, in said State..
joint resolution of the legislature of, asking Congress to appropriate $20,000 for the
special purpose of improving the navigation of the Caloosahatchee River, in said

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H. R. 1540.

Gardner, Mills, of Washington Court-House, third district of Ohio:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Revolutionary Pensions..

Expenditures in the Department of Justice....

Bills of the House introduced by—

B. W. Lakina, No. 1003; sections 1756, 1757, and 1758 of Revised Statutes, 1372.
Petitions presented by-

T. Worthington

B. D. Lakin

That the House documents of the Forty-fourth Congress not yet distributed be delivered
to members of the present House, except one copy of each document to be delivered to
the former member

That the undistributed books and documents remaining in the folding-room of the House
of Representatives to the credit of members and officers of the last House of Repre-
sentatives at the commencement of the present session be placed to the credit of the
corresponding members and officers of the p esent House

Bills of the House introduced by-

Z. Crabaugh, No. 1500; F. Paine, 1641.

Petitions presented by-

J. R. Lynch.

C. Shunk..

G. W. Callis.

Z. Crubaugh

Of the North Carolina Freedmen's Emigration Aid Society.

J. Van Name..

A. J. Herroon

J. McCloud

J. Webber

R. D. Mussey..

Garth, William W., of Huntsville, eighth district of Alabama:

Gause, Lucien C., of Jacksonport, first district of Arkansas:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on the Public Lands

Bills of the House introduced by-

Expenditures in the Treasury Department....

Swamp-land indemnity, No. 615; school lands, 616; sections 820 and 821 Revised Statutes,
617; F. A. Gregg, 618; William Byers, 1706; A. Ć. Welburn, 1707; M. E. Whitehead, 1708.
Petitions presented by-

Georgia, members from the State of, appear, viz: Julian Hartridge, William E. Smith, Philip
Cook, Henry R. Harris, Milion A. Candler, James H. Blonut, William H. Feiton,
Alexander H. Stephens, and Hiram P. Bell

to improve Coosa River in..

for the relief of the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus..

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to improve the Chattahooche River in

H. R. 964.

Gibson, Randall L., of New Orleans, first district of Louisiana:

Member of Committee of Ways and Means

Resolution concerning amount due, as contestant in the Forty-third Congress
Resolutions of the House introduced by—

That Mr. Darrall, of the third district of Louisiana, be sworn in, and that the credentials
of Mr. J. H. Acklen, of said district, with the papers thereunto attached, be referred to
the Committee of Elections, when appointed, with instructions to report upon his right
to a seat in this House from said district..

That the claims of J. B. Elam and George L. Smith to a seat in this House from the
fourth congressional district of the State of Louisiana be referred to the Committee of
Elections, with instructions to report without delay who is prima facie entitled to the

seat

That the Committee on Levees shall be styled Committee on Levees and Improvement of
the Mississippi River

Bills of the House introduced by-

Improvement of the Mississippi River, No. 277; marine schools, 278; Louisiana and Texas
Railroad, 279; Brownsville, Galveston, and Houston, ports of entry, 280; mint at New
Orleans, 281; Touro almshouse, 1206; treaty with Central American States, H. Res. 5;
treaty with Mexico, H. Res. 6: treaty with Canada, H. Res. 7; treaty with Brazil, H.
Res. 8; Texas Pacific Railway Company, to amend, 1358; Commission on Improvement
of Mississippi River, H. Res. 50; reimburse citizens of Louisiana for work on Bayou
Tones, 1530.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers.

F. S. Miller et al

Memorial of citizens of Louisiana

Giddings, D. C., of Brenham, fifth district of Texas:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads
Private Land Claims.

Bills of the House introduced by-

Fortifications of Galveston Ha-bor, No. 666; J. B. McCluskey, 667: C. W. Adams, 662;
W. Hendley, 669; J. E. Wilson, 670; D. Barrett, 671; C. G. and J. Palm, 672; Galveston
Harbor, 1121; section 1661 Revised Statutes (militia), 1122; ocean steamships between
Brazil and the United States, 1123; public buildings at Galveston, 1124; J. Triery, 1125;
W. Redus, 1126; J. G. Tod, 1127; Galveston Artillery, H. Res. 15; Galveston Military
Institute, 1720: A. C. Crawford, 1721; citizeus of Brenham, 1722

Petitions presented by-

C. B. Adams

C. G. and J. Palm.

Of citizens for repeal of the bank-tax law

H. Seligson & Co.

M. Redick

D. G. Burnet

C. W. Adams

Bassett & Bassett

Glass, to amend the Revised Statutes relative to

H. R. 59.

Glover, John M., of La Grange, twelfth district of Missouri:

Answered rol'-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Agriculture

Expenditures in the Treasury Department

Glover, John M.-Continued.

Resolutions of the House introduced by―

For the relief of T. F. Wilson

That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay
out of the contingent fund of the House the sum of $348 to John M. Butler, of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, for labor and services performed in assorting and classifying
public papers and property of the House, and as custodian of the same, by the direction
of a select committee of the House, from September 1 to November 26, 1876
To enforce administrative economy and reform

Bills of the House introduced by-

W. T. Chamberlin, No. 555; J. A. Hill, 556; disabilities of women, 1077; D. W. Froth 1704;
District of Columbia Gas Company, 1705.

Petitions presented by —

T. F. Wilson

For the repeal of the resum, tion act.

Goloid dollars, for the coinage of

H. R 1062.

That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee
as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United
States and inform him that a quorum of the two houses has assembled, and that Con-
gress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make......
That the Committee of Accounts be, and they are bereby, instructed to designate the com-
mittees of this House which are entitled to clerks under the act of March 3, 1877, and
to report to this House.

That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Rich-
ard M. Bowler, out of the contingent fund of the House, $120 for services rendered as
laborer in the House post-office during the months of October and November, 1877 .....
Bills of the House introduced by-

E. H. Lively, No. 184: Norfolk and Portsmouth Harbor and Elizabeth River, 185; J. J.
Simkins, 186; Black Water River, 187; W. Ward, 188; William and Mary College, 1-9;
Pagan Creek, 190: Hampt n River, 191; navy-yaid employés, 192; wages in Government
Printing Office, 193.

Petitions presented by-

A. G. Teban't

For the regulation of working hours, &c, in navy-yards

For an appropriation for the improvement of the Dismal Swamp Canal

J. S. Braxton..

E. H. Lively

Of the Mexican Veteran Association

M. A. Hughes..

J. J. Simkins.

K. L. Ray

Government Printing Office, to restore wages in the.

H. R. 193.

Grasshoppers, for the relief of sufferers from the ravages of.

H. R. 1468.

Greenbacks, authorizing Secretary of the Treasury to reissue

H. R. 446.

Guano, to amend the Revised Statutes, section 5574, relative to...

H. R. 922, 1474.

Gunter, Thomas M., of Fayetteville, fourth district of Arkansas:

Answered roll-call

Swo'n in.

Member of the Committee on Private Land-Claims..

Bills of the House introduced by-

E. B. Moore, No. 606; J. M. Hobbs, 607; M. Millsaps. 608; G. W. Jobe, 609; Mexican, Flor-
ida, and Black Hawk pensions, 610; Cane Hill College, 611; W. H. Engles, 612; Fort
Wayne military reservation, 613; Oklahoma judicial district, 614; Western Cherokees,
1089; private land-claims in certain States, 1090; entry of land-scrip, 1091; Southern
Claims Commission, 1092; J. Jackson, 1425; J. W. Jones, 1426; land-claims in New Mex-
ico 1427; J. P. Owen, 1428; P. N. Lea, 1713; embezzlement by agents and attorneys,
1775; J. M. Douglas, 1776.

Petitions presented by-

F. P. Culver.

J. Cramer

.T. M. Hobbs.

E. B. Moore

M. C. Gaines

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Georgia, city of Macon, to have refunded to said city money collected as taxes
citizens of, for increase of salaries for letter carriers.....

for post-routes...

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memorial of the commissioners of pilotage et al. of, against the repeal of the law of
compulsory pilotage...

citizens of, for the amendment of the laws in regard to the time of filing war-claims

Germain, Catharine and Sophia........

Gibbes & Co....

Gibson, Maria

Giddings, Napoleon B..

Giddings, George H.

Gilbert, Carey

H. R. 1679.

H. R. 1406.

H. R. 1088.

H. R. 1496.

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H. R. 365.

Gilbert, James...

H. R. 1283.

Gillespie, James B

Glackin, Patrick.

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H. R. 1010.

Glassie, D. W. and Minnie H..

H. R. 927.

Goggin, W. F

H. R. 338.

148, 169

H. R. 920.

Goodrich, Reuben..

H. R. 1762.