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to notify the President that the House is ready to adjourn
Resolutions of the House introduced by-
That the name of Thomas M. Patterson be stricken from the roll of this House as Rep.
resentative in the Forty-fifth Congress from the State of Colorado, and that the name
of James B. Belford be placed upon said roll as Representative in said Congress..
For Clerk of the House of Representatives, Forty-fifth Congress, Jeremiah M. Rusk, of
Wisconsin; for Sergeant-at-Arms, Nehemiah G. Ordway, of New Hampshire; for Door-
keeper, Horace H. Harrison, of Tennessee; for Postmaster, Henry L. Sherwood, of
Michigan; and for Chaplain, Rev. J. G. Butler, D. D., of the District of Columbia.
That Joseph H. Rainey be now sworn in as a Representative in Congress from the first
district of the State of South Carolina

That Richard H. Cain be now sworn in as a Representative in this Congress from the
second district of the State of South Carolina...

That the Committee of Elections be hereby directed to report to this House its conclu-
sions on the prima facie case in the contested-election case of Belford es. Patterson on
Saturday morning next after the reading of the Journal; and unless said report is so
made said committee shall be discharged from the further consideration of the case....
Bills of the House introduced by-

T. D. Wilson, No. 1752.

Petitions presented by-

H. Kosohinck et al

For an appropriation to clear the chanuel of the East Penobscot River
M. Weed et al

L. J. Thomas

Hamilton, Andrew H., of Fort Wayne, twelfth district of Indiana:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Enrolled Bills

Bills of the House introduced by

United States courts at Fort Wayne, No. 431; J. M. Boyd, 432; reimburse States for war
expenses, 433; R. W. Sill, 1495; J. Clements, 1748.

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In view of the sad intelligence of the death of Oliver P. Morton, late a distinguished Sen.
ator in the Congress of the United States from the State of Indiana, the Speaker of this
House, as a mark of respect for the memory of a man whose death is the nation's loss,
do appoint a committee of seven members to represent this House at the funeral
obsequies; and, as a further mark of respect, this House do now adjourn

Bills of the House introduced by-

R. C. Reich. No. 473; L. E. Campbell, 474; W. Black, 475; J. Alberton, 476; A. Koeninger,
477; J. W. L. Matlock, 478; A. M. Lewis, 479; W. H. Stephenson, 480; bankrupt law,

481.

Petitions presented by-

For the repeal of the resumption act.

Letter-carriers

W. W. Stephenson

J. W. Dodd & Co-

Harbors, to improve Milford, in Connecticut...

to improve the harbor of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Elizabeth River, in Virginia....

to improve harbor at Savannah, in Georgia.

H. R. 51.

H. R. 185.

H. R. 249.

to improve harbor at Darien, in Georgia

H. R. 250.

to improve harbor at Brunswick, in Georgia

H. R. 252.

Harbors, for the government of the harbor at Sand Beach Bay, on Lake Huron, Michigan .

H. R. 633.

to improve the Galveston Harbor
. for the fortification of Galveston Harbor.
to improve Flushing Harbor, New York
to improve Galveston Harbor, in Texas.

H. R. 659.

H. R. 666.

H. R. 926.

H. R. 1121.

to improve Stonington Harbor, in Connecticut.

H. R. 1276.

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to improve the harbor at Michigan City, in Indiana

to improve the harbor at Vicksburg

H. R. 1392.

H. R. 1581.

Hardenbergh, Augustus A., of Jersey City, seventh district of New Jersey:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Banking and Currency

Expenditures in the Department of Justice..
Railing for the protection of the outer circle of seats

Resolutions of the House introduced by-
That a committee of three members of the House be appointed by the Speaker to examine
into and report upon the propriety of a railing for the protection of the outer circle of

seats..

That there be printed from the stereotype plates eight hundred copies of the special re-
port on labor in Europe and America of Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statis
tics in the Treasury Department, for the use of the House.....

Bills of the House introduced by-

Jersey City a port of entry, No. 136: C. Underhill, 137; H. M. Mease, 138; B. T. Hopper,
139; M. B. Bramhall, 140; workingmen of District of Columbia, 141; stamps for bank
checks, 852; D. M. Carson, 928; compulsory pilotage, 929.

Petitions presented by-

M. B. Bramball

Of citizens for compensation for cotton seized.

For repeal of the bankrupt-law

Letter-carriers..

M. H. Noonan

B. T. Hopper

Marmer, Alfred C., of Philadelphia, fifth district of Pennsylvania:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Naval Affairs..

Bills of the House introduced by-

S. Humes, No. 1619.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers.

For the repeal of the stamp-tax on matches

A. C. Pusey

Harris, Benjamin W., of East Bridgewater, second district of Massachusetts:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Naval Affairs.

Leave of absence granted

Bills of the House introduced by-

G. B. Upton, No. 23, U. H. Dunphe, 1260; A. J. Eaton, 1261.

Petitions presented by-

L. A. Chamberlain

Marris, Henry R., of Greenville, fourth district of Georgia:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Ways and Means.

Expenditures in the Treasury Department..

Bills of the House introduced by-

Earnings of laborers, No. 241; Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company, 808; Chatta-
hoochee River, 964; J. M. Ward, 1221.

Harris, John T., of Harrisonburg, seventh district of Virginia:

Mmber of Committee of Elections

on the Judiciary

Harris, John T.-Continued.

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the certificate presented by James B. Belford, and the certified abstracts of votes
cast upon the 7th day of November, 1876, for Representative to the Forty-fifth Con-
gress, and accompanying papers presented by Thomas M. Patterson, upon which each
claims the office of Representative to the Forty-fifth Congress of the United States from
the State of Colorado, be referred to the Committee of Elections, to be appointed here-
after, with instructions to said committee to report either as to the prima facie right or
final right of said claimants, as the committee shall deem proper, and that neither
claimant be sworn in until said committee reports.....

Bills of the House introduced by-

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United States courts, No. 179; Revised Statutes (oath of office), 180; political disabilities,
181; Mrs. C. Stockton, 1325.

Petitions presented by-

Pickerell & Brooks et al

W. H. & R. M. Harrison

W. McGill & Co....

M. G. Harman.

A. J. Baugher et al

Harrison, Carter H., of Chicago, second district of Illinois :

Answered roil-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Reform in the Civil Service

Bills of the House introduced by-

Counting electoral vote, No. 495; bankrupt law, 496; resumption act, 497; silver dollar,
49; section 27, chapter 2, title 2, of Revised Statutes, 499; land in Chicago, 500; section
2990 of Revised Statutes, 501; officers of vessels, 502; J. D. Graham, 1404; tax on in-
solvent savings banks, 1405.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers..

M. J. Sears..

Harrison, Rev. Dr. W. P., elected Chaplain of the House

Sworn in

Hart, E. Kirke, of Rochester, thirtieth district of New York:

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Clerk of the House of Representatives pay to Beaufort C. Lee, for services ren-
dered in the Doorkeeper's department, from March 1 to October 15, 1877, at the rate of
$720 per annum

Bills of the House introduced by-

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Petitions presented by-

Memorial of the commissioners

Savannah River, No. 249; Darion Harbor, 250; J. J. Warring, 251; Brunswick Harbor,
252; public buildings at Savannah, 253; H. F. Willink, 254; section 552 Revised Statutes
(United States courts,) 962; settlement with certain railroads, 1333.

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Hartzell, William, of Randolph, eighteenth district of Illinois:

Answered roll-call

H. B. Foster, No. 516; Mississippi River, 517; Mississippi River at Dichey Island, 518;
E. D. Foster, 519; T. W. Segar, 520; T. F. Alexander, 521; J. B. Gillespie, 522; W. P. and
S. B. Halliday, 523; L. L. Lawrence, 524; E. Lathrop, 525; duties on imports, 526; S. W.
Hester, 527; C. Anderson, 528; sections 4736 and 4738 Revised Statutes, (pensions,) 1063;
swamp lands to Randolph County, Illinois, 1064; judicial districts in Illinois, 1065;
E. and W. Buder, 1066; J. S. Reardon, 1067; J. H. Linn, 1068; S. Taggart, 1069.
Petitions presented by-

J. T. Christian

H. Worthington

Haskell, Dudley C., of Lawrence, second district of Kansas:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Education and Labor...

Bills of the House introduced by-

J. R. Pratt, No. 1173; G. W. Smith, 1174; G. Silvers, 1175; Mrs. O. F. Short, 1176; New
York Indian bands, 1177; C. S. Wilder, 1173; land-claims in Kansas, 1179; E. Huddles.
ton, 1180; A. J. Mueller, 1497; customs-duties payable in gold and silver and legal-
tenders, 1498; Miami Indian lands, 1541; funding and redemption of United States
notes, 1542; refunding United States notes, 1610.

Hatcher, Robert A., of New Madrid, fourth district of Missouri:

Answered roll-call

Bills of the House introduced by-

Tobacco-growers, No. 574; encourage home manufacture of tobacco, 575; F. C. Butler, 576;
Mississippi levees, 1076; B. Reidinger, 1414; R. L. Lindsey, 1415; L. Murdock, 1416; M.
M. Lynch, 1417; A. O'Hara, 1418; Mix and Norwood, 1419; R. P. Ford, 1702.

Hayes, Philip C., of Morris, seventh district of Illinois:

Answered 1oll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Agriculture

Bills of the House introduced by--

Miners' National Bank, No. 542; relief of distillers, 543; equalize bounties, 544; National
savings banks, 545.

Petitions presented by-

For the prompt adjustment of pensioners' claims.

Hazelton, George C., of Boscobel, third district of Wisconsin :

Answered roli-call

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Railways and Cauals

Leave of absence granted..

Bills of the House introduced by-

Pleadings in civil actions, No. 715; section 847 of Revised Statutes, (judiciary), 716.
Hendee, George W., of Morrisville, third district of Vermont:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in...

Member of Committee for the District of Columbia

Bills of the House introduced by―

Government for District of Columbia, No. 9; P. P. Roberts, 10; A. Fairley, 11; E. A. Beach,
12; H. D. Boardman, 13; S. Stinson, jr., 14; F. W. Carpenter, 15; D. D. Weed, 16; E A.
Beach, 17; O. C. Reed, 918; L. Scott, 919; interest on bonds, 1257; postmasters' claims
for loss of stamps, 1258; Night-Lodging House Association of District of Columbia,
1259; T. T. Stewart, 1535; Washington Market Company, 1534 and 1536; Capitol, North
O street and South Washington Railway Company, 1537.

Petitions presented by--

O. C. Read..

H. G. Boardman

De F. W. Carpenter

D. D. Weed

E. A. Beach

Henderson, Thomas J., of Princeton, sixth district of Illinois:

Answered roll call

Sworn in.

Member of Committee of Claims

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That 10,000 copies of the report and accompanying documents of the United States mon-
etary commission organized under the joint resolution of August 15, 1876, be printed
for the use of this House

That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of
the contingent fund, to such of the laborers of the House as were actually employed
during the recess of Congress or any part of the same..

Bills of the House introduced by-

J. W. Thompson, Nos. 530 and 531; J. Fry, 532; Illinois and Mississippi Canal, 533; W-
Frankburger, 1070; H. R. Parish, 1773.

M. H. Fulsom, No. 174; H. Fulsom, 175; M. E. Soper, 176; H. Forbes et al., 177; J. Forrest,
178; J. Watkins, 1313; pharmacy in District of Columbia, 1314; attachments for debt in
District of Columbia, 1652; H. M. Hannon, 1653.

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Herbert, Hilary A., of Montgomery, second district of Alabama:

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Member of Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States..
Regulating the Counting of the Elect-
oral Votes......

Bills of the House introduced by-

Sections 820 and 821 of Revised Statutes, (jurors,) No. 259; test oath, 260; J. Green, sr.,
977; public buildings at Montgomery, 978; J. Stallings, 1348; sale of timbered lands,

1525.

Petitions presented by-

A. P. Woods

Hewitt, Abram S., of New York, tenth district of New York:

Bills of the House introduced by-

Treaty with China, 923; Paris Exhibition, H. Res. 1; bankrupt law, 1529; remission of
duties, H. Res. 49.

Hewitt, Goldsmith W., of Birmingham, sixth district of Alabama:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on the Public Lands...

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Invalid Pensions

Bills of the House introduced by-

Administration of justice in United States courts in Alabama, No. 256; Mexican war
pensions, 257; settlers on South and North Alabama Railroad Company, 972, causes to
commissioners of claims, 973.

Petitions presented by-

For an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers
E. B. Lovet et al...

Hiscock, Frank, of Syracuse, twenty-fifth district of New York:

Hooker, Charles E., of Jackson, fifth district of Mississippi:

E. Leland, No. 261; Delegate from Indian Territory, 979; Choctaw Nation, 980; D. F.
Tozier, H. Res. 4; Pearl River, 1319; Pascagoula River, 1350: Bonnet Carré crevasse,

Horses, to pay certain persons for, taken by officers of the United States..

the Revision of the Laws Regulating the Counting of the Elect-
oral Votes....
Bills of the House introduced by-
Cumberland River, No. 400; sale of leaf-tobacco, 401; D. Marr, 402; B. B. Taylor, 873;
Cumings, Doyle et al., 874; A. H. Buchanan, 875; M. A. Stevens, 876; D. W. and M. H.
Glassie, 877; J. Scott et al., 878; W. Phillips, 1032; Saint Cecilia's Academy, 1033; W.
H. Fuqua, 1034; T. Hurd, 1035; Shelby Medical College, 1036; A. J. Duncan, 1037;
amendment to the Constitution, H. Res. 36.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers.

A. Moore

R. Abbey, agent.

Shelby Medical College.

T. Hord et al

Mount Olivet Cemetery Company..

M. Somerville.

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