Idaho, Territory of, memorial of the legislative assembly of, for appropriation for a military
road from Fort Boisé to Fort Lapwai

memorial of the legislative assembly of, in relation to the Portland, Dalles
and Salt Lake Railroad

papers relative to negotiation with the Coeur d'Alene Indians.
Illinois, citizens of Quincy, for the investigation of the issue of patent No. 5841 for mill appa-

ratus

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202

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citizens of, for an increase of salary of the letter-carriers..
citizens of, that the homestead law be changed...
citizens of, for the repeal of the bankrupt law.

...14, 29, 32, 42, 47

33

42, 163

citizens of, to stop the contraction of the greenback currency

44

National Board of Trade of Chicago, for the adoption of the metric system of weights
and measures

$

118

Letter Carriers' Association of, relative to salaries of letter-carriers
citizens of, for the repeal of the resumption act, &c

Bartholomew County Agricultural Society of, for pay for use of grounds
citizens of, for the repeal of the resumption act.

Indian Territory, citizens of, for post-route...

Iowa, citizens of, for increase of salaries of letter-carriers.
citizens of, for cheap telegraphy...

citizens of, for the improvement of the Mississippi River..
citizens of, that arrearage of pension be granted the soldiers of the United States Army
of the late war..

citizens of, that taxes on deposits, circulation, and capital of all banks be repealed..
memorial of friends of, relative to international arbitration....

Ireland, Amos

26, 44, 280

.42, 44, 45, 176

42

44

235

176

citizens of, that the Chickasaw Nation be paid the amount due them from the
United States...

259

26, 34, 43, 126

27

43

130

181

235

245

Irons, Oliver H.

Irwin, B. J. D

Irwin, Joseph C., et al.

Isaacs, William B., & Co

Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad Company, No. 783; fog-signal in Washington Territory,
784; steamer Isabella, 785; Prost & McElroy, 786; section 1889 Revised Statutes, 1184
Indian-war bonds, 1185; Snake River, 1186; A. D. Fisher, 1187; coal lands, 1188; school
lands for Washington Territory, 1469; J. A. Sims, 1470; Atkins & Shoudy, 1586; J. G.
Porter, 1587; Baptist Association of Puget Sound, 1583; Northern Pacific Railroad
lands, 1589.

Petitions presented by-

F. Prost et al

James, Amaziah B., of Ogdensburg, nineteenth district of New York:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Reform in the Civil Service.

Jones, Frank, of Portsmouth, first district of New Hampshire:

Answered roll-call...

Sworn in...

Member of Committee on the Militia.

Naval Affairs.

94

Leave of absence grauted..

147

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, directed to pay William II. Prescott for
services rendered in the engineer's department during the months of April, May, and
June, 1877, at the rate of $100 per month.....

244

That Frank Angerer be, and he is hereby, continued in the service of this House as a page
during the present Congress

244

D. B. Macomb, No. 913; J. Clark, 914; Piscataqua River, 1255; R. D. Remick, 1256.

Jones, James Taylor, of Demopolis, first district of Alabama:

Inland mail-transportation, No. 854; Marion and Tombigbee Rivers, 976; Savings Deposit
Association of Mobile, 1345; W. C. Edmonston, 1346; harbor at Mobile, 1347.

To amend sections 3513, 3520, and 3586 of Revised Statutes, No. 311.

Petitions presented by

J. H. Rogers, 177; F. W. Morrison et al., 283.

Jorgensen, Joseph (contestee), of Petersburg, fourth district of Virginia:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department..

Bills of the House introduced by—

Mrs. E. T. Blick, No. 202; M. E. Twiford, 1324.

Petitions presented by

Letter-carriers

Joyce, Charles H., of Rutland, first district of Vermont :

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Invalid Pensions

Bills of the House introduced by

Bankrupt act, No. 18; alcoholic liquor traffic, 19; H. A. Richardson, 840; J. D. Cummings,
841; O. H. Clark, 842; W. Lamb, 843; M. Martin, 844; Vergennes Basin and Otter
Creek, 845; F. A. Page, 1566.

Petitions presented by

M. Martin

H. Sprague

O. H. Clark and W. Lamb

J. D. Cummings.

C. H. Frank.

H. R. 267.

Jarboe, Horace..

H. R. 1574.

Jeffrey, Rosa V

.147, 162, 166

H. R. 1225.

K.

Kansas, members from the State of, appear, viz: William A. Phillips, Dudley C. Haskell,

Thomas Ryan.......

to reimburse the State of, for expenses incurred in repelling invasion.

Cumberland road, No. 1008; forestry commission, 1218; J. W. Skiles, 1371.

Petitions presented by-

S. J. Taylor..

For the equalization of soldiers' bounties

Keightley, Edwin W., of Constantive, fourth district of Michigan:
Answered roll-call

Kelley, William D., of Philadelphia, fourth district of Pennsylvania:

Of citizens that immediate steps be taken to insure a proper representation at the Paris
Exposition....

225

M. H. Moore

225

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

12

92

96

Kenna, John E., of Kanawha Court-House, third district of West Virginia :

Member of Committee on Commerce

Enrolled Bills.

Bills of the House introduced by--

Great Kanawha River, No. 769; Methodist Episcopal Church at Charleston, 770; Baptist
Church at Raleigh Court-House, West Virginia, 1599; K. Smoot, 1600; J. T. Hawkins,
1601.

Kentucky, members from the State of, appear, viz: Andrew R. Boone, James A. McKenzie,
John W. Caldwell, J. Proctor Knott, Albert S. Willis, John G. Carlisle, Joseph C. S.
Blackburn, Milton J. Durham, Thomas Turner, John B. Clarke.....
for the benefit of the Madison Female Academy at Richmond..

H. R. 334.

for the benefit of the Christian Church at Danville

H. R. 335.

123

280

260

7

66

66

for the benefit of the Baptist Church at Crab Orchard........

66

H. R. 337.

for the relief of citizens of, for destruction of salt-works near Manchester, in....

Ketcham, John H., of Dover Plains, thirteenth district of New York:

University lands, No. 787; fraudulent surveys of land, 788; law-library for Dakota, 789;
State government for Dakota, 790; land district for Black Hills, 791; Territory of Pem-
bina, 792; Dakota volunteers, 1189; transportation companies, 1190; J. E. Macklin, 1191;
pre-emption rights, 1192; circuit courts, 1193; pre-emption lands, 1471; W. Gemmill,
1472; J. L. Taylor, 1473; H. Mehring, 1740; B. E. Wood, 1741.

Petitions presented by-

For post-route

For a suspension of contest.

W. C. Hinkley et al..

H. M. Williams

Killinger, John W., of Lebanon, fourteenth district of Pennsylvania:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in..

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94

E. Wills

J. Hamilton

M. Bodine

P. Engleman

Knapp, Robert M., of Jerseyville, eleventh district of Illinois:

That the President of the United States, by refusing the use of the Army in support of
pretended governments in the States of South Carolina and Louisiana, and thereby ac
cording to their people the right of local self-government in accordance with the Con
stitution, has faithfully performed his duty in that behalf, and is thereby justly entitled
to the respect and confidence of the American people...

Bills of the House introduced by-

Public buildings at Quincy, No. 509; H. B. Lovell. 510; G. W. Wright, 511; H. Head, 512;
section 1514 of Revised Statutes, 513; silver dollar, 514; resumption act, 515; Suy Carty
Levee, 872; silver dollar, 1062; W. Kilgore, 1401.

Bills of the House introduced by-

Section 3369, Revised Statutes, No. 3; J. C. Robinson, 326; section 3444 of 'Revised Stat-
utes, (sale of tobacco,) 327; judiciary of the District of Columbia, 899; J. C. Rush, 1021;
to continue Alabama court of claims, 1373; F. E. Shepperd, 1516; C. B. Oliver, 1517; J.
T. Tucker, 1518; W. E. Wysham, 1519; G. P. Turner, 1520; sufferers by wreck of Hu

for regulating the hours of labor, and other
for damages to, and for losses of, property in 1855 and 1856..
relative to the disposition of the lands known as the Sac and Fox dimin-
ished reservation ...

II. R. 1002.

H. R. 1413.

50

169

29,36

130

177

203

215

133

197

citizens of, for repeal of bankrupt law

138

195

Kentucky, citizens of, for increase of salaries of letter-carriers

State Medical Society of, for the discontinuance of the tariff on quinine..
citizens of Southern, that the State be divided into two judicial districts.
Christian Church, at Danville, for use, occupation, and damage to property by United
States Army

Baptist Church, of Crab Orchard, for use and occupancy by United States Army.
citizens of, relative to the pension laws

.26, 34, 97

30,98

34

97

124

124

181

citizens of, for post-routes.

248, 249, 231

citizens of, for the amendment of the revenue law, &c

281

Labor, to provide for the settlement of the accounts of workmen for excess of eight hours'.....

53

Landers, George M., of New Britain, first district of Connecticut:

Els of the House introduced by-

S. M. Norton, No. 37; binding documents for members of Congress, 1279.
P. tions presented by-