Printing, to print two thousand two hundred and fifty additional copies of the narrative of the
north polar expedition

Prize-money, for the abolition of

H. R. 75.

Private land-claims, to provide for settling in certain States and Territories...

Public buildings, to provide for United States courts at Savannah, Georgia...

H R. 253.

...50, 53, 58, 81, 88, 89, 91, 137

77

for the building of a marine hospital at Memphis, Tennessee

H. R. 1697.

appropriation for, at Detroit, Michigan.

H. R. 1715.

H. R. 701.

to repeal section 3693 of the Revised Statutes, relative to the..........
H. R. 1381.

Public documents, relative to the delivery of, to members.

inventory of, in the folding room of the House of Representatives...
Public lands, to apply proceeds of sales of, to school purposes

H. R. 26, 101, 198, 616, 723, 751, 787, 975.

to authorize the assignees of the State of Illinois to enter certain.......
H. R. 539.

granting indemnity to States for, sold by the United States....

for the disposition of unclaimed

H. R. 615.

H. R. 748.

transferring certain, from the branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad to the
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad

H. R. 7-3.

to grant, to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming, for school purposes..

for the resurvey of certain.....

H. R. 787.

H. R. 788.

H. R. 802.

to regulate cutting of timber on the, in Wyoming Territory.

for the relief of settlers on, claimed by North Alabama Railroad.

F 8

81

Secretary of Interior to certify amount of, located in certain States with military
warrants

relative to claimants of, within certain distance of Northern Pacific Railroad.....

protecting rights of parties to, the title to which is in the United States..

to facilitate the sale and settlement of the

H. R. 1202.

H. R. 1230.

to forfeit certain..

H. R. 1390.

to put into market certain timbered

H R. 1525.

H. R. 1589.

H. R. 1621.

to restore to the public domain certain, in Washington Territory....

for the survey of, in California...

Pugh, John Howard, of Burlington, second district of New Jersey:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Reform in the Civil Service

Bills of the House introduced by—

B. Leaffey, No. 1646,

Petition presented by-

Letter-carriers

Pace, John R., & Co..

Page, Elizabeth...

[INDIVIDUAL BILLS, PETITIONS, ETC ]

H. R. 945.

135

53, 248

21. 48, 98, 209

citizens of, for the establishment of uniform hours of labor...

Pennsylvania, citizens of, for an appropriation to enable them to emigrate.

citizens of, for an increase of salaries of letter-carriers......21, 29, 30, 43, 45, 106, 118, 209
citizens of, for a continuance of the existing navigation laws
citizens of, for a small loan to aid settlers upon the public domain.
citizens of, for the amelioration of the financial system
citizens of, for cheap telegraphy...

citizens of, for post-routes

.......

...

memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, relative to extending
the time for the completion of the Northern Pacitic Railroad.
citizens of, that the petition of William K. Verbeke be granted
citizens of, for the extension of the homestead law

26

41

41

46

48

98

99

100

107

citizens of, for the repeal of the resumption act

107, 171, 215

citizens of, for an amendment of the pension laws
citizens of, for the repeal of the stamp-tax

.125, 242

125

citizens of, for government aid to Western emigrants

citizens of, that the law be so amended as to require the appointment of one
competent pilot on each board of local inspectors to examine and license
pilots

memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, for the amendment of
the bankrupt laws

citizens of, for the repeal of the bankrupt law

College of Physicians of Philadelphia, suggesting the superiority of American
manufactured quinine, &c

Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, indorsing the bill to regulate interstate
commerce, &c

Questions of order (see Appendix). to print 2,000 copies of the volume of..
Quinn, Terrence J., of Albany, sixteenth district of New York:

Answered roll-call

91, 182, 201

149, 150

288

56

84, 181

242

0

89

68

65

200

12

93

96

266

Resolutions of the House introduced by

That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Eu-
gene Durnin the sum of $94.56, balance due him for services for the month of October,
1877, in the Doorkeeper's department, and charge the same to the contingent fund of
the House of Representatives..

Bills of the House introduced by ---

J. Wheaton, No. 1287.

Petitions presented by —

Letter-carriers

H. L. Emery...

Quackenbush, C. L.......

Quarrel, George

Quentin, Regina

244

46
249

Railroads, to survey the Austin Topolovampo Pacific route

to authorize the Louisiana and Texas to relinquish its title to certain lands..........

H. R. 112.

to amend the act relative to the construction of a railroad from the Missouri River
to the Pacific Ocean

to transfer certain lands from the branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad to the
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad
H. R. 783.

to aid the Washington, Cincinnati and Saint Louis Railroad Company

HR 898.

for the settlement of accounts with certain....

H. R 951, 1333.

granting right of way to the Washington, Cincinnati and Saint Louis Railroad......

H. R. 1117.

to construct a railroad and telegraph so as to reduce cost of the defense of the South-
westerly boundary of the United States
H. R 1724.

relative to the execution of the laws governing the Union Pacific Railroad..........
Rainey, Joseph H. (contestee), of Georgetown, first district of South Carolina:
Answered roll-call

Randall, Samuel J., of Philadelphia, second district of Pennsylvania:
Answered roll-call.

Elected Speaker of the House.

Sworn in

To notify the Senate of the election of, as Speaker

Randolph, James H., of Newport, first district of Tennessee :

Pensions to Centralia sufferers, No. 597; United States courts for western district of Mis.
souri. 598; boundary between Missouri and Nebraska, 599; J. H Wells, 600; J. Saund.
ers, 1087; N. B. Giddings, 1088; W. Lett, 1420; sale of leaf-tobacco, 1421; J. L. Ham-
mack, 1422; A. M. Jorden, 1423.

Petitions presented by-

Memorial of the Legislature..

Letter-carriers.

W. J. and W. P. Brady.

Of citizens for a system of finance..

N. B. Giddings

Member of Committee on Commerce.

Resolutions of the House introduced by→

That the Committee on Rules be directed to take into consideration the following rules of
the House of Representatives, to wit: Rule 79, which relates to the business which may
be referred to and considered by the Committee on Commerce; Rule 94, which relates
to the business which may be referred to and considered by the Committee on Railways
and Canals; and the resolution which relates to the business which may be referred to
and considered by the Committee on the Mississippi River; and that the Committee on
Rules consider whether there is a conflict between said rules, and, if necessary, that
said rules be revised so that there shall be no conflict between them......