Reagan, John H.-Continued.
Bills of the House introduced by-

Regulation of team vessels No. 673; inter-state commerce, 674: Sabine Pass, 675; pen-
sions of 1-12, 675; public buildings at Tyler, 677; Sabine and Trinity Rivers, 678; relief
of Senators and Representatives in 1866, 679; Neches River, 680: Sabine Pass collection-
district. 681; J. S. Boggess, 682; M. Cox, 683; S. Quarles, 684; S. Kilgore, 6×5; frontier
defense of Texas, H. Res. 16, H. Res. 17; creditors of the Republic of Texas, H. Res.,
18; amendment of the Constitution, H. Res. 19; Southern mail contractors, H. Res. 20.
Petitions presented by―

N. A. Skilton et al

For post-routes..

N. Frankle

Reilly, James B. (contestee), of Pottsville, thirteenth district of Pennsylvania:

Answered roll-call..

Sworn in

Leave of absence granted

Member of Committee of Claims

War Claims...

Bills of the House introduced by-

D. Small, No. 1308; P. Lawall, 1309; H. C. Perry, 1310; H. D. Potts, 1311; Pancoast & Reilly,
H. Res., 62.

Petitions presented by-

Of citizens for a small loan to aid settlers

For repeal of the resumption act

Resumption law, to repeal the, H. R. 109, 297, 307, 348, 370, 399, 435 438, 485, 497, 515, 540, 559, 651,

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Revised Statutes, to amend chapter 30 of the, relative to notaries in the District of Columbia...

H. R. 2.

to amend section 1000 of the, relative to the judiciary

H. R. 3.

to repeal the, relative to the "tenure of civil-office act".

H R. 21.

to amend chapter 7 of title 34 of the, relative to warehouses and collection of
duties.....

to simplify the sixteenth subdivision of schedule B, section 2504 of the, relative
to glass..

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to amend section 3473 of the, relative to United States notes receivable for
duties....

HR 195.

to amend section 2997 of the, relative to collection of duties and ports of
entry.

H. R. 197.

to amend section 2002 and to repeal sections 1980, 5299, and 5528 of the, relative
to Federal troops in elections

H. R. 201.

H. R. 204.

to repeal section 3480 of the, relative to the payment of certain claims..

to repeal sections 3412 aud 3413 of the, relative to tax on State banks....
H. R. 206, 378.

to amend section 5198 of the, relative to usury....

relative to claims of disloyalists.....
H. R. 226.

to repeal sections 820 and 821 of the, relative to grand and petit jurors...

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Revised Statutes, to amend section 3369 of the, relative to tax on tobacco..

H. R. 325.

to repeal section 3244 of the, relative to tax on leaf-tobacco..

H. R. 327, 547 101.

to repeal section 3229 of the, relative to internal revenue..

H. R. 437.

to amend section 3280, title 35, of the, relative to distillers ....

H. R 463

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to amend section 27 of chapter 2, title 2, of the, relative to votes for members
of Congress

to amend section 2990, cbapter 7, title 34, of the, relative to collection of duties
and ports of entry.

H. R 501.

to repeal certain sections of the, relative to State courts

H. R. 505.

to amend section 1514 of the, relative to the Naval Academy........

H. R. 513

to amend section 540, chapter 1, title 13, of the, relative to United States
courts in Missouri.

to amend sections of titles 48 and 52 of the, relative to commerce and naviga
tion....

H. R. 673.

to amend sections 649 and 714 of the, relative to trial of issue of facts in civil
cases in United States courts, and to salaries of certain judges

to amend section 4881, chapter 1, titl 60, of the, relative to patents....

to amend section 1661, title 16, of the, relative to the militia................

H. R. 1122.

to repeal subdivision "third" of section 639 of the, relative to circuit-court
jurisdiction....

to amend section 2403 of the, relative to public lands.

H. R. 1134.

to repeal sections 2513 and 2514 of the, relative to duties upon imports.......

H. R. 12:0.

to amend section 4472 of the, relative to the transportation of cotton on steam.

ers....

to repeal sections 1756, 1757,

to repeal section 363 of the,
States attorneys..

H. R. 1353.

and 175 of the, relative to the oath of office......
H. R 1372.

relative to the employment of assistant United

relative to the regulation of commerce and navi.

relative to the Army........

of the, relative to territorial legislation......

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Revised Statutes, to amend section 4278 of the, relative to the transportation of nitro-glycerine.

H. R. 1378.

to repeal sections 563 and 629 of the, relative to jurisdiction of United States

to extend provisions of section 3297 of the, to other institutions of learning..
H. R. 1448.

to suspend the operation of section 5574 of the, relative to guano islands......

H. R. 1474.

to amend section 3477 of the, relative to debts of the United States......

H. R. 1492.

to re-enact section 649 of the, relative to United States courts

H. R. 1494.

amendatory of section 3009 of the, relative to duties upon imports....

H. R. 1498.

to amend title 61 of the, relative to bankruptcy..

H. R. 1529.

to amend the, relative to patents.

H. R. 1612.

to amend section 1922 of the, relative to Territories........

H. R. 1630.

to repeal certain provisions of chapter 3, title 35, of the, relative to internal

revenue..

to amend section 3244 of the, relative to internal revenue..

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Rhode Island, members from the State of, appear, viz: Benjamin T. Eames, Latimer W. Bal-
Jou

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for the purchase by the government, of a piece of land in Providenco.......133, 233, 250
H. R. 921, 1547; S. 220.

Rice, Americus V., of Ottawa, fifth district of Ohio:

Auswered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Invalid Pensions

Expenditures in the War Department..

Resolutions of the House introduced by-
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, respectfully directed to report
to this House, within ten days from the passage of this resolution, the exact amount in
detail of actual gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury; the kind and amount,
in detail, of all outstanding obligations payable on demand in gold; the kind, character,
and amount, in detail, of all items counted as coin in the Treasury, as published in the
public-debt statement for November 1, 1877, with the actual gold owned by the govern-
inent available for the resumption of specie payments, after deducting all such demand
obligations, together with the accrued interest on the public debt up to and including
the date on which such report is made to this House

Bills of the House introduced by-

Civil-service reform, No. 303; arrears of pensions, 304; Mrs. R. C. Maxwell, 305; R. Cary,
306; I. Dunbar, 806; W. C. Spencer, 807; M. N. DeHaven, 1205; J. A. Roberts, 1361;
W. W. Cobaugh, 1362; M. B. Craig, 1363.

Petitions presented by-

I. Dunbar et al

T. P. Kane.

of owners of stalls in Northern Liberty Market

Rice, William W., of Worcester, ninth district of Massachusetts :

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of ommittee on Pacific Railroad

Bills of the House introduced by-

J. W. Goodall, No. 920.

Petitions presented by--

Letter-carriers

M. N. Williams et al

Riddle, Haywood Y., of Lebanon, fourth district of Tennessee:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on the Territories.

Invalid Pensions

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Committee of Accounts inquire into the expediency of paying the folders of the
House folding room for extra services performed by them from March 1, 1877, to Novem-
ber 1, 1877

That the Doorkeeper be authorized to appoint one folder in the folding room of the House,
who shall receive for his services the same pay per annum as a messenger
That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the House, to Elijah T. Keightley, late
assistant doorkeeper, a sum equal to one month's pay at the rate paid him while in the
service of the House

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Ridd'e, Haywood Y.--Continued.
Bills of the House introduced by-

Mexican and other war pensions, No. 375; extra pay to Mexican soldiers, 376: customs
duties on legal-tender notes, 377; section 3412 of Revised Statutes (bank tax), 378; Cum-
berland River, 379; Forks of Cumberland River, 320; tax on distilled spirits. 381; sale
of tobaccco, 382; J. D. Bond & Brother, 385; M. E. Campbell, 384; G. W. Twidwell,
385; Thos. White, 3-6; W. Truett, 387; W. Roylston, 388; rights of seizure in United
States courts. 1040; printed mail-matter, 1041; J Pennycough, 1042; W. H. Walker,
1043; A. M. Finsley, 1014; amendment to the Constitution, H. Res. 27; S. B. Colley,
13-9; Mrs. M. A. Elliott, 1486: restore disloyal pensioners to the rolls, 1683; to repeal
law prohibiting payments to disloyal persons, 1684; J. Looper, 1685.
Petitions presented by—

For cheap telegraphy.

T. Kirby et al

J D Bond & Brother.

M. K. Williams et al..

S E. Belcher

list of 449 claims.

G. D. Craige

Rivers, to improve the Connecticut

to improve the Yazoo, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, and Cold, in Mississippi..

to improve the navigation of the Mississippi River..

H. R. 277.

to improve Cumberland River, in Tennessee

to improve Caney Fork, in Tennessee..

to improve the Tennessee River
to improve the Hiawassee River.......

to improve the Mississippi River at

to improve the Mississippi River at
to improve the Missouri River

H. R. 379, 400.

H. R. 380.

H. R. 390, 397, 403.

H. R 404.

Kaskaskia, Illinois
H. R. 517
Dickey Island.
H. R. 518.

to appoint a commission to report upon
to improve Saint John's River, in Florida

to improve Sabine and Trinity, in Texas
to improve the Neches River, in Texas.

H. R. 565.

the improvement of the Mississippi River...............
H. R. 602.
H. R. 653.
H. R. 678.

H. R. 680.

to improve the Little Kanawha, in West Virginia.

H. R. 761.

to improve the Great Kanawha, in West Virginia...

H. R. 769.

to improve the Monongahela River, in West Virginia..

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relative to reservoirs to promote navigation of the Mississippi River..

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Robbins, William M., of Statesville, seventh district of North Carolina:
Answered roll-call

Sworn in

Member of Committee on Ways and Means

Expenditures in the Interior Department...

Bills of the House introduced by-

Criminal cases in State courts. No. 220; tax on spirits and tobacco; 221; bankrupt act. 222;
sales of leaf-tobacco, 223; T. A. Nicholson, 224; S. A. Stauber et al, 1326; R. Sanders,
1539; J. F. Foard, 1540.

Petitions presented by-

G. W. Norwood

For post-route ..

Answered roil-call

Sworn in

Roberts, Charles B., of Westminster, second district of Maryland:

Member of Committee on Commerce

of Accounts

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the pay-rolls of the Doorkeeper for the month of October be, and they are hereby,
referred to the Committee of Accounts, with instructions to ascertain and determine
whether the same are correctly made up: and the Clerk is hereby directed to make no
payments on said rolls until they shall have been examined and approved by the said
committee

That the Committee of Accounts be, and they are hereby, instructed to designate the
committee of this House which are entitled to clerks under the act of March 3, 1877,
and report to this House

Proposed additional rule. (See Rules.)

That there be paid, out of the contingent fund to Henry A. Olcott and William H. Smith,
each, the sum of $3.60 per day for services as messenger in the office of the Clerk of the
House, from and including the 15th day of October ultimo and until otherwise ordered
by the House; and, further, that there shall be paid, out of the contingent fund, to Wat-
son Boyle the sum of $3.60 per day for services as messenger to the Speaker, from and
including the 1st day of July ultimo, and until otherwise ordered by the House....

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