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Walker, Gilbert C.-Continued.

Member of Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States
Expenditures in the State Department

Leave of absence granted
Bills of the House introduced by-

United States notes for duties upon imports, No. 195; bonded debt of United States, 196;
section 2997 Revised Statutes, 197; public lands for schools, 198; E. T. Pilkington, 199:
P. G. Coghlan, 200; use of Army in elections, 201; S. Hardeman, 1321; J. T. Tucker,
1322; C. B. Oliver, 13:23.

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for the Revision of the Laws of the United States..

Resolutions of the House introduced by-
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, requested to ascertain the probable cost
of the removal of the rocks in the channel of the Potomac River, between Georgetown,
District of Columbia, and the new outlet locks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
above said Georgetown, and report the same before the close of the present session of
Congress

Bills of the House introduced by-

Methodist Episcopal Church, of Oldtown, Md., No. 143; Frederick district, No. 15.
Maryland, 144; Mrs. F. Schley, 145; E. Ceville, 146; R. C. Brawford, 147; S. F. Ander-
son, 148; A Welling, 149; W. McIndoe, 150; N. Heard, 151: T. M. Maccubbin, 152; C.
Hewitt, 153; G. Hobbs, 154; J. W. Anderson et al., 155; J. F. Pierce, 156; E. M. Thomas,
157; R. K. Thrasher, 158; M. Culler, 159; G. Thomas, 160; I. Kessler, 161; H. A. Pom-
phrey, 162: S. T. Magruder, 163; W. T. Lewis, 164; W. Rouzer, 165; H. Griffith, 166;
G. E. Stonebreaker, 167 and 168; R. T. West. 169; J. M. Jackson, 170; M. A. Hickman,
171; A. Talbert et al., 172; R. Rowzee, 173; C. H. Walker, 1315; R. W. Smoot, 1316; P.
E. Dye, 1317; Metropolitan police, H. Res. 44.

Petitions presented by-

A. Ray et al.

M. A. C. Nelson.

J. Murdhy.

S. M. Maceubbin et al

C. N. Walker.

W. McIndoe

S. T. Anderson

G. Hobbs

N. Heard.

L. Roderick

A. Wellen et al

Frederick Division et al.

J. W. Anderson

R. Warner.

citizens of Williamsport..

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letter from the, transmitting papers in the case of the claim of the Annap
olis and Elkridge Railroad Company, against the United States, for its
occupation by the military authorities in 1-61...

letter from the, transmitting papers relating to office-rooms required for the
State, War, and Navy building, and public buildings and grounds, in com-
pliance with law of March 3, 1877.

letter from the, transmitting the claim of Murphy, Goode & Co. and J. Dodd
& Co., for paving on grounds of the Indianapolis arsenal

to construct a bridge across the Potomac River at the Three Sisters Islands...
H. R. 942.

to issue certain arms to Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, S. C...

H. Res. 37.

to furnish information relative to medical officers in the Army now on duty
in the District of Columbia.

to furnish the probable cost of removing the rocks in the Potomac, between
Georgetown and outlet of Chesapeake Canal...

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to authorize the, to purchase the site of the Grant-Pemberton monument at
Vicksburg...

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H. R. 1509.

letter from the, transmitting a communication from General Hancock, sug-
gesting a change in the one hundred and fourth Article of War.
etter from the, transmitting a report of the Chief of Ordnance, on the joint
resolution (H. Res. 37) to authorize the issue of arms to the Washington
Light Infantry of Charleston, South Carolina

letter from the, transmitting for the information of the Committee on Com.
merce a report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, relative to
obstructions in the Red River above Shreveport, La

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letter from the, transmitting the report of the commission appointed by
joint resolution of March 3, 1877, to examine contracts between the United
States and the Moline Water-Power Company

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War, Secretary of, to convey a lot of ground to the board or education of Harper's Ferry, for
school purposes..

H. R. 1737.

Ward, William, of Chester, sixth district of Pennsylvania:

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Answered roll-call..

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Patents

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Bills of the House introduced by-

Austin, Topolovampo and Pacific Railroad, No. 112; E. D. Stone, 113; Note and coin cur-
rency, 897; dividends of national banks, 932; W. W. Hubbell, 1300; H. E. Wilkinson,
1301.

Warner, Levi, of Norwalk, fourth district of Connecticut:

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Washington Territory, Delegate from, appears, viz: Orange Jacobs....

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to restore to the public domain certain lands in

Watson, Lewis F., of Warren, twenty-seventh district of Pennsylvania:
Answered roll-call......

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heads of executive departments to report relative to the metrical sys-
tem of..

message from the President relative to the metrical system of.

Welch, Frank, of Norfolk, first district of Nebraska:

Answered roll-call..

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Public Lands.

Bills of the House introduced by-

C. M. Lockwood, No. 772; apportionment of Representatives, 774; A. Towle, 832 and 833: C.
H. Frederick; 834; Lincoln Territory, 11:2; W. J. Parker, 1738.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers

West Virginia, members from the State of, appear, viz: Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin F. Martin,
John E. Kenna.

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to pay the employés and contractors who furnished cartridges to the armory
at Harper's Ferry, in, in 1861.

H. R. 1736.

to convey to the board of education of the district of Harper's Ferry, in, a lot
of ground for school purposes.

II. R. 1737.

White, Harry, of Indiana, twenty-fifth district of Pennsylvania:

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Answered roll-call..

Sworn in....

Member of Committee on Military Affairs.

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Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Committee on Public Lands be, and is hereby, instructed to consider and report
what assistance can be given by the government to such citizens who desire to emigrate
to the West to take up a homestead and engage in agricultural pursuits, and that such
committee report at as early a day as practicable, by bill or otherwise.

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White, Harry-Continued.

Bills of the House introduced by-

Stamping of unstamped documents, No. 114; E. Bowers, 115; staff officers in United States
Army, 1623.

Petitions presented by-

A. Smouse et al

Of citizens of Pennsylvania

White, Michael D., of Crawfordsville, ninth district of Indiana:

Answered roll call

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department.

Bills of the House introduced by-

N. Simmons, No. 466.

Petitions presented by-

R. E. Bryant

Whitthorne, Washington C., of Columbia, seventh district of Tennessee:

Answered roll-call..

Sworn in

Leave of absence granted.

Member of Committee on Naval Affairs

Expenditures in the Navy Department.
Resolutions of the House introduced by—

That the Committee on Naval Affairs be, and they are hereby, instructed to make a thor-
ough investigation into the matters of deficiency, and the diversion of appropriations
from the special objects to which they were applied by law and the expenditure of
them for other and different objects, as mentioned by the Secretary of the Navy in his
report to the President of the United States of date October 9, 1877, with power upon
the part of said committee to send for persons and papers, examine witnesses, if neces-
sary, and with leave to report by bill or otherwise

That the Clerk of the House be authorized and directed to pay George V. Hebb, out of
the contingent fund, the amount which may be due him for services rendered as door-
keeper to the diplomatic gallery from the 5th of January, 1877, to the 1st of November,

1877

Bills of the House introduced by-

Tax on tobacco, No. 355; expenditures in Navy Department, 356; abandoned property.
357; Mexican and Seminole war pensions, 358; pensions to war 1812, 359; relief of
Tennessee, 360; pay for horses, 361; W. Park, 362: H. L. French, 363; W. Aiken, 364:
C Gilbert, 365; A. J. Reed, 366: J. E. Tulloss, 367; treaty with Mexico, H. Res. 28:
T. J. Turner, H. Res. 55.

Petitions presented by—

M. Allison.

J. Harlow

A. Weeks

For a post-route

J. Barclay et al..

For post-routes..

E. P. McCrea

Williams, Alpheus S., of Detroit, first district of Michigan:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in

Member of Committee for the District of Columbia

on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department...

Bills of the House introduced by-

R Holly & Sons, No. 621; Poverty Island light-house, 622; R. C. Buchanan, 623; J. Stew-
art, 624; J. Eggemann, 625; J. Rentz, 626: A. Rowland, 627; C. A. Waldemar, 628: T.
W. Hewitt, 629; J. Sawyer, 630; B. J. D. Irwin, 631; D. T. Wells, 632; J. Pulford, 1104;
B. Canfield, 1105; staff corps of United States Army, 1106; H. C. Hatch, 1107; Detroit
River, 1431; recording of deeds in District of Columbia, 1432; justices, commissioners
of deeds, and constables in District of Columbia, 1633; license-laws of District of Colum-
bia, 1634; Fisher & Smithers, 1635; J. Rubert, 1636; sale of cigars and leaf-tobacco,
1741; public buildings at Detroit, 1715; District of Columbia Commissioners to sue with-
out bond, 1715; J. H. Stark, 1777.

Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers

E. B. Custer

Of heirs of J. Corbett

I. S King.

Of masters, mates, pilots, and engineers of Detroit, for reduction of license.
R. J. Buchanan

A. Rowland

C. A. Waldemar et al

T. W. Hewitt

Of workmen on Poverty Island.

I. Pulford

1. Sawyer.

T. W. Hewitt

Memorial of the District of Columbia

H. K. Sanger.

S. T. Norvell..

W. J. Elgie

J T. Fisher et al

J. H. Stark

Williams, Andrew, of Plattsburg, eighteenth district of New York:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

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Williams, Charles G., of Janesville, first district of Wisconsin:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs.............
Bills of the House introduced by—

E. S. Rossiter, No. 717; arrears of pensions, 718; equalize bounties, 719; lands in Broth-
ertown reservation, 1135; M. Ladd and J. Williams, 1136; J. Whittaker, 1137; W. T.
Duvall, 1138: M. Shields, 1139; D. Walker, 1140; M. J. Veazie, 1141; C. W. Wood, 1142;
M. Hulzer, 1143; A. Annis, 1144; J. L. Williams, 1145; J. H. Cook, 1146; C. Brennan,
1147; L. Taft, 1148; Y. F. Cowan, 1149; J. Whittaker, 1232; Omoa & Trexillo, 1454; A.
E. Hodges, 1455.

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Williams, Jeremiah N., of Clayton, second district of Alabama:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in

Member of Committee of Elections

on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department..

Bills of the House introduced by-

F. Jordan, No. 970; lands to Alabama for school purposes, 1235; land-patents to citizens of
Alabama, 1236; B. Bird, 1344; homesteads in Alabama, 1515.

Petitions presented by-

Williams, Richard, (contestee,) of Portland, first district of Oregon :

For post-route..

Answered roll-call

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings..

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Bills of the House introduced by-

M. P. Jones, No. 744; protection of salmon, 1168; canal on Columbia River, 1169;
G. D. Hill, H. Res. 35; C. W. Denton, 1735.

Petitions presented by-

D. W. Cheesman and M. P. Jones.

Memorial of citizens of Oregon

Willis, Albert S., of Louisville, fifth district of Kentucky:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in..

Member of Committee on Education and Labor

the Revision of the Laws of the United States..

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That Frank M. Schell be, and he is hereby, appointed a messenger of the House of Repre
sentatives for the Forty-fifth Congress, with an annual salary of $1,200, to be paid out
of the contingent fund of the House, for service in the special committee on the Revis-
ion of the Electoral Law, the Special Committee on Ventilation, and such other special
committees as may be ordered by the House..

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Brannin, Summers & Co., No. 354; education of blind,1031; M. F. Duncan, 1223; W. R.
Hersey, 1224; E. Y. Parsons, H. Res. 54.

For the repeal of the bankrupt law.

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S. Woodall et al..

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Willis, Benjamin A., of New York, eleventh district of New York:

Answered roll-call..

Sworn in.

Member of Committee on Naval Affairs

Expenditures in the Navy Department..

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Willis, Benjamin A.-Continued.
Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and is hereby, authorized and directed
to pay from the contingent fund the sum of $699.60, the same to be equally divided be
tween A. B. Corbusier, John H. Dougherty, John E. Kelly, G. P. Jourdan, John B. Fos-
sett, and William P. Thomas, as compensation for extra services rendered as messengers
in the Doorkeeper's department from December 6, 1876, to March 4, 1877, inclusive.....
Bills of the House introduced by-
Duties upon imports. No. 53; funding national debt, 54; pension laws, 55; payment of
custom duties, 56; classification of fabrics, 57; custom revenue laws, 58; duty on glass,
59; duty on packages, 60; bank tax, 61; bonds for duties, 62; valuation of imports, 63;
judgments against Government for refunding duties, 64; duty upon laces, 65; responsi-
bility of Government for imported merchandise, 66; redemption agency expenses, 67;
See 5219, Revised Statutes, 68; abolition of certain naval offices, 69: J. A. Dahlgreen,
70; deficiency in Navy, 71; enlisted men in Navy, 72; J. H. Morris, 73; notaries public,
74; prize money, 75; officers of United States courts, 76; R. H. Birmingham, 77; J. H.
Reiley, 78: R. Butler, 79; A. Bond, 80; A. M. Atwood, 81; A. Anderson, $2; national
banking law, 1280; costs in United States courts, 1291; Harlem River, 12-2.

Petitions presented by-

Of the Carriage Builders' Association

Of the National Rifle Association..

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Bills of the House introduced by—

C. H. Johnson, No. 644; J. Olmstead, 645; M. A. Allen, 616; J. H. Russell, 1103; E. Cus-
ter, 1109; E. H. Custer.

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Wilson, Benjamin, of Wilsonburg, first district of West Virginia:

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That this Clerk of this House be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to William M. Patton,
out of the contingent fund, the sum of $400, for services rendered as messenger of this
House, from May 1, 1877, to the 1st of September following

That the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads be, and it is hereby, directed to
report a bill in which provision shall be made securing to the said subcontractor com-
pensation direct from the Government for his services in the Postal Department..........
That the Clerk of this House be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of the contingent
fund under his control, to William M. Patten, $100, as pay for his services as messenger
at the north door for the month of October, 1877....

Bills of the House introduced by-

Little Kanawha River, No. 761; J. D. Hall, 762; Methodist Church at Clarksville, 763;
custom-house at Parkersburg, 764; P. Gano, 765; road and bridge at Gauley, 766:
O. B. Anderson, 767; J. A. Harris, 763; remonetization of silver, H. Res. 21; M. MeNa-
mara, 1465; definition of certain legal terms, 1749; J. Folga, 1750: W. C. Parker, 1751.
Petitions presented by-

Letter-carriers.

N. S. Clark

J. W. Ramsburg et al

For post-route

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Wisconsin, members from the State of appear, viz: Charles G. Williams, Lucien B. Caswell,
George C. Hazleton, William Pitt Lynde, Edward S. Bragg, Gabriel Bouck, H. L.
Humphrey, Thad. C. Pound

to issue a patent for certain lands in

to improve Saint Croix River, in...
to improve the Mississippi River, in
to improve the Chippewa River, in.

Women, to relieve the legal disabilities of..

H. R. 1135.

H. R. 1246.
H. R. 1247.
H. R. 1456.

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H. R. 1077.

for the national education of......

H. R. 1082.

Wood, Fernando, of New York, ninth district of New York:

Answered roll-call

Sworn in.

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