614

A bill to establish the judicial district of Okla.
homa.

81

A bill to repeal sections 820 and 821 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States.

81

618

Approved.

619

620

621

622

623

624

625

626

627

628

629
630

A bill for the relief of Feriba A. Gregg..
A bill for the relief of John S. Houston..
A bill for the relief of Byron S. Morris..
A bill for the relief of Richard Hawley and Sons.
A bill for the relief of workmen employed in the
construction of Poverty Island light-house,
Lake Michigan.

A bill for the relief of Robert C. Buchanan,
colonel (retired) and brevet major-general,
United States Army.

A bill for the relief of John Stewart, late captain
of the Fifteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer
Infantry.

A bill for the relief of John Eggeman.

A bill for the relief of John Rentz..

A bill to remove the charge of desertion from
the military record of Alfred Rouland.

A bill for the relief of Charles A. Waldemar, late
captain Fifth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers.

A bill to grant a pension to Thomas W. Hewitt.
A bill for the relief of Joseph Sawyer, of De-
troit, Michigan, late an acting master in the
Navy of the United States.

82

82

82

634

635

636

637

638

A bill granting a pension to Alexander St. Ber-
nard, of Saint Clair County, Michigan.

A bill for the relief of Moses F. Carleton, late
second lieutenant of Company I, Fourth
Michigan Infantry Volunteers.

A bill granting a pension to Oliver H. Irons, late
sergeant Company D, Twenty-third Michigan
Volunteers.

A bill to promote immigration to the United
States, and to protect immigrants on their
passage.

A bill granting American registry to the Cana-
dian steam ferry-boat J. W. Spicer, and for
other purposes.

639 A bill relative to the steamers Philo Parsons and
Island Queen.

83

Number.

Bills of the House of Representatives-Continued.

Title.

642

643

644

645

646
647

648

A bill granting a pension to Frederick W. Smith.
A bill providing for the levy, sale, and transfer
of interest of shareholders in corporations un-
der execution.

A bill for the relief of Charles H. Johnson, late
first lieutenant of the Fifteenth Michigan In-
fantry.

A bill for the relief of James Olmstead, late su-
pernumery second lieutenant of the Eleventh
Kentucky Cavalry.

A bill granting a pension to Mary A. Allen...
A bill authorizing the construction of a light-
house at Little Traverse Bay, Little Traverse,
Michigan.

A bill for the relief of Asa Morse, of Stanton,
Michigan.

649 A bill to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors
in the District of Columbia on the Sabbath.
A bill providing for the payment of mileage to
members of Congress for attendance upon ex-
tra or called sessions of Congress.

650

A bill to declare the construction of so much of
section 3 of an act entitled "An act to provide
for the resumption of specie payments," ap-
proved January 14, 1875, as provides for the
redemption of the United States legal-tender
notes outstanding on the 1st day of January,
1879, and to amend the said act of January 14,
1875, and other acts.

A bill to provide public buildings at Jackson-
ville, in the State of Florida.

A bill providing for the improvement of the
navigation of the Saint John's River, Florida.
A bill making appropriations to pay the State of
Texas for money expended by said State in
the defense of its frontier, and for other pur-
poses.

A bill to tranfer the Office of Indian Affairs
from the Interior Department to the War De-
partment.

A bill authorizing the construction of a post-
office in the city of Houston, Texas.

A bill to repeal that part of section 37 of the act
of 6th June, 1872, exempting deposits of say-
ings banks from taxation.

661

84

662

663

A bill to repeal so much of section 3 of an act
entitled An act to provide for the resump-
tion of specie payments," approved January
14, 1875, as provides for the resumption of spe-
cie payments on and after the 1st of January,
1879.

A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act to pro-
vide for the resumption of specie payments,"
approved January 14, 1875, and to authorize
the reissue of United States legal tender notes.
A bill to amend sections 1 and 2 of an act enti
tled "An act to determine the jurisdiction of
circuit courts of the United States, and to reg.
ulate the removal of causes from State courts,
and for other purposes," approved March 3,
1875.

84

84

675

676

677

678

679

680

681

682

683

684

685

626
687

A bill to amend certain sections of titles 48 and
52 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, concerning commerce and navigation
and the regulation of steam-vessels.

A bill to regulate inter-State commerce, and to
prohibit unjust discriminations by common

carriers.

A bill to appropriate money for the improve.
ment of the navigation of the harbor and bar
of Sabine Pass, Texas.

A bill to amend the act entitled "An act grant-
ing pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of
the war of 1812, and the widows of deceased
soldiers," approved February 14, 1871.
A bill to provide a suitable building for the
United States courts, post-office, and internal-
revenue officers, in the city of Tyler, State of
Texas.

A bill appropriating money for the improve.
ment of the navigation of the Sabine and
Trinity Rivers in the State of Texas.

A bill for the relief of two Senators and four
Representatives elected to Congress from the
State of Texas in 1866.

A bill for the improvement of the navigation of
the Neches River in the State of Texas.

A bill to establish the collection-district of Sa-
bine Pass. Texas.

A bill for the relief of Jiles S. Boggess, of Rusk
County, Texas, a soldier of the war of 1812.

A bill for the relief of the heirs of Moses Cox,
deceased.

A bill for the relief of the heirs of Samuel
Quorles, deceased.

A bill for the relief of Samuel Kilgore, a citizen
of Texas.

A bill for the relief of Joseph Clymer, of Texas.
A bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and
sailors of the Mexican, Florida, and the Black
Hawk wars, and certain widows of deceased
soldiers and sailors of the same.

85

Reported.

Committee of

Proceedings in

the Whole and
in the House.

Passed H. R.

Number.

Title.

Bills of the House of Representatives-Continued.

700

701

702
703

704

705

706

707

708

709

710

711

712

A bill to amend sections 649 and 714 of the Re-
vised Statutes.

A bill to reduce the interest on the public debt,
and to secure the circulating notes of national
banks.

A bill granting a pension to Orin B. Crane..
A bill granting a pension to John Ross, of Cap-
tain Bechler's company of Pennsylvania mili-
tia, war of 1812.

A bill granting a pension to J. D. Binford, late a
private in the Second Iowa Cavalry.

A bill granting a pension to Laura Seaman, the
widow of Elricy Seaman, a soldier in the war
of 1812.

A bill granting a pension to Henry C. Weath-
erby, a soldier in the war of 1812.

A bill granting a pension to Martin Raff, late
private in Company C, Second Kentucky In-
fantry.

A bill granting a pension to Josiah B. Chamber-
lin, late a private in Company K, Twentieth
Iowa Infantry.

A bill granting a pension to Jason D. Herrick,
a private in Company G, Thirty-first Iowa
Volunteer Infantry.

A bill granting a pension to Jane D. Cotton...
A bill granting a pension to John S. Corlett
A bill to provide a uniform currency for the
United States, limit the amount thereof, and
make it equal to specie in value.

713

714

715

716

717
718

719

720
721

722

723

724

725

726

727

728

729

A bill to quiet the titles of settlers on the so-
called Des Moines River lands in the State of
Iowa, and for other purposes.

87

A bill providing for the coinage of the silver dol-
lar, and making the same the unit of value
and a full legal tender.

A bill to simplify the pleading in civil actions....
A bill to amend section 847 of chapter 16, title
13, of the Revised Statutes, entitled "The
Judiciary."

A bill for the relief of Edmund S. Rossiter.
A bill to provide that all pensions on account of
death, wounds received, or disease contracted
in the service of the United States since March
4, 1861, which have been granted, or which
shall hereafter be granted on applications filed
previous to January 1, 1880, shall commence
from the date of death or discharge, and for
the payment of the arrears of pension.
A bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers who
served in the late war for the Union.

A bill for the relief of John Eaton
A bill to appropriate money for the completion
of the stone dry-dock and other public works
at Mare Island navy-yard, California.
A bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and
sailors of the war of 1846 with Mexico, and the
widows of deceased soldiers and sailors.
A bill to grant to the State of California the six-
teenth and thirty-sixth sections of all mineral
lands belonging to the United States in the
State of California for common-school pur-
розен.

A bill for the relief of Eva Vansant, Henry Carle-
ton, and Maud Carleton, children of General
James H. Carleton.

A bill authorizing payments for import duties
to be made in legal tenders or national-bank
notes.

A bill granting a pension to Mrs. T. C. Watson...
A bill to prohibit the immigration of the subjects
of China into the United States.

A bill for the relief of John M. Dorsey and Wil-
liam Shepeard.

A bill for the relief of Christopher Green and
Hugh C. Trainor.

Reported.

739

740

741

742

743
744

745
746

747

748

749

A bill for the relief of Henry Plowman.

A bill for the relief of Samuel Dunnell

A bill granting a pension to John Etzell.

A bill granting a pension to Reuben J. Chewn-
ing.

A bill granting arrears of pensions....

A bill to reimburse M. P. Jones for money de-
posited in the United States depository, Port-
land, Oregon, for public-land surveys.

A bill for the equalization of bounties.

A bill to amend the act entitled "An act making
appropriations for the service of the govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.
and for former years, and for other purposes,'
approved May 18, 1872.

A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to
amend an act to construct a railroad and tele-
graph-line from the Missouri River to the Pa-
cific Ocean, and to secure the government the
use of the same for postal, military, and other
purposes," approved July 2, 1864.

A bill to provide for the disposition of unclaimed
public lands.

A bill to reimburse the State of Kansas for ex-
penses incurred by said State for the United
States in repelling invasions and suppressing
Indian hostilities.

750 A bill authorizing the coining of the standard
silver dollar and restoring its legal-tender
character.

751

A bill to donate a portion of the military reser-
vation of Fort Harker to the State of Kansas
for the establishment of a normal school and
to open the remainder of said reservation to
settlement.

A bill to provide for the payment of claims for
Indian depredations.

A bill to provide for a government building in
the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas,
A bill granting a pension to James W. Crowley.
A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Jane Pyle.
A bill granting a pension to Americus D. Patter-

88

752

753

754
755
756

89

89

89

888

89

89

762

763

764

765

A bill granting a pension to John S. Hall, of
West Virginia.

A bill for the relief of the trustees of the Metbo-
dist Episcopal Church, South, at Clarksburg,
West Virginia.

A bill for the completion of the custom-house at
Parkersburg, West Virginia, and to furnish the

same.

A bill granting a pension to Phineas Gano