Bills of the House of Representatives—Continued.
Committee of
Proceedings in
the Whole and
in the House.
A bill to indemnify the State of West Virginia
for the destruction of a road, and bridges
thereon, from Fairmont to Gauley Bridge, by
the transportation over the same of armies and
army-supplies by the authorities of the United
States during the late war.
A bill granting a pension to Otis B. Anderson ...
A bill granting a pension to Jane A. Harris...
A bill to authorize a further appropriation to
continue the improvement of the Great Ka-
nawha River, in West Virginia.
770 A bill for the relief of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, at Charleston, Kanawha
County, West Virginia.
A bill to authorize a further appropriation to
continue the public works now in course of
construction upon the Monongahela River, in
the State of West Virginia.
A bill for the relief of the surviving children of
Benjamin Moore, late of Harper's Ferry, Vir-
ginia.
A bill for the relief of the heirs of Chauncy M.
Lockwood.
A bill supplemental to an act entitled "An act
for the apportionment of Representatives to
Congress among the several States according
to the ninth census.'
A bill for the restoration to market of certain
lands in the Territory of Utah.
776 A bill to enable the people of Utah to form a con-
stitution and State government, and for the
admission of the said State into the Union on
an equal footing with the original States.
A bill relating to the approval of bills in the
Territory of Utah.
A bill to provide for the payment for certain
improvements on lands now embraced in the
military reservation of Fort Cameron, in the
Territory of Utah.
A bill granting the right of way to the Utah
Western Railroad through Rush Lake military
reservation.
A bill for the relief of John Van Cott and Sam-
uel Malin, of the Territory of Utah.
A bill for the relief of Anson Call..
A bill for the relief of Thomas Newman.
A bill to transfer the land granted for the branch
of the Northern Pacific Railroad to the Seattle
and Walla Walla Railroad Company.
A bill for the purchase of a site and the erection
of a fog-signal on Point Wilson, in Washington
Territory.
785 A bill to give an American register to the steamer
A bill to authorize the resurvey of lands where
the surveys are fraudulent, erroneous, or ob-
literated and to legalize certain reserveys.
A bill to appropriate money for the purchase of
a law-library for the Territory of Dakota.
A bill to enable the people of Ďakota to form a
constitution and State government, and for
the admission of the said State into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States.
A bill to establish a land-district in the Black
Hills, in the Territory of Dakota.
792 A bill to establish the Territory of Pembina, and
to provide a temporary government therefor.
A bill to confirm certain acts of the legislative
assembly of the Territory of Arizona, and pro-
vide for an apportionment of the members in
the next legislative assembly thereof.
A bill to provide for a building for the use of the
post-office, circuit and district courts, and other
Government offices, at Topeka, Kansas, to be
erected on the grounds heretofore purchased
by the United States for such purpose.
A bill authorizing the appointment of stenogra-
phers by the judge-advocates of the several
military departments.
A bill granting a pension to Sarah A. M. Cham-
berlain and minor children.
A bill for the relief of Joab Speneer and James
R. Mead, for supplies furnished the Kansas
tribe of Indians.
820 A bill to amend section 4709 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States.
Bills of the House of Representatives-Continued.
A bill to repeal so much of section 3251 of the
Revised Statutes and subsequent or existing
laws as imposes a revenue tax upon spirits dis-
tilled from apples, peaches, and other fruits.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to pay to the owners thereof the value of
all cotton and tobacco seized under direction
of the Treasury, or any other department of
the government, since April 10, 1865.
A bill for the survey of Staunton River, from
Roanoke Station, in the county of Charlotte,
to Brook Neal, in the county of Campbell,
State of Virginia.
A bill for the survey of New River, from the
lead-mines in Wythe, to the mouth of Wilson,
Grayson County, Virginia.
A bill to amend the several acts in relation to
the northern judicial district of the State of
Mississippi, and to provide for the times and
places of holding the district courts of the
United States therein in future.
A bill for the relief of the estate of George H. 111
Lee, late of Lowndes County, Mississippi, de-
ceased.
A bill appropriating $75.000 for repairs upon
the "Suy Carty Levee," along the Mississippi
River, in the State of Illinois.
A bill for the relief of B. B. Taylor, of Murfrees
borough, Tennessee.
A bill for the relief of Cummings, Doyle & Com-
pany, and Doyle & Company, of Nashville,
Tennessee.
A bill for the relief of A. H. Buchanan, of Nash-
ville, Tennessee.
A bill for the relief of Martha A. Stevens, of
Davidson County, Tennessee.
A bill for the relief of D. W. and Minnie H.
Glassie and Joseph C. Nash, of Nashville, Ten-
A bill allowing a pension to Amos Whitehair
and to Eliza J. Whitehair, children of Emery
D. Whitehair, late a private of Company F,
Third Regiment of West Virginia Volunteer
Infantry.
A bill granting a pension to Catharine Sheets,
widow of Daniel Sheets, late captain of Com
pany C, Seventeenth Regiment of Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry, and to her minor son, Willie
Sheets.
A bill granting a pension to Oscar B. Nott, late
a private of Company K. One hundred and
sixty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
A bill to arrange the members of the class of
1870, graduates of the United States Naval
Academy, now serving in the Navy as mas-
ters, on the masters' list.
A bill for the relief of Henry M. Davis, legal
representative of the late Milton I. Davis, ser-
geant of the Ninth Regiment of Ohio Volun-
teer Cavalry.
A bill for the relief of Peter M. Ward, late of
Company E, Fourth West Virginia Volunteers.
A bill for the removal of the charge of desertion
from Private William D. L. Stanley, Com-
pany I, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteers.
A bill to provide lawful money and coin currency
for the United States.
A bill to aid the Washington, Cincinnati and
Saint Louis Railroad Company to construct a
narrow-gauge railway from tide-water to the
cities of Saint Louis and Chicago.
A bill for the relief of William K. Verbeke, of
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
A bill granting a pension to the widow of E. J.
Russell, sergeant of Company A, First Mary-
land Veteran Infantry.
A bill for the relief of John S. Luff
A bill making appropriations for the support of
the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1878, and for other purposes.
903 A bill to fix the pay of letter-carriers, and to re-
peal section 3866 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
904 A bill to provide for the remonetization of silver,
and for the coinage of the standard silver dollar
of the United States, and for making it a legal
tender in payment of debts.
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