A bill authorizing directors of national banks to
declare quarterly dividends.

134

933

134

934

935

$36
937

938
939
940

941
942

943

944

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 from the
service of the United States, and for the pay-
ment of the arrears of pensions.

A bill for the relief of the heirs of Brigadier-
General William Thompson, of the Revolu-
tionary Army.

A bill to amend certain provisions of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States relating to
the deposit of moneys paid into the courts of
the United States.

A bill granting a pension to John Nichtman..........
A bill granting a pension to Martha J. Porter,
widow of William M. Porter, late a captain in
the One hundred and thirtieth Regiment Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Infantry.

A bill relating to certain brevet appointments...
A bill for the relief of Thomas A. McLaughlin...
A bill to provide for the recomputation of the ac-
counts between the United States and the sev
eral States growing out of moneys expended
by said States in the war of 1812.
A bill granting a pension to George Grove
A bill to authorize the Secretary of War to con-
struct a bridge across the Potomac River at or
near the Three Sisters Islands.

A bill for the relief of the trustees of the Protest-
ant Episcopal Seminary and High School in
Virginia.

A bill for the survey of Dan River, between
Clarksville, Virginia, and Danbury, in the
State of North Carolina, and appropriating
$10,000 therefor.

945 A bill to refund to John R. Pace & Co., of Dan-
ville, Virginia, the sum of $236.20, improperly
collected of them by William L. Fernald, col-
lector of internal revenue for the fourth dis-
trict of Virginia.

134

134

134

134

135

135

135

135
135

135 277

135

135

971 A bill to appropriate $800,000 to continue the
work on the Muscle Shoals Canal, on the Ten-
nessee River, in the State of Alabama.

972 A bill for the relief of settlers on lands claimed
by the South and North Alabama Railroad
Company.

973

974

975

976

A bill to refer the claims of certain citizens of the
counties of Jefferson, Walker, and Winston, of
the State of Alabama, therein named, to the
Commissioners of Claims, for re-examination
and report.

A bill to appropriate the cotton tax to school
purposes in the States in which it was col-
Jected.

A bill to appropriate government lands in the
State of Alabama to the public schools in said
State.

A bill making an appropriation for the improve-
ment of the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in
Alabama.

A bill to relieve the political disabilities of John
Green, sr., of Alabama.

136

136

137

137

137

977

137

137

137

Approved.

Bills of the House of Representatives-Continued.

Number.

Title.

981

982

983

A bill defining the manner in which certain land
scrip may be assigned and located or applied
by actual settlers, and providing for the issue
of patents in the name of the locator or his
legal representative.

A bill for the relief of G. Alexander Ramsay...
A bill to reappropriate the unexpended balance

of the appropriation for transportation on star.
routes, and by steamboats, and all other than
railroads, appropriated under an act making
appropriations for the service of the Post-
Office Department, approved July 12, 1876.
A bill to remove the obstructions in Red River...
A bill for the removal of obstructions to the
navigation of Red River.

137

137

137

984

137

985

137

986

A bill granting a pension to Felix Danjean, of
Louisiana.

137

987

137

988

989
990
991

992
993

A bill making an appropriation for removal of
obstructions to navigation in the Calcasieu
River in the State of Louisiana.

A bill to create a lien in favor of material-men
and others for supplies, materials, and repairs
furnished to a vessel in her home port, and to
make the laws on that subject uniform through.
out the United States.

A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Eliza A. Semple.
A bill granting a pension to August Mellon...
A bill granting a pension to William Buckley,
private Company C, Fiftieth Ohio Volunteers.
A bill equalizing pensions of certain officers.....
A bill for the relief of the Enterprise Insurance
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.

137

137

137

138

138

138.

1041

140

1042

1043

1044

A bill to direct the transmission of printed matter
through the mails when the postage thereon
is insufficient.

A bill granting a pension to James Pennycough,
of Fentress County, Tennessee. late of the
Second Indiana Mounted Infantry.

A bill granting a pension to William H. Walker,
of Fentress County, Tennessee, late of Com-
pany C, First Regiment Kentucky Volunteer
Cavalry.

A bill granting a pension to A. M.Tinsley, of Trous-
dale County, Tennessee, late of the First Ten-
nessee Regiment Volunteers in the Mexican war.
A bill to place George W. Browning on the pen-
sion-roll.

140

140

140

1045

140