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A bill for the relief of Robert H. Cleere, of Col-
lierville, Tennessee.

A bill making an appropriation to protect the
wharf and landing at the city of Memphis,
Tennessee, from further and permanent in-
jury by the action of the Mississippi River.
1697 A bill to provide for the building of a marine
hospital at Memphis, Tennessee.
1698 A bill for the relief of William R. Webber and
Hennie E. Revell, executors of the estate of
M. W. Webber, deceased, of Shelby County,
Tennessee.

1699 A bill for the relief of Richard L. Andrews, ad-
ministrator of the estate of M. H. Battle, of
Hardeman County, Tennessee.

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A bill to place on the pension-roll the name of
Hiram Johnson, late a private in Company A,
Seventy-ninth Illinois Volunteers.

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1701

A bill for the relief of Lieutenant C. A. Cutler ..
1702 A bill for the relief of Ralph P. Ford, late pri-
vate Companies K and B, Third Regiment
Missouri State Militia.

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Approved.

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A bill for the relief of Charles W. Denton
A bill providing for the payment of the amounts
due the employés in, and the contractors who
furnished castings to, the United States ar-
mory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in March
and April, 1861.

1737 A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of
War to convey, by deed, to the board of edu
cation of the district of Harper's Ferry, West
Virginia, a lot of ground, (No. 2 in block B,)
with the buildings thereon, for the use of the
common schools thereof.

A bill for the relief of William J. Parker.......
A bill for distribution of seeds for sufferers by
grasshoppers.

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A bill for the relief of Henry Mehring..
A bill for the relief of Bligh E. Wood..

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the Whole and
in the House.

Passed H. R.

Passed Senate.

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Joint resolution presenting the thanks of Con-
gress to Lieutenant D. F. Tozier, and the offi-
cers and men of the revenue-steamer Dix, for
rescuing the French bark Peabody, with six-
teen persons on board, stranded in the Gulf of
Mexico, February 23, 1877.

Joint resolution authorizing the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House of Representatives to ap-
point an assistant.

11 Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution in reference to the election of |
President and Vice-President of the United
States and members of Congress.

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Passed Senate.

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Approved.

Number.

Joint resolutions of the House of Representatives-Continued.

Title.

12 Joint resolution for the relief of William W. Wil-
shire, of Arkansas.

13 Joint resolution submitting proposed amendment
to the Constitution, to be designated article six-

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Joint resolution applying the appropriation made
March 3, 1877, to pay certain southern mail-
contractors.

Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War
to issue to the governor of the State of Texas
certain arms for the use of the Galveston ar-
tillery..
Joint resolution authorizing and directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the State
of Texas $1,629,615.69, on account of moneys
paid out by said State for frontier defense.
17 Joint resolution to amend the joint resolution en-
titled "Joint resolution prohibiting payment
by any officer of the government to any per-
son not known to have been opposed to the
rebellion and in favor of its suppression," ap-
proved March 2, 1867.

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Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay over to the State of Texas
the balance remaining of the fund appropriated
by the acts of September 9, 1850, and February
20, 1855, for the payment of the creditors of the
late Republic of Texas.

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Joint resolution proposing amendments to the 86
Constitution of the United States.

Joint resolution to apply the amount appropri
ated by the act of Congress approved March
3, 1877, to pay certain southern mail-contract-

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Joint resolution to provide for the remonetiza.
tion of silver.

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Joint resolution asking for the reappointment of
George F. Sawyer to his former position in the
Navy.

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States so as to elect
the President and Vice-President thereof by
a direct vote of the people thereof.

24 Joint resolution referring to the Court of Claims
a claim against the United States for the loss
of the schooner Bergen.

25 Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay Mary Fearon and Jessie Cros-
sin, executrices of Samuel P. Fearon, deceased,
for certain registered United States bonds re-
deemed by the government on forged assign-
ments and power of attorney.

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the United States to request the Republic of
Hayti to indemnify Antonio Pelletier.
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution for the election of postmasters
every four years by the voters of the district,
village, town, or city in which the duties of
their offices are to be performed.

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Joint resolutions of the House of Representatives-Continued.

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Joint resolution to invite a joint convention of
all civilized nations for the purpose of estab
lishing a uniform system of weights, measures,
and coinage throughout the civilized world.
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States in reference
to the term of and eligibility to the office of
President of the United States.

33 Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States so as to elect
the President and Vice-President thereof by a
direct vote of the people thereof.

34 Joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the
United States so as to elect United States Sen-
ators by a direct vote of the people of the sev-
eral States.

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Joint resolution correcting the Army records of
Captain George D. Hill, United States Army.
Joint resolution to so amend the Constitution as
to limit the Presidential term to a single term
of six years.

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Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of
War to issue certain arms to the Washington
Light Infantry, of Charleston, South Carolina.
32 Joint resolution authorizing the payment of Rev.
John Poisal, D. D., late Chaplain of the House
of Representatives, for time of his service as
such, without taking the oaths prescribed by
law.
Joint resolution in relation to suspending pay-
ment of the claims of Benjamin Weil, No. 447,
and the La Abra Silver Mining Company, No.
489, on the American docket of the late joint
commission of the United States and Mexico.
Joint resolution instructing the Secretary of War 166
to correct the enrollment of Robert Scott, Com-
pany F, Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio Vol-
unteer Infantry.

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the Constitution of the United States.
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.

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43 Joint resolution to authorize Rear-Admiral Will-
jam Reynolds to accept certain presents from
the King of Siam, a younger brother of the
king, and the second king.

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Joint resolution for the relief of the metropolitan |
police force of the District of Columbia.
Joint resolution respecting an index to the Con-
gressional Record.

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States prohibiting
the payment of claims growing out of the late
rebellion.
Joint resolution authorizing Rear-Admiral John
J. Almy, United States Navy, to accept a deco-
ration from the King of the Hawaiian Islands.
Joint resolution in relation to the International
Industrial Exposition to be held in Paris in 1878.
Joint resolution in regard to remission of duties..
Joint resolution authorizing and directing the
President to appoint a commission to provide
for the improvement of the Mississippi River.
Joint resolution authorizing the establishment of
a commission for the scientific exploration of
the Northern States of Mexico and the territory
of the United States adjoining the same.
Joint resolution of thanks to Henry M. Stanley..
Joint resolution authorizing and directing the
free transmission through the mails, by mem-
bers of Congress and heads of departments, of
all documents printed by authority of Con-
gress.
Joint resolution authorizing the printing and dis-
tribution of the memorial addresses on the life
and character of the late Edward Young Par
sons, a Representative from the State of Ken-
tucky.

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