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bill exempting, from the internal tax....3844
bill to grant, to certain persons in East Ten-

nessee.

4249

Pensions, Invalid, the Committee on.........21
instructions to..
136, 137,

173, 360, 482, 886, 1033, 1191, 1495,
1587, 1894, 2341, 2394, 2546, 2598,
2857, 2858, 2928, 3044, 3113, 3298
reports from... 617, 618,772, 773, 774,
1148, 1240, 1400, 1604, 1724, 1810,
1811, 1812, 1941, 1994, 1995, 1996,
2201, 2807, 2821, 2877, 2028, 3043,
3090, 3114, 3197, 8207, 3295, 3352,
3353, 3354, 3493, 4058, 4092, 4198
adverse reports from...
194, 286,
300, 324, 617, 771, 772, 774, 1810, 1812,
1994, 3114, 3197, 3206, 3353, 3354, 3498
discharged from subjects.
194,

286, 824, 617, 1400, 1401, 1810, 1812,
2744, 3177, 3207, 3352, 3353, 3354, 3493
Pensions, Revolutionary, the Committee on, 21
instructions to...
Perham, James L., bill (H. R. No. 699) for

646

the relief of..................3352, 3644, 3683
Perham, Sidney, a Representative from
Maine........194, 286, 518, 617, 774, 1006,
1099, 1147, 1149, 1191, 1240, 1376, 1400,
1486, 1587, 1604, 1634, 1705, 1810, 1811,
1812, 1842, 1905, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1995,
1996, 1997, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2038, 2079,
2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2161, 2384,
2472, 2579, 2841, 2857, 2858, 2912, 2927,
2928, 3024, 3025, 3097, 3197, 3206, 3207,
3241, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3353, 3354,
8855, 3356, 3861, 3398, 3490, 3491, 3492,
8493, 3537, 3595, 3627, 3629, 3663, 3824,
3851, 3950, 3986, 4059, 4107, 4278, 4282
.518,
1147, 1191, 2857, 2927, 2928, 3398
remarks on the bill granting a pension to
Virginia K. V. Moore.

resolutions by..

774

remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Mrs. Martha McCook

1942

remarks on the organization of the Pension
Office..........1996, 1997, 2024, 2038, 2039
remarks on reconstruction........

2082,
2083, 2084, 2085, 2086
remarks on the motion to recommit the peti-
tion of Henrietta O. Gardiner to the Com-
mittee on Invalid Pensions...

Petroleum, joint resolution to provide for the
exemption of crude, from internal tax or
duty, and for other purposes....2433, 2471

Pettigru, James L.-see Library.
Phelps, Charles E., a Representative from
Maryland

114,

286, 359, 609, 639, 656, 951, 1005,
1246, 1865, 1375, 1500, 1507, 1604, 1652,
1746, 1765, 1820, 2079, 2394, 2395, 2396,
2397, 2398, 2608, 2859, 2865, 2887, 2946,

3044, 3326, 3541, 3605, 3844, 3892, 4288
resolutions by..114, 286, 1365, 2946
remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau-see Appendix.
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America.........
remarks on reconstruction.

...1246
2394,
2395, 2396, 2397, 2398

3541

remarks on the tariff bill...
remarks on the resolution relating to the pay
of John L. Thomas......

3844

Phelps, Mary, joint resolution (H. R. No. 204)

to reimburse.

4192,4278
Pickell, Sarah E., bill (H. R. No. 458) grant-
ing a pension to.....1810, 1949, 1972, 1994
remarks on the, by-

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129, 184, 195, 277, 327, 328, 406, 407,
408, 446, 533, 534, 535, 582, 583, 721,
722, 728, 724, 753, 1211, 1212, 1213,
-1246, 1299, 1337, 1338, 1349, 1376, 1390,
1433, 1485, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456,
1465, 1603, 1652, 1694, 1695, 1720, 1727,
1728, 1745, 1746, 1862, 1868, 1873, 2292,
2474, 2572, 2632, 2633, 2656, 2781, 2783,
2785, 2839, 2851. 2864, 2927, 2995, 3000,
3021, 3022, 3046, 3047, 3051, 3113, 3177,
3238, 3268, 3270, 3417, 3419, 3420, 3448,
3461, 3465, 3470, 3490, 3501, 3571, 3602,
3604, 3640, 3645, 3656, 3657, 3660, 3662,
3663, 3911, 3912, 3946, 3947, 3948, 4063
resolutions by....... 129, 134, 446, 1720, 3465
the naval appropr appropriation bill, 327,

remarks on 3206

remarks on the bill to increase pensions,
3295, 3296, 3297
remarks on pensions to soldiers of the war
of 1812.........3355, 3356, 3490, 8491, 3627
Perry, Lucretia M., widow of the late Nathan-
iel S. Perry, of the United States Navy,
joint resolution for the relief of.....49, 147

Personal explanation-

of Mr. Blaine..

2180
1615
.579

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758, 759, 847, 848, 1862, 3725
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy..........758, 847, 848
Pool, James, bill (S. No. 31) for the relief
of.........
35, 41, 4062, 4093

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Port, bill to establish a, of entry, at St.
Louis.
135, 533
joint resolution in relation to the estab-
lishment of a, of entry at Portland,
Oregon..........
1450

bill to establish a, of delivery at Council
Bluffs.....
..1573
bill making the city of Calais an addi-
tional, of entry in the Passamaquoddy
district..
bill declaring St.
souri, a,

bill (H.

Joseph, of delivery..

1727
in the State of Mis-

2286

(H. R. No. 611) to provide for making
the town of Whitehall, New York, a, of
delivery
.....2726, 3418, 3742, 3793
bill (H. R. No. 729) to change the, of entry
in Puget sound.
....919, 3418, 4094, 4102
bill (H. R. No. 795) to authorize the entry
and clearance of vessels at the, of Calais,
Maine...
4091, 4249
Portland, Maine, joint resolution (S. No. 129)
to authorize the President to place at the
disposal of the authorities of, tents, camp
and hospital furniture, and clothing for
the use of families rendered houseless by
the late fire......
......3778, 8778

bill (S. No. 428) for the relief of the suffer-
ers by the late fire in.... ......3948, 4110
joint resolution (S. No. 181) for the tempo-
rary relief of the sufferers by the late fire
in...
4108, 4200, 4249, 4252
bill (H. R. No. 814) for the relief of the
sufferers at.....
4253, 4262, 4263
Ports of delivery., bill (H. R. No. 609) to consti-
tute Omaha and Nebraska City, in the Ter-
ritory of Nebraska......
2723,
3418, 4094, 4107
Postage, bill (S. No. 71) to authorize the Post-
master General to deposit, stamps and
stamped envelopes for sale........614, 1577
bill (H. R. No. 299) relative to the sale
of, stamps and stamped envelopes on
.....837, 853, 854, 854. 1703

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of Mr. Grinnell......

754, 755, 3096

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in Maine.....

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credit.

of Mr. Rousseau.

688, 3096, 3097

remarks on the, by-

of Mr. Schenck.

1290

Mr. Alley.

838, 839, 854, 855

of Mr. Scofield

1940

appropriation bill

3113

Mr. Banks..

...838

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remarks on the registry bill.

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remarks on the tariff bill.

3501,-

Mr. Kasson.

.838, 854

of Mr. Spalding.

1387

3602, 3645, 3656, 3657, 3662, 3663

Mr. Kelley

854, 855

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remarks on resolutions relating to the charges

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.....

838

of Mr. Thomas, J. L..

352, 353

against Roscoe Conkling....3946, 3947

yeas and nays on the....

855

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Mr. Washburne, of Illinois... 1657, 1658
Mr. Wilson, Filson, of Iowa.....1657, 1658
Postal service, bill (H. R. No. 815) supplement-
ary to the act to appropriate money for
the

4262, 4283
Postmaster General, communications from
193, 422, 836, 838,

the

1812, 1856, 2626, 2688, 2863, 3414, 4058
calls upon the, for information....2430, 2579
joint resolution (H. R. No. 142) authorizing
the, to pay additional salaries to letter-car-
riers in San Francisco...
2728,

2741, 2771, 2926, 2949
Post office, bill providing for the appointment
of a commission to purchase a site and
erect a building for the, in the city of New
York....
115, 135

bill to provide for the construction of a cus-
tom-house, and court-house at the city of
Cairo, Illinois

645

joint resolution (H. R. No. 66) relative to the
courts and, of New York city.........836,
2512, 2575, 2603, 2654

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Alley.

Mr. O'Neill..

836,837

837

837

837

Post roads-Continued.

bill to establish certain... 616, 645, 898, 1371
bill to establish, in the Territory of Idaho, 645
bill to authorize the Keokuk and Hamilton
Mississippi Bridge Company to construct
and operate a railroad, wagon, and foot
bridge across the Mississippi river, and to
declare the same a military and..........919

bill (S. No. 236) to authorize the construc-
tion of certain bridges and to establish,

2299, 2330, 2374, 3769, 3811, 4020, 4054
bill (S. No, 369) to establish certain...3360,
3425, 3370, 3817
bill (H. R. No. 775) to establish certain,
3770, 4017, 4056, 4102, 4161

bill to repeal the second section of an act
to authorize the construction of certain
bridges and to establish them as......4285
Post route, bill to authorize the Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chien Railway Company to con-
struct a bridge across the Mississippi river
and to establish a....

1333

bill to establish a, from Idaho City to Rocky
Bar, in the Territory of Idaho... 1450
bill to establish a, between the towns of
Bedford and Pearl, in Pike county, Illi-
nois....

...1725

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Mr. Chanler.

Mr. Darling.

joint resolution to appoint a commission to
select a site for a building for a, and court-

house in the city of Brooklyn, State of New

......3406

same a

York.....

920

Post Office and Post Roads, the

bill to provide for the erection at Nebraska
city, in the Territory of Nebraska, of a
building for a, internal revenue office, and
for the holding of United States courts, 2945

bill to establish a, from Gardner to Tonica,

bill declaring a certain bridge over the Mis-
sissippi a, and highway.

137

in the State of Illinois.

349

Committee on

the.......

21

instructions to.

...31,

Post routes, bill to establish certain........2377
Pott, Charles M., joint resolution (H. R. No.
194) authorizing the Secretary of the In-
terior to pay, a pension of fifteen dollars
per month....

115, 350, 494, 1696, 1876, 3414, 3521
reports from...........100, 836, 837, 855, 978,
1866, 1867, 2385, 2679, 2966, 3043, 3194,
3203, 3206, 3414, 3744, 3767, 3769, 3770
.616, 2385

adverse reports from...
Post Office Department, bill (S. No. 96) au-
thorizing an increase in the clerical force
in the....
428,719, 836, 861

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Alley.

bill (H.

836

R. No. 280) making appropriations
for the service of the, during during year ending the 30th of June, 1867, and
for other purposes.......853, 1534, 1535,
2371, 2874, 2573, 2575, 2597, 2727

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Alley.

Mr. Brooks

Mr. Kasson..

1534

1534

1535

joint resolution (S. No. 29) for the transfer
of certain funds appropriated for the pay-
ment of salaries in the, to the general sal-
ary account of that Department........ 991,
Post offices, bill (H. R. No. 597) to authorize
1577, 1866, 1920, 2046
the use in, of weights of the denomination
of grams......
Poston, Charles E., memorial of, contesting
2653, 4259, 4263
the seat of John M. Goodwin... 18, 276, 3683
Post roads, bill for the reestablishment of

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4092, 4277

Powers of Congress......3218, 3219, 3220, 3221
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Kerr

3218, 3219, 3220, 3221

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81, 104, 138, 150, 173, 214, 460, 483,
507, 610, 611, 612, 775, 813, 845, 846,
1209, 1251, 1001, 1530, 1533, 1580, 1767,
1772, 1812, 1869, 1952, 2130, 2215, 2233,
2319, 2374, 2886, 2393, 2434, 2603, 2608,
2659,2688, 2727, 2785, 2786, 2863, 2911,
2926, 2928, 3095, 3149, 3250, 3251, 3301,
3356, 3403, 3465, 3943, 4102, 4193, 4309
annual message of, and accompanying re-
ports-see Appendix.

resolutions in relation to the annual message
of........

72

President of the United States-Continued.
resolution appointing a committee of one
member from each State represented in
the House, to join such committee as may
be appointed on the part of the Senate,
to consider and report by what token of
respect and affection it may be proper for
Congress to express the deep sensibility of
the nation to the event of the decease of
their late President Abraham Lincoln, and
that so much of the message of the, as
refers to that melancholy event be referred
to said committee...10, 15, 48, 71
bill amending the act declaring the officers
who shall act as, in case of vacancies in
the offices both of, and Vice President,
approved March 1, 1792.

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yeas and nays on the...
resolutions approving the conduct of the, in
declining to accept a present tendered to
him by friends in New York....351, 481
yeas and nays on the...351, 481
resolution expressing confidence in the pa-
triotism and ability of the, and in his de-
sire to restore the Union on a basis of
permanent prosperity and peace, and
pledging the coöperation of the House in
of reconstruction in all
his general policy
constitutional mod modes.....171, 1721, 1854
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Raymond...

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Price, Hiram, a Representative from Iowa...9,
20,57,69,137, 171, 177, 237, 238, 240, 241,
242, 286, 507, 518, 584, 617, 724,758, 948,
951, 1066, 1067, 1097, 1098, 1115, 1189,
1191, 1220, 1308, 1309, 1341, 1342, 1343,
1344, 1349, 1433, 1450, 1455, 1456, 1457,
1468, 1504, 1507, 1536, 1547, 1553, 1582,
1602, 1610, 1615, 1656, 1694, 1719, 1724,
1725, 1728, 1752, 1767, 1820, 1821, 1822,
1862, 1871, 1876, 1970, 1972, 2007, 2049,
2118, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160,
2161, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2186, 2187, 2189,
2191, 2212, 2214, 2245, 2246, 2599, 2600,
2607, 2627, 2628, 2632, 2655, 2656, 2726,
2730, 2746, 2747, 2757, 2772, 2781, 2784,
2789, 2811, 2813, 2817, 2829, 2838, 2864,
2945, 2966, 3092, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3203,
3267, 3268, 3269, 3299, 3300, 3329, 3332,
3373, 3375, 3399, 3414, 3423, 3424, 3444,
3462, 3464, 3474, 3511, 3520, 3548, 3571,
3572, 3602, 3604, 3657, 3663, 3682, 3687,
8747, 3795, 3815, 3833, 3835, 38839, 3892,
3949, 3974, 4010, 4011, 4016, 4046, 4058,
4059, 4062, 4091, 4107, 4108, 4151, 4154,
4155, 4156, 4161, 4182, 4183, 4200, 4248,
4262, 4274, 4278, 4279, 4282, 4283, 4307
resolutions by..........20, 69, 171, 8682, 4248
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia....
240, 241, 242
remarks on the bill for the relief of Robert
Henne.

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remarks on erecting the Territory of Montana
into a surveying district...

currency

....3511

remarks on tariff bill, 3572, 3602, 3604, 3657
remarks on the bill relating to the national
....4154, 4155
Printing, joint resolution (S. No. 7) for increas-
ing the bond of the Superintendent of
Public...
........84, 172, 195

bill (H. R. No. 500) making appropriations
to supply deficiencies in the appropriations
for the public, for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1866...2038, 2009, 2147, 2156, 2316
bill (H. R. No. 809) to further regulate the,
of public documents and the purchase of
paper for the public.......4198, 4252, 4263
Printing, the Joint Committee on..
instructions to....
233, 1346, 1495,
1723, 1810, 2772, 2946, 3681, 3845, 4264
reports from..
59, 82, 324, 422,
508, 618, 748, 774, 887, 921, 991, 1240,
1551, 1604, 1721, 1768, 1867, 1868, 1900,
2215, 2319, 2393, 2503, 2725, 3044, 3417,

.22

3439, 3770, 3934, 4056, 4262, 4265, 4308
discharged from subjects......1723, 3562
resolution, requesting the, to report what
reforms are needed in the purchase of
paper, the ordering of books, docu-
ments, bills, and other matters printed
at the public expense, in the manage-
ment of the Printing Office, for the
collection and sale of the waste paper,
or in anything connected with the con-
sumption of paper and the purchase of
the same.

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Grinnell

Mr. Laflin

1723

1723

1723

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......1723
Prisoners, joint resolution in reference to the
three months' extra pay of, of war......171
resolution that it is the duty of the President
to order the trial of the officers, civil or
military, of the rebel government before a
military commission for a violation of the
laws of war, and upon conviction to exe-
cute the sentence of such tribunals; also,
that their trial for treason before the civil
courts is not advisable.

Private Land Claims, the Committee on......21
reports from......828, 1450, 1451, 3051, 3052
adverse reports from.....

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Mr. Spalding.

Mr. Stevens...

3052

Mr. Wentworth

Privilege, question of, with regard to the rights
of a member of the House upon a com-
mittee.

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..3948
3944

4018

yeas and nays on the....

3948

remarks on the, by-

Provost Marshal's Bureau, &c., the select com-

Mr. Boutwell.

Mr. Rogers

.4018, 4019
....4018, 4019

mittee on

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Privilege of the floor, resolution that contest-
ants for seats from the loyal States be
entitled to the....9, 15, 20, 21
yeas and nays on the....
resolution allowing the, to claimants to seats
from Tennessee pending their claim...33
yeas and nays on the.
resolution that George M. Chilicott, claiming
a seat from Colorado, be admitted to the,
pending the consideration of his claim, 276
resolution that Charles Follett, contesting
the seat of Columbus Delano, from Ohio,
be entitled to the, during the pendency of
said contest..

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Public Buildings, the Commissioner of, com-
munications from.....634, 1127, 2182, 2598
instructions to
811, 2546
joint resolution (H. R. No. 121) 121) to place
funds in the hands of, for sanitary pur-

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Public debt, resolution that the, is sacred and
inviolable and must be paid.
yeas and nays on the...
Public Expenditures, the Committee on......21
instructions to..

....171, 2286, 4147
Public lands, bill (H. R. No. 10) to develop
and reclaim, requiring irrigation and to
encourage agriculture.......18, 1067
resolution in relation to non-resident west-
ern land-holders.

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bill to amend an act making a grant of, to
the State of Iowa to aid in the construc-
tion of a railroad in said State, approved
May 12, 1864.
196, 286
bill (H. R. No. 138) granting, to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from the Central Pacific railroad in
California, to Portland, in Oregon.....235,
286, 1115, 1725, 3404
bill (H. R. No. 144) granting, to the State of
West Virginia to aid in the construction
of railroads....
.....286, 2076
bill (H. R. No. 50) to amend the fifth sec-
tion of an act donating, to the several
States and Territories which may pro-
vide colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and the mechanic arts, approved July 2,
1862
70, 299, 778,

1550, 1574, 1875, 1897, 3742, 3909, 3933
bill extending the time for those owning cer-
tain land warrants issued by the State of
Virginia to enter and survey the same...349
bill (S. No. 30) to create an additional land
district in Oregon.....428, 719, 3462, 3501
bill (H. R. No. 191) to amend an act mak-
ing a grant of, to the State of Minnesota
to aid in the construction of a railroad
from St. Paul to Lake Superior, approved
May 5, 1864...460, 3464, 3590, 3598
bill to amend an act to enable the State of
Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
swamp lands within their limits, approved
September 28, 1850......

645

bill granting, ng, to the State of Wisconsin to
aid in the construction of a military, wagon,
and postal road from Eau Claire, via Chip-
pewa Falls, to Lake Superior, in that

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bill to amend an act to secure homesteads
for actual settlers on the, and for other
purposes...

645

bill (H. R. No. 249) to establish a land office
in the Territory of Idaho.

1894

bill for a grant of, to the State of Kansas in
alternate sections to aid in the construc-
tion of certain railroads and telegraphs in
that State....

713

bill to subject Indian and allotted, in Kan-
sas to the laws thereof.

.......713

bill (H. R. No. 260) to amend an act to grant
the right of preemption to certain pur
chasers on the Soscol ranch, in the State
of California.
...714, 2385, 3682

to

bill to facilitate the selection of, granted
the State of California by the United

....775

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bill (S. No. 133) granting, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the bay of San Francisco to Humboldt
bay........
bill to amend an act making a grant of, to
1099, 1130, 4147, 4202
the State of Michigan, in alternate sec-
tions, to aid in the construction of rail-
roads in said State, and for other pur-
poses, approved June 3, 1856, and supple-
mental thereto..

..1115

Public lands-Continued.

bill (S. No. 20) granting, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad and telegraph line
from Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific
coast, by the southern route...1165, 1206,
1972, 3414, 3874, 4091, 4161, 4182, 4201
bill (8. No. 125) granting aid in the construc-
tion of a railroad and telegraph line from
the town of Folsom to the town of Placer-
ville, in California, 1259, 1422, 3267, 3595
bill (H. R. No. 365) granting the right of
way to ditch and canal owners in the
State of California over the, 1259, 1332,
3141, 4017, 4021, 4048, 4052, 4102
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Ashley, of Nevada......... 4021, 4053
Mr. Higby.................38141, 4053, 4054
Mr. Julian.........4048, 4049, 4050, 4051
Mr. Kasson..
Mr. McRuer.

yeas and nays on the.

4052

4052, 4053
4054

bill reserving the right of way for certain
purposes over the.

1333
bill to extend the time for the reversion to
the United States of the, granted by Con-
gress to aid in the construction of a rail-
road from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lan-
sing, to some point on or near Traverse
bay, in the State of Michigan........... 1400
bill (S. No. 126) granting, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the city of Placerville, in the State
of California, to the most feasible point
of intersection with the Pacific railroad in
the State of Nevada.....1401, 1422
billin relation to the Colorado, district, 1450
bill (S. No. 36) quieting doubts in relation
to the validity of certain locations of, in
the State of Missouri, made by virtue of
certificates issued under act of Congress
of February 17, 1815...614, 659, 1450, 1502
bill to confirm certain entries of, therein
named.

...1452

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joint resolution (H. R. No. 96) in relation
to the, appertaining to the armory at
Springfield......1522, 1700, 1720, 1767
bill (S. No. 150) to grant the right of way
to the Humboldt Canal Company through
the...
1533, 1577, 3043, 3085

bill granting, to the State of Iowa in alter-
nate sections to aid in the construction of
the Iowa Central railroad.
....1547

bill (H. R. No. 377) to confirm the selee-
tion and location of, granted to California
by the United States.....1333, 1574
bill (H. R. No. 382) granting, to the State
of Minnesota for the establishment of an
asylum for the relief of disabled soldiers
and sailors of that State and of the United
States..
1387, 3464

bill granting certain, to the State of Michi-
gan to aid in the construction of a ship-
canal to connect the waters of Lake Su-
perior with the lake known as Lac La
Belle.
1574, 1682, 1874, 3501

bill (S. No. 145) for a grant of, to the State
of Kansas to aid in the construction of the
Northern Kansas railroad and telegraph,

1574, 1576, 1605, 1662, 1705, 1772, 3301,
3326, 3440, 3465, 3501, 3742, 3854, 3882
bill (S. No. 58) granting, to the State of
Oregon to aid in the construction of a mil-
itary road from Corvallis to the Aquina
bay
...1099, 1577, 3541, 3568

bill (S. No. 168) to provide for the disposal
of certain, therein named...

1587,
1874, 3465, 3510, 3568
bill to amend an act granting, to the State
of Michigan for the construction of certain
wagon roads for military and postal pur-
poses....

1587

bill donating, to the American Forest-Tree
Propagation and Land Company for con-
ducting experiments respecting fo forest-tree
culture calculated to prevent the destruc-
tion and encourage the production of for-
ests in America.....

1605

bill (S. No. 215) concerning certain, granted
to the State of Nevada...

.645,
2130, 2148, 3462, 3545
bill (S. No. 221) relating to, granted to the
State of Minnesota to aid in constructing
railroads....
1703,

1727, 3356, 3401, 3541, 3568
bill granting, to aid in the construction of a
railroad and telegraph line from Puget
sound, on Admiralty inlet, in Washington
Territory, to the Columbia river.......1719
bill (H. R. No. 441) to confirm the selection
and location of certain, granted to the State
of California by the United States, and for
other purposes...

1719, 2656
bill (H. R. No. 448) to authorize the con-
struction of a railroad through certain, of
the United States in Kansas 1727,

3541, 3908, 3933

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Oregon to build a military road.....1869
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conkling.
Mr. Farnsworth.
Mr. Henderson..

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa..

1869

1870

1869, 1870
1870

bill to create an additional land district in the
State of Minnesota..
1876

bill (S. No. 156) making an additional grant
of, to the State of Minnesota, in alternate
sections, to aid in the construction of a
railroad........1893, 1921, 3464, 3541, 3568
bill (H. R. No. 249) to establish a land office
in the Territory of Idaho... 1894, 3405, 3465
bill (S. No. 243) to extend the time for the
reversion to the United States of the,
granted by Congress to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad from Amboy, by
Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on
or near Traverse bay, in the State of
Michigan and for the completion of said
road............1922, 2148, 3113, 3353, 3404
bill (H. R. No. 498) to amend section two of
an act donating, to the several States and
Territories which may provide colleges for
the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
2023, 3510

arts....

bill (S. No. 193) granting, to the State of
Michigan to aid in the construction of a
harbor and ship-canal at Portage Lake,
Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, in said
State......
2078, 2148, 3462, 3501
bill (H. R. No. 497) granting, to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from the city of Yancton to the west
line of the State of Minnesota, in the Ter-
ritory of Dakota.
.2023, 2182

bill (S. No. 285) granting, to the State of
Kansas to aid in the construction of the
Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad andits
extension to the Red river
.2282,

3375, 3426, 3440, 4058,4063, 4092, 4113
bill to amend an act for a grant of, to the
State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid
in the construction of a railroad in said
State, approved May 12, 1864.

2282

bill (S. No. 203) to enable the New York and
Montana Iron Mining and Manufacturing
Company to purchase a certain amount of
the, not now in the market.
2324,
2376, 2579, 2600, 2965, 2994
bill (S. No. 99) granting, to the State of Ore-
gon to aid in the construction of a military
road from Albany, Oregon, to the eastern
boundary of said State.
.2377,
2546, 3511, 3541, 3568

bill to amend section two of an act to au-
thorize the Legislatures of the States of
Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennes-
see to sell the, heretofore appropriated for
the use of schools in those States.....2377
to quiet the title to cer.
tain, within the corporate limits of the
city of Benicia, California........ 2385,
3541, 3908, 3933

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bill (H. R. No. 579) to quiet the title to the
Pueblo lands of the town of Santa Bar-
2571, 3052
bara
bill to amend an act donating, to the several
States and Territories which may provide
colleges for the benefit of agricultural and
mechanicarts, approved July 2,1862...2571
bill (S. No. 123) granting, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the Central Pacific railroad, in Califor-
nia, to Portland, in Oregon....2688, 2838,
3269, 3298, 3404, 3449,
3540, 3562, 3932, 4054

Public lands-Continued.

bill (S. No. 223) to revive and extend the
provisions of an act granting the right of
way and making a grant of, to the States
of Arkansas and Missouri to aid in the
construction of a railroad from a point
upon the Mississippi opposite the mouth
of the Ohio river, via Little Rock, to the
Texas boundary, near Fulton, in Arkan-
sas, with branches to Fort Smith and the
Mississippi river, approved February 9,
1853, and for other purposes...........2859,
2878, 4147, 4203, 4278
bill to aid in establishing a line of traction
engines and wagons from the Missouri
river to the Rocky mountains and to
secure to the Goverment the use of the
same for postal, military, and other pur-
poses....

..2966

bill granting, to the State of Iowa, in alter-
nate sections, to aid in the construction
of the St. Louis and Cedar Rapids rail-
road......

....3011
bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers
upon the, and encourage planting forest
trees and the growth of timber upon the
....3011

same.

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2377,
3166, 3203, 3275

bill (H. R. No. 679) granting, to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from the Columbia river to Salt Lake
City....
3194, 3267, 3269, 4277
bill (H. R. No. 690) to explain and limit the
act granting the right of way to the Hum-
boldt Canal Company through the, of the
United States
3270,3461

bill (S. No. 336) granting, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the Columbia river to Salt Lake
City..............3298, 3306, 3404, 3406, 3416
bill (Š. No. 320) to amend an act to grant,
to the State of Kansas in alternate sec-
tions to aid in the construction of cer-

tain railroads and telegraph lines in said

State.....

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Trowbridge.

3306, 3424, 4280

......3424, 3425
bill to exempt certain, from taxation....3404
bill for the discontinuance of, offices and au-
thorizing modifications in the limit of said
districts

3462

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bill to revive and continue in force the pro-
visions of an act granting, in alternate
sections, in the State of Mississippi, to aid
in the construction of railroads in said
State, and for other purposes, approved
August 11, 1856........

Public Lands, the Committee on....
instructions to....

4285
..21
20, 31, 130,

138, 422, 1696, 1703, 1857, 2674, 8680
reports from.

976,978,

1067, 1150, 1290, 1574, 1725, 1894, 2182,
2341, 2385, 2656, 2965, 3043, 3113, 3295,
3356, 3401, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3464, 3465,
8510, 3511, 3512, 8513, 8540, 4200, 4280
1450,
2385, 3326, 3461, 3510, 3511, 3513
2069,
2744, 2966, 4147

adverse reports from.

discharged from subjects......

Punishment, bill (S. No. 165) more effectually
to provide for the, of certain crimes against
the United States. 1553, 1579, 1724
remarks on the, by-

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bill to punish certain crimes in relation to
the public securities and currency, and for
other purposes.

....3404

bill (H. R. No. 604) to define and punish
certain crimes therein named...2723, 4150
resolutions relating to the, of the leading
rebels.....
.....2724

bill to amend an act in addition to the act
for the, of certain crimes against the Uni-
ted States and to repeal the acts therein
mentioned, passed April 18, 1818......3295
repeal certain parts of the act approved
April 30, 1790, for the, of certain crimes
against the United States..

bill to r

2904

Purcell, Sarah J., bill (S. No. 314) for the
relief of.....
2688, 2876, 3493, 3545
Pyle, John, bill (S. No. 390) granting a pen-
sion to........
.......3644, 4107, 4156

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joint resolution authorizing and directing the
Secretaries of War and the Navy to place
hulks and vessels at the disposal of the
commissioners of, in New York.........615,
748, 835

bill (H. R. No. 57) authorizing the Secreta-
ries of War and the Navy to place hulks
and vessels at the disposal of the commis-
sioners of, or other proper authorities, at
the ports of the United States.........1553,
1577, 1587

Quigley, Catharine, and Thomas Rogers, bill
for the relief of.......

R.

1719

3548 Rader, Samantha, bill (H. R. No. 739) for the

bill explanatory of an act to amend an act
to aid in the construction of a railroad and
telegraph line from the Missouri river to
the Pacific ocean and to secure to the
Government the use of the same for postal,
military, and other purposes............3585

relief of.........

...3493,
3644, 3793, 3817, 3935
Radford, Commodore William, joint resolution
(S. No. 44) authorizing, to accept a dec-
oration from the King of Italy.........1574,
1580, 1866, 1900

...

Radford, William, a Representative from New
York............. 58, 515, 845, 858, 863, 864,
899, 923, 924, 925, 926, 976, 1192, 1198,
1200, 1333, 1396, 1655, 1659, 1660, 1726,
1728, 1822, 1856, 2430, 2433, 2545, 2547,
2827, 2864, 2865, 3405, 3406, 3425, 3426,
3538, 3543, 3548, 3605, 3640, 3948, 8976,
3981, 3986, 4012, 4047, 4048, 4061, 4093,
4100, 4101, 4103, 4104, 4157, 4259, 4278
remarks on the Military Academy appropri-
ation bill.

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bill to amend an act making a grant of lands
to the State of Iowa to aid in the construc-
tion of a, in said State, approved May 12,
196, 286
bill (H. R. No. 138) granting lands to aid in
the construction of a, and telegraph line
from the Central Pacific, in California, to
Portland, in Oregon... 235, 286, 1115, 1725
joint resolution (H. R. No. 53) authorizing
the Secretary of War to grant the use of
a portion of the military reserve, on the
St. Clair river, in the State of Michigan,
for, purposes
375, 422, 610

bill (H. R. No. 191) to amend an act making
a grant of land to the State of Minnesota
to aid in the construction of a, from St.
Paul to Lake Superior, approved May 5,
460, 3464, 3590, 3598

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joint resolution (S. No. 12) extending the
time for the completion of the Burlington
and Missouri River.......
719, 748, 755

bill to punish persons for throwing trains
from, tracks....

887

bill to amend an act to provide internal
revenue to support the Government, ap-
proved June 3, 1864, as amended March
3, 1865, respecting, fares and rates......919
bill (H. R. No. 304) granting land to the
Iowa and Missouri State Line, Company,
and for other purposes. 919, 2157
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Benjamin...............
Mr. Grinnell.......

Mr. Julian....

Mr. Kasson.....

Mr. Price.

2158

2159

2158

2157

2157

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......2158
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa... 2157, 2158
bill (H. R. No. 310) making an additional
grant of lands to the State of Minnesota
in alternate sections, to aid in the con-
struction of a, in said State.......919, 3518

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