By reason of the limited capacity of the galleries the number of tickets is necessarily restricted, and will be distributed as follows:

To each Senator, Representative, and Delegate, three tickets.

No person will be admitted to the Capitol except on presentation of a ticket, which will be good only for the place indicated.

The Architect of the Capitol and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House are charged with the execution of these arrangements. JOHN SHERMAN,

WM. MCKINLEY, Jr.,

Chairmen Foint Committee.

Proceedings in the Hall of Representatives,

Monday, February 27, 1882.

The House met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. F. D. Power.

The SPEAKER. This day has been dedicated by the action of the two Houses of Congress to services in commemoration of the life and death of JAmes Abram GARFIELD, late President of the United States. This action was taken through the adoption of concurrent resolutions by the unanimous vote of the two Houses, presented by a Select Joint Committee appointed "to consider and report by what token of respect, esteem, and affection it may be proper for Congress to express its and the nation's deep sensibility over the event of the decease of our late President."

This House is now assembled and ready to perform its part in the solemn duty. The Clerk will read the concurrent resolutions.

The Clerk read the concurrent resolutions of December 21 and February 1.

The Senate met at twelve o'clock m.; and, after the following prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Bullock, proceeded to the Hall of Representatives:

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we desire to look up to Thee for Thy blessing to rest upon the services of this day. Sanctify to us the Memorial Services upon which we are about to attend. Deeply impress upon our minds a sense of our mortality and the importance of being ever ready for our departure, for we know not the day nor the hour when we may be called hence.

Bless, we pray Thee, our rulers, the

President of the United States, the President of the Senate, the Senators and Representatives in Congress, and all others in authority. Give them grace and wisdom for the right discharge of their important duties.

God, be merciful unto us and bless us. Cause His face to shine upon us, and give us peace in our day and generation, and finally save us all in Heaven. We ask for Christ our Redeemer's sake. Amen.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore of the Senate called the two Houses to order.

Rev. F. D. Power, Chaplain of the House of Representatives, offered prayer, as follows:

O Lord, our God, we thank Thee for this hour and for this service. We thank Thee for a great life given to this Nation; for its genius and potencies; for its example

and memories; for its immortality and eternity. May this Republic never forget its dead.

As we come together this day to recall the wisdom, the integrity, the statesmanship, the loyalty, the reverence for Thee and Thy word, the unselfish love for country and for all mankind, wherewith Thou didst endow Thy servant and fit him for the administration of the affairs of the Government; as we meditate upon the patience, the sweetness, the fortitude, the faith, the quiet resignation to Thy will wherewith Thou didst fit him for his sore trial; as we remember his triumph and our sorrow, grant us Thy gracious benediction.

We bear, during this Memorial Service, our Father, before Thee, on our hearts, his loved ones with whom we weep. Sustain, we beseech Thee, the mother who bore him. May the peace of God that passeth