Also, a bill (H. R. 477) granting a pension to Anna Koeninger, widow of Louis Koeninger, late a private Second Indiana Battery;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 478) to refund to John W. L. Matlock, of Indianapolis, Indiana, the sum of $754.55, wrongfully collected from him by the collector of internal revenue for Clarke County, Indiana, March 24, 1866, with interest on same from that date;

Also, a bill (H. R. 479) for the relief of Abel M. Lewis;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 480) granting a pension to William H. Stephenson, captain of Company H, Twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 481) to repeal the bankrupt law and all acts amendatory or supplemental thereto;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Sparks: A bill (H. R. 482) granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of 1846 with Mexico, and the widows of deceased soldiers and sailors;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 483) to coin and remonetize silver;

to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

Also, a bill (H. R. 484) authorizing the payment of duties on imports in legal-tender Treasury notes;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 485) to repeal provisions of the act to provide for the resumption of specie payment, approved January 14, 1875; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. Eden: A bill (H. R. 486) for the relief of Mrs. Amanda Rains; to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 487) granting a pension to David Truitt, a soldier in the Mexican war;

Also, a bill (H. R. 488) granting a pension to the minor children of Benjamin S. Ryan;

Also, a bill (H. R. 489) granting a pension to Samuel D. Sparks;

Also, a bill (H. R. 490) granting a pension to Rose Miller, widow of Reason F. Miller, deceased, late a private in Company E, One hundred and twenty-third Illinois Infantry;

Also, a bill (H. R. 491) granting a pension to Henry Brown, late a private in Company C, One hundred and twenty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteers;

Also, a bill (H. R. 492) granting a pension to Christopher Fegan, Company B, Fourteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 493) authorizing the issue of a land-warrant to the heirs of William Shepherd, deceased, in lieu of one lost;

to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Morrison: A bill (H. R. 494) to revive and simplify existing laws imposing duties on imports and to reduce tsxation;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Harrison: A bill (H. R. 495) to provide for counting the electoral vote for President and Vice President of the United States;

to the Select Committee on Revision of the Law for Counting the Electoral Votes.

Also, a bill (H. R. 496) to repeal the bankrupt law and all acts amend atory and explanatory thereof;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 497) to repeal the resumption clauses of the act known as the resumption act of January 14, 1875;

Also, a bill (H. R. 498) to authorize the coining of the standard silver dollar and restoring its legal-tender character;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 499) to amend section 27, of chapter 2, Title II, of the Revised Statutes of the United States;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 500) to confirm to the city of Chicago, Illinois, the title to certain public grounds;

to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H. R. 501) to amend section 2990, chapter 7, Title XXXIV, of the Revised Statutes of the United States;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 502) to define who are officers of vessels;

to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Springer: A bill (H. R. 503) granting a pension to Daniel Clary;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 504) for the relief of Albert Grant;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 11) proposing an amendment to the Constitution in reference to the election of a President and Vice-President of the United States, and members of Congress;

to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Laws Regulating the Counting of the Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President.

By Mr. Townshend: A bill (H. R. 505) to repeal certain sections of the Revised Statutes, and to amend certain sections of the Statutes at Large relating to the removal of causes from State courts;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 506) granting a pension. to John B. Tucker; Also, a bill (H. R. 507) granting a peusion to Nancy J. Dutton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 508) for the relief of Samuel M. Nalley;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Knapp: A bill (H. R. 509) authorizing the construction of a public building at Quincy, Illinois;

to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H. R. 510) granting a pension to Harris B. Lovell, late a private in Company C, One hundred and twenty-second Illinois Infantry Volunteers;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 511) granting a pension to George W. Wright, of Brown County, Illinois, a soldier of the war of 1812;

to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 512) for the relief of Henry Head, of Quincy, Illinois;

to the Committee on War Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 513) amendatory of section numbered 1514 of the Revised Statutes of the United States;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 514) authorizing the coinage of the standard silver dollar and restoring its legal-tender character;

Also, a bill (H. R. 515) repealing certain portions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments;"

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. Hartzell: A bill (H. R. 516) for the relief of Mrs. Helen B. Foster, widow of Edwin R. Foster, deceased, late first lieutenant of Company G, in the Eighteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 517) for the improvement of the Mississippi River, and to prevent the erosion of its banks between islands numbered 14 and 15, near the town of Kaskaskia, Illinois;

Also, a bill (H. R. 518) to authorize a further appropriation to continue the public works now in the course of construction upon the Mississippi River, between the foot of Dickey Island and the mouth of the Ohio River, in the State of Illinois;

to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 519) granting a pension to Mrs. Helen B. Foster, widow of Edwin R. Foster, deceased, late first lieutenant of Company G, in the Eighteenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers;

to the Committee on Invalid Peusions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 520) for the relief of Thomas W. Segar, of Illinois; Also, a bill (H. R. 521) for the relief of Thomas F. Alexander, of Illinois;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 522) granting a pension to James B. Gillespie, late captain Company I, One hundred and twentieth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 523) for the relief of W. P. Halliday and S. B. Halliday, of Cairo, Illinois;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 524) granting a pension to Lemuel L. Lawrence, late second lieutenant Company B, in the Sixth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 525) for the relief of Rev. Erastus Lathrop, of the State of Illinois;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 526) authorizing the payment of duties on imports in legal tender notes;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 527) granting a pension to Samuel W. Hester, late private Company D of the Thirty-first Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers;

Also, a bill (H. R. 528) granting a pension to Carroll Anderson, late private Company A, Eighteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers; By Mr. Henderson: A bill (H. R. 529) granting a pension to Daniel Middough;

Also, a bill (H. R. 530) granting a pension to James W. Thompson; Also, a bill (H. R. 531) restoring the name of Thomas W. Brown to the pension-roll;

Also, a bill (H. R. 532) granting a pension to John Frey;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 533) to provide for the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, and to cheapen transportation;

to the Committee on Railways and Canals.

By Mr. Burchard: A bill (H. R. 534) to amend the laws relating to internal revenue;

Also, a bill (H. R. 535) for the relief of the executors of the estate of John S. Miller, deceased;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 536) for the relief of W. C. Snyder, of Illinois; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads.

Also, a bill (H. R. 537) for the relief of William P. Hazard;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 538) granting a pension to William M. Dillon, of Sterling, Illinois;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Joseph G. Cannon: A bill (H. R. 539) to authorize the assignees of the State of Illinois to select and enter public lands to which said State is entitled under and by the provisions of the several acts of Congress, namely, the act of September 28, 1850, known as the swamp-land act; the act of March 2, 1855, known as the indemnity act; and the act extending the provisions of said act, passed March 3, 1857;

to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Also, a bill (H. R. 540) to repeal the time-clause of the resumption act; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 541) for the relief of William H. Carmen;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Hayes: A bill (H. R. 542) to change the location and name of the Miners' National Bank of Braidwood, Illinois;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 543) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to credit upon certain judgments the losses assessed upon certain spirits destroyed by fire;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 544) to equalize the bounties of soldiers and others who served in the late war for the Union;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 545) to provide for the issue of national savings bonds;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. Brentano: A bill (H. R. 546) for the relief of Edwin A. Clifford, of Evanston, Illinois;

to the Committee on Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 547) to amend section 3244 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to certain special taxes imposed by the internal revenue law;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Tipton: A bill (H. R. 548) to establish and maintain a nationalsavings depository as a branch of the Post-Office Department;

to the Committee on Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Also, a bill (H. R. 549) to repeal an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved March 2, 1867, and all acts supplementary or amendatory thereto; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Fort: A bill (H. R. 550) granting a pension to Mary A. Allen; Also, a bill (H. R. 551) to grant a pension to all surviving officers and soldiers who served in the United States Army in the war with Mexico; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 552) for the repeal of the bankrupt law and all of the amendments thereto;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 553) to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Glasgow, Missouri;

to the Committee ou Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 554) authorizing the coining of the standard silver dollar and restoring its legal-tender character;

to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

By Mr. Glover: A bill (H. R. 555) for the relief of Wilber F. Chamberlain, of Lewis County, Missouri;

Also, a bill (H. R. 556) for the relief of James A. Hile, of Lewis County, Missouri;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a concurrent resolution of the general assembly of the State of Missouri, asking the repeal of the bankrupt laws;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a joint and concurrent resolution of the legislature of the State of Missouri, looking to the removal of the national capital to the Mississippi Valley;

to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a joint resolution of the two houses of the legislature of the State of Missouri, asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River;

to the Committee on the Mississippi Levees.

Also, a joint resolution of the general assembly of Missouri, asking aid from the Federal Government in the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad;

to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

Also, a joint resolution of the general assembly of the State of Missouri, relative to the law affecting the sale of tobacco in the leaf;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Franklin: A bill (H. R. 557) to authorize the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of Charles A. Perry & Company; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 558) for the relief of A. L. H. Crenshaw, of Jackson County, Missouri;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 559) to provide for the repeal of the third section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie pay. ments," approved January 14, 1875;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 560) to provide for the construction of a public building at the city of Kansas, State of Missouri;

to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H. R. 561) granting a pension to Minor T. Smith, of Jackson County, Missouri, for services in the Mexican war;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 562) for the relief of James Brice, of Jackson County, Missouri, for depredations committed by the Arapaho Indians; to the Committee of Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 563) to provide for holding terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Kansas City, Missouri; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 564) to confirm the title to certain lands in Platte County, Missouri, and authorize patents to be issued therefor t› Kinsey B. Cecil;

to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. John B. Clark, jr.: A bill (H. R. 565) to appropriate $1,000,000 to be expended in deepening and permanently locating the channel of the Missouri River, with a view to securing a navigable depth of five feet during low water from Sioux City to the mouth of said river;

to the Committee on Commerce.