Number.

Joint resolutions of the House of Representatives-Continued.

169 Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
War to supply blankets to the Reform School
in the District of Columbia.

170

171

172

173

174

175

176

177

178

179

180

181

183

Joint resolution to amend the Constitution of
the United States.

Joint resolution in reference to the congratu-
lations from the Republic of Pretoria, South
Africa.

Joint resolution relating to congratulations
from the Argentine Republic.

Joint resolution granting permission to the
officers and enlisted men of the Army and
Navy to wear the medal badge adopted by
the National Association of Veterans of
the Mexican War," on occasions of cere-
mony.
Joint resolution authorizing the issue of cloth-
ing to Private Patrick Noonan, Company
G, Fifth United States Infantry.
Joint resolution authorizing the issue of cloth-
ing to Company A, Second Regiment United
States Cavalry.

Joint resolution authorizing the issue of cloth-
ing to Private Francis Hegner, Company F,
Seventh Cavalry, and Private John C. Col-
lins, Company G, Seventh Cavalry.
Joint resolution authorizing the issue of cloth-
ing to Sergeant Herman Theune, Company
I, Twenty-third United States Infantry.
Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay Mary Fearon and Jessie
Crossin, executrices of Samuel P. Fearon,
deceased, for certain registered United
States bonds redeemed by the Government
on forged assignments and power of attor.
ney.
Joint resolution granting the use of artillery,
blankets, &c., at the national soldiers' and
sailors' reunion, to be held at Marietta, Ohio.
Joint resolution for the appointment of a com-
mission for the equitable disposition of the
unexpended balance of the Geneva-award
fund.

Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer
to bind in cloth the reserve and stitched
copies of the House compilation entitled
Counting the Electoral

ote.

182 Joint resolution providing a mode for count-
ing the electoral vote in February next.
Joint resolution to authorize and require the
Public Printer to print and bind 5,000 copies
of the Surgical Report of Casualties in the
United States Navy from 1860 to 1870.
Joint resolution to appoint a joint committee
to inquire into the propriety of providing
suitable buildings for the reception and
preservation of centennial exhibits donated
to the United States.

184

105

273

302

187

Joint resolution for adjustment of claims in
the District of Columbia.

319

204

189

Number.

Number.

INDEX.

Joint resolutions of the House of Representatives—Continued.

191 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

192

193

194

195

196

same.

Joint resolution for printing the report of the
Commissioner of Education for 1876.
Joint resolution authorizing the publication

of the report of the board on behalf of
United States Executive Departments at
the International Exhibition of 1876.
Joint resolution to appoint a commission to
examine into the matter of contracts made
by and between the United States and the
Moline Water Power Company as to the
water-power at Moline, Illinois, and to re-
port to Congress as to the same.
Joint resolution for printing the report of the
Commissioner of Education for the year 1876.
Joint resolution authorizing the President to
designate and set apart a site for the colos-
sal statue of " Liberty Enlightening the
World," and to provide for the permanent
maintenance and preservation thereof.

Approved.

A bill for the sale of timber-lands in the States of Cal-
ifornia and Oregon and in the Territories of the
United States.

A bill to extend the time for the construction and
completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
A bill equalizing the pensions of certain officers in
the Navy.

A bill amending the pension-law so as to remove
the disability of those who, having participated
in the rebellion, have, since its termination, en-
listed in the Army of the United States, and be-
come disabled.

A bill to extend the time for filing claims for addi-
tional bounty under the act of July 28, 1866.
A bill for the relief of Dickson Shinault, late as-
sistant keeper of the light-vessel at Wolf Trap
light-station in the State of Virginia.

A bill for the relief of the estate of I. M. Micow, of
the State of Alabama.

A bill extending the time for the completion of the
Oregon Central Railroad and Telegraph Line from
Portland to Astoria and McMinnville in the State
of Oregon.

A bill to amend sections 533, 556, 572, of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.

155

177

A bill to authorize the Secretary of War to adjust
and settle claims of the State of Georgia against
the Government on account of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad.

623

638 653..

695

73

185

A bill declaring the effect of permits to purchase
products of the insurrectionary States in certain
cases granted by the President of the United
States.

A bill placing the name of C. G. Freudenberg upon
the retired-list of the United States Army.
* Law without approval.

369 414.

697

286

294

A bill for the relief of Charles E. Hedges.

307

210

234

259

A bill granting a pension to Austin R. Mills
A bill to amend section 4698 of the Kevised Statutes
of the United States so as to allow a pension of
$37 per month to soldiers who have lost an arm
and a leg, in lieu of $24 per month now allowed.
A bill for the benefit of the Louisville Baptist
Orphans' Home.

A bill for the relief of W. S. McComb, of the State
of Georgia.

A bill concerning security on writs of error and
appeals, and for other purposes.

407

A bill to authorize the restoration of George A.
Armes to the rank of captain.

403

A bill for the relief of Assistant Surgeon Thomas
F. Azpell.

436

83, 211

446

136

453

457

470

481

492

526

535

538

A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of
William S. Robinson, of Malden, Massachusetts.
A bill for the relief of Daniel Stickney

A bill to authorize the Vancouver Water Company
to lay water-pipes through the Fort Vancouver
military reservation.

A bill authorizing the restoration of Charles E.
Boggs to the active-list.

A bill for the relief of John S. Wood, late a first
lieutenant in the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry.
A bill for the relief of Israel Yount.

A bill making an appropriation for the erection of
a monument and spindle on Whale Rock at the
entrance of Narragansett Bay.

A bill to amend section 1036 of the Revised Statutes
relating to the District of Columbia.

A bill granting a pension to Armstead Goodlow
A bill to create an additional land-district in the
Territory of Idaho.

A bill granting a pension to Catharine A. Winslow,
widow of the late Rear-Admira! John A. Winslow.
A bill to establish the Territory of Huron, and to
provide a temporary government therefor.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
deposit certain funds in the United States Treas-
ury in lieu of investment.

A bill to carry out in part the provisions of the act
entitled "An act to abolish the tribal relations of
the Miami Indians, and for other purposes," ap-
proved March 3, 1873.

A bill to remove the political disabilities of James
Argyle Smith, of Mississippi.

A bill for the relief of John J. Anderson, surviving
copartner of the firm of Anderson & White.

A bill to confirm to the city of San José, in the
State of California, the title to certain lands.
A bill for the relief of William Wheeler Hubbell,
and to make just compensation for the past mak
ing, or use, or vending of his patent explosive
shell, fuses, and percussion - exploders by the
United States.

A bill for the relief of Ephraim P. Abbott
A bill for the relief of the officers and privates of
the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers.
A bill to place the name of Daniel H. Kelly upon
the muster-roll of Company F, Second Tennessee
Infantry.

A bill to amend the second, fourth, and fifth sec-
tions of the act entitled "An act to enforce the
right of citizens of the United States to vote in
the several States of this Union, and for other
purposes." approved May 31, 1870, and as a sub-
stitute for sections 5506 and 5507 of the Revised
Statutes.

*See addenda, 700.

123 158

155, 162

737
739

745

750
752

767

780

781

783

784

792
795

A bill granting a pension to Harrison H. Doods..
A bill to amend section 5457 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States relating to counterfeit
ing coin.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue a register and change the name of the
brig "A. S. Pennell" to the "City of Moule."
A bill granting a pension to T. B. Murdock
A bill authorizing the recorder of the District of
Columbia to appoint an assistant with certain
powers.

A bill granting a pension to Theodore Gardner
A bill for the relief of the Richmond Female Insti-
tute of Richmond, Virginia.

A bill for the relief of Margaret Ireland, widow of
Amos Ireland.

A bill providing for the extension of the time for
completing the survey and location of the Port-
land, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad.

A bill for the relief of Enoch Totten, administrator
of the estate of William A. Lloyd, deceased.
A bill granting a pension to Peter Harder...
A bill to enable Moses Marshall to make applica
tion to the Commissioner of Patents for the ex-
tension of letters-patent for improvement in
knitting machines.

A bill for the relief of the heirs of Sheldon S.
Hartshorn.

158
157

796

803

A bill to repeal an act granting a pension to Mary
H. Bartlett, approved January 28, 1873.

805

807

211

813

816

824

823

830

832
842

A bill relating to indemnity school selections in
the State of California.

A bill for the relief of John E. Catlett, of Hannibal,
Missouri.

A bill for the relief of Perez Dickinson, the surviv
ing partner of James Cowan, deceased, heretofore
trading and doing business under the firm-name
and style of Cowan & Dickinson, of Knoxville,
Tennessee.

A bill granting an increase of pension to Laurence
P. N. Landrum.

A bill granting a pension to Laura M. Knowlton
A bill for the relief of Hannah L. Lloyd, as execu
trix. and George W. King, executor, of William
Lloyd, deceased.

A bill for the relief of Peter Phillips
A bill for the relief of Joseph W. Parish
A bill to increase the pension of Helen M. Stansbury
A bill authorizing the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia to remove the jail on Judi
ciary Square to grounds near to the Washington
Asylum for the use of the District.

999

Number.

882

883

894

890

904

A bill granting a pension to Stillman E. Dix, of
Hampton, Virginia.

A bill granting a pension to William H. Oliver, of
Sweetwater, Tennessee.

A bill to authorize the change of name of the steam-
boat Peter Crary to that of Joseph L. Chapman.
A bill for the relief of John S. Logan and W. L.
Shadwick.

A bill for the relief of William C. Nichols, late
assistant treasurer of the United States at Chi-
cago, Illinois.

A bill for the relief of Nicholas Wax, Michael Gra-
nary, and Moline Lange.

907

912

A bill for the relief of Thomas H. Halsey, pay-
master, United States Army.

362 411

915

917

920

931
934

946

947

948
949

973

974

978

A bill to remove the political disabilities of D. H.
Hill, of North Carolina.

A bill to enable Erastus T. Bussell, of Indianapolis,
Indiana, to make application to the Commissioner
of Patents for extension of letters-patent for a
"combined rubber and spiral steel spring."

A bill to authorize Louis Petoskey, of Michigan, to
enter a certain tract of land which embraces his
home and improvements.

A bill for the relief of H. H. Mathis, of Arkansas...
A bill to provide for furnishing certified transcripts |
of territorial records.

A bill for the relief of Gibbes & Co., of Charleston,
South Carolina.

A bill for the relief of the estate of Jacob Senseney,
Winchester, Virginia.

A bill for the relief of Thomas M. Simmons.

A bill for the relief of A. M. Garoutte, late captain
and assistant quartermaster, United States Army.
A bill for the relief of Elizabeth Corson..

A bill for the relief of Francis Guilbeau, of San An-
tonio, Texas.

A bill extending and continuing the act entitled
"An act to provide temporaily for the expendi
tures of the Government.'

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue a register and change the name of the schoon-
er Captain Charles Robbins to Minnie.
A bill for the relief of Admiral Charles Wilkes.
A bill to amend section 2931 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, so as to allow re-payment by
the Secretary of the Treasury of the tonnage-tax
where it has been exacted in contravention of
treaty provisions

A bill to continue the provisions of an act entitled
"An act to provide temporarily for the expendi
tures of the Government,' &c.

A bill to provide for the disposition of Fort Dalles
military reservation.