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Serial set 1816	Testimony taken before the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department. February 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1817	Tax on manufactured tobacco. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, concerning the reduction of the tax on manufactured tobacco. March 18, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Silver coinage. Notes of conference between the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Mint. March 16, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Petition of the delegates of the Creek Nation, with reference to the awards made to those Creeks who enlisted in the federal Army, loyal refugees and freedmen, asking early action of Congress upon that subject. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3513.) March 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 16, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, requesting senators and representatives in Congress to vote for a bill granting pensions to surviving soldiers and to widows of deceased soldiers of the Mexican War. March 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Repeal of the resumption act. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, relating to the repeal of the resumption act. March 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. Letter from the commissioners of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, transmitting itemized statement of receipts and expenditures made by them from January 1, 1875, to January 1, 1878. March 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Coinage of the trade dollar. Arguments before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, relative to the continuance of the coinage of the silver trade dollar. March 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. M.P. O'Connor vs. Richard H. Cain. Papers in the case of O'Connor vs. Cain, Second District, South Carolina. March 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Harbor at New Orleans. Report of the Board of Engineers, convened to examine and report upon the means necessary to protect the wharves and harbor from incursions of the river at New Orleans. April 16, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Levees and Improvement of the Mississippi River and ordered to be printed (to accompany Bill H.R. 4318). Statement of Hon. Nathan Cole, of Saint Louis, Mo., before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, House of Representatives, in behalf of the establishment of a mint at Saint Louis, Mo., March 25, 1878. April 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Annual report of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1877. April 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. The Galveston and Camargo Railway. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2067.) Memorial of M.R. Jefferds, of Galveston, Texas, praying for the passage of the Bill (H.R. 2067) to authorize the Secretary of War to contract with the Galveston and Camargo Railway Company for the immediate construction of its line of road to Rio Grande City opposite Camargo, Mexico, as a coast defense, and for the purpose of establishing a commercial and military rail highway to the Rio Grande. March 29, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Resumption of specie payments. Notes of a conference between the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives and the Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, April 1st and 4th, 1878. Members of the committee: Hon. A.H. Buckner, Chairman, Messrs. Thomas Ewing, Augustus A. Hardenbergh, Jesse J. Yeates, William Hartzell, Hiram P. Bell, E. Kirke Hart, Benj. T. Eames, S.B. Chittenden, Greenbury L. Fort, and William A. Phillips. April 9, 1878. Ordered to be printed. Testimony taken by the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service in the investigation of charges against John W. Polk, Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. February 15, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Arrears due Chickasaw Nation. (To accompany report 354.) Letters from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Hons. A.M. Scales and T.M. Gunter, in relation to arrears due Chickasaw Nation. March 8, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.	15
Serial set 1818	United States mints. Statements made before the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures in behalf of the establishment of branch mints or assay offices, respectively, at the Cities of Cincinnati, Ohio, Springfield, Ill., Kansas City, Mo., Charlotte, N.C., Quincy, Ill., Indianapolis, Ind., Saint Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., Athens, Ga., Omaha, Nebr., Atlanta, Ga., Denver, Col., Rock Island, Ill., New Orleans, La., Salt Lake City, Utah, and for the extension of the Philadelphia Mint. April 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Frost vs. Metcalfe. Papers in case of Frost vs. Metcalfe, Third Congressional District of Missouri. April 25, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Reorganization of the Army. Report of a sub-committee of the Committee on Military Affairs relating to the reorganization of the Army. March 21, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Pavements in the District of Columbia. April 30, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. May 8, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Public surveys. Testimony before the Committee on the Public Lands. May 11, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2742.	5
Serial set 1819	Digest of election cases. Cases of contested elections in the House of Representatives, Forty-second, Forty-third, and Forty-fourth Congresses, from 1871 to 1876, inclusive. Complied by J.M. Smith, clerk of the Committee of Elections, under resolution of the House of Representatives, March 2, 1877.	1
Serial set 1820	Testimony taken by the Committee on Military Affairs in relation to the Texas border troubles. January 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Wisconsin land claim. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. T.C. Pound, House of Representatives, transmitting certain papers relative to the claim of the State of Wisconsin for certain lands included in Indian reservations, and recommending legislation thereon. June 3, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 5101. Claim of Anna Ella Carroll. Memorial of Anna Ella Carroll, of Maryland, praying for compensation for services rendered to the United States during the late Civil War. May 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statement of Professor J.E. Hilgard, before the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures of the House of Representatives, concerning the standard weights and measures of the United States. May 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions passed by the Merchants' Exchange of Baltimore City against the granting of a subsidy to the Roach line of steamships to Brazil. May 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resumption of specie payments. Testimony before the Committee on Banking and Currency in relation to the resumption of specie payments. June 15, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-fifth Congress. II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. June 20, 1878. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, in compliance with the sixth section of the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," approved July 4, 1836. Testimony taken by the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. May 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Removal of certain tribes of Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. 5002.) Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the removal of certain Indians in the States of Oregon, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and the Territories of Washington and Dakota. May 27, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.	9
Serial set 1821	Testimony taken by the Committee on Naval Affairs, (House of Representatives), in reference to the administration of the Navy Department. June 17, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1822	Antonio Pelletier. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Mileage of members of Congress. November 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. David W. Cheeseman. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William S. Davis. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Muster-in roll of Hillborn C. Miller. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Daniel Small. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Sheiber. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eugene Leitensdorfer. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel R. Atwell. February 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.L.H. Crenshaw. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bridget T. Hopper. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dr. Mary E. Walker. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Anson Call. January 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Hobbs. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Little Traverse Bay. January 29, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. F.B. Culver. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James B. Gillespie. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George H. Giddings. November 15, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Majority report and accompanying documents on the international industrial exhibition to be held in Paris in 1878. November 16, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed to be printed, with accompanying papers. Thomas A. Nicholson. November 30, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Relief of City of Macon, Ga. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Susan Robb. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eagle & Phoenix Manufacturing Company. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Amanda Rains. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cora. A. Slocumb and others. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bartholomew County Agricultural Society. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. W.H. Newman and L.A. Van Hoffman. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nancy A. Herrick. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Wood. December 4, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Smith. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William and Mary College, Virginia. December 5, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Patterson vs. Belford. December 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Nannie Spencer, administratrix. December 6, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Francis B. Thompson. December 6, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William C. Snyder. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dwight A. Barrett. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dr. George McCoy. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rebecca C. Maxwell. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth D. Stone. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Reuben J. Chewning. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J.H. Duncan. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Crawford. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Fearon and Jessie Crossin. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James J. Waring. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Estate of John S. Miller. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William P. Burwell. December 14, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Witherspoon & Suffell. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Old Dominion Steamship Company. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John M. Ward. December 14, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Heater. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Philip Rohr. December 14, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Brothertown Indian reservation. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Altamirah Bronson. December 14, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ventilation of the Hall of the House. February 4, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Ventilation of the Hall and ordered to be printed. Asa Weeks. January 17, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. W.H. Shultis. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Martin. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Isabella Cassidy. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Day. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Theysohn. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Totten. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Maria B. Craig. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna H. Nones. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel and Mary F. Mercer. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Johnson. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John T. Armstrong. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Amelia A.H. Richards. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Transfer of claims arising under act of July 4, 1864, to the Commissioners of Claims. February 15, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Gibbes & Co. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Emma A. Porch. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John C. Ray. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the states in defense of the United States. February 15, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. John W. Skiles. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William J. Alexander. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alderson T. Keene. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Zumstien. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hiram Johnson et al. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Western Cherokees. February 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lemuel L. Lawrence. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Louisa J. [i.e., S.] Guthrie and others. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rutha C. Thompson. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hugh B. Makin. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel Compton. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Margaret Keenah. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Acklen vs. Darrall. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary McNamara. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Gas-light companies in Washington City. February 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Swiss General Mutual Benevolent Society. February 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Washington Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. February 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Creditors of the late Republic of Texas. February 21, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Hon. William M. Springer. February 21, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Texas Pacific Railroad. February 21, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Dean vs. Walbridge A. Field. February 21, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John I. Thomas. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. James H. Wells. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James D. Holman. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nunis H. Coverdale. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Clift. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John H. Evans. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Commerce of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Aloysius J. Kane. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Brig. Gen. William Thompson. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Emily E. Wheelock. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Sprague. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Flynn. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry Reiving. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel P. Todd. January 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel P. Todd. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. M.G. Harmon. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J.D. Bond and brother. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bidow & Wilson. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William McIndoe. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. C.H. Walker. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edwin A. Clifford. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Electrical annunciators. January 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Public buildings in certain cities. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Daniel W. Perkins. January 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Brice. January 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Regulation of steam vessels. January 15, 1878. -- Made a special order for January 22, 1878, after the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Pensions to persons who served in the Mexican and other wars. January 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Ella P. Murphy. January 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Scott. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Payment of certain debts by the government in several states. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Welch. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. August Pensler. January 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert C. Buchanan. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jas. S. King. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. W. Jesse Buchanan. January 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alexander M. Vinnedge. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mason A. Steele. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Haines. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Peter M. Halwick. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alexander Anderson. January 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John S. Poindexter. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Peter Sconden. January 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Contested election case of Wigginton vs. Pacheco. January 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. Adam S. Stinson. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Fannie E. Records. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Wickwire. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary D. McIntyre. January 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Pamelia [i.e., Parmelia] Smith. January 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Seminary and High School in Virginia. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jesse J. Simkins. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John F. Andrews. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry M. Meade. January 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Election of delegate from Indian Territory. January 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expedition to the Arctic Seas. January 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ram Albemarle. January 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth W. Goldsborough. January 22, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mexican awards. December 12, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Arrest and imprisonment of Hon. Robert Smalls. January 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Richard T. Bryan. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Will R. Hervey. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Simon M. Preston. January 29, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Fishback. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Dodd & Co. January 29, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Murphy & Good. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Jones, R.H. Ramsey, and W.G. Santerman. January 29, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Albert Grant. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah B. Morrison. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel H. Canfield. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Richard Hawley & Sons. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary C. Webber. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Steam fog signal on Stannard's Rock. January 29, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. David G. Burnett. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth B. Custer. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. E.J. Gurley. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Refunding tonnage tax. February 6, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relating to vessels not propelled by steam or sail. January 29, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. The pay of letter carriers. January 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Contested election case of Wigginton vs. Pacheco. January 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. The Northern Pacific Railroad. February 5, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Allowance of certain claims. February 5, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Wages in the Government Printing Office. February 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. North Louisiana Railroad Company. February 14, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Worth. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rosa V. Jeffrey. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Eliza E. Hebert. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dabney Walker. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sewell B. Corbett. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph F. Wilson. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Benjamin E. Edwards. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rio Hondo land claims. February 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Heirs of John Rice Jones. February 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Water ditch in Utah. February 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Judgment creditors in United States courts. February 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James McGregor. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Warren. February 15, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. M.A.C. Nelson. February 15, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William H. Parker. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Josephine Da C. [i.e., Da Costa] Thomas. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James P. Thompson. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry C. Weatherby. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles Slawson. February 8, 1878. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rebecca B. Remick. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Margaret R. Colony [i.e., Colonoy]. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Y. Semple. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Kate Louise Roy. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Agnes Fairly. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jane D. Cotton. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abram V. Miller. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ruth Isabelle Naylor. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel W. Martin. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel Clary. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Franklin Insurance Company of the District of Columbia. February 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Julia Watkins. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henrietta Stringham. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jonathan R. Tilman. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Harriet Leonard. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary H. Moore. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Huston. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Victoria L. Brewster. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John B. Tucker. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Julia H. Totten. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah C. Palmer. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Robert M. Widney. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Abraham Curby. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Bullard. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William A. Miller. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel B. Robertson. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Emily H. Lyford. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edwin F. Lewis. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Haffords. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas W. Brown. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dudley A. Fish. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.M. Tinsley. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Susan L. Watson. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amos Hixson. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Truett. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel L. Paine. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad Company. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Chinese immigration. February 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. The transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department. February 25, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William Brindle. February 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. The Bolton claim. February 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Building for national museum. February 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Regulation of interstate commerce. February 26, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Josephine C. Owens. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Mason. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John S. Hall. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Howard D. Potts. January 22, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Benjamin C. Webster. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Clinton, of Brownsville, Tenn. January 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Relief of workmen at Poverty Island lighthouse. January 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas W. Collier. February 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles E. Pierson. February 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sovereigns' Distributive Agency. February 18, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Abraham Alstead. February 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Construction of Rules Nos. 79 and 94 of the House of Representatives. December 5, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed	249
Serial set 1823	Benjamin P. Loyall. February 28, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Zepheniah Crubaugh. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Herman Flock. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Isaac Winans. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James B. Treadwell. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Western Railroad Company of Minnesota. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Baker Canfield. February 27, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Fresh water on Fort Yuma Desert. March 14, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Marion Millsaps. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Territory of Pembina. March 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Location of certain land scrip in Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri. February 26, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Philip Henry. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Winters. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Enlistments in the Navy. March 26, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. James Monroe. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Butler. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Merritt Barber. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Andrew A. Gooding. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie Indian Treaty. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. E.H. Lively. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Adams, William B. Clift, et al. March 29, 1878. -- -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lieut. Julius Quentin. April 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lucy J. Mitchell. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Julia J. Wheeler. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James G. Williams. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Miles Barber. March 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Catharine Bowers. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Sipple. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel Stinson, Jr. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James G. Mason. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Regina Quentin. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Philip W. Stanhope. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Plowman. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel McKay. February 28, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain naval contractors. February 28, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Reaney, Son & Archbold. February 28, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Donald McKay. February 28, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. John Holroyd. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John M. Barron. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Horace Jarboe. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James E. Kelsey and others. February 28, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alfred D. Bullock. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J. Waltemyer. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ovid H. Clark. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Florence V. Moore. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert W. Livingston. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Murphy. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Miriam V. Kenney. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Martha Westervelt. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Matilda and Mary Heymes. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Eaton. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. B.J.D. Irwin. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Claims of Citizens of Montana for services in Nez Perces War. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William P. Hazard. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. W.H. Carmen. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Grant-Pemberton monument at Vicksburg, Miss. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Twenty-first New York Cavalry. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William T. Malster. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Penitentiary in Wyoming. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Dwight W. Hanks. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. G.W. Jobe. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John M. Goodhue. February 27, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Feriba A. Gregg. February 27, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry E. Wilkinson. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Leonard L. Lancaster. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Charles B. Smith. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Curran. February 27, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lieut. Thomas T. Knox. February 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James E. Macklin. February 27, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Annie M. Dudley. February 27, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Joseph T. Addicks. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James H. Lynn. February 28, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Capt. John G. Tod, of Texas. February 28, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Secor & Co., and Perine, Secor & Co. February 28, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Joseph L. Young. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John E. Williamson. March 1, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Philemon B. Hawkins. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles L. Dahler. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert C. Murphy. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John G. Campbell. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry P. Rolfe. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James and Noah Roberts. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Arabella Riley. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John A. Rew & Co., of Pennsylvania. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sally Hardeman. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The leasing of the Unitarian Church property. March 16, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Erection of a lighthouse and steam fog signal on Round Island, in the straits of Mackinac, Michigan. March 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Pere Marquette, Mich. March 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Keeper's dwelling at lighthouse at Pent Water Mich. March 19, 1878 -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fog signal at Racine, Wis. March 19, 1878 -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mary I. Lebow. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Michael Jackson. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary G. Harris. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jane A. Harris. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John H. Reily. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Kogel. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob M. Groce. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rebecca C. Reich. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frederick R. Bruner. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Cogswell. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Matthew Somers. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Settlers on Soscol Ranch, California. March 20, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Joseph Clymer. March 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Gee. March 22, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John R. Nichols. March 22, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Pacific Railroad Acts. March 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Amending act increasing pensions in certain cases. March 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William Battersby. March 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Perry. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Schooner Don Pedro. March 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Patrick P. Marrion. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William B. Isaacs & Co. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. E.A. Williams. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph R. Shannon. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rosa V. Jeffreys [i.e., Jeffrey] et al. March 29, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lucie A. Jameson. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. E.P. McNeal. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Ann Porter. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Esther K. Schenck. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sarah Woodall. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charlotte Buck. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Arthur W. Irving. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Aaron H. Miller. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edwin J. Nutall. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jonathan Roberts. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Stephen L. George. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. S.S. Whitney. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Bugbee. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Murphy. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Andrews. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob G. Croman. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel Donnelly. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Levi C. Davenport. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas Kelly. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Susan W. Marshall. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. N. Boyden. April 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William C. Edmonston. April 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Milton B. Duffield. April 4, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary O'Laughlin. April 4, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Estate of Henry K. Sanger. April 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William G. Halpin. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas F. Alexander. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James M. Ruby. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Gault, Jr. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Beckman. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas W. Segar. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elias B. Bell. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Junius T. Turner. April 12, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Cemetery lot in Montgomery, Ala. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John J. Manuel. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Peter Scouden. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lieut. Thomas Blair, Fifteenth United States Infantry. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Hines. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Ann Annis. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph R. Pratt. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alfred Muller. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William S. Hansell & Sons. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Franklin Paine. April 16, 1878. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Kurtz. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Holland. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Martha Webb. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Desbrow. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Frankeberger. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ebenezer Farwell. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas Murphy. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas W. Hewitt. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Esther A. George. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eliza Ceville. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry Hadley. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James H. Thew. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eliza Bayard Anderson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Margaret I. [i.e., Jane] Lovell. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Otis B. Anderson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Walker. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Black. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Johanna Kuhlman. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. General James Shields. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catharine Harris. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ludwig Ueber. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Meighan. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nelson M. Farrar. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George R. Whitehead. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Annie Farley. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah J. Goss. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Life-Saving Service. March 21, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Benjamin S. Ryan. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bigsley E. Dodson. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Martin Raff. April 16, 1878. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. John F. Ellis. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Nathan Udell. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Sarah Hamilton. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Isabel L. Evans. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John T. Stratton, Edgar McDavitt, and Samuel H. Dunscomb. March 29, 1878. -- -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. W.R. Boice. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel M. Blair. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry S. French. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.H. Herr. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Harriet C. and James N. Hill. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John T. Neale. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Falls. March 29, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J.J. Cummings. March 29, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Removal of Naval Observatory. March 29, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Frederick W. Smith. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Denene. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Education of the blind. April 2, 1878. -- Read twice, recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor, and ordered to be printed. Payment of certain officers of the internal revenue service. April 2, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel B. Stauber and others. April 2, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. certain private land claim in the Territory of New Mexico. April 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Anna M. Clark. April 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. D.G. & D.A. Sanford. April 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. April 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. S.T. Marshall. April 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Kiernan. April 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Mills. April 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.S. Bloom. April 5, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Adolph Von Haacke [i.e., Haake]. April 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Post Office appropriation bill for year ending June 30, 1879. April 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. John F. Chase. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary F. McKeever. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Wilkes. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Oliver Yake. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Francis B. McNamara. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James W. Thompson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Wm. H. Lee. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jarvis Jackson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Quinn. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abagail S. Tilton. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary J. Sears. April 16, 1878. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Alexander McClure. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Edward Booker. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Moses Cunningham. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Keltner. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Eliashib A. Wheeler. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth R. Hull. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cynthia A. Mizelle. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Levi J. Freil. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lydia A. Morris. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Agatha O'Brien. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Abendroth. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catharine Brennan. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rose Miller, widow of Reason F. Miller. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Roylston. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Julia S.W. Evans. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Isabell Dunbar, widow of Daniel Dunbar. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dr. P.F. Reuss. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Rogers. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Harriet E. Edwards. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary T. Thompson. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Owen. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Catharine Sheets. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Josiah B. Chamberlin. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas S. Peterson. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Lieut. Jacob Cramer. February 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Location of land scrip. February 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The cotton army-worm. February 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. The Choctaw Nation of Indians. February 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mary D. Williams. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lucius Sackett. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Teagarden. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Langland. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.J. Morrison. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles G. Galezio. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Pulling. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Pennycough. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Josephine Da C. [i.e., Da Costa] Thomas. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catharine D. Hunt. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. I. [i.e., J.] Clinton De Witt. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Buroughs [i.e., Burroughs]. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Silvers. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Miles L. Reed. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Warren F. Wood. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Gould. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna M. Clippinger. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Othniel P. Hollis. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mattie McTaggart. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Grove. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Perley P. Roberts. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J.D. Binford. March 1, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Ocean mail steamship service between the United States and Brazil. March 1, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. William A. Hyde and Thomas G. Mackie. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Gustav A. Hesselberger. March 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Augustus Watson and William Coppinger. March 5, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Practice of pharmacy in the District of Columbia. March 6, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Delay of business in Pension Bureau. March 6, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. G.A. Hall. March 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Arrears due Chickasaw Nation. March 8, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Catharine H. Gallagher. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Ellen B. Foster. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Deery. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hamilton Ryne. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Frey. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth B.C. Hare. March 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Reese. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rebecca T. Scott. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. National Iron Molders' Union. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel Grove. March 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Peter Targarona. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Hanson Harmon. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Strider. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Commercial Bank of Knoxville, Tenn. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Relief of State of Georgia. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Jacob Sener and Elizabeth Sener. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. V.H. McCormick. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. B.S. James. March 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. T. & J.W. Gaff & Co. March 8, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Maj. Granville O. Haller. March 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Spencer & Mead. March 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Susanna Marble and others. March 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cheap transportation between east and west. March 13, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. William A. Mann. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Champe Carter, Jr. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. H.H. Lemon. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. T.A. Kendig. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Warner. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Hedgpeth. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William S. Burgess and others. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Saint Michaels Church, Charleston, S.C. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William F. Wheeler. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Tweedy. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Van Cott and Samuel Martin [i.e., Malin]. March 16, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. William H. Merritt.. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. M.F. Clark. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Paul McCormick. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles C. Reynolds. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Richard Joseph. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. E.B. Head. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel G. Smith. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. H.G. Boardman. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John S. Braxton. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William S. Morris and others. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. O.F. Short. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Robert T. Faucett & Co. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William T. Blackwell & Co. March 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. F.A. Perrin. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. C.N. Felton. March 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ezra O. Nye. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Counsel fees in Osage land suits. March 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Bradley Cross. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah A. Bell. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. R.H. Montgomery and J.W. Burbridge & Co. February 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. To confirm to the City of Chicago the title to certain public grounds. March 21, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Capt. J.D. Wood. April 12, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Charges against the Doorkeeper of the House. March 19, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed	343
Serial set 1824	Charles Hewitt. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lieut. Col. Ward Marston. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Isabella R. McGunnigle. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William G. Ford. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John McIntyre. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J.J. Odell. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary C. Haile. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jerry Robinson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William B. Dillon. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Susan Humes. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna Wehe. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. A.M. Atwood. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lucinda C. Dillahanty. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Wright. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jesse Stallings. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George D. Phillips. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Guthrie. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Sidney A. Harrison. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Leroy D. Sutton. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sally Rogers. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth D. Stone. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nancy E. McClelland. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Northern Pacific Railroad. April 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. The Texas Pacific Railroad. April 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Daniel Ashby. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jacob F. Ruth. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of William S. Price. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Syvert A. Anderson. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry W. Higley. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. David B. Macomb. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John D. McGill. April 19, 1878. -- Committed of the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. University of Notre Dame du Lac. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Franklin Lee and Charles F. Dunbar. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John N. Reed. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J. Fraser. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Columbus F. Perry. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nehemiah Garrison, assignee of Moses Perkins. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. T.A. Walker. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth S. Roberts. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Caroline Hawley. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Emilie R. Hooe. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. De Forest T. Doty. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Aaron Miley. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. D.D. Wead. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert C. Bramford. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna Koeniger. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William W. Stephenson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob J. Fleishell. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Stage Harbor, Chatham, Mass. April 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Grand Marais, on Lake Superior, Minnesota. April, 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Rosario and Carmen Mining Company of California. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Report and accompanying documents of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the relations of the United States with Mexico. April 25, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Establishment of a board of Pacific Railroad commissioners. April 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order for May 15, 1878, and ordered to be printed. The Austin-Topolovampo Pacific route. April 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Amending the various Pacific Railroad acts. April 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. James Wier [i.e., Weir] Graydon. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. H.H. Doty. April 19, 1878. -- Reported adversely, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mrs. C.A. Von Cort. April 19, 1878. -- Reported adversely to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Commander Edward P. McCrea. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Quarantine hospital in Hampton Roads, Virginia. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel T. Anderson. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J.D. Graham. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Peter Meagher. April 19, 1878. -- Committed of the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain naval officers. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thornton A. Jenkins. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Blancett. April 19, 1878. -- Committed of the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. David Mitchell and Mary Fuller. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Laura Seaman. April 19, 1878. -- Committed of the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jane Moore. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bright Byrd. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Martha J. Robinson. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Oliver H. Irons. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. August Mellon. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Buckley. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William D. Cobaugh. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Fritz. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Maria L. Maxwell. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Haley. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Marcellus Wilson. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Derrick F. Hamlink. April 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Erben, U.S.N. April 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Board of assistants for the Navy. April 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Edwin De Leon. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cumberland Valley Railroad Company. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Rhett. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jennie K. Moore. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.F. Whitman, administrator, etc. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George M. Wells. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Distribution of the Geneva award. April 24, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. James G. Harrison. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John M. Dorsey and William F. Shepeard [i.e., Shepard]. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jerome J. Van Name. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. R.G. Peterson. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. City Distilling Company, of Pekin, Ill. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Asbury Dickins. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. H.K. Belding. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sabin Trowbridge. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James C. Bates. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Wade. April 16, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ebenezer Walker. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Edgar A. Beach. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Peasley and McClary. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel W. Abbott. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. M.D. Titsworth. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William J. Piper. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joel A. Billups. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. R.W. Clarke. April 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sidney P. Luther. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Isaiah Pickard. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amos Ireland. April 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Willis Jarman. April 16, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.	113
Serial set 1825	Relief of settlers on certain lands in the State of California. May 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Anna M. Meixsell. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles Cline. May 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles Valier. May 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Buchanan. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Election of a delegate from the Indian Territory. May 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Theodore Artzt [i.e., Artz]. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Commitment of certain prisoners in the District of Columbia. May 20, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Day beacon in Chincoteague Bay, Virginia. May 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amending Constitution as to the election of President and Vice-President. May 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the State of the Law Respecting the Ascertainment and Declaration of Result of Election of President and Vice-President, and ordered to be printed. Fielding Hurst. May 22, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at the mouth of Thunder Bay, Michigan. May 22, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at the mouth of Menomonee harbor. May 22, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at San Luis Obispo harbor, California. May 22, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Newton S. Murphey. May 23, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jean Francois Perry. May 22, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Cornell. May 22, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Halfway Rock, Massachusetts. May 23, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles Bombonnell. May 23, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Dry dock at Mare Island, California. May 23, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William G. Langford. May 23, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Payment of certain judgments against the United States. May 23, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William P. Ferguson. May 23, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Supplies furnished Sioux Indians of Minnesota. May 23, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Great Beds, Raritan Bay, New Jersey. April 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The Venezuela awards. April 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. John Henderson. April 26, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Settlers of the public lands. April 27, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Juliet Leef and John McKee. April 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lowell A. Chamberlin [i.e., Chamberlain]. April 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lands located on military warrants in certain states. April 30, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. The purchase of the Seaton House. May 20, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Low grounds in Washington City. May 20, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Customhouse at Memphis, Tennessee. May 21, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Boundary line between Colorado and Utah. April 30, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Taxation of railroad lands. May 1, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Julia A. Nutt. May 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Gall. May 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Hall. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Jane Pyle. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lewis E. Winans. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Kenneally. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Georgine Thomas. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Julia Ann Carter. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jefferson Kinder. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas R. Cross. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abraham Forry. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Mississippi River. May 3, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Levees and Improvement of the Mississippi River, and ordered to be printed. Robert P. Walker. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dalton Hinchman. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph Odell. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Grossman. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Garrett. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Martha A. Williamson. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James H. Hayes. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Reynolds. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Michael O'Brien. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jacob Parrott. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William N. Tannahill. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Q. Baxter. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Jeptha Rubert. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Gordon B. Barnes. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Wolf. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Robert P. Boggs. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hannah Hallam. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Michael McGinty. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. David McComb. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Mary A. Allen. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Anna Voshage, widow of Adolph Voshage. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathan A. Winters. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Horace A. Chambers. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Riley. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Cynthia Spradlin. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Phillip Thon [i.e., Thoen]. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Hollingsworth. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John O. Vallandingham [i.e., Vallandigham]. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Timothy J. Hurlbut. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Selar B. Decker. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George W. Browning. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel Middough. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Leamy. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Helen Crabbe. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William H. Edwards. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Almira Tinney. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Staplin. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Grace Aikins. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Rachel A. Davis. May 3, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William R. Browne. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Mooreland. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James R. Gordon. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Ward. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Fishburne. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Byron S. Morris. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William S. Fonda. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Milley Anderson. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catharine Gemmill. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Gibson. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary S. Webster. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Wealthy Perkins. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Lawrence. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Michael S. Corl. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Donation of lot in Denver for school purposes. May 6, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Contracts of the Navy Department. May 10, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, made the special order for May 25, 1878, after the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Fog bell on South Farallon Island, California. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Calvin Halstead. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathan Udell. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James Mahew. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Peter Yarnall. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Caroline M. Egbert. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dennis McGinnis. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah Houston. May 10, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John B. Gillespie. May 10, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Oscar B. Nott. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ann Cornelia Lanman. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph Bratton. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph Ward. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Daniel C. Putnam. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dismal Swamp Canal Company. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. George McDermott. May 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The navigation of Twelve-mile Bayou. May 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Boundary of Las Pulgas Rancho. May 18, 1878. -- Read, recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Private claims against the government. May 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Public building at Danville, Va. March 6, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Myron M. Lockwood. May 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Transportation of animals. May 3, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Richardson vs. Rainey, First Congressional District of South Carolina. May 18, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. Arrears due Chickasaw Nation. March 8, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. May 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Venezuelan awards. May 11, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Catharine [i.e., Catherine] Vaughan. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of Oliver B. Bradford, late vice-consul-general at Shanghai, China. May 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Adaline P. Loy. May 3, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed	132
Serial set 1826	Tillman vs. Smalls, Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina. June 8, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sale of land in Wallabout Bay to the City of Brooklyn. June 11, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. John H. Ferrell. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Settlement of accounts with certain railways. June 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Refunding of certain taxes on manufactured tobacco. June 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John W. Chickering. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. A.B. Keele, guardian of Maggie A. and Daniel G. Nobles. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Augustine Hennessey. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lewis Allen. June 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Wesley Hensly. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Albert Towle. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. League Island Navy yard. May 23, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. John L. Taylor. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Denney. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. H. Louise Gates. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Helena Fechtels [i.e., Fechtel]. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Calvin E. Pratt. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Henry Brown. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Creek orphan claim. June 1, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Engraving and printing government issues. June 3, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Marine danger signal. June 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Lands sold for direct taxes. June 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Robert Erwin. June 4, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Forfeiture of land grants to certain railroad companies. June 6, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Lucinda Barrett. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John M. Stuter. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary J. Stover. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frank Snyder. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Jane McKee. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Abby C. Haviland. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles Held. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Minor children of Hiram G. Harpending, deceased. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Patrick Kinsella. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Eliza W. Ogden. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Eliza H. Frailey. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Melissa Wagner. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alice B. Munroe. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Alexander Kincaid. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Bermingham. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John S. Corlett. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James W. Crowley. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Valeria C. Penrose. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah H. Bradford. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James H. Cook. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Settlers in Wind River Valley, Wyoming. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Herman Netterfield [i.e., Nettlefield]. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John C. Comfort. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J.S. Golladay and J.W. Bowling, of Kentucky. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Francis Guilbeau. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Bernard Lynch. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Peter Gallagher. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John H. Morris. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Japanese Indemnity Fund. June 7, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Payments from the sale of Osage Indian lands. June 7, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John H. McBruyer [i.e., McBrayer]. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary Frazee. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions for loss of one foot and one hand. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. James Johnston. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas C. Young. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Grubbins. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel V. Adams. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Gavin. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Dillinger. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Danlon. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. W.B. Farrar. May 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Rogers, Richardson & Co. May 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Whitewood Flume Company. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Patrick H. Jones. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Andrew Gleason [i.e., Gleeson]. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Stephen Casey. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Dennis Looney. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Sarah B. Franklin. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Walker. May 31, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph M. Cumming et al. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Sanders. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Asa Morse. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Patrick Glackin. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Andrew F. Higgins. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Christopher Fegan. May 24, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Penitentiary in Dakota. June 8, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Obadiah B. and Oliver S. Latham. June 8, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Goloid coin. June 8, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Refunding of certain taxes. June 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. E.C. Boudinot. June 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert Habersham et al. June 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Point San Jose Reservation. June 10, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Additional representative from Nebraska. June 10, 1878. -- Made the special order for Wednesday, December 11, 1878, after the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. Navy and Marine Corps life insurance. June 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William A. Steel and Charles P. Chouteau. June 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Prize money to fleet officers. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J.B. Cornell et al. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thomas B. Cushing. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Chaplains in the Navy. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Relief of officers of the Navy. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James H. Morrison. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Isaiah Dewling. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Pay of retired rear admirals. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Civil engineers in the Navy. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William H. Varney. June 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. A.H. Richardson. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Pay officers' clerks in the Navy. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Movable torpedoes. June 11, 1878. -- Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Enterprise Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. June 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sureties of Franklin Travis. June 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles Olivier Doclozel [i.e., Duclosel]. June 13, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elective franchise in Utah. June 13, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Marine hospital at Saint Paul, Minnesota. June 13, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Claim of William McGarrahan. June 13, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Victorine Mott. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Theodore H. McCalla. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Margaret A. Ward. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Catherine S. Willcox. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Catharine S. Edmondson. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Widow of E.J. Russell. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary N. De Haven. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John B. Cothran. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bridget Leaffy. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Louis Christopher Tiedemann. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth J. Wems. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Caroline Steif. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mary E. Ryan. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Esther E. Lieurance. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Borden. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John Mincer. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Woolsey. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Melvina Ingle. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Fulks. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William Horner. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James M. Allison. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel Halbert. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. J. Ruffin Wood. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sarah Searle. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas Lowry. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert A. McDonald. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George A. Harrison. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John H. Shugart and Robert F. Shugart. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ephraim J. Ammons. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Moses J. Kelly. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Thompson P. McCoy. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles S. Roberts. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John C. McConnel. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. D.C. Stone. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Annie [i.e., Anna] W. Osborne. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Wesley Wood. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Francis Armstrong. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles G. Summers. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Judicial proceedings to give effect to the electoral vote of Maryland in the late presidential election. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Great Southern Railway. June 17, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. June 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Election of delegate from Indian Territory. January 22, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. June 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Alfred D. Jessup. June 17, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Rea. June 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. C.C. Clark. June 18, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Water transportation between Lakes Michigan and Erie. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Henry Z. Eaton, June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Harmon Mickle. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Santiago De Leon. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Construction of certain public buildings. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Granting land to City of Burlington, Iowa. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South, Clarksburg, W. Va. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South at Charleston, W. Va. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ellen G. Slemaker. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frances H. Plummer. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Parvin and Greene. June 19, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph W. Reford. June 19, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Quarrel. May 24, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Repeal of certain sections of the Revised Statutes. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William J. Pollock. May 25, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. William R. Wilmer. May 25, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Thomas Kearney. May 25, 1878. -- Read twice, recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Madeline [i.e., Madeleine] V. Dahlgren. May 27, 1878. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Transportation of United States mails between Galveston and Vera Cruz. May 27, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. William T. Duvall. May 31, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John P. Hall. June 6, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Somerville Nicholson. June 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Theodore D. Wilson. June 11, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Langley B. Culley. June 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Samuel J. Willison. June 14, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ninth United States Infantry. June 14, 1878. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to Indian treaties. June 17, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Agnes E. Fry. June 11, 1878. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.	183
Serial set 1827	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1878, in the one hundred and third year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1828	Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate Resolution of May 27, 1878, information in relation to the claims of John G. Kendrick and others against the Government of Nicaragua. December 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending an appropriation for the purchase of the necessary furniture for fitting up the new War Department. December 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 3, 1878, a report of the Treasurer of the United States in relation to the amount of silver coin received in payment of Customs dues since the beginning of the current fiscal year, and the amount used for the payment of interest on the bonds or notes of the United States. December 17, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the cost of manufactures at the National Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts. January 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Col. George W. Getty, submitted a substitute for sections 253, 254, and 255 of Senate Bill 1491, reorganizing the Army. January 13, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, information as to the results of examinations of Westport Harbor and Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. January 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, information as to the results of examination of Wolf River, from Lake Poygan to Red River, Wisconsin. January 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, information of the result of the survey of Portage Lake, Michigan. January 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 17, 1878, information on the subject of sheep husbandry. January 14, 1879. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 3, 1878, a copy of correspondence between the governments of the United States and Great Britain in regard to inviting other maritime powers to accede to the three rules of neutrality laid down in Article VI of the treaty of May 8, 1871. January 14, 1879. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the compensation of certain postmasters upon whose nominations the Senate failed to act at the special session of Congress which met October 15, 1877. December 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of such fees as have been collected, accounted for, and reported by the various diplomatic and consular agents of the United States during the year ended December 31, 1877. December 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, a list of property belonging to the United States in his possession. December 12, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 5, 1878, information in relation to the amount of deposits in the Treasury due to the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company at the end of each year since the appointment of commissioners of the same. December 16, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 14, 1878, information in relation to the amount that has been expended by the United States for the various public works of the government in each state and territory from June 30, 1873, to June 30, 1878. December 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, suggesting a further appropriation for the completion of the barrack building at Fortress Monroe, Va. December 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending that a part of the appropriation for the subsistence of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1880, be made available from and after the passage of the act therefor. December 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 10, 1878, copies of the reports of Maj. John M. Wilson, of the Corps of Engineers, of results of surveys of the ports of Foulweather, Port Orford, Coos Bay, Alsea, and Coquille River, Oregon. December 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, information in relation to the completion of the Moline water-power at Rock Island, Ill. December 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 11, 1878, information in relation to the issues of arms, &c., for use under the direction of the Department of the Interior, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice. December 19, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a memorial from the Association of Manufacturers of Arms, Ammunition, and Equipments in relation to the manufacture of arms and munitions for supplying the Army and militia. December 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, information upon the results of an examination at Lincolnville Harbor and at Lubec Channel, Maine; at Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire; at Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts, and of Charles River, Massachusetts. January 16, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 14, 1879, information in relation to the construction of a railroad through the public domain in the Territory of Arizona. January 17, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the establishment of a military post in the vicinity of El Paso, Tex., and recommending an appropriation for the purpose. January 17, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a request of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, information in relation to the improvement of the sanitary condition of Washington, and deepening the river-channel. January 17, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney-General, communicating, in answer to a Senate Resolution of March 19, 1878, information in relation to certain lands granted to the State of Indiana under the provisions of an act approved May 26, 1824, to authorize the State of Indiana to open a canal through the public lands to connect the navigation of the Rivers Wabash and the Miami of Lake Erie. January 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the superintendence, management, and repair of the Louisville and Portland Canal, for the year ending December 31, 1878, and fixing the rates of tolls for the current calendar year. January 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting estimates of amount required for the protection from overflow of the sites of fortifications on the Delaware River, and also an estimate of the cost of repairs at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. January 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the necessity for the construction of buildings for the military headquarters at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and recommending an appropriation for that purpose. January 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a report showing the result of an examination made of the Missouri River at and near its junction with the Kansas River, and the estimated cost of its improvement. January 21, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the improvement of the channel and harbor of Mobile Bay. January 21, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 8, 1879, information respecting an arrangement made between the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Lawrence University, of Appleton, Wis., for the education of Indian children. January 22, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, statements showing the contracts made by the bureaus of the War Department, on behalf of the United States, during the year 1878. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a copy of a report on the survey of New River, Virginia, from the Lead Mines, in Wythe County, to the mouth of Wilson Creek, in Grayson County. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a copy of reports on examinations of Big Sunflower, Coldwater, and Tallahatchie Rivers, Mississippi; of Upper Red River, Louisiana and Texas; and of Little River and Fourche la Feve River, Arkansas. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the transfer by the State of Michigan to the United States of the Saint Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of report of an inspection of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and draft of a bill providing for the disbursement of the earnings and proceeds of the labor of convicts in defraying the necessary expenses of the prison. January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the necessity for the construction of a military post at Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and recommending an appropriation for that purpose. January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, recommending that deficiency and additional appropriations be made for the compensation of postmasters, for transportation of mails by railroad, and for other purposes. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a letter from Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, commanding the Department of West Point, recommending the creation of a professorship of modern languages at the United States Military Academy, to take the place of the professorships of French and Spanish. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the inadequacy of the salary of the present governor of Wyoming Territory, and recommending that the salaries of all Territorial governors be restored to the former rates of compensation. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the surveys in the territory west of the Mississippi River, recommending appropriations for continuing the same, and transmitting the views of the Chief of Engineers concerning a report of the National Academy of Sciences. January 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. January 14, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 9, 1878, information in relation to the amounts and rates paid by the Quartermaster's Department to the Oregon Steam Navigation Company for government transportation on the Columbia River above Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. January 10, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the clerical force in his Office. February 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to payments to land grant railroads for the transportation of property or troops of the United States, and recommending the passage of Senate Bill 485, to repeal certain provisions of the act of June 16, 1874, and March 3, 1875, respectively, making appropriations for the support of the Army, with certain amendments. January 16, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate Resolution of December 5, 1878, information concerning postal and commercial intercourse between the United States and South American countries. December 17, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed.	46
Serial set 1829	Contributions to the Science of Hydraulic Engineering. by Ewd. Fontaine, Professor of Theology and Natural Science, member of the New York Historical Society, the Historical Society of Maryland, &c., and of the Academies of Science of Baltimore, New Orleans, &c., author of "How the World was Peopled," &c. Estimates of the receipts and expenditures of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, communicating in obedience to law, estimates of the receipts and expenditures of the District of Columbia for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1879, and June 30, 1880. December 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1878. Reports of explorations and surveys for the location of interoceanic ship-canals through the isthmus of Panama, and by the valley of the river Napipi, by U.S. Naval Expeditions, 1875. Commander Edward P. Lull, U.S.N., commanding Panama Expedition. Lieutenant Frederick Collins, U.S.N., commanding Napipi Expedition.	4
Serial set 1830	Narrative of the second Arctic expedition made by Charles F. Hall: His voyage to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William land, and residence among the Eskimos during the years 1864-'69. Edited under the orders of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, by Prof. J.E. Nourse, U.S.N. U.S. Naval Observatory, 1879.	1
Serial set 1831	Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the board of officers appointed to examine the works in progress of construction by James B. Eads, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 6, 1879, information touching the application of a statute of limitations to state war claims. February 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a report of Maj. G.L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, of a survey of the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of communications from W.J. Murtagh, offering to sell to the government the property in the City of Washington, at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth street, known as the "Republican Building." January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a report of the surveys made of the Mississippi River at and near Alexandria, Mo., and of the harbor of Quincy, Ill. January 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a report in relation to the improvement of the Harlem River, New York. January 30, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissary General of Subsistence relative to the organization of the Subsistence department as proposed by the Bill (S. 1491) for the reduction and reorganization of the Army. February 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report from the Customs district, public service, and resources of Alaska Territory. By William Gouverneur Morris, special agent of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a preliminary report of Maj. C.R. Suter, Corps of Engineers, upon the survey of the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Auditor of Railroad Accounts, submitting reasons why the appropriation for his office for the next fiscal year should be increased rather than decreased. February 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the selection of a site for a city post office in the City of Washington, D.C. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the commanding general, Department of the Missouri, inclosing a report of C.A.H. McCauley, Third Cavalry, of his explorations in and about Pagosa Springs, Colorado. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department in relation to the clerical force in the office of the Secretary of War, as provided for in the pending legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. February 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 12, 1879, information in relation to the progress and present status of the work on the canal and locks at the cascades of the Columbia River. February 17, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 31, 1879, information in relation to what additional clerical force will be necessary in the Pension Office and the office of the Surgeon General of the Army to secure to applicants for pensions the prompt adjustment of their claims. February 11, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Paymaster General forwarding estimates of amounts required to pay certain professors at the Military Academy for the years 1878, 1879, and 1880, and recommending that provision be made for this purpose. February 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to Senate resolution of February 19, 1879, a letter of the Acting Chief of Engineers in relation to the condition and estimates for the improvement of the harbor and River of Au Sable, on the western shore of Lake Huron. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the exportation of live animals to foreign countries, and recommending legislation providing for an inspection of the same before shipment. February 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of a letter from Maj. B.C. Card, Chief Quartermaster Department of Texas, in relation to the bill for the reduction and reorganization of the Army, &c. February 22, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of the commission appointed under the provisions of the act approved May 3, 1878, entitled "An Act Authorizing the President of the United States To Make Certain Negotiations with the Ute Indians in the State of Colorado." February 8, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Col. T.T.S. Laidley, President of the Board for Testing Iron, Steel, &c., in relation to the acceptance of the machine erected at the Watertown Arsenal by Mr. A.H. Emery, and recommending an appropriation for the payment of the increased cost of the same. February 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 20, 1879, information in relation to the construction of railroads in Mexico. March 1, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an exhibit of the result of the United States centennial exhibition and celebration of 1876. March 3, 1879. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of resolutions adopted by the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Pa., in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the Davis Island Dam. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.	25
Serial set 1832	International monetary conference held, in compliance with the invitation extended to certain governments of Europe by the government of the United States, in pursuance of the second section of the act of Congress of February 28, 1878, in Paris, in August, 1878, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France.	1
Serial set 1833	Letter from O.C. Marsh, Vice-President and Acting President of the National Academy of Sciences, transmitting in obedience to law the report on the scientific surveys of the territories, made by the National Academy of Sciences. December 2, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, to the resolution of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to admit Hon. David T. Corbin to a seat in the Senate as a Senator from South Carolina... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Beck submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, being Executive Document No. 8, of the present session, in answer to the resolution of the Senate passed December 3, 1878, relative to the amount of silver coin received in payment of Customs dues during the current fiscal year, and the disposition which has been made of it, be referred to the Committee on Finance... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, as the judgment of the Senate, that the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been legally ratified, and are as valid and of the same paramount authority as any other part of the Constitution... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that no bill that shall have passed one House shall be sent to the other for concurrence after twelve o'clock midnight of the first day of March in the present session... Annual report of the Librarian of Congress, for the year 1878. January 9, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 10, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, addressed to the chairman of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, submitting a draught of a bill to facilitate and encourage the payment of delinquent taxes in the District of Columbia. January 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, addressed to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, communicating information in regard to certain defects in the law regulating the rates and methods of assessment of water rents in the District of Columbia. January 15, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States, December 2, 1878. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Plan for the improvement of the sewerage and the sanitary condition of the District of Columbia. Submitted to the Senate Committee of the District of Columbia under the authority of a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States June 13,1878 (Forty-fifth Congress, 2d session). In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be, and is hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of making the trade dollar, authorized by Section 15 of the act of Congress approved February 12, 1873, a legal tender for all debts, public and private, and of providing for its recoinage into the standard dollar of 412 1/2 grains... In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris submitted the following resolution: Whereas the epidemic which has recently prevailed in large districts of several of the states of the Union has been so destructive to human life and the interests and prosperity of the whole country as to make it a subject of gravest public concern... In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Eustis submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that a joint committee, to be composed of five members of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives, be appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives... In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lamar submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that a commission is hereby authorized and constituted, to consist of three Senators to be appointed by the Senate; three members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker; and experts, not exceeding seven in number... Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont relating to the remonetization of silver. December 2, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 3, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be, and is hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of making the trade dollar, authorized by section 15 of the act of Congress approved February 12, 1873, a legal tender for all debts, public and private... Resolutions of the Society of the Army of the Potomac in favor of an appropriation for continuing and completing the history of the battle of Gettysburg, by John B. Bachelder. December 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas agriculture is the foundation of nearly all our wealth, and it is mainly through the exportation of its products that we are paying off our large indebtedness, foreign and domestic, and have the present large balance of trade in our favor... In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blaine submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire and report to the Senate whether at the recent elections the constitutional rights of American citizens were violated in any of the states of the Union... Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitting plans and estimates for relieving defects in the main system of sewerage of Washington City. December 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 31, 1878, a statement of the amount of the capital stock, the amount of the indebtedness, gross and net earnings, operating expenses, &c., of said company. December 16, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Plans for the improvement of the sewerage and the sanitary condition of the District of Columbia. Submitted to the Senate Committee of the District of Columbia under the authority of a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States June 13, 1878 (Forty-fifty Congress, 2d session). December 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the passage of a law providing for the distribution of a portion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the southern states for educational purposes. December 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Interview of the select committees of the Senate of the United States and of the House of Representatives to make provision for taking the tenth census, with Prof. Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census... Memorial of John J. Key and W.G.M. Davis, praying the passage of a law referring their claim for compensation for services rendered the United States as attorneys at law to the Court of Claims for adjudication. December 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Public Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, etc., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. December 19, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from John I. Davenport, clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, transmitting a copy of a presentment made by the grand jurors of said court suggesting certain amendments to the naturalization laws. December 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Plan for the improvement of the sewerage and the sanitary condition of the District of Columbia, submitted to the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, under the authority of a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States June 13, 1878 (Forty-fifth Congress, second session). December 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that, with a view to the peaceful adjustment of all questions relating to suffrage, to the effective enforcement of Constitutional and natural rights, and to the promotion of the best interests of the whole country... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate of the amount of commissions or other compensation paid to bankers, brokers, firms, companies, syndicates, and individuals for services in negotiating the sale of bonds and other obligations of the United States, from the year 1862 until the present time... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolutions: Resolutions intended to be offered as a substitute for the resolutions of the senator from Vermont, Mr. Edmunds... Memorial of citizens of East Washington, praying for an equal distribution of appropriations made for public improvements in the City of Washington, and for the amendment of the laws regulating the assessment of water-rates and the collection of water-rents in the District of Columbia. January 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Petition of Professor Townend Glover, proposing to transfer to the government certain entomological works, with the engraved plates prepared to illustrate the various species of insects of the North American continent. January 21, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of the Territory of Dakota, asking for the passage of the bill providing for an additional associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Dakota. January 21, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Dr. H.A. Hagan, Professor of Harvard University; Professor Smith, of Yale College; P.R. Uhler, President, Maryland Academy of Sciences; J.L. Le Conte, Charles A. Blake, and other entomologists in the United States, in favor of the purchase by the government of the engraved plates prepared by Professor Townend Glover, illustrating the insects of the North American continent. January 21, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Sam C. Reid, in behalf of the heirs of the claimants of the late United States private-armed brig General Armstrong, praying compensation for the destruction of said brig by the British fleet, at Fayal, during the War of 1812. December 3, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. December 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 17, 1879, information concerning the water supply to residents of Capitol Hill, and other elevated portions of the City of Washington. January 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Statement in relation to the present and proposed organization of the Army. January 22, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from Thomas Lincoln Casey, lieutenant-colonel of engineers, in charge of the Washington Aqueduct, to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, submitting his views in relation to the water-supply to residents of Capitol Hill and other elevated portions of Washington City. January 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Merchants' National Bank of Savannah, Ga., praying the passage of the Bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Robert Erwin." January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Elizabeth Cady Station, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Susan B. Anthony, officers of the National Woman Suffrage Association, asking for the passage of Senate Resolution No. 12 (second session Forty-fifth Congress), providing for an amendment to the Constitution protecting the rights of women citizens, and also asking that the House Judiciary Committee be relieved from the further consideration of a similar resolution. January 24, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Petition of B.F. Overton, delegate from the Chickasaw Nation of Indians, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to issue a United States Indian trust fund registered bond, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, and to fund the present Indian trust fund stocks and bonds at their face value; and that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to invest all money now held, or that may come into his possession on account of redemption of bonds or stocks belonging to the trust funds of Indian nations, in like bonds of the United States. January 27, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Astoria, Oregon, Chamber of Commerce, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Quartermaster-General, U.S.A., to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, in relation to the defects in the water-supply to residents of East Washington, and other elevated portions of the City of Washington. January 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Capitol Hill and East Washington Improvement Association, in relation to the site for the Congressional Library. January 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Testimony of James E. Anderson, before a committee of the House of Representatives, communicated by the House to the Senate, in response to its resolution of December 10, 1878. January 28, 1879. -- Referred to the select committee to inquire into certain matters touching the late presidential election in Louisiana, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the "Old Settler," or "Western" Cherokee Indians, praying for a settlement and payment of the balance claimed to be due them from the United States under the treaties of 1835-'36 and 1846. January 29, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Memorial of I.L. Garvin, principal chief of Choctaw Nation, remonstrating against the establishment of territorial governments in the Indian nations, Indian Territory. January 29, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the board of directors of the Merchants Exchange of Saint Louis, Missouri, of January 28, 1879, in favor of granting aid in the construction of a railroad from San Antonio, Tex., to the Rio Grande, at or near Laredo, Mexico. February 3, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, inclosing a draft of a bill for the improvement of the general water supply and the increase of the revenues of the Water Department of the District of Columbia. February 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, submitting his views in regard to Senate Bill No. 1684, to regulate promotions in the Navy, and for other purposes. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, recommending the appropriation of an amount to be paid to the widow of Bayard Taylor, late United States minister to Berlin, equal to one year's salary at the rate allowed by law to the mission her husband held. February 5, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from M.C. Meigs, Quartermaster General U.S. Army, to Hon. E.H. Rollins, United States Senate, in relation to appropriations to secure the proper water supply to residents on Capitol Hill and other elevated portions of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. February 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from J.T. Gause, Vice-President of the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Del., to Hon. T.F. Bayard, United States Senate, in relation to the unfinished double-turreted monitor Amphitrite and others, and suggesting that action be taken looking to their completion or other disposition. February 10, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to transmit to the Senate, as early as is practicable, such information as may be in the possession of the Treasury Department, or that may be obtained from collectors of Customs and through any other agencies of the Department, showing the relative quantities and natures of the various kinds of fermented and alcoholic liquors imported into the United States from foreign countries... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of State be directed to transmit to the Senate, as early as is practicable, any information in the possession of the State Department, or that may be obtained through the consular service, relating to the methods of production and preparation, and the nature of the various kinds of fermented and alcoholic liquors imported into the United States from foreign ports at which are stationed officers of the consular service of the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conkling submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Bill (S. 1591) to provide additional accommodations for the Library of Congress be recommitted to the Committee on the Library on the part of the Senate, with instructions to report a bill providing for a commission of skilled persons to examine and report to Congress at the next session touching the different sites and provisions proposed for the Congressional Library... Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating information in relation to the escape of the Cheyenne Indians from Fort Robinson. February 12, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that a select committee of five Senators be appointed to examine into the circumstances connected with the removal of the Northern Cheyennes from the Sioux reservation to the Indian Territory, their treatment whilst in the territory, their escape therefrom, and all the circumstances connected therewith... Petition of the Boston Board of Trade, praying for the establishment of a signal station on Block Island. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the American Colonization Society, praying an appropriation for the purpose of making explorations and surveys on the western coast of Africa, and from Liberia into the interior of that continent, with a view to building up American trade and commerce therewith. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, (to Hon. W.H. Calkins, House of Representatives), transmitting a copy of a report of Maj. J.A. Smith, Corps of Engineers, in relation to the amount of appropriation necessary to complete the breakwater and piers at the harbor of Michigan City, Ind. February 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of Aransas Bar. February 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the State Grange of Texas, praying that all treaty stipulations between the United States and the Indians in the Indian Territory may be strictly adhered to and observed in every particular. February 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture to the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, communicating information on the subject of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle. February 15, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of Baltimore, and merchants, ship owners, and others, remonstrating against the passage of a law granting a subsidy in aid of certain steamship lines plying or to ply between the ports of New York and New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro. February 12, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 17, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nation of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of Senate Bill No. 1802 to establish a United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. February 19, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, communicating a supplemental statement concerning the disposition to be made of the four unfinished double-turreted monitors Puritan, Amphitrite, Terror, and Monadnock. February 19, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia, transmitting plans and estimates for an additional supply of water for Washington and Georgetown. February 26, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, communicating information in relation to the number of buildings in the District of Columbia rented by the various departments of the government and the amount of rent paid therefor. February 26, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the select committee appointed under the resolutions adopted on the 17th of December, 1878, to inquire into certain alleged violations of the constitutional rights of American citizens in recent elections in any of the states of the Union, be continued, with power to report at the next session of the Senate... Resolution in the nature of a memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, praying for legislation for the removal of a certain portion of the Sioux tribe of Indians from certain lands in Knox County, in that state, and that the title to said lands may be restored to that county. February 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the termination of Articles XVIII and XXI of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of May 8, 1871, relating to fisheries. February 28, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Forty-fifth Congress. March 3, 1879. Annual report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1877, to June 30, 1878; and also a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States, December 2, 1878. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of judgments rendered by said Court for the year ending December 2, 1878. December 2, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	76
Serial set 1834	United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part VI. Report of the Commissioner for 1878. A. -- Inquiry into the decrease of food fishes. B. -- The propagation of food fishes in the waters of the United States.	1
Serial set 1835	Testimony taken by the joint committee appointed to take into consideration the expediency of transferring the Indian bureau to the War Department. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1878.	2