the act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Judd: The memorial of the National Lincoln Monument Association, of Springfield, Illinois, praying donation of damaged and captured ordnance for the use of the said association.

By Mr. Jones: The petition of George W. Kirk, relative to the soldiers of the 2d North Carolina mounted infantry.

By Mr. Fox: The memorial of George Brainard, a citizen of the State of New York, praying for relief for property used by the government during the war.

Ordered, That the said memorials and petition be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Bingham: The memorial of Mrs. A. L. Henry-heretofore referred January 22, 1864; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Holbrook: The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Idaho, praying for an appropriation for the survey of the public lands; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Haight: The memorial of James C. Williamson, a captain in the navy, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Polsley: The petition of Joseph White, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Holbrook: The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Idaho, relative to the organic act of said Territory; which was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

By Mr. The petition of R. W. Glass, of Virginia, praying: for the removal of disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Paine: The memorial of Peter Stineback, praying for relief. By Mr. James F. Wilson: The petition of E. L. Graham and Robert H. Flavell, praying for relief.

Ordered That the said memorial and petition be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Glossbrenner: The petition of Stark B. Taylor, a citizen of the District of Columbia, praying for relief.

By Mr. James F. Wilson: The petition of the board of supervisors of Lee county, State of Iowa, praying for an amendment of the judiciary

act.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Stewart: The petition of the crew of the ship Nightingaleheretofore referred January 10, 1866; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Mungen: The petition of James Porter and other citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for the extension of mail route No. 9392.

By Mr. Driggs: The petition of W. V. Williams and other citizens of the State of Michgian, praying for the establishment of a post route in said State;

Also, the petition of James Mason and others, of a similar import. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Covode: The petition of A. G. Abell-heretofore referred February 23, 1864.

By Mr. Schenck: The memorial of William A. Wheeler, praying relief for certain losses on contracts with the Navy Department.

By Mr. Bowen: The petition of Hamilton Slawson, praying for relief. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. James F. Wilson: The remonstrance of A. H. Griffin and others, citizens of the State of Iowa, against the passage of a land grant to the Missouri and Iowa State Line Railroad Company.

By Mr. Holbrook: The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Idaho, praying for an appropriation for the survey of the southern boundary line of said Territory.

Ordered, That the said remonstrance and petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Harding: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, relative to the tax on tobacco.

By Mr. Tift: The remonstrance of John Screven against any further increase of duty on imported iron and steel.

Ordered, That the said petition and remonstrance be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Moorhead: The memorial of Mrs. Nancy G. Miller, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Eliot: The petition of John L. Mahew, praying for a pension. By Mr. Garfield: The petition of Mrs. Amanda Barker, praying for a pension;

Also, the petition of Elizabeth A. Spurgeon, praying for a pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Flanders: The memorial of the assembly of Washington Territory, praying for the repeal of an act passed by said assembly; which was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

By Mr. Kelley: The petition of the professor and students of Lincoln University, State of Pennsylvania, praying for an amendment to the Constitution to secure equal rights to all citizens.

By Mr. Shellabarger: The petition of A. C. Todd and others, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, of a similar import.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Moore: Sundry petitions of masters and owners of vessels, of the city and State of New York, with accompanying papers; which were referred to the Committee on Commerce;

Also, the petition of the sugar-refiners of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, praying for a new classification of sugars for tariff purposes; Also, the memorial of the same of a similar import.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Moore: The petition of five thousand masters and owners of vessels in the District of Columbia, praying protection from illegal taxes; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Clift: The petition of John D. Rumple, praying for the removal of disabilities;

Also, the petition of citizens of the State of Georgia, praying for the enforcement of the reconstruction acts.

By Mr. Maynard: The petition of Fayette McMullen, of Virginia, praying for the removal of disabilities.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Dawes: The petition of Hannah Kelley, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Phelps: The petition of the surviving officers and soldiers of the war of 1812, praying for pensions; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Marion: The memorial of John Hegeman, praying compensation for the use of his patent pontoon bridge.

By Mr. Myers: The memorial of the Universal Peace Union in behalf of the Indians.

By Mr. Garfield: The petition of the inmates of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia, praying legislation to prevent officers from taking away the products of the farm attached to the said institution. Ordered, That the said memorials and petition be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Pruyn: The petition of Valentine Polhammer, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Clift: The memorial of Simon Geretman, a citizen of the State of Georgia, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee of Claims;

Also, the petition of the cigar and tobacco dealers of Savannah, Georgia, praying for the repeal of a portion of the act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the call of States and Territories for bills and joint resolutions, the following were severally introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as stated:

By Mr. Perham: A bill (H. R. 1600) granting a pension to Mary R. Brown, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Ela: A bill (H. R. 1601) to provide stationery for Congress and the several departments, and for other purposes, to the Committee on Printing.

By Mr. Stevens: A bill (H. R. 1602) to regulate the rank of the medical staff of the navy, to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Eliot: A bill (H. R. 1603) to regulate and protect the fur-seal trade at the islands of St. Paul and St. George, in the Territory of Alaska, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Robinson: A bill (H. R. 1604) to provide for the improvement of the harbor of New York by removing obstructions therefrom, and to secure the erection of substantial piers and docks thereon, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Churchill: A bill (H. R. 1605) to exempt canal boats from the payment of tonnage duties, to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Laflin: A bill (H. R. 1606) to authorize the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company to land its submarine cable upon the shores of the United States, to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Lincoln: A bill (H. R. 1607) to restore Lieutenant Charles H. Pendleton to his grade in the active service of the navy, to the Committee on Naval Affairs;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1608) amendatory of the act of July 27, 1868, regulating pensions for the widows and minor chidren of deceased soldiers, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Robertson: A bill (H. R. 1609) to incorporate the Washington Market Company, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. Haight: A bill (H. R. 1610) for the relief of Anna E. Petty, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Morrell: A bill (H. R. 1611) to incorporate the Government Anthracite Railroad Company, to the Committee on Roads and Canals. By Mr. Scofield: A bill (H. R. 1612) supplemental to an act entitled “An act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco," and for other purposes, to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Kelley: A bill (H. R. 1613) to authorize gold contracts on the basis of the relative value of gold and United States notes, to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Nicholson: A bill (H. R. 1614) to establish a certain post route in the State of Delaware, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Heaton: A bill (H. R. 1615) to repeal an act entitled "An act to restrict the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the payment of certain demands for quartermasters' and subsistence supplies furnished to the army of the United States," approved July 4, 1864, and to extend the statute of limitations in certain cases, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Deweese: A joint resolution (H. Res. 393) extending jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to loyal citizens of North Carolina, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Corley: A bill (H. R. 1616) for the removal of the political disabilities of certain citizens of South Carolina, to the Committee on Reconstruction;

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 394) in reference to the introduction of disloyal text books into the public schools of the United States, to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. Whittemore: A bill (H. R. 1617) to relieve Samuel T. Atkinson, a citizen of South Carolina, of political or legal disabilities, to the Committee on Reconstruction;

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 395) providing that the land scrip issued to the State of South Carolina may be used for common school purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 395) requesting the Committee on the Public Lands to inquire into the expediency of a repeal of "An act to protect the rights of actual settlers upon the public lands of the United States," to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed;

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 397) relative to persons holding civil offices in the provisional governments of Virginia and Texas, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Clift: A bill (H. R. 1618) appropriating certain moneys for improving navigation of the Savannah river, to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Prince: A bill (H. R. 1619) for the removal of political disabilities from W. C. Dillon, of Georgia, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Norris: A bill (II. R. 1620) making a grant of lands to the Eureka Mining and Transportation Company of Alabama, to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Pierce: A bill (H. R. 1621) to carry into effect the 14th article of the amendments to the Constitution, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Buckley: A bill (H. R. 1622) granting a pension to Cornelius Jackson to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Sypher: A bill (H. R. 1623) for the construction of the Missis sippi and Mexican gulf ship canal, and for other purposes, to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. J. M. Ashley: A bill (H. R. 1624) to preserve the purity of elections in the several Territories of the United States, to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1625) concerning the boundaries of the States of Nevada, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and the Territories of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1626) concerning the boundary of New Mexico, to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Welker: A bill (H. R. 1627) to establish a police court for the District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1628) to provide for the removal of the Center Market in the city of Washington, and for the erection of a market building in a more suitable locality, to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Buckland: A bill (H. R. 1629) to extend post route No. 9147 from Berlinville, Ohio, to Norwalk, Ohio, via East Norwalk, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. R. W. Clarke: A bill (H. R. 1630) granting a pension to Thomas C. Simmons, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Van Trump: A bill (H. R. 1631) to establish a post road from Lancaster, Ohio, to Outville, in Licking county, Ohio, and to discontinue mail route No. 9227 from Lancaster to Hebron, Ohio, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. J. T. Wilson: A bill (H. R. 1632) granting a pension to Joseph W. Hudson, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. S. S. Trimble: A bill (H. R. 1633) to divide the State of Kentucky into two judicial districts, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. McKee: A bill (H. R. 1634) to repeal the usury laws in force in the District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Arnell: A bill (H. R. 1635) to authorize payment for work done upon military fortifications, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Mullens: A joint resolution (H. Res. 398) instructing the Committee of Ways and Means to consider the propriety of appointing commissioners, with rules and regulations to adjust and audit the pay of accounts and claims of the loyal citizens of Tennessee against the government of the United States, to the Committee of Ways and Means; Also, a bill (H. R. 1636) to remove all unconstitutional office holders, and to punish such as violate the same, and for other purposes, to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. R. R. Butler: A bill (H. R. 1637) to amend the revenue laws, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Judiciary;

Also, a bill (R. R. 1638) for the relief of Lucy A. Miller, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1639) for the relief of Edward F. Lizemore, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Julian: A bill (H. R. 1640) amendatory of the pre-emption laws, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Judd: A bill (H. R. 1641) to authorize the Secretary of War to place at the disposal of the National Lincoln Monument Association at Springfield, Illinois, damaged and captured ordnance and provide for transportation, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Broomall: A joint resolution (H. Res. 399) to amend the Constitution of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary.