70 150, 182, 184 384

1544

1545

1546

1547

1548

1549
1550

1551

1552

1553

1554

1555

1556

1557

1558

A bill for the removal of the disabilities of Thomas
I. Webb, a citizen of South Carolina.
A bill to relieve Varnley A. Gaskill, of Fulton
county, Georgia, from disabilities.

A bill to aid in the construction of the New Or-
leans and Ship Island Canal.

A bill to enforce the laws of the United States in
Georgia.

A bill to establish the rank of pay officers in the

navy.

A bill to regulate the refunding of taxes paid into
the treasury of the United States.

A bill to restrict and regulate the franking privilege.
A bill to provide for an annual inspection into
Indian affairs, and for other purposes.

A bill directing the Secretary of the Interior to
place the name of Edward Kindred on the pen-
sion rolls.

A bill to authorize the District of Columbia, and
the cities therein, to issue coupon bonds and bor-
row money.

A bill to incorporate the Columbia Railway Com-
pany, in the District of Columbia.

A bill prohibiting the carriage, as freight, in pass-
enger vessels, of nitro-glycerine, petroleum, and
other explosive substances.

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act imposing
taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for other
purposes," approved July 20, 1868.

A bill to relieve certain persons of all political dis-
abilities imposed by the XIVth article of the Con-
stitution of the United States.

A bill for the relief of Constance Bateman, Augus-
tus De Caindry, and Julia L. Wamaling.
A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to prescribe
the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of con-
tested elections," approved February 19, 1851.

Bills of the House of Representatives—Continued.

Number.

Title.

1559

1560

1561

1562

1563

1564

1565
1566

1567
1568

1569

1570

A bill giving the consent of the United States to
the erection of a bridge across the Delaware river,
between Philadelphia and Camden.

A bill to relieve from disabilities James T. Ward
and John L. Lewis, citizens of Louisiana.
A bill subjecting compounders of liquors to the same
provisions as rectifiers,and prohibiting compound-
ing establishments within six hundred feet of a dis-
tillery, the same as rectifying establishments.
A bill to more effectually provide relief to claimants
under the late convention between the United
States and the republic of Venezuela.

A bill to incorporate the University for the Blind in
the District of Columbia.

A bill making appropriations for the payment of
invalid and other pensions of the United States
for the year ending June 30, 1870.

A bill granting a pension to Catharine T. Alexander
A bill to establish an additional agency for paying
pensions in the State of Tennessee.

A bill to provide for drawback in certain cases....
A bill giving to the officers in the military and naval
service of the United States, who were commis-
sioned but not mustered, pay according to the
rank of commission.

A bill for the establishment of a pension agency in
the town of Decatur, in the State of Alabama.
A bill making appropriations for the consular and
diplomatic expenses of the government for the
year ending June 30, 1870, and for other purposes.

A bill to extend the laws relating to the registry of
vessels.

81 155

81

81

81

317, 445, 446,

465, 499, 506,

517

1576
1577

1578

1579

A bill granting a pension to Jacob Baughman...
A bill to provide for the establishment of a mail
route from Scottsville to Coltonville, in Alabama.
A bill to secure the use of American iron in the con-
struction of land grant railroads.

A bill for the relief of Captain George E. Grisham,

102

105

106 172

A bill for the relief of Solomon Oliver

A bill to provide for cases of vacancy in the office
of collector of the customs, and for other purposes.
A bill making appropriations for the paval service
for the year ending June 30, 1870.

A bill repealing an act passed by the legislature of
Washington Territory, relating to pilots and pi-
lots' regulations.

A bill to change the time for carrying the mail on
route No. 7177, between Fulton, Mississippi, and
Frankfort, Alabama.

A bill to modify portions of section 20 of the act of
July 20, 1868, entitled an act imposing taxes on dis-
tilled spirits and tobacco, and for other purposes.

113

113

* Laid on the table

111 282
111

282

113 155

113

1603

A bill to regulate the rank of the medical staff of
the navy.

131

131

1604

1605

1606

1607

1608

1609

1610

1611

1612

A bill to regulate and protect the fur seal trade at
the islands of St. Paul and St. George, in the
Territory of Alaska.

A bill to provide for the improvement of the har-
bor of New York by removing obstructions there-
upon, and to secure the erection of substantial
piers and docks therein.

A bill to exempt canal-boats from the payment of
tonnage dues.

A bill to authorize the New York and Newfound-
land and London Telegraph Company to land
its submarine cable upon the shores of the Uni-
ted States.

A bill to restore Lieut. Charles H. Pendleton to his
grade in the active service of the navy.

A bill amendatory of the act of July 27, 1868, regu-
lating pensions for the widows and minor chil-
dren of deceased soldiers.

A bill to incorporate the Washington Market Com-
pany.

A bill for the relief of Anna E. Pitty...
A bill to incorporate the Government Anthracite
Railroad.

A bill supplemental to an act imposing taxes on
distilled spirits and tobacco, and for other pur-
poses, approved July 20, 1868.

1613

1614

A bill to authorize gold contracts on the basis of the
relative value of gold and United States notes.
A bill to establish a certain post route in the State
of Delaware.

132

132

A bill 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 fur-
nished to the army of the United States," ap-
proved July 4, 1864, and to extend the statute
of limitations in certain cases.
A bill for the removal of the political disabilities
of certain citizens of South Carolina.
A bill to relieve Samuel T. Atkinson, a citizen of
South Carolina, of political or legal disabilities.
A bill appropriating certain moneys for improving
navigation of the Savannah river.

132

132

132

Number.

Bills of the House of Representatives—Continued.

Title.

Reported.

Proceedings in House,
and in Committee of

Whole House.

1625

1626
1627

1628

1629

1630
1631

A bill concerning the boundaries of the States of
Nevada, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and the Ter-
ritories of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.
A bill concerning the boundary of New Mexico...
A bill to establish a police court for the District
of Columbia.

A bill to provide for the removal of the Centre Mar-
ket, in the city of Washington, and for the erec-
tion of a market building in a more suitable
locality.

A bill to extend post-route 9,147, from Berlinville,
Ohio, to Norwalk, Ohio, via East Norwalk.
A bill granting a pension to Thomas C. Simmons..
A bill to establish a post-road from Lancaster, Ohio,
to Oatville, in Licking county, Ohio, and to dis-
continue mail route 9,227, from Lancaster to
Hebron, Ohio.

A bill granting a pension to Joseph M. Hudson....
A bill to divide the State of Kentucky into two
judicial districts.

1632
1633

1634

A bill to repeal the usury laws in force in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.

133

1670

1671

1669

1668

Number.

1665
1666
1667

A bill to amend the internal revenue laws...
A bill to repeal an act regulating the tenure of cer-
tain civil offices.

135

135

A bill to secure equal privileges and immunities to
citizens of the United States, and to enforce the
provisions of article fourteen of the amendments
of the Constitution.

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act providing
for a district and circuit court of the United
States for the district of Nevada, and for other
purposes."

A bill to authorize the issue of a national currency,
to assure its stability and elasticity, lessen the
interest on the public debt, and reduce the rate
of interest.

A bill to provide a temporary government for the
Territory of Alaska.

A bill to provide for the election of delegates to the
Congress of the United States from the several
Territories.

A bill making appropriations for the legislative,
executive, and judicial expenses of the govern
ment for the year ending June 30, 1870.

137

1672

Proceedings in House
and in Committee of

Whole House.

Passed H. R.

Passed Senate.