SAME DAY-Pages 574, 575.

The question recurring on the engrossment of the said bill, (II. R. 4745,)

Mr. Niblack made the point of order that the bill created a new office, and must be first discussed in Committee of the Whole.

The Speaker overruled the said point of order.

From this decision of the Chair Mr. Eldridge appealed.
Pending which,

Mr. Conger moved that the appeal be laid on the table;
And the question being put,

Yeas

It was decided in the affirmative, Nays...

So the appeal was laid on the table.

162

65

INDEX.

A.

Abandoned property, amendatory of an act to provide for the collection of captured and...

See H. R. 4086, 4378.

Page.

89, 196

105

105

479

105

105

167

105

105

105

105

105

496

105

105

141

105

105

105

105

141

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

167

83

Accounts, providing for the publication of the, of the Treasury

See H. R. 4046.

See II. R. 4865.

643

to still further continue the act for the settlement of the, of officers of the Army
and Navy
Adjournment, for the day, 27, 35, 42, 49, 68, 75, 79, 82, 84, 99, 106, 114, 124, 132, 141, 150, 159, 168, 175, 180, 190,
202, 208, 218, 231, 238, 255, 267, 353, 355, 381, 389, 406, 412, 429, 437, 443, 447, 452, 460, 470, 479,484,
494, 501, 506, 519, 529, 576, 579, 601, 614, 628
.52, 53, 84, 187, 232

over one day

for more than three days.
sine die

Adjutant-General's Department, to reduce and fix the

See H. R. 3912.

70,97
686

..45, 102, 127, 432, 469, 486, 603, 625, 629, 648
letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of
the freedmen's branch of the Adjutant-General's Office

Admiralty. (See Board of Admiralty.)
Agents or attorneys, to regulate the appearance and compensation of, prosecuting claims
against Executive Departments of the Government

See H. R. 4374, 4849.

Agricultural colleges, call upon the Attorney-General for information relative to the means
of enforcement of the agricultural-college act against States failing
to comply with their contracts made under said act.

answer to the above call

114

195, 582, 639

232

522

to grant to the State of Ohio, for the use of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, the unsold lands in that State
See H. R. 4600.

416

to amend the acts in relation to, so as to extend the time by which the
State of Florida may comply with the requirements of the same....
See H. R. 4735.

Agricultural reports, directing the distribution of the, printed in pursuance of the act of

475

June 23, 1874.

46

proposing to print 230,000 copies of the, for each of the years 1872 and

1873..

46

relating to the appropriation by act of June 23, 1874, for the folding of
the

101

See H. Res. 133.

Agricultural reports, authorizing the, and other public documents to be sent free through
the mails.

Agriculture, report of the Committee on, upon that portion of the President's message re-
lating to...

relative to postage on monthly newspapers relating to agricultural subjects and
implements

See H. Res. 155.

Alabama, members from the State of, appear, viz: James T. Rapier, Charles Pelham,
Charles Hays, John H. Caldwell, Joseph H. Sloss, Alexander White, Christo-
pher C. Sheats.

to regulate elections in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, Florida, and..

Page.

398

443

442

5

33

See H. R. 3881.

35

to place the State of, and other States therein named on the same footing in
regard to the public lands within their limits as other States....

50

See H. R. 3605.

member from the State of, appears, viz: Frederick G. Bromberg.

to relieve P. U. Murphy and John A. Brown, of, of their political disabilities .. 53, 670, 680
See H. R. 3918.

in relation to the transfer of causes in the United States courts of.

See H. R. 3962.

calling upon the Secretary of War for a detailed statement of the number of
United States troops stationed in the State of, on November 3, 1874, &c..
calling upon the Secretary of War for certain information relating to the issue
of Army rations and clothing to the sufferers from the overflow of certain

rivers in the State of.

for the appointment of a select committee on the condition of affairs in the

State of.

the President transmits memorial of colored citizens of the State of.

to grant certain lands to the State of, in trust for the Lawrence County Nar-
row-Gauge Railroad Company.

See H. R. 2732.

Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in, appointed.

Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in, authorized to have a deputy
sergeant-at-arms, to draw from the Clerk of the House $2,500 out of the con-
tingent fund, &c

report of the Committee on the Judiciary in the case of Judge Richard Busteed..
for the appointment of a marshal for the district of the State of...

See H. R. 4247.

to establish a judicial circuit composed of the district of, and Georgia and

Florida

See H. R. 4361.

to authorize the Commissioner of the General Land-Office to issue a patent to
certain lands to the Ohio and Alabama Agricultural, Manufacturing and
Mining Company of South Lowell, State of.

See H. R. 4363.

providing for the confirmation of title to certain lands in the State of.

See H. R. 4364.

to vest the title to common public squares and streets in Tuscumbia in the cor-
porate authorities of said city..

See H. R. 4483.

call upon the Secretary of War for report of survey of the Black Warrior River...
in relation to the transfer of causes in the United States circuit court of......
See H. R. 4568.

to apportion Representatives in Congress for the State of.

See H. R. 4593.

.....

report of the Select Committee on the Condition of Political Affairs in
views of the minority of said committee..
Alaska, call upon the Secretary of the Treasury for copy of the report of Henry W. Elliott
on the condition of affairs in

authorizing a commission on fur-scal catching in
See H. R. 4558.

Aliens, to provide for the adjudication of the claims of

American iron and steel, making an appropriation for tests of, and other metals..

See H. R. 4433.

Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, giving the approval and sanction of Congress to the

for the current and contingent expenses, and for fulfilling treaty stipula
tions with various Indian tribes....26, 175, 179, 208, 211, 215, 221, 235, 433, 516, 529, 590,

Appropriations, for the consular and diplomatic service..

See H. R. 3911.

Page.

.45, 159, 219, 405, 428, 482, 499

providing that when the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation
bill shall be under consideration in Committee of the Whole, propositions
may be submitted for changing the mode of making, to the Military
Asylum for disabled volunteers

64

for the payment of claims reported allowed by the Commissioners of
Claims....
.121, 460, 471, 517, 661, 664, 673, 681

See H. R. 4156, 4692.

See II. R. 4441.

for the support of the Military Academy.

.200, 456, 516, 607, 627, 648

for the service of the Post-Office Department......255, 398, 441, 445, 523, 529, 615, 619, 629,

See H. R. 4529.

635, 649

363

when the bill making appropriations for the support of the Post-Office De-
partment shall be pending in Committee of the Whole, it shall be in order
to consider propositions to change existing laws fixing the salaries of
postmasters, &c
for the sundry civil expenses of the Government......381, 471, 510, 511, 513, 534, 535, 577,
578, 609, 612, 613, 645, 652, 656, 666, 671, 673, 681
See H. R. 4729.
for the payment of claims reported to Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury..

for the repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and har
bors

See H. R. 4740.

...474, 517, 581
.433, 456, 516, 523, 619

..422, 479, 509, 655, 656, 662, 673, 681

659, 661, 667, 674, 682

8

31, 13

to supply deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875......607, 626, 631, 632, 658,

See H. R. 4851.

Arizona, Delegate from the Territory of, appears, viz: Richard C. McCormick.
providing for the erection of a penitentiary in the Territory of..

See H. R. 3848.

letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill (H. R. 2419) to provide for
the construction of a military road in
authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land-Office to grant patent for cer-
tain land in the Territory of...

letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropria-
tion for collecting and subsisting the Apache Indians in..

Arkansas, members from the State of, appear, viz: Asa Hodges, Oliver P. Snyder, Thomas
M. Gunter, and William J. Hynes.

testimony taken by the Select Committee on Affairs in the State of, submitted
and ordered to be printed..

contested-election case of Bell vs. Snyder..

the Court of Claims requested to suspend action in the pending case of the claim-
ants to the Hot Springs tract of land in the State of, during the present session
of Congress....

to place the State of, and other States therein named, on the same footing in re-
gard to the public lands within their limits as other States

See H. R. 3605.

to abolish the western judicial district of

See H. R. 3661.

in reference to the indebtedness of the State of, to the General Government.....
See H. R. 4394.

7

29

35, 107

47

50

166, 424, 624

196

report of the Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the State of..410, 535, 536, 620, 621
report of a minority of the Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the
State of

410, 535, 620
to establish the boundary-line between the State of, and the Indian Territory .446, 497, 669, 678
See S. 679.

resolution reported by Select Committee upon the Condition of Political Affairs in
the State of.

500

letter from the Attorney-General relative to claims arising from expenditures of
the marshal's office of the western district of.

532

contested-election case of Gause vs. Hodges

532

620

proposing to recognize Joseph Brooks as the lawful governor of the State of..
amendatory of the act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of. 640, 671, 674

See S. 1096.

to remove the political disabilities of Robert W. Johnson, of the State of.....670, 672, 677, 679
See S. 1331.
Arms and ordnance stores, to preserve the right of possession by the General Government in
all, issued by it to the States and Territories....
See H. R. 4213.

154

Army, appropriations for the support of the

26, 118, 119, 457, 466, 500, 533, 578, 608, 613, 640, 648, 680
See H. R. 3820.

relating to retired officers of the

Army, to amend the act of June 16, 1874, making appropriations for the support of the

See H. R. 3846.

to authorize the promotion of three assistant surgeons of the..

See H. R. 3858.

to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the.

See H. R. 3899.

authorizing the Secretary of War to

correct an Army officer's record....
See H. R. 3942.

Page.

31,260

32, 427
33

33

40, 147

41, 260

58, 164

59

See H. R. 3876.

See H. R. 3886.

See H. R. 3893.

to correct the date of commission of certain officers of the......

explanatory of the act making appropriations for the support of the, for the fiscal
year ending June 20, 1875

relating to the rank of officers of the

See H. R. 3963.

letter from the Secretary of War, calling attention to the omission in the Army appro
priation bill of the item of ten thousand dollars for torpedo-trials.
repealing so much of the act of June 23, 1874, re-organizing the staff-corps of the, as
applies to contract-surgeons..

for the payment of officers commissioned by governors of the States and afterward
mustered into the service of the United States, &c.

See H. R. 2013.

to provide for the repayment of certain moneys paid to officers mustered out of the,
but subsequently re-appointed by the President...

See S. 5-8.

to extend the observations of the signal-service of the

See H. R. 4307.

to protect widows, orphans, and heirs at law of officers of the.....

See H. R. 4308.

letter from the Secretary of War, relative to repeal of the law which forbids staff-pro-
motions in the.

to further extend the benefits of section four of an act making appropriations for the
support of the, for year 1866..

See H. R. 4397.

to authorize the Secretary of War to pay certain oflicers of the...

See H. R. 4392.

to further regulate enlistments in the Regular.

See H. R. 4495.

to fix the Inspector-General's Department of the

See H. R. 4508.

letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the operations of the, under the command
of Major-General Don Carlos Buell, in Kentucky and Tennessee
regulating the mile ge of officers of the

163

164

164

163

171

196

196

244

245

389

407

to reduce and fix the Adjutant-General's Department of the .....45, 102, 127, 432, 469, 486, 603, 623,

See H. R. 4565.

See H. R. 3912.

to authorize the promulgation of the General Regulations for the Government of the.

See H. R. 844.

letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a petition of officers of the, for a law
allowing to officers on leave of absence in foreign countries full pay for six months.
fixing the number of paymasters in the.

See S. 320.

See H. R. 4865.

to still further continue the act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of offi-
cers of the, and Navy.............

explanatory of the act to fix the number of paymasters in the

See H. Res. 162.

Army clothing, letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the board of
officers appointed to investigate the process of George A. Cowles & Co.,
for the preservation of, from moth and mildew, &c...

6:29, 643

533,578

439

603, 612, 620

643

651, 654, 679

52

letter from the same, in relation to the loss of, by the enlisted men of Com.
pany F, Third Cavalry, during a flood in the Blackwood Valley..
letter from the same, in relation to, distributed to the sufferers from the
overflow of the Lower Mississippi River..

73

75

383

letter from the same, relative to, lost by certain United States soldiers in
efforts to extinguish the fire at Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory
Army Medical Museum, letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to House bill No. 1837,
to provide for printing 1,000 copies of the Descriptive Anatomical
Catalogue of the
Artificial limbs, to regulate the issue of, to persons disabled in the military service.
Assignments of pay, making valid, of oflicers and employés in the civil service of the
United States ...