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Military and postal-Continued.

bill to amend an act to aid in the construc-
tion of a railroad and telegraph line from
the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean and
to secure to the Government the use of
the same for, and other purposes, approved
July 1, 1862..
1494

bill (H. R. No. 414) to secure the speedy
construction of the Northern Pacific rail-
road and telegraph line and to secure to
the Government the use of the same for,
and other purposes....
.1547,

2159, 2182, 2203, 2235, 2264
bill to amend an act granting lands to the
State of Michigan for the construction of
certain wagon roads for, purposes, ap-
proved June 20, 1864....
1587
bill to authorize the building of a, railroad
from Cumberland, on the river Potomac,
in the State of Maryland, to the city of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania........
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conkling.
Mr. Dawes.......

Mr. Stevens......

1652

..1655

1653
1653

Mr. Thomas, F...1652, 1653, 1654, 1655
bill to authorize the construction of national
railroads and to establish the same as,
and commercial roads............. ...1857
bill to promote the construction of a line
of railroads between the city of Washing-
ton and the Northwest for national pur-
poses......
2282
bill (H. R. No. 575) to aid in the construc-
tion of telegraph lines and to secure to
the Government the use of the same for,
and other purposes.............................
.2546, 2679
bill (S. No. 317) to amend an act to aid in
the construction of a railroad and tele-
graph line from the Missouri river to the
Pacific ocean and to secure to the Gov-
ernment the use of the same for, and other
purposes, approved July 1, 1862......2571,

3298, 3306, 3399, 3420, 3473
bill (H. R. No. 537) to authorize the Cleve-
land and Mahoning Railroad Company to
continue and construct the railroad from
Youngstown, Mahoning county, Ohio, to
and into Pennsylvania, and thence by the
most advantageous and practicable route
to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and to estab-
lish the road as a, and commercial rail-
road of the United States........2903, 2922
bill to aid in establishing a line of traction
engines and wagons from the Missouri
river to the Rocky mountains and to
secure to the Government the use of the
same for, and other purposes.......2966
bill granting lands to the State of California
to aid in the construction of a certain wagon
road for, purposes
......3112
bill (S. No. 357) to aid in the construction
of telegraph lines and to secure to the
Government the use of the same for, and
other purposes......3511, 3513, 3744, 3771
Military and postal railroad from Washington to
New York, the select committee on a, 147
reports from........
Militia, bill to educate the.......135, 2076, 2077
.2902, 2903
bill to provide for the payment of the eleventh
Cincinnati regiment of Ohio volunteer, dur-
ing the time they were in the service of
the United States in 1862........
bill (S. No. 259) to authorize the Secretary of
War to settle the claims of Kansas for ser-
vices of the, called out by the Governor of
that State upon the requisition of Major
General Curtis, the commander of the
forces in that State, 1893, 1921, 2201, 3440
bill (H. R. No. 501) to provide for the national
defense by establishing a uniform, and or-
ganizing an active, force throughout the
United States....
bill (H. R. No. 672) for the relief of certain,
.2046, 2077
companies of Michigan.....

1719

........3115

Militia-Continued.

..1968

joint resolution (S. No. 94) providing for the
payment of certain Kentucky............3440
bill providing the means for the payment of
the, of the State of New York for their ser-
vice in the war of 1812......
joint resolution recommending the organiza-
tion and instruction of the, by the several
States and providing for the distribution
of ordnance and ordnance stores......3743
joint resolution (H. R. No. 200) authorizing
the Secretary of War to settle with the
Territory of Colorado for the, of said Ter-
ritory employed in the service of the Uni-
ted States in the years 1864 and 1865...4192,
4264, 4277
Militia, the Committee on...
.21
Instructions to....... ..45, 70, 1893, 2016
reports from.................
..2076, 2077
Miller, George F., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania..... ..9, 23, 115, 135, 136, 137,
349, 350, 435, 644, 687, 835, 1156, 1162,
1189, 1200, 1290, 1342, 1495, 1535, 1661,
1692, 1694, 1897, 2032, 2049, 2076, 2086,
2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2130, 2157, 2353,
2510, 2511, 2546, 2604, 2946, 3241, 3354,
3355, 3356, 3424, 3474, 3491, 3493, 3536,
3539, 3563, 3564, 3569, 3570, 3605, 3628,
3681, 3773, 3774, 3775, 3776, 3777, 3778,
3781, 3842, 3980, 4147, 4148, 4161, 4303
resolutions by......
.115,
136, 350, 435, 687, 1495, 3241, 3681
remarks on reconstruction........
.2086,
2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2510, 2511
remarks on pensions to soldiers of the war
of 1812..
.3354, 3355, 3491
remarks on printing Agricultural Report of
1864.........
.3563, 3564
remarks on the tariff bill...........................3569, 3570
remarks on the Pennsylvania contested-elec-
tion case, (Fuller vs. Dawson).........3773,

3774, 3775, 3776, 3777, 3778
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 83)
declaring Tennessee entitled to represent-
ation in Congress- -see Appendix.
Mineral, bill (S. No. 157) to legalize the occu-
pation of, lands and extend the right of
preemption thereto
....3548
bill to legalize the occupation of the public,
lands and to extend the right of preemp-
tion thereto...
3843

138

Minerals, joint resolution (S. No. 27) for the
exhibition of specimens of gold and silver
and other, the product of the United
States...
........614, 899
bill (H. R. No. 322) to provide for the survey
and sale of the lands of the United States
containing gold, silver, and other valuable,
for the assaying and coining of such, and
for other purposes.......976, 978, 2965
Mines and Mining, the Committee on.....
reports from......
.195, 3141, 3142
discharged from subjects........
.460, 1867
Mining, National Laboratory and, Associa-
tion, bill (H. R. No. 93) to incorporate
the.......
......135, 3142
bill (S. No. 203) to enable the New York
and Montana Iron, and -Manufacturing
Company to purchase a certain amount
of the public lands not now in market,
2324, 2376, 2579, 2600, 2965, 2994
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Holmes.

Mr. Stevens

.2965
2965, 2966
bill (S. No. 178) to incorporate the Metro-
politan, and Manufacturing Company, 3874
Mint, bill (H. R. No. 81) to relocate the branch,
in the State of Oregon........
130, 3142

Miranda, Juan, bill for the relief of the heirs

Mississippi river, bill to improve the naviga-
and legal representatives of.............1054

tion of the, to the cities of St. Anthony
and Minneapolis, in the State of Minne-

sota...

............ 579

bill (H. R. No. 725) to provide for the payment| Missouri, bill (S. No. 31) to reimburse the

of the sixth, eighth, and eleventh regiments
of Ohio volunteer, of Cincinnati, Bard's
company of cavalry, and Paulsen's battery,
during the time they were in the service of
the United States in 1862...3415, 3541, 3562

State of, for moneys expended for the
United States in enrolling, equipping, and
provisioning militia forces to aid in sup-
pressing the rebellion.......

.1209,

1238, 1296, 1333, 1900, 1904, 1921, 1941

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.1903, 1904
bill (S. No. 36) quieting doubts in relation
to the validity of certain locations of lands
in the State of, made by virtue of certifi-
cates issued under the act of Congress of
February 17, 1815..........1450, 1452, 1502
bill to extend the provisions of an act to au-
thorize the employment of volunteers to aid
in enforcing the laws and protecting pub-
lic property to the fifteenth and sixteenth
regiments of, volunteer cavalry......... 1495
Mock, Catharine, widow of William H. Mock,

bill (H. R. No. 219) for the relief of...618,
1949, 2147
Money, public, bill (H. R. No. 621) to secure
and regulate the safe-keeping of, intrusted
to disbursing officers of the United States,
2824, 2993, 3090, 3115, 3240
remarks on the, by-

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Moore & Ladomus, bill for the relief of.....3681
Moorhead, James K., a Representative from
Pennsylvania......
.8, 14,

104, 106, 135, 196, 255, 324, 325, 518,
590, 1006, 1162, 1176, 1259, 1406, 1507,
1535, 1613, 1652, 1704, 1791, 1820, 1855,
1856, 1861, 1905, 1941, 2008, 2078, 2131,
2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2313, 2315,
2316, 2329, 2478, 2519, 2634, 2657, 2658,
2681, 2683, 2727, 2923, 2925, 2927, 2934,
3020, 3055, 3206, 3406, 3468, 3469, 3470,
3500, 3514, 3517, 3519, 3520, 3543, 3544,
3595, 3596, 3638, 3645, 3683, 3688, 3689,
3782, 3815, 3892, 3911, 4093, 4110, 4112,
4182, 4199, 4200, 4249, 4266, 4267, 4283
resolutions by...
.14, 255, 324
remarks on the death of Mr. Kellogg, of New
York........

remarks on the loan bill.......

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personal explanation of...
Morrill, Justin S., a Representative from Ver-
mont.......3, 5, 11, 20, 62, 63, 98, 99, 103,
125, 126, 127, 129, 137, 428, 482, 508,
531, 579, 646, 647, 698, 713, 755, 800,
930, 966, 971, 972, 978, 976, 1005, 1006,
1067, 1161, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1220, 1241,
1242, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1249, 1250, 1251,
1259, 1290, 1297, 1209 1299, 1800, 1301,

Morrill, Justin S., a Representative from Ver-
mont-Continued.

1302, 1303, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335,
1337, 1388, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1844, 1345,
1366, 1399, 1422, 1423, 1427, 1452, 1459,
1460, 1461, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468,
1494, 1495, 1501, 1502, 1582, 1552, 1575,
1576, 1587, 1606, 1608, 1609, 1613, 1614,
1634, 1695, 1705, 1720, 1728, 1746, 1765,
1768, 1796, 1815, 1820, 1855, 1856, 1876,
1940, 2032, 2049, 2079, 2131, 2156, 2158,
2181, 2187, 2200, 2201, 2236, 2247, 2316,
2330, 2353, 2384, 2433, 2434, 2435, 2436,
2437, 2438, 2439, 2442, 2473, 2474, 2475,
2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2515,
2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2546, 2575, 2576,
2577, 2578, 2579, 2598, 2600, 2603, 2604,
2605, 2606, 2607, 2608, 2626, 2627, 2628, ||
2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633, 2634, 2656,
2657, 2658, 2659, 2660, 2661-2663, 2679,
2680, 2681, 2682, 2683, 2684, 2685, 2686,
2687, 2688, 2725, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2729,
2780, 2781, 2732, 2783, 2741, 2744, 2745,
2746, 2747, 2748, 2750, 2751, 2752, 2753,
2754, 2755, 2756, 2757, 2758, 2759, 2780,
2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787, 2788,
2789, 2790, 2791, 2792, 2793, 2809, 2810,
2811, 2812, 2813, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2817,
2824, 2827, 2828, 2829, 2830, 2831, 2832,
2834, 2835, 2836, 2837, 2838, 2839, 2840,
2841, 2843, 2844, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2848,
2849, 2850, 2851, 2859, 2860, 2861, 2862,
2863, 2865, 2949, 3025, 3044, 3164, 3207,
3238, 3239, 3240, 3241, 3325, 3326, 3332,
3397, 3404, 3406, 3420, 3443, 3444, 3445,
3446, 3448, 3449, 3464, 3465, 3466, 3467,
3468, 3469, 3471, 3472, 3473, 3474, 3490,
3494, 3495, 3496, 3497, 3498, 3499, 3500,
3501, 3510, 3513, 3514, 3515, 3518, 3519,
3520, 3539, 3540, 3541, 3542, 3543, 3544,
3545, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3564, 3568, 3570,
3571, 3572, 3573, 3585, 3590, 3595, 3596,
3597, 3598, 3599, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603,
3604, 3605, 3626, 3627, 3629, 3630, 3631,
3632, 3637, 3638, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643,
3644, 3655, 3656, 3658, 8659, 3660, 3661,
3662, 3663, 3681, 3684, 3685, 3687, 3688,
3689, 8690, 3691, 3692, 3694, 3695, 3711,
2714, 3715, 3716, 3722, 3725, 3800, 3874,||
3886, 3910, 3911, 3912, 4020, 4022, 4047,||
4057, 4058, 4093, 4098, 4099, 4109, 4110,
4111, 4112, 4160, 4287, 4307, 4309, 4310
resolutions by......129, 508, 1587, 1705, 3684
remarks on the death of Senator Collamer,
62, 63

remarks on the resolution in relation to the
House reporters.........
......99
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
destitute Indians......
remarks on the deficiency bill. ...........860
remarks on the loan bill........................... .971,

103

972, 973, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1608, 1609
remarks on regulating trade with British North
America........1210, 1211, 1212, 1249, 1250,
1299, 1300, 1301, 1333, 1337, 1843, 1345
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Smith........
1422
remarks on the bill relating to agricultural
colleges........
.1576

remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Pennsylvania for moneys advanced for
war purposes......
1606
remarks on the resolution relating to claim
agents........
..1796

Scofield........

remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
• 1940
.2434,
2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2442, 2473,
2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2479, 2480,
2516, 2575, 2576, 2578, 2605, 2606, 2608,
2628; 2630, 2657, 2658, 2660, 2661, 2663,
2679, 2680, 2681, 2682, 2683, 2685, 2686,
2728, 2731, 2732, 2744, 2747, 2751, 2752,
2754, 2755, 2758, 2759, 2782, 2783, 2784,
2785, 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789, 2790, 2810,
2811, 2813, 2814, 2815, 2817, 2828, 2834,
2843, 2844, 2847, 2849, 2862, 3444, 3445
remarks on the bill to establish branch mints
in Oregon and Idaho......................3164
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Treas-
ury Department......................
......3325

remarks on the tax bill..

Morrill, Justin S., a Representative from Ver-
mont-Continued.

remarks on the St. Paul and Lake Superior
railroad bill........
....3464
remarks on the tariff bill. ................... ..........3465,
3466, 3467, 3468, 3472, 3494, 8496,
3497, 3501, 3518, 3519, 3542, 3543, 3568,
3571, 3595, 3596, 3597, 3598, 3602, 3603,
3630, 3631, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643, 3644,
3656, 3658, 3659, 3662, 3685, 3686, 3687,
3689, 3690, 3692, 3694, 3714, 3715, 3716
remarks on the bill to protect the reve-
..3911, 4111, 4112
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4098
Morris, A., bill to indemnify, for property
destroyed by Indians........
Morris, Butler, bill for the relief of.........2928
Morris, Daniel, a Representative from New
York, 689, 748, 949, 1036, 1068, 1162, 1200,

nue.......

.919

1272, 1303, 1507, 1560, 1587, 1605, 1615,
1798, 1810, 1822, 1823, 1876, 1917, 1926,
2008, 2023, 2024, 2037, 2038, 2049, 2079,
2215, 2430, 2688, 2689, 2690, 2691, 2692,
2851, 2859, 2860, 3207, 3237, 3238, 3681
resolution by..
.3237
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1198
remarks on reconstruction....
..2689,

2690, 2691, 2692||
Morrison, Ambrose, of Nashville, Tennessee,

bill for the relief of.............. 136, 3090
Moulton, Samuel W., a Representative from
Illinois.....15, 70, 172, 199, 422, 631, 632,

633, 635, 919, 1147, 1342, 1390, 1479,
1480, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1868,
1876, 1905, 1918, 1926, 1942, 1979, 2040,
2161, 2934, 2966, 3014, 3025, 3044, 3045,
3046, 3149, 3175, 3351, 3352, 3373, 3414,

3723, 3773, 3850, 3976, 3981, 4015, 4020
resolutions by....15, 70, 422, 1147, 1342, 2966
remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau........631, 632, 633
remarks on reconstruction...1616, 1617, 1618
remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal,

2040, 2041

remarks on the bill to establish a Bureau of
Education.....
.....3044, 3045, 3046
Mulford, Ezekiel P., bill (H. R. No. 254) for
the relief of......
645, 3196
Munn, John, bill for the relief of.. .2282
Murphey, Miss Sue, bill (S. No. 413) for the
relief of........
.8907, 4109

Murray, Cordelia, bill (H. R. No. 216) for the
relief of.........617, 2688, 2733, 2928, 2949
Mutual Protection Homestead Company, bill
(H. R. No. 26) to incorporate the United
States......
..34, 252, 253, 275, 276
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Baker.

Mr. Boutwell..

Mr. Cook....

Mr. Dawes.

Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio....
Mr. Smith.....

...........

Myers, Leonard, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania-Continued.

remarks on the bill for the relief of Jona-
than Ball..............3140, 3199, 3200, 3201
remarks on the increase of pensions.....3279
remarks on the tariff bill....
...3573,
8595, 3596, 3644, 3660

N.

Nash, Betsy, bill for the relief of the legal rep-
Tesentatives of......... 1724, 2688, 2727
National Academy of Science, communication
from Joseph Henry, the vice president of
the........
....1576
National Bureau of Education, bill to estab-
lish a......
.....835
National debt-see Debt.
National Military and Naval Asylum, joint res-
olution granting certain public property to
233

the.........

bill (S. No. 54) to amend an act to incorpo-
rate a, for the relief of the totally disabled
officers and men of the volunteer forces of
the United States......................581, 978
Naturalization, bill to amend the several acts
of Congress relating to, and for other pur-
poses.....
.135
Naval, resolution in relation to a, station on
Lake Erie..........

.... 15

bill to provide for a, depot at Cleveland or
some other point on the southern shore of
Lake Erie........
..........75
bill to prevent courts-martial, military and,
from depriving non-commissioned officers,
privates, petty officers, musicians, seamen,
and marines, having families, of their pay
by way of punishment......
.135

bill (H. R. No. 82) allowing persons having
lost one foot and one hand in the, service
of the United States the same pensions
now allowed to persons having suffered
the same loss in the military service...617
bill (H. R. No. 122) making appropriations

for the, service for the year ending 30th
June, 1867.........170, 325, 720, 750, 775,
1550, 1577, 1797, 1856, 1943, 1945, 1970
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Banks.
Mr. Bergen..
Mr. Blow
Mr. Chanler
Mr. Conkling.
Mr. Darling..
Mr. Davis.

Mr. Grinnell.....

Mr. Humphrey, J...........................................
Mr. Ingersoll.....

.752
.723, 724

.752

....722, 723

...

.327, 328, 725
.721, 724, 751

..723

721

724

.725, 726, 751

.276

Mr. Kasson...326, 327, 721, 722, 723,725

.253,254

Mr. Kelley.....

....751

.254

Mr. Marston....

326, 327

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.327, 723

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...327, 721, 723, 753

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829

.277

Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts...

328,

721, 722, 752, 753, 777

Mr. Rogers......

.751

.829

..326

yeas and nays on the...
Myers, Leonard, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania.. .127, 159, 311, 349, 350,
1099, 1125, 1131, 1346, 1479, 1507, 1554,
1557, 1558, 1559, 1581, 1606, 1619, 1620,
1621, 1622, 1623, 1723, 1874, 1905, 2032,
2079, 2246, 2353, 2367, 2623, 2624, 2625,
2634, 2684, 2685, 2732, 2750, 2758, 2807,
2810, 2811, 2812, 2815, 2880, 2838, 2934,
3006, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3140, 3141,
3198, 3199, 3200, 3201, 3207, 3241, 3297,
3474, 3521, 3573, 3595, 3596, 3644, 3660,
3661, 3663, 3681, 3695, 4019, 4104, 4307,
resolution by..
...350
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Pennsylvania for moneys advanced for
war purposes.................1557, 1558, 1559
remarks on reconstruction.... ....1619,

1620, 1621, 1622, 1623
remarks on the bill for the relief of Delia
A. Jacobs........
.2623, 2624
remarks on the bill for the relief of William
Mann and Jacob Senneff.........2624, 2625
remarks on the tax bill....
.2684,

2685, 2732, 2750, 2810
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 452) to es-
tablish a naval road depot at League Island,
3012, 8013, 3014, 3015

Mr. Rollins

Mr. Spalding..
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Thayer

.325, 724
..........751
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois....... .325,

purposes..

329, 720, 721, 750, 752
yeas and nays on the...........775, 776, 777
bill (H. R. No. 136) to provide for testing
an invention in, warfare...........224, 1604
bill to construct a ship-canal for the passage
of armed and, vessels from the Mississippi
river to Lake Michigan, and for other
..........512, 2315
bill (S. No. 94) to amend an act for the relief
of seamen and others borne upon the books
of vessels wrecked or lost in the, service,
approved July 4, 1864, and for other pur-
poses........
......580, 1743, 1767
joint resolution (S. No. 25) tendering the
thanks of Congress to Vice Admiral David
G. Farragut, and the officers, petty offi-
cers, seamen, and marines under his com-
mand, for their gallantry and good conduct
in action in Mobile bay on the 5th of Au-
gust, 1864......................
..........580

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Mr. Brandegee......

.2996, 2997,
2998, 2999, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3006
Mr. Eldridge...... ....3000, 3001, 3002
Mr. Kelley..
.2995, 2996,

2997, 3001, 3016, 3022, 3023, 3024
Mr. Le Blond..... ......3001, 3006, 3019
Mr. Myers... 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015
Mr. O'Neill.........
.3002,
3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
Mr. Pike............
.3021, 3022
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......3018
Mr. Raymond..........3018, 3019
Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts... .3019,
3020, 3021
.3017, 3018
.3015, 3016, 3017
.....3024

Mr. Spalding

Mr. Thayer...........
yeas and nays on the...
joint resolution authorizing the sale and
transfer of arms, munitions, and vessels-of-
..2180

bill to amend an act to regulate prize pro-
ceedings, &c., approved June 30....1864,
2634

bill to provide for one or more, stations on
the northwestern lakes.......
.2994
bill amendatory of the act of April 17, 1866,
making appropriations for the, service
for the year ending June 30, 1867...3112
remarks on the, by—

Mr. Delano............

Mr. Pike..........

..........3112, 3113

Naval Affairs, the Committee on.......
instructions to....

..3113
....21
136, 137, 687, 923, 1068, 1602, 1855, 8238
15, 82,
reports from......147, 687, 714, 1602, 1604,

1743, 1744, 1764, 1765, 1766, 2314, 2610,
2994, 3054, 3196, 3197, 3205, 4008, 4147
adverse reports from...300, 1764, 3196, 3197
discharged from subjects.......
.1604,
1727, 3196, 4274

Navigation-see Harbors.
bill to improve the, of Rock river and the
upper and lower rapids of the Mississippi

river.....

4148

Navigation-Continued.

resolution requesting the Secretary of the
Navy to appoint a suitable officer to pro-
ceed to Newark, New Jersey, and examine
into the condition of the, of Newark bay
and of the mouths of the Passaic and
Hackensack rivers, and report the result
of such examination........
..4277
Navy, resolution relating to pilots in the, of
the United States.....
resolution requesting the Superintendent of
the United States Coast Survey to furnish

bill (H. R. No. 92) to ascertain the practi-
129
cability of having steamboat, from the
Chesapeake bay, at the mouth of the Sus-
quehanna river, to Lake Ontario, in the
State of New York........135, 2076, 4147
yeas and nays on the........
bill for the protection of the, of the Missis-
sippi river and its navigable tributaries, 135
bill to provide for the improvement of the,
of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio riv-
ers and their navigable tributaries......460
bill (H. R. No. 206) to improve the, of the
Mississippi river to the cities of St. Anthony
and Minneapolis, in the State of Minne-
bill for the improvement of the Mississippi
..579, 3513

sota......

river.......

645

bill for the survey of Rock river with refer-

ence to water communication between the
Mississippi river and the great lakes, 1494
bill (H. R. No. 492) making appropriations
for the repair, preservation, and com-
pletion of certain public works, and for
.1994, 2287,

other purposes
3142, 3149, 3207, 3269, 3325, 3401
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Donnelly...

Mr. Eliot...

.2292
.2287,

bill to authorize the construction of a ship-
2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292,

channel across the mouth of the Missis-

..2893

sippi river
bill to improve the, of the Illinois river...2579

39TH CONG.-1ST SESS.

...... 15

to the House a statement of the advan-
tages that the Patuxent river, in the State
of Maryland, possesses for the establish-
ment of a national, yard............286, 609
bill (H. R. No. 163) to further regulate the
appointment of rear admirals and for the
appointment of certain volunteer officers to
the regular.....
..349, 714, 1743
bill for the establishment of a, yard and
naval depot on the Delaware river, in
Pennsylvania.......

.349

bill to establish a, yard and depot at Grand
Haven, in the State of Michigan..........69
bill (H. R. No. 197) to provide for the better
organization of the pay, department of
the, 507, 1743, 2130, 2148, 2314, 2330, 2386,
bill to establish a, yard and depot at Mound
City, in the State of Illinois......951, 1032
bill allowing compensation to maimed sol-
diers and sailors who are entitled by law
to artificial limbs, in lieu of said artificial
limbs.........
.......1206
bill granting lands to the State of Minne-
sota for the establishment of an asylum
for the relief of disabled soldiers and
sailors......
......... 1387

.1547

bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers and
sailors who served the United States dur-
ing the late rebellion......
joint resolution (S. No. 44) expressive of
the gratitude of the nation to the offi-
cers, soldiers, and seamen of the United
States.....
1577, 2315, 2345
bill to provide for continuing in service the
acting medical officers of the, and to sup-
ply vacancies in the regular list......... 1719
bill (S. No. 174) to establish a hydrographic
office in the, Department..... .....1796,

3196, 3205, 3275
joint resolution authorizing the appointment
of examiners to examine a site for a fresh-
water basin for iron-clad vessels of the
United States....
....... 2038
joint resolution (H. R. No. 130) to carry into
immediate effect the bill to provide for the
better organization of the pay department
of the....
2330, 2573, 2733
bill (H. R. No. 567) to amend an act to
establish the grade of vice admiral in the
United States........2497, 2546, 2573, 2654
joint resolution that an additional Secretary
of the, shall be appointed whose commis-
sion shall expire at the end of six months
from the 1st day of June next...........2571
bill (S. No. 318) to authorize the appoint-

ment of an additional Assistant Secretary
of the...2603, 2634, 2688, 2734, 2741, 2780
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts...........2734
yeas and nays on the...........2741, 2742
bill to punish attorneys and others for with-
holding moneys collected for officers, sol-
diers, and sailors...

..2743

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bill (H. R. No. 667) to prevent officers of
the, from being deprived of their regular
promotion on account of wounds received
in battle..............3090, 4147, 4264, 4277
bill (S. No. 360) to regulate the appointment
of paymasters in the, and explanatory of
an act for the better organization of the pay
department of the...........3166, 3194, 3238
bill (S. No. 269) to define the number and
regulate the appointment of officers in the,
and for other purposes......
.8175,
3203, 4008, 4047, 4054
joint resolution (S. No. 126) to authorize
the use of certain plates of the United
States exploring expedition by the, De-
partment.
....4108, 4156

F

..20

Nelson, William G., joint resolution for the
relief of......
..3195
Nethaway, Jane W., bill (S. No. 115) for the
relief of......
.855, 899, 1810, 1816

Neutrality, bill (H. R. No. 806) effectually to
preserve the neutral relations of the Uni-
ted States......
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Banks..
Mr. Conkling..
Mr. Orth.......

Mr. Paine.........

Mr. Raymond.....

yeas and nays on the.....

.4156, 4193

.4194, 4195, 4197

....4196

.4196

.4196, 4197
.4195

....4197

Nevada, bill (S. No. 155) concerning the bound-

remarks on the, by-

aries of the State of..

......645,
1401, 1535, 2868, 2377

Mr. Ashley, of Nevada...

..2370

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Mr. Ashley, of Ohio...2368, 2369, 2370

Mr. Kasson.....

bill (S. No. 215) concerning certain lands
granted to the State of.....
......645,
2130, 2148, 2341, 3462, 3545
bill concerning public lands in the State
of.........
.645
bill to establish certain post roads in......645
joint resolution (S. No. 84) authorizing the
payment of certain claims against the late
Territory of...
.4108, 4156
Nevins, Albert, bill (H. R. No. 268) for the
relief of.
......774, 898, 1949, 1970
Newell, William A., a Representative from
New Jersey
..10,

435, 446, 580, 644, 645, 866, 867, 868,
869, 870, 871, 971, 1053, 1200, 1913,
2282, 2699, 2700, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704,
2705, 3521, 3681, 3818, 3981, 4048, 4197
resolutions by.......10, 446, 3521, 3681, 4048
remarks on reconstruction....
....866,
867, 868, 869, 870, 871
remarks on the tariff bill..
2699,
2700, 2701, 2702, 2708, 2704, 2705
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill-see Appendix.

New Jersey, joint resolution (H. R. No. 193)
authorizing the transmission through the
mail free of postage of certain certificates
by the adjutant general of the State...4048,
4307, 4308

Niagara-see Canal.

bill to provide for the transportation of ves-
sels around the falls of......... .......... 1968
Niblack, William E., a Representative from
Indiana......
.........6,

7, 15, 18, 20, 49, 86, 116, 122, 180, 137,
255, 810, 324, 351, 456, 467, 468, 482,
510, 511, 616, 748, 749, 811, 859, 947,
948, 1005, 1033, 1056, 1062, 1123, 1130,
1147, 1158, 1161, 1200, 1803, 1308, 1719,
1728, 1772, 1819, 1860, 1919, 1952, 1969,
1979, 2007, 2041, 2130, 2148, 2215, 2235,
2286, 2317, 2380, 2353, 2465, 2604, 2658,
2656, 2657, 2724, 2864, 2877, 2878, 2908,
2946, 2979, 8043, 3055, 3084, 3113, 3150,
3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217,
3248, 3249, 3250, 3273, 3544, 3650, 3801,
3818, 3850, 3853, 3915, 4012, 4113, 4287
resolutions by........7, 15, 49, 116, 351, 2946
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
9) to amend the Constitution...............

..86

Niblack, William E., a Representative from
Indiana-Continued.

remarks on the resolution in relation to dam-
ages by the Army or Navy in the rebel
States......
510, 511
remarks on the bill for the relief of Abelard
Guthrie.....
.749
.1158

4287

remarks on the civil rights bill..
remarks on the civil rights bill and the laws
of Indiana in regard to colored persons,
3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to re-
organize the Army..................
...3273
remarks on the assault case of Rousseau and
Grinnell........
......3853, 4012
remarks on the death of Senator Lane, of
Kansas.....
..3915
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill...........
Nicholson, John A., a Representative from
Delaware..
.434, 435,
546, 715, 811, 1368, 1376, 1634, 1699,
2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2287, 2786, 2857,
2865, 3025, 3326, 3352; 3448, 4190, 4283
resolutions by.....
....546
remarks on basis of representation, 434, 435
remarks on reconstruction......
..2079,
2080, 2081, 2082, 3248, 3249
remarks on the tax bill..
..2786
Nitro-glycerine or glynoin oil, bill (S. No. 313)
regulating the transportation of.......2663,
2926, 3417, 3449, 3473
Nock, Joseph, joint resolution (S. No. 71) re-
ferring the petition and papers in the case
of, to the Court of Claims.... .2377,

2634, 3206, 3275
Noell, Thomas E., a Representative from Mis-
souri.....20, 172, 286, 350, 1560, 1696, 2393
resolutions by..
.20,286, 1696
Norris, Samuel, joint resolution (S. No. 108)
for the relief of..........3250, 3251, 3329
Nott & Company, bill for the relief of......2431
Notter, T. W., bill to change the name of the
steam-tug, of Cleveland, Ohio.......... 2945
Noyes, Nathan, bill for the relief of...
.....2235

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Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts...3374
Office, bill to define more particularly the ten-
ure of civil......................
bill (H. R. No. 544) declaring certain per-
sons ineligible to, under the Government
of the United States, 2287, 2332, 2433, 2599
bill for the regulation of appointments to and
removals from
.3089, 3115
bill to prevent certain persons named therein
from holding, under the Federal Govern-
.135

ment.....

Officers of volunteers, bill (H. R. No. 680) for
the relief of certain, who failed to make
proper returns of stores and other public
property,....
......3196, 3401
Offices, bill regulating the tenure of cer-
tain.
..... 2945
O'Neill, Charles, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania.......
.8, 82, 83,
116, 137, 255, 748, 778, 837, 864, 966,
1005, 1036, 1053, 1068, 1099, 1303, 1401,
1406, 1548, 1549, 1744, 1745, 1752, 1772,
2346, 2847, 2368, 2688, 2782, 2811, 2812,
2813, 2814, 2828, 2830, 2832, 2836, 2843,
2845, 2846, 2863, 2887, 2908, 2923, 2924,
2925, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3089, 3166,
3398, 3414, 3418, 3419, 3426, 3520, 3543,
3572, 3573, 3604, 3605, 3629, 3630, 3635,
3639, 3641, 3642, 3644, 3661, 3797, 3879,
3887, 3892, 3935, 4091, 4100, 4107, 4150,
4181, 4187, 4200, 4250, 4266, 4288, 4308
resolutions by..
.....3414, 4200
remarks on the bill to facilitate communica-
tion among the States...82, 83, 1548, 1549
remarks relative to the courts and post office
of New York city......
.837

O'Neill, Charles, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania-Continued.

remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion.......
.1401
remarks on the bill to create the grade
of brigadier general commandant in the
Marine corps
.........1744, 1775
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army.
.2346, 2347
remarks on the tax bill....
.2832,
2836, 2843, 2845, 2846
remarks on the Cleveland and Mahoning
railroad bill........
.2903, 2923
remarks on a naval depot at League Island,
3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
.3418, 3419
....3520,

remarks on pilots, &c.
remarks on the tariff bill...

3543, 3573, 3629, 3639, 3642
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4100
remarks on the bill authorizing the payment
of the rewards for the capture of Jefferson
Davis and the assassins of President Lin-
coln.........
...............................4187

Ordnance-see Military.
Oregon, a bill granting lands to the State of,
to build a military road......................19
bill to establish a mail route from Auburn
to Clarksville, in........
.19
Orphans' Home, resolution (H. R. No. 18)
that the buildings, sheds, furniture, and
other property now at Camp Kinsman,
near Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, be
donated to the Soldiers', of that State...20,
251, 255, 460
joint resolution donating certain Government
property in Illinois to the Soldiers', of that
State.........

..49

joint resolution (S. No. 88) authorizing the
Secretary of War to grant the use of cer-
tain lumber for a fair of a Soldiers' and
Sailors'.
2573, 2597, 2603
resolution requesting the Secretary of War
to loan to the lady managers of the Sol-
diers' and Sailors' Orphans' fair, now
being held in Washington, such Ameri-
can flags in his possession as may be de-
sired to decorate the building in which the
said fair is being held.....
....2966
bill (H. R. No. 779) to incorporate the Na-
tional Soldiers' and Sailors'.
.2376,
3793, 4017, 4056, 4057, 4102, 4148
joint resolution (H. R. No. 191) relating to
the building occupied for a national fair in
aid of the orphans of the soldiers and
sailors of the United States.....3974, 4047||
joint resolution in relation to the use of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan fair build-
ing in Washington.........4274, 4308, 4309
Orth, Godlove S., a Representative from In-
diana..........9, 15, 45, 70, 136, 137, 171,

173, 183, 235, 380, 411, 482, 811, 863,
864, 886, 898, 921, 978, 1005, 1033, 1176,
1200, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1604, 1705,
1728, 1917, 2161, 2180, 2377, 2442, 2481,
2509, 2634, 2793, 2946, 3201, 3202, 3203,
3404, 3572, 3680, 3851, 3905, 3981, 3982,
8988, 3984, 4022, 4161, 4181, 4196, 4286
petition of W. D. Washburn, of Indiana,
presented by..................
resolutions by...
70, 136, 137, 482, 898, 1033
remarks on the true basis of reconstruc-
tion.............1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307
remarks on reconstruction, 3201, 3202, 3203
remarks on the resolution relating to the
adjournment of Congress........ .3982,
3983, 3984

....9
.15,

remarks on the bill to preserve the neutral ||
relations of the United States..........4196
Osborn, Nehemiah, bill for the relief of...3102
Osterhaus, Major General, reception of, in
the Hall of Representatives...............775

P.

Pacific Railroad, the Committee on the, 21, 2118
instructions to.........
.49, 69, 607
reports from......
.286, 1115,
1602, 1724, 1725, 1772, 1972, 2049, 2157,
2159, 2655, 3267, 3269, 3301, 3414, 3974
discharged from subjects.
.3399,
3416, 3449, 4051

Packard, Henry, joint resolution authorizing
the settlement of the accounts of, deceased,
late assistant paymaster of the United
States Navy....
2652
Paine, Halbert E., a Representative from Wis-
consin......34, 61, 135, 446, 562, 563, 564,

565, 566, 781, 814, 888, 889, 890, 891,
892, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 919, 927,
930, 951, 1006, 1036, 1131, 1162, 1192,
1193, 1194, 1220, 1251, 1333, 1349, 1370,
1400, 1401, 1403, 1405, 1526, 1587, 1603,
1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1721, 1728,
1746, 1772, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1810,
1820, 1862, 1866, 1876, 1905, 1918, 1948,
1950, 1951, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1979, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2023, 2028,
2029, 2039, 2044, 2045, 2049, 2079, 2123,
2124, 2125, 2299, 2384, 2387, 2478, 2480,
2481, 2513, 2514, 2579, 2630, 2634, 2655,
2686, 2743, 2751, 2753, 2754, 2756, 2784,
2812, 2814, 2816, 2841, 2846, 2847, 2859,
2863, 2904, 2909, 2927, 2931, 2932, 2933,
2934, 8168, 3272, 3273, 3275, 3326, 3330,
3331, 3332, 3378, 3400, 3406, 3444, 3540,
8573, 3585, 8682, 3687, 3692, 3725, 3741,
3742, 3743, 3744, 3747, 3748, 3749, 3767,
8771, 3772, 8781, 3782, 3793, 3802, 3949,
4109, 4151, 4152, 4159, 4196, 4197, 4282
resolutions by.........84, 61, 1810, 1869, 3682
remarks on reconstruction....
.562,

563, 564, 565, 566
remarks on the Pennsylvania contested-
election case, (Koontz vs. Coffroth)...890,
891, 892, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy......
....1687,
1688, 1689, 1690, 1691
remarks on the New York contested-election
1798, 1794, 1795
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army...
.1948,

case.........

1950, 1951, 1972, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2029,
2030, 2044, 2045, 2125, 3330, 3331, 3332
remarks on the tax bill...
..2478,

2751, 2784, 2812, 2814, 2816, 2841, 2846
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army.......2909, 2931, 2932, 2933, 2934
remarks on the tariff bill...
.3687
remarks on Pennsylvania contested-election
case, (Fuller vs. Dawson)-see Appendix.
remarks on the bill relating to the national
currency
.........................4151, 4152
remarks on the bill to preserve the neutral
relations of the United States...4196, 4197
Parker, J. Stout, bill (H. R. No. 229) for the
relief of......
.645, 1523

Parkins, Joseph, joint resolution (H. R. No.
163) for the relief of.......... .3195, 3501
Parrott, R. P., bill (S. No. 445) for the relief
.....4094, 4201

of.......

Passengers-see Steamships.
Passports, bill (H. R. No. 568) to repeal section

twenty-three of chapter seventy-nine of
the act of the third session of the Thirty-
Seventh Congress relating to...........2497,
2634, 2734, 2838, 2859
Patentees, bill to amend an act in regard to
inventors, &c.....
...1333
Patent examiners, bill (S. No. 350) to authorize
the Commissioner of Patents to
pay those
employed as examiners and assistant ex-
aminers the salary fixed by law for the
duties performed by them, 3149, 3163, 3177
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Harding, of Illinois..........

Mr. Jenckes...

.3163

3163

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Paymasters, bill concerning the settlement of
accounts of, of the Army......... 1290, 1871
bill for the relief of, of the Army..........919,
1871, 1872, 1894, 1916, 2201, 2202
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Bingham....
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Mr. Farnsworth
Mr. Kasson...

2025

2038

.2024

.2025

2024

Mr. Perham, 1996, 1997, 2024, 2038, 2039
Mr. Rice, of Maine

Mr. Ross.

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois..

..2038

.2024

.1997,

2024, 2025, 2038
yeas and nays on the..........2025, 2026, 2039
Pensions, joint resolution permitting soldiers
to accept office or employment under the
Government and receive their, at the same
time.........

.14
bill declaring certain transfers void, and re-
quiring an oath in pension cases.........
.....34
bill (H. R. No. 36) making appropriations
for the payment of invalid and other, of
the United States, for the year ending
June 30, 1867...

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Johnson.....

Mr. Stevens.

.59, 349

..59

...59

bill (H. R. No. 665) granting, to soldiers and
sailors of the war of 1812 and those
engaged in Indian wars during that pe-
riod....

.1896, 1897

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remarks on the, by-

Mr. Coffroth

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yeas and nays on the..........

.4273

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.3493, 3627

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.1894, 1895
.1916
...1895
Mr. Schenck...... 1895, 1896, 1897
Mr. Washburn, of Indiana........... 1897
bill (S. No. 360) to regulate the appointment
of, in the Navy and explanatory of an act
for the better organization of the, depart-
ment of the Navy.....3166, 3194, 3238
bill concerning the powers and duties of dis-
bursing and accounting officers of the Uni-
ted States.......
.....2865

Peace, bill (S. No. 138) to increase and fix
the military, establishment of the United
States...
......1456,

2683, 4148, 4151, 4158, 4261, 4264, 4281
bill (S. No. 401) to increase and fix the mil-
itary, establishment of the United States,
3723, 4108

Pearce, Liston H., bill (H. R. No. 517) for the

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Pearl, Lieutenant A. H., joint resolution for

the relief of.......
1968, 2233
Pech, Frederick, joint resolution (S. No. 74)
Pearson, H. C., bill for the relief of, 3536, 4193

providing for the acceptance of a collec-
tion of plants tendered to the United
States by..............2203, 2374, 2807, 2824
Pennsylvania, bill (H. R. No. 360) to reim-
burse the State of, for moneys advanced the
Government for war purposes.........1605,
1606, 1874, 1893, 1945
resolution relating to damages by the rebels
in........
.3084, 3539

Pension, bill granting a, to the soldiers and

sailors of the war of 1812 and those en-
gaged in the Indian wars during that
period..........

..3090

joint resolution providing that the, of
widows of revolutionary soldiers whose
names are now on the pension-roll and
who were married to revolutionary soldiers
prior to January 1, 1800, shall be increased
to the same rate that the deceased soldiers
would be entitled to under existing laws
if now living, such increase to be paid
from the 30th of September, 1865.....4200
Pension and Provost Marshal's Bureaus, bill to
provide for the consolidation of........1189
Pension laws, bill (S. No. 116) to extend the
benefit of the, to artificers, 895, 1577, 3353
resolution instructing the Committee on
Invalid Pensions to report a bill extend-
ing the provisions of the, to provost
marshals, deputy provost marshals, and
enrolling officers who have been disabled
while in the line of their duty......2858
yeas and nays on the........
.....................................................2858

Mr. Hale......

Mr. Perham.....

.....3628, 3629

yeas and nays on the.......
bill (S. No. 24) to amend section five of an
act supplementary to an act to grant, ap-
proved July 4, 1864.... ........84, 194, 618
bill to double the, of those who were pen-
sioners by the casualties of the late war,
and to pay the damages done to loyal men
by the rebel government and rebel raiders,
and to enforce the confiscation laws so as
to pay the same out of the confiscated
property of the enemy...................... 100
joint resolution to grant, to relatives of sol-

diers who enlisted for one hundred days
and died in the service............... 115, 324
bill (H. R. No. 82) allowing persons having
lost one foot and one hand in the naval
service of the United States the same, now
allowed to persons having suffered the
same loss in the military service...130, 617
bill to provide that in case of the death of
any soldier, sailor, or marine while in the
service, or his absence for two years with-
out having been seen or heard from, the
heirs be entitled to, and bounty......... 159
bill relating to invalid......
.173

bill amendatory of the general acts regard
ing.......
.....286
bill granting, to soldiers of the war of 1812
with Great Britain.........349, 3354, 3490
remarks on the, by-

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bill supplemental to the several acts relating
....580
bill (H. R. No. 36) making appropriations
for the payment of invalid and other, of the
United States for the year ending the 30th
of June, 1867......
.646, 654, 813
bill supplementary to an act to grant, ap-
... 885
proved July 14, 1862.....
joint resolution relative to, in the civil ser-
..899, 919
vice....
bill (H. R. No. 363) supplementary to the
1241,
several acts relating to...........
1604, 2688, 2733, 2821, 2926, 2949
bill to amend the act to grant, approved July
14, 1862.....
bill to increase the, of certain disabled offi..
........2509
cers of the volunteer service...

.1494

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