Militia-Continued.

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.................... 1968
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, 2046
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, 8241, 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
preëmption thereto

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
1494
July 1, 1862..
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........ 1652
remarks on the, by-

*******

Mr. Conkling..

Mr. Dawes.......
Mr. Stevens..........

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, 3478
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........ 2003, 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

1719

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
147
reports from.......
a,
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............
bill (H. R. No. 725) to provide for the payment
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

...3115

.3548

bill to legalize the occupation of the public,
lands and to extend the right of preemp-
tion thereto......

3843

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........ 188
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..
.2965
Mr. Stevens
.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

.....

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

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

sota..

.579

Missouri, bill (S. No. 31) to reimburse the
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

Missouri, bill to reimburse, for moneys ex-
pended for the United States in enrolling,
equipping, and provisioning militia forces
to aid in suppressing the rebellion-Con-
tinued.

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Kasson..

.1902, 1903
Mr. Loan........ .1900, 1901, 1902, 1903
Mr. Stevens..
.1900
Mr. Van Horn, of Missouri. ..1903
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois...1901, 1902
Mr. Wentworth...
.1900
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa................... .1902
Mr. Wright........
.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-

Mr. Boutwell......
...............2993
Mr. Farnsworth......
......... 2994
Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts......2993
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania...
.......2994
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa........ .2993
Monroe doctrine, preamble and resolution in
relation to the enforcement of the.........20
joint resolution relating to the...
....240
Monroe, Matilda, bill (H. R. No. 740) for the
relief of.......
.3493, 3644, 3683
Moore, Virginia K. V., bill (H. R. No. 267)
granting a pension to.......773, 1949, 1970
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Farquhar
Mr. Hill......

................

773
..............773, 774
Mr. Lawrence, of Pennsylvania......773
Mr. Perham....

...774
Mr. Sloan...
....773
Mr. Taylor
773, 774
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............
.....106
.1613
remarks on the loan bill......
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Scofield.....
remarks on reconstruction

............ .......................................... 1941
.2256,
2257, 2258, 2259, 2260
remarks on the Cleveland and Mahoning
.2923
railroad bill..........
remarks on protecting American lumbermen
in Maine.......

remarks on the tariff bill..

nue..........

...................................... 2927
3468,
3470, 8514, 3638
remarks on the bill to protect the reve
4112, 4199
3683
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, 973, 976, 1005, 1006,
1067, 1161, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1220, 1241,
1242, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1249, 1250, 1251,
1259, 1290, 1297, 1267 1299, 1800, 1801,

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, 1532, 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,
2730, 2781, 2732, 2733, 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,
8604, 3605, 3626, 3627, 3629, 3630, 3631,
3632, 3637, 3638, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643,
8644, 3655, 3656, 3658, 3659, 3660, 3661,
3662, 3663, 3681, 3684, 3685, 3687, 3688,
3689, 3690, 3691, 3692, 3694, 3695, 3711,
8714, 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, 1383, 1837, 1343, 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........
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Scofield......
.1940
remarks on the tax bill..
..2434,

.1796

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

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

remarks on the St. Paul and Lake Superior
.3464
railroad bill.......
.3465,

remarks on the tariff bill..

3466, 3467, 3468, 3472, 3494, 3496,
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.......
919
Morris, Butler, bill for the relief of... ..2928
Morris, Daniel, a Representative from New
York, 689, 748, 949, 1036, 1068, 1162, 1200,

nue..

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........
.3907, 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-

........

......................

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,
3595, 3596, 3644, 3660
N.

Nash, Betsy, bill for the relief of the legal rep-
resentatives 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

the.........

.233

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

752
.722, 723
.327, 328, 725
..721, 724, 751

for the, service for the year ending 30th
June, 1867.........170, 325, 720, 750, 775,
1550, 1577, 1797, 1856, 1948, 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......
.725, 726, 751
Mr. Kasson...326, 327, 721, 722, 723, 725
Mr. Kelley......
751
Mr. Marston........................................................................
326, 327
Mr. Patterson...
.327, 723
Mr. Pike..
....327, 721, 723, 753
Mr. Raymond....
829
Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts.. ..328,
721, 722, 752, 753, 777

.723
721
.724

751
.329
.826
.325, 724
.751

purposes..

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois... ..325,
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

Mr. Rogers....
Mr. Rollins
Mr. Spalding.
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Thayer

...

752
....723, 724

Naval-Continued.

bill (S. No. 54) to amend an act to incorpo-
rate a national Military and, Asylum for
the relief of the totally disabled officers
and men of the volunteer forces of the
United States.......
......581,
978, 1865, 1366, 1502, 1526
bill (H. R. No. 452) to authorize the Sec-
retary of the Navy to accept League
Island, in the river Delaware, for, pur-
poses......... .1745, 2980, 2994, 3012
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Brandegee.....

Mr. Kelley.....

..2996, 2997,
2998, 2999, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3006
Mr. Eldridge.... .3000, 3001, 3002
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
Mr. Thayer........
.3015, 3016, 3017
yeas and nays on the..
.....3024
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,

Mr. Spalding

war........................................

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...........

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

.3112, 3113
...3113
.21
15, 82,

.....

136, 137, 687, 923, 1068, 1602, 1855, 8238
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

129

*********

.4148

bill (H. R. No. 92) to ascertain the practi-
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
other purposes
3142, 3149, 3207, 3269, 3325, 3401
..... 1994, 2287,
.......... 2292

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Donnelly..
Mr. Eliot......

.2287,
2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292,
bill to authorize the construction of a ship-
channel across the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river
bill to improve the, of the Illinois river...2579
.2398
39TH CONG.-1ST SESS.

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
bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers and
sailors who served the United States dur-
ing the late rebellion...
.1547
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
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...
.3175,
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

Navy, the Secretary of the, communications
from.....
.... 1147,
1190, 1652, 1972, 2545, 2688, 3465
Nebraska, bill (S. No. 447) for the admission
calls upon, for information.....435, 978, 1067
of the State of........
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Kelley....

....4264, 4275, 4280

.....4275
....4275
.4275, 4276

..20

Mr. Rice, of Maine........
yeas and nays on the........
Negro suffrage, resolution that the House of
Representatives will not exclude the mem-
bers of Congress elected in any of the
States recently in rebellion because the
negroes were excluded from voting at the
election of said members.....
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...
...4156, 4193
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Banks...
Mr. Conkling..
Mr. Orth......

.4194, 4195, 4197

.4196
.4196
Mr. Paine..............................................................
.4196, 4197
Mr. Raymond.
.4195
yeas and nays on the..
.......4197
Nevada, bill (S. No. 155) concerning the bound-
aries of the State of..
....645,
1401, 1535, 2868, 2377

remarks on the, by-

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

2369, 2370
Mr. Grinnell..
.2370
Mr. Hooper, of Utah.............
......2369
Mr. Kasson....
..2368, 2369
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.

Niagara-see Canal.

.1968

......

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
bill to provide for the transportation of ves-
sels around the falls of..........
Niblack, William E., a Representative from
Indiana......
.........6,
7, 15, 18, 20, 49, 86, 116, 122, 130, 137,
255, 310, 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, 1303, 1308, 1719,
1728, 1772, 1819, 1860, 1919, 1952, 1969,
1979, 2007, 2041, 2130, 2148, 2215, 2235,
2286, 2317, 2330, 2353, 2465, 2604, 2653,
2656, 2657, 2724, 2864, 2877, 2878, 2908,
2946, 2979, 8043, 3055, 3084, 3113, 3150,
3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 8215, 3216, 3217,
3248, 8249, 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

LXXXII

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
510, 511
States......
remarks on the bill for the relief of Abelard
749
Guthrie...
....1158

remarks on the civil rights bill...
remarks on the civil rights bill and the laws
of Indiana in regard to colored persons,

4287

3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to re-
.3273
organize the Army........
remarks on the assault case of Rousseau and
Grinnell.........
.3853, 4012
remarks on the death of Senator Lane, of
.3915
Kansas.....
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
.546
resolutions by..
remarks on basis of representation, 434, 435
2079,
remarks on reconstruction........
2080, 2081, 2082, 3248, 3249
...2786
remarks on the tax bill.....
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
..2377,
of, to the Court of Claims...
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...
Noyes, Nathan, bill for the relief of........2235

2945

0.
Oath of office, bill (H. R. No. 239) to prescribe
the
..349, 886
bill to prescribe an, for public officers and
members of the bar, and for other pur-
.......645
poses......
Ober, Nanson & Co., bill for the relief of...3374
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Price

.3375
Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts...3374
Office, bill to defiue more particularly the ten-
ure of civil.....
..... 1005
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
.3196, 3401
property,......
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, 2347, 2368, 2688, 2782, 2811, 2812,
2813, 2814, 2828, 2830, 2832, 2836, 2843,
2845, 2846, 2863, 2887, 2903, 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

..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'.
.2578, 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
..........2966
said fair is being held.....
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, 8905, 3981, 3982,
3983, 3984, 4022, 4161, 4181, 4196, 4286
petition of W. D. Washburn, of Indiana,
presented by..........
15,
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
....3982,
adjournment of Congress........
3983, 3984
remarks on the bill to preserve the neutral
relations of the United States..... .4196
Osborn, Nehemiah, bill for the relief of...8102
Osterhaus, Major General, reception of, in
the Hall of Representatives................... ..775

Packard, Henry, joint resolution authorizing
the settlement of the accounts of, deceased,
late assistant paymaster of the United
2652
States Navy.
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, 3168, 3272, 3273, 3275, 3326, 3330,
3331, 3332, 3378, 3400, 3406, 3444, 3540,
3578, 3585, 3682, 3687, 3692, 3725, 3741,
3742, 3743, 3744, 3747, 3748, 3749, 3767,
3771, 3772, 3781, 3782, 3793, 3802, 3949,
4109, 4151, 4152, 4159, 4196, 4197, 4282
resolutions by.........34, 61, 1810, 1869, 3682
.562,
remarks on reconstruction...
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
...1687,
system of bankruptcy.......
1688, 1689, 1690, 1691
remarks on the New York contested-election
.1793, 1794, 1795
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor.
1948,
ganize the Army..
1950, 1951, 1972, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2029,
2030, 2044, 2045, 2125, 3330, 3331,
remarks on the tax bill....

case...

3332
2478,

currency

2751, 2784, 2812, 2814, 2816, 2841, 2846
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army..........2909, 2931, 2932, 2933, 2934
.3687
remarks on the tariff bill................
remarks on Pennsylvania contested-election
case, (Fuller vs. Dawson)-see Appendix.
remarks on the bill relating to the national
....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
of.......
.4094, 4201
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-
.2497,
Seventh Congress relating to....
2634, 2734, 2838, 2859
Patentees, bill to amend an act in regard to
...1333
inventors, &c....
Patent examiners, bill (S. No. 350) to authorize
those
the Commissioner of Patents to
pay
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..

.........

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
.3399,
discharged from subjects.....

3416, 3449, 4051

..3163
.3163
..3164

yeas and nays on the......

Patent Office, bill (H. R. No. 342) in amend-
ment of an act to promote the progress of
the useful arts, and the acts in amendment
of and in addition thereto.......... ....1125,
2341, 3375, 3404, 3465

remarks on the, by-
.2341
Mr. Jenckes.....
bill in addition to an act to promote the use-
ful arts, and the acts in amendment
thereof

......2341

remarks on the, by-

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

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois....

..2342
2341, 2342
.2342

Patents, bill providing for the reissue of cer-
...4307
tain..

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Hubbard, of Connecticut.......4307
Patents, the Commissioner of, communication
from.
.....1096
resolution that there be printed of the annual
report of the, for the year 1865, ten thou-
sand extra copies for the use of, and
five thousand extra copies for the use of
the House; and that orders heretofore
made for the printing of reports from
said, yet unfilled, be made to correspond
in amount with the order hereby made
for the report of 1865................. 1551
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Grinnell

...........1552
Mr. Kelley.
1552
Mr. Laflin........
.1551, 1552
Patents, the Committee on....................... .21
reports from.........
.2341,

2342, 2343, 2623, 2625, 3629, 4307
Patrick, Mary A., bill (H. R. No. 495) for the
relief of.....
....1995, 3644, 3683
Patterson, David T., joint resolution (S. No.
144) in relation to the admission of, to a
seat in the Senate........
....4267

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Conkling....

of........

.4272, 4273
Mr. Maynard..............4267, 4268, 4269
Mr. Shellabarger.
....4269, 4270
Mr. Stokes...... ....4270, 4271, 4272
Mr. Taylor, of Tennessee.
...4270
yeas and nays on the.........
...4273
Patterson, F. A., bill (S. No. 117) for the relief
.898, 899, 1788, 1816
Patterson, James W., a Representative from
New Hampshire......
.18, 201, 202,
327, 584, 723, 1005, 1272, 1867,
1917, 2023, 2692, 2693, 2694, 2695,
2696, 2697, 2698, 2699, 2772, 2944,
3585, 3597, 3598, 3599, 4196, 4197
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia..........
.201, 202

remarks on the naval appropriation bill,

remarks on reconstruction.........

327, 723
2692,
2693, 2694, 2695, 2696, 2697, 2698, 2699
remarks on the tariff bill...
.3597, 3598
remarks on the bill to preserve the neutral
relations of the United States..........4196
Paulding, Hiram, bill (H. R. No. 457) for the
relief of.......
Paulding, Rear Admiral Hiram, joint resolu-
......1746, 1765, 2877
tion (S. No. 53) authorizing, to accept a
decoration from the King of Italy... 1791,
1796, 1866, 1900
Pay, bill (H. R. No. 128) concerning the,
department of the United States Army,
196, 4204
bill (H. R. No. 197) to provide for the bet
ter organization of the, department of
the Navy.......
....507,
1743, 2130, 2148, 2314, 2330, 2386
bill (H. R. No. 411) to secure, under cer-
tain circumstances to Army volunteer
bill (H. R. No. 450) to reduce and establish
1535, 1787
the, of officers and to regulate the, of
soldiers of the Army of the United
States.......
.....1727, 1856,
1894, 2906, 2925, 2928, 2950, 2970
remarks on the, by—

nurses.

"

Mr. Davis........

Mr. Dumont..

Mr. Blaine........2909, 2910, 2978, 2979
.2970, 2971, 2972
.2952, 2953,
2954, 2955, 2956, 2971, 2975, 2976
Mr. Farnsworth........
Mr. Garfield..
..2971, 2977
Mr. Paine, 2909, 2931, 2932, 2933, 2934
.2974||
Mr. Rogers.....
Mr. Rousseau
..2972, 2973
Mr. Schenck.....2906, 2907, 2908, 2909,
.2973, 2974
2930, 2974, 2976, 2977, 2978, 2979
Mr. Thayer...
2928, 2929, 2930, 2931, 2974, 2975
.2910, 2911,
Mr. Woodbridge.....
..2950,
2951, 2952, 2974, 2979

yeas and nays on the......

..2979

Pay-Continued.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 130) to carry into
immediate effect the bill to provide for the
better organization of the, department
of the Navy.. ......2330, 2573, 2733
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts. .....2733
Mr. Schenck......
..2732
bill (H. R. No. 156) to amend the ninth sec-
tion of the act to increase the, of soldiers
of the United States, and for other pur-
poses, approved June 20, 1864.........3196
Paymaster General of the Army, resolution

requesting the, to furnish the House with
the names of the paymasters and addi-
tional paymasters against whom stoppages
are now standing and the nature and cause
of the same......
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Delano...

......1913

1914, 1915
Mr. Farnsworth.
1915
Mr. Garfield...
1914
Mr. Schenck..
.1914, 1915
Mr. Washburn, of Indiana...1914, 1915
Mr. Wentworth
.1914, 1915
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.
Mr. Conkling..
Mr. Darling...
Mr. Davis.....
Mr. Farquhar..
Mr. Hotchkiss.........
Mr. Schenck.........

.1896, 1897
1916
1896
.1894, 1895
.... 1916
1895
.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
relief of.....
.2233, 3907, 3933
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

2025

2038

Pension Office, bill (H. R. No. 278) to amend
the several acts relating to the organiza-
tion of the......835, 1810, 1996, 2024, 2038
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Benjamin......
Mr. Conkling...
Mr. Eggleston....
Mr. Farnsworth
Mr. Kasson......
Mr. Perham, 1996, 1997, 2024, 2038, 2039
Mr. Rice, of Maine
..2038
Mr. Ross
..2024
.1997,

.2024

..2025

.2024

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.
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.
...59, 349
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Johnson.....
Mr. Stevens.

.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...

.3493, 3627

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Coffroth

Mr. Hale......
Mr. Perham...

.3628
.3627, 3628
..3627

yeas and nays on the...............3628, 3629
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-
.286
ing.......
bill granting, to soldiers of the war of 1812
with Great Britain.........349, 3354, 3490
remarks on the, by-

.3492.
.3355

to.

Mr. Farquhar
Mr. Hale
Mr. Miller...
.3354, 3355, 3491
Mr. Perham... .3355, 3356, 3490, 3491
.3491
Mr. Spalding..
yeas and nays on the.
.3492
bill (S. No. 69) to provide for the payment
of..........
...........349, 719
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
1494
14, 1862.......
bill to increase the, of certain disabled offi..
...2509
cers of the volunteer service.

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