Pensions, Invalid, the Committee on... instructions to....
.21 136, 137, 173, 360, 482, 886, 1033, 1191, 1495, 1587, 1894, 2341, 2394, 2546, 2598, 2857, 2858, 2928, 3044, 3113, 3298 reports from..........617, 618, 772, 773, 774,
1148, 1240, 1400, 1604, 1724, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1941, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2201, 2807, 2821, 2877, 2928, 3043, 3090, 3114, 3197, 3207, 3295, 3352, 3353, 3354, 3493, 4058, 4092, 4198 .194, 286, 300, 324, 617, 771, 772, 774, 1810, 1812, 1994, 3114, 3197, 3206, 3353, 3354, 3493 discharged from subjects... .194,
adverse reports from......
286, 324, 617, 1400, 1401, 1810, 1812, 2744, 3177, 3207, 3352, 8353, 3354, 3493 Pensions, Revolutionary, the Committee on, 21 instructions to.. .646 Perham, James L., bill (H. R. No. 699) for the relief of...... ...3352, 3644, 3683 Perham, Sidney, a Representative from Maine... .194, 286, 518, 617, 774, 1006, 1099, 1147, 1149, 1191, 1240, 1376, 1400, 1436, 1587, 1604, 1634, 1705, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1842, 1905, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2038, 2079, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2161, 2384, .2472, 2579, 2841, 2857, 2858, 2912, 2927, 2928, 3024, 3025, 3097, 3197, 3206, 3207, 3241, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3853, 3354, 3855, 3356, 3861, 3398, 3490, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3537, 3595, 3627, 3629, 3663, 3824, 3851, 3950, 3986, 4059, 4107, 4278, 4282 resolutions by... ......518,
1147, 1191, 2857, 2927, 2928, 3398 remarks on the bill granting a pension to Virginia K. V. Moore.. .774 remarks on the resolution for the relief of Mrs. Martha McCook 1942 remarks on the organization of the Pension Office... 1996, 1997, 2024, 2038, 2039 remarks on reconstruction..... .2082,
2088, 2084, 2085, 2086 remarks on the motion to recommit the peti- tion of Henrietta O. Gardiner to the Com- mittee on Invalid Pensions..............3206 remarks on the bill to increase pensions, 3295, 3296, 3297 remarks on pensions to soldiers of the war of 1812.........3355, 3356, 3490, 3491, 3627 Perry, Lucretia M., widow of the late Nathan-
iel S. Perry, of the United States Navy, joint resolution for the relief of.....49, 147 Personal explanation-
of Mr. Blaine.....
of Mr. Brooks.... of Mr. Conkling. of Mr. Deming. of Mr. Grinnell.. of Mr. Hale..... of Mr. Ingersoll..
..2180 1615 ......579 ..2007, 2008 754, 755, 3096 ..3086 .1894, 2032 .....359, 360 ..3710, 3711 2367 .3683 .1240
of Mr. Lawrence, of Pennsylvania.......2839
of Mr. Washburne, of Illinois... 147, 148, 149 of Mr. Whaley.....
of Mr. Wentworth....... Petroleum, joint resolution to provide for the exemption of crude, from internal tax or duty, and for other purposes....2433, 2471 Pettigru, James L.-see Library. Phelps, Charles E., a Representative from Maryland ....114,
286, 359, 609, 639, 656, 951, 1005, 1246, 1865, 1375, 1500, 1507, 1604, 1652, 1746, 1765, 1820, 2079, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398, 2608, 2859, 2865, 2887, 2946, 3044, 3326, 3541, 3605, 3844, 3892, 4288 resolutions by...114, 286, 1365, 2946 remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau-see Appendix. remarks on regulating trade with "British North America......... remarks on reconstruction...... 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398 remarks on the tariff bill... .3541 remarks on the resolution relating to the pay of John L. Thomas...... .3844 Phelps, Mary, joint resolution (H. R. No. 204) to reimburse....
.4192, 4278 Pickell, Sarah E., bill (H. R. No. 458) grant- ing a pension to.....1810, 1949, 1972, 1994 remarks on the, by-
Mr. Farquhar...
Mr. Hill......
Mr. Morris
Mr. Perham..
.... 1811 .....1810 ****...... 1811 .1810
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois... 1810, 1811 Pierce, William, bill (S. No. 231) for the relief of... .2130, 2148, 3327, 3331 remarks on the, by-
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois...........3327 Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts...3327 Pike, Frederick A., a Representative from Maine......... .......58,
129, 184, 195, 277, 327, 328, 406, 407, 408, 446, 533, 534, 535, 582, 583, 721, 722, 723, 724, 753, 1211, 1212, 1213, -1246, 1299, 1337, 1338, 1349, 1376, 1390, 1433, 1435, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1465, 1603, 1652, 1694, 1695, 1720, 1727, 1728, 1745, 1746, 1862, 1868, 1873, 2292, 2474, 2572, 2632, 2633, 2656, 2781, 2783, 2785, 2839, 2851. 2864, 2927, 2995, 3000, 8021, 3022, 3046, 3047, 3051, 3113, 3177, 3238, 8268, 3270, 3417, 3419, 3420, 3448, 3461, 3465, 3470, 3490, 3501, 3571, 3602, 3604, 3640, 3645, 3656, 3657, 3660, 3662,
3663, 3911, 3912, 3946, 3947, 3948, 4063 resolutions by... 129, 134, 446, 1720, 3465 remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 327, 721, 723, 753 remarks on basis of representation, 407, 408 remarks on the bill to regulate the registry of vessels....................... ..533, 534, 582, 583 remarks on regulating trade with British North America.... 1211, 1212, 1246, 1299, 1337 remarks on the loan bill... .1452, 1453, 1454, 1455 remarks on the bill to create the grade of brigadier general commandant in the Marine corps... .1745 remarks on the resolution relating to the protection of American fishermen......1868 remarks on the tax bill...
.2474, 2632, 2781, 2783, 2785 remarks on protecting American lumbermen in Maine...... .2927 remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 452) to es- tablish a naval depot at League Island, 3021, 3022 remarks on the bill to establish a Bureau of Education...... ....3046, 3047 remarks on the bill amendatory of the naval appropriation bill..
of Mr. Rogers.. of Mr. Rousseau. of Mr. Schenck. of Mr. Scofield... of Mr. Shanklin
3602, 3645, 3656, 3657, 3662, 3663 remarks on resolutions relating to the charges against Roscoe Conkling.........3946, 3947
Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts...3328 Plants, Tobias A., a Representative from Ohio....... ...716, 895, 912, 946, 1006, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1849, 1728, 1822, 1862, 1968, 2247, 2675, 2676, 2684, 2685, 2815, 2994, 3986 remarks on reconstruction.... 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015 remarks on the reform school for boys in the District of Columbia...............2675, 2676 remarks on the tax bill. ...2685 Polygamists, bill to prohibit the payment of money to, in the employ of the Govern- ment of the United States........ Pomeroy, Theodore M., a Representative from New York....... ....518, 758, 759, 847, 848, 1862, 3725 remarks on the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy......758, 847, 848 Pool, James, bill (S. No. 31) for the relief .......85, 41, 4062, 4093
bill declaring St. Joseph, in the State of Mis- souri, a, of delivery. bill (H. R. No. 611) to provide for making the town of Whitehall, New York, a, of delivery .2726, 3418, 3742, 3793 bill (H. R. No. 729) to change the, of entry in Puget sound........919, 3418, 4094, 4102 bill (H. R. No. 795) to authorize the entry and clearance of vessels at the, of Calais, Maine..... .4091, 4249 Portland, Maine, joint resolution (S. No. 129) to authorize the President to place at the disposal of the authorities of, tents, camp and hospital furniture, and clothing for the use of families rendered houseless by the late fire.. ..........3773, 3778 bill (S. No. 428) for the relief of the suffer- ers by the late fire in..............3948, 4110 joint resolution (S. No. 131) for the tempo- rary relief of the sufferers by the late fire in. .4108, 4200, 4249, 4252 bill (H. R. No. 814) for the relief of the sufferers at.......
......4253, 4262, 4263 Ports of delivery., bill (H. R. No. 609) to consti- tute Omaha and Nebraska City, in the Ter ritory of Nebraska......... .2723, 3418, 4094, 4107 Postage, bill (S. No. 71) to authorize the Post- master General to deposit, stamps and stamped envelopes for sale........614, 1577 bill (H. R. No. 299) relative to the sale of, stamps and stamped envelopes on credit... ....837, 853, 854, 1703
Postal laws, bill to amend the, regulating the ..324 compensation of postmasters..... bill (H. R. No. 281) to alter and amend the...... ....855, 1614, 1652, 1656, 2780, 2927, 3043, 3053, 3144 remarks on the, by— .1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661 Mr. Baldwin.. .1659 .1656 .1659 .1661 Mr. Kasson, 1656, 1657, 1659, 1660, 1661 .1657, 1659 ............1659 ..1660
Mr. Strouse.
Mr. Thayer........
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois...1657, 1658 Mr. Wilson, of Iowa........... 1657, 1658 Postal service, bill (H. R. No. 815) supplement- ary to the act to appropriate money for the ..4262, 4283 Postmaster General, communications from the.......... ...193, 422, 836, 838, 1812, 1856, 2626, 2688, 2863, 3414, 4058 calls upon the, for information....2430, 2579 joint resolution (H. R. No. 142) authorizing the, to pay additional salaries to letter-car- riers in San Francisco......... .2723, 2741, 2771, 2926, 2949 Post office, bill providing for the appointment of a commission to purchase a site and erect a building for the, in the city of New York.... ........ 115, 135
bill to provide for the construction of a cus- tom-house, and court-house at the city of Cairo, Illinois. joint resolution (H. R. No. 66) relative to the courts and, of New York city.........836, 2512, 2575, 2603, 2654 836, 837 837 .837 .837
joint resolution to appoint a commission to select a site for a building for and court- house in the city of Brooklyn, State of New York..... .920 bill to provide for the erection at Nebraska city, in the Territory of Nebraska, of a building for a, internal revenue office, and for the holding of United States courts, 2945 Post Office and Post Roads, the Committee on the.............
115, 350, 494, 1696, 1876, 3414, 3521 reports from...........100, 836, 837, 855, 978, 1866, 1867, 2385, 2679, 2966, 3043, 3194, 3203, 3206, 3414, 3744, 3767, 3769, 3770 adverse reports from.... Post Office Department, bill (S. No. 96) au- ..616, 2385 thorizing an increase in the clerical force in the....... remarks on the, by- .428, 719, 836, 861 Mr. Alley. bill (H. R. No. 280) making appropriations for the service of the, during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1867, and for other purposes.......853, 1534, 1535, 2371, 2374, 2573, 2575, 2597, 2727 remarks on the, by— Mr. Alley... ....1534
Post roads-Continued.
bill to establish certain...616, 645, 898, 1371 bill to establish, in the Territory of Idaho, 645 bill to authorize the Keokuk and Hamilton Mississippi Bridge Company to construct and operate a railroad, wagon, and foot bridge across the Mississippi river, and to declare the same a military and..........919 bill (S. No. 236) to authorize the construc- tion of certain bridges and to establish, 2299, 2330, 2374, 3769, 3811, 4020, 4054 bill (S. No, 369) to establish certain...3360, 3425, 8370, 3817 bill (H. R. No. 775) to establish certain, 3770, 4017, 4056, 4102, 4161 bill to repeal the second section of an act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as......4285 Post route, bill to authorize the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway Company to con- struct a bridge across the Mississippi river and to establish a....
joint resolution (S. No. 29) for the transfer of certain funds appropriated for the pay- ment of salaries in the, to the general sal- ary account of that Department.......991, Post offices, bill (H. R. No. 597) to authorize 1577, 1866, 1920, 2046 the use in, of weights of the denomination of grams...... Poston, Charles E., memorial of, contesting .2653, 4259, 4263 the seat of John M. Goodwin... 18, 276, 3683 Post roads, bill for the reestablishment of ......100
1333 bill to establish a, from Idaho City to Rocky Bar, in the Territory of Idaho.......... 1450 bill to establish a, between the towns of Bedford and Pearl, in Pike county, Illi- nois......... ...1725
bill to make the railroad bridge across Lake Champlain, at Rouse's Point, a......... 1876 bill (S. No. 316) to establish a, from West Alburg, Vermont, to Champlain, in the State of New York, and for other pur- poses....... ....2664, 2675, 2727 bill to establish a, in the State of Dela-
President of the United States, calls upon the, ....16, for information.......
22, 46, 70, 115, 129, 130, 136, 171, 172, 214, 351, 899, 1067, 1162, 1190, 1968, 2049, 2130, 2182, 2546, 2726, 2859, 3086, 3090, 3241, 3400, 3537, 3682, 4047 communications from.. .10, 81, 104, 138, 150, 173, 214, 460, 483, 507, 610, 611, 612, 775, 813, 845, 846, 1209, 1251, 101, 1530, 1533, 1580, 1767, 1772, 1812, 1869, 1952, 2130, 2215, 2233, 2319, 2374, 2386, 2393, 2434, 2603, 2608, 2659, 2688, 2727, 2785, 2786, 2863, 2911, 2926, 2928, 8095, 3149, 8250, 3251, 3301, 3356, 3403, 3465, 3943, 4102, 4193, 4309 annual message of, and accompanying re- ports-see Appendix. resolutions in relation to the annual message 72 of..............
President of the United States-Continued. resolution appointing a committee of one member from each State represented in the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for Congress to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President Abraham Lincoln, and that so much of the message of the, as refers to that melancholy event be referred to said committee.... .10, 15, 48, 71 bill amending the act declaring the officers who shall act as, in case of vacancies in the offices both of, and Vice President, approved March 1, 1792....... .14 concurrent resolution appointing the 12th day of February, 1866, to be observed by both Houses of Congress in memory of Abraham Lincoln, late...... resolution of thanks to......... bill (H. R. No. 211) to authorize the, to appoint certain officers of the Executive Mansion, and fixing their salaries...349,
resolution approving the exercise of the veto .......2572 power by the.. Price, Hiram, a Representative from Iowa...9, 20,57,69,137,171, 177, 237, 238, 240, 241, 242, 286, 507, 518, 584, 617, 724, 758, 948, 951, 1066, 1067, 1097, 1098, 1115, 1189, 1191, 1220, 1308, 1309, 1341, 1842, 1343, 1344, 1349, 1433, 1450, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1468, 1504, 1507, 1536, 1547, 1553, 1582, 1602, 1610, 1615, 1656, 1694, 1719, 1724, 1725, 1728, 1752, 1767, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1862, 1871, 1876, 1970, 1972, 2007, 2049, 2118, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2186, 2187, 2189, 2191, 2212, 2214, 2245, 2246, 2599, 2600, 2607, 2627, 2628, 2682, 2655, 2656, 2726, 2780, 2746, 2747, 2757, 2772, 2781, 2784, 2789, 2811, 2813, 2817, 2829, 2838, 2864, 2945, 2966, 3092, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3203, 3267, 3268, 3269, 3299, 3300, 3329, 3332, 3373, 3375, 3399, 3414, 3423, 3424, 3444, 3462, 3464, 3474, 3511, 3520, 3548, 3571, 3572, 3602, 3604, 3657, 3663, 3682, 3687, 3747, 3795, 3815, 3833, 3835, 3839, 3892, 3949, 3974, 4010, 4011, 4016, 4046, 4058, 4059, 4062, 4091, 4107, 4108, 4151, 4154, 4155, 4156, 4161, 4182, 4183, 4200, 4248, 4262, 4274, 4278, 4279, 4282, 4283, 4307 resolutions by..........20, 69, 171, 3682, 4248 remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum- bia......... ......240, 241, 242 remarks on the bill for the relief of Robert Henue...... .....617 remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 63) to amend the Constitution...1066, 1067 remarks on the deficiency bill......1097, 1582 remarks on regulating trade with British North America... ....1341, 1342, 1343 .1456, 1457 remarks on the loan bill. remarks on the bill in relation to land-grant 1725 railroads..........
remarks on reconstruction...1822, 3095, 3096 remarks on the bill for the relief of John C. 1871 McFerran.....
remarks on the Iowa and Missouri State Line ...2157 railroad... remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad bill..............2182, 2183, 2184, 2186, 2187 .2780, remarks on the tax bill... 2746, 2784, 2789, 2811
Price, Hiram, a Representative from Iowa- Continued.
remarks on the Folsom and Placerville rail- road......... ..3268 remarks on the bill for the relief of Dr. Ed- ward Jarvis.. ...3373 remarks on the bill for the relief of Ober, Nanson & Co......... .3375 remarks on erecting the Territory of Montana into a surveying district.... ...3511 remarks on tariff bill, 3572, 3602, 3604, 3657 remarks on the bill relating to the national currency ...4154, 4155
Printing, joint resolution (S. No. 7) for increas- ing the bond of the Superintendent of Public.......... .......84, 172, 195 bill (H. R. No. 500) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the public, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866...2038, 2069, 2147, 2156, 2316 bill (H. R. No. 809) to further regulate the, of public documents and the purchase of paper for the public.......4198, 4252, 4263 Printing, the Joint Committee on... instructions to......... .233, 1346, 1495, 1723, 1810, 2772, 2946, 3681, 3845, 4264 reports from.. ..59, 82, 324, 422, 508, 618, 748, 774, 887, 921, 991, 1240, 1551, 1604, 1721, 1768, 1867, 1868, 1900, 2215, 2319, 2393, 2503, 2725, 3044, 3417,
3439, 3770, 3934, 4056, 4262, 4265, 4308 discharged from subjects.............1723, 3562 resolution, requesting the, to report what
reforms are needed in the purchase of paper, the ordering of books, docu- ments, bills, and other matters printed at the public expense, in the manage- ment of the Printing Office, for the collection and sale of the waste paper, or in anything connected with the con- sumption of paper and the purchase of the same.... ......1723
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Grinnell
Mr. Laflin
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......1723 Prisoners, joint resolution in reference to the three months' extra pay of, of war......171 resolution that it is the duty of the President to order the trial of the officers, civil or military, of the rebel government before a military commission for a violation of the laws of war, and upon conviction to exe- cute the sentence of such tribunals; also, that their trial for treason before the civil courts is not advisable......... ........350
Private Land Claims, the Committee on......21 reports from........828, 1450, 1451, 3051, 3052 adverse reports from... .3052 Privilege, question of, with regard to the rights of a member of the House upon a com- mittee...... ......4018
549, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562 Provisional government, joint resolution in relation to the, debt.. .1450 Provost Marshal General Fry, communication to Mr. Blaine and accompanying docu- ments from................... ....2292, 2293, 2294 remarks on the, by- Mr. Blaine.....
..2298, 2299 Mr. Conkling.....2295, 2296, 2297, 2298 Mr. Hulburd...... .2298 resolution that à select committee of five be appointed to investigate the statements and charges made by Roscoe Conkling against, whether any frauds have been perpetrated in his office in connection with the recruiting service; also to exam- ine into the statements made by, in his communication to Mr. Blaine..........2298 select committee to investigate the charges made by Mr. Conkling against .2298 resolutions of ..........3935 ....3818, 3935 .3946 ...3943, 3944 3944 3947 .3946, 3947 3948 .3943, 3945 ...3943, 3944, 3945, 3947 ..3943 .....3945 .3945, 3946 3948 3944 .3948
Mr. Conkling
Mr. Davis....
Mr. Hale...... Mr. Hotchkiss.. Mr. Pike......
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania...3947,
Mr. Raymond...... Mr. Shellabarger..
Mr. Spalding... Mr. Stevens...
Privilege of the floor, resolution that contest-
ants for seats from the loyal States be entitled to the............ ......9, 15, 20, 21 .22
yeas and nays on the...... resolution allowing the, to claimants to seats from Tennessee pending their claim...33 yeas and nays on the.. 33 resolution that George M. Chilicott, claiming a seat from Colorado, be admitted to the, pending the consideration of his claim, 276 resolution that Charles Follett, contesting the seat of Columbus Delano, from Ohio, be entitled to the, during the pendency of said contest... .422 resolution that William Byers, G. H. Kyle, and James M. Johnson, from the State of Arkansas, be invited to occupy seats in the Hall of the House of Representatives, 507 resolution that James M. Johnson, of Ar- kansas, be admitted to the, during the pendency of his claim.... .......812 remarks on the, by-
Public Buildings, the Commissioner of, com- munications from.....634, 1127, 2182, 2598 instructions to .811, 2546 joint resolution (H. R. No. 121) to place funds in the hands of, for sanitary pur- poses Public Buildings and Grounds, the Committee
.21 instructions to......233, 518, 2839, 3238, 3267 reports from,324, 2330, 8194, 4182, 4278,4279 discharged from subjects. .....3194 Public debt, resolution that the, is sacred and inviolable and must be paid.. ....10 yeas and nays on the........ ..10 Public Expenditures, the Committee on......21 instructions to... ......171, 2286, 4147 Public lands, bill (H. R. No. 10) to develop
and reclaim, requiring irrigation and to encourage agriculture........18, 1067 resolution in relation to non-resident west- ern land-holders........ ...20 bill regulating mining on the, of the United States..... .20 bill to provide for the subdivision and sale of the gold and silver, of the United States....
Public lands-Continued. joint resolutions directing the Secretary of the Interior to require the State of Illinois to pay to the United States the proceeds of certain, granted to said State by act approved September 20, 1850, for railroad purposes, and directing the sale of cer- tain, in said State belonging to the United States. ....69 bill to quiet the title to certain, ceded by the United States to the States. ..71
bill (H. R. No. 67) to authorize the issue of patents for, in certain cases....... .115, 2385 bill confirming the title to certain, in Cali- fornia, and providing for the survey of the ......... 115 bill (H. R. No. 85) for the disposal of the, for homestead actual settlement in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi- ana, Arkansas, and Florida....135, 715, 748, 2748, 2771, 2809, 3166, 3240, 3401 remarks on the, by- Mr. Chanler.....
Mr. Harding, of Illinois.
Mr. Julian....
Mr. Le Blond
Mr. Rice, of Maine......
joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan asking an appropriation of, by Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Eskanauba to the straits of Michilimackinac, near the straits of Mack ...............135 bill to amend an act making a grant of, to the State of Iowa to aid in the construc- tion of a railroad in said State, approved May 12, 1864.. 196, 286 bill (H. R. No. 138) granting, to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad in California, to Portland, in Oregon.....235, 286, 1115, 1725, 3404 bill (H. R. No. 144) granting, to the State of West Virginia to aid in the construction of railroads...... ...286, 2076 bill (H. R. No. 50) to amend the fifth sec- tion of an act donating, to the several States and Territories which may pro- vide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, approved July 2, 1862 .70, 299, 778,
1550, 1574, 1875, 1897, 3742, 3909, 3933 bill extending the time for those owning cer- tain land warrants issued by the State of Virginia to enter and survey the same...349 bill (S. No. 30) to create an additional land district in Oregon.....428, 719, 3462, 3501 bill (H. R. No. 191) to amend an act mak- ing a grant of, to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction of a railroad from St. Paul to Lake Superior, approved May 5, 1864..........460, 3464, 3590, 3598 bill to amend an act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits, approved September 28, 1850......... ....645
bill granting, to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of a military, wagon, and postal road from Eau Claire, via Chip- pewa Falls, to Lake Superior, in that State......... ....645 bill to amend an act to secure homesteads for actual settlers on the, and for other purposes.... ......645 bill (H. R. No. 249) to establish a land office in the Territory of Idaho.................1894 bill for a grant of, to the State of Kansas in alternate sections to aid in the construc- tion of certain railroads and telegraphs in that State....
bill to subject Indian and allotted, in Kan- sas to the laws thereof....... .......713 bill (H. R. No. 260) to amend an act to grant the right of preemption to certain pur- chasers on the Soscol ranch, in the State of California..................714, 2385, 3682 bill to facilitate the selection of, granted to the State of California by the United States... ....775
bill granting, to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the improvement of Zambro river, in said State..... .........811
bill for the relief of land offices in Washington .812 Territory......... bill (S. No. 85) granting to the State of Wis- consin a donation of, to aid in the con- struction of a breakwater and harbor and ship-canal at the head of Sturgeon bay, in the county of Door, in said State, to connect the waters of Green bay with Lake Michigan............855, 1130, 1725 remarks on the, by-
Mr. Wright......
yeas and nays on the.......
bill (S. No. 37) making a grant of, in alter- nate sections to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain rail- road from Pilot Knob, in Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas... .....1743,
1767, 3462, 3511, 3567 bill to quiet title to certain, within the corpo- rate limits of San Francisco, 898, 1150, 1190 bill (H. R. No. 299) to amend an act for the relief of purchasers and locaters of swamp and overflowed, approved March 2, 1855........ .899, 3513 bill for a grant of, to aid and encourage emi- gration from Europe to the upper penin- sula of Michigan.......... bill (H. R. No. 304) granting, to the Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad Com- pany, and for other purposes.....919, 2157 bill to amend an act to extend the provisions of an act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp, within their limits, to Minnesota and Ore- gon, and for other purposes, approved March 12, 1860.......... bill to confirm to the State of California and purchasers under her laws selections of, made in part satisfaction of the various acts of donation by Congress...919 bill (H. R. No. 310) making an additional grant of, to the State of Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construc- tion of a railroad.......... ....919, 3513 bill to donate, for certain purposes to the parties therein named... bill (H. R. No. 322) to provide for the survey and sale of the, containing gold, silver, and other valuable minerals, for the assaying and coining of such minerals, and for other purposes.. .............976, 978, 2965 bill to amend an act granting, to the State of Michigan.... bill (S. No. 133) granting, to aid in the con- struction of a railroad and telegraph line from the bay of San Francisco to Humboldt bay....................... bill to amend an act making a grant of, to ...... 1099, 1130, 4147, 4202 the State of Michigan, in alternate sec- tions, to aid in the construction of rail- roads in said State, and for other pur- poses, approved June 3, 1856, and supple- mental thereto........ bill (S. No. 20) granting, to aid in the con- struction of a railroad and telegraph line from Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast, by the southern route...1165, 1206,
1972, 8414, 3874, 4091, 4161, 4182, 4201 bill (S. No. 125) granting aid in the construc- tion of a railroad and telegraph line from the town of Folsom to the town of Placer- ville, in California, 1259, 1422, 3267, 3595 bill (H. R. No. 365) granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners in the State of California over the, 1259, 1332, 3141, 4017, 4021, 4048, 4052, 4102 remarks on the, by- Mr. Ashley, of Nevada.........4021, 4053 Mr. Higby... Mr. Julian.........4048, 4049, 4050, 4051 .........8141, 4053, 4054 .4052, 4053
bill reserving the right of way for certain purposes over the..
1333 bill to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the, granted by Con- gress to aid in the construction of a rail- road from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lan- sing, to some point on or near Traverse bay, in the State of Michigan........... 1400 bill (S. No. 126) granting, to aid in the con- struction of a railroad and telegraph line from the city of Placerville, in the State of California, to the most feasible point of intersection with the Pacific railroad in the State of Nevada........ .1401, 1422 billin relation to the Colorado, district, 1450 bill (S. No. 36) quieting doubts in relation to the validity of certain locations of, in the State of Missouri, made by virtue of certificates issued under act of Congress of February 17, 1815...614, 659, 1450, 1502 bill to confirm certain entries of, therein named.. ...........1452
bill for the relief of loyal settlers on the, and for other purposes.. ..1494 bill to enable the State of California to reclaim the dry and sterile, within the limits of said State..... 1494 joint resolution (H. R. No. 96) in relation
to the, appertaining to the armory at Springfield.. .......1522, 1700, 1720, 1767 bill (S. No. 150) to grant the right of way
to the Humboldt Canal Company through the..... ..........1533, 1577, 3043, 3085 bill granting, to the State of Iowa in alter- nate sections to aid in the construction of the Iowa Central railroad........ ....1547 bill (H. R. No. 377) to confirm the selee- tion and location of, granted to California by the United States..............1333, 1574 bill (H. R. No. 382) granting, to the State of Minnesota for the establishment of an asylum for the relief of disabled soldiers and sailors of that State and of the United States........ ..........1387, 3464 bill granting certain, to the State of Michi- gan to aid in the construction of a ship- canal to connect the waters of Lake Su- perior with the lake known as Lac La Belle..... ..1574, 1682, 1874, 3501 bill (S. No. 145) for a grant of, to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Northern Kansas railroad and telegraph,
1574, 1576, 1605, 1662, 1705, 1772, 3301, 3326, 3440, 3465, 3501, 3742, 3854, 3882 bill (S. No. 58) granting, to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a mil- itary road from Corvallis to the Aquina bay 1099, 1577, 3541, 3568 bill (S. No. 168) to provide for the disposal .1587, of certain, therein named.. 1874, 3465, 3510, 3568 bill to amend an act granting, to the State of Michigan for the construction of certain wagon roads for military and postal pur- poses....... .1587 bill donating, to the American Forest-Tree Propagation and Land Company for con- ducting experiments respecting forest-tree culture calculated to prevent the destruc- tion and encourage the production of for- ests in America.....
bill (S. No. 215) concerning certain, granted to the State of Nevada.... .645, 2130, 2148, 3462, 3545 bill (S. No. 221) relating to, granted to the State of Minnesota to aid in constructing railroads........ ......1703,
1727, 3356, 3401, 3541, 3568 bill granting, to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Puget sound, on Admiralty inlet, in Washington Territory, to the Columbia river.......1719 bill (H. R. No. 441) to confirm the selection and location of certain, granted to the State of California by the United States, and for other purposes.... .1719, 2656 bill (H. R. No. 448) to authorize the con- struction of a railroad through certain, of the United States in Kansas...........1727, 3541, 3908, 3933
in the Territory of Idaho... 1894, 3405, 3465 bill (S. No. 243) to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the, granted by Congress to aid in the con- struction of a railroad from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse bay, in the State of Michigan and for the completion of said road............1922, 2148, 3113, 3353, 3404 bill (H. R. No. 498) to amend section two of an act donating, to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic .2023, 3510 bill (S. No. 193) granting, to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of a harbor and ship-canal at Portage Lake, Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, in said State...... 2078, 2148, 3462, 3501 bill (H. R. No. 497) granting, to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the city of Yancton to the west line of the State of Minnesota, in the Ter- ritory of Dakota........ ....2023, 2182 bill (S. No. 285) granting, to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad and its extension to the Red river.... .2282,
3375, 3426, 3440, 4058, 4063, 4092, 4113 bill to amend an act for a grant of, to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State, approved May 12, 1864..... .2282 bill (S. No. 203) to enable the New York and Montana Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company to purchase a certain amount of the, not now in the market..... .2324, 2376, 2579, 2600, 2965, 2994 bill (S. No. 99) granting, to the State of Ore- gon to aid in the construction of a military road from Albany, Oregon, to the eastern boundary of said State... .......2377,
Mr. McRuer..... 2385, 3908 bill granting the right of way and making a grant of, to the Sierra Nevada and Contra Costa Irrigation and Canal Company in the State of California...... bill (H. R. No. 579) to quiet the title to the Pueblo lands of the town of Santa Bar- bara..... .....2571, 3052 bill to amend an act donating, to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and mechanicarts, approved July 2,1862...2571 bill (S. No. 123) granting, to aid in the con- struction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad, in Califor- nia, to Portland, in Oregon....2688, 2838, 3269, 3298, 3404, 3449, 3540, 3562, 3932, 4054
Public lands-Continued.
bill (S. No. 223) to revive and extend the provisions of an act granting the right of way and making a grant of, to the States of Arkansas and Missouri to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point upon the Mississippi opposite the mouth of the Ohio river, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary, near Fulton, in Arkan- sas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi river, approved February 9, 1853, and for other purposes...........2859, 2878, 4147, 4203, 4273 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 Goverment the use of the same for postal, military, and other pur- poses...... .2966
bill granting, to the State of Iowa, in alter- nate sections, to aid in the construction of the St. Louis and Cedar Rapids rail- road....... .....3011 bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers upon the, and encourage planting forest trees and the growth of timber upon
the .......3011 bill granting, to the State of California to aid in the construction of a certain wagon road for military and postal purposes.......3112 bill (S. No. 343) to quiet land titles in Cali- fornia....... ......3114, 3144, 3163, 3461, 3490, 3513, 3564, 3590, 3650, 3742, 3747, 3749, 3796, 3845, 3874, 3892
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Ashley, of Nevada....
.3651, 3653 .8655 .3567, 3654
Mr. Julian, 3565, 3566, 3590, 3592, 3598, 3594, 3595, 3652, 3653, 3654, 3655 Mr. McRuer.... .3565, 3651, 3652 Mr. Wilson, of Iowa. .3655 yeas and nays on the...............3461, 3655 joint resolution (S. No. 65) explanatory of and in addition to the act of May 5, 1864, granting, to aid in the construction of cer- tain railroads in Wisconsin...... ....2377, 3166, 3203, 3275 bill (H. R. No. 679) granting, to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Columbia river to Salt Lake City..... .3194, 3267, 3269, 4277 bill (H. R. No. 690) to explain and limit the act granting the right of way to the Hum- boldt Canal Company through the, of the United States 3270, 3461
bill (S. No. 336) granting, to aid in the con- struction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Columbia river to Salt Lake City....3298, 3306, 3404, 3406, 3416 bill (S. No. 320) to amend an act to grant, to the State of Kansas in alternate sec- tions to aid in the construction of cer- tain railroads and telegraph lines in said State..... .3306, 3424, 4280
Mr. Trowbridge.......... ..3424, 3425 bill to exempt certain, from taxation....3404 bill for the discontinuance of, offices and au- thorizing modifications in the limit of said districts .3462
bill making a grant of, to the State of Min- nesota to aid in the construction of the Hastings, Minnesota River, and Red River of the North railroad ....... 1968 bill for the organization of, districts in the Territories of Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and Montana...... .....3510
bill consolidating, offices in the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi,
..3511 and Arkansas...... bill (S. No. 157) to legalize the occupation of mineral, and extend the right of pre- emption thereto .......3548|| bill explanatory of an act to amend an act to aid in the construction 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 postal, military, and other purposes........ 3585
bill making a grant of, to the State of Min- nesota to aid in the construction of a branch railroad from the waters of Lake Superior to the British possessions...3842 bill ceding the, to the several States in which they lie....... ........3842
bill to legalize the occupation of the, min- eral, and to extend the right of preëmp- tion thereto..... ...3843 bill (S. No. 224) granting, to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the southern branch of the Union Pacific rail- way and telegraph from Fort Riley to Fort Smith, Arkansas..... ......4060, 4156 bill (S. No. 244) granting, to aid in the con- struction of a railroad from the city of Stockton to the town of Copperopolis, in the State of California..... .4201 bill to revive and continue in force the pro- visions of an act granting, in alternate sections, in the State of Mississippi, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State, and for other purposes, approved August 11, 1856........ .4285 Public Lands, the Committee on... ......21 instructions to..... .20, 31, 130, 138, 422, 1696, 1703, 1857, 2674, 3680 reports from.. .976, 978, 1067, 1150, 1290, 1574, 1725, 1894, 2182, 2341, 2385, 2656, 2965, 3043, 3113, 3295, 3356, 3401, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3464, 3465, 8510, 3511, 3512, 3513, 8540, 4200, 4280 adverse reports from.. .1450, 2385, 3326, 3461, 3510, 3511, 3513 discharged from subjects....... .2069,
2744, 2966, 4147 Punishment, bill (S. No. 165) more effectually to provide for the, of certain crimes against the United States..... ..1553, 1579, 1724 remarks on the, by-
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa........
bill to punish certain crimes in relation to the public securities and currency, and for other purposes..... .3404 bill (H. R. No. 604) to define and punish certain crimes therein named...2723, 4150 resolutions relating to the, of the leading rebels........... ....2724
bill to amend an act in addition to the act for the, of certain crimes against the Uni- ted States and to repeal the acts therein mentioned, passed April 18, 1818......3295 bill to repeal certain parts of the act approved April 30, 1790, for the, of certain crimes against the United States........ Purcell, Sarah J., bill (S. No. 314) for the relief of... .2688, 2876, 3493, 3545
Pyle, John, bill (S. No. 390) granting a pen- ...3644, 4107, 4156
Quarantine, bill to provide for the erection of warehouses in the port of New York for the reception of merchandise arriving in vessels subject to, by the laws of the State of New York..... ..........615
joint resolution authorizing and directing the Secretaries of War and the Navy to place hulks and vessels at the disposal of the commissioners of, in New York.........615, 748, 835 bill (H. R. No. 57) authorizing the Secreta- ries of War and the Navy to place hulks and vessels at the disposal of the commis- sioners of, or other proper authorities, at the ports of the United States......... 1553, 1577, 1587
Quigley, Catharine, and Thomas Rogers, bill
Radford, William, a Representative from New York................58, 515, 845, 858, 863, 864,
899, 923, 924, 925, 926, 976, 1192, 1193, 1200, 1333, 1396, 1655, 1659, 1660, 1726, 1728, 1822, 1856, 2430, 2433, 2545, 2547, 2827, 2864, 2865, 3405, 8406, 3425, 3426, 3538, 3543, 3548, 3605, 3640, 3948, 3976, 3981, 3986, 4012, 4047, 4048, 4061, 4093, 4100, 4101, 4103, 4104, 4157, 4259, 4278 remarks on the Military Academy appropri- ation bill. .............1193 remarks on providing temporary accommo- dations for the State Department,3425, 3426 remarks on the tariff bill.. ..3543 remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4100 Railroad, bill (S. No. 20) to extend the time for the completion of the Burlington and Missouri River...... .19, 349
joint resolution declaring the, bridge and ferry over the Mississippi river to be a post route and national highway of com-
Mr. Thomas, J. L. Mr. Wentworth..... yeas and nays on the............... .4250, 4263 bill to provide for the construction of a line of, communication between the cities of Washington and New York, and to con- stitute the same a public highway and a military and postal road of the United States......
....185 joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, asking an appropriation of land by Congress to aid in the construc- tion of a, from Eskanauba to the straits of Michilimackinac, near the straits of Mack- inaw ......
...............135 bill to amend an act making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa to aid in the construc- tion of a, in said State, approved May 12, 1864..
....196, 286 bill (H. R. No. 138) granting lands to aid in the construction of a, and telegraph line from the Central Pacific, in California, to Portland, in Oregon...235, 286, 1115, 1725 joint resolution (H. R. No. 53) authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the use of a portion of the military reserve, on the St. Clair river, in the State of Michigan, for, purposes .........375, 422, 610 bill (H. R. No. 191) to amend an act making a grant of land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction of a, from St. Paul to Lake Superior, approved May 5, 1864..................460, 3464, 3590, 3598 remarks on the, by-
..3464 ....3465 joint resolution (S. No. 12) extending the time for the completion of the Burlington and Missouri River..............719, 748, 755 bill to punish persons for throwing trains .......887 from, tracks....
bill to amend an act to provide internal revenue to support the Government, ap- proved June 3, 1864, as amended March 3, 1865, respecting, fares and rates......919 bill (H. R. No. 304) granting land to the Iowa and Missouri State Line, Company, and for other purposes.....
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