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—

Mr. Alley.

..1656,
1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661

1659
1656

1659

1661

Mr. Kasson, 1656, 1657, 1659, 1660, 1661

Mr. Raymond....

Mr. Sloan....
Mr. Strouse....

.1657, 1659
.1657
..1659
.1660

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.
.645
joint resolution (II. R. No. 66) relative to the
courts and, of New York city.........836,
2512, 2575, 2603, 2654
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Alley
.836, 837
Mr. Chanler...................................................................................
.837
Mr. Darling..
....837
Mr. O'Neill.......
.........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............
..21
instructions to.........
.31,

a,

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......................428, 719, 836, 861
remarks on the, by-

.836

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-
................................... 1534
.....1534
.... 1535

Mr. Alley...

Mr. Brooks
Mr. Kasson........

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

Mr. Baldwin.

Mr. Conkling...

Mr. Finck.

Mr. Grinnell....

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, 3370, 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....
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-

.........

ware

same a .......

.2865
bill to authorize the Winona and St. Peter's
Railroad Company to construct a bridge
across the Mississippi river, and to estab-
lish a.........
.3166
bill to repeal an act to establish a, from West
Alburg, in Vermont, to Champlain, in New
York, and for other purposes, approved
..3238
May 21, 1865.........
bill to establish a, from Fort Wayne to Au-
burn, De Kalb county, Indiana.........3376
bill to authorize the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river, and declaring the
3406
bill declaring a certain bridge over the Mis-
.137
sissippi a, and highway.........
bill to establish a, from Gardner to Tonica,
in the State of Illinois........... .349
Post routes, bill to establish certain........2377
Pott, Charles M., joint resolution (H. R. No.
194) authorizing the Secretary of the In-
terior to pay, a pension of fifteen dollars
per month.
....4092, 4277
Powers of Congress......3218, 3219, 3220, 3221
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Kerr...... .3218, 3219, 3220, 3221
Pratt, Alexander, bill (S. No. 435) for the
relief of.......
.3907, 4109
Preble, George Henry, a commander in the
Navy of the United States, bill for the
relief of...
....136
bill (S. No. 176) for the relief of, 2393, 2634
Preemption-see Public Lands; Homestead.
President, the committee to wait on the....4309
President's House, bill (H. R. No. 35) making
an appropriation for refurnishing and re-
pairing the..
.........59
President of the United States, calls upon the,
..16,
for information........
22, 46, 70, 115, 129, 130, 136, 171,
172, 214, 851, 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
of..........
............... 72

certain

..135

bill to establish certain, in the State of
Michigan
bill to establish certain, in the State of Cal-
ifornia..............
.....350, 919, 2512

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.........
.71
resolution of thanks to.....
......115
bill (H. R. No. 211) to authorize the, to
appoint certain officers of the Executive
Mansion, and fixing their salaries...349,
615, 2726
yeas and nays on the.........................
.2726
resolutions approving the conduct of the, in
declining to accept a present tendered to
him by friends in New York....351, 481
yeas and nays on the.................351, 481
resolution expressing confidence in the pa-

triotism and ability of the, and in his de-
sire to restore the Union on a basis of
permanent prosperity and peace, and
pledging the cooperation of the House in
his general policy of reconstruction in all
constitutional modes.....171, 1721, 1854
remarks on the, by-

..........1721
Mr. Raymond....
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, 1342, 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,
2730, 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, 3889, 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, 83682, 4248
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia..........
...240, 241, 242
remarks on the bill for the relief of Robert
....617
Henue......
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
remarks on the loan bill..... .....1456, 1457
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
remarks on the tax bill...

.2780,
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..
.22
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
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Boutwell....................
.4018, 4019
Mr. Rogers
....4018, 4019
Privilege of the floor, resolution that contest-
ants for seats from the loyal States be
entitled to the................ ...9, 15, 20, 21
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-

22

kansas, be admitted to the, during the
pendency of his claim...... .........812
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Kasson...

Mr. Smith....
Mr. Stevens........
yeas and nays on the.....

......

......

.1723
1723

.812, 813
.812

.813

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

549, 550,
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 .......
report from.......
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conkling
.3946
Mr. Davis.
...3943, 3944
Mr. Hale......
.3944
Mr. Hotchkiss...
.3947
Mr. Pike........
.3946, 3947
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania...3947,
3948
Mr. Raymond......................................3943, 3945
Mr. Shellabarger..
....3943,
3944, 3945, 3947
.3943
.3945
.3945, 3946
.3948
.3944

...........

Mr. Spalding..
Mr. Stevens.....
Mr. Wentworth ......

.......

.3935
.3818, 3935

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa...
Mr. Woodbridge.........

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

yeas and nays on the..... .......3948
Provost Marshal's Bureau, &c., the select com-
mittee on
...2315
instructions to......
.2315
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
3303
Public Buildings and Grounds, the Committee

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

.21

on....

10
.....10

instructions to......233, 518, 2839, 3238, 3267
reports from,324, 2330, 3194, 4182, 4278,4279
discharged from subjects....
.3194
Public debt, resolution that the, is sacred and
inviolable and must be paid..
yeas and nays on the.......
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
..40

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
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

.71

........

........

same

....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.......

........

.....718
.718
.715, 716
716
716, 717
.715, 718
yeas and nays on the .............718, 748
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
inaw.......
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,
.70, 299, 778,
1550, 1574, 1875, 1897, 3742, 8909, 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
....645
September 28, 1850....
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
.......645
purposes.......
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.........
.713

1862.....

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

Public lands-Continued.

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
Territory..
.....812

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. Davis .............................. ................................... 1726
Mr. Driggs..

...

1726
Mr. Eckley...
1726
Mr. Sloan
1726
Mr. Wright....
.1726
yeas and nays on the......
.1727
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........
.......919
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
............976, 978, 2965
bill to amend an act granting, to the State
of Michigan.....
bill (S. No. 133) granting, to aid in the con-
straction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the bay of San Francisco to Humboldt
bay..................... 1099, 1130, 4147, 4202
bill to amend an act making a grant of, to
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-
......1115
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
.....3141, 4053, 4054
Mr. Kasson...
Mr. McRuer......
yeas and nays on the......

.......919

purposes.

....1006

.4052
.4052, 4053
..4054

Public lands-Continued.

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,

...919

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-
.1587

poses..
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......
.1605
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

Public lands-Continued.
bill (S. No. 62) to amend an act granting,
to the State of Oregon to aid in the con-
struction of a military road from Eu-
gene City to the eastern boundary of said
State.....
....... 1745, 1874
bill (H. R. No. 21) granting, to the State of
Oregon to build a military road.....1869
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Conkling...
.1869
Mr. Farnsworth........
.1870
Mr. Henderson......
.1869, 1870
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa......
.1870
bill to create an additional land district in the
State of Minnesota......
.1876
bill (S. No. 156) making an additional grant
of, to the State of Minnesota, in alternate
sections, to aid in the construction of a
railroad........1893, 1921, 3464, 3541, 3568
bill (H. R. No. 249) to establish a land office

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
arts......
.........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,
2546, 3511, 3541, 3568
bill to amend section two of an act to au-
thorize the Legislatures of the States of
Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennes-
see to sell the, heretofore appropriated for
the use of schools in those States......2377
bill (H. R. No. 557) to quiet the title to cer
tain, within the corporate limits of the
city of Benicia, California...........2385,
3541, 3908, 3933

remarks on the, by-
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
2571
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,

same.......

Mr. Ashley, of Nevada.....

Mr. Bidwell..

Mr. Driggs.
Mr. Higby

3490, 3513, 3564, 3590, 3650, 3742,
3747, 3749, 3796, 3845, 3874, 3892
remarks on the, by-
8567
3651, 3653
3655
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
remarks on the, by-
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,

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

and Arkansas.

.3511
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

Public lands-Continued.

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 preemp-
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
4285
August 11, 1856.....
Public Lands, the Committee on............. .21
instructions to.........
.20, 31, 130,
138, 422, 1696, 1703, 1857, 2674, 8680
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,
3510, 3511, 3512, 8513, 3540, 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-

.1724
.1724

Mr. Jenckes............

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.................2904
Purcell, Sarah J., bill (S. No. 314) for the
relief of..
.....2688, 2876, 3493, 3545
Pyle, John, bill (S. No. 390) granting a pen-
sion to.........
...3644, 4107, 4156

Q.
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
for the relief of.......

.1719

R.
Rader, Samantha, bill (H. R. No. 739) for the
relief of........
..3493,
3644, 3793, 3817, 3935
Radford, Commodore William, joint resolution
(S. No. 44) authorizing, to accept a dec-
oration from the King of Italy.........1574,
1580, 1866, 1900

.4251
.4250, 4251
.4250
.4250

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..

.....135

Mr. Thomas, J. L.
Mr. Wentworth...

joint resolution of the Legislature of the State

1864.

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,
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, 3398
remarks on the, by-
.3464
Mr. Donnelly
..3464
Mr. Morrill
.3465
yeas and nays on the...........
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
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..
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Benjamin......
Mr. Grinnell..
Mr. Julian.....
Mr. Kasson......
Mr. Price.

.......887

.919, 2157

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......2158
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa...........2157, 2158
bill (H. R. No. 310) making an additional
grant of lands to the State of Minnesota
in alternate sections, to aid in the con-
struction of a, in said State.......919, 3513