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dication of, No. 45 in the report of the surveyor general of the Territory of New

deboard of examiners for claimants against the United States in the State of Nevada-[By Mr. Stewart.]

bo Mexico. genoll mort by rang
nam received from House, 2505; referred, 2506.
bill (S. No. 485) providing for the examina-edro
hnen tion of the, of J. Marino Bonilla to the
best rancho "La Cuesta," in the State of
A California [By Mr. Cole.]450
81&referred, 2556. 8805

Claims, the Committee on................9, 4346
reports from...845, 880, 1026, 1204, 1568,
vad 1742, 1863, 1910, 1940, 2009, 2030, 2067,
272144, 2259, 2275, 2329, 3051, 3074, 3115,
8240, 3274, 3462, 3463, 3504, 3540, 3733,
3767, 3856, 4093, 4146, 4346, 4439, 4506
adverse reports from.......
470, 845,

1142, 1428, 1976, 2009, 2144, 2176, 2759, 08051, 3274, 3462, 3504, 3671, 3856, 4396 discharged from subjects.....1311, 1742, T8a8 3051, 3074, 3115, 3240, 3462, 3504, 888 3539, 3540, 3671, 3988, 4093, 4146 Paresolution calling for correspondence between

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the United States and Great Britain relaTRO ting to existing, on each other-[By Mr. Sumner, December 4, 1867.]-17 3828 agreed to, 19.

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A resolution calling for copies of all papers on ata file in the office of the Third Auditor in cases of certain, and accounts arising in TRAP the quartermaster's department-[By 768 Mr. Fessenden, December 19, 1867.] agreed to, 218.

bill (S. No. 214) to authorize the Secretary an of War to settle the, of the State of bot Kansas for services of the militia called 1966 cout to repel the invasion of General

Price-[By Mr. Pomeroy.]

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referred, 2653; committee discharged, 3240.

joint resolution (S. R. No. 146) authorizing the sale of certain bonds belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, and the adjustment and payment of certain, against them [By Mr. Merrill, of Maine.]

referred, 3176.

resolution calling for information relative to the present status of the, of loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, under the forty-ninth article of the treaty with those tribes of April 28, 1866-[By Mr. Harlan, June 16, 1868.] agreed to, 3176.

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joint resolution (S. R. No. 150) relative to the payment of certain, to loyal citizens of the United States-[By Mr. Chandler.] referred, 3240.

bill (H. R. No. 1131) regulating judicial de proceedings in certain cases for the protection of officers and agents of the Government, and for the better defense of the Treasury against unlawful. received from House, 3645; referred, 3645; reported, 1,4439; passed with amend ments, 4449; agreed to by House, 4451; enrolled, 4501.

joint resolution (S. R. No. 156) authorizing

the appointment of commissioners to examine the, of citizens of Douglas, Johnson, and Miami counties, Kansas, netofor spoliations committed in what is known as the Quantrell raid in August, 1863-[By Mr. Ross.] referred, 3857.

referred, 318; committee discharged, 470;b 4808 (report withdrawn, 470; reported, 3313; 088.passed and title amended, 8873.

In House: received from Senate, 3928; O referred, 4491, 4492.TACHM

joint resolution (H. R. No. 167) in relation to R& the prosecution of, before Departments. 180greceived from House, 652; referred, 674. hill (H. R. No. 234) to prevent the payment NTGA of certain.

087 received from House, 768; referred, 778.
joint resolution (8. R. No. 110) to further
exas define the meaning of the act of Febru-
888 ary 19, 1867, in relation to the jurisdic-
650 tion of the Court of Claims in cases of,
ras. for quartermasters' stores-[By Mr.
81 Patterson, of New Hampshire.]
Ces referred, 1204..

bill (S. No. 378) organizing a commission for
as the examination and decision of, in the
OP38 War Department-[By Mr. Howe.]
,881 referred, 1311; reported adversely, 1807;
as recommitted, 2084; indefinitely post-
282 poned, 3539.
asbill S. No. 395) for the relief of the heirs
Saat of persons in the military or naval ser-
Of vice of the United States who may have
288 initiated, to the public lands under the
670 provisions of the homestead laws of the
9 United States-[By Mr. Ramsey.]
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Clarke, Ethan Ray, and Samuel Ward, bill (S. No. 847) to confirm the title of, to certain lands in the State of Florida, claimed under a grant from the Spanish Government [By Mr. Williams.id reported, 1095; passed, 1645; passed House, 8688; enrolled, 3715; approved, 3771. In House: received from Senate, 1667; referred, 1769; reported and discussed, 3690; passed, 3692; enrolled, 3707. Clark, Lois, bill (S. No. 569) granting relief to-[By Mr. Edmunds.] reported and passed, 3505.

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laid over, 2009.

Continued.

Clerks liderad joint resolution (H. R. No. 291) giving additional compensation to certain employés in the civil service of the Government at Washington.

received from House, 3150; referred, 3163; recalled by House, 31837

joint resolution (H. R. No. 825) relative to the pay of the chief, in the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House. received from House, 3748; referred, 3748; reported, 4093; passed, 4466; enrolled, $4501. Clerks of committees-see Salaries.M Clinch, General Duncan L., bill (S. No. 308)

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for the relief of the heirs of the late, deceased [By Mr. Davis. Jadabil reported and passed, 880; passed House with amendment, 1515; concurred in by Senate, 1567; reconsidered, 1620; non-concurred in by Senate, 1620; reference, 1744, 1782; conference report, 1843; concurred in by Senate, 1813; concurred in by House, 1899; enrolled, 1939. 19

In House: received from Senate, 899; referred, 944; reported and passed with amendment, 1540; disagreed to by Senate, 1634; conference, 1668, 1681, 1707, 1761, 1797; conference report, 1866; concurred in by Senate, 1859; discussed, 1866, 1902, concurred in by House, 1904; enrolled, wolla remarks by vs K 19111,98,984d Mr. Fessenden.......... ........de.... moj. 1620

-1927.

Mr. Howe....... ....... 1620, 1843 Clothing, joint resolution (S. R. No. 111) prodaviding for the issue of, to soldiers and others, to replace clothing destroyed to prevent contagion [By Mr. Wilson. referred, 1257; reported and passed, 1466; passed House, 1789; enrolled, 1789; approved, 1843. 20H moil bevi9001 In House: received from Senate, 1484; called 07up, 1774; passed, 1790; enrolled, 1806. joint resolution (H. R. No. 281) authorizing

the issue of to company F, eighteenth
United States infantry.no

received from House, 2690; referred, 2701;
anreported and passed, 3957; enrolled,
(3938.
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Coast defense, joint resolution (S. R. No. 145)
in relation to the-[By Mr. Nye.]"
referred, 3146.
nodin A
joint resolution (S. R. No. 171) in relation
to-[By Mr. Howard. M
reported and passed, 4846.dol M

In House: received from Senate, 4375. Coasting trade, bill. (S. No. 266) to regulate I the foreign and, on the northern, northSeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the 1 United States-[By Mr. Chandler.] referred, 625; reported, 2080; discussed, 2144, 2658, 2790 passed, 2792.27 In House: received from Senate, 2812; 97 referred, 38476tb

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A Mr. Chandler....2030, 2144, 2145, 2653, 2654, 2655, 2656, 2790, 2791 ado Mr. Edmunds....n.152658 2654 Mr. Fessenden..)...).......2144, 2145, 2654, 2656, 2790 Mr. Hendricks........ .19 tammu. 2653 Mr. Johnson,...dt....2653) 2654 Mr. Morrill, of Maine.......2791 Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, 2655,2790,2791 Mr. Trumbull...............2655, 2656 Coast Survey, resolution for printing extra 1 copies of the report of the Superintendent of the, for 1867-[By Mr. Anthony, May +18, 1868.] at bevisat adopted, 2505... Coast Survey officer, joint resolution (S. R. Stay No. 167) for the relief of a certain United States [By Mr. Morgan.] reported, 4264. Coey, James, resolution inquiring whether a commission has been issued to, nominated and confirmed as collector for the first internal revenue district of California[By Mr. Conness, July 11, 1868.] agreed to, 8954.

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No.180 relating to United States notes, 99 No. 247—to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the greater security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam'..............na and.......h......491 No. 345 to provide for the sale of the Mendocino Indian reservation...... 1070 No. 367-for the relief of Albert: Grant, 1204 No. 380 to amend an act to modify certain laws imposing duties on imports.......................

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No. 410-making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and construction of certain public works in the Territory of Idaho..... .........1621

No. 460 to reorganize the circuit courts of the United States............. 2068 No. 482-to quiet the title to lands in the town of Santa Clara, in the State of California............ dr. .............2488 No. 484-to aid the San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad Company in the construction of a railroad from the eity of San Francisco to the town of Humboldt Bay, in the State of Califor

No. 485 providing for the examination

of the claim of J. Marino Bonilla to the - rancho: "La Cuesta," in the State of California.......reria de fet, eit ein lek....... 2556 No. 576-relating to the district courts of Utah Territory...........................................3540 No. 618 prescribing the time for appeals in certain land cases... MIAL8984 No. 626 for the relief of Margaret Doyle, 4146

joint resolutions introduced by

Cole, Cornelius, a Senator from California→
Continued.

tremarks on the resolution in relation to the
farpayment of the public debt....26, 42, 47
on the bill to suspend the further con-
traction of the currency............438
on the bill in addition to the tenure-of-
office act............................................................1030, 1037
I on the case of Hon. Philip F. Thomas,
1177, 1205

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on the rules for the court of impeach1574

on the invalid pension bill.............1723 on the resolution providing tickets to the impeachment trial.................................................1776 on the consular and diplomatic bill...1784 on the bill for the relief of the Navajo Indians.......... ***.............. 2014, 2020

on the bill to amend the judiciary act, 2126 on the naval appropriation bill.........2268 om the résolution relating to fisheries in Alaska........

I on the bill in relation to Point Sal harbor........................ .......2559, 2560, 2561 on the resolution for printing the report of J. Ross Browne......2569, 2687, 2688 on the Southern Pacific railroad bill, 2792 on the bill to provide a temporary government for the territory of Wyoming, 2795, 2800 on the resolution for printing the report of James W. Taylor............... 2958 on the supplementary bill concerning national banks...... 3086,

8088, 3089, 8150, 3152, 8187 on the bill to relieve certain citizens of North Carolina from disabilities, 8179 I..on the bill for the relief of exporters of ✨ spirits ........................................3275, 8276, 3277 on the legislative appropriation bill, 3396, 8432, 8475

on the eight-hours labor bill............8425 on the joint resolution relating to the Northern Pacific railroad.............3571 on the civil appropriation bill.........3636, 8640, 3688

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Collection district, bill (S. No. 619)-Continued.

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conference report, 4507; concurred in by Senate, 4507; by House, 4517; en rolled, 4517; approved, 4518.

In House: received from Senate, 4133; called up, 4485; discussed, 4487; passed with amendments, 4488; conference, 4493; Senate recedes, 4500; enrolled, 1.4500. Collection districts, bill (H. R. No. 198) to reestablish the boundaries and to change names of certain, in the State of Michigan. received from House, 2600; referred, 2622; :; reported, 2856; passed with amendment, 3241; concurred in by, House, 3316 6; enrolled, 3321. Collectors-see Revenue..

resolution instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish copies of all comImunications to him from the CommisIsioner of Internal Revenue relative to

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the removal or appointment of assessors or, since the 1st day of June, 1867[By Mr. Patterson, of New Jersey, February 12, 1868.] agreed to, 1126.

Colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the nomechanic arts, bill (S. No. 328) amendatory of an act entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide, approved July 2, 1862-[By Mr. Henderson...) referred, 981.

joint resolution, (S. R. No. 176) extending the benefits of an act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide, approved July 2, 1862, as amended by act of July 23, 1866, to States lately in rebellion[By Mr. Sawyer.]

read, 4446; passed, 4447.

In House: received from Senate, 4474; motion to take up, 4477. Collins, Patrick, bill (H. R. No. 1225) granting a pension to.

received from House and referred, 3119; reported, 3900; passed, 4365; enrolled, 4443.

bill (H. R. No. 1406) granting a pension to. received from House and referred, 3917; **vi reported, 4197; indefinitely postponed, 4369.

Colorado, resolution instructing Committee on

on the bill for the relief of Edward B. 1 Allen .............. ................................3671, 3956 |||} ...on the Western Pacific railroad bill, 3672, 8675, 8676, 3677, 3678, 3679, 3680 on the order of business...... ....3712 on the tax bill (H.. R. No. 1284)......3738, 3789, 8741, 3784, 3830, 3831 on the bill concerning district judges, 3768 on the bill for the further issue of temporary loan certificates................3859 on the bill for funding the national debt, 3994, 4038 on the bill extending commercial laws to Alaska......................... 4094, 4095 bob on the Indian appropriation bill......4114, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4272, 4274, 4275

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No. 116 relating to the islands of St. George and St. Paul............1487 No. 128 for the relief of George B. Halstead............rri. dub.batt...2067 No. 136--for the relief of Jacob P. Leese, * 1 o il 2556 No. 140-relating to traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers...2789 No. 160 relating to the Territorial Central Pacific Railway Company......4071 resolutions submitted by man inquiring what further législation is necessary to secure to immigrants from foreign countries a greater degree of safety, comfort, &c.[February 3, 1868]...921 calling for information as to the amount of distilled spirits shipped from Atlantic ports of the United States to California during the year 1867, and also what amount of distilled spirits from other States was landed in San Francisco during that year-[February 24, 1868,] 1371 directing Committee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of repealing all laws imposing taxes on incomes and alis laws imposing taxes on manufactures[March 3, 1868].....................1621 for printing the report of J. Ross Browne,

on the mineral resources of the States and Territories west of the Rocky mountains [May 25, 1868]........................ 2569 reports made by................... w.... 1204, 2067, 2176, 3671, 4093, 4146, 4346 motions made by...... 2690, 8709, 3874, 4159 incidental remarks hy... ....................299, 650, 1621, 1886, 2526, 3022, 3242, 3654, 3681 2719, 8901, 4070, 4111, 4288, 4458, 4462

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Territories to consider the propriety of changing the northern boundary of, Territory-[By Mr. Pomeroy, January 30, 1868.] agreed to, 845

bill (S. No. 11) to admit the State of, into the Union-[By Mr. Harlan.] amendment submitted, 984; reported, 1117; additional report, 3213; called up, 8313; discussed, 3348, 3540. remarks by

on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 1841))
4159, 4161, 4171, 4172
on the bill in relation to suits against cor-
porations.....4198, 4199
on the bill granting the right of way to the

Denver Pacific Railroad Company, 4488
Collection district, bill (S. No. 153) to estab
lisha, in the State of Oregon [By Mr.
Williams, J
Chenierik edi
reported, 2009; passed, 3242.

In House: received from Senate, 3271; referred, 3476. "I ada maq

bill (H. R. No. 588) to extend the boundSaries of the, of Philadelphia so as to

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include the whole consolidated city of
r Philadelphia.

received from House, 2627; referred, 2628;
reported, 2856; passed with amend
ment, 3241; concurred in by House, 21
3316; enrolled, 332142) Hijd no

bill (S. No. 619) to extend the laws of the
United States relating to customs, com.
merce, and navigation, over the territory
ceded to the United States by Russia,
and to establish a, therein-[By Mr.
Chandler.]

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Mr. Cameron.......... Mr. Conkling.

.3541, 3551 ..3314,

3441, 3542, 8543, 3544, 3546 Mr. Conness..............3348, 3540, 8551 Mr. Cragin,.......3349, 3351, 3550, 3551 Mr. Davis.... .....3540,

3541, 3546, 8547, 8548, 3550, 3551
Mr. Edmunds... 3351, 3542, 3543,
3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3550, 3551
Mr. Ferry..
-------- 3541, 3550
Mr. Fessenden................... 3313, 3350
Mr. Frelinghuysen...............
.3545

Mr. Harlan 3 3547, 3549, 3550
Mr. Hendricks....
.3350,
3351, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3548
Mr. Howard... .3351, 3542, 3543
Mr. Howe, 3540, 3541, 3542, 3546, 3547
Mr. Morrill, of Maine........3348, 3351
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont ..3348,

4978849, 3350, 3351 Jus Mr. Morton....3350, 3351, 3543, 3544 -... Mr. Nye..

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referred, 4070; reported, 4093; passed, R.
94095; passed House with amendments,
4454; conference, 4459, 4501, 4506;

3348, 3349, 3350, 8541, 3542, 3544, 3545, 8546 Mr. Pomeroy.......... ....3314, 3551 Mr. Sumner......q........... 3850, 3540, 3542 Mr. Thayer............... ................ ........................... 3546, 3547 Mr. Tipton... .3541, 3550

Colorado, bill (S. No. 11)—Continued. remarks by

Mr. Van Winkle

.3314 Mr. Wilson........8541, 3545, 3546, 3547 Mr. Yates .8213, 3318, 8314, 8348, 3351, 3540, 3541, 8543, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547 Columbia Turnpike Company, joint resolution (S. R. No. 73) for the relief of the, for use and occupation of their road during the late rebellion-[By Mr. Howard.] referred, 98; reported adversely, 3671. Columns, joint resolution (H. R. No. 328) for the donation of certain.

received from House, 3869; referred, 3873; reported, 3983; passed, 4452; enrolled, 4462.

Commerce, the Committee on... instructions to............. reports from.........

........19 .843, 1863, 4462 .309, 552, 845, 999, 1142, 1204, 1311, 1461, 1863, 2009, 2030, 2114, 2623, 2856, 3051, 8240, 8552, 8671, 8767, 3856, 3983, 4070, 4093, 4146, 4228, 4264, 4396 adverse reports from......... 1311, 1669, 3900 discharged from subjects, 552, 999,1287,1694,

1976, 2114, 2922, 3051, 8983, 4146, 4228 bill (S. No. 554) to promote, among the States and to cheapen transportation of the mails and military and naval stores[By Mr. Sherman.]

referred to select committee, 8176. Commission, bill (S. No. 878) organizing a, for the examination and decision of claims in the War Department-[By Mr. Howe.] referred, 1311; reported adversely, 1807; recommitted, 2084; indefinitely postponed,

8589.

bill (S. No. 397) to dissolve the Indian peace,
erected by act of Congress of July 20,
1867-[By Mr. Thayer.]
referred, 1461.

joint resolution (S. R. No. 118) for the
appointment of a, to select suitable loca-
tions for powder magazines [By Mr.
Frelinghuysen.]

reported and passed, 1670; passed House,

2329; enrolled, 2488; approved, 2544. In House: received from Senate, 1693; referred, 2028; reported and passed, 2321; enrolled, 2475.

bill (S. No. 615) to provide for a, to investigate claims arising from depredations committed by or upon Indians in Kansas [By Mr. Ross.]

referred, 8934.

bill (S. No. 611) authorizing the appoint. ment of a, to examine the claim of the Territory of Montana for volunteers during the late Indian war, and to report upon the same-[By Mr. Cragin.] referred, 3954. Commissioners, resolution requesting the, for revision and consolidation of the statute laws of United States to report progress[By Mr. Trumbull, May 18, 1868.] reported and agreed to, 2436.

bill (S. No. 544) to provide for a board of, for the District of Columbia-[By Mr. Sherman.]

referred, 3180.

joint resolution (S. R. No, 156) authorizing

the appointment of, to examine the claims of citizens of Douglas, Johnson, and Miami counties, Kansas, for spoli ations committed in what is known as the Quantrell raid in August, 1863-[By Mr. Ross.] referred, 3857. Committees, standing....

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1811, 2282, 8771, 4075, 4227, 4346

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on bill (H. R. No. 207) to provide for the
exemption of cotton from internal tax,

Committees Continued. "

627, 652, 674, 677, 793
on bill (H. R. No. 213) to suspend further
reduction of the currency........632, 652
on bill (H. R. No. 320) making appro
priations to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for the execution of the
reconstruction laws and for the service
of the quartermaster's department of
the Government for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1868.......... ..............789
on bill (S. No. 308) for the relief of the
... heirs of the late General Duncan L.
bjave Z Clinch, deceased................. 1744, 1782
0202 on résolution (H. R. No. 19) directing that
19
certain moneys now in the hands of the
..United States Treasurer, as special
agent of the Treasury Department, ben
covered by warrant into the United
adis States Treasury......1809, 1812, 1843
on bill (H. R. No. 331) to facilitate the pay-
teqer ment of soldiers' bounties under the act
of 1866....
...... 1812, 1886
on bill (H. R. No. 678) making appropri
ations for the payment of invalid and
other pensions of the United States for
the year ending June 30, 1869......1812,
1886, 1977, 2010, 2559
on bill (S. No. 108) for the relief of Henry
againGreathouse and Samuel Kelly......1834,
1864
on bill (H. R. No. 718) making appro-
priations for the consular and diplomatic
expenses of the Government for the
year ending June 30, 1869........... 1864
on bill (H. R. No. 900) to exempt certain
manufactures from internal tax....2114,
2128, 2191, 2217
on bill (H. R. No. 601) making appro
priations for the naval service for the
year ending June 30, 1869...2848, 2736
on bill (H. R. No. 658) making appropria.
tions for the support of the Army for the
year ending June 30, 1869.....2597, 2623
on joint resolution (H. R. No. 218) for the
relief of John M. Palmer............2773
on bill (H. R. No. 1089) to admit the
State of Arkansas to representation in
Congress.

....

on bill (S. No. 184) granting a pension to
Mrs. Ann Corcoran.....3150, 8163, 3316
on bill (H. R. No. 1059) to relieve certain
citizens of North Carolina of disabilities,

3223

on sundry pension bills...3688, 3857, 3954
on bill (H. R. No. 605) making appropria-
tions for the legislative, executive, and
judicial expenses of the Government
for the year ending the 30th June,
1869..
...........3748, 3749
on bill (H. R. No. 818) making appropria-
tions for sundry civil expenses of the
Government for the year ending June
30, 1869.........
....... 3818, 3904

on bill (H. R. No. 554) making a grant of
land to the State of Minnesota to aid in
the improvement of the navigation of
the Mississippi river...........8904, 4238
on bill (H. R. No. 344) to incorporate the
Washington Target Shooting Associa
tion, in the District of Columbia...3916,

8956
on sundry pension bills...........8954, 3984
on bill (H. R. No. 1284) to change and
more effectually secure the collection
of internal taxes on distilled spirits and
tobacco, and to amend the tax on
banks.......... ...................................3966, 3984
on bill (S. No. 352) to authorize the tem-
porary supplying of vacancies in the
Executive Departments...............4039,

4070, 4147 on bill (H. R. No. 1073) making appro priations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with va rions Indian tribes for the year ending June 30, 1869..............'....................... .4148

of conference—

on bill (H. R. No. 1841) making appro-
priations and to supply deficiencies in
the appropriations for the service of the
Government for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1869 .....
******....4238
on bill (H. R. No. 1096) making appro
priations of money to carry into effect
the treaty with Russia of March 30,
1867.

on bill (H. R. No. 1010) relating to pen-
sions........

.......4321 on bill (H. R. No. 1205) to further amend the postal laws. *****.4821 on bill (H. R. No. 641) making appropriations for the service of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and establishing additional regulations for the government of the institution, with amendments, 4352, 4365 on bill (H. R. No. 1277) to provide for the distribution of the reward offered by the "President of the United States for the capture of Jefferson Davis......... 4400 on bill (H. R. No. 939) to provide for an American line of mail and emigrant passenger steamships between New York and one or more European ports, 4400, 4403 on bill (S. No. 207) for funding the national debt and for the conversion of the notes of the United States..........4403 on bill (H. R. No. 1446) to relieve from

legal disabilities Simeon Corley, John --Milledge, and Michael Hahn...4451, 4453 on bill (H. R. No. 1448) making appro

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priations for certain executive expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869 4451, 4459 on bill (S. No. 619) to extend the laws of the United States relating to customs, commerce, and navigation over the territory ceded to the United States by Russia, to establish a collection district therein................ 4459, 4501, 4506 Committee report, explanation in regard to the improper publication of a............483, 472 remarks by pets besi dislao ni

Mr. Conkling sadelmilla.....484
Mr. Harlan....

.472

Mr. Howard.i.alini433, 484, 472 Mr. Howe........... j. dé......................a .....472 Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont.. all Mr. Trumbull..........................................472 Commodores, joint resolution (S. R. No. 98)

for the promotion of certain, on the retired
list to rear admirals on the retired list of
the Navy-[By Mr. Cattell.] !
referred, 950..

Compensation-see Pay; Salary.
bill (S. No. 197) to fix and limit the, of
diplomatic and consular officers, and in
part to define their duties [By Mr.
Wilson.]

read, 196.
resolution inquiring the amount of, paid to
agents of the War Department, for the
purchasing, chartering, hiring, or em-
ploying of vessels from the 4th March,
1861, to the present time [By Mr.
Davis, February 6, 1868.]

laid over, 999, 1071. joint resolution (H. R. No. 291) giving addi

tional, to certain employés in the civil service of the Government at Washington.

received from House, 8150; referred, 3163; recalled by House, 3183.

bill (H. R. No. 387) to fix the, of the United States depositary at Chicago. received from House, 4081; referred, 4031; committee discharged and bill indefinitely postponed, 4093. Compound-interest notes, bill (S. No. 548) to provide for a further issue of temporary loan certificates for the purpose of redeeming and retiring the remainder of the outstanding-[By Mr. Cattell.]..

referred, 8130; reported, 8240; discussed,

Compound-interest notes, bill (S. No. 648) Continued.

8857, 3908, 4025, 4144, 4146; passed, 4146; passed House, 4400; enrolled, 4403; approved, 44500 to noriale, 13

In House: received from Senate, 4182; referred, 4343; reported and passed, 4889; enrolled, 4396.

Confiscation, resolution calling for the instruc

tione issued under the, act of July 17, 1862, and a statement of the proceeds of property confiscated, &c.-[By Mr. Henderson, December 9, 1867. JAN MA read and discussed, 81; referred, 83. remarks by AXI

Mr. Chandler...........!.

Mr. Conness...

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Mr. Sherman..

bill (S. No. 182) declaring null and void acts of, or forfeiture passed by the late rebel authority [By Mr. Anthony.] referred, 120.91. B

bill (S. No. 250) to restore the possession of lands confiscated by the authorities of the States lately in rebellion-[By Mr. Frelinghuysen.] did you de referred, 491. Conkling, Roscoe, a Senator from New York, 1 petitions presented by......63, 318, 404, 433,

674, 998, 1069, 1162, 1202, 1287, 1310, 1428, 1567, 1621, 1741, 1806, 1939, 2067, 2084, 2544, 2686, 2687, 10-2995, 3115, 3175, 3274, 3313, 8539,

3628, 3733, 3953, 4024, 4070, 4145 bills introduced by

No. 481-to authorize the construction of
a railroad and telegraph line from New
Orleans to Mobile, and to secure to the
Government the use of the same as a
military and post road..................1742
No. 568-to provide for the erection of a
building for a post office and the United
States courts in the city of New York,
congly me tudod 3466
No. 584-relating to the finding of indict-
ments in the courts of the United States
in the late rebel States...........¡¡.... 8645
No. 593-in addition to the sets concern-
ing naturalization....................8733
No. 610 in relation to corporations
created by laws of the United States.
Tailer sth aut nid 945
No. 612 in
in relation to the proof of wills

in the District of Columbia...........3954 joint resolutions introduced by-dodan No. 180-for the relief of certain officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the Army........ ..2144

No. 155-regulating representation in the Electoral College..... .....3767 concurrent resolution submitted byfor an adjournment sine die on June 18[May 27, 1868].......................... .2595 resolations submitted by yue no instructing the Committee on the District of Columbia to inquire what legislation is necessary to secure safety and convenience to those who ride in the street ears of the Metropolitan Railroad Company-[February 5, 1868]..............981 inquiring as to the condition of the appropriation for the medical and surgical history of the war-[July 3, 1868)...3710 reports made by... ........678, 1807, 4159 motions made by....................19, 256, 537,

1446, 1620, 1758, 1992, 2045, 2069, 2227, 2289, 2362, 2497, 2627, 3029, 2060, 3649, 3689, 3926, 4049, 4147, 4252, 4293, 4445, 4449, 4462, 4517 incidental remarks by..... 19, 405, 434, 785. 921, 1001, 1230, 1645, 1841, 2085, 2087, 2088, 2234, 2275, 2283, 2308, 2595, 2995, 3241, 8322, 3716, 4231, 4287, 4348, 4440, 4452 remarks on the resolution of adjournment for the holidays............ 168 40TH CONG. 2D SESS.

Conkling, Roscoe, a Senator from New York Continued.

remarks on the bill to repeal the cotton tax...........208, 220, 221, 222, 227, 308,

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346, 347, 354, 355, 565, 675, 676, 677 on the resolution relating to the cost of the Freedmen's Bureau....... .....220 on the President's message in regard to General Hancock.

256 on the Cincinnati memorial concerning the rights of naturalized citizens.....269 on deficiency bill (H. R. No. 813).....273, 274, 275, 281 on the order of business... ..281, 504, 556, 565, 1006, 1007, 1121, 1311, 1758, 1865, 1992, 1998, 2085, 2114, 3248, 3249, 3569, 4447, 4453, 4507 on the case of Hon. Philip F. Thomas...326, 327, 680, 1263, 1264, 1268 on the resolution relating to southern State governments...... ....384 on the bill to suspend the further reduction of the currency.. ....416,

439, 440, 442, 472, 473, 503, 523, 525, 526, 527, 530, 531, 532, 537 on the bill regulating corporations in the District of Columbia.... ..453,

454, 455, 888, 889, 3716, 8717 on supplementary reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 439)...702, 703, 826, 827, 859, 957 on the joint resolution in reference to the maritime exhibition at Havre......... 732, 1009, 1010, 1011 on printing the reports relating to the suspension of Secretary Stanton.........787, 788, 1034

on the joint resolution to provide for a commission to examine spirit-meters, 796, 798 on the bill providing for the sale of ironclads...... ....817

on the bill in addition to the tenure-ofoffice act..........846. 847, 953, 960, 962,

963, 965, 966, 1027, 1029, 1031, 1032 on the bill concerning Michigan and Wis

consin land grants...928, 2508, 2511, 2512 on Central Pacific railroad bill, 1095, 1096 on the bill for the relief of the heirs of General Richardson............ .1119

on the resolution relating to the rights of colored persons in cars. 1123, 1124, 1125 on the bill for the relief of certain contractors for vessels......1144, 2928, 2963 on the bill for supplying vacancies in the Executive Departments...............1165, 4025, 4147, 4159 on the Dubuque and Sioux City railroad bill.......... 1259, 1260 on supplementary reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 214)... .1292, 1312,

1813, 1814, 1315, 1816, 1416, 1417 on the telegrams of James E. Harvey to. Charleston, South Carolina, in 1861, 1309 on resolution of Mr. Howard for a committee on impeachment

on deficiency bill (S. No. 170).

1406 ..1440,

1441, 1442, 2512 on the bill providing for the sale of Harper's Ferry lots.....1446, 1447, 1448 on the Western Pacific railroad bill.... 1462, 1463, 3674, 3678, 3680 on the joint resolution in relation to the proceeds of captured property......1467, 1468, 1469, 1490

on the bill in regard to the renewal of patents....... .......1487

Hment....

on the rules for the court of impeach.1517, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1531, 1568, 1570, 1573, 1577, 1581, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1590, 1591, 1598, 1598, 1603 on the bill to facilitate the payment of soldiers' bounties....... .......1623 on the resolution providing tickets to the impeachment trial... ......1670,

1777, 1779, 1782, 2237, 2238 on the bill to facilitate the settlement of paymasters' accounts...1695, 1696, 1702 on consular and diplomatic bill, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1749, 1750, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1788, 1787

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Conkling, Roscoe, a Senator from New York→→ Continued.

remarks on the bill for the relief of Asbury Dickins's heirs. ...1864

on the bill relating to the central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.......1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893,

1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 3280, 3282, 3285, 3291, 3293, 4443, 4444 on the bill to exempt certain manufactures from tax................1981, 1982, 1985, 2161, 2188, 2191, 2192, 2222, 2223 on the Army appropriation bill...2038, 2561 on questions relating to impeachment proceedings......... 2069, 2362 on the bill to amend the judiciary act...2126 on the supplemetary bill concerning national banks....... ......2145,

2146, 2760, 2764, 3079, 8082, 3083, 3084, 3153, 3154, 8156, 3163, 3186, 3188, 3191, 3192, 3216, 3220, 3221 on the naval appropriation bill, 2154, 2155,

2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2244, 2245, 2246, 2247, 2249, 2250, 2257, 2267, 2270, 2271, 2272

on the bill to provide for appeals from the
Court of Claims..........
..2218

on the resolution to admit to the floor of
the Senate the reporter of the Associated
Press........
.......2234, 2235, 2236
on the bill for the relief of W. H. Otis,
2279, 3540
on the joint resolution for the relief of J.
M. Palmer.
.2284,
2285, 2286, 2566, 2568
on the resolution for printing report of the
impeachment trial.........
......... 2295
on the bill providing for the expenses of
the impeachment trial.........2301, 2303
on the resolution for a recess until May
26....2488, 2490, 2491, 2496, 2497, 2519
on the resolution to furnish the House with
a copy of the impeachment proceed-
ings......
.......2522, 2525
on the resolution to investigate alleged
improper influences on the impeach-
ment trial.............. 2550, 2555, 2598
on the bill to admit. Arkansas to repro-
sentation in Congress....
..2561,

2562, 2600, 2603, 2604, 2005, 2607, 2608, 2609, 2660, 2661, 2663, 2665, 2666, 2667, 2668, 2691, 2692, 2742, 2748, 2748, 2749 on the joint resolution donating captured ordnance to the Lincoln Monument Association....... 2562

on the resolution for printing the report
of J. Ross Browně.....
2569
on the resolution of thanks to Edwin M.
Stanton......
............2731
on the bill to provide a temporary govern-
ment for the Territory of Wyoming, 2796
on the bill to admit North Carolina,
&c ....
.....2864, 2871, 2896, 2969,
2999, 3002, 3003, 3008, 3009, 3014,
3018, 3019, 3020, 8022, 8023, 8029
on the joint resolution to authorize the
transfer of a suit to the Federal courts,
2925, 2926
on the bill regulating the conveyance of
printed mail matter....... ...... 2997
on the bill to relieve certain citizens of
North Carolina from disabilities.....8182
on the bill relating to the sale of ships to
belligerents..

on

.........8244 on the Rock Island bridge resolution, 3253 on the bill to admit Colorado..........3314, 3541, 3542, 3543, 3544, 3546 on the bill granting a pension to Milton Anderson............ .......3316 the legislative appropriation bill, 8356, 3358, 3359, 3360, 3391, 3393, 8394, 3439, 3473, 3475, 3508, 3509, 3514, 3515, 3518, 3519, 3522, 3523 on the bill to regulate elections for Senators in Congress....... .3383 on the credentials of the Senators from Arkansas.... ..3384

on the eight-hours labor bill............8425 on the joint resolution relating to the Northern Pacific railroad..............8571

Conkling, Roscoe, a Senator from New York- || Continued.

remarks on the civil appropriation bill, 3576, 3579, 3580, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3644, 3645, 8681 on the bill establishing rules for the gov ernment of the armies of the United States...............3582, 3585, 3586, 3587 on the credentials of the Senators from Florida....... .....3599, 3604

on the bill for the relief of. Martha M. Jones...... .3649 on the bill to amend an act for the relief of A. J. Atocha.........3652, 3655, 3681 on the bill to incorporate the Washington Target-Shooting Association........3714, 3872, 3873

on the bill for the relief of the Mount
Vernon Association.....................3734
on the order providing for evening ses-
sions....
.3786

on bill concerning district judges, 8769,8770
on the bill for the further issue of tempo-
rary loan certificates...
.3858,
4027, 4028, 4146
on the southern Electoral College resolu-
tion........
........3870, 3872, 3881,
3606, 3912, 3913, 3914, 3915, 3920,
3922, 3923, 3924, 8925, 8926, 3966
on the bill for funding the national debt,
4037, 4038, 4043, 4046, 4047, 4048, 4049
on the bill concerning the rights of Amer-
ican citizens abroad.
.4123,

4328, 4329, 4330, 4882, 4333, 4352, 4354, 4356, 4360, 4445 on the deficiency bill (II. R. No. 1341), 4162, 4170, 4171, 4172, 4282 on the bill to reduce the military peace establishment............. 4243, 4244, 4249 on the Indian appropriation bill........4273 on the resolution for a recess from July,

4276, 4282, 4293, 4325, 4326, 4328 on the credentials of Frederick A. Sawyer, 4314, 4815, 4316 on the motion for an evening session, 4320 on the bill to provide for an American steam line to Europe.......4847, 4348 on the bill to increase the pension of Sarah Hackleman....... .4351, 4352 on the bill in relation to California land claims.......... .......4362 on the bill relative to the removal of causes from State courts, 4404, 4405, 4462, 4463 on the bill for the relief of Joseph Segar, 4407, 4409, 4410 on the bill granting the right of way to the Denver Pacific Railroad Company, 4439, 4440, 4441, 4442 on the bill relating to the defense of officers against suits........ ...4449 on the resolution in relation to the pay of southern Senators.... .4454, 4455, 4456 Connelly, Johannah, bill (H. R. No. 1235) granting a pension to.

received from House and referred, 3119; reported, 3900; passed, 4365; enrolled, 4443.

Connolly, Thomas, bill (H. R. No. 676) granting a pension to. received from House, 1038; referred, 1068; reported, 1515; passed with amendments, 3320; conference, 3688; conference report, 3857; concurred in by Senate, 3857; by House, 3954; enrolled, 3958, 3986. Conness, John, a Senator from California.....1 petitions presented by........... 218, 296, 674,

950, 2506, 2856, 8504, 3983, 4024, 4228 bills introduced by

No. 168-for the relief of George E.
Glenn, additional paymaster United
States Army....

......63

No. 208-to remit the duties upon certain goods, wares, and merchandise destroyed by fire.......... .219 No. 218-to create a southern judicial district in California....... ...318 No. 349-granting lands to the State of California to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the town of Vallejo to Humboldt bay, in the State of California................. 1117

Conness, John, a Senator from CaliforniaContinued.

bills introduced by

No. 350 to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts," approved March 3, 1867....... .........1117

No. 489-to relinquish the interest of the United States in certain lands to the city and county of San Francisco...2596 No. 492-to extend the time for the construction of the Southern Pacific railroad in the State of California......2624 joint resolutions introduced byNo. 70-authorizing Rear Admiral H. K. Thatcher to accept a decoration from the king of the Hawaiian Islands........1 No. 125-authorizing the issue of a new register to the American-built schooner Milton Badger.........

No. 131-to authorize the settlement of the accounts of Robert L. Stockton, late Indian agent......... ...2217 concurrent resolutions submitted bygiving the consent of Congress to the acceptance by Hon. Anson Burlingame, now the American minister at China, of such civil appointment as he may have received from the Emperor of China-[January 15, 1868]............ 519 in relation to citizens imprisoned by Great Britain-[January 21, 1868].......650 resolutions submitted bycalling for copies of any reports in the War Department concerning the reduction of the military reservation of Point San José-[December 4, 1867]............... 19 calling for the proceedings and findings of the board appointed to investigate the circumstances of the robbery of Major George E. Glenn. paymaster at Fort Boise, Idaho Territory-[December 5, 1867]...... .........38 making inquiries relative to the appointment of the American minister at Pekin, Hon. Anson Burlingame, to a mission in behalf of the Chinese Government by the emperor of China-[January 13, 1868]

.......

...471

directing Committee on Private Land Claims to inquire into the propriety of restoring to the body of the public domain the tract of land in California known as the Gabillan grant-[February 7, 1868]............................1026 calling for information in regard to applications for privileges in connection with the fisheries in Alaska-[April 14, 1868]...

.............2297

discharging Committee on Foreign Relations from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. No. 768) concerning the rights of American citizens in foreign States [June 22, 1868]................................3347 in relation to the promulgation of the law recently enacted limiting the hours of labor-[July 1, 1868]..................3629 inquiring whether a commission has been issued to James Coey, nominated and confirmed as collector for the first internal revenue district of California-[July 11, 1868]..... ...........3954 reports made by.. .2758, 4346 motions made by, 19, 128, 208, 358, 384, 632, 765, 768, 1071, 1216, 1461, 1488, 1646, 1787, 1813, 1865, 2078, 2287, 2406, 2792, 8074, 8363, 3424, 3476, 3672, 8901, 8916, 4039, 4123, 4264, 4445 incidental remarks by........9, 38, 79, 128, 280,

295, 404, 405, 471, 519, 816, 1068, 1071, 1094, 1095, 1163, 1461, 1622, 1696, 1842, 1864, 1926, 2040, 2069, 2087, 2088, 2240, 2241, 2262, 2282, 2306, 2829, 2417, 2488, 2506, 2514, 2759, 2770, 2792, 2827, 2959, 3074, 3147, 8505, 3540, 3567, 3628, 3629, 3681, 3901, 3954, 3956, 4040, 4159, 4209, 4238, 4265, 4346, 4348, 4349, 4402, 4403 remarks on the resolution in reference to the

duties of the Sergeant-at-Arm's.........80 on the resolution in regard to the proceeds of confiscated property........... ...82

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443, 699, 1006, 1007, 1033, 1330, 1836, 1865, 2045, 2259, 2297, 2658, 2772, 2904, 2959, 3074, 8075, 3569, 3570, 3629, 4275, 4276, 4321, 4403 on the resolution relating to illegal expenditures by public officers.....372, 373 on the joint resolution relating to the proeeeds of captured property....... ...380, 382, 1493 on the bill to suspend the further reduction of the currency........... ..416, 436, 438, 441, 473, 524, 525, 531, 532 on the resolution relating to Mr. Burlingame's mission......... ..471, 619 on the joint resolution in relation to consular appointments..........520, 631, 632 on deficiency bill (H. R. No. 320)......562 on the joint resolution to provide for a commission to examine distillery meters, 652, 795

on the case of Hon. Philip F. Thomas, 657, 680, 1148, 1176, 1209, 1242, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269. 1271 on supplementary reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 439)..... .701, 702, 703, 768, 830, 858, 1071 on the resolution relating to the maritime exhibition at Havre.......... .... 731, 732, 768, 1008, 1011 on printing the reports relating to the suspension of Secretary Stanton.....787, 788, 1033, 1034, 1036 on the bill providing for the sale of ironclads......... ......816, 817 on the bill in addition to the tenure-ofoffice act......

....879,

952, 953, 961, 1027, 1028, 1030 on the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to employ counsel in certain cases................ ......... 983, 984 on the La Crosse bridge bill............1038 on the Central Pacific railroad bill...1096 on the bill for the relief of the heirs of General Richardson.......... ....1096 1097, 1118, 1119, 1120 on the bill in relation to Nevada land grants,

1097, 1098, 1466, 1646 on the resolution relating to the rights of colored persons in the cars, 1121, 1122 on the joint resolution authorizing the free transmission of soldiers' certificates by mail...........ğımı .......1231 on the Dubuque and Sioux City railroad bill...... .1290, 1291 on supplementary reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 214).... ........................................1290, 1291 on resolution of Mr. Howard for a committee on impeachment................ 1406 on the Western Pacific railroad bill,

1461, 1462, 1463, 1488, 1489, 8075, 3076, 3077, 3672, 3673, 3674, 8675, 3676, 3677, 3678, 3679, 3680, 3681 on the bill relating to the renewal of patents.......

1487, 1488 on the bill concerning cashiered Army officers........

..........1500

on the rules for the court of impeachment, 1530, 1533, 1535, 1576, 1577, 1585 on the bill to facilitate the payment of

soldiers' bounties........1623, 1787, 1788 on the resolution providing tickets to the impeachment trial. ..1670,

1777, 1843, 2078, 2237, 2238 on the organization of the Senate as a court of impeachment..........1673, 1698 on the bill to facilitate the settlement of paymasters' accounts......

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