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Benton, Abby, bill (H. R. No. 990) for the Bingham, John A, a Representative from Bingham, John A, a Representative from Ohio-Continued. relief of [By Mr. Gravely.]`

Benton, Jacob, a Representative from New

referred, 2228.

Hampshire...... petitions presented by

2

.452,

517, 562, 1256, 2332

bill introduced by-
No. 527-to make partial compensation
for expenses incurred in the prosecu-
tion of the war by providing for the
taxation of national bonds..............778
joint resolution introduced by→

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No. 320 in relation to affixing revenue stamps to written instruments..

motion made by........

incidental remarks by.

3616 .........8364 .4393

remarks on the question of drawing for ...1043, 1044

seats......

on the Kentucky election (case of Sam-
1198, 1199
ael E. Smith)....
on the bill granting pensions to the sol-
1247, 1249
diers of 1812.......

on the resolution reported for the impeachment of the President...

on reconstruction.........

1398 ...1428

(See Appendix.)

on the bill to exempt certain manufactures from tax......

....2174, 2175

on the bill concerning the rights of Ameri-
2316, 2316
can citizens abroad...
on the Donnelly and Washburne contro-
.2360
-versy..
on the bill to regulate the eivil service, 2466
on the Ohio election (case of Delano vs.
....2788
Morgan)...............

on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1060), 2843, 2919,
2986, 3036, 8112, 8113, 3140, 3141, 8142
on the Kentucky election (case of MeKee
.........8338
vs. Young)..

3455 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1284)......8530, 3532, 3537

during call of the House..

....8843 .....4179, 4184, 4220, 4222, 4308

on the civil appropriation bill... on the funding bill......................... ...........

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Bidwell, Emily B., bill (H. R. No. 1363) granting a pension to, widow of Brigadier General Daniel D. Bidwell [By Mr. Van Horn, of New York.]

referred, 3758; reported and passed, 3896;

passed Senate with amendment. 4495; agreed to, 4496; enrolled, 4497; approved, 4500. In Senate: received from House, 3902; referred, 3916; reported, 4146; passed

with amendments and title amended, 4462; agreed to by House, 4506; enrolled, 4506. Bills, bill (S. No. 866) regulating the presentation of, to the President and the return of the same. **

received from Senate, 2083; called up, 2543,
4341; referred, 4842.

Bingham, John A., & Representative from
Ohio.

petitions presented by......
bills introduced by

1

..........1.2.
......144

No. 435 to establish a post road and
mail route in the State of Ohio.... 475

bills introduced by―

....475

No. 436-declaring the fourteenth article
of the amendment proposed by the
Thirty-Ninth Congress duly ratified as
a part of the Constitution........
No. 439-additional and supplementary to
an act entitled "An act to provide for
the more efficient government of the
rebel States," passed March 2, 1867, and
to the acts supplementary thereto...476
No. 626-to establish a mail route from
Cumberland to. Caldwell, in the State
.934
of Ohio.....
No. 778-to relieve William W. Holden
1298
and others from disabilities...
No. 1450-for the more speedy reorgani
Missis
zation of the States of Virginia, M
.4416
sippi, and Texas.
No. 1451-for the relief of John H. Osler,
of Guernsey county, Ohio.......4428
joint resolutions introduced by-

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No. 206-to restore the State of Alabama
to representation in Congress........ 1217
No. 817-to admit kryolite into the United
..3588
States free of duty.......
resolutions submitted by
authorizing Committee on Reconstruction
to report immediately, and fixing a day
for the consideration of the reconstruc-
tion bill-[January 13, 1868].........476
directing that the articles of impeachment

agreed to by the House against Andrew
Johnson, President of the United States,
be carried to the Senate by managers
appointed to conduct said impeach-
ment[March 3, 1868]..........1642
authorizing the managers on the part of
the House. in the matter of the im-
peachment of the President, to appoint
a clerk and a messenger, to be paid at
the usual rates, and to send for persons
and papers-[ March 3, 1868]........1642
that the House attend the managers to
the Senate [March 4, 1868].1661
authorizing the managers on the part of
1 the House, in the matter of the im-
peachment of the President, to sit during
the sessions of the House, and to send
19.1 ha for persous and papers, administer oaths,

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and take the testimony of witnesses-
[March 6, 1868]...............1706
that the stenographers of the House attend
the managers to the Senate to report
the proceedings of the trial of the im-
peachment of the President, and that
the same be printed by the Congres-
sional Printer, &c.—[March 12, 1868],
1861
directing the managers on the impeach-
ment trial to investigate the means
alleged to have been used corruptly to
influence the determination of the Sen-
ate upon the articles of impeachment—
[May 16, 1868]...........
assigning rooms Nos. A and B, opposite
the room of the solicitor of the Court
of Claims in the Capitol, as guard-room
and office for the Capitol police of May
...........2643
28, 1868]......................
directing that Charles W: Woolley be kept
until otherwise ordered in close con-
finement, until said Woolley shall fully
answer the questions recited, and all
questions put to him by the committee
in relation to the subject of the investi-
gations with which they are charged-
[May 28, 1868]........ wwwwwwwwat dit!...2651
discharging select committee on alleged
corruption in the impeachment trial
from further consideration of the sub-
.4474
ject [July 25, 1868]......
reports made by

........ ..... ...........1298,
1540, 1706, 1906, 3090, 4491
motions made by.....815, 664, 875, 944,
1109, 1540, 1706, 2581, 3174. 3255, 4345
..310, 814, 332,
incidental remarks by..............
2508, 3197,
·420, 573, 644, 1198, 1861, 2
-8689, 4172, 4344, 4412, 4477, 4479, 4491

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on the reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 214), 265, 266

on the bill relating to land grants to southern railroads............310, 875, 977, 979 on allowing a clerk to a committee.....315 on deficiency bill (H. R. No. 313)......316 on the supplementary reconstruction bill .....476, 510, (H. R. No. 489)......

511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 546, 583, 584, 585, 586, 589, 639, 644, 646, 647, 664 on the bill defining a quorum of the Su.480, preme Court...... 481, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487 on the censure of Hon. Fernando Wood, 542 on the order of business, 592, 598, 600, 1927 on the resolution concerning the arrest and trial of Stephen J. Meany.............945, 946, 947, 948, 949 on the correspondence relating to the Secretary of War ..............

.....1109 on the bill granting pensions to the soldiers .1249 of 1812...... on the bill for the relief of W. W. Holden .1298, and others......

1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1927, 1928, 1929 on the resolution reported from the Committee on Reconstruction for the im peachment of the President......... 1339, 1840, 1341, 1842, 1846, 1399 on the bill for the relief of the heirs of Biol. General Dunean L. Clinch......... 1540, 1867, 1868

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1 on the articles of impeachment........ 1614,
-1615, 1642, 1643, 1660, 1661
ail on sundry questions relating to impeach-
........1688, 1706, 1711, 4474
ment...
on the impeachment replication...... 2072,
·2074, 2075, 2080, 2081
on the bill to admit Alabama to represent-
.... 2138,
ation in Congress.......
2209, 2211, 2212, 2213
on the bill to admit South Carolina, &c.,
to representation în Congress......2413,
2446, 2447, 2462, 2463, 3090, 3091,
3092, 8093, 8094, 3095, 3096, 3097
on the impeachment trial alleged corrupt
.../2503, 2504, 2505
practices...........
on the case of Charles W. Woolley, a re-
cusant witness............2581. 2643. 2351,
2652, 2670, 2671, 2673, 2674,2675,2676
on the resolution relating to aguard-room
at the Capitol.....2643, 2649, 2650, 2651
during call of the House, 2646, 2649, 3255
on the clerks twenty per cent. resolution,
3174, 3199, 3238, 8255, 3256
..3202
on the river and harbor bill..
.4185, 4186,
on the funding bill...
4190, 4195, 4196, 4218, 4219, 4220, 4221
on the resolution for an adjournment to
...4877, 4411
September..........
03 on the resolution for an investigation of
the disbursement of the contingent fund,
no4415, 4416
on the reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 1450),
4416, 4420, 4421, 4422, 4423
on the bill relating to appeals and writs
.4431

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Birch, James H., contestant for a seat as a Representative from Missouri-Continued. resolution to pay, $2,500 for expenses in prosecuting his claim to a seat as a Representative from Missouri - [By Mr. Upson, July 20, 1868.] rejected, 4253, 4254.

Blackburn, W. Jasper, a Representative from Louisiana..... ........4213, 4215

Blackmer, Luke, bill (H. R. No. 592) to remove the political disabilities from, of Salisbury, South Carolina - [By Mr. Lynch.]

referred, 838.

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No. 375-in relation to taxing shares of national banks..................

bu No. 376-for relief of certain officers, 473 No. 461-making an appropriation for ese, rebuilding the United States military

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asylum at Togus, Maine.................635 Co No. 512-in relation to taxing shares in wi, national banks......... ...... 693 No. 606-to limit and control the expendiblature of certain appropriations........ 934 No. 607-to amend the act of July 25, 1866, relating to promotions in the Navy........ .......934

No. 656-to make St. George and Boothbay ports of delivery.... ......... 966 No. 658-making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1869... .............. 1018 No. 679-for the relief of Mrs. Sally C. Nicholson.......... 1082

No. 789-to limit the liability of common - carriers of goods between the different 1200 States. .1418

No. 832-making appropriations for the
service of the Post Office Department
g during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1869.......
......1501

No. 840-to rebuild the levees on the east
bank of the Mississippi river and re-
claim the land of the Yazoo basin from
overflow......
.......1630

joint resolution introduced by

No. 312-in relation to the pay of the Assistant Librarian of the House...3524 resolutions submitted by on dai

instructing Committee on Naval Affairs

to inquire what reduction may be effected LO in the number of officers and men em874ployed in the Navy by reducing our forfeign-squadrons to the number of ships

(and guns that were in service before the 365 war-[December 16, 1867]............ 213 toi committing the subject of leasing the restaurant and prescribing the rules under which it shall be kept to the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business, with full power to make such regulations as may to them seem expeFit dient-[December 17, 1867].........232 to calling for information in reference to ft seizures and to measures taken for the

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prevention and punishment of frauds upon the customs revenue [January .....890 calling for correspondence in relation to the conferring upon Lieutenant General Sherman the brevet rank of general, as well as all correspondence in relation to the establishment of a new military division of the Atlantic-[February 19, 1868]...... ..1286

in reference to the expense and practicability of converting the old Hall of Representatives into committee-rooms

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for the use of the committees of the 48_House-[March 24, 1868]........... 2070 directing Committee on Appropriations

to inquire into the expediency of defining more accurately the time and manner of carrying unexpended appropriations to the surplus fund and covering the same in the Treasury Department[April 9, 1868]......

2289

Blaine, James G., a Representative from Blaine, James G., a Representative from Maine-Continued.

resolutions submitted by

for a committee to attend the funeral of ex-President Buchanan-[June 1, 1868]............. 2817

in reference to the action of the Mexican Government in establishing free ports at Matamoras and other points on the Rio Grande-[June 10, 1868]......2976 in reference to the salary of the Assistant Librarian-[June 22, 1868]..... .3346

in reference to a funding bill-July 1, 1868] 3655 reports made by......1018, 1501, 1768, 2872 motions made by. ..890, 936, 1112, 1280, 1283, 1298, 1302, 1330, 1484, 1619, 1761, 1769, 1791, 1902, 2070, 2109, 2170, 2534, 2582, 2872, 3061, 3225, 3346, 3524 incidental remarks by 156, 210, 232,

474, 505, 606, 637, 781, 801, 936, 1346, 1513, 1633, 1768, 1769, 1771, 1862, 1901, 1902, 1908, 1959, 2070, 2083, 2571, 2756, 2872, 2976, 3846, 3365, 3376, 3524 remarks on the President's message......75, 76, 77, 98, 871, 469, 606, 619, 624 on the order of business.. .593, 1706, 2239, 2535, 2574, 2943, 3145, 3846, 3658, 3707, 3708, 8723 on the bill in relation to taxing shares in national banks......................... ..................................... .....693, 802 on the bill to repeal the cotton tax...742, 743, 897 on the bill concerning land grants to southern railroads............ ....806,

810, 811, 838, 871, 979 on the resolution in reference to one of the justices of the Supreme Court...863, 864 on the resolution concerning the changing of bank securities......... .....936 on the Military Academy appropriation bill.........993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 1021 on the Army appropriation bill, 1018, 1019,

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1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1286, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 2609, 2872 on the legislative appropriation bill, 1023, 1024, 1046, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1088, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1132, 1133, 1141, 3694, 3699, 3700, 8706, 3707, 3724, 3725 on the Kentucky election (case of Samuel E. Smith)................................... 1184, 1197, 1198 on the consular and diplomatic appropri12ation bill........... ....1201,

1223, 1224, 1225, 1226 on the resolution concerning the sale of Government bonds........ 1298

on the Army appropriation bill........1303, ST 1804, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308 on the naval appropriation bill, 1422, 1423 on the civil appropriation bill, 1476, 1478,

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1479, 1480, 1481, 1484, 1508, 1511, 1999, 2028 on the articles of impeachment, 1554, 1619 on the Post Office appropriation bill, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 2072 on t the finances..... ....1733 on the joint resolution concerning captured property..... .1761, 1764, 1765, 1768 on the bill to establish an assay office in Idaho.... .......1768, 1769 on the bill providing for the prompt settlement of public accounts, 1772, 1778, 1774 on the bill to exempt certain manufactures from tax..............1795, 2230, 2231 on the amendment of the judiciary act, 1882, 1885 on the bill to continue the Freedmen's Bureau...... ...............1997 on the impeachment replication......2072, 2073, 2078 on the Indian appropriation bill......2170, 2171, 2175 on the Donnelly and Washburne controversy.. ..2360

on the joint resolution for the protection of fishing vessels...........

on the bill to admit Arkansas to representation in Congress..... ...2391, 22392, 2398, 2399, 2811

Maine-Continued.

remarks on the resolution concerning a let

ter to Senator Henderson.......... .2498 on the resolution asking Senate for a copy of the impeachment proceedings...2532 on the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association...... .......2534

on the bill for relief of Palemon John, 2540 on the bill for the survey of certain Indian reservations.......... .....3098, 3100 on the partial deficiency bill.............2573 on the case of Charles W. Woolley, a recusant witness....2588, 2673,

2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2939 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1060), 2610, 2712, 2838, 2843, 2844, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2850, 2851, 2854, 2855, 2878, 2889, 2890, 2891, 2954, 2979, 2980, 2985, 2988, 2990, 3038, 3049, 3050, 3065, 3073, 3111, 3112, 3113, 3114, 3135 on the bill to promote American com.2613, 3235, 3236, 3237 on the Ohio election (case of Delano vs. Morgan).... ..........2784 on the resolution relating to the death of ex-President Buchanan, 2810, 2811, 2817 on the bill to improve the Mississippi river....... .2834

merce.

on the resolution concerning the taxation of United States bonds.......... ..2936 on the bill to amend an act relating to the Illinois and St. Louis bridge.........2974 on the river and harbor bill......

3171 3208, 3558, 3593 on the clerks' twenty per cent. resolution.........

on questions of finance....... ,8412, 3413 during call of the House.................3416 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1284)......3461 11th to the 3537, 3538 on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 1341), 3725, 3726, 8729, 3731 leave of absence granted to............ ..2291, 3759 Blair, Austin, a Representative from Michigan

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on the amendment of the judiciary act of 1789.......................... ........................ ......... ...... 1883, 1884 on financial questions......2045, 2048, 2049 on the bill to prevent the further sale of public lands.... .2383, 2384 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1060)......2979, 2981, 3070 on the river and harbor bill............. 3211 on the bill to promote American com....3229, 3230, 3231 during call of the House.......... ......3416 on the bill for distributing the rewards for capture of Jefferson Davis, 3934, 4390 on the purchase of Alaska...

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on issues of the campaign-see Appendix. leave of absence granted to.......2072, 2288 Blair, William H., bill (H. R. No. 1182) granting a pension to, late a private in company G, of the twelfth regiment of Maine volunteers [By Mr. Miller.] reported and passed, 2909; passed Senate, 4395; enrolled, 4434; approved, 4498. In Senate: received from House, 2925; referred, 2935; reported, 3857; passed, 4364; enrolled, 4448, gimimos tisin

THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.

Blake, F. N., bill (H. R. No. 1156) authorizing
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office to issue a patent to, for one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land in Kansas-
[By Mr. Driggs.]

reported and passed, 2829; passed Senate,
3852; enrolled, 3885; approved, 4004.
In Senate: received from House, 2857;
referred, 2860; reported, 2922; passed,
3815; enrolled, 3872.

Blake, William, bill (S. No. 338) for the relief
of, a soldier of the war of 1812.

received from Senate, 1859; referred, 1869; reported adversely, 3103.

Blakey, George D., claiming a seat as a Representative from Kentucky-see Contested Election.

remarks on the Kentucky election.............56 resolution that, is not entitled to a seat as a Representative from the third district in Kentucky-[By Mr. Dawes, Decem ber 2, 1867.J

reported, 3; discussed, 56; adopted, 61. resolution that there be paid to, $2,500 for

time spent and expenses incurred in con-
testing a seat as Representative from
the third district of Kentucky-[By Mr.
Julian, March 23, 1868.]

read and tabled, 2071.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 314) for the re

lief of, late collector of the second district of Kentucky-[By Mr. Cobb.] reported and passed, 3554.

In Senate: received from House, 8551; referred, 3552.

Blind-school building, bill (H. R. No. 385) to appropriate money for rebuilding the Tennessee- -[By Mr. Trimble, of Tennessee.] referred, 473.

Blodgett, Sylvanus, bill (S. No. 317) granting

an increase of pension to, of Jericho, Chit-
tenden county, Vermont.

received from Senate, 1859; referred, 1869;
reported, 2310.

Boilers, bill (H. R. No. 684) providing for the

inspection and use upon steamboats of, made of materials other than charcoal plates of wrought iron-[By Mr. O'Neill.] referred, 1083.

Boles, Thomas, a Representative from Arkan..3396, 3440

838..

bill introduced by

No. 1316-for the relief of soldiers honor-
ably discharged from the service of the
.....3525
United States......

joint resolution introduced by

No. 311-to remove a suit from the circuit
court of Franklin county, Arkansas, to
the circuit court of the United States,
3525

Bolton & Patterson, bill (H. R. No. 447) to
refund certain overpaid duties to-[By
M O'Neill.]

referred, 551.
Bond, bill (B. R. No. 430) authorizing the

Secretary of the Treasury to issue a new,
to Rebecca J. Sheppard, of Philadelphia,
in the place of a similar one destroyed by
fire [By Mr. Myers.]
referred, 475.

bill (H. R. No. 1318) authorizing the Secre

tary of the Treasury to issue a new, to
Rebecca J. Sheppard, of Philadelphia,
in place of one destroyed by fire-[By
Mr. Myers.]
referred, 3552.

Bonded warehouses-see Warehouses.
Bonding of imported goods, bill (H. R. No.

1162) to amend the various acts relative
to the, and to provide for more speedy pay-
ment of duties thereon-[By Mr. Raum.]
referred, 2895.
Bonds, bill (H. R. No. 210) to fund the

interest-bearing debt of the United States and to provide for a national tax thereon and the distribution of the taxes collected to the several States, in lieu of State or local taxation, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the public debtBy Mr. Williams, of Indiana.] referred, 51.

Bonds-Continued.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 112) authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to use
$4,000,000 per month in greenbacks
to procure, and destroy the same-[By
Mr. Bromwell.]
referred, 89.

resolution in reference to the payment of
United States-[By Mr. Cary, Decem-
ber 12, 1867.]
referred, 153.

resolution that the indebtment of the na-
tion ought to be paid in exact accord-
ance with the acts of Congress creating
it, and not otherwise; that all loans en-
acted to be paid in gold to be so paid;
and all loans not so enacted to be pay-
able ought to be paid in lawful money of
the United States-[By Mr. Butler, of
Massachusetts, December 16, 1867.]
proposed, 212.

resolution instructing Committee of Ways
and Means to inquire whether it is
expedient to permit any of the, in which
the national debt may be funded to be
entailed for charitable or educational
purposes under suitable regulations as
to interest, registration, and escheat-
[By Mr. Paine, December 19, 1867.]
agreed to, 286.

bill (H. R. No. 386) for the funding of the
national debt-[By Mr. Hunter.]
referred, 473.

resolution calling for certain information

respecting the amount, &c., of ten-forty, issued or disposed of by the Treasury Department since the 1st day of October, 1867-[By Mr. Logan, January 21,1867.] agreed to, 664.

resolution instructing the Secretary of the

Treasury to suspend any further issue of
ten-forty United States, until further con-
gressional action shall be had thereon-
[By Mr. Ross, January 22, 1868.]
objected to, 694.
bill (H. R. No. 527) to make partial com-

pensation for expenses incurred in the
prosecution of the war by providing for
the taxation of national-[By Mr. Ben-
ton.]

referred, 778.

bill (H. R. No. 542) to establish a uniform
currency, provide for the management
and liquidation of the national debt-
[By Mr. Cary.]

referred, 779; called up, 8885; laid aside,
3885.

bill (H. R. No. 564) making all purchases,
sales, or conversions of United States
loans and, open to public competition-
[By Mr. Randall.]

referred, 780.

bill (H. R. No. 609) relating to the public
debt and the payment of interest there-
on- -[By Mr. Boutwell.]
referred, 934.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 204) providing
for the taxation of United States-[By
Mr. Logan.]
referred, 1177.

bill (H. R. No. 766) to revoke the authority

of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
percentage for the sale of Government
securities or, and repealing all laws or
parts of laws authorizing the appoint-
of
ment of an agent for the purpose
negotiating or selling Government se-
curities or [By Mr. Logan.]
referred, 1286.
resolution calling upon the Secretary of the

Treasury for certain information with
regard to the sale of ten-forty, from
October 16, 1867, to January 20, 1868-
[By Mr. Logan, February 20, 1868.]
discussed, 1298; adopted, 1302.
remarks by—

.1298 1301, 1302 1801, 1302 ..1301

Mr. Blaine.
Mr. Brooks..

Mr. Holman
Mr. Kelley
Mr. Logan.

1298, 1800, 1301, 1302

Bonds, resolution calling upon the Secretary
of the Treasury for certain information
with regard to the sale of ten-forty, from
October 16, 1867, to January 20, 1868-
Continued.
remarks by-

Mr. Niblack........
Mr. Pruyn........
Mr. Randall..

Mr. Spalding..

Mr. Wood....

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resolution in reference to extending aid to
railroad companies by granting subsidies
in the, of the United States, or by guar-
antying the payment of any stock or
other liabilities-[By Mr. Wilson, of
Iowa, February 25, 1868.]
proposed, 1420; tabled, 1631.
bill (H. R. No. 843) to regulate public debt-
3d [By Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts.]
referred, 1631.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 229) declaring

that the enormous expenditure raised by contribution and taxation to put down the late rebellion was responded to with alacrity unparalleled in history, and therefore it ought not to be required of this generation to discharge, by taxation, the entire national debt, but leave a portion of it to he borne by the on whom this rich and noble Renext,

public will descend-[By Mr. Miller.] referred, 1759. resolution in relation to the withdrawal of interest-bearing-[By Mr, Burr, March

9, 1868. referred, 1761.

resolution instructing the Committee on Retrenchment to investigate the charges made in reference to the false certificate of destruction of $18,640,000 of United States-[By Mr. Price, March 9, 1868.] adopted, 1769.

report from the Committee on Retrenchment in regard to the cancellation and destruction of United States-[By Mr. Van Wyck, March 11, 1868.]

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discussed, 1828, 1847, 1848; printed and recommitted, 1857.

remarks by-
Mr. Allison..

Mr. Boyer.

Mr. Dawes..

1833

1853

Mr. Eldridge........................................................... .........1857
Mr. Eliot......

Mr. Farnsworth.........................
Mr. Garfield..

1856 ......1847, 1852

Mr. Halsey........ 1831, 1850, 1851, 1854
Mr. Holman....

Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts......1857

Mr. Judd....

Mr. Kelley

Mr. Laflin.

Mr. Logan

.....1847

1853, 1854

1854

1830, 1831 ...1828,

1831

1829, 1830, 1881, 1882, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1852, 1855 Mr. Maynard......1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 .1829, 1850, 1853 Mr. Miller... Mr. Price, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1856, 1857 Mr. Randall, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 Mr. Scofield.... Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, 1854, 1856 ....1828, Mr. Van Wyck.... 1829, 1830, 1831, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857 Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, 1847, 1854 Mr. Welker........1880, 1849, 1851, 1853 ...1854 Mr. Wood.... bill (H. R. No. 930) in regard to interest on the public debt-[By Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts.]

referred, 1900. resolution calling for information in refer

ence to the commissions paid for the sale of United States, since 2d day of March, 1862-[By Mr. Logan, March 18, 1868.] agreed to, 1972.

resolution in reference to the payment of the United States [By Mr. Holman, March 23, 1868.]

referred, 2070.

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agreed to, 2310.

resolution in relation to the payment of fivetwenty-[By Mr. Cary, May 25, 1868.] read, 2570; referred, 2571. resolution in relation to the taxation of, and other securities issued by the United States-[By Mr. Holman, June 1, 1868.} laid over, 2753.

bill (H. R. No. 1287) to provide for funding the national debt, and for taxing the interest-bearing, hereafter issued by the United States-[By Mr. Kelsey.] referred, 3363..

resolution in relation to the public debt[By Mr. Loughridge, June 22, 1868.] adopted, 8364.

resolution in reference to the expediency of appropriating $50,000,000, to take up the matured and maturing indebtment of the United States, which is payable in currency [By Mr. Price, June 22, 1868.] laid over, 3365.

resolution in reference to taxation of interest on-[By Mr. Cobb, June 29, 1868.] agreed to, 3588, 3589.

·bill (H. R. No. 1350) to authorize internal tax on the interest of, and other securi ties of the United States-[By Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts.] substitute moved, 3613; bill reported, 3689. bill (H. R. No. 1368) to equalize the taxes and reduce the interest on the public debt-[By Mr. Donnelly.]

read, 3758.

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received from Senate, 4080; referred. 4084; reported, 4138; recommitted, 4135; reported. 4172; discussed, 4172,4178,4175, 4182, 4187, 4216, 4217, 4224, 4296, 4300, 4307, 4808: 4810; passed with amend ments, 4812; disagreed to by Senate, 4375; conference, 4390, 4423, 4430,4493; conference report, 4496; agreed to by Senate,4495; discussed, 4496, 4497,4499; report agreed to, 4499; enrolled, 4500. remarks byMr. Allison..

.4183, 4184, 4188, 4189, 4190, 4194, 4217, 4218, 1 4220, 4221, 4222, 4225, 4227, 4390 Mr. Axtell.... 4185, 4186, 4198, 4194 Mr. Benton, 4179, 4184, 4220, 4222, 4308 Mr. Bingham..... .4185, 4186, 4190,

4195, 4196, 4218, 4219, 4220, 4221 Mr. Blair...... 4187 .135

Mr. Boutwell... J.,

4178, 4179, 4190, 4226, 4227, 4296, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4302, 4309, 4311 ..4194, 4195 .4174, 4181, 4310 .4184,

Mr. Boyden....

Mr. Brooks..

Mr. Broomall..

4185, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4192 Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts,4174,4175,

4177, 4181, 4183, 4184, 4185, 4190, 4192, 4193, 4217, 4218, 4219, 4221, 4224, 4225, 4302 Mr. Cavanaugh... .4194, 4195, 4196 Mr. Coburn.........

Mr. Dawes........ Mr. Delano.... Mr. Donnelly..

...4195

Bonds, bill (S. No. 207)—Continued. remarks by

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Mr. Eldridge. ..........4192, 4198, 4194, 4195, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4812, 4497 Mr. Eliot......... ..4302

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Mr. Garfield, 4133,4174.4181,4183,4184, 4187, 4189, 4190, 4192, 4196, 4217, 4218, 4224, 4225, 4301, 4302, 4497

Mr. Griswold............................ ........ 4177, 4178 Mr. Higby......... .4175, 4194, 4220 Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts......4188. 4190, 4191, 4192, 4390 Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia.....4176, 4182, 4195 Mr. Hunter..... .4226, 4227 Mr. Ingersoll .4193,

4196, 4222, 4225, 4226 Mr. Judd. ...4181 Mr. Kelsey ...4217, 4226, 4310, 4311 Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio........4226, 4308 Mr. Loan............ Mr. Logan.....

..4221 .4180, 4191, 4192, 4198, 4194, 4195, 4217, 4219, 4220, 4221, 4222, 4224 Mr. Lynch, 4184, 4192, 4193, 4217, 4225 Mr. Marshall... 4307 Mr. Maynard ...4173, 4188, 4222, 4225 Mr. Miller..... ..4179 Mr. Moorhead......... .4133 Mr. Mullins........4173, 4187, 4194, 4299 Mr. Niblack, 4181, 4185, 4186,4187,4225 Mr. O'Neill... .4173, 4178, 4219 Mr. Paine.... .4177, 4182, 4184, 4221 Mr. Peters ...4196 Mr. Pike... 4176, 4177,

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4178, 4182, 4183, 4185, 4186, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4192, 4196, 4218, 4219. 4221, 4222, 4299, 4300, 4801, 4302 Mr. Pile... .4180 Mr. Randall, 4133,4135,4172,4173,4176, 4182, 4217, 4224, 4225, 4296, 4299, 4800, 4301, 4309, 4811, 4497, 4499 Mr. Ross .4183, 4175, 4176, 4177, 4178, 4182, 4184, 4193, 4224, 4225, 4801, 4808, 4311, 4497 Mr. Schenck. .4084, 4133, 4135, 4172, 4173, 4174, 4175, 4176, 4178, 4180, 4182, 4184, 4186, 4187, 4188, 4190, 4191, 4192, 4193, 4195, 4196, 4216, 4217, 4218, 4219, 4220, 4221, 4224, 4225, 4227, 4298, 4300, 4301, 4802, 4807, 4808, 4309, 4311, 4812, 4423, 4493, 4496, 4497, 4499 Mr. Scofield. .4174 Mr. Smith ..... 4224 Mr. Spalding......... .4172, 4173, 4216 Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania......4183,

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4135, 4178, 4174, 4177, 4178 Mr. Washburne, of Illinois..... .4133 4173, 4174, 4216, 4227, 4302 Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts, 4218 Mr. Welker........ 4192 yeas and nays on the.. .4173,

4174, 4809, 4310, 4311, 4499 bill (S. No. 637) to authorize the city of Washington to issue, for the purpose of paying the floating debt of the city. received from Senate, 4395; passed, 4485; enrolled, 4492.

bill (H. R. No. 1454) making certain regulations as to the public debt-[By Mr. Logan.]

reported, 4468; passed, 4469.

In Senate received from House, 4451; referred, 4453.

questions relating to the taxation, and mode of payment of, discussed in Committee of the Whole. remarks by

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1733 .2045, 2048, 2049 139 Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts... 144; 4069, 4092

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bill (H. R. 587) to so construe the words, and book-binding" in section ten of "the act to reduce internal taxation, &c., approved June 30, 1864, and acts amendatory thereof, approved July 13, 1866, as to include albums for photographs[By Mr. O'Neill.] referred, 830.

Bosson, W., letter of, to Hon. W. B. Stokes, November 25, 1867.. 161 Boundaries, bill (H. R. No. 198) to reestablish the, and to change the names of certain collection districts in the State of Michigan-[By Mr. Ferry.]

reported, 2012; passed. 2513; passed Senate with amendment. 3271; concurred in, 3311; approved, 3732.

In Senate received from House, 2000; referred, 2522: reported, 2856; passed with amendinent, 3241; concurred in by House, 3316; enrolled, 3821.

bill (S. No. 417) to amend an act proposing to Texas the establishment of her north ern and western, &c., and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico. received from Senate, 3762; passed, 4490; enrolled, 4496.

Boundary, bill (H. R. No. 262) authorizing a survey of the southern, line of the Territory of Idaho-[By Mr. Holbrook.] referred, 90.

Bounties, bill (H. R, No. 331) to facilitate the

payment of soldiers', under the ect of 1866-[By Mr. Washburn, of Indiana.] printed and made special order for 6th of January, 295; called up, 333; discussed, 336, 340, 358; passed, 359; passed Senate with amendment, 1813; conference, 1818, 1904; report, 1960; agreed to by Senate, 1960; agreed to by House, 1960; enrolled, 1968; approved, 2026. In Senate: received from House, 346; referred, 858; reported, 404; discussed, 650, 1622; referred, 1624; reported, 1787; passed with amendments, 1789; disagreed to by House, 1812; conference, 1812, 1886; conference report, 1940; concurred in, 1940; enrolled, 1943. remarks by

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Mr. Spalding.. Mr. Washburn, of Indiana....... ..295, 336, 340, 841, 342, 358. 359 bill (H. R. No. 351) providing for the payment of soldiers', in case of the death of the applicant-[By Mr. Loughridge.] referred, 331.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 141) in reference to, to the widows and children and parents of soldiers who have died since July 28, 1866-[By Mr. Farnsworth.] referred, 453. joint resolution (H. R. No. 147) placing certain troops of Missouri on an equal footing with others as to-[By Mr. McClurg.] referred, 473: passed over, 3940. bill (H. R. No. 476) requiring the War Department to pay to veteran volunteers their, in accordance with General Orders Nos. 191 and 216 of that Department, for the year 1863-[By Mr. Coburn.] referred, 636.

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referred, 1860.

bill (H. R. No. 940) to equalize the, of soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the late war for the Union-[By Mr. Washburn, of Indiana.

reported and recommitted, 2022. bill (H. R. No. 1028) extending, to certain

soldiers who were discharged on account of disability incurred while in service of the United States-[By Mr. Niblack.] referred, 2331.

bill (H. R. No. 1123) to construe the law granting additional-[By Mr. Paine.] referred, 2633.

resolution calling for a statement of the

number of additional, paid under the act of July 28, 1866, by the Paymaster General during each month since January 1, 1868-[By Mr. Paine, June 15, 1868.]

agreed to, 3174. resolution modifying resolution adopted on

the 15th instant, calling upon the Secretary of War for information respecting the payment of additional-[By Mr. Paine, June 22, 1868.] agreed to, 3376.

bill (H. R. No. 1279) in relation to addi

tional-[By Mr. Washburn, of Indiana.] reported and recommitted, 3294; reconsideration moved, 3294; reconsidered and passed, 3722.

In Senate: received from House, 3714; referred, 3715; reported, 4197. remarks by

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Mr. Washburn, of Indiana...3294, 8722 resolution in reference to alleged inequalities of the law touching [By Mr. Shanks, July 6, 1868.] referred, 8765.

Bounty, bill (H. R. No. 217) to provide, for

James C. Hewitt and six others, members of company F, thirty-fifth New York volunteers [By Mr. Ward.] referred, 53.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 113) reinstating William H. Harner, and allowing him the same, as though he had not been mustered out under order of June 7, 1862 [By Mr. Logan.] referred, 89.

bill (H. R. No. 127) in relation to addi-
tional-[By Mr. Holman.]
passed Senate with amendments, 172; re-
ferred, 232; reported, 694; discussed,"
712; amendments concurred in with
amendment, 713; agreed to by Senate,
1229; approved, 1319.

In Senate reported, 79; discussed and
passed with amendment, 164; agreed to
by House with amendments, 703, 721;
House amendments concurred in, 1210;
enrolled, 1211.
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resolution instructing Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of requiring that all claims of the soldiers for, under the act of July 28, 1866, shall be adjusted by the Second Auditor of the Treasury-[By Mr. Cullom, December 19, 1867.] agreed to, 282.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 144) in relation to additional-[By Mr. Cullom.] referred, 473.

bill (H. R. No. 441) authorizing the Second Auditor of the Treasury to settle and pay the, of Charles J. Powers to his father-[By Mr. Farnsworth.] referred, 510.

bill (H. R. No. 491) giving a, to soldiers drafted into the Army of the United States [By Mr. Poland. ] referred, 637.]

joint resolution (H. R. No. 190) in relation to the pay and, of soldiers enlisted for specified terms of service and honorably discharged before the expiration of their term of service-[By Mr. Cullom.] referred, 935.

bill (H. R. No. 698) in relation to additional-[By Mr. Holman.] referred, 1083.

bill (H. R. No. 812) granting a, ́of fifty dollars to the soldiers of the twelfth and sixteenth regiments of one year Indiana volunteers-[By Mr. Holman.] referred, 1419.

resolution in relation to the pay, and pen

sion of certain offieers and soldiers--[By Mr. McCormick, March 4, 1868.] referred, 1668. resolution inquiring why the members of the eighty-fourth regiment of New York volunteers, who served three years, aré allowed only fifty dollars additional[By Mr. Van Wyck, March 26, 1868.] adopted, 2137.

bill (H. R. No. 1138) to grant an additional, to Jacob Levitt, of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin-[By Mr. Paine.] referred, 2750.

Bounty act, resolution instructing Committee

on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of extending the, of 1866 to the widows of those soldiers who have died sipee the passage of said act-[By Mr. Washburn, of Indiana, December 12, 1867.]

agreed to, 154. resolution instructing Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of extending the provisions of the, of July 28, 1866, to soldiers who were discharged by reason of disability incurred in the line of their duties-[By Mr. NibTack, January 20, 1868.] adopted, 638.

Bounty claim agents, bill (H. R. No. 1201) to control-[By Mr. Butler, of Massachu setts.] referred, 2986.

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Bounty land, bill (II. R. No. 799) granting, to soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States in the war of the rebellion-[By Mr. Coburn.] referred, 1418.

Bounty law, bill (H. R. No. 341) to amend the twelfth section of the soldiers', as contained in an act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1867, approved July 28, 1866--[By Mr. Kerr.] referred, 331. Bounty war debt, resolution requesting the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of adopting such meas ures as will relieve, as far as practicable, the people of the different cities, counties, and townships from the burden of a direct tax for their [By Mr. Hill, January 14, 1868.]

agreed to, 506,

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Life Insurance of the United States, 1631 No. 1370-to fix the time for holding the terms of the United States district court in Virginia......... resolutions submitted by

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in relation to the test oath for conventions in the unreconstructed States[December 9, 1867]...........91 \ directing Committee on Reconstruction to consider the expediency of authorizing the General of the Army to detail officers for service in the States recently in rebellion; of constituting said States a single military district, under the command of the General of the Army; of providing additional securities for the exercise of the elective franchise in said States; and of declaring that the gov ernments set up in said States are not republican forms of government-[January 6, 1868]..

.331

in reference to coin in the Treasury and a new loan-[January 27, 1868]........784 granting leave to the committee appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson, and to the Committee on Reconstruction, to sit during the sessions of the House-[Feb. ruary 25, 1868]............ ................ ................ ................. 1427 permitting the committee appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment to report in print-[February 27, 1868]

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1619

for printing one thousand copies of the articles of impeachment-[ March 2, 1868]......... directing the Senate to be informed that this House have appointed managers to conduct the impeachment against the President, and have directed the said managers to carry to the Senate the articles agreed upon-[March 2, 1858],

1619 directing that the articles agreed to against Andrew Johnson, President, be carried to the Senate by the managers appointed to conduct said impeachment-March 2, 1868]......... 1619 that when the Senate shall sit for the trial of the President, the House, in Committee of the Whole, will attend with the managers at the bar of the Senate[March 20. 1868]........ ..2021 directing the Senate to be informed that the House of Representatives has adopted a replication to the answer of the President on the articles of impeachment,

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