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bills introduced by

No. 1480-to abolish the office of Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate...........4007 No. 1460- to regulate the duties on imported copper and copper ores......4467 No. 1455-to correct an error in the enrollment of the act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco.........4770 No. 1456-to authorize the importation of machinery for repair only free of duty, 4770

No. 1457-to pay for indexing the tax bill....... ..4485

joint resolutions introduced byNo. 140-to provide for a commission to examine and report on meters for distilled spirits....... .421 No. 202 to reimburse Israel S. Diehl for money deposited in the Treasury on account of duty on imported animals,

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No. 262-authorizing certain distilled spirits to be turned over to the Surgeon General for the use of Army hospitals..... ....2420 No. 278-to supply books and public documents to the national asylums for disabled soldiers.......... .....2634 No. 292-directing the Secretary of War to sell damaged or unserviceable arms, ordnance and ordnance stores......2976 No. 295-to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duties on certain articles contributed to National Association of American Sharpshooters......3105 No. 327-authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duty on certain meridian circles..................................... ........3854 No. 306-to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duties on certain articles contributed to the National Association of American Sharpshooters,

3336

No. 329-to amend the fourteenth section of act approved July 28, 1866, entitled "An act to protect the revenue''...3928 No. 359-providing for increased duties on imported copper and copper ore, 4467 concurrent resolutions submitted by

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for an adjournment over the holidays[December 10, 1867]............ 117 for an adjournment to October 16, and thence to November 10-[September 21, 1868]......... .......4520 resolutions submitted bypermitting James Perry to resume his contract to keep the House restaurant— [December 4, 1867]........... instructing Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of requir ing the Secretary of War to concentrate the offices of several bureaus in the city of New York at some convenient place within the harbor of said city-[December 12, 1867]........ ....153 for printing the report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue-[January 8, 1868]............. ......388 in relation to making provision at the Central Asylum for Disabled Soldiers for furnishing artificial limbs free of cost to disabled soldiers, the work to be done by inmates of the asylum-[January 8, 1868]......... ....888 instructing Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of providing for the transfer of the Soldiers' Home at Washington to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteers, and changing the name of the institution to "The National Soldiers' Home". [January 8, 1868]..............388 calling for the record of the proceedings

of the court-martial convened on the 2d day of October, 1867, at the navyyard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the case of George F, Sawyer, second assistant engineer of the United States Navy--[January 27, 18681... ......665

Ohio-Continued. resolutions submitted by

for printing extra copies of the annual re-
port of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue [January 30, 1868].........865
calling for certain information respecting
the contingent fund of the Department
of State [February 18, 1868]......1256
rescinding the resolution passed authoriz-
ing the payment to John Young Brown
of $2,500, for expenses incurred in pros-
ecuting his elaim to a seat-|
-[February
25, 1868].....
.....1426

for the removal of the iron fence now in
the old Hall of the House of Represent-
atives [March 4, 1868]...............1668
inquiring whether Edmund Cooper is now
performing the duties of Assistant Sec-
retary of the Treasury, or has been
since the rejection of his nomination by
the Senate, and, if so, by what authority
of law-[March 9, 1868]......1771
for printing five thousand copies of the
opening address of Hon. Benjamin F.
Butler on the trial of Andrew Johnson,
with the accompanying brief of law au-
thorities, and forty thousand copies with-
out the accompanying brief-[ March 30,
1868].....
....2226
supplying with certain documents the
library of the National Asylum for Dis-
abled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton-
[May 27, 1868].....
..2610
directing that after the report of a tax bill
no other business shall be in order but
the consideration of the bill so reported
except reports from the Committee on
Enrolled Bills-[June 15, 1868]...3171
for taking a vote on Senate bill No. 534
after twenty minutes' debate on each
side without any dilatory motions what-
ever-[June 15, 1868]................3171
for the publication of a list of the absent-
ees at a call of the House-[June 23,
1868]......
...........3416

in relation to suspending the rules during the remainder of the session-[July 20, 1868]. ................................................. 4262, 4520 for a select committee on House joint resolution relative to trade with Prince Edward's Island-[July 25, 1868], 4470 in reference to the non-appointment of supervisors of the internal revenue[Septembr 21, 1868]..... .....4520 reports made by.... 13, 53, 69, 364, 421,

505, 589, 593, 692, 740, 1115, 1116, 1637, 1774, 1794, 2081, 2171, 2420, 2509, 3105, 3337, 3376, 3854, 3888, 3981, 4002, 4470, 4494, 4496 motions made by.........65, 71, 97, 216, 866, 422, 447, 742, 783, 865, 1116, 1256, 1427, 1619, 1637, 1668, 1692, 1771, 1772, 1860, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2081, 2083, 2108, 2420, 2684, 2682, 2686, 2812, 2817, 2827, 2886, 2876, 2948, 2948, 2977, 3069, 3105, 3174, 3403, 3462, 8887, 8981, 4090, 4173. 4182, 4187, 4196, 4217, 4306, 4471 incidental remarks by......70, 105, 153, 332,

363, 399, 505, 884, 1045, 1286, 1855, 1358, 1426, 1619, 1668, 1772, 1791, 1859, 1868, 1901, 2228, 2421, 2528, 2532, 2533, 2753, 2817, 2876, 2957, 3069, 3105, 3376, 3476, 3766, 3887, 3889, 3940, 3953, 4082, 4083, 4090, 4216, 4261, 4293, 4306, 4344, 4382, 4475, 4478, 4484, 4485, 4520 remarks on the premature publication of President's annual message...11, 12, 13 on the order of business, 9, 64, 65, 91, 154,

Ohio-Continued."

remarks on the bill to suspend the further reduction of the currency, ..........53, 69, 70, 571, 593, 648, 671 on the resolution for the impeachment of the President, reported from the Judiciary Committee............ 62, 65, 66, 67 on the resolution to print extra copies of the Postmaster General's report, 70, 71 on the President's message....... .71,

72, 73, 94, 2713 on an adjournment for the holidays....117 on the bill to provide against undue ex

pansion of the currency.....216, 217 on the bill relating to deserters...260, 285 on the New Mexico election case, 292, 293 on the bill to facilitate the payment of bounties........... ....................... 336, 342

on the bill to prevent frauds in the collection of the tax on spirits..... .304, 365, 366, 422 on the joint resolution providing for the examination of distillery meters, 421,422,

423, 424, 426, 433, 443, 445, 446, 447, 844, 865 on the bill defining a quorum of the Supreme Court..........

.486 on the case of George F. Sawyer......665, 1092, 1993 in regard to the amplification of speeches,

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on the bill for the relief of certain exporters of spirits... 1256, 1513, 1514, 1637 on the Army appropriation bill, 1279, 1280,

1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1804, 1306, 1307 on the naval appropriation bill, 1422, 1423 on the resolution relating to the pay of John Young Brown....... .1426

tures from tax

on the joint resolution providing for the maritime exhibition at Havre, 1771,1772 on the bill providing for the prompt settlement of public accounts...............1773 on the bill to exempt certain manufac......1774, 1794, 1795, 1796, 2082, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2105, 2107, 2108, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231 on the bill to amend the judiciary act, 1859, 1860

on the amendment of the judiciary act, 1883, 1884, 1885 on the bill for the relief of the heirs of General Duncan L. Clinch....... 1902, 1903, 1904 on the bill for the relief of W. W. Holden and others..... ..1908, 1909, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1934 on the bill to guaranty a republican form of government ..1966 on the bill to refund certain duties...2081 on the motion to print Manager Butler's argument on the impeachment trial, 2226, 2228 2226, 2227

on questions relating to impeachment,

on the Alta Vela resolution..... ...2346 on the Donnelly and Washburne controversy .2360, 2361 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1060)......2420,

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2609, 2610, 2712, 2753, 2826, 2827, 2836, 2844, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2851, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2855, 2876, 2877, 2878, 2879, 2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2886, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2890, 2891, 2892, 2893, 2834, 2910, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2920, 2921, 2944, 2948, 2950, 2951, 2952, 2953, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2957, 2977, 2978, 2979, 2980, 2981, 2982, 2988, 2984, 2985, 2986, 2987, 2988, 2089, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2995,

291, 294, 295, 1044, 1045, 1092, 1689, 2082, 2225, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2676, 2681, 2943, 3034, 8064, 3101, 3181, 3145, 3846, 3376, 3881, 8897, 3766, 3887, 4186, 4216, 4261, 4807, 4345 on the bill to exempt cotton from internal tax.....13, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 389, 505, 506, 648, 740, 741, 742, 743, 896, 897 on the resolution in regard to the House restaurant...

Schenck, Robert C., a Representative from Ohio-Continued.

8035, 3036, 8037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 8044, 3045, 3046, 8048, 3049, 8050, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 8070, 3071, 3072, 8073, 3106, 3107, 3108, 8109, 3110, 8111, 8112, 8113, 3114, 8115, 3133, 8134, 3135, 3136, 3137, 3138, 8139, 8140, 8141, 8142, 8148, 8144, 8145 remarks on a dispatch concerning the arrest of a revenue collector....... ....2440 on the bill in regard to extra copies of the tax bill.... .2479 on the resolution asking Senate for a copy of the impeachment proceedings, 2531, on the memorial of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association........... ....2534 on the case of Charles W. Woolley, a recusant witness .2541,

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2669, 2670, 2989, 2940 on the partial deficiency bill............2573 on the joint resolution to supply documents to the national asylums, 2610,2634 on the bill to regulate the appraisement of imports. ...2637 on the Indian appropriation bill......2637 during call of the House ...2646, 2647,

2648, 2649, 3415, 8416, 8455, 4521, 4522 on the resolution relating to a guardroom at the Capitol.............. 2649, 2650 on the bill to regulate immigrant ships,

2669 on the Ohio election (case of Delano vs. Morgan).......... ............. 2804

...3171

on the reception of the Chinese embassy, 2906, 2937, 2970 on the bill relating to the Indian commission appropriation......................3100 on the resolution of instructions on the tax bill......... ..8165, 3166, 3168, 3169, 3170, 3171 concerning the sale of the Osage Indian tands.... on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1284)......8171, 3172, 3337, 8377, 3378, 8379, 3380, 3381, 3397, 8398, 3400, 2401, 8402, 3403, 3406, 3407, 3408, 3409, 3410, 3411, 8412, 3413, 3414, 8417, 8419, 3420, 8421, 8422, 3441, 3442, 3443, 8444, 3445, 3446, 3448, 3450, 8451, 3452, 3456, 3457, 8458, 3459, 8460, 3461, 3462, 3478, 3479, 5480, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485, 8487, 3488, 8489, 8490, 3491, 3492, 3498, 8494, 3495, 3496, 3499, 3500, 3501, 3502, 8503, 3525, 8527, 8529, 3538, 8584, 8535, 8536, 3537, 3538, 3981, 4088, 4089, 4090 on the bill relative to contested elections

in Washington city......3172, 3173, 3174 on the river and harbor bill.....3202, 3211 on the joint resolution to remit duties on certain articles contributed to the American Sharpshooters......................3376 on the qualification of the Arkansas members.......... ..3440 on the joint resolution concerning bridges over the Ohio river...... ..8760 on the bill to modify the warehousing system .3803 on the bill for the relief of loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians...............8882 in reference to taxes in southern States, 8928 on the bill to fix the military peace estab lishment.....3950, 3951, 8952, 8974, 8982 on the Electoral College bill.....8979, 8980 on the purchase of Alaska... ..4053 on the funding bill........................ .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, 4302, 4307, 4308, 4309, 4311, 4312, 4423, 4493, 4496, 4497, 4499 on the tariff bill... 4216

on suspending the rules for the remainder of the session............4262, 4263, 4520 on the resolution for an adjournment to September....... ..4375, 4876, 4877, 4878, 4879, 4880

Schenck, Robert C., a Representative from Ohio-Continued.

remarks on the bill to regulate the duties on copper ores ............4467,

4485, 4494, 4495, 4496, 4499, 4500, 4501 on the bill concerning the importation of machinery

..4470

on the joint resolution relative to Prince
Edward's Island...... ...4470, 4471
on the suspension of the joint rules...4472
on the Western Pacific railroad bill...4484
on the bill to amend the tax laws-see
Appendix.
....2682

leave of absence granted to...... Schmidt, Cornelia K., bill (H. R. No. 517) granting a pension to, widow of Adam Schmidt, deceased, late a private in company A, thirty-seventh regiment Ohio volunteers-[By Mr. Miller.] reported and passed, 734; passed Senate, 3336; enrolled, 3375; approved, 8731. In Senate received from House, 781; referred, 764; reported, 1311; passed, 8317; enrolled, 3359.

School lands, bill (H. R. No. 715) for the re

lief of congressional township number eight south, range number three east, in Mercer county, State of Ohio, in relation to-[By Mr. Mungen.] referred, 1083.

School of Mines-see Mines. School property, bill (S. No. 889) exempting, in the District of Columbia from local taxation.

received from Senate, 1634; passed with amendment, 2028; agreed to by Senate with amendment, 2289; referred, 2543. Schools, bill (H. R. No. 206) to establish a system of common, for the District of Columbia-[By Mr. Stevens, of Pennsyl vania.]

referred, 11.

joint resolution (H. R. No. 101) declaratory of an act entitled "An act relating to the public, of the District of Columbia," approved July 23,1866-[By Mr. Eliot.] referred, 51.

bill (H. R. No. 248) to grant land for the

aid of common, in the District of Columbia-[By Mr. Loughridge.] referred, 90; reported adversely, 2812. bill (H. R. No. 290) in relation to public,

in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, and amendatory of existing laws in relation thereto [By Mr. Welker.] referred, 208.

bill (H. R. No. 861) to provide for the completion of the capitol of New Mexico, the building of a penitentiary, and the establishment of free public, in each county in said State-[By Mr. Clever.] referred, 331.

bill (H. R. No. 373) to establish a system of, for the District of Columbia which shall serve as a model for similar insti tutions throughout the Union-[By Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania.]

reported, 443; substitute printed, 587. bill (H. R. No. 514) to encourage the establishment of public marine-[By Mr. Eliot.]

referred, 694.

bill (H. R. No. 947) to provide for the ex amination of masters and mates in the merchant service, and to encourage the establishment of public marine-[By Mr. Eliot.] referred, 2069.

bill (H. R. No. 1382) to establish a system of common, for the District of Columbia-[By Mr.Stevens, of Pennsylvania.] reported, 8888.

bill (S. No. 609) transferring the duties of trustees of colored, of Washington and Georgetown.

received from Senate, 3928; referred,4491.

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No. 274-providing for holding a circuit court at the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, 134

No. 868-authorizing the sale of an unoccupied military site at Waterford, Pennsylvania..........

858

No. 417-for the relief of James Fleming, a soldier of the war of 1812.... ....474 No. 1418-to authorize soldiers to select homesteads from the public lands, 4000 joint resolution introduced by—

No. 172-relative to Captain Thomas H. Stevens, United States Navy...........673 resolutions submitted by

instructing Committee on Naval Affairs to
inquire into the propriety of locating a
navy-yard and naval depot at the city
of Erie, Pennsylvania-[December 12,
1867]..........
....... 153
inquiring how many and what State Le-
gislatures have ratified the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States known as the fourteenth
article-[January 6, 1868] ..........340
directing the Committee on the Judiciary
to inquire into the truth of an alleged
declaration of one of the justices of the
Supreme Court in regard to the consti-
tutionality of the reconstruction acts,
and report whether the facts as ascer-
tained constitute such a misdemeanor
in office as to require this House to pre-
sent to the Senate articles of impeach-
ment against said justice-[January 30,
1868].........
.... 862

in regard to the propriety of giving to the
Erie Extension Canal Company a por-
tion of the public lands to enable said
company to enlarge their canal-[Feb-
ruary 4, 1868]......
...........979

in reference to a donation of lands to id in improving the harbor of Erie-[ March 17, 1868]............ .........1927 in relation to claims of British citizens for the proceeds of captured and abandoned property-[April 20, 1868]...........2307 for printing the report of James W. Taylor upon gold and silver mines and mining east of the Rocky mountains-[May 5, 1868]...............

..2362

that George W. Morgan is not entitled to a seat in the Fortieth Congress from the thirteenth congressional district of Ohio-[May 25, 1868].................2571 that Columbus Delano is entitled to a seat in the Fortieth Congress from the thirteenth congressional district of Ohio[May 25, 1868]......

2571

on the subject of mineral oil-[June 15, 1868]........ ......... 3174 directing the Clerk to present to the Secretary of State the act to admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Goorgia, Alabama, and Florida to representation in Congress[June 26, 1868]...... .8523 that Charles M. Hamilton is entitled to a seat as a Representative from Florida[July 1, 1868]..

report made by.... motions made by

....1909, 2109, 2904, 3034, 3655, 3881, 4490 incidental remarks by.... 678, 782, 979, 1302, 1632, 1771, 1965, 2082, 2367, 2778, 8034, 3105, 3877, 3381, 8477, 8613, 8927, 8942, 8943, 4089, 4253 4256, 4206, 4348, 4844, 4882, 4474

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cases...

on the supplementary reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 439) .... ............. 640, 663 on the resolution concerning one of the justices of the Supreme Court........862, 863, 864, 865 on the resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to employ counsel in certain .........991 on the Military Academy appropriation bill. ..996 on the Rock Island bridge resolution, 1086, 1087 on the legislative appropriation bill...1091 on the bill extending certain patents for cutting screws .... ......1180, 1183 on the Army appropriation bill, 1802, 2609 on questions relating to the impeachment, 1425, 2175, 2364 on the bill for the relief of certain exporters of spirits........... .1514 on the Tennessee election (case of R. R. Butler). .1667, 1685 on printing the papers in the B. W. Perkins claim.... ...........1707 on the bill providing for the prompt settlement of public accounts............... 1773 on the bill to exempt certain manufactures from tax...... .1795,

2100, 2102, 2103, 2105, 2106, 2107 on the report on the cancellation of United States bonds.......... .1831 on the bill for the relief of the heirs of General Duncan L. Clinch..........1868, 1902, 1904 on the civil appropriation bill..... .2026 on the bill for the relief of Jonathan Jessup...... .2028, 2024

on the Ohio election (case of Delano vs. Morgan)......... ......2288, 2571,

2676, 2778, 2775, 2776, 2779, 2781, 2783, 2784, 2787, 2789, 2805, 2810 on the bill concerning the rights of American citizens abroad .2312

on the bill for the relief of J. S. Cunningham........... ..2322

on the joint resolution for the protection of fishing vessels........ ....2374 on the bill for the relief of Palemon John,

2539

on the Indian appropriation bill......2592, 2619, 2709

merce......

on the joint resolution to supply doeuments to the national asylums......2610 on the bill to promote American com.............................2613, 2614 on the bill to increase registers' and receivers' compensation......... 2836, 2978 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1060).....3039, 3040, 3072 on the bill for the survey of certain Indian reservations......... ......3100 on the resolution of instructions on the tax bill........

.3166, 8170 on the river and harbor bill.. .....3203, 8204, 8205, 8211 on the National Safe Deposit Company bill......... ..8225, 3226 concerning the sale of Osage Indian lands, 3263

on the bill to relieve certain citizens of North Carolina from political disabilities............ ....3365

on the qualifications of the Arkansas members..... .3439, 8440 .....8455

during call of the House.. on the bill to admit North Carolina, &c., 8523

on the bill for the relief of loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.........3881, 3882 on the bill in relation to New York war claims........

on Republican policy: on the funding Bill......

......4342 ...4391

on the bill regulating the presentation of bills to the President...... on the ocean steamers bill.. on the reconstruction bill (H. R. No. 1450)....... .4423

on the bill to regulate railroad land grants, 4428 on the joint resolution in relation to the payment of interest due from States, 4475, 4476 on the report concerning the treatment of prisoners by rebels............ ....... 4489 on the bill to regulate the duties on copper

ores.........

.4494

leave of absence granted to.................1774 Scott, Mary, bill (S. No. 598) for the relief of. received from Senate, 4395; passed, 4477; enrolled, 4492.

Scotland, resolution calling for information in regard to the obstruction in New York harbor, known as the wreck of the ship[By Mr. Chanler, July 14, 1868.] agreed to, 4055.

Screws, bill (H. R. No. 732) to extend certain patents for the benefit of the heirs of the late Thomas W. Harvey-[By Mr. Bromwell.]

reported, 1179; discussed, 1179, 1180: rejected, 1183.1 remarks by

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Mr. Baker........................................................................ .1181 Mr. Beaman.... .1180 Mr. Boutwell......................... ................................ .1179, 1182 Mr. Bromwell............ .1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183 Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts......1180, 1181, 1183 Mr. Farnsworth................ 1179, 1180 Mr. Ingersoll................................ 1180 Mr. Jenckes.............................................. ...............1181 Mr. Myers................... .1182 Mr. Scofield............... .1180, 1183 Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania.......1181 Mr. Van Horn, of New York........1183 Mr. Van Wyck...1179, 1180, 1182, 1183 Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts, 1179, 1181, 1183 yeas and nays on the.................. 1180, 1183 Sea Island lots, bill (H. R. No. 457) to provide for the sale of certain lands and, of Beaufort district, South Carolina—[By Mr. Paine.]

reported and recommitted, 601. Sea Islands, bill (H. R. No. 907) to provide

for the sale of certain lands and lots on the, of Beaufort district, South Carolina[By Mr. Paine.]

reported, 1791; discussed, 1791; passed, 1793.

In Senate: received from House, 1812; referred, 1812; reported, 4228. remarks by

Mr. Chanler........

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resolution to provide for a new drawing of[By Mr. Poland, February 7, 1868.] read, 1043; adopted, 1044; modified, 1084; executed, 1085. remarks by

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Mr. Twichell................... ....1085 Mr. Upson........

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Mr. Van Horn, of New York........ 1044 Mr. Van Trump.........

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Mr. Washburne, of Illinois........ Mr. Wilson, of Iowa........

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.1043 yeas and nays on the........ 1044, 1084 resolution to permit_members necessarily absent from the House in drawing for, to have selections made for them by friends-[By Mr. Flanders, February 10, 1868.j agreed to, 1084.

Sedgwick, John, joint resolution (H. R. No. 96) for the relief of, collector of internal revenue for the third district of California-[By Mr. Higby.]

committee discharged, referred anew, 97; substitute reported, 2540; called up, 2610; passed, 2611; passed Senate, 3732; enrolled, 8758; approved, 3809.

In Senate: received from House, 2600; referred, 2622; reported, 3213; passed, 3709; enrolled, 3748.

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No. 871-to amend the act to provide a national currency...... .1716

joint resolution introduced by

No. 285-for the establishment of certain post routes in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York...................2773 resolutions submitted by

instructing Committee of Ways and Means to provide for the total abolition of taxes on all such articles of manufacture as enter into general home consumption, and to confine the taxation of manufactures hereafter to articles of luxury[January 20, 1868].......................641 calling for a statement of the number of vessels owned by the United States on the 1st of January, 1861, of their armament, the number of officers and men employed, their annual pay, and the annual expenses of the entire Navy Department for five years preceding that day-[January 27, 1868]...............784 calling for a report of the number of persons paying an income tax in each State, the aggregate amount so paid by States, the number of manufacturers in each State paying revenue tax, and the aggregate amount paid in each State-[January 30, 1868].. .834 incidental remarks by... 2049, 2778 remarks on the Dubuque and Sioux City railroad bill........ .......567 on the Army appropriation bill........ 1288, 1284, 1285, 1304 on the civil appropriation bill.. .1489, 1481, 1509, 2001, 2026, 2027 on the finances....... ......1875

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Selye, Lewis, a Representative from New York-Continued.

remarks on the bill to exempt certain manufactures from tax....... ....... 2101, 2174 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1060).......2852, 2853, 8136 on the clerks' twenty per cent. resolution, 2936, 2937 on the bill to amend the tax laws-see Appendix.

Segar, Joseph, joint resolution (H. R. No. 184) for the settlement of certain claims of, of Virginia-[By Mr. Maynard.] referred, 805.

bill (S. No. 575) to refer the claim of, to the Court of Claims.

received from Senate, 4430, 4434. Senor, Rebecca V., bill (S. No. 316) for the relief of, mother of James H. Senor, deceased.

received from Senate, 1859; referred, 1869; reported and passed, 3898. Sergeant-at-Arms, communication from, in regard to charges of extravagance in providing for investigating committees.....105 resolution discharging the Committee on Accounts from the further consideration of charges against the, referred to them[By Mr. Broomall, February 19, 1868.] reported, 1286; discussed, 1293; adopted, 1294.

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Mr. Schenck..............................1286 Mr. Wood joint resolution (H. R. No. 825) relative to the pay of the chief clerk in the office of the [By Mr. Windom.] read and passed, 8758,3759; passed Senate, 4495; enrolled, 4496; approved, 4500. In Senate: received from House, 3748; referred, 3748; reported, 4093; passed, 4466; enrolled, 4501.

Shaker Institution, resolution calling for information respecting the decisions made in regard to the assessment of the income tax upon the, at New Lebanon, New York, and other similar societies-[By Mr. Eldridge, December 12, 1867.] agreed to, 162.

Shanks, John P. C., a Representative from Indiana.......

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petitions presented by.......1162, 1330, 1515 bills introduced by

No. 440-for the relief of James C. Jay,
a detailed acting assistant surgeon of
volunteers......
.....507

No. 511-authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cause the lands known as the Miami Indian reservation, in the State of Indiana, to be patented.............. 692 No. 984-authorizing the district court of the United States to be held at Fort Wayne, Indiana.................. ....2227 No. 1001-to amend the twenty-first section of an act entitled "An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes".....2288 joint resolutions introduced by

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No. 185-in relation to the Eel river band of Miamis................ ............806 No. 189-for the appointment of a commission to ascertain the losses of loyal Choctaws and Chickasaws and other loyal persons...... ....935 No. 212-to provide for the examination of certain claims in the State of Kentucky...... ..........1419 No. 255-declaring the officers-elect of the

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State of South Carolina to be the provisional government of said State, 2399 No. 303-for the recognition of the independence of Crete... .................. 8868

Shanks, John P. C., a Representative from Sharpshooters-Continued.d Indiana-Continued. resolutions submitted by

calling for copies of all orders and communications issued by the Navy Department in reference to the employment or discharge of soldiers and sailors at the Washington navy-yard and other places-[January 28, 1868]801 calling for a copy of all the evidence and of the report of the commissioners appointed under the fiftieth article of the treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians of 1866, together with the award of the Secretary of the Interior upon said report-[February 26, 1868]...1448 calling for the reasons assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in his request for the removal of James B. Steadman, collector of internal revenue for the first district of Louisiana[March 23, 1868].......1939 inquiring the number of judgments in the Court of Claims in the cotton cases, the amount, &c.-[April 17, 1868], 2306 instructing Committee of Claims to examine the claim of James L. Kiernan for services and expenses due him as consul at Chin- Kiang, in China-May 2, 1868] 2349

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Sheads, Robert E., bill (H. R. No. 426) for
the relief of [By Mr. Koontz.]
referred, 475.

in relation to the employment of watch
men for public buildings and grounds-granting a pension to-[By Mr. Miller.]
[May 11, 1868]......
instructing the Committee of Ways and
Means to report without delay a sepa
rate bill for the revision of the taxes on
the manufacture and sale of distilled
spirits and tobacco-[June 15, 1868],

Shears, Harriet E., bill (H. R. No. 1181)

reported and passed, 2909; passed Senate, 84895; enrolled, 4434; approved, 4498. In Senate: received from House, 2925; re

3165

in reference to alleged inequalities of the law touching bounties-July 6, 1868], 3765 in reference to the holding of office in violation of the provisions of the fourteenth article of the Constitution of the United States [July 21, 1868]...........4306 directing Committee on the Treatment of Prisoners of War to continue their investigations during the recess of Congress [July 25, 1868]..............1488 report made by.... motions made by.. incidental remarks by..

..........4488 .3171, 4432 .1068, 2407, 3454, 3588, 4090 remarks on the case of Rev. John McMahon...........

..........419 on the bill relating to the Miami Indian reservation .....692, 693 on the bill in regard to southern land grants.........................

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on the resolution reported for the impeach-ordering Charles W. Woolley to the bar

ment of the President......... .....1396

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on the bill for the relief of W. W. Holden
and others.......
....1907, 1972
on the resolution of instructions on the
tax bill..............3165, 3169, 3170, 8171
concerning sale of Osage Indian lands,3264
on the river and harbor bill..............3596
on the bill for the relief of loyal Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians......... ....3854,
8855, 3856, 3882
on the resolution for an investigation of
the disbursement of the contingent fund,
4426

on the report concerning the treatment of prisoners by rebels.............. 4488, 4489 leave of absence granted to......... .....1667 Sharp, Jerusha, bill (H. R. No. 802) for the relief of-[By Mr. Lincoln.] referred, 209; reported and referred anew, 361.

Sharpshooters, joint resolution (H. R. No. 295) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duties on certain articles contributed to the National Association of American-[By Mr. Schenck.] reported and passed, 3105; passed Senate, 8266; enrolled, 3299; approved, 8731. In Senate: received from House, 3180; referred, 3130; reported and passed, 3239; enrolled, 8279.

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10 of the House for the purpose of making Its such statement as will purge him of his bacontempt of such authority-[June 8, 1868]..... .....2942 requiring Charles W. Woolley to state So whether he is now willing to go before Cribe the committee of managers and make Or answer to the questions, &c.-[June 8, 1868]... 2946 remarks on tax bill (H. R. No. 1060)...2879 on the case of Charles W. Woolley, a re1158 cusant witness....... 2942, 2944, 2946 on the ocean steamers bill..... .8032 on bill to admit North Carolina, &c., 3094 on the Tennessee election (case of R. R. Butler)...... ........3197 concerning the sale of the Osage Indian lands...... .8265 car on the bill for the relief of the heirs of Thomas W. Harvey......... .3297 Oon bill to relieve certain citizens of North Carolina from political disabilities, 3306 on the Kentucky election (ease of MeKee Bag vs. Young).. .3339, 3340 on the tax bill (H. R. No. 1284)......8409, 3410, 3488, 8490 on the river and harbor bill.... 3564 ste on the purchase of Alaska...... .3660 (See Appendix.)

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from the command of the fifth military district and the action of General Grant in reference thereto [By Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, January 6, 1868.] adopted, 332. Sherman, Lieutenant General William T., resolution calling for correspondence in relation to the conferring upon, the brevet rank of General, as well as all correspondence in relation to the establishment of a new military division of the Atlantic[By Mr. Blaine, February 19, 1868.] agreed to, 1286.

letter of, to President, January 18, 1868, 1555 Sheppard, Rebecca J., bill (H. R. No. 430)

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

bill (H. R. No. 1318) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a new bond to, of Philadelphia, in place of one destroyed by fire-[By Mr. Myers.] referred, 3552.

Sherwood, Walter, bill (H. R. No. 1311) for the relief of, and David W. Martindale[By Mr. Johnson.] referred, 8477.

Shewell, Thomas T., bill (H. R. No. 996)

granting compensation to, late acting commissioner of internal revenue in the fourth district of Pennsylvania-[By Mr. Myers.] referred, 2228.

Shinn, Moses F., bill (S. No. 467) to confirm an entry of land by.

received from Senate, 2289; referred, 2544. Ship-canal, bill (H. R. No. 239) defining the

acts granting lands to the State of Michigan to aid in building a harbor and, at Portage Lake, Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, approved March 3, 1865, and July 3, 1866 [By Mr. Driggs.]

referred, 90.

resolution in reference to a, around the falls of the Ohio-[By Mr. Kerr, December 12, 1867.]

objected to, 152; referred, 154. resolution calling for any report made in

pursuance of joint resolution No. 20, approved March 29. 1867, in reference to a, around the falls of the Ohio riyer[By Mr. Kerr, February 18, 1868.] adopted, 1244.

bill (H. R. No. 792) to provide for the construction of a, around the falls of Niagara-[By Mr. Van Horn, of New York.]

referred, 1418; reported, 2943. bill (H. R. No. 960) granting lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of a breakwater and harbor and, at the head of Sturgeon bay, in said State-[By Mr. Sawyer.] referred, 2070.

bill (H. R. No. 998) to authorize the construction of from Lake Erie to the Ohio river By Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio.] referred, 2228.

bill (H. R. No. 1135) extending the Portage Lake and Lake Superior, to Keweenaw bay, providing for the right of way, and making a grant of land in the construction of said extension-[By Mr. Blair.] referred, 2750.

bill (H. R. No. 1202) to provide for the construction of a, around the falls of Niagara-[By Mr. Cook.] reported, 2948; laid aside, 8887. .0

Ship canal Continued.

bill (S. No. 398) to establish the right of way for a, on Lake Superior, Michigan. received from Senate, 8585; discussed, 4485, 4467; referred, 4468. remarks by

Mr. Coburn..

Mr. Driggs....... Mr. Eckley

Mr. Hopkins.

....4468 .4435, 4467, 4468 ...4467 ....4467, 4468 Shipping interests, resolution directing the Committee on Commerce to inquire into the causes which have produced the present depression of the-[By Mr. Eliot, December 12, 1867.]· adopted, 152. Ships-see Vessels.

Shiras, O. P., bill (H. R. No. 1077) for the relief of [By Mr. Allison.]

referred, 2500; reported and passed, 2679. In Senate: received from House, 2690; referred, 2701; referred anew, 2759., Shunk, William, bill (S. No. 4) for relief of. received from Senate, 361; referred, 363; reported, 2024; passed with amendment, 2025; agreed to by Senate, 2045; enrolled, 2070.

remarks by

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Mr. Ferry..., Mr. Maynard. Shuttleworth, N. A., bill (H. R. No. 284) for the relief of, of Harrison county, West Vir ginia [By Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia.]

referred, 162; reported and passed, 3762. In Senate: received from House, 3770; referred, 8771; referred anew, 3983. Silvey, W. R., bill (H. R. No. 1329) for relief

of the heirs of, late of company B, second Tennessee infantry-[By Mr. Stokes.] referred, 3587.

bill (H. R. No. 1412) granting a pension to the children of-[By Mr. Perham.] reported and passed, 3898; passed Senate, 4395; enrolled, 4435; approved, 4498. In Senate: received from House and referred, 3917; reported, 4197; passed, 4870; enrolled, 4443.

Simpson, William M., bill (H. R. No. 1434) granting a pension to-[By Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia.] referred, 4124.

Sinking fund-see Bonds."

resolution in reference to a—[By Mr. Phelps, July 11, 1868.] read, 3967.

Sitgreaves, Charles, a Representative from New Jersey. petitions presented by.....

bill introduced by

.782, 1741, 2365, 8051, 3503

No. 1129-for the relief of the widow and children of the late Colonel James A. Mulligan, deceased...

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in relation to military trials, &c.-[May

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Tremarks on the President's message......745, 747, 748, 749

1394

on the resolution reported for the impeach-
ment of the President......
(See Appendix.)

on the bill for the relief of the children of Colonel James E. Mulligan...2678, 2679 leave of absence granted to... .260,

2288, 3084, 3707 Skinner, Catharine, bill (H. R. No. 1402) granting a pension to-[By Mr. Beatty.] reported and passed, 3894; passed Senate, 4395; enrolled, 4435; approved, 4497. In Senate: received from House and referred, 3917; reported, 4197; passed, 4369; enrolled, 4443.

Slave, bill (H. R. No. 1358) providing for the payment of like back pay and bounty to persons marked, upon the rolls as to other soldiers [By Mr. Hinds.] referred, 8757.

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referred, 3327.

Smith, Lewis D., bill (H. R. No. 551) for the relief of [By Mr. Ferry.] referred, 779.

Smith, Nancy, bill (S. No. 633) granting a pension to.

received from Senate, 4395; passed, 4477; enrolled, 4492.

Smith, Riley H., bill (S. No. 496) granting a pension to.

received from Senate, 3345; referred, 3346. Smith, Samuel E., claimant for a seat as a

Representative from Kentucky......................664 (See Contested Election.)

remarks on the Kentucky election...... 1189, 1190, 1191 resolution that, is not entitled to a seat as a Representative from the second district of Kentucky-[By Mr. Dawes, January 21, 1868.]

reported, 664; discussed, 1184, 1185, 1189, 1198; adopted, 1200.

resolution that, is not entitled to a seat as a Representative from the second district of Kentucky-[By Mr. Kerr, January 31, 1868.]

reported by minority, 899. resolution that there be paid to, $2,500, in

full for time spent and expenses incurred in prosecuting his claim to a seat in this House-[By Mr. Sawyer, February 25, 1868.]

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