John Scott

TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4740, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE SURVEY AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CANAL FROM A POINT ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER, NEAR HENNEPIN, TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AT OR ABOVE ROCK ISLAND, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $600,000 FOR THAT PURPOSE.

TO TABLE THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE, ON H.R. 3341.

TO AMEND H.R. 4740, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO CONDUCT A SURVEY FOR THE LOCATION OF LEVEES, FOR THE RECLAMATION OF THE DELTA OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN CAIRO AND BALIZE, AND APPROPRIATING $160,000 FOR THE PROJECT, ALLOWING $5,000 APIECE FOR THREE CIVIL ENGINEERS TO ASSIST THE ARMY ENGINEERS.

TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4740, BY APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $3,420,000 FOR REPAIRING THE BUILDING OF LEVEES ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

TO TABLE H.R. 4740.

TO TABLE H.R. 4847.

TO TABLE H.R. 4847.

TO AMEND H.R. 4729, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRATION FROM $3,000,000 TO $2,500,000 FOR DEFRAYING EXPENSES OF U.S. COURTS, SUITS INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES, PRISONERS, SAFEKEEPING, RIGHT TO VOTE AND OTHER ACTS AMENDATORY TO THE ACT OF FEB. 28, 1871.

TO AMEND H.R. 4740, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE OHIO RIVER, FROM $300,000 TO $800,000.

TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4740, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR, WHO IS TO RECEIVE NO MONEY UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT IS SATISFIED THAT CHANNEL IS DREDGED BETWEEN THE SOUTH PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THE GULF OF MEXICO, THE CHANNEL TO BE AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR FEET DEEP AND AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE WIDE.

TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER H.R. 1580, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIM OF THE HEIRS OF ASBURY DICKENS.

TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT H.R. 4740, WHICH INCREASES THE APPROPRIATION, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE GREAT KANAROHA RIVER, W. VA., FROM $100,000 TO $600,000.

TO AMEND H.R. 4740, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE GREAT KANAROHA RIVER, W. VA., FROM $100,000 TO $600,000.

TO AMEND H.R. 4729, BY APPROPRIATING $50,000 FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE BUILDING OF A CUSTOM HOUSE AND POST OFFICE, AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

TO PASS H.R. 4692 (18-STAT-L.637), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS REPORTED AND ALLOWED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CLAIMS.

TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4740, WHICH INCREASES THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FOX AND WISCONSIN RIVERS, FROM $500,000 TO $600,000.

TO AMEND H.R. 4740, BY APPROPRIATING $3,420,000.00 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHORES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO GUARD AGAINST FLOODS, TO BE DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS, AND AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BIDDER: $320,000 FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI, $1,000,000 FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, $600,000 FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, AND $1,500,000 FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

TO TABLE AMENDMENT H.R. 4729, WHICH PROVIDES THAT FROM THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT, THE SALARY OF THE DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN SHALL BE $5,000 PER ANNUM.

TO AMEND H.R. 3341, BY DEDUCTING BOUNTIES ONLY FROM MONIES PAID UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

TO AMEND H.R. 4680, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION THAT PROVIDES FOR ONLY NINETY PER CENT OF THE DUTIES IMPOSED ON CERTAIN ARTICLES TO BE LEVIED, COLLECTED, AND ADDING THAT THE DUTIES SHALL REMAIN WITHOUT ABATEMENT OF THE TEN PER CENT.

TO CONSIDER H.R. 4740 (18-STAT-456), A BILL PROVIDING FOR MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE REPAIR, PRESERVATION AND COMPLETION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS.

TO AMEND H.R. 4680, BY STRIKING OUT THE FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS, WHICH PROVIDES FOR INCREASING THE TAX ON WHISKEY AND TOBACCO.

TO PASS H.R. 4680.

TO RESUME CONSIDERATION ON H.R. 4680.

TO TABLE H.R. 4680.

TO CONSIDER H.R. 3341, A BILL EQUALIZING THE BOUNTIES OF SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AS UNION SOLDIERS.

TO AMEND H.R. 4729 (18-STAT-L.371), THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1875, BY ENABLING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO PURCHASE THE STEVENS IRON-CLAD STEAM-BATTERY TOGETHER WITH EXPENSES OF REMOVAL TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, $150,000.

TO AMEND H.R. 4680, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION THAT THE TAX INCREASE DOES NOT APPLY TO TOBACCO ON WHICH TAX HAS BEEN PAID, AND INSERTING A PROVISION THAT THE TAX INCREASE SHALL APPLY ONLY TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURED AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS ACT.

TO PASS H.R. 3341.

TO AMEND H.R. 4680, BY STRIKING OUT THE SECOND SECTION OF THE BILL WHICH IMPOSES AN INCREASED DUTY ON TOBACCO.

TO PASS H.R. 2685 (18-STAT-679), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF $9606.36, TO JOHN ALDRIDGE, OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENN., FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF COTTON ON HIS PROPERTY BY DISLOYAL CITIZENS OF AND AROUND HENDERSON STATION, TENN., SUM PAID TO BE CHARGED TO THE ACCOUNT OF CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROPERTY.

TO TABLE H.R. 4680.

TO TABLE H.R. 4680.

TO AMEND H.R. 4680, BY STRIKING OUT SECTIONS ONE AND TWO AND ADDING THAT THE DUTIES ON TEA SHALL BE TEN CENTS A POUND AND ON COFFEE TWO CENTS A POUND.

TO AMEND H.R. 4680 (18-STAT-L.339), A BILL FURTHER PROTECTING THE SINKING FUND AND PROVIDING FOR THE EXIGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION THAT THE TAX INCREASE SHALL NOT APPLY TO TOBACCO ON WHICH THE TAX UNDER EXISTING LAW SHALL HAVE BEEN PAID WHEN THIS ACT TAKES EFFECT, AND INSERTING IN LIEU A CLAUSE PROVIDING THAT THE INCREASE OF TAX SHALL ONLY APPLY TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURED AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS ACT.

TO PASS H.R. 796.

TO AMEND H.R. 796 (18-STAT-L.335), A BILL PROTECTING ALL CITIZENS IN THEIR CIVIL AND LEGAL RIGHTS, BY ELIMINATING A PROPOSAL THAT NO CITIZEN BEING QUALIFIED BY LAW SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FOR SERVICE AS GRAND OR PETIT JUROR IN ANY COURT OF UNITED STATES ON ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR, OR PREVIOUS SERVITUDE, AND ANY OFFICER CHARGED WITH SELECTION OF JURORS WHO FAILS TO SUMMON ANY CITIZEN FOR A FORESAID CAUSE, SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.

TO AMEND H.R. 796, BY REPEALING SECTIONS 820-821 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES. SECTION 820 LISTS AS CAUSES OF DISQUALIFICATION OF GRAND AND PETIT JURORS IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY PERSON WHO WITHOUT DURESS AND COERCION HAS EVER TAKEN UP ARMS, OR HAS GIVEN ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS IN REBELLION AGAINST THE U.S. SECTION 821 AUTHORIZES THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNY TO MOVE, AND THE COURT IN THEIR DISCRETION MAY REQUIRE A CLERK TO TEND TO EVERY PERSON SUMMONED TO SERVE AS A GRAND OR PETIT JUROR IN U.S. COURT, ON OATH TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ALSO SWEAR THAT THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN UP ARMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

TO AMEND H.R. 796, BY PROPOSING THAT THE FINE FOR VIOLATION AGAINST THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ANY CITIZEN SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN $500.00, AND MAKING THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE DISCRETIONARY.

TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 1251, IN ORDER TO CONSIDER H.R. 2190, A BILL GRANTING PENSIONS TO WAR OF 1812 VETERANS.

TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 1251.

TO ADJOURN, DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR AND LACK OF A QUORUM, MOTION MADE DURING DISCUSSION OF S. 1251, A BILL REGULATING THE COUNTING OF VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICEPRESIDENT.

TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE BUSINESS AND TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF PRESENT BILL AFTERWARDS, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 435.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR.

TO SUSTAIN DECISION OF THE CHAIR, DURING CONSIDERATION OF S. 1251, WHICH DECISION RULED THAT WHEN A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT DEBATE IS OUT OF ORDER ON A MOTION DIRECTING THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS TO REQUEST ATTENDANCE OF ABSENT SENATORS.

THAT THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS BE DIRECTED TO REQUEST THE ATTENDANCE OF ABSENT SENATORS, MOTION MADE DURING DISCUSSION OF S. 1251.

TO ADJOURN, DUE TO NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE.

TO AMEND H.R. 435, BY INSERTING THAT SECTION 2378 OF THE REVISED STATUTES SHALL, IN ITS APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF COLORADO, PROVIDE FOR THE DEDUCTION FROM THE AMOUNT OF LANDS GRANTED BY THE SECTION OF THE AMOUNTS GRANTED IN ANY MANNER TO AID WORKS OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN ANY PART OF THE TERRITORY AND STATE, THUS PROVIDING THAT IN MAKING THIS ADJUSTMENT WITH THE STATE OF COLORADO THE LANDS GRANTED IN THAT TERRITORY FOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE DEDUCTED IN MAKING UP 500,000 ACRES, WHICH PUTS HER UPON THE PRECISE FOOTING OF THE STATES.

TO AMEND H.R. 435, BY ELIMINATING A PHRASE STATING THAT COLORADO'S CONSTITUTION MUST MAKE NO DISTINCTION IN CIVIL OR POLITICAL RIGHTS ON ACCOUNT OF RACE.

TO AMEND H.R. 435, BY ELIMINATING THE CLAUSE REQUIRING THE DELEGATES OF COLORADO TO PLEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.

TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER PASSAGE OF S. 736, A BILL CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF TEXAS, AND FIXING THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS THERE.

TO AMEND H.R. 3820 (18-STAT-L.452), THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1875, BY INCREASING AN APPROPRIATION FROM $1,400,000 TO $1,500,000, TO BE USED FOR QUARTERS FOR OFFICES ON MILITARY DUTY, AND TROOPS, OR STORE HOUSES FOR THE SAFE KEEPING OF MILITARY STORES, OFFICERS AND OF GROUNDS FOR CAMPS AND SUMMER CANTONMENTS, AND FOR REPAIRING BUILDINGS AT ESTABLISHED POSTS.

TO AMEND H.R. 435, BY PROVIDING THAT THE STATE CONSTITUTION BE SUBMITTED FOR RATIFICATION OR REJECTION AT AN ELECTION IN JULY, 1876.

TO ADJOURN, FOR LACK OF A QUORUM.

TO AMEND H.R. 4529, BY REPEALING SO MUCH OF AN ACT AS AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WITH THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR STEAMSHIP SERVICE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO, JAPAN, AND CHINA.

TO AMEND H.R. 3820, THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1875, BY INCREASING FROM $100,000 TO $200,000 THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE MANUFACTURE AT NATIONAL ARMORIES OF THE NEW MODEL BREECH-LOADING MUSKET AND CARBINE.

TO ADJOURN, MOTION DELAYING ACTION ON H.R. 4529.

TO AMEND H.R. 4529, BY REDUCING THE WEIGHT LIMIT OF THIRDCLASS MAIL FROM FOUR POUNDS TO 12 OUNCES.

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4529, WHICH AMENDMENT DECLARES THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED BY CONGRESS SHALL BE MAILED POSTAGE-FREE UNDER THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REGULATIONS.

TO AMEND H.R. 4529, BY PROPOSING THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SHALL BE MAILED FREE OF POSTAGE, UNDER SUCH REGULATIONS AS THE POSTMASTER GENERAL MAY PRESCRIBE, AND THAT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ALREADY PRINTED FOR USE OF EITHER HOUSE OF CONGRESS MAY BE MAILED FREE UPON THE FRANK OF ANY MEMBER OF THE PRESENT CONGRESS UNTIL DEC. 1, 1875.

TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4529 (18-STAT-L.340), THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1875, WHICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES AN APPROPRIATION $986,000 FOR OFFICIAL POSTAGE STAMPS FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, AND IN LIEU THEREOF INSERTS: THAT ALL LAWS AND CLAUSES OF LAWS REPEALING THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE ARE HEREBY REPEATED, AND THAT THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF THE ACT ABOLISHING IT IS RE-ESTABLISHED.

TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4529, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES THAT FROM THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD UNDER SUCH REGULATIONS AS THE POST-MASTER GENERAL MAY PRESCRIBE, SHALL BE MAILED FREE OF POSTAGE, AND THAT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ALREADY PRINTED FOR THE USE OF EITHER HOUSE OF CONGRESS MAY BE MAILED FREE UPON THE FRANK OF ANY MEMBER OF THE PRESENT CONGRESS UNTIL DEC. 1, 1875.

TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4441, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MILITARY ACADEMY FOR FISCAL 1875, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES THAT HEREAFTER, UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE NUMBER OF CADETS APPOINTED EACH YEAR SHALL BE ONE-HALF THE NUMBER AUTHORIZED BY EXISTING LAW, AND HEREAFTER THERE SHALL BE APPOINTED ONE CADET IN EACH EIGHT YEARS.

TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4529, WHICH DECISION HELD THAT A MOTION TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT, DID NOT CARRY WITH IT THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT.

TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4529, WHICH AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE WEIGHT OF THIRD-CLASS MAIL BE LIMITED TO 12 OUNCES INSTEAD OF FOUR POUNDS.

TO AMEND H.R. 3821, BY ELIMINATING THE $5,000 FOR EXPENSES OF INDIAN DELEGATES VISITING WASHINGTON ON BUSINESS.

TO PASS H.J.R. 51, A RESOLUTION GIVING PRECEDENCE FOR APPOINTMENTS TO SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN THE CIVIL WAR, AND THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, WHO HAVE SATISFACTORILY PASSED CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT H.R. 3821, WHICH AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $375,000 FOR CARE OF THE APACHE INDIANS IN ARIZONA, WHO HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE COLLECTED ON RESERVATIONS, AND THE SUM OF $125,000 TO BE USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE IN NEW MEXICO.

TO AMEND H.R. 3821, BY INCREASING FROM $10,000 TO $30,000 THE APPROPRIATION FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS.

TO AMEND H.R. 3821 (18-STAT-L.420), THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1875, BY INCREASING FROM $10,000 TO $35,000 THE APPROPRIATION FOR SUPERINTENDING BOARDING SCHOOLS UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FOR AIDING AND INSTRUCTING THE INDIANS.

TO AMEND H.R. 3821, BY ELIMINATING A $10,000 APPROPRIATION FOR SUPERINTENDENCY OVER SCHOOLS FOR INDIANS.

TO ADJOURN BECAUSE OF LATENESS OF THE HOUR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3821.

TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3821, DECISION HELD THAT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PAY ARREARS OF INTEREST TO THE CHICKASAW NATION OF INDIANS, MADE PROVISIONS FOR A PRIVATE CLAIM AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE RECEIVED UNDER THE 30TH RULE OF THE SENATE.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO LATE HOUR, MOTION POSTPONING DEBATE ON RESOLUTION TO SEAT P.B.S. PINCHBACK, AS SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION TO ADMIT P.B.S. PINCHBACK AS A SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1783.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION POSTPONING DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION TO SEAT P.B.S. PINCHBACK, FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS, FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION POSTPONING DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION TO SEAT P.B.S. PINCHBACK, AS SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA, FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO RECESS UNTIL 7:30 P.M., MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION TO ADMIT P.B.S. PINCHBACK AS A SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1783.

TO ADJOURN, DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION POSTPONING DEBATE ON SEATING P.B.S. PINCHBACK, AS SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION POSTPONING DISCUSSION ON A RESOLUTION TO SEAT P.B.S. PINCHBACK, AS SENATOR FROM LOUISIAMA FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION TO ADMIT P.B.S. PINCHBACK AS A SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO RECONSIDER PASSAGE OF S. 782, A BILL TO GRANT A SITE FOR THE PEABODY SCHOOL IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION POSTPONING DEBATE ON RESOLUTION TO SEAT P.B.S. PINCHBACK FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS, FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO TABLE RESOLUTION TO ADMIT P.B.S. PINCHBACK AS A SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA, FOR THE TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM MARCH 4, 1873.

TO ADJOURN, DUE TO LATENESS OF HOUR.

POINT OF ORDER OR WHETHER THE MOTION TO TABLE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION THAT P.B.S. PINCHBACK BE ADMITTED AS A SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA, IS IN ORDER, HAVING IN MIND RULE TWO WHICH PERMITS SUCH A MOTION TO TABLE ONLY IF THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS DEBATABLE.

TO TABLE S. 963.

TO ADJOURN BECAUSE OF LATENESS OF THE HOUR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF S. 963.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY AUTHORIZING A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO BE ESTABLISHED AND TO BE CALLED THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO CONSIST OF THREE MEMBERS, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND TWO TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CONSISTING OF THREE MEMBERS, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, ANE ONE TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY ELIMINATING THAT PART WHICH PROPOSED THAT ALL CHILDREN BE REASONABLY INSTRUCTED EITHER IN FREE SCHOOL OR PRIVATELY, AT LEAST IN READING , WRITING, SPELLING, GEOGRAPHY, ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC, AND THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND THAT THEY SECURE FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION A CERTIFICATE STATING SUCH TO BE THE CASE BEFORE THEY MAY BE EMPLOYED.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY ELIMINATING THE CLAUSE RELATING TO CHILD LABOR.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY PROPOSING THAT A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BE ESTABLISHED TO BE KNOWN AS THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO CONSIST OF THREE MEMBERS, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND ONE TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY PROVIDING THAT TWO OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE THIRD MEMBER BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY PROVIDING THAT THE PRESIDENT APPOINT TWO MEMBERS AND THAT THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT ELECT THE OTHER MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO AMEND S. 963, BY PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF A DELEGATE TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IN CONGRESS FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.

TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF S. 963.

TO PASS S. 591, A BILL GRANTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE SEATTLE AND WALLA WALLA RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION CO.

TO AMEND S. 963, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF THREE COMMISSIONERS TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT, INSTEAD OF BEING APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT.

TO TABLE S. 963, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.