William Sprague IV

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. 4847.

TO TABLE H.R. 4847.

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

TO CONSIDER H.R. 4847, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS REPORTED TO CONGRESS UNDER THE SECOND SECTION OF THE ACT APPROVED JUNE 16, 1874, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

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

TO AMEND H.R. 4729, BY ADDING THAT THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THREE-SIXTY-FIVE BONDS ARE PAYABLE IN GOLD.

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 AMEND H.R. 4740, BY APPROPRIATING $40,000, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER ABOVE CHATTANOOGA, AND BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FROM $160,000 TO $560,000 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER BELOW CHATANOOGA INCLUDING MUSCLE SHOALS.

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 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. 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 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 AMEND H.R. 3341, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO BORROW MONEY, WHENEVER NECESSARY, TO MEET PAYMENTS REQUIRES BY THIS ACT, AND TO COVER SUCH LOANS AS HE ISSUE AND DISPOSE OF THE KINDS OF BONDS DESCRIBED IN AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REFUNDING OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

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 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 PASS S. 1251.

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

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 PASS H.R. 435.

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 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 ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATE HOUR, MOTION PREVENTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 435 (18-STAT-L.475), A BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF COLORADO INTO THE UNION AS A STATE.

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 AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3821, WHICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES AN APPROPRIATION OF $166,000 FOR THE GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE FOR PRESENTS OF GOODS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND OTHER USEFUL ARTICLES AND FOR ASSISTING THE INDIANS TO LOCATE IN PERMANENT ABODES AND TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES BY THE PURSUITS OF CIVILIZED LIFE.

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. 4677 (18-STAT-L9337), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF INVALID AND OTHER PENSIONS OF THE FISCAL 1875, WHICH AMENDMENT INSERTS CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO REGULATE THE COUNTING OF VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.

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 TABLE AMENDMENT H.R. 3821, WHICH AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $20,000 FOR THE GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE PIAUTE RESERVATION IN SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA, AND $15,000 FOR THE GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE WALKER RIVER AND PYRAMID LAKE RESERVATION IN NEVADA.

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 TO H.R. 3821, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE TOTAL SPECIAL AGENCIES TO 70 FROM 69.

TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3821, WHICH DECISION HELD THAT UNDER THE 30TH RULE OF THE SENATE, THE AMENDMENT WHICH PROPOSED TO APPROPRIATE $20,000 FOR THE GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE PIAUTE RESERVATION IN SOUTH EASTERN NEVADA AND $15,000 FOR GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE WALKER RIVER AND PYRAMID LAKE RESERVATION IN NEVADA, WAS OUT OF ORDER.

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 TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3821, WHICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES AN APPROPRIATION OF $9,000 FOR THE PAY OF THREE INDIAN INSPECTORS AT $3,000 EACH.

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 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 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 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. 331, A BILL PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PORTLAND, DALLAS AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH AND FOR PERFORMANCE OF ALL GOVERNMENT SERVICE FREE OF CHARGES, BY DECLARING THE RAILROAD A MILITARY AND POST ROAD WHICH MUST TRANSPORT, MAIL, ARMY AND INDIAN SUPPLIES, TROOPS AND MUNITIONS OF WAR AND TRANSMIT ALL UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH DISPATCHES, FOR WHICH SERVICE THE UNITED STATES GUARANTEES PAYMENT OF FIVE PER CENT INTEREST FOR TEN YEARS UPON CONSTRUCTION BONDS OF THE RAILROAD AT $8,000 FOR EACH MILE OF THE MAIN LINE, NOT TO EXCEED 700 MILES.

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.

ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 331, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PORTLAND, DALLAS AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH AND FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL GOVERNMENT SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE.

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.

TO AMEND S. 591, A BILL GRANTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE SEATTLE AND WALLA WALLA RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, BY ELIMINATING ALL AFTER THE ENACTING CLAUSE AND INSERTING A PROVISION THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KINGS, YAKIMA, AND WALLA WALLA, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF SEATTLE AND WALLA WALLA IN THE TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON BE AUTHORIZED TO CONTRACT WITH THE SEATTLE AND WALLA WALLA RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD FROM SEATTLE TO WALLA WALLA AND TO ISSUE BONDS NOT EXCEEDING $250,000, IN ANY ONE COUNTRY AND $100,000 IN ANY ONE CITY TO FINANCE THE RAILROAD, PROVIDED THAT THE CONTRACT AND BOND ISSUE IS AGREED TO IN EACH COUNTY AND CITY BY TWO-THIRD OF THE VOTERS.

TO AMEND S. 1270 (18-STAT-505), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SITE FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AT HARRISBURG, PA., BY STRIKING OUT REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA SURRENDER HER JURISDICTION OVER SITE PURCHASED.

TO REFER S. 861, A BILL ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO REGULATE STEAM-RAILWAY TRACKS AND HORSE RAILWAYS IN WASHINGTON, TO THE COMMITTEE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO AMEND S. 782, A BILL GRANTING A SITE FOR THE PEABODY SCHOOL IN ST. AUGUSTINE, F.A., BY REPEALING THE GRANT WHEREVER ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL IS REFUSED BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 3170, A BILL AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS TO EXTEND THE PATENT OF JOHN W. MARSH FOR A TRIMMING ATTACHMENT TO SERVICING MACHINES.

THIRD READING OF H.R. 4202, A BILL ENABLING MRS. CHRISTIANA L. WILLIAMS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF C.W. WILLIAMS, DECEASED, TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR AN EXTENTION OF LETTERS PATENT FOR IMPROVEMENT IN CANAL LOCKS AND GATES.

TO CONSIDER H.R. 1588, A BILL REVISING THE LAWS RELATING TO SAFETY ON BOARD STEAM VESSELS.

THAT WHEN THE SENATE ADJOURNS TODAY, IT DOES SO UNTIL MONDAY NEXT AT 12 O'CLOCK.

TO AMEND H.R. 3818, BY ELIMINATING A SECTION DECLARING THAT THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT SHALL BE HELD AT SAME TIMES AND PLACES IN IOWA AS THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, BUT CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES NEED SIT ONLY IN DES MOINES.

TO AMEND H.R. 3818 (18-STAT-L.343), THE LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL 1875, BY ELIMINATING FROM A PROVISION ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND STATISTICS AND APPROPRIATING $60,440 FOR ITS USE, ALL OF THE PROVISION EXCEPT THE APPROPRIATIONS.

TO ADJOURN DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BE INSTRUCTED TO INQUIRE WHAT LEGISLATION BY CONGRESS IS NECESSARY TO SECURE OF THE RIGHTS OF SELF GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND REPORT WITH LEAST POSSIBLE DELAY BY BILL OR OTHERWISE.