monetization of silver, and making it a legal tender for all debts, pub. lic and private; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Howe presented a petition of citizens of Brown County, Wisconsin, praying the passage of a law authorizing the Oneida tribe of Indians to abandon their tribal organization and assume the duties and responsibilities of citizenship; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Petitions, praying an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the several States from disfranchising United States citizens on account of sex, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Booth: Three petitions of citizens of California.

By Mr. McDonald: A petition of citizens of Indiana.

By Mr. Sargent: Several petitions of citizens of California.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Mr. Sargent presented the petition of Maria E. Laird and the petition of Sarah Wallace, praying to be allowed the right of suffrage; which were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Mr. Wallace presented a petition of citizens of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, praying for legislation in the interest of labor, and for the relief of indigent colonizers upon the public lands; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor.

Mr. Withers presented the petition of Thomas J. Page, praying the removal of his political disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion by Mr. Voorhees,

Ordered, That the petition and papers of Robert Spaugh, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Clainis.

On motion by Mr. McPherson,

Ordered, That the petition and papers of Abraham P. Drost, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion by Mr. Wallace,

Ordered, That William S. Morris and others have leave to withdraw their petition from the files of the Senate.

Mr. Cockrell, from the Select Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 56) relating to reservoirs to promote the navigation of the Mississippi River, reported it with an amendment.

Mr. Dorsey, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into and report, by bill or otherwise, a proper form of government for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Howe, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1532) to provide a method for the settlement and adjustment of the accounts of the attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read a third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion by Mr. Johnston,

Ordered, That the petition and papers of Arthur Connell and the petition and papers of F. W. E. Lohman, Wal. H. Ruth, and Charles M. Carter, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Claims.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Adams, its Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the amend ment of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 1746) for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron, and for other purposes; and

It has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 591. An act for the relief of James Smith, late first lieutenant Company F, Forty sixth Missouri Infantry.

H. R. 847. An act for the relief of Susan Robb.

H. R. 1142. An act for the relief of Charles W. Wood, late of Company E, First Battalion, Thirteenth Regiment of United States Infantry.

H. R. 1637. An act to establish post-routes in the several States here. in named.

H. R. 1888. An act for the relief of Macon, Georgia.

H. R. 1889. An act for the relief of David W. Cheeseman, of Lake City, in Lake County, in the State of Oregon.

H. R. 1891. An act for the relief of the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Georgia.

H. R. 1892. An act for the relief of Mrs. Amanda Rains, of Illinois. H. R. 1893. An act for the relief of Cora A. Slocumb, Ida A. Richardson, and Caroline A. Urquhart.

H. R. 1896. An act for the relief of Nancy A. Herrick, of Rochester, New York.

H. R. 1951. An act for the relief of John F. Sutherlin and Brother, of Park County, Indiana.

The bills last received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times, by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the bills H. R. 591, H. R. 847, H. R. 1142, and H. R. 1892 be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs; that the bills H. R. 1637 and H. R. 1889 be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads; that the bill H. R. 1888 be referred to the Committee on Appropriations; that the bill H. R. 1893 be referred to the Committee on Claims; that the bill H. R. 1896 be referred to the Committee on Patents; and that the bills H. R. 1891 and H. R. 1951 be referred to to the Committee on Finance.

Leave having been obtained, bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Chaffee: A bill (S. 397) to amend an act entitled "An act to facilitate commercial, postal, and military communication among the several States," approved June 15, 1866; to the Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Chaffee: A bill (S. 398) extending the act of July 2, 1862, entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanical arts," to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Rollins: A bill (S. 399) granting a pension to Abigail S. Tilton; to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 400) to provide for the disposition of the arid lands of the United States; to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 401) for the relief of Charles H. Moseley; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Hill: A bill (S. 402) for the relief of J. C. McBurney, of Georgia; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Allison: A bill (S. 403) to enable the Santee Sioux Indians to acquire homesteads; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. Johnston: A bill (S. 404) amendatory of and supplementary to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1871, and the several acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto; to the Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Kernan: A bill (S. 405) to amend the first paragraph of section 2541 of the Revised Statutes relating to collection-districts in the State of New Jersey; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Harris: A bill (S. 406) for the relief of the Odd Fellows lodge of Pulaski, Tennessee; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 407) to declare certain lands heretofore granted to railroad companies forfeited to the United States, and to open the same to settlement; to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Saunders: A bill (S. 408) for the relief of Charles Brewster; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Sargent: A bill (S. 409) to restrict the immigration of Chinese to the United States; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. Christiancy: A bill (S. 410) to provide for challenges to jurors in trials for bigamy and polygamy in the Territory of Utah; and to amend section 4 of the act entitled "An act in relation to courts and judicial officers in the Territory of Utah," approved June 24, 1874; and A bill (S. 411) to regulate elections and the elective-franchise in the Territory of Utah; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 412) to protect the records of the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. McMillan: A bill (S. 413) to increase the pension of Lawrence C. P. Haskins; to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to communieate to the Senate the number of miles of railroad and telegraph line completed by the Oregon Central Railroad Company and accepted by the government; the number of miles uncompleted; also, the number of acres patented to such company under the act of Congress making a grant of public lands to said company.

Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing:

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That one thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the Board of Health of the District of Columbia for the year 1877 be printed for use and distribution by said board.

Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing:

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed and bound in leather five thousand eight hundred copies of the colonial charters and constitutions, which the Public Printer shall use to be distributed as follows: To the Secretary of the Senate one thousand copies, of which he shall deliver one copy to the Vice-President

of the United States, twelve copies to each Senator, one copy to himself, one copy to the Secretary's office, one copy to the official reporters' office of the Senate, and ten copies to the library of the Senate, and have the remaining copies kept as a reserve by the Librarian of the Senate; to the Clerk of the House of Representatives three thousand copies, of which he shall deliver eight copies to each Representative and Delegate, one copy to himself, one copy to the Clerk's office, one copy to the official reporters' office of the House, and twenty copies to the library of the House, and have the remaining copies kept as a reserve by the Librarian of the House; to the Library of Congress sixty-three copies, one copy of which shall be for the Librarian, two copies for the library, and shall not be taken therefrom; ten copies for the law library, and fifty copies shall be for exchange with foreign governments, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, as provided in the joint resolution approved March 2, 1867; to the President of the United States three copies, of which one copy shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion; to the Department of State fifty-five copies, of which five copies shall be for the use of the department, and fifty copies shall be for transmission to United States legations and consulates-general abroad; to the Treasury Department ten copies; to the War Department six copies, of which one copy shall be for the Military Academy at West Point; to the Navy Department six copies, of which one copy shall be for the Naval Academy at Annapolis; to the Department of the Interior six hundred copies, of which ten copies shall be for the use of the department and the bureaus and offices thereof; one copy to the executive of each State and Territory for the use of each State and Territory; three copies to such incorporated colleges, public libraries, atheneumns, literary and scientific institutions, boards of trade, or public associations in the United States as may be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress to receive them; and the remaining copies shall be kept as a reserve from which the Secretary of the Interior may supply missing volumes to the executives of States and Territories or such institutions as may be entitled under this resolution to receive them; to the Post-Office Department six copies; to the Department of Justice one hundred and thirty-five copies, including those for the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for the use of the judges of the circuit, district, and territorial courts, the Court of Claims, the Assistant Attorneys-General, and the Solicitors of the Department of Justice; to the Department of Agriculture two copies; to the Smithsonian Institution one copy; the remainder shall be deposited in the Department of the Interior to supply deficiencies and offices newly created.

Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Printing be authorized to pay such compensation or additional compensation for editing the compilation of colonial charters and State constitutions as they may deem proper, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and that the same be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate.

The Vice-President appointed Mr. Sargent a director for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying in Asylum, under the provisions of the act of June 10, 1872.

The Vice-President appointed Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Bayard, members of the Board of Visitors to attend the annual examination of cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

The Vice-President appointed Mr. Anthony, Mr. Sargent, and Mr. Whyte, members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, under the requirement of section 3756 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

On motion by Mr. Teller,

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him December 7, 1877, calling for information relative to an agreement between the United States and the confederate band of the Ute Nation of Indians, for the cession of certain lands in Colorado; and

The resolution was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Wadleigh,

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution reported by the Committee on Privileges and Elections declaring James B. Eustis entitled to a seat in the Senate as a Senator from the State of Louisiana; and, After debate,

On the question to agree to the resolution, as follows:

Resolved, That James B. Eustis is lawfully entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States from the State of Louisiana, from the 12th day of January, 1876, for the term ending March 3, 1879, and that he be admitted thereto upon taking the proper oath,

Yeas..

It was determined in the affirmative,Nas

On motion by Mr. Ingalls,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Bailey, Barnum, Bayard, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Burnside, Chaffee, Christiancy, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of West Virginia, Dawes, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, Garland, Gordon, Harris, Hereford, Hill, Johnston, Jones of Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kernan, Kirkwood, Lamar, McCreery, McDonald, McPherson, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morgan, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Plumb, Randolph, Ransom, Saulsbury, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wadleigh, Wallace, Withers. Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Allison, Cameron of Wisconsin, Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls, McMillan, Morrill, Saunders.

So the resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Eustis then appeared, and the oaths prescribed by law having been administered to him by the Vice President he took his seat in the Senate.

Mr. McDonald, on his own motion, was excused from further service as a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Jones, of Florida, on his own motion, was excused from further service as a member of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

On motion by Mr. Wallace,

Ordered, That the vacancies on the said committees be filled by the Vice-President; and

The Vice-President appointed Mr. Eustis.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. 107) to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States, made the special order for this day; and,

On motion by Mr. Ingalls,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed to, and made the special order for, Tuesday, January 15 next, at one o'clock, two-thirds of the Senators present agreeing thereto.