Congressional Record Index: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 18

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887
Includes history of bills and resolutions.

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Page 86 - An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine," approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
Page 72 - An Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses," as amended by section three of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Page 115 - An Act to enable national banking associations to extend their corporate existence, and for other purposes...
Page 108 - An Act to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes, Approved July First, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 111 - An act to amend an act to prohibit the importation and immigration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia...
Page 105 - An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes.
Page 91 - Constitution. [MAKCH 29, 1826. amend the Constitution of the United States, in relation to the election of President and Vice President.

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