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Petition for compensation 1704. Charleston, South Carolina

Bill making appropriation for harbor improvements (see bill S. 2625).

Joint resolution to continue work on (see H. Res. 289, 322).
Bill to further carry out act for taking (see bill H. R. 4843).
Petitions to publish tobacco report of J. B. Killebrew in full in Charleston, West Virginia
2175, 2276.

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Estimate of additional appropriation for public building at (H. R. Ex. Doc. 185) 1290.

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Christian, William E.

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 7991).
Christian Brothers' College, Saint Louis

Bill for relief (see bill S. 2180).
Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 6881).

Christie, William

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 7777).

Papers withdrawn from files of House 188, 346. Church of the Ascension, District of Columbia Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 7935).

Church Orphanage, District of Columbia

- Petition for appropriation 715.

Cilley, C. A.

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 4356).
Cincinnati, Ohio

Resolution of House to investigate conduct of Lot Wright, United
States marshal in, passed 17, 20-25.

Resolution of House to pay expenses of committee investigating
conduct of Lot Wright, passed 372.

Report of House committee on investigation of conduct of Lot
Wright, United States marshal in (H. R. REPORT 2681) 2572.

Citizens' National Bank, Grand Forks, Dakota

Bill to authorize change of name (see bill H. R. 7959).

City Fire Insurance Company

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 7762).

Civil Expenses

Annual appropriation bill (see bill H. R. 8256).

Civil Service

Bill to prohibit removal of discharged soldiers and sailors from civil office (see bill H. R. 7548).

Petitions relative to, from

Connecticut: citizens of 1612.

Illinois: citizens of 32.

Indiana: citizens of 1191.

Kansas: citizens of 318, 792.

Massachusetts: citizens of 743.

Michigan: citizens of 743.

Minnesota: citizens of 743.

Missouri: citizens of 792, 1051.

National Eclectic Medical Association 229.

New Hampshire: citizens of 743.

New York: citizens of 10, 50, 175, 300, 389, 914.

Ohio: citizens of 792, 1547.

Pennsylvania: citizens of 792.

Wisconsin: citizens of 743.

Civil Service Commission

Annual report (H. R. Ex. Doc. 207) 1525, 1541.

Claghorn, James L.

Claims-Continued.

Report of Secretary of Treasury on supplemental list of claims allowed under act of March 3, 1849 (S. Ex. Doc. 101) 2327, 2438.

Letter of Attorney-General relative to increasing appropriation for defending suits against United States for (S. Ex. Doc. 18) 465, 483.

Clapp, George M.

Bill for relief (see bill S. 2614).

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 7932).

Clardy, Martin Linn (a Representative from Missouri) Appointed teller 1866.

Amendments offered by, to

Interstate commerce: bill to regulate 532.
River and harbor appropriation bill 1866.

Bills and joint resolutions introduced by

Adair, Elizabeth W: to pension (see bill H. R. 7929) 632. Petitions and papers presented by, from

Missouri, citizens of: for passage of educational bill 2059. for passage Mexican war pension bill 266, 1928. Remarks by, on

Interstate commerce 285, 532.

Post-Office appropriation bill 1581.

River and harbor appropriation bill 1692, 1693, 1866. Reports made by, from

Committee on Commerce

Coosa River bridge (bill H. R. 8131; REPORT 2389) 1054.

Electric lights on navigable waters (bill H. R. 7894; REPORT 22501) 609.

Live-stock transportation (REPORT 2368) 987.

Steamship registration (REPORT 2611) 1845.

Votes of. See YEA AND NAY VOTES.

Clark, Eliza

Bill for relief (see bill S. 2050).

Clark, George W.

Bills to increase pension (see bills H. R. 7723, 8033).

Petition of citizens of New Hampshire for pension to 876.

Clark, Hervey E.

Bill for relief (see bill S. 2584).

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 8025).

Clark, James

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 8156).

Clark, John C.

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 3052).

Clark, Joseph

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 7908).

Memorial of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts relative to art Clark, Lizzie D. collection of (H. R. Mis. Doc. 10) 376.

Claiborn, John W.

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 4996).

Claims

Bill to permit owners of vessels to sue United States for damages from collisions (see bill S. 1472).

Bill to allow suits against United States for (see bill S. 1577). Bill for judicial ascertainment of facts in private claims (see bill S. 1671).

Bills to extend time for filing claims for horses and property lost in military service (see bills S. 2465; H. R. 7778). Bills to adjust claims of States for expenditures during war of rebellion (see bills S. 2550; H. R. 7919).

Bill to provide for settlement of claims for private property lost in military service (see bill H. R. 5713).

Bill limiting time for presenting and paying (see bill H. R. 5849). Bill to prevent fraudulent claims against foreign governments (sec bill H. R. 7352).

Bill to pay claims allowed under act of July 4, 1864 (see bill H. R. 8177).

Letter of Clerk of House relative to index of Southern claims (H. R. MIS. Doc. 12) 537.

Report of Secretary of Treasury on claims allowed by accounting officers (H. R. Ex. Doc. 55) 446.

Annual report on claims allowed under act of July 4, 1864 (H. R. Ex. Doc. 119) 983.

Annual report of claims allowed under exhausted appropriations (H. R. Ex. Doc. 153) 1056.

Petition for relief 265.

Clark, Nathan B.

Bill to promote on Navy retired-list (see bill H. R. 6824).

Clark, Robert A.

Petition for relief 1546.
Papers referred in House 1612.

Clark, W. E.

Petition for relief 822.

Clarke, Augustus P.

Petition for arrears of pension 1546.

Clarke, Lizzie D.

Bill for relief (see bill S. 2598).
Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 8275).

Clarke, William L.

Bill to pension (see bill S. 2486). Clarksburg, West Virginia

Bill to erect public building at (see bill H. R. 1618).

Clay, James F. (a Representative from Kentucky)

Attended 37.

Appointed teller on count of electoral vote 1500. Leave of absence granted to 364, 1056.

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Harper, Samuel: war claim 66.

Hudgins, Floyd S: war claim 1190.

Lamkin, George W. F: to adjudicate claim 32, 100.

Masteller, John A: war claim 1447.

Moody, Elizabeth A. (administrator) war claim 1447.

Murdoch, David: war claim 1447.

Brewett, Joel R: to adjudicate claim 2174.

Walters, Luther: war claim 1770.

Weitinger, Hester A: war claim 1447.

Reports made by, from

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Reid, Sam C. (REPORT 2194) 579.

Votes of. See YEA AND NAY VOTES.

Clendinnin, James

Petition for relief 1071, 1143.

Papers referred in House 1191.

Clephane and Boswell

Letter of Attorney-General relative to claim of (H. R. Ex. Doc. 59) 445, 628.

Papers withdrawn from files of House 2524.

Clerk of House

Annual report of expenditures by (H. R. MIS. Doc. 5) 32. Letter relative to index of Southern claims (H. R. Mis. Doc. 12) 537.

Report of inventory of property (H. R. MIS. Doc. 20) 1242.

Clerks of Courts. See COURTS OF UNITED STATES.

Cleveland, Ohio

Report of Secretary of War on harbor improvements at (H. R. Ex. Doc. 116) 948.

Cleveland, John L.

Petition for pension 389.

Clifford, Harriet

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 8145).

Clifford, James

Bill for relief (see bill S. 2476).

Clift, Amos

Papers withdrawn from files of House 1295.

Petition for pension 913, 979.

Close, William

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 7925).

Cloud, A. M. (administrator)

Coal

Petition to adjudicate claim 2174.

Report of board on comparative merits of anthracite and bituminous coal for naval uses (S. Ex. Doc. 26) 559, 621.

Coal Lands. See PUBLIC LANDS.

Coan, John A.

Petition for compensation 1119.

Coast Defense. See FORTIFICATIONS; ORDNANCE.
Coast Survey

Annual report (H. R. Ex. Doc. 43) 299, 314.

Annual report of expenditures (H. R. Ex. Doc. 52) 363. Concurrent resolution to print annual report, passed 1079, 1260, 1805.

Memorial of American Association for Advancement of Sciences to extend 422.

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Cockrell, Francis Marion (a Senator from Missouri)

Attended 1.

Appointed conferee on bill relative to losses of property by troops 2127.

Appointed conferee on deficiency appropriation bill 2463. Appointed conferee on District of Columbia appropriation bill 1525.

Appointed conferee on fortification appropriation bill 2466. Appointed conferee on legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill 2241, 2379, 2493.

Amendments offered by, to

Deficiency appropriation bill 2133, 2448.

Indian appropriation bill 981, 996.

Lost Lake and Mount Hood Improvement Company: bill grant-
ing right of way to 353.

Newton (Mass.) First National Bank: bill for relief 793.
Sundry civil appropriation bill 2133.

Bills and joint resolutions introduced by

Bailey, Ann: to pension (see bill S. 2630) 1495.

Colored soldiers: for relief of heirs (see bill S. 2520) 563.
McCormick, Timothy: for relief (see bill S. 2506) 506.
Ramsay, G. Alexander: for relief (see bill S. 2494) 429.
Wolfe, William: for relief (see bill S. 2557) 745.

Motions and resolutions offered by

Asper, Elizabeth F: to indefinitely postpone bill to pension 943. |
Collins, Geriah: to recommit bill to pension 1073.
Hawley, Richard, & Sons: to reconsider vote on bill for relief
102.

Manning, Henry C., and others: to withdraw their papers 467.
Railway mail service: inquiry relative to documentary history
of, adopted 1245.

Recess: for 2.

Shepard, Joshua: to recommit bill for relief 1194.

Cockrell-Continued.

Reports made by, from

Committee on Military Affairs

McPherson Post, G. A. R. (REPORT 909) 267.
Morris, Daniel (REPORT 1123) 1193.

North Carolina official letter-books (REPORT 993) 648.
Rager, George W. (REPORT 910) 267.
Stewart, John H. (REPORT 1566) 2437.
Winfrey, Anderson (petition) 467.
Votes of. See YEA AND NAY VOTES.
Cockrum, Albertine

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 5902).

Cody, Matilda

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 7907).

Cody, Matilda, and others

Petition for relief 646, 876.

Coe, Samuel B.

Bills to pension (see bills H. R. 8022, 8172).

Coeur d'Alene Lake, Idaho

Report of engineers on survey of (H. R. Ex. Doc. 178) 1221.

Coffey, James

Bill to pension (see bill S. 513).

Coffin, Nathaniel J.

Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 4393).

Cogswell, Wilbur F.

Bill for relief (see bill S. 54).

Wheeler, George M: to print report on geographical congress of Cohen, Solomon

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Bill for relief of representatives (see bill H. R. 1824).

Coins and Coinage

Bill to retire trade-dollar (see bill H. R. 4976).

petitions for bill 10, 134, 266, 743, 1034, 1049, 1051, 1119, 1164, 1192.

Bill to regulate (see bill H. R. 8240).

Bills to suspend coinage of silver dollar (see bills S. 2392; H. R. 7624, 8256).

petitions for bill 1546, 1612.

Resolution in Senate declaratory against suspending coinage of silver dollar 51, 238-249, 273-275, 276-279.

Resolution in Senate for bill to suspend coinage of silver dollars 2283.

Joint resolution for negotiating with foreign governments to secure free coinage of silver (see S. R. 135).

Letter of Secretary of Treasury relative to transportation and storage of silver dollars (H. R. Ex. Doc. 146) 1040. Report of Secretary of Treasury relative to banks refusing silver dollars and silver certificates (H. R. Ex. Doc. 201) 1218, 1510,

1529.

Memorial of New Bedford Board of Trade relative to silver coinage act of 1878 265.

Coke, Richard (a Senator from Texas)

Appointed conferee on bill for sale of Sac and Fox Indian reservation 2234.

Amendments offered by, to

Foreign-contract labor: bill to prohibit importation of 1788.
Indian appropriation bill 1052.

Sundry civil appropriation bill 2199.

Bills and joint resolutions introduced by

Cattle-trail: to establish (see bill S. 2562) 823.

Postmasters: to readjust salaries of (see bill S. 2618) 1316.

Storrs, George: for relief (see bill S. 2480) 349.

Petitions and papers presented by, from

Texas, citizens of Colorado County: war claim 845.

Remarks by, on

Foreign-contract labor 1788.

Fort Brown reservation 2350, 2352.

Indian appropriation bill 1719, 1720.

Interstate commerce 883.

River and harbor appropriation bill 2461, 2462.

Silver coinage 2194, 2195.

Reports made by, from

Committee on Commerce

Galveston Harbor channel (REPORT 902) 11.

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Colored Race Exposition

Joint resolution to remit duties on articles for (see H. Res. 290).
Bill to make appropriation for (see bill S. 2415).

Colored Troops. See WAR OF REBELLION.

Colquitt, Alfred H. (a Senator from Georgia)

Attended 10.

Presented credentials of Joseph E. Brown 845.

Bills and joint resolutions introduced by

Nixon, John W: to remove his political disabilities (see bill 8. 2670) 2281.

Remarks by, on

Atlanta (Ga.) military barracks 2348.

Reports made by, from

Committee on Pensions

Baird, R. K. (REPORT 1077) 1017.

Roe, James P. (REPORT 929) 348.

Resolutions offered by

Florence, Oliver S: to pay for extra services 1525.

Votes of. See YEA AND NAY VOTES.

Columbia, South Carolina

Petition of city council to establish postal free delivery in 995. Columbia Hospital for Women

Trustees on part of House appointed 2525.

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb

Annual report of receipts and expenditures (H. R. MIS. Doc. 17) 1072, 1088.

Mr. Tucker and Mr. Ryan appointed directors 578. Columbia River

Petition for improvement of 1703.

Petitions against prohibiting trap-fishing in 1987.

Columbus, Ohio

Letter of Secretary of Treasury relative to additional appropriation for public building at (II. R. Ex. Doc. 130) 1004.

Colvin Seth

Bill for relief (see bill S. 476).

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 7717).

Colwell, Jason F.

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 8116).

Combs, I.

Bill to pension (see bill H. R. 3760).

Commerce and Navigation. See also FOREIGN VESSELS; STEAM-
VESSELS; VESSELS.

Bill for encouragement of merchant marine (see bill S. 2559).
Bill to protect seamen against arrest for debt (see bill S. 2652).
Bills relating to side-lights for vessels on inland waters (see bills
S. 2564; H. R. 8096, 8097).

Bill to adopt international regulations to prevent collision at sea
(see bill H. R. 5692).

Bills to amend tenth section of act of 1884 for removing burdens on merchant marine (see bills H. R. 7537, 7632, 8037). petitions relative to bill 9, 1190, 1475.

Bill to license towing-vessels to carry persons in addition to crew
(see bill H. R. 7591).

Bills to amend law relative to shipping commissioners (see bills
H. R. 7737, 8072).

Bill to amend fees on vessels in domestic commerce (sce bill H.
R. 8045).

Bill to amend laws relative to documenting vessels and desig-
nating their numbers and tonnage (see bill H. R. 8071.
Resolution in Senate to investigate means of reviving, debated
and referred 51, 1450.

Message of President recommending legislation for preventing collisions at sea (H. R. Ex. Doc. 19) 174.

Letter of Secretary of State on trade relations with South America, West Indies, Mexico, &c. (S. Mis. Doc. 45) 1614. Petitions against passage of Dingley bill relative to pilotage 645.

Petitions to amend Dingley bill relative to pilotage 100, 464,
715, 741.

Commercial Mutual Insurance Company
Bill for relief (see bill H. R. 7762).
Commercial National Bank, Chicago, Illinois

Bill to increase capital stock (see bill S. 2375).

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