To define and punish the offense of setting fire to and burning woods, grass, or for- ests on lands belonging to the United States.
To provide that a judgment in the circuit. court of the United States upon an inter- est coupon of a bond by a municipal cor- poration shall not be conclusive in a ques tion on the bond when the amount gives jurisdiction to the Supreme Court on ap. peal.
Granting a pension to William E. Fisher.. For the relief of Andrew J. Todd
Granting a pension to Joshua L. Morris For the relief of John D. Jones
Granting a pension to Thomas G. Polley For the relief of David W. Low
Bills of the House of Representatives-Continued.
To amend section 8 of an act approved Feb- ruary 21, 1881, entitled "An act amending the charter of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, and for other purposes.' Granting a pension to Thomas M. Tatem To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of August Grosse.
To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Amos Shirey. To correct the muster-roll of William Car- ter.
For the relief of James M. Grigsby. To release unto the city of San Antonio, Tex., for its use as a public thoroughfare, cer- tain portions of the military reservation near said city.
To increase the pension of James Carlin To confirm to Emile Guerin and Cheri P. Major title to certain lands.
6357 To approve an act of the legislative assem- bly of the Territory of Idaho entitled "An act to establish by charter and enlarge and improve the corporation of Lewis Collegi ate Institute," approved February 4, 1885. To authorize the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Ter- ritory, and for other purposes.
For the relief of Dr. Charles A. Bucher For the relief of Mary Kaylor..
6433 Granting a pension to Jacob Seigler. 6443 Granting a pension to Alexander Falconer.. 6462 For the relief of Warren Mitchell..
6465 Granting a pension to Nathaniel D. Chase.. 6467 Granting a pension to Fred. O. Graffam.. 6468 Granting a pension to Josiah C. Baker.. 6489 Granting a pension to Mrs. Barbara Fuchs. Granting a pension to Edward Willis. For the purchase of property as a site for a building or buildings for the accommoda- tion of the custom-house, appraiser's stores, subtreasury, assay-office, and other Government offices in the city of New York.
6523 Granting a pension to Henry Roscoe. 6526 For the relief of Albert Welton
6977 Relating to the compensation and duties of United States attorneys, marshals, and commissioners, and for other purposes. 6983 For the relief of certain soldiers of the Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry dis- honorably discharged under special orders 92, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, dated March 1, 1866.
7014 Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase certain real es- tate lying immediately opposite the Jeffer sonville depot of the United States Quar- termaster's Department, at Jeffersonville, Ind., and to have erected thereon a build- ing to be occupied by the military store- keeper on duty at said depot, the costs of said grounds and building not to exceed $18,000.
To correct the muster of Second Lieutenant Edwin E. Lewis.
7063 Limiting the cost of the erection of a public building at Winona, Minn.
To incorporate the trustees of the Young Woman's Christian Home in Washington, D. C.
7094 To ratify and confirm an agreement made be- tween the commissioners appointed on the part of the State of New York and the commissioners appointed on the part of the State of New Jersey respecting the location of the northern boundary-line be- tween the States of New York and New Jersey, and the replacing and erection of monuments thereon, bearing date the 7th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1883. 7176 For the relief of Isaac Crawford 7192
To provide a school of instruction for cav alry and light artillery, and for the con- struction and completion of quarters, bar- racks, and stables at certain posts for the use of the Army of the United States. 7208 To amend an act entitled "An act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal In- dustry, and for other purposes," approved May 29, 1884.
To authorize the construction of a graveled road to the Richmond National Cemetery, near Richmond, Va.
To authorize the examination, approval, and patenting of certain unconfirmed private land claims in the States of Arkansas, Flor- ida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and in the States of Alabama and Mississippi south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. To provide for the organization of the Terri- tory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. To amend an act entitled "An act for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tenn," approved February 25, 1885. Granting a pension to Thomas B. Walsh.. Granting a pension to Ellen Nightingale. To aid in the establishment and temporary support of common schools.
7310 Granting a pension to Mrs. Arlanta T. Tay- lor.
7390 Granting a pension to David B. Caldwell. For the relief of George M. Little
To increase the pension of James C. Daggett. To amend section 3860 of the Revised Stat- utes of the United States.
7833 Granting a pension to Lucetta Corse 7837
To validate an act of the legislative assem- bly of Washington Territory.
To amend an act entitled "An act to amend the statutes in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June 10, 1880. To amend the law relating to the bonds of executors in the District of Columbia. In relation to claims arising under the pro- visions of the captured and abandoned property acts, and for other purposes. Authorizing the President of the United States to arrange a conference for the pur- pose of promoting arbitration and encour aging reciprocal commercial relations be- tween the United States of America and the Republics of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Empire of Brazil. To repeal all laws providing for the pre- emption of the public lands, the laws al- lowing entries for timber-culture, the laws authorizing the sale of desert lands, and for other purposes.
For the relief of Samuel Burrell. Granting a pension to Daniel Schultheis 7934 Granting a pension to Martin Smiley 7948 Granting an increase of pension to Frank- lin C. Adams.
7949 For the relief of Edward N. Pomeroy Granting a pension to Mary Parrott Granting a pension to Adam Pry Granting a pension to Mary Wood
7983 Granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Schier Granting an increase of pension to Bryant
For the relief of Thomas C. Dickey. For the relief of William J. Mulvey.. To increase the pension of Loren Burritt Granting a pension to Mary S. Patridge Granting a pension to Mary L. Williams To authorize the Secretary of War to credit the Territory of Dakota with certain sums for ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said Territory, and for other purposes. To authorize the Cheyenne and Northern Railway Company to build its road across the Fort Russell and Fort Laramie mili tary reservations.
To pension Andrew J. Vanorder.... For the relief of Piromis H. Bell, adminis trator of Marcus A. Bell, deceased, and others
To submit to the Court of Claims for adju dication the title of William McGarrahan to the Rancho Panoche Grande tract of land, in the State of California, and for other purposes.
8149 Granting a pension to Jonathan Hayes... 8150 Grantind a pension to Jesse Campbell....
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