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The question being taken upon t.he motion of Mr. YoUNG, of Georgia, 

it was not ai-:,JTeed to. 

1\fr. DURHAM. I move to strike out the last word of the pending 

pv.ragmph, for the purpose of making an inquiry of the chairman 

of the committee. The law requires that each head of a Department 

shall render an account at the end of each year of the contingent 

expenses of his Department during the year. Has that been, done 

done by the Postmaster-General t 

Mr. GARFIELD. That law waB passed at the last session of Congress, in June, and the reports it requires from some of the Departments have come in. A part is now in the hands of the printer. We 

have not received that report from the Postmaster-Geneml. 

Mr. DURHAM. I simply desire to suggest that the law should be 

enforced. I have examined three different reports, and this is not in one of them. 

Mr. GARFIELD. We expect to have these reports from all the 

Departments. 

The Clerk commenced to read the paragraph making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I now move that the committee rise. 

The motion was agreed to. 

The committee accordingly rose, and the Speaker havi?g resumed 

the chair, Mr. ELLIS H. ROBERTS reported that the Comm1ttee of the 

Whole on the state of the Union had, pursuant to the order of the 

House, had under consideration the bill (H. R. No. 3813) making 

appropriat.ions for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of 

tho Government for the year ending J nne 30, 1876, and for other purposes, a:qd had come to no resolution thereon. 

THE SINKING FUND. 

Mr. DAWES, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4042) making provision for the payment of the sinking fund, and for 

other purposes; which was read a first and·second time, referred to 

the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 

OillO RIVER COMMISSION. 

Mr. NEGLEY, by unanimous consent, presented a memorial from 

the Ohio River commission; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

NOLAN S. WILLIAMS. 

On motion of Mr. SCUDDE"R, of New Jersey, by unanimous con- sent, leave was given to withdraw from the files of the Hous~ the 

papers in the case of Nolan S. Williams, executor of Alfred A.. Williams, late of New Orleans, no adverse report ha.ving been ma.de 

thereon. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I move tha.t the House a-djourn. 

The motion was agreed to, and accordingly (at four o'clock p.m.) 

the House adjourned. 

PETITIONS, ETC. 

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were presented at the Clerk's desk, under the rule, a.nd referred as stated: 

By 1\Ir. CESSNA: The petition of the Grand Temple of Honor of 

the State of Pennsylvania, for the appointment of a commission of 

inquiry concerning the alcoholic-liquor traffic, to the Committee on the Judlcia.ry. 

By Mr. CHIPMAN: The petition of Sons of Temperance of Washington, District of Columbia, of similar character, to the Committee on the J udicia.ry. 

AI o, a letter from the commissioners of the District of Columbia, 

inclo ing a communication from the commissioners of the sinking 

fund, to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

Also, the petition of Daniel Genau, and others, to be pa.id for clothing taken by the board of health of the District of Columbia, to the 

Committee on the District of Columbia. ~ 

Also, the petition of John B. Hayes, for relief, to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, the petition of Nicholas White, of Wa hington, District of 

Columbia, for relief, to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, the petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, for a free 

bridge at Georgetown, to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

By bfr. CLEMENTS: Papers relating to the claim of W. P. Hallday and S. B. Hali(lay r of Cairo, Illinois; to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. DONNAN: The petition of .John B. Chapman, for relief, 

to the Committee on Claims. 

By lli. HOLMAN: The petition of Henry H. Robinson, esq., a citizen of Indiana, to restore the President's salary to the accustomed sum of 25,000 by a due repeal of the act of Congress approved 

March 3, 1873, and also for further legislation to recover any payment in excess thereof, to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. HUBBELL: The petition of Caleb Green and 60 other citizens, of Central Lake, Antrim County, Michigan, for a post-route 

from Elmira to Central Lake, to the Committee on the Post-Office and 

Post-Roads. 

Also, the petition of Samuel W. Abbott , postmaster at Menomonee, 

Michigan, to be reimbursed 5,510.50, stolen from his office in money 

perance Union, for the appointment of a commission of inquiry con- cerningthealcoholic-liquortraffic, to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. LAMPORT: The petition of the National Temperance 

Society, of similar import, to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. LAMISON: The petition of Augustus B::won, for compensation for services as engineer under military order, to the Committee on Cl.aims. 

By Mr. LUTTRELL: A paper for the establishment of a post-route 

from Cloverdale to Mercuryville, Sonoma County, California, to the 

Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. P A.CK.A.RD : The petition of Mrs. M.P. Willitts, of Brookston, Indiana, for increase of pension to widows and orphans, to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. PIERCE: The petition of Rev. A. A. Miner, president of 

the Massachusetts State Temperance Alliance, and others, for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic-liquor 

traffic, to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. POLAND : The petition of the <kand Lodge of Good 

Templars, of Vermont, of similar import, to the same committee. 

By Mr. STARKWEATHER: The petition of citizens of Connecticut, of similar import, t.o the same committee. 

By Mr. SW .ANN: The petition of Charles Myers, for ba-ck-pay and 

bounty, to the Committee on Military Affairs. · By Mr. THOMAS, of Virginia: The petition of Wade H. Powers, 

Wise Court-House, Virginia, for relief, to the Committee on War 

Claims. 

IN SENATE. 

FRIDAY, December 18, 1874. 

Pmyer by the Chapla.in, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. 

RECEPTION OF KING OF SANDWICH ISLANDS. 

Mr. CAMERON. I move tha.t the reading of the Journal of yester· 

day be dispensed with. · The motion was a!ITeed to. 

Mr. CAMERON. I move that the Senato take a. recess. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Until what time f 

Mr. CAMERON. Until one o'clock. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Pennsylvania. moves that the Senate take a recess until one o'clock. 

Mr. CAMERON. I desire to say to the Senate that the form prescribed for the ceremonies of to-day is tha.t the Senators individually 

shall now, if they think proper, go to see the King of the Hawaiian 

Islands, who is in the President's room, 3Jld then we are to proceed in a body to the House of Representatives, where he will be received 

officially by the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion that the 

Senate take a recess until one o'clock. ' 

The motion was agreed to. 

The recess having expired, and the Senators having returned from 

the Hall of the House of Representatives, the Vice-President resumed 

the chair. 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

lli. JOHNSTON presented the petition of Ann Atkinson, of Washington, District of Columbia, praying t-o be a.llowed a pension on ac- count of services rendered by her husband, Henry Toler, as ~ soldier 

jn the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED. 

On motion of Mr. ALCORN, it was 

Orde:red, That the petition and papers of Mrs. C. J. Lake be fuken from the files 

and referred to the Committee on Claims. 

ADJOUJL~IENT TO MONDAY. 

Mr. EHMUNDS. I move that when the Senate adjourn to-day, it 

be to meet on Monday next at twelve o'clock. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 

Mr. RAMSEY. . There is a good deal of executive business, and I 

hope the motion will be wit.hdrawn so a.a to let us attend to tha.t. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I will consent to that. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION. 

:!\Ir. R.AMSE Y. I move th!t the Sena.te proceed to the consideration 

of executive business. · The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. After half an hour spent in executive 

ses.11ion the doors were reopened, and the Senate adjourned. 

HOUSE OF REPRESEN'rATIVES. 

FRIDAY, December 18, 1874. 

and stamps on the night of September 4, 1874, to the Committee on - The Howe met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, 

Claims. Rev. J. G. BuTLER, D. D. 

By Mr. KELLEY: The petition of the PcnnsylvaniJ. State 'rem- The Jomnal of yesterday was read and approved.