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Fortification Appropriations. An act making appropriations for fortifications and for other works
of defence, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-nire, and for other purposes. March 23, 1878

Franklin Insurance Company. An act to extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company of

the city of Washington. March 26, 1878....

Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad Company. An act to authorize the Worthington and Sioux Falls

Railroad Company to extend its road into the Territory of Dakota to the village of Sioux

Falls. April 2, 1878

Deficiency Appropriations. An act to provide for deficiencies in the miscellaneous fund of the Senate and

of the House of Representatives. April 2, 1878..

District of Columbia. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the support of the government for

the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and

seventy-eight, and for other purposes." April 3, 1878

Library of Congress. An act to constitute a commission to consider and report a plan for providing

enlarged accommodations for the Library of Congress. April 3, 1878..

John A. Darling. An act for the relief of John A. Darling. April 8, 1878

Judicial District in Missouri. An act to amend section five hundred and forty, chapter one, title thir-
teen, Revised Statutes of the United States. April 8, 1878..

War Department Contracts. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to prescribe rules and regula-

tions to be observed in the preparation, submission, and opening of bids for contracts under

the War Department. April 10, 1878..

New York Indian Lands in Kansas. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the sale

of certain New York Indian lands in Kansas," approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred

and seventy-three. April 17, 1878.

District of Columbia. An act to prevent depredations upon property in the District of Columbia.

April 17, 1878

Revised Statutes. An act requiring the Commissioner for preparing and publishing a new edition of

the Revised Statutes of the United States to revise and perfect the index to the first volume of

the same. April 19, 1878.

Fort Riley Bridge. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge abutment and approach within
the Fort Riley military reservation. April 20, 1878

George A. Armes. An act to authorize the restoration of George A. Armes to the rank of captain.

April 23, 1878

Contagious and Infectious Diseases. An act to prevent the introduction of contagious and infectious

diseases into the United States. April 29, 1878.

District of Columbia. An act to prevent the sale of policy or lottery tickets in the District of Colum-
bia. April 29, 1878..

City of Kansas. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Kansas in the

State of Missouri. April 29, 1878

District of Columbia. An act providing for the recording of deeds, mortgages, and other conveyances

affecting real estate in the District of Columbia. April 29, 1878

District of Columbia. An act for the relief of the public schools of the District of Columbia. April

30, 1878...

Public Printing. An act to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing and

binding for the current fiscal year. April 30, 1878...

Passports to Brazil. An act authorizing the issue of passports free to colored citizens going to Brazil.

April 30, 1878

Deficiency Appropriations. An act to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the
government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and
for prior years, for subsistence of the Army, and for other purposes. April 30, 1878....

Appropriations. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerks, and

inaking an appropriation for the same; also making appropriations for detecting trespass on

public lands, and for bringing into market public lands in certain States, and for other pur-
poses. April 30, 1878

Alaska Customs Officers. An act to provide for the administration of the oath of office to collectors

and other officers of the customs in the district of Alaska. May 2, 1878....

Twenty Cent Pieces. An act to prohibit the coinage of the twenty cent piece of silver. May 2, 1878.
Propeller East. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an Ameri-
can register to the Canadian-built p:opeller East by the name of Kent. May 2, 1878.
Ute Indians of Colorado. An act authorizing the President of the United States to make certain no-
gotiations with the Ute Indians in the State of Colorado. May 3, 1878.

Unincorporated Colleges. An act to extend the provisions of section thirty-two hundred and ninety-

seven of the Revised Statutes to other institutions of learning. May 3, 1878...

Naval Service Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending

June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. May 4, 1878

South Pass Jetties. An act making an appropriation for pier-lights at the entrance of the jetties in

the South Pass of the Mississippi River. May 6, 1878....

Pacific Railroads. An act to alter and amend the act entitled "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, and also to alter and amend the act of Congress approved

July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in amendment of said first-named act. May 7,

1878

Issue of Arms. An act to amend a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms,

approved July third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. May 16, 1878..

1878

Mail Lettings. An act to regulate the advertising of mail lettings, and for other purposes. May 17,

Transportation in Bond. An act extending the privileges of sections twenty-nine hundred and ninety

to twenty-nine hundred and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes, inclusive, to the port of

Bath, in the State of Maine. May 25, 1878....

Flomesteads. An act for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the pre-emption laws. May

27, 1878

D. A. McDonald. An act to change the name of the steamboat D. A. McDonald to Silver Wave.

May 27, 1878

Indian Service Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent ex-

penses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other

purposes. May 27, 1878...

District of Columbia. "An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to refund

certain taxes erroneously collected, and for other purposes. May 23, 1878..

Legal Tender Notes. An act to forbid the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes.

May 31, 1878....

Columbia College. An act supplementary to the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-

three, entitled An act supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-

one, incorporating Columbia College, District of Columbia. May 31, 1878

Grasshoppers. An act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands. June 1, 1878.

Timber and Mineral I ands. An act authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada, and the Territories to

fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes. June 3, 1878..

Timber and Stone Lands. An act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon,

Nevada, and in Washington Territory. June 3, 1878..

Homesteads. An act to provide for the publication of notices of contest under the homestead, pre-

emption, and tree-culture laws of the United States. June 3, 1878....

District of Columbia. An act to alter and amend a law of the District of Columbia relative to the

inspection of flour. June 4, 1878..........

Consular and Diplomatic Service Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the consular and
diplomatic service of the government for the year ending Juue thirtieth, eighteen Lundred and
seventy-nine, and for other purposes. June 4, 1878

Works of Art. An act to provide for the free entry of articles imported for exhibition by societies

established for encouragement of the arts or sciences, and for other purposes. June 6, 1878... 39

Bankrupt Law. An act to repeal the bankrupt law. June 7, 1878

Galveston Harbor. An act making further appropriations for continuing the improvements of Gal-

veston Harbor, State of Texas. June 7, 1878.....

District of Columbia. An act regulating the appointment of justices of the peace, commissioners of

deeds, and constables within and for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. June

7, 1878.....

Municipal Corporations in Territories. An act explanatory of section eighteen hundred and eighty-

nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to ratify and confirm certain Territorial

legislation, and for o her purposes. June 8, 1878.

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Courts in Ohio. An act to provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Toledo, Ohio.

June 8, 1878...

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Superintendents of Mints and Assayers. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to constitute

superintendents of mints or assayers in assay-offices, assistant treasurers of the United States.

June 8, 1878

District of Columbia. An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Co-

lumbia. June 11, 1878...

Military Academy Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military

Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-niue, and for

other purposes. June 11, 1878

United States Courts in Virginia. An act to change the time for holding terms of the district court for

the western district of Virginia at Danville. June 11, 1878..

Election in California. An act fixing the time for holding the election for Representatives to the

Forty-sixth Congress of the United States in and for the State of California. June 11, 1878...

Election in Colorado. An act designating the times for the election of Representatives to the Forty-

sixth and succeeding Congresses from the State of Colorado. June 11, 1878.....

Pension Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pen-

sions of the United States for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-

nine. June 14, 1878

Homesteads. An act for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the pre-emption laws. June

14, 1878

Timber Culture. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to encourage the growth of timber on the

Western prairies." June 14, 1878......

Deficiency Appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply the deficiencies in the appropria-

tions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and prior

years, and for these heretofore treated as permanent, for reappropriations, and for other pur-
poses. June 14, 1878

Harper's Ferry Property. An act authorizing the Solicitor of the Treasury, by and with the consent

of the Secretary of War, to cancel certain contracts for the sale of lots of land made at Harper's

Ferry in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, by the United States, to resell the same,

and sell or lease all other real estate and riparian rights now owned by the United States at

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. June 14, 1878..

Consular Courts. An act to amend section forty-one hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States, in relation to the judicial powers and functions of consuls. June
14, 1878

District of Columbia. An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make and

enforce regulations relative to the sale of coal, and also building regulations. June 14, 1878..

Mutual Fire Insurance Company. An act to amend the charter of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company

of the District of Columbia. June 14, 1878.

United States Courts in Tennessee. An act to provide for the appointment of a district judge for the

western district of Tennessee, and for other purposes. June 14, 1878...

Polaris Expedition. An act authorizing the publication for sale of an edition of the Narrative of the

Polaris Expedition. June 14, 1878..

lectors of customs of Plymouth and Nantucket, Massachusetts. June 14, 1878

Charles O. Allibone. Au act for the relief of Charles O. Allibone. June 14, 1878..

Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Lands. An act to restore certain lands in Iowa to settlement under

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