TABLE OF CONTENTS. I* List; of Members of Forty-Second Con- II. Passage of the "Salary Act of Legislative History of the Legislative, Execu- tive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, so far as Salaries were concerned, in its progress through the House—Resolutions offered in the House by Messrs. W. R. Roberts, Wake- man, and Ely—Introduction of Salary Bills by Senators Pool and Hill, and Amendments of- fered by Senators Robertson, Sherman, Buck- ingham, Morton, Casserly, Sawyer, Freling- huysen, Ferry of Michigan, Wright, Stewart, Hill, Morrill of Vermont, Conkling, Ferry of Connecticut, Hitchcock, Corbett,Windom, and Votes on Salary features—Text of the House Judiciary Committee's Salary Bill and Report thereon, as reported by Representative B. F. Butler—Mr. Butler's Resolution instructing the Committoe on Appropriations to include the above Salary Bill in the Miscellaneous Ap- propriation Bill, and Vote thereon—Amend- ments by Messrs. Negley, Wakeman, and the Committee on Appropriations—Mr. Butler's ** Salary Bill" substitute for the latter Amend- ment, and the various Amendatory Motions, Modifications, and Votes following it—State- ment and Action of Speaker Blaine—Text of the Salary Amendment as it left the House— Amendatory Motions and Votes of non-con- currence in the Senate—The Committee of Conference—Text of the Conference Report III. Repeal of the « Salary Act of 1873," and Restoration of former Compensa- tion and Allowances, and Sundry Mile- age and other Statistical Statements re- House Resolution for a Select Committee to consider the Repeal of the "Salary Bill"— Bills and Resolutions on the subject intro- duced in the House—The House Select Com- mittee on Salaries—Text of Bill and Joint Resolution reported by said Committee—Text of Minority Bill—Amendments and Substi- tutes—Recommittal of the Committee Bill with Text of Instructions—Second Bill reported by of Subsequent Amendments and the various Votes—The Hurlbut Substitute, and Votes by which it was agreed to—The House Salary Re- peal Bill in the Senate, and the various Amend- Text of the Salary Bill as Amended by the Senate, and Vote by which it passed—Return of the Bill to the House—Final Vote in the House concurring in the Senate Amendment- Approval by the President—The several Rates of Compensation fixed by various Laws, and the cases in which the same were retroactive, and for what length of time—Names of Sena- tors who drew pay under the Retroactive Pro- visions of the several Laws, amounts drawn, and dates of same—Names of Senators who covered into the Treasury amounts due them under Retroactive Provisions of Law, with date of such action—A Comparative State- ment—Mileage paid to Senators in the Thirty- Ninth and Forty-Second Congresses under the acts of 1856 and 1866—Effect of the acts of 1873 and 1874—Statement of amounts of Mileage paid to each of the Representatives and Dele- gates in the Forty-Second Congress—State- ment of the amounts for traveling allowances paid to each Representative and Delegate for attending the first session of the Forty-Third Congress—Text of House Bill for the Abolition of Mileage—Votes on tabling and on final passage—The Bill in the Senate* IV. Judicial Decisions and Opinion8.40-5 3 Louisiana Slaughter-House Cases—The Myra Bradwell Case—The Iowa Liquor Cases. V. Proposed Amendments to the Constitu- tion of the United States 53-5 8 By Senators Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Sumner, Hibbard, Banks, Coghlan, Porter, Benjamin F. Myers, Arthur, De Witt, McCrary, Eugene Hale, Coburn, Creamer, Morrison, and Isaac C. Parker—Reported by Mr. Morton from Sen- ate Committee on Privileges and Elections, as to mode of electing President and Vice Presi- dent—Votes on propositions to make natural- ized citizens eligible to offices of President and Vice President—House Judiciary Com- mittee Report on the Religious Amendment. VI. Constitutional Amendments, made and pending, In the several States..58-84 Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, VII. Action of the President In the Affair* of the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Letters and Telegrams to and from the Presi- dent, Attorney General, Military Authorities, (v) Governors, and others—Action of Federal VIII. President Grant's Second Inaugural messages 1155-136 IX. Proclamations and Orders of President Respecting Wages of Labor—Swedish, Norwe- X. President Grant's Interviews and Let- Currency and Finance—Letters to Claflin and XI. President Grant's Special and Veto messages 139-157 Veto of East Tennessee University Bill—Veto XII. President Grant's Cabinet and XIII. Financial Propositions, Votes, and Senate Distribution Bill—Senate Currency Bill, XIV. The Transportation Ques- Commission to Collect Information, and House Preliminary Surveys for Water Routes, Ac.}— XV. State Action on Railroads 200-305 Illinois Railroad Act of 1873—Railroad Law of XVI. The Supplementary Civil Right* The Old House Bill—The Sumner Bill—The XVII.. Woman's Rights 300-311 Female Suffrage Proposition, and Vote in Sen- XVIII. Geneva and San Juan Text of Geneva Award—Act for distribution XIX. Miscellaneous 314-331 Universal Amnesty and Test Oath—Another XX. Statistical Tables 333-338 A. Public Debt of 111e United States.. 232 Statement showing the principal and interest B. Pacific Railway Bonds 333. Statement showing date of authorization, rate of interest, and duration of the Bonds for each C. Internal Revenue Table 333 Exhibiting the aggregate receipts from each I>. Distribution oftbe Currency.234,335 bank capital paid in; with statistical memo- E. List of Appropriations 225-227 For the fiscal years, ending June 30,1872, made at the 3d Session 41st Congress, and 1st Ses- sion 42d Congress—Ending June 30, 1873, at P. Revenues and Expenditures of the Revenues for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1872 and 1873, under the heads of Customs, Internal Revenue, Direct Taxes, Public Lands, and Interest on the Public Debt. Also, under G. Presidential Election of 1872, and State Elections in 1872, 1873, and Popular and Electoral Vote of 1872 by States Election of 1874 in Connecticut, Rhode Island, XXI. State Platforms of 1874: 229-236 Republican: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, |