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Abandoned property, act for collection of, |
79-81.
Abolition of peonage, 168-169; of slavery
in the District of Columbia, 35-39; of
slavery in the Territories, 42, 43.
Adams, Robert, 423, 425.
Admission of West Virginia, act for, 56-
58.
Alabama, act admitting, to representation
in Congress, 201-203.
Alabama claims, 268 ff.
Arkansas, act admitting, to representa-
tion in Congress, 199–201.
Army, command of, 166-168; use of, at
the polls, 317.
Arnold, Isaac N., 42.
Arthur, Chester A., 319, 332, 342, 389.
Article of war, act for an additional, 31,
32.
Articles of impeachment, 184–198.
Ashley, James M., 155, 184, 198.
Alaska, treaty with Russia for cession of, Babcock, Orville E., 247.
Allison, William B., 314.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., 23.
Bank act, national, 93-113.
Allotment of lands in severalty to Indi- Bank note act, 235–238.
ans, 372-377.
Alvey, R. H., 414.
Amendment to the Constitution, thir-
teenth, 138-139; fourteenth, 208-210;
fifteenth, 226; act to enforce fifteenth,
249-262; act to enforce fourteenth, 262-
268.
American citizens in foreign states, rights
of, 206-208.
Amnesty, proclamation of, 1863, 85-88;
1865, 133-135; full, 1868, 211-213.
Annexation of Hawaiian Islands, joint
resolution for, 426-428.
Antietam, 59.
Anti-Lottery act, 1890, 402-405.
Anti-Polygamy act of 1862, 43-45; of
1882, 319-322; of 1887, 380-389.
Anti-Trust act, 395-397.
Appointments and removals. See Civil
Service Act, Tenure of Office Act.
Arbitration. Geneva, 268 ff.; Venezuela,
414.
Bank notes, State, taxation of, 68, note I.
Banks. See National Loan.
Banks, Nathaniel P., 203, 207.
Bayard, James A., 17.
Bayard, Thomas F., 318.
Berry, Albert S., 423.
Berry, Campbell P., 323.
Bingham, John A., 15, 151, 165, 224, 227,
Blaine, James G., 156, 317.
Bland, Richard P., 313, 314, 411, 412.
Bland-Allison act, 313-316, 412.
Blockade of southern ports, proclamation
declaring, 3, 4; of Cuba, 425.
Bonds, purchase of, 318; national bank
circulation and gold certificates, 328-
331. See Finance; National Loan.
Boutwell, George S., 185.
Brewer, David J., 414.
Brown, B. Gratz, 122.
Buchanan, James, 16.
Burlingame treaty, 323.
Cleveland, Grover, 318, 380, 426; Vene- Declaration of war against Spain, 424,
Coin, act authorizing further purchase of, Delano, Columbus, 169.
32, 33; issue of silver, 306, 307.
Coinage act, 294-296; standard silver
dollars, 313-316.
Collection of duties, act for, 4-9; of di-
rect taxes in insurrectionary states, act
for, 39-42; of abandoned property, act
for, 79-81.
Colonization of negroes, 52.
Command of the army, 166-168.
Commerce. See Interstate Commerce
Act; "Original Package" Act.
Compensated emancipation, resolution on,
34, 35.
Confiscation act of 1861, 20-22; of 1862,
48-53.
Conger, E. H., 398.
Conkling, Roscoe, 34.
Dingley, Nelson, 423.
Direct taxes in insurrectionary states, act
for collection of, 39–42.
Disabilities, political, act removing, 290.
Disloyal persons, payments to, 169, 170.
District of Columbia, act abolishing slav-
ery in, 35-39; equal rights in, 216, 217;
franchise in, 154, 155.
Dolph, Joseph N., 390.
Doolittle, James R., 39.
Draft, act to authorize, 68-74. See En-
rolment Act; Militia.
Duties, act for collection of, 4-9.
Edmunds, George F., 160, 205, 221, 317,
319, 347, 380.
Eight hour law, 203, 204.
Conspiracies, act to define and punish cer- Election of representatives by districts,
Constitution. See Amendments; Elec-
tions; Force Bill.
Contract labor act, 330-342; contract la-
bor and immigration, 405-411. See
Immigration.
Coolie trade, act prohibiting, 24-27.
47, 48; of senators, 152, 153; presiden-
tial, of 1876, 308-313.
Elections: federal, act of 1870, 227–
235; supervisors and marshals, 241,
242; act to enforce fifteenth amendment,
249-262; act to enforce fourteenth
amendment, 262-268; supplementary
56, 92, 93; for soldiers' families, 132.
act of 1872, 291-293; use of army at | Freedom for negroes in military service,
the polls, 317.
Elective franchise in the Territories, 155, Frost, Rufus S., 306.
156.
Electoral count, resolution on, 1865, 128,
129; resolution excluding votes of late
rebellious states, 205, 206; electoral
count act, 1877, 308-313;
count act, 1887, 347-352.
Eliot, Thomas D., 24, 48, 129, 147.
Emancipation, compensated, resolution on,
34, 35; proclamation, 59–61.
Enforcement of fifteenth amendment, act
for, 227-235; supplementary act, 249-
262; of fourteenth amendment, act for,
262-268.
Enrolment act of 1863, 68-74; supple-
mentary act, 88-93; act of 1864, 117-
120. See Draft; Militia.
Equal rights in District of Columbia,
216, 217.
Ex parte McCardle, 165.
Expatriation, 206–208.
Extradition act, 214, 215.
Fessenden, William P., 18, 27.
Fifteenth amendment, 226; act to en-
force, 227-235; supplementary act, 249-
262.
Finance act to provide ways and means
for the support of the government, 62-
68; act to strengthen the public credit,
215, 216.
See Bonds; Currency;
Legal Tender Notes; National Loan;
Silver.
Florida, act admitting, to representation
in Congress, 201-203.
Foran, Martin A., 339.
Fugitive slave law, repeal of, 113.
Fugitive slaves, article of war on return
of, 31, 32.
Garfield, James A., 291, 332.
Geneva award, 268.
Georgia, act admitting, to representation
in Congress, 201-203; reconstruction
of, 1869, 221-223; act for restoration
of, 246, 247; militia, 247.
Gilman, Daniel C., 414.
Gold certificates, 331.
Grant, Ulysses S., 185, 219, 221, 224, 247,
301, 332.
Greenbacks. See Currency; Finance;
Legal Tender Notes.
Habeas corpus, act relating to, 75-79;
act of indemnity, 164–166.
Harrison, Benjamin, 397.
Hawaiian Islands, resolution for annexa-
Hayes, Rutherford B., 314, 317, 323, 332.
Henderson, John B., 138.
Hickman, John, 17.
Hoar, George F., 342.
Holden, William W., 136.
Hooper, Samuel, 53, 94, 294.
Horton, Valentine B., 15.
Immigration, act to encourage, 120-122;
act restricting Chinese, 323-328; act
regarding immigration and contract
labor, 405-411.
'Force bill" of 1870, 227-235; of 1871, Impeachment, articles of, 184–198.
249-262; of 1872, 291–293.
Foreign mediation, resolution against,
81-84.
Fort, Greenbury L., 316.
Fort Sumter, I.
Fourteenth amendment, 208-210; act to
enforce, 262-268.
Fractional currency, 65, 66.
Franchise in the District of Columbia,
154, 155; in the Territories, 155,
156.
Freedmen's bureau, act to establish, 129–
131; supplementary act, 147–150, 167.
Indemnity for state war expenses, 15; for
executive acts, 164-166.
Independence of Cuba, resolution rec-
ognizing, 422-444.
Indians, allotment of lands in severalty
to, 372-377.
Ingersoll, Ebon C., 183.
Insurrection at an end, proclamation
declaring, 139.
Insurrectionary states, intercourse with,
114-117.
International monetary conference, 315.
Interstate commerce act, 352-371.
Intoxicating liquors. See "Original | Monetary conference, international, 315.
Package" Act.
Mormon church dissolved, 385.
Issue of silver coin, resolution for, 306, Mormonism. See Anti-Polygamy Acts.
307.
Morrill, Justin S.,
43, 398.
Morton, Oliver P., 221, 247.
Johnson, Andrew, 14, 135, 139, 147, 154,
157, 161, 166, 171, 180, 200, 201, 205, 206,
211; articles of impeachment, 184-198.
Johnson, Reverdy, 166.
Kelley, William D., 294.
Kellogg, William P., 291.
Kelso, John R., 184.
Knox, John Jay, 294.
Lands, allotment of, in severalty to
Indians, 372-377.
Lanham, Samuel W. T., 379.
Latin union, 315.
Legal tender notes, act authorizing issue
of, 27-31; act forbidding further retire-
ment of, 316. See Currency.
Leisy v. Hardin, 401.
Liliuokalani, abdication of, 426.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 34,
35, 48, 59, 60, 68, 75, 85, 122, 123, 128.
Loan, Benjamin F., 184.
Loan, act for a national, 9-12; supple-
mentary act, 18-20.
Lotteries. See Anti-Lottery Act.
Louisiana, act admitting, to representa-
tion in Congress, 201-203.
Lovejoy, Owen, 42.
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National loan, act for a, 9-12; supple-
mentary act, 18-20; bank act, 93–113;
banks, notes of, 235-238; debt, act for
refunding, 242-245; bank currency and
United States notes, 296-301; bank
circulation, bonds, and gold certificates,
328-331.
Naturalization act, 238-242.
Nature and object of the war, resolution
on, 14.
Negroes, in military service, 56, 92, 93;
naturalization of, 242.
Newlands, Francis G., 426.
North Carolina, proclamation appointing
a governor for, 135-138; act admitting,
to representation in Congress, 201-203.
Notes, legal tender, act authorizing issue
of, 27-31; act forbidding further re-
tirement of, 316; United States, and
national bank currency, 296–301. See
National Loan.
Oath of office, 1862, 45-47; 1868, 204,
Olney, Richard, 414.
"Original package" act, 401, 402.
Owen, William D., 405.
Ownership of real estate in Territories,
377-379, 419-422.
Paris, treaty of, 429-436.
Payments in stamps, act to authorize, 53,
54; to disloyal persons, 169, 170.
Payson, Lewis E., 377.
Pendleton, George H., 332.
Mediation, resolution against foreign, 81- Peonage, abolition of, 168, 169.
84.
Militia, act for calling out, 15-17; act of
1862, 54-56; to be disbanded in cer-
tain states, 167, 168; of Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, Texas, and Virginia, 247. See
Enrolment Act.
Mississippi, provisional government of
213; submission of constitution, 219,
220; militia, 247.
Mitchell, John I., 379.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company,
384.
Philippine Islands. See Treaty of Paris.
Plumb, Preston B., 398.
Political disabilities, act removing, 290.
Polls, use of army at the, 317.
Polygamy defined, 319. See Anti-Polyg-
amy Acts.
Porto Rico. See Treaty of Paris.
Powell, Lazarus W.,
17.
Presidential succession act, 342, 343. See | Salisbury, Lord, 414.
Proclamation declaring blockade of South-
ern ports, 3, 4; of emancipation, 59-61;
of amnesty, 85-88.
San Domingo commissioners, act for, 247-
249.
| Schenck, Robert C., 184, 215, 243.
Scott, Winfield, 75.
Property, abandoned, act for collection of, Second reconstruction act, 170–174.
Provisional governments of Virginia,
Texas, and Mississippi, 213.
Seizure of railroad and telegraph lines,
act authorizing, 22–24.
Senators, election of, 152, 153.
Public credit, act to strengthen, 215, Seward, William H., 59.
Shellabarger, Samuel, 262.
Purchase of coin, act authorizing, 32-33; Sherman, John, 94, 156, 235, 243, 294,
Railroad and telegraph lines, act author-
izing seizure of, 22-24.
Real estate in the Territories, ownership
of, 377-379, 419-422.
Recognition of Cuban independence, reso-
lution for, 422-424.
Reconstruction, proclamation regarding,
122-128; Davis bill, 124-128; first act,
156-160; second act, 170-174; third
act, 179-183; fourth act, 198, 199. See
also under names of States.
Silver coin, resolution for issue of, 306,
307.
Silver dollar, standard, coinage of, 313-
316.
Silver purchase act, 397-401; repeal of
Slavery in District of Columbia, act abol-
ishing, 35-39; abolition of, in Terri-
tories, 42, 43; thirteenth amendment,
139. See Emancipation; Fugitive
Slave Law.
Slaves of rebels, freedom for, 51, 52.
Redemption and bank note act, 235- Soldiers' families, freedom for, 132.
238.
Reduction of the currency, act suspending,
183, 184.
Refunding the national debt, act for, 242-
245.
Removal of political disabilities, act for,
Removals from office. See Tenure of
Office Act.
Repeal of fugitive slave law, 113.
Representatives, election of, by districts,
47, 48.
Republic of Cuba, recognition of, 423.
Restoration of Georgia, act for, 246, 247; ̈
of Tennessee, 151, 152.
Restriction of Chinese immigration, act
for, 323-328.
Resumption of specie payments, 301-303.
Retirement of legal tender notes, act for-
bidding further, 316; of the trade dol-
lar, 379, 380.
Rights of American citizens in foreign
states, 206-208; equal, in District of
Columbia, 216, 217.
South Carolina, act admitting to repre-
sentation in Congress, 201-203.
Southern ports, proclamation declaring
blockade of, 3, 4.
Spain, declaration of war against, 424, 425.
Spaulding, Elbridge G., 27.
Special laws in Territories, act prohib-
iting, 344-347.
Specie payments, resumption of, 301-303.
Springer, William M., 344.
Stamps, act authorizing payments in, 53,
54.
Standard silver dollar, coinage of, 313-
316.
Stanton, Edwin M., 179, 185 ff.
State war expenses, indemnity for, 15;
bank notes, taxation of, 68, note I.
Stevens, Thaddeus, 9, 32, 53, 62, 75, 81,
118, 156, 200, 201, 208.
Suffrage. See Franchise.
Sumner, Charles, 56, 61, 82, 129, 138, 151,
168, 216, 247, 303.
Taxation of state bank notes, 68, note I.
Russia, treaty with, for cession of Alaska, Telegraph and railroad lines, act author-
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