CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



CONNECTICUT. 



253 



To refund to the State of Georgia certain moneys 

 expended by said State for the common defense m 



To afford assistance and relief to Congress and the 

 Executive Departments in the investigation of claims 

 and demands against the Government. 



Making Saint Vincent, in the State of Minnesota, a 

 port of entry in lieu of Peinbina, in the Territory of 

 Dakota. 



To amend section 4214 of the Revised Statutes, relat- 

 ing to yachts. 



To amend section 1860 of the Revised Statutes so as 

 to exclude retired army officers' from holding civil of- 

 fice in the Territories. 



Amending sections 1926 and 1927 of the Revised 

 Statutes so as to extend the limits of the .jurisdiction of 

 justices of the peace in the Territories of Washington, 

 Idaho, and Montana. 



Relating to exportation of tobacco, snuff, and cigars 

 in bond free of tax to adjacent foreign territory. 



To exclude the public lands in Alabama from the 

 operation of the laws relating to mineral lands. 



Authorizing and directing the Postmaster-General 

 to readjust the salaries of certain postmasters in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of section 8 of the act of 

 June 12, 1866. 



Supplementary to an act approved Dec. 17j 1872, 

 entitled "An act to authorize the construction of 

 bridges across the Ohio river, and to prescribe the 

 dimensions of the same." 



To amend the act entitled " An act to repeal the 

 discriminating duty on goods produced east of the 

 Cape of Good Hope," approved May 4 ? 1882. 



To authorize the construction of bridges over the 

 Ogeechee, Oconee, Ocmulgee, Flint, and Chattahoo- 

 chee rivers in the State of Georgia. 



To authorize the construction of a bridge across the 

 Thames river near New London, in the State of Con- 

 necticut. 



_ To establish a railroad-bridge across the Illinois 

 river, extending from a point within five miles of Co- 

 lumbiana, in Greene county, to a point within five 

 miles of Farrowtown, in Cafhoun county, in the State 

 of Illinois. 



For the allowance of certain claims reported by the 

 accounting officers of the United States Treasury De- 

 partment. 



To establish certain post- routes. 



To amend an act entitled " An act to authorize the 

 itruction of a bridge across the Missouri river at 

 most accessible point within five miles above the 



y of Saint Charles, Missouri," approved April 14, 



To create three additional land districts in the Ter- 

 ry of Dakota. 



To prevent the importation of adulterated and spu- 

 >us teas. 



To adjust the salaries of postmasters. 

 Relative to the Southern Exposition to be held in 

 - city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, in the year 



To authorize the construction of a bridge across the 

 uri river at some accessible point within ten 

 dies below and five miles above the city of Kansas 

 ity, Missouri. 



Providing for a new mixed commission in accord- 

 ance with the treaty of April 26, 1866, with the United 

 States of Venezuela. 



Validating certain contracts executed by the Post- 

 master-General. 



To provide for the admission, free of duty, of arti- 

 cles for a special exhibition of machinery, tools, im- 

 plements, apparatus, etc., for the generation and ap- 

 plication of electricity, to be held at Philadelphia by 

 the Franklin Institute. 



To admit free of duty a monument to Gen. "Wash- 

 ington. 



Granting right of way to the Fremont, Elk Horn 

 Valley, and Missouri River Railroad Company across 

 the Niobrara military reservation, in the State of Ne- 



braska, and authorizing the sale of a portion of said 

 reservation. 



To ratify the issuance of duplicate checks in certain 

 cases by the Superintendent of the Mint of the United 

 States at San Francisco. 



To authorize the Seneca nation of Indians, of the State 

 of New York, to grant title to lands for cemetery pur- 



Authorizing the Committee on Printing to instruct 

 the Public Printer relative to the maps, etc., for the 

 census reports. 



Granting right of way for railroad purposes and 

 telegraph line through the lands of the United States 

 included in the Fort Smith Military Reservation at 

 Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas. 



To authorize the Public Printer to make certain 

 purchases without previous advertisement. 



To provide for extra work in the Government 

 Printing-Office in cases of emergency. 



To rectify and establish the title of the United States 

 to the site of the military post at El Paso, Texas. 



To attach the county of Hardeman, in the State of 

 Tennessee ? to the Eastern Division of the Western 

 District ot Tennessee. 



To cede to the first taxing district of the State of 

 Tennessee a certain lot of land situated in said district. 



To provide for the binding of the Compendium of 

 the Tenth Census. 



To confer upon the senior associate justice of the 

 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in the 

 absence or inability of the chief-justice of said court, 

 the power and duties now conferred upon said chief- 

 justice relative to the extradition of fugitives from 

 justice. 



More effectually to suppress gaming in the District 

 of Columbia. 



To punish larceny from the person in the District 

 of Columbia. 



To amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes 

 relating to the District of Columbia. 



To levy an assessment of the real estate in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia in the year 1883, and every third 

 year thereafter, ibr purposes of taxation. 



To increase the police force of the District of Co- 

 lumbia, and for other purposes. 



Constitutional amendments were proposed 

 on the following subjects: To allow the veto 

 of separate items in appropriation bills ; to au- 

 thorize the veto of separate items in the River 

 and Harbor Bill ; to create a House of Electors 

 to confirm appointments in the civil service; 

 to amend the provisions for the election of 

 members of Congress ; to amend the provis- 

 ions for the election of President ; to provide 

 for woman suffrage ; and to give Congress 

 power to enforce contracts made by States. 



CONNECTICUT. State Government The follow- 

 ing were the State officers during the year : 

 Governor, Thomas M. Waller, Democrat ; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, George G. Sumner ; Secre- 

 tary of State, D. Ward Northrup ; Treasurer, 

 Alfred R. Goodrich; Comptroller, Frank D. 

 Sloat. Judiciary : Supreme Court, Chief-Jus- 

 tice, John D. Parks ; Associate Justices, Elisha 

 Carpenter, DwightW. Pardee, D wight Loomis, 

 and Miles T. Granger. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature convened 

 on the 3d of January, and adjourned on the 

 3d of May, the longest session on record in the 

 State. 



The creation of a Board of Pardons was one of 

 the most important and most needed measures 

 of the session. The act provided as follows : 



