The PRESIDENT protempore. Prior to taking up the legislative appropriation bill, the Chair, with the permission of the Senate, will lay before the Senate certain House bills for reference. The following bills and JtResolutions from the HoRep were severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the ComMilAffrs : A bill (H.R.No. 1003) for the relief of the members of the 2 1st NewYork cavalry; A bill (H.R.No. 1137) for the relief of Oliver Lumphrey; A bill (H.R.No. 1138) to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the payment of horses and othertary service of the March 8, 1849; A bill (H.R.No. 1049) to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations, ” &c., approved July 28, 1866, giving additional bounties to discharged soldiers in certain cases; A bill (H.R.No. 1139) for the relief of Captain David Beaty's company of independent Scouts: A bilitä. R. No. 1140) to fool. section of an act approved July 17, 1864, entitled “An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the Army, and for other purposes;” A bill (H.R.No. 1141) to authorize the purchase of certain lots of grounds adjoining the Alleghany arsenal at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; A JtResolution (H.R.No. 226) extending the provisions of section 2 of an act entitled “An act to extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims and to provide for the payment of certain demands for quartermasters' stores and subsistence supplies furnished to the Army of the U.S., ” approved July 4, 1864; A JtResolution (H.R.No. 266) granting certain public property to the State of Ohio; A JtResolution (H.R.No. 267) for the reduction of the military reservation of Fort Riley, and to grant land for bridge purposes to the State of Kansas; A JtResolution (H.R.No. 268) to pay Lieutenant John H. Hamlin for military services;, rAioJtResolution (H.R.No. 270) for the of J. H. Riley; A JtResolution (H.R.No. 271) authorizing the SecyWar to adjust and settle the claim of D. Randolph Martin, assignee of the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Railroad Company; A JtResolution (H.R.No. 272) fixing the pay of the clerks at the Springfield armory; A. resolution (H.R.No. 273) for the relief of Walter C. Whitaker; and A JtResolution (H.R.No. 274) for the relief of Charles B. Wilder.