...appointment as members of the commission provided for in the act approved June 2S, 1S79. entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...river from the Head of the Passes, near its mouth, to headwaters": Benjamin Harrison, of Indianapolis, Ind. James B. Eads, civil engineer, of St. Louis,...

...suspend the rules and put upon its passage the bill (HR No. 2383) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...head of the passes near its mouth to its headwaters." The bill amends the second section of the act of June 26, 1879, by striking out the words "appointed...

...resolution anthorizing the Committee on Eurolled Bills to suspension of the rules W31 bill (HR No. 1847) to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...the improvement of said river from the head of the lakes near its month correct the title of a bill 1805,1806 to its headwaters 2282 bill (S. No. 671)...

...necessary to carry into effect the act of Congress to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi Eiver Commission for the improvement of said river, from the head of the Passes near its mouth to the headwaters, and to construct and protect such public works and improvements as may be ordered by...

...necessary to carry into effect the act of Congress to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi Biver Commission for the improvement of said river, from the head of the Passes near its mouth to the headwaters, and to construct and protect such public works and improvements as may be ordered by...

...vessels and cargoes. A joint resolution relating to the organization of the National Board of Health. To provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...head of the passes near its mouth to its head-waters. To put salte of quinine and sulphate of quinine on the free list. To provide for the exchange of subsidiary...

...vessels and cargoes. A joint resolution relating to the organization of the National Board of Health. To provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...river from the head of the pas.se.s near its mouth to ita head-waters. To put saltó of quinine and sulphate of quinine on the free list To provide for the...

...increased in the Senate from five to seven, became a law on June 29th, 1879, under the title of "An Act to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...improvement of said river from the Head of the Passes, near the mouth, to its headwaters.'' The President appointed as members of this Commission, in pursuance...

...by him, creating " The. Mississippi Hiver Commission, for the improvement of the Mississippi Hiver from the head of the passes near its mouth to its headwaters." This was the first movement ever made in that direction. General Gibson offered his first bill relating...

...estimates, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission created by an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a Mississippi River...eighteen hundred and seventy-nine : Provided, That the mcmey hereby appropriated shall Proviso. be used solely for the improvement of the navigation of the...