30. Augustus Frank, 31. Burt Van Horn, 32. Elbridge G. Spaulding, 33. Reuben E. Fenton, 1. John T. Nixon, Rochester. Warsaw. Newfane. Buffalo. Frewsburg. New Jersey. 2. John L. N. Stratton, 3. William G. Steele, 4. George T. Cobb, 5. Nehemiah Perry, Bridgeton. Mount Holly. Somerville. Morristown. Newark. Pennsylvania. 1. William E. Lehman, 8. Sydenham E. Ancona, 9. Thaddeus Stevens, 10. John W. Killinger, 11. James H. Campbell, 12. Hendrick B. Wright, 13. Philip Johnson, 14. Galusha A. Grow, 21. James K. Moorhead, 22. Robert McKnight, 23. John W. Wallace, 24. John Patton, 25. Elijah Babbitt, 1. George P. Fisher, Philadelphia, Delaware. Dover. Maryland. 1. John W. Crisfield, 2. Edwin H. Webster, 3. Cornelius L. L. Leary, 4. Henry May, 5. Francis Thomas, 6. Charles B. Calvert, 1. Joseph Segar, 2. 3. 4. 5. Princess Anne. Bel Air. Baltimore. Frankville. Hyattsville. Virginia. Fortress Monroe. NOTE.-The compensation of each Senator and Representative is $6000 for each Congress (two years), deducting for absence, and $8 for every twenty miles of estimated distance from the place of residence to the seat of Congress, allowed yearly. The Third Session of Thirty-Seventh Congress commences Monday, Dec. 1, 1862. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS ACCORDING TO THE NEW CENSUS OF 1860. The House of Representatives of the United States is composed of members elected by districts, with a term of two years. The number apportioned to the States has varied at each decennial census, as shown by the table. Dist. Members-Elect to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, so far as Elections were held in 1862. DELAWARE. 1. Isaac N. Arnold. 1. John Law. INDIANA. 2. James A. Cravens. 3. H. W. Harrington. 4. Wm. S. Holman. 5. Geo. W. Julian. 6. Ebenezer Dumont. 1. J. F. Wilson. 2. Hiram Price. 3. Wm. B. Allison. 7. Daniel W. Voorhees. 1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. 3. John W. Noell, 6. Austin A. King. 8. William A. Hall. 9. James S. Rollins. MINNESOTA. 1. William Windom. 2. Ignatius L.Donnelly.* NEW YORK. 1. Henry G. Stebbins. 6. Elijah Ward. 9. Anson Herrick. 10. Wm. Radford. 11. Charles H. Winfield. 17. Calvin T. Hulburd. 1. Samuel J. Randall. 3. Leonard Myers.† 13. H. M. Tracy. WISCONSIN. 1. James S. Brown. 4. Chas. A. Eldridge. TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA. Loyal States in which Members of Congress are to Vermont, first Tuesday in September, 1863. 22. De Witt C. Little- Maryland, first Wednesday in November, *Contested by Wm. Cullen. TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE PUBLIC LAWS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 36TH CONGRESS, AND AT THE FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS OF THE 37TH CONGRESS. [Compiled from the "Statutes at Large." The omitted chapters are private acts.] SECOND SESSION OF THE 36TH CONGRESS. No. 1. CHAP. I.-An Act to authorize the issue of | west from Washington; thence north on said metiTreasury Notes and for other Purposes. The Presidian to the 40th parallel of latitude; thence east dent may cause to be issued treasury notes of not less than $50, at 6 per cent. interest, payable one year after date, and receivable for public dues, to an amount not exceeding at any time $10,000,000; interest to cease after maturity at the expiration of 60 days' notice of readiness to redeem. New notes may be issued in place of those redeemed, within the above limit, until Jan. 1, 1863, the Secretary of the Treasury to publish a monthly statement of the amount issued, redeemed, and outstanding. $15,000 are appropriated for expenses. (Dec. 17, 1860.) No. 2 CHAP. II-An Act to amend the fourth Section of the Act for the Admission of Oregon into the Union, so as to extend the time for selecting Salt Springs and contiguous Lands in Oregon. The time is extended to three years after the date of the act. (Dec. 17, 1860.) No. 3. CHAP. III.—An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Invalid and other Pentions for the Year ending June 30, 1862. $1,082,000 are appropriated. (Dec. 21, 1860.) No. 4. CHAP.V.-An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending June 30, 1862. $185,697 are appropriated. (Jan. 5, 1861.) No. 5. CHAP. XI.—An Act to continue in force an Act therein mentioned, relating to the Port of Baltimore. The act passed March 17, 1800, entitled "An Act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia,” so far as it relates to the State of Maryland, is revived and continued in force until March 3, 1871; but the duty shall not be levied on any vessel more than once in any month. (Jan. 19, 1861.) No. 6. CHAP. XIX.—An Act to authorize the Institution of a Suit against the United States to test the Title to Lots Nos. 5 and 6 in the Hospital Square in San Francisco. (Jan. 26, 1861.) No. 7. CHAP. XX.—An Act for the Admission of Kansas into the Union. The State of Kansas is declared to be one of the United States, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, under the Constitution adopted in convention at Wyandotte, July 9, 1859, and ratified by vote of the people, Oct. 4, 1859. Its boundaries are defined as follows: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the 37th parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the 25th meridian of longitude on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning." The treaty rights of the Indians within the State, and the authority of the General Government with regard to them, are to be preserved. In lieu of the propositions and claims contained in the ordinance of said Constitution of the people of Kansas, or in the resolutions attached thereto, the following are offered for their acceptance or rejection: 1st. That sections 16 and 36 of public lands in every township, or their equivalents, shall be granted to the State for the use of schools. 2d. That 72 sections of land shall be set apart exclusively for a State university. 3d. That 10 sections shall be granted for the erection or completion of public buildings at the seat of government. 4th. That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding 12 in number, the right whereof is not now or shall not hereafter be adjudged to be vested in any individuals, to be selected within one year, shall be granted to said State for its use, with 6 sections of land adjoining or as contiguous as may be to each. 5th. That 5 per cent. of the net proceeds of all sales of public lands in said State shall be paid to the State, for making public roads and internal improvements, or for other purposes, as the Legislature shall direct. The foregoing propositions are on the condition that the people of Kansas shall provide by an ordinance, irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bona fide purchasers. 6th. And that the said State shall never tax the lands or the property of the United States in said State. The State is constituted a judicial district of the United States, the district court to have the like powers and jurisdiction with that of Minnesota, and the district judge to hold two regular terms of the court annually at the seat of government, to com. mence on the second Mondays of April and October, (Jan. 29, 1861.) No. 8. CHAP. XXV.-An Act to authorize the Extension and Use of a Branch of the Alexandria, Loudon, and Hampshire Railroad within the City of Georgetown. (Feb. 5, 1861.) No. 9. CHAP. XXIX.-An Act to authorize a Loan. The President may borrow, before July 1, |