. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. oga, and Tompkins. Taking hisseat in the Fortieth Congress, March 4, 1867, he was appointed toserve on the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads. He took muchinterest in the subject of Pensions, and introdnced two bills for theamendment of the Pension laws. From liis committee he reported abill repealing a section of an act of 18G4 which prohibited the over-land mails from carrying printed matter, except newspapers from theoffice of publication, thus permitting all printed matter to go throughthe mails—a measure evid
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. oga, and Tompkins. Taking hisseat in the Fortieth Congress, March 4, 1867, he was appointed toserve on the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads. He took muchinterest in the subject of Pensions, and introdnced two bills for theamendment of the Pension laws. From liis committee he reported abill repealing a section of an act of 18G4 which prohibited the over-land mails from carrying printed matter, except newspapers from theoffice of publication, thus permitting all printed matter to go throughthe mails—a measure evidently in the interests of enlightenment andcivilization. He introduced a resolution, which was adopted, pro-viding for the appointment of a select committee to investigatecharges of frauds and peculations in the paymaster-generals office,it having aj^peared that a large number of claims had been paid to apretended agent for colored soldiers of New Orleans upon papersmade out in Washington, and never seen nor signed by the soldierswhose claims they purported to be. 294.
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