The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-02

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HOUSE, aBsssts4 a.: i
Holman, Of Ind, gave nstics that be
will, On Assday, inssoduss ! resolution
instrncling the committee on military az
ihirs 70 report . bill increasing the pay Of
priyaA soldiers h tho afny.s
Wilson, Of Iowa, asked leave to intro.
duce bill regulating eouneros among
The several States.
It declares that each and every Rail
road Company b snsAosissd 70 hsssport
freight and passengers from one 6tsts TO
smother. anything 10 The laws Of any State
to the CONTRARY notwithstanding.
Objection VAS made 70 the insrodactioa
Of bill for refunding to loyal States Ger.
tain sums Of money expended BY them in
raising, organising and equipping troops
for the Union army.
1t provides for : Board Of three Com
missioners, to hold sessions in Washing
ton, and report to Congress the ascer-
tanned sums due to the States. terri
tories, cities and counties. ~
Referred TO Committee on Ways and
| Means.
Elliott, from the Committee on Com
msrce, reported . bill to establish sni-
form international code Of signals TO pre-.
vent collisions on water also bill regu.
lating the tonnage and measurement Of
ships. Both bills were passed.
Ward. Of N. ", from COMMITTEES on
Commerce. reported bsek the joint reso.
luton providing for the giving of notice
70 terminate the reciprocal treaty, or for
the making Of arrangements to secure
Ireciprocity for the United States. {
The consideration of the resolution was
postponed for four weeks.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the National Banking
Bill.
The 32d section of the national bank
ing bill provides that each associations
shall select. subjso, to the approval of the
comptroller Of the currency. an association
in either Of the cities named in the pre-
ceding section, ut which it will redeem it
circulation at par.
j Dswss, Of New York, moved to amend
BY adding or an = association in the cities
Of New York, Philadelphis and Boston,
lin which to redeem lis circulating notes
q. discount not exceeding one fourth d
ono per cent Rejected forty-sevea against
fifty.
Lowe offered an amendment providing
that al profits over 8 per cent. shall b
! paid into the treasury for the benefit Of
government pensions. The committee
struck out, 50 against so. the thirty ninth
section, which provided that no associa
ton shall pay DOT or put in circulaiios
the notes Of any bank or banking associa.
ton NOT authorized BY this act.
Tracy. Of PENNSYLVANIA. offered II
amendment that no provision contained
in the bill authorising tho use OF ths
government bonds shall be so construed
az 70 prohibit any State from imposing
ouch taxes on the dividend of the severn
banking associations 50 shall to the Legis
lature seem just and equitable.
: Hotchkiss, Of New York, offered a
amendment subjec.ing the bank capita
to State asd municipal taxation. Reject
ed "A against 81.
Tracy's amendment was rejected.
kasson offered an amendment that tn,
duties or taxes imposed by Congress from
time to time shall BE- in lieu Of all oths
taxes on such associations.
The committee having reached the for
Ity-sscond section. rose and the Hous,
adjourned
SENATE.
The greater portion of the mornip,
hour vas consumed BY Nesmitb in advo
cacy Of the bill establishing branch min
It Portland, Oregon, and assay Offices q
Carson City, Nevada. and Dallas City
Oregon.
He commented severely on the Score
} tary of the Treasury, aad the director o
, the mint 10 Philadelphia, for attemptbs
to defeat the bills.
u Nesmith's remarks in regard to the d.
: rector OF the mint we're very humorou
and sarcastic, and created much merri
ment. a@ss.s
The Senate resolved when it adjourned
to adjourn until Monday, and then on mo
tion Of Sherman, went into executive sss
sion.
On motion Of Grimes, it vas resolved
the President be requested to oommuni
: cate 70 the Senate the names of Oh per
sons who have been sentenced BY cour
martial for frauds or speculstions against
, the Government and psrdoned by him
since the 6rst of December, 1868, togeth
er with the sentence from which his par
don relieves them aad also the names o.
all persons likewise sentenced By cour
martial for military offences other thas
fraud or speculation and similarly par
doned. Agreed to.
Adjourned.