Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-12-13


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the 0e0bess q 10 Westssn Asecc,ssed
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ums Of sersies Of the ssei9sats In which
they eolistsd. This - roteseed q The
Military committee.
NJ. foots, isoo eo00ieteo % public
boildiDes, offered she Hosss's Joint rssolu
ton, ehtea wss passsd. sat hosisisg the Sec
setssy d the Navy 20 e2pead nooey oct Of
sbe eanttneeus fond Of che Army Depart
lnsos, 70 enlarge The Nsvy Depsrsmsot
building.
M. Wilson presssted the petition Of
Naj. Geo. weitsei aud 40 other otljoers Of
The 18th srmy corps, praying Ooneress TO
increase the pay proper VI army officers
80 per month, lod 10 H1 che oo0mutstioD
u the srwy ration st 50 oeoss. iestssd Of
~ ccDts, % at present, and ALLOW SIS per
month. Mr.. Wilson said thse che y, ice o.
provisions bed moro than doebled siucs the
mweOceWent VI the wsr, which inside II
very herd i0r ssey officers, especially for
the line officers. Uspssins anu Lieutensut.
~ere With difficulty eusblsd % support
themselves, owing 70 The great rise 10 the
psice Of provisions end clothing. TIE con.
'tion 81 the Treasury @sde ie very ditijcul'
10 Increase tho pay Of these officers. lie
could commend the subject to ths seriou.
confederation Of the military commitsee, to
shom be moved . reference ii the petition
and It was 90 referred.
Dr.. Wilson presented petition Of Col.
utgginso0. praying for the smsodmsnt u
the act of last session, limiting incrssse ot
~ to cOl0red soldiers to those Who we're
zee before April =, 1851. Refereed to mil.
tsry committee.
Mr.k Dooiittle offered the following,
shich, on be motion, was referred 20 the
6usnce committee:
Resolved. That tho committee On finance
% instructed to enquire into the proCe,sty
d tho immediate psssagO Of an scs 60 10.
crease the revenue; Lat. By % additional
s.x Of per cent. upon Ill sales Of real sno
pere0Osl property, lDcIudt0g, olso, I'll bsr-
xsins l0s the sale 81 merchandise, gold and
liver coin end stocks VI evrry description
"a. An additional tax Of Is per cent. or
be gross receipts, 20 30 . ,dcd - the pre-
mt rates Of railroad fares, including stse.t
aiir0sds, steambosts aud ferriee, to b.
collected BY tho companies or persons run
n,pg the same. for tnu use OF government.
Ana that ssid committee BE- further 10.
.tructed to inquire into tho pr0pfiety u
Tho passage 0f iaw to prevent the tosther
Spsnsion Of the currency By the orgsoi.
xati0n Of any nov banking sss ,ciations, es
cept when they take the place VI sous ex
,stlng State bank. Asd that ss,d c1mm,t-
tes 30 further. instructed 60 inquire insv
the pfoprrety 81 red.emi8g sli tue 0us
standing interest bearing legsl tender notes
oy issuing in their stead other 0otes 10 de-
COMMISSIONS VI not less ttsn $50, bessing
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each year, 3 C5.iUV per cent. per snnum,
With coup Jus attached, to b paid ous ana
10 ~ made legal tender ~ their lace With
interest added.
Mr.. Ramsey introduced : bill TO extend
the tune for completing sertpin Isud grants
10 railroads 10 Mln0csvsa and lvwE. Re.
TERED to committee On public Isnds.
Mr.. Far we'll introduced the following
resolutions which we're agreed to:
Resolved, That the committee on com.
msrcc be instructed TO inquire into tue
ptopriety Of providing By law tsat vessels
engaged 10 ioseign trsds shall employ Or
take On board A.1ericsu boys, 1t least one
ur every 6UU toos measurement.
lie also introduced tho following which
was agreed to:
Resolved, Tbstathe committee once ON
meice be instructed to iuquise into tic
propr,ety Of consolidating the three grcas
iistricts and for pr0sid'ng that licensed
" seels may trade 70 pCtss on the Atlantic |
sud Cult coasts without clearance aud entry
At the cust0M house.
Mr.. Davis, according to previous notice,
mt reduced . series u resolutions Tor The
restoration Vi peace, union, DC. Tho resO
ut,ons propose = coDseotion Of oil the
states - the agency By which these
ends ere TO DO attained, End they then |
propose to refer to the considerations 81
-uch convention - Dssis Vi settlement Of
al difficulties among tie States.
Nuu.erUus amendments to the Constitu.
ton we're offered. srra, sd 10 IL separate |
.arsgrsphs. Tue iirst paragraph proposes
iorw the States VI Name, New usmp- |
shire aud Vermont iDtO one State, Masss. |
CT usetts, Rhode Island and Tonne cticus |
into one State. and thc Stsse u Mary land |
and the eastern skoee VI Virginia one State.
The ID provides that the President and
Wee President be ch0sen alternately from
the free aud slave Stsess, but both reserve
&c the same time either from the tree or
slave States ivr the term ii four care and
that soy pereOD rho nay have hiied the |
viIice u President she'll bv forever ineligible |
10 IL.
The "a provides that I'll the 6tates 10 |
the month Of January neat before the q. |
psratioo VI the Pees,dent's term shall pro |
ssae candidates iof The Presidency end
v,es-Prsstosncy. The free States Vt the |
me otlce eod the slase 0estss lOs the
Ysser - sbey 0ley respectively b entitled |
TO oao Vt tho SshSs Ot1lcess sod shall certify
ssvsrally - she two llossss u Vuogrsss end |
10 she oopssns Ooese The nenes ol the pr
suus - ebSseo ed t0e Whseh Ol1les they
hoss beeo obUeen, esd - the lss Moodey
= February following sse Ssprsme Voets, |
In aho processes VI tie sWo Hoses VI On.
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