Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
rnIRTY-EIaHTH CoNaR REss.
First Session.

SENATE.
THURSDAY, June 10, 1864.
Mr. Morgan presented petitions In favor OF
the passage OF the House bill for securing
homesteads TO soldiers and sailors Of the U. :.
service on the abandoned and forfeited lands
in the South.
Mr.. Chandler reported from the Committee
on Commerce, on the amendments of the
House to the senate's bill TO prevent Snug
Cling, recommending non concurrence In those
amendments; which was agreed to.
Mr.. Wade offered the following, which was
adopted;
Rssolred, That the Committee on Finance be
instructed to inquire In what manner the en-.
craving and printing of the fractional currency,
bonds, notes, and other Government securities
are conducted In the Treasury building; what
safeguards have been adopted for the protection
Of the public interests, and to secure the nteg-
rity of the said Issues OF notes and bonds, and
for the safety OF the dies and plates used In
printing the same; whatsexpenditures have
been made for the purchase of machinery and
for labor and materials; what alterations have
been made In the Treasury building for the
| accom- mediation OF the said work, and the cost
OF the same as well as their effect upon the
| stability and convenience Of the building; from
what appropriations the said expenditures have
been made; and that the said committee have
power to send for persons and papers.
Mr., Chandler, from tho Committee on Com.
merce, reported on the bill for increased tclc.
graphic facilities between the Atlantic and
Pacific, and the Territory OF Idaho, with an
| amendment striking out the compensation OF
| $2O, 900 per annum for ten years for the use OF
| the line by the United States.
| Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Com
merce TO whom was referred the petition OF
the American Shipmasters Association, pray
| ing that the Government furnish to their sea-
men photographic books and charts at the cost
| t,rip a
thereon, accompanied by bill for the promo
ton of commerce and for the improvement Of
navigation. The report was ordered to be
printed.
MIR, Chandler called up the House bill re-
auirug the prepayment Of the duties on i'm
| ported salt before the allowance of bounties to
| hshing vCssels and II was passed.
Mr.. Sumner called up the bill to amend the
sct to provide for the payment OF the claims of
| Peruvian Citzens under the convention OF the
| l2th January. 1868; and II was passed. II
appropriates the amount necessary.l
Mr. Harlan called up the bill prescribing thS
terms on which eXemplilcations shall be fur
nlshed by the General Land Oflicc. Fifteen
cents are to be paid per hundred Words, s2 for
diagrams or plals. and 81 for the Commission.
er's certificate and Office seal. The bill was
passed.
Mr.. Washburne, OF Illinois, introduced bill
IOT the DetlCf pTOleCllOn Ol tue lives VI pdbetu'
gers on boats propelled In whole or In part by
steam; which was referred to the Committed
on Commerce.
Mr.. Stevens, of PGnnsylyania, from the Com
mittce OF Ways and Means, reported bill
making appropriations for certain civil eX
penses Of the Government.
, Mr.. A. Myers, Of Pennsylvania, offered I
resolution for reference to the Military Com
mittee directing that committee to report upor
the expediency of making the term for future
drafts eighteen months, Increasing the com
nut alton, and requiring those exempt by ply
; eical disability but able to pay cOmmutRtiOI
to do so, and permitting cOlorcd persons to b,
accepted as substitutes for drafted white men
I Objected to by Mr.. Chandler, of New York
Mr.. Alley called up the Joint resolution au
thorlzing the Postmaster General to extend 70
: one year the present contract with the Over
land Mail Company; which was passed.
, Mr.. Pendleton, Of Ohio, made report from
the conference committee on legislative AM
judicial appropriation bill. The bill increase
e the pay of The Metropolitan police in this cit
and Georgetown iifly per cent, to be paid pro
portionulely by Washington and Georgetown'
The House non COnCurred in the report o
}, the committee, and subsequently rcceded from
Q it's disagreement with the Senate amendments
except the one relative to an increase of th
salary of the Treasurer of the United States
and on that asked for another committee Q
conference.
The House then resumed the considerable
g of the Internal revenue bill.