Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-02
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| Mr.. Wilson reported adversely on the
House bill to muster out of the army SOL
diers who have enlisted for the unexpired
| term of their regiments.
! THE bill TO provide for the publication Of
full army register was passed.
The $G00,0O0,000 Loan bill was then in
troduced. An amendment to strike out the
provision exempting the Government
bonds from taxation was rejected. The bill
was then passed.
A bill in relation to the Pacific railroad
was passed. 1t provides as follows: 0[
| That section 2 of the act of July, 1864,
shall be so modified and amended as to al
low the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
and the Western Pacific Railroad of Cali
fOrnia, the Union Pacific Railroad, and all
others provided for in said act, to issue their
six per cent. thirty years bonds, the inter-
est payable in lawful money Of the
United States upon their roads, and the
said Companies are hereby authorized
to issue, respectively their bonds to the ex-
tent OF $l00,0O000O in advance of a contin-
uous completed line from Sacramento.
Sec. 2. That the assignment made by
the Central Pacific Il. Il. Co. of California,
to the Western Pacific X. r. Co. OF said
State, of their right to construct all that
portion of said railroad and telegraph from
San Jose to Sacramento, is hereby ratified
and conformed to the Western Pacific II. K.
Co, with all the privileges and benefits of
the several acts of Congress relating there
to, and subject to all the conditions thereof;
provided, that the time within which the
said Western Pacific Il. X. Co. shall be re-
quired to construct the first 20 miles of their
road shall be one year from the
lst of July, 1865, and that the en-
tire road shall be completed from
San Jose to Sacramento, connecting at the
latter point with said Central Pacific rail-
road, within four years thereafter.
The Conference committee on the dis
agreeing amendment to the Legislative
Appropriation bill, by which the House
makes appropriation for an increase of
salaries ofits employees, reported that they
were unable to agree. An amendment was
offered that the Senate agree. to an appropri-
alton OF $4,000 to pay such contingent eX-
penses as may be directed by the resolution
of the House. AdOpted-2l to 10.
The Indian Appropriation bill was passed,
with an amendment authorizing Indians
who have become civilized to become eiti-
zens and settle on public lands under the
homestead law. Recess till O'clock.
s.... HOUSE.
The House resumed consideration of the
Amendatory Tariff bill. An unsuccessful
attempt was made to strike out the addi-
tlonal duty of 10 per cent. on 100 pounds
of railroad iron. The bill as originally re-
ported was amended, but in no respect re-
ducing any of the duties, and then passed.
Mr.. Washburn, of Illinois, made a report
showing the frauds and disloyalty arising
from the trade with the rebellious States,
accompanied by a bill to repeal so much of
hp a W Idh nri-
zes the appointment of agents for the pur-
pose Of purchasing products. The bill was
passed.
The Civil Appropriation bill was then ta-
ken up. 1t makes appropriations for the
survey of the coast, lighthouses, patent of
flee, botanic garden, surveying the public
land, and for many miscellaneous Items
Without coming to a conclusion on the bill,
the House took recess until 1880.