Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-24
XXXIXth Congress
WASHINGTON, May 90.
HOITSE

On motion OF MIR. JULIAN the Senati
amendments to the bill to dispose of public
lands to actual settlers in certain Southern
7 States was disagreed TO and a con nfereucc
| Committee asked for.
On motion of Mr.. ROSS the same number
of the Agricultural report for 1864 be print.
ed thst was printed of the report for 1868.
Mr.. WINDOW, the Secretary Of the Iu-
terror, was. requested to state the expense
of school houses and the mantainance oi
schools in the different Indian Agencies in
Dacotab, together with the condition Of the
Agency and its management
On motion OF Mr.. BIDWELL, of Califor-
MIA, the Committee on Agriculture was dis
charged from the further consideration OF
the bill donating public lands to the Ameri-
can Forest Tree Propagation and Land
Company for conducting experiments re-
specting forest tree culture. The bill was
laid on the table.
The House then took up the bill, reported
yesterday, to continue in force and amend
the act establishing the Freedmen's Bureau
The first section was amended, on motion
Of Mr.. ELLIOT, by reducing the term of
the continuance OF the act to two years,
instead of three.
Mr.. CHANLER desired to know wherein
this bill differed from the Freedmen's
Bureau bill which the President had
vetoed.
Mr.. ELLIOT undertook to inform Mr.
Chanler on that point and to explain.
| SeTatila, the provisions of the various sec
tons The first section, he said, simply con-
tinued the Bureau for two years, while the
| bill vetoed by the President was indefinite
in its duration. He proposed, on the con
clusion OF his remarks, to move the previous
question.
Mr.. JEBLOND said there were gentle
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TO discuss the bill. and he, therefore, hoped
it would not DO pressed upon its passage
now. There were important features in it
which, he thought, ought to be amended.
He was opposed entirely 10 the theory and
principle of the bill. The reports of Gen
erals Steadman and Fullerton showed that
| the system, as already inaugurated, was
| objectionable in every form, and, if those
reports were true, it was the duty of Con-
gress to abolish the system at once and
leave the colored people TO make their own
living the same as the poor whites of the
country. The galleries Of the House were
crowded day after day with stout, hearty,
able bodied colored men who, to all appear
anee, drew their ratioHs from the Govern
ment. The system was misehievous one
and ought not to be encouraged by Con
gress.
While Mr.. LeBlond was speaking, the
morning hour expired and the bill went
over until tomorrow in the morning hour |
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, Mr.. DAWES in the Chair, and |
resumed the consideration Of the Tax bill |
commencing with the paragraph on bank |
issues
On motion of Mr.. MORRILL, the para
graph was amended by adding the follow
ing "And the returns required Is be made |
by such proyident institutions and savings |
banks after July, 1866, shall be made on |
the first Monday of January and July of /
each year in such form and manner as may
be presented by the Commissioner Of In |
ternal Revenue.
Mr.. BLAINE, of Maine, moved to amend |
by adding to it "and provided further that |
in lieu of all other taxes imposed on Ma |
tional Banks there shatl hereafter be levied |
and collected tax of One-half per cent. |
per annum on the average amount of their
deposits. This gave rise TO considerable |
debate, which was participated in by |
Messrs. Blaine, Pike, kolley, Boutwell,,
Lynch, Cooper, Hotchkiss, Randall, of Pa, |
and Morrill,.
Mr.. RANDALL spoke as to the necessi-
ty of revising the system Of deposits in /
the National Banks, as the present system |
led to immense losses to the Government.
Mr.. PIKE advocated letting the whcle |
matter of income tax go over till the next |
Congress, leaving the law as 1t now is.
Mr.. MORRILL, agreed as to the necessity
of such provision, declaring that he was
satisfied that unless some relief was given
TO national banks if they were in peril. He
was willing to give some relief but he
wished that subject to come up in its proper
place.
The amendment was rejected and no
othe- material change made in the para
graph.
The amendment relating to income tax
provoked a good deal of discussion, Mr..
PIKE having moved an amendment re-
enaeting the present law, and Mr.. SPALD-
ING moving gu amendment TO impose an
additional duty of per cent on the excess
of income over $4,000.
Mr.. ROSE offered an amendment making
the discrimination tax 10, l5, 20 or 25 per
cent
Mr.. MORRILL, opposed the amendment
giving it as his opinion that the tendency |
Of such discrimination would be to rspress
enterprise and promote a5senteeism.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
SPALDING, SLOAN, PAYNE and HALE
in favor of the amendments, and by Messrs.
MORRILL, and DAVIS against them.
Mr.. SPALDING withdrew his amend
ment and the amendment of Mr. Ross was
rejected. The amendment offered by Mr..
Pike was adopted. This leaves the law as
it at present stands, with tax Of , per cent |
on incomes of $4,000, and a tax Of 10 per
cent on any sxcess of over $4,000. The only
difference being that the limit Of the first
$500 is extended TO $1,000. 1 he vote or it
was 81 to 70.
Mr.. ANCONA offered au amendment to
make $1,000 the limit, to apply to the pres
ent year. The amendment was rejected.
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mating incomes were added.
On motion of Mr.. WILSON, of Iowa,
losses actually sustained during the year
from fire, shipwreck, or in trade, and debts
worthless, but excluding all estimated de-
probation of values. The Committee here
rose.
The SPEAKER presented message from
the President in answer TO the resolution of
the 9th of April requesting a collation. of
the provisions in reference TO Freedmen
contained in the Constitutions Of the South
ern States, end of laws Of these States
passed since the suppression of the rebel
lion, transmitting report from the Secre-
tary of State. Referred TO the Committee
on Reconstruction.
The SPEAKER also presented a message
from the President transmitting the report
from the Secretary of the Treasury IN com
plianee with the House resolution of the
7th of May, calling for information in refer
cnee to clerks employed in the several ex-
ecutive departments of the government
Referred to the Committee on Civil Service.
Mr.. KETCHUM presented petition from
George D. Hill and ffty-one other citizens
of Foughkeepsie, asking for protection
against unjust State laws in reference TO in
surance.
The House ut 4:3O P. NJ. took recess until
7:S0 in the evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The tax bill was resumed. The clause
income tax was considered, and
the amendment adopted, that lists Of in
comes be open to public inspection in Offices
of assessors aud collectors, but not to be
allowed to be published. An amendment
was offered that no passports be issued un-
less receipts show taxes to be paid. Re
jeCted. The bill was further discussed,
ard a large number of unimportant amend
ments proposed and acted uPou.
The House reached page l2S, when the
committee arose and the House adjourned.
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