Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-31

and liabilities under any law in any criminal or
otner proceeding for the punishment Of any crime or
color, '-- VI 4"ee u
property, real personal, and mixed. shall in said
state be enjoyed on equal terms BY naturalized rt
zeDs and by all persons native born, without dis
Fourth, No law, ordinance or regulation shall be
adopted IN said State recognizing or creating any
DOUBT orablly on the part OF said State or of any
municipal or corporate authority within the juris-
dlehon thereof, account of credit money material
SIbp9aes, personal service or other consideration
OF any government authority. or pretended gov
ernment or authority military, or naval or civil
ofcer, OF pretended officer heretofore up or act
ing IN hostility to the Government of the United
states or 70 be set up or acting hereafter, but all
suen M soe pc vold; and no tax shall ever
within said State on account thereof.
gHE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
the House then proceeded to consider the regular
order-the Constitutional amendment providing for
new basis OF representation The second section of
the previous question reeonsidered and the House
motion of-Afr LIE Blond, of Chic, to commit to the
Committee of tic Whole the pending question and all
o. the amendments; which was not agreed to-yeas
ger, BQJer. Brooks Chanler. Dawson, DennisOn Ed
ridge, tinck, Glossbrenner, Goodyear Grider, Hard
ing. of Kentucky, Harris of Maryland Hogln. Hub
bel of New York, James NJ. Humphrey. of New
YORK, Kerr, LIE Blond, Marshall, Mccullough of
Maryland McPuer Nibqek, Nicholson, Radford,
hdhodlt OF IenISy wanna, leltJer rogers, koSS, Kos
sSeau,, shaqklin. Taber, Taylor, Thornton, Trimbe
VOORHEES,, Winfield and Wright-33. Messrs Phelps
and John l.. Thomas, of Maryland. voted in the neg
ntive. Messrs. McRuer, of California, and Rosseau
of Kentucky, voted with the Democrats. The entire
question with all of the pending amendments and
without instructions were then recOmmitted without
debate or vote by yeas and nays to the Joint Com
mittee on Reconstruction.
CLAIMS BY RESIDENTS IN REREL STATES
The House took up the report made by Mr.. Deano
OF Ohio, on January 49, aud proceeded to consider
the following resolution accompanying the repOrt:-
Fesolred, That until otherwise !ordered the Com
mIttee Claims be instructed to reject all claims re-
the States lately in rebellion, growing out of the
des structon or appropriation of or damage to pro-
perty by the army navy while engaged in sup
pressing the rebellion.
Mr.. DelanO sustained the resolution on the ground
that our national finances would not permit the paw
ment OF these immense amount of claims, to say
nothing of the thousand abuses that would arise
from their settlement.
Mr.. Niback, of Indiana thought it impossible for
any commlttee to examine these claims. Some Board
should be provided to examine them or the whole
matter should be regul lated by general law.
, The resolution was then agreed to without vote
by yeas and naJs
RELIEF OF REFUGEES.
The House then took u? House bill 80, as a spe-
clal order, to act entitled an act to establish n
Bureau for the relief of refugees and freedmen.
Mr.. Eliot, Of Mass, from the Select Committee on
the subject reported back the Senate bill to enlarge
the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau with certain
amendments in the nature of substitute for said
bill; MIR. Eliot briefly explained the proposed
amendments 70 the Senate bill and reviewed the on
eratOns of the present Freedmcn's Bureau from the
period OF its organization 70 the present time.
without action on the bill the House took a recess
until 40 O'Clock fer debate on the Presidents mes