The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-28
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The following bills were reported by
them, and considered and passed:
Resolution for the relief of Monroe
Young; for the relief of Edward P Nc
Kinney, of Binghamton, New York ) fol
the relief of Rev. Liston II. Pierce; fol
the relief of the owner of the bark Ma
ria Henry, of Portland, Maine; to amend
the act of June oath, 1864, to provide fol
the payment of horses and other prop
erty destroyed in the military service o.
the United States.
Senate Joint Resolution authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust
| the claim of Beall and Dixon against
the United States for the relief of Elisha
J. House, Assessor of Internal Revenue
for the second district of Michigan, re
ferring the claim of Swain and Howard
| for damages from the collision of their
vessel with a vessel belonging to the
United States to the Court OF Claims foI
the benefit of Henry House, for the re,
lief of Nathan Noyes, the Senate Bill
for the relief of Goldsmith Brothers, OF
San Francisco, California, and Portland,
Oregon, was reported back and referred
to the Committee of the Whole,
The Senate Joint Resolution referring
the petition and papers in the case OF
James Cratchell to the Court of Claims,
| was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Washbnrne, from the committee
on Commerce, reported an amendment
to the bill for the relief of Charles
Bremens G. Co, for the passage on board
the bark Kamachamah of sixty. eight
destitute seamen, of the American ser
vice, from Ascension Island to Honolulu.
The morning hour having expired, the
hill went over till next Friday
Mr. Morrill, gave notice that the bill
to amend the Internal Revenue act
would not be called up until Monday
next
The House then resumed considera.
ton of the Northern Pacific railroad bill,
and
The Clerk read a substitute offered by
Mr., Stevens, as modified by him. The
notifications consist of the following:
Strike ont section three, and insert an
addition to section two as follows: And
upon the failure of the company for a
period of ninety days to pay interest on
said stock, as the same may mature and
become dug, the Treasurer of the United
States may have power to sell SO much
of the said lands SO reserved, at public
sale, as will reimburse the government
for payment of said interest; Provided
that said lands shall not be sold for less
than 25 cents per acre. Add to the pro
yiso at the end of the bill the following:
Provided, further, That at least three
fourths Of the Board of Directors shall
ALWAYS be citizens of the United States;
and, provided further, That the govern
ment shall not be called upon to pay the
interest on the cost of construction of
more than ffty miles of said road for the
first year, nor for more than one hundred
miles additional for the second year; nor
more than two hundred miles additional
for the third year; nor for more than two
hundred miles additional for fourth year
and after that time for no more than
three hundred additional miles per year
until the road is completed
Mr.. Bingham addressed the House in
support of the bill He said that the
substitute Just read removed and 81
lenced the objections urged by the gen.
tleman who had spoken against the
adoption eff the measure. The bill
should receive the vote of every men,
Der of the House. It was the duty of
craftsmanship to develope all the re-
sourses of the nation, and to enable the
nation to lay its hand on the uncounted
commerce of the great East by becom,
ing the carrier of that immense trade by
the shortest possible route.
Mr.. Rogers next made an argument in
snnnnrt Of the hill
Mr. briggs next addressed the House
in support Of the bill He regarded the
matter as national work of great i'm.
portance, and ene which the members
from all sections of the country should
sustain
Mr.. Grinnoil followed on the same side,
An immense grant of land he said was
owned by the company that was not
worth any more than So much moon
shine or clear sky, not worth one penny
without access to it by railroad. No man
W rs rich enough TO own it and pay taxes
on il without access to it, although the
Central Pacific railroad passed his door
He was willing to have northern road
also constructed, and as many other
railroads as could be hu.lt.
Mr.. Wright addressed the House in
opposition to the bill, which he denomi-
mated as a sort of gift enterprise,
where much was promised and little
performed