The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-05-26
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TO THE DAILY PRESS,
Saturday Morning, May 26, 1866.
xxx coNGREss---First Session.
WASHINGTON. May IS.

| WASHINGTON. May 90.
| SENATE.
| Mr.. Morrill, introduced resolution calling
on the President for information as to what
executive action had taken place under the
various bills for colonization of persons OF
| African descent. Adopted.
MIR, Wilson called up the joint resolution
concerning cadet appointments. The amend
mentS of Mr.. Nesmith that hereafter the su-
perintendent of the Military Academy may be
selected from any corps of the army, was dis
| agreed to. Yeas Is, nays 10. The resolution
| was then passed.
Mr.. Conness offered a joint resolution to re-
| peal so much OF the China Mail service bill us
required the vessels to touch at Honolulu
| Referred.
MI. Morrill, offered a resolution inquiring
what executive action Aad been taken con-
corning the colrnization of persons Of Afri-
| can descent.
MIR. Hendricks introduced bill explaining
the act relative to the distribution of prize
| money. Referred.
Adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE.
Bills were introduced to encourage the
growth OF forest trees on the western plains
and to prevent the carrying of franked books
and documents by the overland mail to the
western territories, which require prepayment.
Referred.
The Senate amendmen 8 to the House bill,
amendatory of the pension laws, were nom
concurred in and a committee of conference
asked.
The Senate bill to incorporate the District
of Columbia Canal and Sewerage Company,
was taken up. 1t provides for commercial
canal and sewer between the AnaeoSta river,
from point near its junction with the Poto-
mac to a point on the old canal, and thence
deepening ten feet below the high tide or old
Canal ditch, to the Georgetown terminus Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
After some debate the subject went over
until the next private bill day. ~.
Mr. Hooper OF Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Banking and Currency, report
ed bill to secure and regulate the safe keep
ing OF pubic money entrusted to disbursing
ofhcers OF the United States. 1t makes it
duty of every disbursing officer of the United
States, excepting those connected with the
Post Office Department, having any public
money entrusted to him for Disbursement. to
deposit it with the Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer OF the United States, and to draw
from the sum as may be required for payment.
and where there is no Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary of the Treasury may
give special authority in writing for the depos-
lite OF public money in any othea public depos-
1tory. The section makes it embezzlement
for any disbursing officer 70 loan with or
without interest any of the public money en-
trusted to him.
Mr.. Randall asked that the bill be put upon
upon its passage.
Mr.. McRuer objected.
The bill was then recommitted. with leave
to report it at any time
Mr.. Schenck, from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, reported back the substitute for
the bounty bill, and asked that the House
pass it Immediately. He moved the previous
question.
Mr. Ward asked whether he would not al
low substitute for the bill to be offered.
Mr.. Schenck declined doing so, and the
House by vote Of 81 to "a seconded the pre-
vious question,
MI. Stevens called for reading of the orig
fiIdf D1rf u1erS lTU1u substitute IN tfflS
that the latter requires deduction of local
and State bounties which the former did not
require.
The substitute was then agreed to, S4 to 33.
The bill then passed the House almost unani-
mously.