Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-29
XXXEXtIl Congress
WASHINGTON, March 2s.
HOUSE.

Mr.. WILSON, of Iowa, from the Judicial
Committee, reported back bill to provide
for the settlement of the accounts of certain
officers, 1t provides that all monies raised
in the United States for the support of
refugees or freedmen, and received by any
officer of the United States army shall be
charged against such officer on the books of
the Treasury Department, and accounted
for by him in like manner as if such
monies had been drawn from the Treasury
Of the United States.
Mr. WILSON explained that the bill was
necessary in order to authorize the Third
Auditor of the Treasury to settle the ac-
counts of the officers of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau for the funds received by them, tnan
by appropriation from the Treasury. Ali
the funds received by officers Of the Bureau
from donations were reported by them to
the Treasury Department and charged on
the books of that Department against them,
but there was no law authorizing the settle
ment of their accounts for funds received
in that way. The bill was considered and
passed.
Mr.. KELLY offered the resolution of in
quiry in regard to the trade oil Canada,
which had been objected to yesterday. No
objection being made the resolution was
considered and adopted.
Ways and Means, reported bill to amend
the Internal Revenue act Of June 30, 1854,
and the act anendatory thereof, approved
March Sd, 1865. He stated that it was the
purpose of the Committee on Ways and
Means to report bill extensively modify
ing the income tax, and in order that it
NAV take effect this year, it was desired
that levying and collection of such tax,
shall be postponed for two months This
applied also to annual tax in relation to
schedule "a" He therefore, asked that
this bill be considered now in order that the
Committee might have time to report such
a bill as would meet the approval Of the
House, which they would do at as early a
period as practicable.
There being no objection, the bill re-
ceived its several readings, and was passed
1t enacts that all proceedings touching the
levy and collection of the annual tax, pro-
vided in schedule " A" of section Tooth Of
the act to provide Internal Revenue, &c-,
approved June 80, 1864, and the act amen
datory thereof, approved March 3, 1865, and
all proceedings for the levy return and col
lection of the income tax, approved by said
act be postponed for the space OF TIVE months,
provided that all provisions, remedies
and penalties in said act shall remain in
| full force and effect in all respects SO far as
the same are changed as to time by the post
ponement aforesaid.
Mr.. RAYMOND, of N. Y, offered the fol-
| lowing resolution, which was considered
and adopted.
Resolued, Thatthe Committee on Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the exPedieney
of so amending chapter los, of the laws OF
1868, entitled an Act to Regulate the duties
of the Clerk Of the House Of Representatives
in preparing for the organization OF tAe
| House, as to provide that no member whose
| name may be called by the clerk, in eccord-
ance with the act, shall participate in the
| election of Speaker or any other business Of
the House until he shall first have taken the
oath Of Office preeribed by the constitution
and the laws.
Mr.. DARLING offered resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the mmittee on
| Ways and Means to inquire into the exPe-
diency of abolishing the tax on slaughtered
animals.
Mr.. WARD asked leave to offer resolu-
ton instructiDg the Committee on Ways
and Means to inquire into the exPedieney
of admitting barley, used for mailing, free
of duty from Canada and the British
Provinces.
Mr.. PRICE objected.
The House then proceeded, as the regular