The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-22
CONGREssIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, June 81.
SENATE.


Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported adversely on the
bill to establish national repository
in Germany.
Mr.. Wade offered resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds to
inquire into the eXpediency of purchas-
ing the land between Maryland Avenue
and Pennsylvania Avenue, east of the
Capitol, for National Park, on which
to erect Presidential mansion.
At the expiration of the morning
hour the tax bill was taken up.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Rice, Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
back the Senate joint resolution for the
restoration of Lieutenant-Comma
Richard l.. Law, U. S. N, to the active
list from the reserved list, Which was
read three times and passed.
Mr.. morrill,, from the Committee OF
Ways and Means, reported a bill to re-
organize the Treasury Department ana
fix the pay of its employees. he SAID
that the distribution of S25O,OOO, appro-
priated last year for extra compensa-
ton to the employees of the Treasury
Department, had given great dlssatis-
faction. A similar measure had recent
Iy passed the Senate, but from CONVEX
sation with members of the House, he
was quite satisfied that bill giving
such discretion to the Secretary could
not pass the House. Still it was appa-
rent that the employees of the Treasury
Department must have their pay in
creased, and the Committee of Ways
and Means deemed it best to report
bill fixing the matter definitely and le-
gally. This bill, he said, if the same
number of employees were retained,
would only increase the annual e&pen-
diture about $4,000.
MIR. Stevens expressed his surprise at
the measure being reported from the
Committee on Ways and Means, us IL
properly belonged to, and was now
actually before the Committee on APP
propriations.
The Secretary of the Treasury had
reported that out of the $3.50, 900 left last
session to his discretionary distribution
he had only distributed S25, 900 among
the heads of Bureaus and high salarled
clerks, and had asked what was to be
done with the S225, 900. The Committee
on Appropriations had prepared II bill
for its proper distribution, and report
ed several months since, and though
that was within the knowledge of the
Secretary, he had since gone, and with
out any regard to it, distributed the
S225, 600, as he thought best. He moved
the reference of the bill to the Commit
tee on Appropriations. The motion
was lost, yeas Al, nays rs, and the bill
was read twice and recOmmitted to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and
ordered to be printed.
Thirty thousand of the Majority and
Minority Reports on Reconstruction
were ordered TO be printed.
Mr.. Baldwin stated that he had been
charged with $50 more mileage than he
had received and therefore asked leave
to offer the following:
PosnIDpH That the Committee on AD-
preparations be directed to investigate
and report in reference to errors in eX-
ecutive document No. 125 and also to
consider the expediency OF n revision
of the existing law in reference to
mileage, more equal and more in nc;
cordance with the actual cost to and
from the national capital at the present
time.
Mr.. Payne reported in favor OF
awarding the seat of the 2lst Congress
sional District of Pennsylvania to Mr..
Dawson, the sitting member, and gave
notice that ho would call it up next
week