Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-15
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Mr.. WILSON, Of Iowa, from the Judiciary COM
mttee, reported back Senate bill in relation to tue
Court of Claims, with the following amendment As
an aiditi nal SO JtiOn: w
That at the end of each term of the Court of
Claims, the clerk of said Court shall transmit copy
of the decisions thereof to the heads OF Depart
ments, the Solicitor, Comptrole and Auditors Of
lhe treasury, tho Commissioners of the General
Land Office and of Indian Affairs the chiefs of Bu-
reaus, and other officers charged with adjusting
claims against the United States.
The anne ndment was agreed to, and the bill as
amended was passed.
Mr.. SPALDING g obtained leave to make person.
al explanation. He observed by the report in the
Globe that the Joint resolution which he had intro
duced last Monday touching the taxation of national
currency, had been charact arzed by the gentleman
from Pennsylvania Mr.. Stevens) as rank repudia-
ton. Nothing could be further from his MR. Spald-
ings) mind than to infringe the national credit,
which he regarded as he did the apple Of his eye.-
The object Of his resolution was simply to permit
greenbacks to be taxed in his State just as State
Bank notes have been hereto ore taxed there. He
did not intend his joint resolution to apply to the
ihterest,be r ring bonds of the Government.
Mr.. STEVENS confessed that when he made the
remark complained of he was not aware of the OBJ
ject of the joint resolution, and had only followed
the lead of the distinguished gentleman from IL
limo (Mr. w entwOrth whom he was always happy
70 follow, lLaughterl He found, however, that
the resolution was entirely different from what he
thought it and OF course his remark was entire
Mr.. D0NNELLY, Of Minnesota, by unanimous
consent introduced bill granting lands to the State
Of Minnesota for the establishment of Home for
the relief Of disabled soldiers and sailors, which
was read twice and referred to the committee on
Public Lands. -' W.
The House resumed, as the business of the morn
ing hour, the bill reported yesterday by Mr.. Cook
from the Judiciary committee, ameudatory of the
act Of March 3d. 1868, relating TO the hd6eGs corpWs
and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases.
The substitute reported BY the committee proposed
TO enact that any search seizures arrest mprison
ment made or other trespass wrongs done or COM
mitted, or any acts omitted to be done during the
rebellion, by any. officer or person under and by
virtue Of any Order written or verbal, general or
special issued by any military officer Of the United
States holding the command of the department.
district or place within which such seizure,
search, arrest or Imprisonment was made. done or
committed, or any acts were omitted to be DONE
either by the persons or officer to whom the order is
addressed or by any other person aiding or assisting
him, shall be held and are declared to come within
the puryiew Of the act to which this is amendatory
and within the purvew Of the 4th, 9Th and eth seq
tions of said act, for all tho purposes of defense,
transfer appeal, error or Limitations provided for
therein Sections of the bill relate 10 the defenseto
be made in such judicial proceedings.
Mr.. COOK explained that he advocated the bill
because it embraced, he said, two, principles which
wore also embraced in the habeas corpus act Of 1883
we're, rst that the United States shall protect its
officers in executing Its laws and maintaining its au-
thority; and second, that the question whether an
officer was acting under the authority of the United
States, These two principles, he conceived, could
not be surrendered without surrendering the power
of the American Government. 'tpth7
Mr.. HARDING, Of Ky., opposed the bill, and
made speech 70 show how II could be psed,to pro-
United States officers or soldiers, u ~ ,C,gl.
The morning hour having expired before tho close
Of the remarks Of NJ. Harding, the billwent over
IMr. PIKE. Of Maine ssksdlsEve 10 introduce the
following resolptions " V1AA SA 'AAA&t
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