Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-02-24

be admitted to the privilege of the
| floor of the House during the pending
| of his claim as member thereof.
i STEVENS moved that the House lay
Smiths resolution rupon the table. Yeas
US nays 10.
BMGHAM, from the Joint Select Com
mittee on Reconstruction, reported a
joint resolution embodying the follow
ing amendment TO the constitution of
the United States, to be presented to
the legislatures of the several States for
ratification That Congress shall have
power to make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper to secure to- the
citizens OF each State all the privileges
and immunities of citizens in the sever
al States, and 10 all persons in the sew
eral States equal protection in the rights
of life, liberty and property.
gWAsH1NaToN, Feb 14--SEEATE.
GRIMEs.presented petition of Messrs.
Cooper, Stokes, Maynard and others,
representatives elect from the State of
Tennessee, setting forth facts connect
ed with the reorganization of that State,
and asking that the present State gov
eminent be recognized as the true and
proper government of the State, and
entitled to the same immunities and
prerogatives as it was endowed with by
virtue of the act of June, 1896, and
until her relations were disturbed with
the general government by the treasona-
BILE conduct of some of her citizens. The
petition was referred to a committee of
fifteen. a v5t,
SUMNER presented petition of the
women of New Eng land, asking that no
distinction ON account of sex be made
in the bestowal Of the elective franchise,
Sumner said he presented the above.
because it was sent to him. He did not
deem it proper to say, however,
that he did not think this was the prop
er time for the consideration of that
subject. He moved its reference to the
committee on reconstruction, and it
was so referred. 11 1893
"A bill was introduced making an ap-
pr opriation for the survey of the upper
Mississippi, between the Falls of st.
Anthony and Rock Island, and the Min
nesota river, with view TO secure the
passage, upon the former, of boats
drawing four feet of water, and reliable
slack water navigation upon the Min
nesota. Referred .sa, m ~ IL
Adjourned. .....f ia -) r.
HoUsE.-The house passed bill au-
thorizing the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy, to place at the
disposal OF the New York commissioners
of quarantine, such vessels or hulks as
are not required for the uses of the gov
eminent, in anticipation of the cholera.
The bill introduced by GARFIELD to
establish a national bureau of education,
provides for commissioner who shall
make annual reports, exhibiting the
condition of education in states and
territories, and diifusing such informa-
ton as promotes the cause of education
throughout the country. ,
The speaker announced the select
committee on the proposed bureau of
education: Garfield, Patterson, Bout
we'll, Randall, Donnelly, Moulton and
Goodyear ,as
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.--SENATE.-
BROWN, of Mo-, reported, without
amendment, a bill to reimburse the
State of Missouri, for moneys expended
for the United States in enrolling,
equipping and provisioning military
forces to aid in suppressing the rebel
lion. 1t provides for the appointment
of Commissioner to ascertain the
amount so expended since August oath,
1861, and it contemplates the payment
of troops called out by the Governor, at
| the request, order, consent or concur
renee of the department commander.
1t proposes reduction of the direct
tax assessed upon the State from the
aggregate allowed. The Commissioner
is required to report to the Secretary
of the Treasury, who shall Issue war
rants for such amounts as may be due.
1t appropriates $6,774, 900 for payment.
p PoMERoY introduced bill to revive
and extend the provisions, of an act
granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the. state OF Arkansas
and Missouri, to aid in the construc-
/ ton of a railroad from some point on
the, Ohio river, opposite its mouth, via
Little Rock, to the boundary line near
i Fulton, Arkansas, with a branch to Fort
smith and the Mississippi river. Such
enactment was made In 1858. Refer
red to the Committee on Public Affairs.
| RAMSEY, of MINI. from the Commit
tee on Postofices and Post, Roads, re-
ported a bill for the erection of q bridge
across the Mississippi river at st. L0uis.
The bill to relinquish the title of the
u, S. to certain lands within the city
limits of San Francisco was passed.
HOUSE. resumed the consid-
eration of the bill reported yesterday
from the Committee, on the Postoffice
and Postroads, providing that the Post
master General may, whenever IN his
opinion the public service shall require
until June Both, 1868, deposit postage
stamps and stamped envelopes with
lsuch persons as he may select for the
sale. The persons with whom stamps
and stamped envelopes are SO deposited
shall engage to sell and circulate the
same under the Instructions of the
Postmaster General, and give bonds in
such sums as the Postmaster General
may direct, with one or more sureties,
conditioned for the faithful keeping of
the stamps and stamped envelopes so
Entrusted to them, and for the pay
ment to the Postoffice Department, in
such manner as directed by the Post
master General, of the monies. arising
from the sale thereof The second sec
ton provides that the Postmaster Gen
| eral may allow to such repositories q
commisSiohn not exceeding five per cent.
on all sales Of stamps and stamped en-
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