Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-24

ton instructing Committee on Judiciary
to report five resolutions amendatory
of the Constitution. First, basing rep
resentation on voters; second, basing
direct tax on value of property; third,
pledging the faith of the government to
the redemption of the national debt;
fourth. prohibiting payment for slaves.
The resolution was adopted by yeas y,
noes Is.
The bill to admit Colorado as State,
was defeated, after considerable discus
sion, by vote of IA yeas to 81 nays.
HoUsE.-The Speaker announced the
following select committee on Civil Ser
vice of the United States and to pro-
mote its efficiency: Messrs. jerks,
Shellabarger, Hogan, Baker, Mckee
and James M. Humphrey.
Wilson, of Iowa, from the judiciary
Committee, reported back, with the
sons in the United States in their civil
rights, and tofurnish the means of their
vindication. The first amendment was
to strike out the words ''and there shall
be no discrimination in civil rights"
so that the first section shall read,
.'that all persons born in the United
States and not subject to any foreign
power, excluding Indians not taxed,
are hereby declared to be citizens of the
United States without distinction of
color, but the inhabitants of every race
and color, without regard to any previ-
GUS condition of slavery or involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall have the
same rights to make and enforce con-
tracts, to sue, be parties to suits, give
evidence, and to inherit, purchase,
lease, sell, hold and convey real and
personal property, and to have the full
and equal benefit of all laws and pro-
ceedings for the security of persons and
property, and shall be subject to like
punishment, pains and penalties, and to
none other, any law, statute, ordinance,
regulation or custom, to the contrary
Notwithstanding" The amendment
was agreed 10, and some other amend
ments of an unimportant character
we're also reported and agreed to. The
committee also reported the following
as an additional section: '"That ON all
questions of law arising in any case
under the provisions of this act, final
appeal shall be taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States" The
amendment was agreed to.
The House was brought to direct
vote on the passage of the bill. The
bill was passed by vote of 100 to Is.
WASHINGTON, March 14.--SENATE. =
FEssENDEN, from the Committee on FL
nance, reported with amendments the
bill to supply deficiencies in appropria-
tions for the civil expenses of the gov
eminent for the current fiscal year.
Among these amendments are the fol-
lowing Striking out the appropriation
for rebuilding the outer range light
house in Sandusky Bay, Ohio striking
out the proviso that carpets for the pub
lie buildings shall be of domestic manu-
facture, and reducing the item for
expenses in detecting the counterfeit
ing of United States notes from $780,
600 TO $50, 900; among others the report
strikes out items for the expenses OF the
census of Arizona in 1864, for compila-
| ton of the laws of the United States
relating to revenue, commerce and nav
| igation. 1t adds an item of $4,000 for
| deficiencies in the fund for sick and
disabled seamen. 1t provides salary
for the Treasurer at San Francisco of
Sl5, 900 additional as Assistant Treas
urer of the U. s., and for the Assistant
Treasurers at Boston and st. Louis,
| S., 900 each.
HoUsE-WILsoN, of ind, from the
Judiciary Committee, reported back
the Senate bill in relation to the Court
of Claims, with the following amend
ment as an additional section: That at
the end of the session of the Court of
Claims the clerk of said Court shall
transmit copy of the decisions thereof
to the heads of departments, the Solic-
itor, Comptroller and Auditors of the
Treasury, the Commissioners of the
General Land Office, the chiefs of bu-
reas, and other officers charged with
adjusting claims against the United
States.
The amendment was agreed to, and
the bill so amended was passed.
WASHINGTON, March To-. SENATE.
The civil rights bill was taken up.
Mr. DAVIS ssaadc oorno remarks against
tho BILL after which the last amend
ment of the House was agreed to.
The bill has passed both Houses and
been presented to the President for sig
nature.