Litchfield enquirer., 1866-07-05
WHOLE No..i 21A1.
Congressional Summary.

l Congressional Summary.
 In the Senate Monday, the Tax Bill vss 70 ported from the Finance Committee cad or
 dered to be printed, with amendmeuts. Amoue
 the amendments are the following: Cotte1
 tax. two cents pound cigars and shereote l $l0 per thousand. with stamps dsnoting the
 payment of the tax: on sal of stocks, bonds
 real estate, goods, wares, Be-, one-tenth of ono per cent Lrasl 50 99'5s@
 Mir Stevens introduced . joint resolution
 proposing to amend the Constitution % co te
 authorize an export duty on cotton. The ras-
 olution was rejected by a vote of S9 to ol. 4
 resolution was iatroduced and agreed to, 9s.
 qesting the President to transmit forthwith to
 the Executives of the several States copies ef
 tho constitutional amendments lately passed I by Congress. ..f tr-
 In the. Senate, Tuesday, the Army Ar1ss-
 priation Bill was considered, and aftce beisa amended, was passed. Among the ancaf- ments is one appropriating over six snd ksif millions of dollars for the support of ts.1
 Freedmen's Bureau; also, repeating the aet authorizing the President to dismiss ofsess1 of the army and navy also an amendment @ to the mode of selection of the SuperiAteAde5t of the Military Academy from any corps # the Army. The provision adopted in tka House-that no money be paid the Illiasid tE8u0POYtAblO0 troops-was stricken out. The Pacific Hcil road Bill was taken up, and after long die- cussion was passed; yeas 20, nays12.
 The House proceeded to the eonsideuutiea of the bill reported by MT Schenck on the l4sA inst, to reorganize and establish the srnT The bill provides for peace establishnGnt if of five regiments of artillery, six of ssvalry, fifty of infantry. amounting to an army cR forty-three thousand men. capable of cxpaA- sion to seventy thousand. The House eoEi4- cred twenty six sections of the bill; oightesn more remain A minority report fren the Re. construction Committee was presented.
 In the Senate, Wednesday, MT Grinca fe ported the House bill authorizing the eessor tance of League Island as 8 naval statise. Tho Senate agreed to the recommendation ef tAe Finrnce Committee to fix the tex on sottse Ns two cents pound. ...r
 In the House, the bill to increase tho pes sions of widows and orphans was paced The first section extends the provisions of the, ,eear sion laws tc provost msrshals, deputy pro vost marshals and enrolling ofdceee Vhs hove been killed or wounded in the 6ischkve-, ef their duties The second reetien iIas<,sss the pensions to widows of dsese6a ,eol6isrs and sailors having children, ot th1 Nte sf i've dollars per month for each child ua&ss thso0s of sixteen. , f-,-rs
 a In the Senate, Thursday, A joiAt resalutioA was passed giving fifteen hundred 1ellops b Mrs Abbie Green for her services ia nscisti,s one hundred and nine Union prieOnsrc to 70. cape from Libby Prison. Mr WeAs szsre4 . resolgtj2a Hbirh ud dFaf fSk,liifas Sed Grounds, to inquire into the eApeAiosep of purchasing to land between Nesyleaa-eTeau, and Pannsylvauia- avenue, cost of tke Capitol. for a National Park in which to erect a Pres. identisl Mansion.
 A resolution was adopted to soaciaeh the sx. pedieney of Q revision of the eaistipc isv in refsrence to mileage, so as to mska he psy. ment of mileage more equal sfd, rsafe is co. corda1ce with the actual cost of tIas0l to aad from .he national Capitol at the preasnt time. The Army Bill was considered, end zee faolly passed-Yeas 72, nays Al, t..,o,..
 In the Senate, Friday, the ac. Bill Nas taken up. Tue Senate restored th1 e1stisa granting to R 'ilrcad Companies ths gieat Co add to their fares on account oftkc Az.
 In the House, Mir Perham, fren tho Gem. mittee on Invalid Pensions, reported beek cd. versely the House Bill granting possioae to soldiers of the war of 1872. Fson eolsula. ton made. it appeared that thers ve-e otill living III 900 of those old soldics, sed c.,o00 widows of old soldiers: in all, 153G62. Of this number perhaps, two-thirds you'd ssns within the provisions of the bill. 2tis sid not include sailors and their vidoco There would then be at least 100000 pefsce1 to be pensioned which, at S100 year, would rsas the annual charges ton millions. Ths norm hour having expired the bill vest ever till next Friday. A message was received rem the President in reference to the jsiat resolu- ton proposing an amendment to the Constitu- tiop, stating that it had been eomfsunicated by the Secretary of State to the Governore of various States on the 18th of Juno bat that was ministerial get and not e hs svnfdsvsd as involving the assent of ths ABssWttge to the proposed amendment. 4 joint eSfnlaties was introduced to enable dtsehetSsa seidiass Q change thsir selections of bomeetoe3s is certain cases. H"H