The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-26
CoNGREssIONAI PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, May Is.
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taken place under the various bills for
the colonization of persons of African
descent, which was adopted.
Mr.. Wilson called up the joint reso-
luton concerning cadet appointments.
The question was upon the amend
ment OF Mr.. Nesmith, that hereafter the
superintendent of the military acade-
my be selected from any corps of the
army. 1t was disagreed to by yeas Is,
nays l9. The joint resolution was then
passed.
Adjourned until Monday
HOUSE.
Mr.. Donnelly, of Minnesota intro
duced a bill TO encourage the growth of
forest trees on the western plains,
which was read twice and referred to
the committee on Public Lands.
Mr.. Hubbard, of Iowa, introduced
bill to repeal the restriction on the postal
laws, which prohibits the carrying OF
ranked books and documents by the
overland mail to Western Territories,
which require prepayment. The bill
was referred to the Post Office Comit-
tee.
ON motion of Mr.. Perham, the Senate
amendments to the House bill, amen
datory to the pension laws, was non
concurred in and the COMMITTEES OF
Conference asked.
The morning hour expired before ac-
ton was taken on the bill, and 1t went
over.
Mr.. Hooper, of Mass, from the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, re-
ported u bill to secure and regulate the
safe keeping ofpublic money entrusted
to disbursing officers of the United
States. It makes it the duty of every
disbursing officer of the United States,
except those connected with the Post
Office department, having any public
money entrusted to him for disburse-
ment to deposit it with tile Treasurer
or some assistant Treasurer of the
United States, and 70 draw Tor tne same alls
as may be required for payment, ana
where there is no treasurer or assistant
treasurer the Secretary of the Treasury
may give special authority in writing
for the deposit of public money in any
other public depository.
The section makes it embezzlement
for any disbursing officer to loan with
money entrusted to him.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, asked
that the bill be put upon its passage.
Mr.. McRuer, of California, objected.
The bill WAS then reconmttted with
leave to report at any time.
Mr.. Schenck, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported back the sub
stitute for the bounty bill, and asked
the House to pass it Immediately, APP
pealing to the members to forego any
argument in its favor, and saying they
might have an opportunity to deliver
them some Saturday for influence on
the Senate. He moved the previous
question.
Mr.. Ward, of New York, asked him
whether he would not allow substi-
tute for the bill to be offered.
Mr.. Schenck declined doing SO, and
the House, by vote of 81 to 26,
seconded the previous question.
Mr.. Ward inquired OF the Speaker
whether there was no means to discuss
a bill that involved an expenditure of
two hundred millions of dollars.
The Speaker replied that there was
not when the House seconded demand
for the previous question.
Mr.. stevens called for the reading of
the original bill. The bill was read and
it differs from the substitute in this,
thai the latter requires a deduction of
local and State bounties which the
former did not. The substitute was
agreed to bya vote by tellers of "a to SO,
the ayes and nays having been refused.
Mr. Ward asked to have his amend
menE read.
Mr.. schenck said he had no power
over the subject now. The bill was
passed by vote of 139 to 2.
Mr.. Darling, of N. Y, called for the
reading of the votes in the negative.
Mr.. Clark read the name of John A.
Nicholson, of Delaware, and Lawrence
8. Trinlble, of Kentucky. The follow
ing is the bill as passed.
Be it enacted, &C., that instead ofany
grant ofland or bounty, there shall be
allowed and paid to each and every SOL
der. sailor and marine who faithfully
as such in the army, navy or marine
CORPS of the United States, and who has
been or may hereafter be honorsbly
discharged from such service, the sum
of SS14 per month, or at the rate of 500
per year, as hereafter provided, for all
sailor or marine who actually served
between the 18th day of April, 1861, and
tho 10Th day of April, 1865. And in
case ofany such soldier, sailor or ma
rine discharged from the service on ac-
count of wounds received In battle, or
in the line of his duty, the said allow
ance of bounty shall be computed and
maid up to the time of service for which
his enlistment was made, and in case of
the death of any such soldier, sailor or
marine, whether in theserYice or in case
of his death after discharge, and before
the end of his term of enlistment, is
DISCHARGED on account of being wound
ed. as before provided, the allowance
shall be made TO his widow, If she be
NOT REMARKED, or ifthere be no widow,
then to the minor children who may be
under sixteen years efage.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That in computing and ascertainingt the
bounty to be paid to any soldier, sailor
or marine, or his proper representa-
tiyes, under the provisions OF this act,
there shall be deducted therefrom any
and all boupties already paid or paytf-
BILE under existing laws by the United
States, or by any State, county, city or
other municipal organizations, or by
any voluntary association, SO that in
no case shall the aggregate amount of
bounty allowed and paid from all
sources exceed $685. for each month
of actual and faithful service, or at the
rate of 500 per year, and in the case of
money has been paid or is payable, the
amount OF such prize money shall be
deducted, and only such amount of
bounty paid as shall, together with
such prize money, and other bounty
paid or payable by the United States,
or by any State, county, city, town or
other municipal organizations, or by
any voluntary association, amount in
the aggregate to the sum allowed by
this act.
SEC. 8. And be it furtherenacted, That
no bounty, under the provisions OF this
act, shall be paid to or on account of
any soldier, salloror marine who served
as substitute in either army or navy,
or who was a captured prisoner of war
at the time OF his enlistment, nor to any.
one who was discharged on his own APP
plication or request priorto the 9th day
of April, 1855, unless such discharge
was Obtained with view to reinlist-
ment or to accept promotion in the mill
itary or naval service of the United