Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-03-23
CoNeREsStoNAL.

STSATE--Af,er our report closed yesterday
Ihe case OF Hon. John y. stockton, S-aaiOr
nom New Jersey, was discussed by Msssrs.
Fessenden. Stockton and others. Tue SsEate
adjourned without coming 20 a vote.
HoUsE.-After our report closed
The House took mp the House deficiency s..
with the Senate amendments thereto
The following Senate ameRduasn; was caa-
CURED IN g." To enable the Conainis sioa.. 81
Public Buildings 10 pay Tor sewers aud pa
structed under the act Of May ). Issl. AL Ga,
The following Senate ameRdmsn; was noa-
concurred in -" To enable the Commissioner
wing IN front OF Government property, con-
s,rncted by the city OF Washington, under aet
OF May IS, 1890, and for cleaning Pennsylvania
aEenne, May - and -, 1855, S37.+22 6i.'
Inc following Senate amendmPnt was con-
Snrr'd 3 IN -" For lighting tue Capitol and
Eresloents House, the public grounds around
pe LIN, ana around the executive Offices, and
renhsyiNanla avenue, Bridge and High streets,
IN Georgetown, street. 9th and tlth streets,
across the mall, and Maryland avenue west,
and 9th street south, sS5.Nsi'
The following Senste amesdmeDts was non
cohcurred IN :-"For the protection and IN
ploNement OF Franklin Square, and FOR nght-
ing i1tn ana i4h streets IN 'front.' OF said sq Gare,
nNe thohsahd dollars, 10 b. expended uuder
the direction and superintendence OF William
Saunders, superintendent or the propSgttlng
So the House adhered 70 it, or,c,n,I ,,,r,.
priauon of Si,720 for the Improvement and
protection OF Franklin Square.
The Senate amendment 70 strike out the fol-
towing words;-:tor building sewer on Penn
sylvania avenue from I9th street 70 SUth street
S2s-@Ut,' was concUrTed IN.
The following Senate amendment was taken
up:
Office If Secretary of Utats-For publication o +
the laws. SS,OUO. For extra clerG hire s-,eil
For the pay of the United States Comm!
sioners, aud for the pay OF the United States
surveyor, and for incidental expenses IN the
execution of the duty assigned TO the io.nt
commission appointed under the first article Of
me reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Great Britain of the Sth of June,
1854, from November Ist. ISG5, 10 MIrch. 1855
and for eraftng ana complaining OF the fiual
chart, showing the places reserved from The
common liberty OF fishing" their limits and
description, sl,5G. OF 50 much thereof IS
may be necessary.
The amendment was eoncurred in.
The Senate amendment approprIa:inS : Lal0
for stationery, furniture aud other C0HtFnren-
cles. and for books and maps OF the llb-arY of
the Interior Department, and S2Gp0j for CON-
pcnsailng temporary clerks IN the Pension
Bureau for the current fiscal year was nOn-
concurred in.
The following Senate amendment was non-
eoncurred ln,-"For the purchase and removal
OF materials, and Tor erecting four green houses
IN the botanic garden, TO be expended under
me direction OF the Joint Committee on the Ii
brary, Sa.5GO''
The Senate amendment 10 strike ont The fol-
lowing appropriation was concurred ln:-aTn
enable the Commissioner OF the General Land
Ohlce 10 continue The Investigations which he
sources of The United States and :he minerals,
their extent and locality i'm the public domain
who shall report hIs dongs as by In Nv required
in relation TO other business OF the General
Land Office, $500
The Senate amendment TO strike out the ap-
propriatIon of Ss23, ,234 for engraving and PRINT
ing the national currency notes and 10 su5sti-
tute therefor an appropriation OF S35,u,O for the
same, was concurred IN.
An animated discussion sprang up upon the
Senate amendment to strike ont from the abe We
appropriation the following prOyiso:
"PTOride9, That hereafter no portrait or like
ness Of any living person shall be engraved or
placed upon any Of the bonds. securities. notes.
or postal currency OF the United States"
The Senate amendment striking out the pro-
ylso was non -concurrad in.
Senate amendment striking on; the follow
ing was concUrred in: "For lighting the Capt.
tol and Presidents house, and public grounds
around them, around the Executive Office. and
Pennsylvania ayenue, Bridge and High streets,
Georgetown, AZ. 7th and 18th streets, across
the mall, and Maryland avenue west ana 9Th
street south, per act of March Sd, 1863, SI3oUO''
The following Senate amendment was non
concurred in: "To supply deficiency in the
appropriation for the Naval Academy for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1886, Sl7S,U14"
After action taken on some further Senate
amendments Of less interest, q Committee OF
Conference on the bill was appointed.