Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-30

Mr. johnson offered an amendment as follows. tt
be inserted after the word therefor mot exceeding
the rates allowed by its charter in all cases where
State laws have prescribed the rates"
The yeas and nays being ordered on the amend
ment, it was disagreed to by a vote of 10 to II.
The bill rs amended is now as follows:
Whereas. tho Constitution of the United States
eonfers upon Congress in express terms the power
TO regulate commerce among the several States. to
establish post roads end support armies therefore
Be IL enacted De- That any railroad company OF
the United States WhGsB road is operated by steam
its successors and assigns be and it hereby author
lied carry upon and over its roads, boats bridges
and ferries all passengers trOops Goyarn1nent s1lD-
plies mails, freight and property on their way from
any State to another State and to receive compensa
States. as to form continuous lines from the trans
portatiOD of the to the place of destination.
Proyldedthat TINS act shall not affect any stipulation
between the Government of thcTnited States and
any railroad company for transportation or fares
without compensation nor impair or change the con-
ditiOns imposed by the terms of any act granting
lands to any such company to aid in the construction
of its road shall it be construed TO authorize any
railroad company to build any new road or connpc-
tiOn with any other road without authority from the
State in which said railroad or connection may be
proposed.
yeas %, nays 10, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Anthony, Chandler. Clark. Conness,
Crsgin. Edmonds: Grimes Howard, Howe, Kirk
wood. Lane of Indiana, Morgan, Nye. Poland, POM
erov. Ramsey. Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Wade.
Williams and WilsOn-22.
Navs-Messrs. Buckalew, Cowan. CresweIl, Davis,
Doolittle Fessendon. Foster, Guthrie, Harris on
derson, Hendricks, johnson. Morrill,, Norton Rid
die; Salisbury, Trumbul, Van WinkIe and Wiley
-19.
On motion of Mr. Morrill, the Senate then went
into Executive session, and at its conclusion ad-
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Mr.. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropria-
tions reported back the Military Academy apprO
priatioq hill with Senate amendments, and recon-
mended concurrence with some and non-cOncurrence
in other amendments. The House united on its non
concurrence with Senate amendments, and asked a
Committee of Conference.
Mr.. Stevens, from the same committee. reported
back the Fertilization appropriation bill with Senate
amendment for building fort on the Kennebec
river, Maine. and recommended Inconvenience in
the same; which was agreed to.
FREEDMEN AND REFUGEES.
The House then resumed the special order of this
days morning hour the bill to continue in force and
to amend act to establish bureau for the relief Of
Freedmen and Refugees.
Mr.. Eliot. OF Mass, demanded the previous ques-
ton on the bill and amend ments which was seconded
and the main question ordered, Pending vote
the table; which was not agreed to- Yeas S. nays G3
The bill was then passed. Yeas 96, nays 32-party
vote,
force Tor three years from The passage of this act ex
tends its operations TO all loyal refugees and freed
men, so as To enable them to become selfsupporting;
TWO assistant commissioners are provided for
Is to be deemed destitute, suffering dependent
on the Government, who Is able to find employment
The President is required to reserve from sale GER
tain of the public lands in the South for the use of
the freedmen. Whenever the former owners of lands
occupied under General Nherman's field order shall
apply for restoration of said lands the Commissioner
shall refuse to surrender the same provided that due
application be made in the proper courts.
RECONSTRUCTION.
The House then took up as n special order for this
day lafrer the morning hour House bill to provide
for restoring to the States lately in rebellion their
full polItica rights reported April 30 from the Joint
Committee on Reconstruction.
Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio, addressed tho House in sup
port Of the bill. He claimed that the loyal people of
the Southern States only had the right to erect State
governments, subject to such rules and restrictions
as the Congress Of the United States may impose
He charged that the President had set up in an un-
lawful manner the present State governments of the
South put them in the hands of traitors and they in
turn had sent the most unblushing rebels TO this
universal suffrage in all of the States. North and
South and would not say hut that Congress had the
right TO extend this suffrage.
Mr.. Latham, of West Virginia, read a speech for
an hour on the question of reconstruction, and de-
clared that the committee that subject had failed
that II the report made by them was adopted it
would be more productive of evil than good,
The bill was then laid over till tomorrow.
BANKS.
Mr.. Deirees of Indiana, from the Committee on
Banks and Currency, reported that the National
B9nking Act did not need an amendment so as to
allow national banks sufficient time in which to
surrender their charter and wind up their business
Mr.: Stevens called up the Senate Sewerage Canal
Co. bill.
Mr.. Francis Thomas. of Nd asked that it might
be postponed till Friday, in order that he might look
INTO the laws incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio
The bill was accordingly postponed until Friday
next.
At4P. NJ. the House adjourned.