Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-14
HOUSE.


House bin TO incorporate the National Soldiers
and Sailors Orphan Home. was read three times and
'4I1W Mr.. WOODBRIDGE introduced bill for the re-.
lief Of the ST. Adams Bank Of st. AIbans, w..
which was read twice and referred to the committee
on Banking and Currency. 1t authorizes the Com
missioner OF internal Revenue 10 s. spend the col
lection Of duties taxes accrued or accruing from
ON mottobof Mr.. STEVENS, TIE House resolved
itself into committee of the Whole MIR. RAYMOND
in the chair, and proceeded 10 the consideration Of
the bill making appropriations Tor suBdry civil OK
Lenses Of the Goyernmert for 1867. Considerable
discussion spfanR on a motion tO strike out the
appropriation of $50 600 for publishing the Medical
and Surgical History of the Rebellion, and insert
80 900 for printing the same, and have the book
then rejected. = %
The proposition was rejected, there being only ten
ayes. The bill was amended by inserting other ap-
propTlations Tor CUSTOM Light, and other Govern
Mr.. WILSON. Of Iowa. moved to sttike out the
paragraph appropriating 100000 for a fre-proof
building for tho currency printing bureau. He
said that any member who read tho report Of the
special committee which investiga ed the affairs of
that department two years ago. must be satisfied,
until there was some change made in its support.
that expenditure should be made thHt would rem
der i a permanent department Of the Government.
After some de5Sts ths PsTagraph was on motion of
appropriate S2OOOOO for the erection Of fire-proof
bricS building to afford additional room for the cur
reney department. MF, Wilson's amendment was
The COMMITTEES rose temporarily, and
Mr.. MORRILL,, from the committee on Ways and
Means, reported bill 70 protect the revenue and for
other purposes, which was read twice aud ordered
printed, and made the special order for tomorrow
The bill is partial revision of the tariff and i'm
poses thefolowng duties; On cigsrs. eigatettes and
cheeroots 81 so per pound and so per ceat ad vao-
REM on cotton cect9 per pound; on all compounds
or preparations of which distilled spirits is the COM
penent part or chief value, duty not less than i'm
posed upon distilled spirits. 1t contains the Sec
tion Of the Tariff bill passed the other day allow
ing goods IN bond TO be carried through the Brit
ish Provinces from New York, Boston and Portland
without the payment Of duty also, the section au-
thOrizing the refunding OF duties paid in excess;
also the section providing that the duliabe
OF goods is to be ascerained by adding t0 the value
III oa'h in the principal markets of the cauntry
from which imported. the cost Of transportation.
shipment, &c; also, the section admitting free of
duty machinery for the manufacture Of sugar from
ees, and also, the section providing for Bureau
Os Statistics.
Tho Hou'e sgain went into committee of the
Whole, and resumed the consideration Of the Mis-
On motion Of Mr.. WASHBURNE, Of Illinois, an
amendment was adopted repeating the 24lh section
OF the act Of July gath, 1864, allowing the pay
ment Of bounties to the loyal masters Of enlisted
slaves. The committee rose and reported the bill
and amendments to tho House.
The yeas and nays were called on Mr.. Wash
burneE amendment, to repeal the oath section of the
act OF July 1854, allowing the payment Of bounties
to loyal masters Of ENLISTED slaves. The nmendn
amendments were agreed to-. The bill was then
read q third time and passed. .r -- ..
The House then resumed the contested election
case Of Fuller and Dawson from the 2lst Congress
sional District of Pennsylvania.
MIR. PAINE, Chairman of the committee on Elec7
tions closed the deba'e in speech supporting the
right OF Mr.. Dawson, the sitting member to his seat
The resolution retaining Mr.. Dawson in his seat
was adopted without division. r.H
Mr.. ELLIOTT, from the Conference committee on
the bill further to prevent smuggling made report
which was agreed t0. ~" Fl -
The House adjourned, and then an announcement
was made that there would be a caucus of the Union
Senators aud Repre-, entAtivts, in the Hall to-moI-
row Saturday evening at 1880 o'clock. . ~