The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-22


PennsylyaHia AySnhe, least of the Cap
|itol, for National park, M which to
erect Presidential mansion.
At the expiration ofthe ihofhing hour
ths'Tax bill was taken upsa3k ~
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IDS q 90 ,,i:, WASHINGTON, June 2l. 2
HousE.--Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts,,
from the committee on Naval Affairs,
reported back. the Senate. joint resolp-
tiofi for the restoration of Lieut.: Con- !;
n1audes Richard 8. Law, ,aOf the United
States Navy, to the active list from the
retired list which ass AZ read three times
and passed. ~ "a 7as9 ~ siTqE 7Haa'as 9TH
MT. Morrill,, frem the eeommitteal on
WAYS and Means, reported aIbili ITO res
organize the Treasury Departm6lt' and
fix the pay Of its employees. He said
that the distribution Of the $3.50 900 ap.
propriatsd last year for extra compensa-
ttion to the employees Of the Treasury
Department had given great dissatis-
faction IA similar measure had re-
Gently passed the SenateI but flOm
conversations with the members of the
House. he was quite satisfied that a bill
giving such discretion to the Secretary
of the Treasury conld not pass the
House. Still lit was apparent that the
employees of the Treasury Department.
must have their pay increased, and the
committee On Ways and Means deemed
it best to report bill fixing the matter
definitely and legally. This bill, he said,
if the same number of clerks were re:
tanned, would only increase the expendi
lures about S35, 1000.
Mr.. Stevens expressed his surprise
at this measure being reported from the
Committee on Ways and Means, as it
properly belonged to and was now before
the Committee on Appropriations The
Secretary of the Treasury had reported
that out of the S250,000 left last session
to his discretionary distribution, he had
only distributed S25,000 to Heads of
Bureaus and high salaried clerks and
had asked what was to be done with the
S225 000 The Committee on Appropria-
tions had prepared bill for its proper
distribution and reported it several
months since, and though that was wi ths
in knowledge of the Secretary, he had
gone and without any regard to it dis
tributed the S225,000 as he thought best.
He moved reference of the bill to the
Committee on Appropriations.
The motion was lost-yeas Al nays
Is. The hill was then read twice, and re-
committed to the committee on Ways
and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Thirty thousand copies of the majori-
ty and minority reports on Reconstruc-
tion were ordered to be printed.
( Mr. Baldwin said he had been charged
with eighty dollars more mileage than
he had received, and he, therefore,
asked leave to offer the following
Resolved, that the Committee on APP
propriations be directed to investi gate
and repeFt faReference to. errorsin execu-
tive document No. 1875, also to consider
the expediency of revision of existing
laws in reference to mileage more equal
aud more in accordance with the actual
cost to and from the National Capital at
the present time. '.QRl .tG
The resolution was adopted. .. /.
Mr.. Payne reported iu favor of award
ing the seat for the 2lst Congressional
District of PennsgIvania, to Mr.. Dawson,
the sitting member, and gave notice that
he would call it up next week