The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-23

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The tax bill was taken mp at. one
o'clock haa ,zl.-llI srsH t.ss7 f.-5 i. I
/ .19- WASHINGTON, June 22k
HousE-On motion of Mr.. -Defrees'
| the Committee on, Roads and lCanats'
was discharged from the further consid'
Grafton of the bill to provide for the i'm
provement of the wagon road from Ne
braska to,Yirginia City, and the bull was
laid on the table.
Mr. Schenck, from the CommittSs on
MILITARY Affaas, reported q substitute
for the Senate bill, making further pro
visions for the establishment ofan Arm.
ory and Arsenal of Constitution, Deposit
and Repairin Rock Island, Illinois, and
made a statement explanatory of the
objects of the bill.s~0 ~. ~; 49,
After discussion the bill which pro-
yides for bridging the Mississippi, was
amended SO as to proyids against OBJ
structing the river, and then passed. 'ar
The House then proceeded to the con.
sideration of the reports upon private
bills ...... -. a.s Jof -r
MI Perham reported adversely upon
the House bill granting pensions to sol.
diers of the war of 1912. A discussion
ensued, occupying the morning hour,
and the bill went over until next Friday,
leaving a motion to recommit, with in
struction to report bill made by Mr.
Miller, pending. During the discussion,
Mr.. Perham stated that such a bill would
involve al annual expense to the govern.
ment of Sl0,000,OO0.
The Speaker presented a message from
the President in reference to the joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution stating thatit had been
communicated by the Secretary of State
to the Governors of the various States
on the 10th of June, but that was
ministerial act, and not to be considered
as involving the assent of the Executive
to the proposed amendment.
Mr.. Wilson of Iowa, moved q reference
of the message to the Judiciary Commit
tee, but at the suggestion of Mr.. Banks,
and others, he amended the motion and
moved its reference to the Reconstruc.
tion Committee.
The House took up and passed num-
Der of printed bills from the Senate,
most of them for granting pensions.
On motion of Mr.. Washburne, of ILL.,,
the Senate bill to annul the act of April
goth, 1866, authorizing the sale of Ma.
rine Hospitals and several cutters, was
taken from the Speakers table and
passed. ----.-- nN,
adopted, instructing the Judiciary Com
mittee to inquire into the expedieney OF
reporting bill directing the Judges and
Attorneys of the District Courts OF the
United States in States lately in rebel
lion, to charge grand juries, and especial
ly to inquire as to the violation of the
test oath by parties appointed to and en-
tering on the duties of Office, who have
been disqualified from holding such Of
foe Oh account of participation in tie
late rebellion, contrary to the intent and
meaning of the act prescribing such
oath.
The House resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania,
in the chair, and proceeded to the con-
sideration of the special order-lndian
appropriation bill. The committee hav-
ing progressed to the end of the bill,
Mr.. Kasson, from the Committee on Ap-
preparation, reported an amendment
transferring the control of Indians from
the Interior to the War Department,
superceding the Indian Superintendent
and Agents, and requiring the duties of
those officers to be discharged by officers
of the army assigned to them.
Mr.. Window moved the point that
the amendment was not in order, being
independent of the legislature.
The Chairman sustained the point of
order, and Mr.. Kasson acquisced in the
correctness of the decision. The COM
mittee rose, and the bill was reporte dto
the House and passed.
Mr.. Woodbridge, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported back the Senate
bill to provide for the revision and con.
solidation of the statute of the United
States, which was read three timese and
passed
Mr. Rousseau, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, asked leave to report
back the bill directing the Secretary OF
the Treasury to pay Ellen Saunderson,
widow of Colonel Saunderson, Provost
Marshal General of Missouri, $4,000, as
compensation for special labor and ser
vices of her late husband, iu directing
aud exposing an organized conspiracy in
the loyal States against the government
of the United States. -I..- ..
Mr. Donally introduced joint Tssolu.
tion to enable discharged soldiers to
| change their homestead selection in Ger.
tain cases, which was read twice and re.
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands
1t provides that when soldiers have
made selection of homestead while
in the service of the United States
through an agent, and when the selec