The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.
xxxIxrn ooNeRRss-FIasr SESSION
TUESDAY, JusE s, 1855.
SENATE


lie lands Of the United States known saline
lands or lands containing mineral springs, and to
provide for the preservation and development Of the
same. -. H# - N ...
II provides that such lease thal not be for
longer period than twenty five years. subject to adj
justmsnt every Ave years by dsinterested referees
at a rate Of rental less than the revenue as.
sessed from time TO time on manufactured salt or
In income tax upon mineral springs BY act Of Con.
gress ,.
II further provides that tho Secretary shall pre-
scribe all necessary regulations for leasing pre-
serving, and developing said saline lands and min
eral springs sueh regulations to be subject to re
vision by Congress.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Public
Lands ........
Mr.. Edmunds from the Committee on Com
merce, reported, with amendments, the bill further
to provide for the safety Of the lives Of passengers
on board vessels propelled In whole or In part by
steam to regulate the salaries Of steamboat inspect
orr and for other purposes.
1t amends the section which revokos the license
Of the pilot who may refuse to admit into the pilot
house learner Of pilotage, by providing, instead
Of such revocation, hno Of three hundred dollars.
It provides afterwards 10 certain cnses, for
cation Of license. The alleged metals required
10 be placed 10 upon the lues Of boilers shall
DO fusible at temperature not exceeding four hun
dred and forty degrees Of Fahrenheits thtrmoms'
ter" .. a.
The sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth sections
IRE stricken out. These sections relate TO the
transportation Of nitroglycerine, which has been
the subsct Of special legislation. ....
The fourteenth section, relative to life-boat dis
engaging apparatus on sea-going and lake steamers,
requires such apparatus TO be so arranged rs ITO
allow such boats to be safely launched with thoir
compliments Of passengers while such vessels are
under slieed or otherwise and so as to allow such
disensaging apparatus to be operated by one per-
sOn disru aging both ends Of tn boat simutane-
OuEy Gcnm the tackles by which II may be lowered
IN thu NsAlnri
The provision respecting lights on river steamers
is stricken Tut f..t
An additional section provides that supervising
and local inspectors Of steamboats, shall execute
such bonds as the Secretary Of the Treasury may
prescribe conditioned for the faithful performance
Of the duties Of their respective Offices and the pay
ment in the manner provided BY law Of all moneys
received by them
The joint resolution nmondatory of the resolution
Of 1864, regulating the investment OF the naval
pension fund, was taken up, read, and laid on the
table.
The bill to reoreanize the clerical force Of the
Department Of the Interior and for other purposes
was taken up.
An amendment making the salaries Of the Com.
missoners Of the Land Office and Of Indian Affairs
and the Commissioner of Pensions 81, 900 per an
nun, was agreed to.
An amendment making the salary Of the chief
clerk of the Department OF the Interior 800 and
Of the chief clerks of tho bureaus $4,000, was
agreed to. .....-
In reply TO some remarks NJ Mr. Sherman, Mr..
| Lane of INDIAN snin that the efficiency OF the
Department would he increased by the passage of
this bill, reducing the number of clerks, and In.
creasing the salaries Of those retained who were
| competent and efficient. lie thought the Govern.
ment would Thousands Of dollars and be served
much better II special committee was appointed
to reorganiEe the clerical force OF all the Depart
ments throwing out the inefficient and ignorant and
raising the salaries Of the able and capable clerks
| retained. u.s.
Nr, Nyo read from the National Intsligener Of
| May 80 the proceedings Of the johnson Depart
mental Club and said that before voting to increase
these salaries he should like to know whether these
men who were arraigning Congress as usurper were
| to have their salaries increased. ... ..
| RECONSTRUCTION.
Pending discussion on the bill, tho morning hour
expired and the joint resolution from the commit
| toe on reconstruction was taken ups on which Mr.
| Poland. Of Vermont, was entitled TO the hoor.
| Mr.. Poland said that this question had been so
thoroughly discussed during this session Of Congress
that be did not assume to present any new ideas
| He argued that the existence of the States could
| not be destroyed by war, and claimed that the
Government had always acted upon that theory.
| Il would not, however, be prudent to admit the
| rebel States without a guarantee for the future,
| and he was in favor OF saying TO them kindly but
hrmly, that they could not DO admitted until they
| adopted those constitutional amendments. He did
/ not think the amendment gave to the blacks what
was their due; but as II was commended that by II
the States would be induced 10 yield them justice,
he was willing to vote for It,
After such a war as had occurred, the present
tranquility Of the country was unparalleled. The
obedience to the laws such as they had not ex-
peeted, and with slavery gone there was nothing
now to prevent career Of prosperity unexampled
In the history Of the country
Mr.. Stewart briefly explained tho reasons why
he should vote for the report Of the committee a.
now smended. 1t was not exactly The Plan he bad
desired, but seemed to approximate as nearly 10
his plan as was possible to be agreed upon.
Mr. Howe said he should vote for the amend
meut now pending Mr. Doolitte'sl regretfully but
not reluctantly. ..E g..n .
Without concluding, Mr.. Howe gave way, and,
on motion Of Mr.. Howard, the Senate then went
into executive session, and at its conclusion ad'
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The bill to enatlo the New York and Montana
Iron Mining and Manufacturing company TO pur
chase q certain amount Of the Tnblic lands now In
market was discussed briefly by Nj. Holmes, O
New York, and Mr. Stevens, Of Ponnsylvania, boti
fayornbly, and was passed. n .'- .
bill to provide for the survey and sale Of United
States lands containing gold silver and other val
liable mineras, and for the nssaying and coining o.
such minerals, was reported by Mr.. Julian, OF In
diana, from the COMMITTEES on Public Lands, ant
was read twice and recommitted. ..
bill to aid In establishing line Of traction en-
gipes and wagons from the Missouri river to tn
/
. OF obioj read twice and referred to the COMMITTEE
on Public Lands. .-f
} A resolution was offered by Mr.. Mouton, o
Illinois, and adopted, requesting the Secretary
r War to lend to the lady managers of the fair 70
the orphans Of soldiers and sailors, such American
flags in his possession may be desired deeorat
the building In which the fair Is bong held.
The Senate amendment 10 the joint resolution 70
the relief of Goodrich 4 Cornish for carrying tn
United States mail from Boise city to Idaho city
' was, on motion Of Mr.. FarquhRr, OF Indiana, non
coneuIred in, and committee Of conference wa
Z asked.
= The Speaker presented letter from tho Score
tary of the Treasury in reply to resolution Of th
Houfe of May 2s, In reference to the amount {
gold sold on account Of the Government since tn
!, LIST Of May, 1866. Laid on the table,
Mr. Garfield Of Ohio, reported, from the selee
= committee on education, bill to establish ma
5 tional bureau Of education. 70
y Mr.. Donnelly, Of Minnesota, addressed the Hous
, In favor Of the measure, and Mr. Rogers, Of Me-
Jersey, in opposition. ...... -....
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