The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-10
HOUSE.

A large number of bills anu joint
resolutions were introduced and refer
red, including the following:
By Mr.. Van Wycke, authorizing the
Comptroller of Currency, with the APP
probation of the Secretary OF the Irea-
sury, to revoke the order appointing o
viewer to take charge of any bank, and
restore such bank to theowners thereof.
By Mr.. Williams, of Indiana, to ex-
empt from taxation manufactured
goods, where the product shall not ex-
coed $50, 900 per annum, except certain
articles.
By Mr.. Cook, that persons OF foreign
birth, who have been naturalized under
the Constitution and laws, are thereby
absolved from all foreign allegiance,
and that the Government OF the United
States shall afford them the same pro-
lection accorded to natives.
BY Mr.. Brewnell, of Illinois, authoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to use
"a, OOO, 900 in greenbacks monthly in re-
deeming bonds and destroying them.
By Mr.. Lynch to provide for the re.
sumption of specie payments. The bill
provides that from the first of March,
1868, United States notes when received
at the Treasury, shall be destroyed aud
new notes issued payable in coin in one
year from date at tho Treasury; that
such notes shall before maturity be le-
gal tender for all purposes, including re-
demption of the National Bank notes,
except for payment of import duty and
coin interest on government bonds; alter
maturity shall be legal tender for all
purposes except by the government and
that the Secretary may after specie pay
ment has commenced issue notes pay
able in coin in less than one year, but
not less than three months and may
also purchase coin TO enable him to re-
deem bonds not exceeding fifty millions.
BY Mr. Lynch to provide against I'M
due expansion and contraction OF cur
rency. The bill authorizes the Secretary
of the Treasury to issue three hundred
millions of coupon bonds, payable in
lawful money at demand of 5 per cent.
interest in coin. The bonds TO be is
sued to any person paying par value
thereof in lawful money.
By Mr.. Wilson to authorize State au-
thorities to tax non-interest bearing
U. S. Notes.
BY Mr.. Payne to annul Bankruptcy
law.
BY Mr.. Ferry, a Joint Resolution of
Michigan Legislature in reference to
improving the harbor ut the mouth of
the Sheboygan river.
BY Mr.. briggs defining acts granting
lands to Michigan for Ship canal.
BY Mr.. Window, to amend the recon-
struction act of March ed, 1867, by pro-
viding that the Constitutions of the
late rebellious States may be ratified by
u majority of ii votes cast at such an
election. Referred to the Judiciary
committee.
By Mr.. Van Trump, to amend the Ma
tional Currency Act by rendering abso-
lutely void all contracts for charging a
greater rate of interest than provided
for in the 30th section of that act.
Mr.. Poland offered resolution for
the appointment of committee of five
members to which shall be referred the
report of the commissioners to revise.
simplify, arrange and consolidate the
statistics of the United States. The
resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Boutwell, offered q resolution di-
recting the Judiciary committee to con-
slider the expediency Of so amending
the law so as to require the members of
the Constitutional Conventions in un-
reconstructed States to take the test
oath.
A resolution on the distribution of
the Presidents message came mp, and
an animated discussion took place.
On a proposition by Mr.. Butler to re-
fer to the Committee on Appropriations,
that part of the message referring to an
appropriation for the Purchase of
Alaska, Messrs. Butler, Washburne Of
Illinois, Washburne of Wisconsin, and
Sehenck, taking ground that the treaty
was not operative till the House agreed
to make the appropriation, while
Messrs. Banks, Stevens of Pennsylya-
mia, aud Robinson, urged that the mat
ter came properly before the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs. Finally But
ler's proposition was rejected and the
matter remains committed to the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
The House refused to suspend tbs rules
to allow Mr.. Hooper to offer resolu-
ton to restrict the revenue and ex-
penditures to $500, 1000, 900, and at $40
the House adjourned.