Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-06-27
CONahEssIoNAL.

SseeSn oi Iestefeev's Ffoceedan&o.
SKNAIE.-Yeseof1sy after our report closed.
The genea1 epprepriation bill having hem
considetoe In Committee Of the Whole wsy re-
portea % IL oesofe, when a separate vote vas
se os 1t. the sy
Commissioner Of Customs to 81, 500, and Of the
Auditors ae4 Reets1er Of the Treasury to eA000..
Before oe vote was taken, Mr.. Stewart
sioner Of the Land Once to $1,000.
MI. Ramsey moved that the Assistant Post.
master Generals shall have their salaries In
After de bate, the amendment toyiucrease the
salary Of the Commissions Of the Land once
to $3.50 per annum, was then agreed to.
posed increase the Register, the Solicitor and
the Supervising Architect of the Treasury;
which was not agreed to. fat o. at' -
MT Harlan moved to increase the salary
o. Cine, the commissioner Of Pensions to $3.50.
Mr.. Yates moved to increase the salary Of
the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs to sl,5O0
which was lest by a tie vote-yeas 90. nays 90
The question was then taken on the whole
nays 49, a--a- .u# 'Fi,i-' 7-1T'I = 3 80
Commissioner Of Pensions, the Com missioner
OF Customs, and the Com ptrollers of the Treas.
ury, $3.50 each; the Auditors the Register,
and tia Supervising Architect OF the Tresury,
ne Commissioner of the Land Once, Si,0OO
each. - ",- UFs-T -G'757 . -. - -
Mr.. Cattell moved an amendment increasing
he salaries OF the clerks in the Philadelphia
Mint; which was agreed to. s-iI -' 3" > l-
MT Ross offered an amen dment increasing
he salary Of the foreman OF binding in the
Government Printing Once to q, $40 per an
mum. Adopted. PIT : ~
No further amendments being offered, the bill
was read third time and then passed
Inc Senate then, at p. m, went into execu-
I'VE session, and after some time spent therein
adjourned. = =
HoUsR.-Yesterday, after our report closed
P'nding further consideration of the tax bill,
MI. X. X. Butler, Representative elect from the
FIRST District OF Tennessee, was sworn in, the
political Disability in hts case. wing
several eve amendments to the banking section
OF the tax bill were then disposed Of, when
the question required upon Mr. Pomeroy's
moton TO strike out the whole section, and it
was agreed to-yeas &c, nays So
Inc section following. which related to the
same snbJect, was also stricken out. 3--1
The committee then rose, and the amend
ments were reported to the House. 4 RI t
MI Schenck demanded the reyious uestion
upon the bill and pending amendments, which
The amendments made in Committee of the
Whole Were severalIy agreed to until the
amendment was reached striking ont the sec.
ton taxing banks and bankers, when Mr. But
agreeing 10 That amendment
Inc yeas and nays were ordered, and pend.
ing the roll-call, 90
MT Butler asked that the rule be read which
lions in which they had been interested. He
wanted to see whether these bank owners, bank
directors, and others interested could vote
taxes of Of themselves. .r'-f 30. -
The roll was called, and the amendment strik-
ing out the section was reJected-yeas 81, nays
The section therefore remains in the bill as
Committee l.v. :. - -
The bill was then passed, as amended, W. tn.
OUT division. and the House then adjourned.