Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-06
HOUSE.

Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, presented 8
resolution Of the Ohio Legislature, rela-
tive to a survey Of the Miami and Erie
canal, for the purpose Of enlarging it to
the capacity of q ship canal, which was
referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr., Blaine, from the Conference com
miitee on the army appropriation bill
made q report, which vas agreed to.
The House then proceeded to the bust
ness of the morning hour, the same be-
ing the consideration of reports Of q pri-
vste character, including q Joint resOlu'
ton to advance Capt. Thos. N. Stevens
twenty-one numbers on tbs list Of cap
taips in the navy, for services during the
war, which was passed, as was also One
for the restoration OF Capt. James s.
Armstrong, from the retired list to the
active list of the navy.
Jones introduced q resolution to erect
a United States courtroom, postoflee,
etc in C~onvingten, KY, which was re-
ferred.
Perham, from the COMMITTEES on In
valid Pensions, reported q bill relating to
pensions. The first section construes the
existing pension laws 50 as to give the
precedence TO relatives Of deceased per-
Sons having neither widow nor child, in
the following order : First, mothers
second, fathers; third, orphans, brothers
and sisters, who shall be pensioned
jointly, if there be more than me-. The
other sections apply to matters Of detail.
After some discussion and an eXplana-
ton the bill passed.
The House then went into 3 Commit
tee Of the Whole on the tax bill. The
sixth section, which gives the appoint
ment OF all revenue officers to the COM
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large number of amendments were Of
fered, and after considerable discussion
were ali rejected or Withdrawn, and the
question was taken on Gsrfield's motion
TO strike out the section, which was
carried by 81 to As. The seventh section
was also stricken out. and the eighth
considered. 1t regulates the duties Of
internal revenue storekeepers. Several
amendments of detail were offered by
Sehenck and agreed to.
Logan moved to strike out the whole
section because it provided for bonded
warehouses, and if the whisky tax was
reduced, to be collected at the stil-the
only way in which the tax could be col
lected-then there would be 40 use Of
having bonded warehouse.
Schenck opposed and Logan supported
the proposition.
Inc house Lne0 TOOK q recess
In evening session Nj. Judd withdrew
his motion to strike out the eighth Sec
ton, with the understanding that the
section be reserved for amendment in
view of future action on the whisky tax.
No amendment will be made to the fol-
lowing sections. The fourteenth section
was, on motion of Mr.. Schenck, struck
out. Several amendments of details
ere made to the sixteenth section.
Several amendments were offered to
the sixteenth section, reducing the sAla-
ries of assessors, but were rejected.
Sections seventeen TO twenty-one, in
elusive, were passed over without
amendment.
Jenckes moved a verbal amendment
to the twenty-second section, when the
Committee rose, and the Speaker pre-
scented a message from the President in
regard to the trial of American citizens
in Great Britain, and the House adj
journed.