The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-07

tion Of lagal, tender notes when pre-
Sented in sums of less than S10O, q
81. 40 per dollar of gold during til
first month; 81 393 during the secon,
month; 81 80 during the third month
and SO on until gold and notes be
came Of equal value. which would b,
IN six years and eight months. 1 -
by Wash burHe, Of Indiana. Il
amend the law so as to retain certain
paymasters new ia the volunteer ser
vice 1.-the regular army, and to es
tabllsh rank among paymasteFs.
BY Kelley, to amend the soldiers
bounty law so that the heirs of a sol
dier who dies, after the passage of toe
law, hail receivethe bounty he would
be entitled to if living. - 5-u
By Farnsworth, providing that
advertisement OF proposals for carry
Ing mails and other advertisements
from the Executive Departments,
which do not require anything, to
pointsin the District of Coium bia.
shall not be published in the Wash
-ington papers, except as to carrying
mails in Maryland. ag 2
By Ingersoll, to repeal certain
portions of an act of the Legislative
Assembly of .Coloradog authorizing a
lottery, and prevent .swindling in the
Territories.
By Raum, to amend the act divid-
ing the State of Illinois into two Ju-
d cial Districts; also, to create a local
Board of Inspection of Hull's boilers,
and machinery. of steamers at Cairo;
and to authorize the appointment of
local Inspectors to fix their compen-
sation. -
By Loan, to provide for holding
a term of the United States District
Court at st. Joseph, No.; also, to
constitute St. j Joseph, Missouri, post
of delivery. W
By Washburne, of Wisconsin
Granting lands to Wisconsin for
wagon roads. BIZ
By Donnelly, to amend the Union
Pacific Railroad Acf, so as to extend
the Sioux City Branch to the head of
Lake Superior; making a grant of
land to the Dakotah Territory Rail
road from Sioux City, via Yer
million and Yurrickton, to Helena,
Montana Territory.
By Window. to amend the Home
stead Act, so as to authorize appli-
cants to make the afidavits required
by the original statute. before the
Clerk of the County Court In the
county where the applicant resides;
also for the relief ofactual settlers on
the Sioux Reservation in Minnesota
extending for two years the time of
making proof and payment for their
lands.
By Cleaver, of New Mexico, to pro-
vide for geological survey of New
Mexico also to provide for the COM
pletion of the capital of New Mexico.
the building of penitentiary, and the
establishment OF public schools in
each county.
By Van Horn, of Mo-, to provide
tribes, and to organize a system of
government for the Indian Terrific
ries
By Chillcott, of Colorado, ,an amend
atory act, providing a temporary Gov
ernment for Colorado.
All were appropriately referred.
Loan offered resolutions instruct
ing the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions to inquire into the propriety of
allowing pensions to widows aud
minor children, of soldiers killed by
Bill Anderson and his guerrillas at
Jentralia, Mo-, Sept. 1864. Adopted. |
Upson offered the following:
ReSotUed, That the Committee on
Reconstruction inquire into the expe-
lieney of authorizing by law the |
several Constitutional Conventions |
elected under the Reconstruction /
Acts in the States lately In rebellion
10 appoint all civil officers, State,
County, City, or otherwise, in those
States respectively, to act temporarily |
lntll a Constitution may be adopted |
herein, and officers chosen and quail |
led Hereunder, and for that purpose
o relieve any or all such civil officers
Who may be now acting in each of |
'aid States, as the Constitutional Con-
Tention thereof may deem proper
Boutwell, asked Upson to accept as
IN amendment the following resolu-
ion to be added to his own:
ReSslued, That the Committee on
reconstruction be directed to con
'ider the expediency of authorizing
he General Of the army to detail an
officer for service in the several mill
AIRY districts established by law ia
he States recently in rebellion; also
20 consider the expediency of consti-
.uting said States a single military
district under command Of the Gen
.ral of the army; also the expediency
IF providing additional securities for
he exercise of the elective franchise
n said States, and also to consider the
Of declaring, by act of
Congress, that the governments here
.ofore set up in States by order Of the
President are not republican forms of
government.
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