The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-17
CONGREs I0NAL PROCEEDINGS
WASHINGTON, Jannary l6.

rules were mOdlhed so as 10 allow tHe
Commissioner aud Assistant Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue the
| privilege of the floor during the con-
sideration of measures affecting the
Revenue.
A communication was laid before
the Senate from Stanton, Secretary Of
War, in compliance with the .res0lu-
tion of April OH, 1867, transmitting a
list of the volunteer officers in mill
tary service. with their rank and pres
ent duty. Referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs.
a bill for the exemption Of cotton
from tax came up, and the House
having non -concurred In the Senate
amendments, sherman from the Com
mittee on Finance, moved the Senate
recede, and substitute the following
amendment:
PrpUiacd, That raw cotton, i'm
ported from foreign countries, and on
hand after July 1st, 1868, shall be ex-
empt from duty. ss.t
The motion was laid aside, by con-
sent, for. a tinae. ,-.~
Chandler presented petition from
cities of Texas. praying the Senate
not to ratify the appointments of nom
residents in that State. Laid on the
table.
Trumbuil presented a memorial
from Thomas A. Williams, Stephen
r. Drake and John ID. Williams. who
claim to be familiar with the Indian
affairs, setting forth the various rea-
sons why the present mode of deal
ing with Indians is Objectionable, and
praying Congress to incorporate them
into the United States, so as to be sub
ject to the laws, and bring them more
in contact with the white population !;
claiming that thus they could be man
aged more economically, and wars
with them avoided Referred to Com
mittee on Indian Affairs.
Williams, from the Committee on
Finance, reported a bill relating to
United States notes, re enacting the
legal tender act, and providing for
contracts payable In gold. BY in
struction of the committee, he moved
TO lay il on the table, as not prop
er, in their opinion, at this time.
Agreed. 81
Sherman introduced bill reorgan-
izing the Treasury Department, and
involving an increase Of salaries. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion Of Chandler, the Senate
resumed the consideration OF his mo-
ton to refer to the Committee. on
Commerce, the resolution in regard to
/ the appointment of retired naval Of
ficers, as consuls and vice-consuls
which was debated till the expiration
| of the morning hour.
The special order of the House Bit
making appropriations to supply the
deficiencies in appropriations for the
execution of the reconstruction Law
and for service Of the quartermaster'
department, for the year ending june
30, 1868, was taken up by the Finance
/ Committee. 1t was moved to amend
| the bill by inserting the following
House of Representatives deficiencies
for increased compensation to con.
gressional printer, $134, ,444; station
cry, $15, 900; furniture repairs. ete
$50, 900; newspapers, 1880; Senate
deficiencies of clerks, pages, etc.
$33, ,SS4; additional messengers, labor
ers, etc, $15, 600; labor and material
for folding room, S., 900. The amend.
ment was agreed to. The Finance
Committee further amended the bill
by inserting, under the head of judi
cialy salaries, the Marshall of the
Supreme Court, 10 June 30, 1868
$3.50, ,577. Agreed to.
In the department of education, the
salary of the commissioners to March
3, 1867, for 1892, was agreed to.
The Committee also amended by 10
sertipg the following as an additional
section:
! SECTION 2. Be it enacted, That so
much of the first section Of the act o
March 3, 1909, ent tied, An act fur
ther to amend several acts IN tht
establishment aud regulations Of the
Treasury, War and Navy Depart
ments, as authorize the President, on
the application OF. the Secretary OF
any of these departments. to transfer
monies appropriated for any particu
lar branch of said department be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
This was agreed to.
Sherman moved to add the follow.
ing: And all acts and parts of acts
in such transfers, be aud the same
are hereby repealed" Agreed to.
Trumbull moved to insert at the
end of Section 2, and no money ap.
propriated for one purpose shall here
after be used for any other purpose
than that for which it was appropri-
ated." Agreed to.
Davis moved to strike out that por-
tion of Section one, providing for the
deficiencies in the expenses of carry
ing on the work for a more efficient
goYernmento of the rebel States, name.
~ For the First Military District