The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-23
HOUSE.

The following bills and resolutions
were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Lynch: Providing for the re-
sumption gradually of specie payment;
also providing against the undue eX-
pansion and contraction of currency.
By Mr.. Bland: Providing for uni
form system of naturalization.
By Mr.. Kelsey: Pr ohibiting secret
sales of gold or bonds by the Govern
meat.
By Mr.. Wood: To repeal the national
bank certifcation act; also altering the
computation of foreign money for Gov
eminent purposes.
By Mr.. Morrill,, of Pennsylvania: To
authorize the construction of railroad
from Washington to Cleveland or Erie.
By Mr.. O'Neill: Relative to the use OF
boilers on steam vessels other than those
made of charcoal plates and wrought
iron.
By Mr.. Lawrence To incorporate the
Washington and Cincinnati National
Railroad Company.
By Mr.. Winans: For the election of
n delegate to Congress from the District
Of Columbia.
By Mr. Logan: For the appointment
of q Supervising Surgeon of the Marine
Hospital. Also, to aid in the COnstruc-
ton of an international Pacific railroad
from Cairo to the Rio Grande.
By Mr.. Cook: To authorize the con-
struCtiOn of a railroad from Davenport,
Iowa, to Topeka, Kansas.
BY Mr.. Aspen: To divide the State of
Texas; to organize the portion living
south and west of the Colorado river as
the State of Lincoln, and to provide for
the continuance of the provisional gov
eminent in Texas.
By Mr.. Boles: In reference to charges of
desertion in cases of solGers hOnOrably
discharged; also making grant of
lands to railroad from the Junction of
the Mississippi aud Missouri rivers to
the Rio Grande; also granting further
time TO the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad for the completion Of the first
section of its road.
By Mr.. Conger: To repeal the law for
the sale of Fort GratiOt military reser-
walton in Michigan; also a joint resO-
luton of the Michigan Legislature in
reference To railroad grants.
By Mr.. Ferry \ similar joint resolu-
ton.
"By Mr.. Stoughton: For holding the
terms of United States Courts ut Kala-
mazOo, Michigan.
By Mr.. johnson: To provide better
security for the lives of passengers on
steamboats,.
BY Mr.. Cobb: For the relief of eel
tain honorably discharged soldiers
By Mr. Kerr: To provide a uniform
rate of naturalization.
By Mr.. Willard : In relation to the ex-
animation of impure and adulterated
wines and liquors.
By Mr.. Wilson: Granting right of
way to the Memphis, FL Paso & Pacific
Railroad Company from FL PaSo to the
Pacific Ocean. He moved the previous
question on is passage. The previous
question was seconded aud the bill
passed,
Mr. Paine moved to suspend the rules
for the introduction and adoption of a
resolution, providing that in all con-
tested election cases referred to the
committee on Elections, in which it
shall be alleged by any party to the case
or member of the House that either
claimant is unable to take the test oath,
il shall be the duty of the committee to
ascertain whether such disability exists
and if found to exist the committee
shall so report to the House, and shall
not further consider the claim OF the
person so disqualified without further
order of the House, aud no cOmpenSa-
tion shall be allowed To any claimant
who shall be ineligible to the Office of
Representative at the time of the cleo
zion, and whose disability shall not be
rewarded by act of Congress.
The rules were suspended and the reso-
luton offered and adopted.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
By Mr.. Wilson, of Ohio: To cede to
Ohio the unsold lands in the Virginia
Military District in Ohio.
BY MIR. Paine: To suspend the rules
Tor the introduction and passage of a |
bill providing that at the election for
members or delegates to Congress all !
votes cast for any person Ineligible TO
Nffice under the l4th Article of amend.
It's to the Constitution shall he null
ID, and that the person bayinG
h number of votes cast fn1
iVo Vie TO 9t9ee shall be the
darges, D APPROVAL lie g, SAID AID
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on OH baS Wednes- /.