The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-06
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Mr. Ferry offered a
resolution requesting the President to trans
NIT copy of his late amnesty proclamation,
With statement OF authority by which he is
sued ii. After long debate it was adopted.
The President laid before the Senate COM
muncaton from the Secretary of War, trans
hitting statement of the number of troops,
regular and volunteer, employed against The
Indians Referred to the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
A communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury, transmitting report of the Special
Commissioner OF Revenue, Mr.. d. A. Wells,
and asking the attention of Congress to his
recommendations, was referred 10 the Commit
tee on Finance.
Mr.. Wil.on introduced bill to amend the
act entitled, "An act to provide national cur
rency secured by pledge of public stocks, and
to provide tor the circulation and redemption
thereof" which was referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Section one makes it unlawful for any bank
organized under the said act to pay or receive
ipt.rs st on money in any form, for, or on ac.
count OF, any deposit made by, with or on ac-
count of any other bank, col poration or indi-
vidual, provided, however, that the State, city
and town treasures may receive interest on
their deposits in any bank or banks.
Section two prohibits any bank officers from
certifying as good any check, draft or note, or
to issue certificates of deposit or other evil
dence of debt, un ess at the time of such GER
Is in the actual keeping of said bank and paya-
Bile on demand.
Section three provides that hereafter all de-
posits IN behalf of the United States in any
by used said banks for loans or discounts bnt
held subject to draft by the treasurer OF the
United States, or other disbursino officers. aud
such deposits shall not be subject to taxation,
Section four PROVIDES that the comptroller of
the currency may at any time call on any
banking association for statement of its az
fairs of any past day, to be bv him specified.
and such report shall be made within five DAYS
after the receipt of the requlslt:on therefor,
with penalty of one hundred dollars for eve.
rv days delay of such report after the SAID
five DAYS. Abstracts of such report shall be
published by the comptroller in newspaper
in the city of Washington and report OF
each separate association shall be published in
a newspaper in the place where the associa-
ton is established, or in the nearest place
thereto, such publication at the expense of the
association making said report Each associa-
ton is required to report to the comptroller Oh
the first Tuesday of each month the condition
of the association on the preceding day. said
statement to include a report of loans and dis.
counts, specie deposits and circulation.
Mr.. Pomeroy introduced q bill to authorize
the establishment of ocean mail ship service
between the United States and Mexico, which
was referred to the Postofice Committee
Mr.. Conkling introduced bill to authorize
the New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company to land one or more sub
marine cAbles upon the shores of the United
States, and to maintain and work such cables
for the transmission of messages and intelIi-
gence between the Uoited States and Europe
or any intermediate places, during the exist
ence of the companys charter. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
Mr., Stewart introduced bill to enable the
people of Georgia to form State government,
republican in torn, which was referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
1t provides for the repeating Of so much Of
the act of June %, 1868, as relates to Georgia