The Portland daily press., 1869-03-16


! Roads and Canals-Ingersoll, Ames, Cobb
Smith of Ohio, Prosser, McGrew, Wells, Win-
| chester
| Mines and Mining Ferry, Sargent, Hawkins
Strickland, Pomsroy, Duval, Roofs Dickin-
| son, Biggs.
| ard, Stoughton, Witcher, Asper, Morgan,
Mfitia-shanks of Indiana, Clarke, Smythe,
Boles, Donley, Moore of Ohio.
son, Latin, Cullom, Wilkinson, Holderman,
Pacific Railroad-Wh heller, Logan, Morrill, of
Pennsylvania, Van Horn of Missouri. Hon
kins, Burlington, Lynch, Palmer, Roots, Van
Trumps, Voorhees,, Axtell, Wilson of MINNIE
sofa.
Clains-Washburne of Mass, Hotchkiss,
Stiles
Commercs-Dixon, Oreutt, Ingersoll, Sawyer,
Pprinkleburg, Bean, Bennett, Congsr, Holman,
Public Lands-Julian, Ketcham, Townsend,
Fitch, Hawley, Winaws, Smith of Iowa, Will
son OF Minnesota, Mccormick.
Post Ofice-Farnsworth Ferry, Hill, Twitch-
ell, Boyd, Tyner, Fitch, Smith, Adams.
District Of Colunabia-Cook, Wilker, Will
lams of Indiana, Gilfllan, Boles, Hamilton,
Cowles, Stone, Knott
Judiciary-Bingham, Davis, Bu'ler of Mas
saehusetts, Cook, Peters, Mercier, Longbridge,
Elbridge, Kerr.
Revolutionary Czains-Boyd, Amber, Pros
ser, Stoughton, Whether, Jones of North Car
DINA. Nsgley, Morrissey, McNeely.
Public Erpe7aditures-Coburn, Sawyer, Will
son of Ohio, Hawkins, Knapp, Donley, Jones
of North Carolina, Ftz, Hammill.
Private Land Cldims-Blaine, O'Niell, Dixon,
Welker, Maynard, Washburn of Wisconsin,
Swami, Knott, Potter.
Nd0dL Afdirs-Scofeld, Ferry, Stevens,
Ketcham, MoCrary, Hale, Archur, Haight.
.Freedmen's Afsirs-Dockery, Shanks Of In
diana, Bailey, Tillman, Hawley, McGrew,
Observation-Disclosures, Arnell, Beatty, Hoar,
Townsend, Hamilton of Florida, Burdett, Ty-
ner, MeNely, Rogers.
Revision Of LGaOs-Poland, Ferris, Blaine,
McCreery, Hoar, Finklenbog, Epson, Voor-
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Hea KEEL
ley, Hooper, Hill, Davis, Shadsr, Griswold.
Patents-Jencks Stevens, Smith of Ohio,
Silman, Moore of Illinois, johnson, Sanford,
Van Anken, Caulkins.
Public Buildings and Grounds Hopkins,
Beatty. Smith of Tennessee, Tanner, Getz.
Maleage-Hawkins, Mercer. Packard, Stew
enson, Fox.
Accoants-Cake, Arnell, Burlington, Kelsey,
Galladay.
Expenditures State Department. Bailey, Hale,
Twitchell, Stiles, Archer
Expenditures Treasury Department Allison,
Wheeler, Lash, Randall, Briggs.
ELpeuuiJUT6S war Department. w llllaInS,
Tanner, Cessna, Cobb of North Carolina, Burr.
Expenditures Navy Department = Lynch,
Cowles, Dickey, Hamil Reeves.
Expenditures Post Office Department-Noor
Of New Jersey, Bingham, Hay, Benjamin,
Mayhem.
Expenditures Interior Department Dsweex,
Bennett, Packer, Strader, Ames.
Expenditures Public Buildings Churchill,
Ella, Phelps, Hoag, Hambleton of Maryland
Ru!es-speaker, Banks, Ferry, Fairfield,
Brooks
Mr. Orth asked to be excused from service
on thelCommittee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Bingham under suspension of the rules
introduced joint resolution for the protection
of the United States in the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company, which was passed by vote Of
SO to 49,. The bill declares the late meeting Of
stockholders at New York to have been legally
convened and organized, and approves its reso-
luton of adjournment to Boston. It author
lied this Company to remove its general Office
from the city of New York to either of the
cities Of Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, st. Louis Council Bluffs, or
Omaha. 1t prohibits any court but Circuit
or District Court of the United States from
enjoining the Company or appointing receiv-
er, &C.; and it provides that after the next an
nual meeting at Boston in 1870 the Company's
meetings may be held either in Boston, Balti-
MORE Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati,
Chicago, Omaha or st. Louis.
Mr.. Dawes introduced the Indian appropria-
IlOu Dill, WHICH was TeIoETeQ 10 tue OOIHWltIe6
on Appropriations
The House then proceeded to the business on
the Speakers table, and disposed thereof as
fellows: The Senate concurrent resolution for
joint committee on removal of political disa-
bilities was referred to the Committee on Re-
construction; the Senate amendment to the
House concurrent resolution for the appoint
ment OF joint committee on retrenchment
was then taken up and was not eoncurred in;
the Senate bill striking out the word "white"
in the laws relating to the District of Column
ba, and the charters of Washington and
Georgetown, where it operates as a limitation
of any electors to hold Office or to serve as ju-
rors, was passed-yeas Ill, nays 46; the Senate
bill to authorize the construction Of lateral
branch of the Baltimore and Pennsylvania
Railroad into the District Of Columbia, was
passed. Adjourned.