Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-16
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE.

A resolution was adopted, liking JAM
uary l, 1867, as the date from which Con-
snls are to make returns Of their fees.
A bill was introduced to pay Deputy
Collectors and Assessors the same ss
Collectors and Assessors, when diseharg-
ing their duties. r 9ferred.
The bill to facilitate Geographic COM
~munication between the Eastern and
Western Continents was referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Kellogg introduced a bill to guar
antee certain Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi levee bonds. Referred to the
incorporate Southern Express Comp4-
MES, which was likewise referred; also
one granting the right of way for a rail-
road from New Orleans to the Rio
Grande, in the direction Of Mazatlan,
which was referred to the Committee on
Public Lands also q bill to dispose of the
public lands in Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Florida. Referred to same
committee.
Mr.. Fenton introduced a bill relative
to telegraph lines to foreign countries.
Referred to the Committee on Com
merce.
Mr.. Cole introduced q bill granting
lands III aid Of irrigating canals in Cali
fornia. Referred to the Committee on
Public Lande.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported, without the amend
ment, the joint resolution providing for
removal from civil Office in the pr0yis-
ionaI governments of Virginia and
Texas, ss.provided.fo for in the joint resOlu-
ton providing that removals from civil
offices, as provided for in the joint resO-
luton relating to the same, passed at the
third session of the FOrtieth Congress,
that the same shall not be made until
thirty days after the passage of the pres
ent resolution. Also fsvOrably with
amendments the bill to reoTganize
the judicial system. The amend
ments provide that more than
one Circuit Court may be held
at the same time, in the same
District, by direction Of the presiding
Judge, who shall designate the business
TO be done in each, and also that Circuit
Courts may be held by the Justices Ofthe
Supreme and Circuit Courts sitting to-
The present Clerks Of the Cir
cult Court and the District Court are to
continue in Office until other appoint
ments be made, or they may be other
wise removed.
Also, with an amendment, the House
bill to repeal the set regulating the ten
ure OF Office act. The amendment makes
the bill read !:
Be it enacted, etc., That an act passed
March 2. 1867, entitled tan act regu-
lsting the tenure OF certain civil Cthces,"
be and the same is hereby suspended
until the next session Of Congress.
Also, with amendments, the " bill to
NBn FDrrFaanNh orfiafo of fha
Constitution As amended, it provides
for the prosecution of persons holding
office in violations of said article. by the
States Attorneys, by writs OF quo
,OdYranto, to take precedence of all Otner
cases on the dOckets of United States
Courts, and, on conviction, such persons
shall be imprisoned not mere than one
PEAR and fined not exceeding $1,000, and
be forever disqualified from holding any
State Or Federal office.
Mr.. Cragin introduced a concurrent
utioD, providing that the Auditing
Committee OF the House and Senate
shall constitute q joint committee to re-
port the bill or bills defining the number,
duties and cumpensl atom of the em-
plOvees of both Houses. Agreed to.
Mr.. Pratt introduced a Joint resolution
relating to the Interior Department. Rs
farred to the Committee on ApprOpria-
tions.
Mr.. Morton offered q joint resolution,
providing that q majority Of any State
Legislature shall be sufficient to ratify
any amendment to the Constitute on OF tie
States, proposed by Congress,
and that the resignation, withdrawal, or
temporary refusal to act, OF the minority,
shall not effect the validity Of sueh rati-
cation by a majority.
Mr.. Davis objected, and the resolution
went over.
The joint resolution to provide for a
committee, TO FeorganiZ3 the de-
1artments, was pass ID.
Mr.. Ferry moved to call up the joint
resolution, amending the resolution re-
ipscting the Provisional Governments
II Virginia and Texas, passed at the
asst session Of the Fortieth Congress,
)ut Mr.. Edmunds objected, and it went
,ver.
On motion Of Mr.. Grimes the bill to
.e-organize the navy was taken up, and
everaI amendments, as reported, were
igreed tC,
The bill to strengthen the public credit
vas taken up, in the form that it passed
he House, and after some discussion was
yeas AZ, nays u.
The Senate went into executive ses.
ion, and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
A large number of bills and resolu-
ions were introduced and appropriately
eferred.
Mr.. Paine introduced q bill for . pro-
isionaI government for Mississippi.
After the introduction by various men,
ers Of . large nuaber Of bills, the most
thereof had been before the Committees
uring the last session, and numbering
IS, the committees were announced
,ith the following Chairmen o. Ways
nd Means, Scbenck; Appropriations,
Banking and Currency, Garfield;
construction, Butler Reorganization
t the Civil Service, Hotchkiss
De Ninth Census, Stokes Pa
.fic Railroads, Wheeler Claims, Wash
urne, OF Massachusetts, Commerce,
,.xon Public Lands, Julien Postofice,
'arnsWorth Manufactures, Morrill,, OF
ennsylvaDia Agriculture, Wilson, of
.hio Indian Affairs, Clark; Military
fairs, Logan; District OF Columbia,
ook; Judiciary, Bingham Revoiu-
onary Claims, Boyd Public Expendi-
Tres, Coburne Private Land Claims,
isine; Navy, S%choield; Foreign A.
irs, Banks Territories, Cu!lom
evolutionary Pensions, Dawes; In-
Aid Pensions, Benjamin Min
u, Ferris; Freedmen, Dockery;
ducation sud Labor, Arneli; Revision
Laws, Polandi Coinage, ETC., Heston
atents, Jencks Public Buildings, Hop
ms; Mileage, Hawkins; Accounts,
lark Expenditures State Department,
alley Treasury, Allison; War, Viii
ANS; Navy, Lynch.
Mr.. Bingham, under a suspension of
ie rules, introduced a joint resolution
r the protection Of the United States
terest in the Union Pacific Railroad.
assed by 80 10 80 The bill declares the !
to meeting of the stockholders at New
ork to have been legally convened. It
)proves its resolution Of adjournment
Boston, and authorizes the Company
remove its general office from the
ty of New York TO either
7ston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, +
licagO, Cincinnati, st. Louis, |
JuDcil Bluffs or Omaha, and prohibits
~ Court but a Circuit or District Court
the United States from eniojning the
or appointing q Receiver aud
provides that after the next annual
at Boston, 10 1870, the cOmpa- G
Is meetings may be held either in {
sston, Philadelphia, Washington, Gin
matt, Chicago, Omaha or st. Louis.
The Senate bill striking out the word
1ite in the law relating TO the District