Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-12-16
.proeeedings OF CONGRESS.

\ bill for the benefit OF travelling Cong |
ressrnen, which he said, was ito secure
and protect the freedom Of transit within
the United States" 1t provides, among
other things, that no citizen Of the United
States, in passing from one place 10 an
other within the same, shall be subject to
any process, of whatever nature, III
civil action, in any State, Territory or
district Though which he may be passing
and of which he is rot a citizen, unless ne
shall voluntarily tarry therein for the
space of more than twenty four hours.
Bills were introduced to encourage and
promote National Industrial Exhibition
to be held at Washington, in 1871; to
amend the National Banking act; and to
promote "a return to specie payments; and
10 declare the State of Virginia restored
to its normal condition in the Union, and
entitled TO representation in Congress
A bill was introduced by MIR. Trumbull
TO relieve members OF Congress from
importantly, and TO preserve the indepen-
denee OF the several Departments OF the
Government 1t provides that any mem-
Der Of Congress who recommends any
person to Office, unless requested III
writing By the President, or heads OF
Departments, shall be guilty of misde-
meanor, and fined $1,000, ualess by a
member of the Senate in his constitutional
eapacity. After short discussion, with.
out taking action upon the. bill, the
Senate adjourned
House OF REPREsEN TATIyEs. The
I Presidents Message Was adopted formally y,
! p6rrIons referred to the
| different committees for consideration.
The subject of specie payments caused a
slight squabble for precedence between
the Ways and Means and Banking and
Currency Committees, which they were
advised to settle III private between
themselves. A number Of bills were in !.
troduced and referred to various com
mittces. Among them was biz re-
moving all political disabilities on the
adoption OF the Fifteenth Amendment "a
bill to repeal the Tenure-o ut-of Office act /;
bill providing for National Exhibition,
to be held in Washington in 1871 bill
to establish an uniform system Of natural
ization. aud bill to prohibit sales of coiu
GU behalf of the United States, and to
provide for the redemption of United
States legal~tender notes III coin at par
The Committee on Elections reported
back the credentials of Mes>rs. Dox,
Heffin, lays and Sherrard, of Alabama.
with a favorable recommendation. and
they we're severailv sworn in. The Cons
mittee on Patents called up the bill to
extend the patent o. r. NJ. Hoe for his
printing press This pi;;lll was pending
last session at the Adjournment, al is
now taken up from the table The prop
osltion is to extend it seven years longer
1t vas referred to the Committee of the
Whole. House soon after adjourned.
SENATE. The Senate was not in session
OH Saturday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. The bill
introduced by Dir. Ingersoll authorizing
an additional issue OF forty-four millions
of dollars in Iegal-tender notes, was taken
up and after discussion, referred to the
Committee Gu Banking and Currency
The Committee on Recon struction reported
q number of papers relating to the admiss
ion OF Virginia, which wers ordered to he
printed. 4 number of bills and resolu-
tons Of no general interest were nitro
dUced. The Census bill was taken up
and af,vt dioPorius OF siIv seventeenth
section, new print OF the bill, as amen
ded, was ordered. The House, at 3 20
2. NJ, adjourned.
SENATE "A number of bills and reso
lations were introduced and disposed of
temporarily. Among them was bill in
creasing the salary of the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States
to $4,000 per annum. and the salary of
the Associate Justices to $4,000 The
present salaries are $4,000 for The Chief
Justice and S. 600 for the Associate JUS
tees. Mr. Drake introduced a bill to
prescribe a uniform time for the holding
of election for Electors of President and
Vice President and of Representatives in
Congress. 1t provides that the election
for these officers shall be on the second
Teesday i'll October of the year in which
they serve. 4 resolution was adopted,
inztructing the Committee on the District
OF Columbia to inquire into the probriety
OF repeating the charter of the Medical
Society of the District of Columbia, ana of
such other legislation as may be necessary
to secure medical practitioners in the Dis
tTict of Columbia equal rights, without
distinction of color. A resolution was
agreed to, providing that the floor of the
Senate shall be cleared five minutes before
the opening of the session. The Judicia-
ry Committee reported bill limiting the
jurisdiction Of United States Courts upop
political questions. 1t will be found in
full elsewhere. The Senate then went
into executive session, and at its close
adjourned until Monday next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, "A bill to
perfect the reconstruction of Georgia was
referred to the Committee on Reconstruct
lion. A number of new bills were also
introduced and assigned to committees.
A resolution authorizing q Committee of
Inquiry into the New York gold panic was
offered but not received by the House
Mr. Swami introduced a resolution, which
was agreed to, calling upon the Secretary
of War for all information in his posses
sion in relation to the improvement ofthe
Patapsco river The consideration of the
Censns bill was resumed in Committee of
the Whole, and several amendments were
made. After long discussion the Com
mittee rose and the Honse soon after ad-
journed.
In the Senate uesterlau the | 9Th inst