Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-04-21
rnNaREssI0NAL PROCEEDINGS.

SENATE, April lsL L-Jolnt resoiutioho
were passed requiring every peraon pehuohing ior
many the petition with sworn statement over bs
aIOnature. of the ground upon which he asksreheii
authorizing the Commissioner OF INDIAN hnals "
annoint Guardians for minor mdian children EMU
tied to pensonsi authoriZnRfhe cons.puSuh pSrcoh srS
constituting il post road: to revive the grant OF
lands for the construction OF railroad from oolih
10 Godialon Alabama, and to connrm .ne SAINT "
the Selma, Rome and Dalton hairoad ConpIuuy,-
Several bills Of secondary importance were miro
duced and referred IA bill was passed autnorlHhH
the purchase of lands from the Usage Indians py
actual settlers. The Indian appropriation oill wus
again discussed and further amended but the SEN
ate pending the discussion, went INTO execuuNo
session. and soon after adjourned.
HoUsE-A resolution was adopted in
etructing the Committee on Ways and Means, ora
sub.committee thereof, TO make an examination OF
the revision Of the tariff laws and OF the laws ana
regulations relating TO Custom Houses and Donded
warehouses, with authority to examine wltnesseS,
and inke testimony TO sit during the vacation at
such times and places as may be deemed advisable
Among tho bills introduced was one, by DAVIS, TO
define vacancies In office, ard to provide for iling
the same, and TO regulate designations In othce =
Tho House then resumed the consideration Of the
bill 10 provide Provisional Government for Mis-
aissippi and after some discussion, " was, on mo-
ton OF Farnsworth, postponed TO the flrst MOnday
In December next-yeas lOS nays 62-AItor some
journed.
SENATE, April 2nd.-Howe reported
bill from Committee on Claims for the settlement Of
claims for quartermaster and commissary stores
furnished to or taken by the United States within
the states in rebellion turing the late Iar.-Sher-
man introduced n bill to promote uniform currency
among nations. Itproyides for new standard of
weight and ineness for United States coinage being
identical with the bill reported from the committee
last year.--The bill to extend the time for the con-
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west end OF Lake Superior was debated, but vote
was not reached-The Indian appropriation bill
was taken up and amended so as to prrvidO for the
organization Of a board Of ten commissioners to
be selected for their intelligence and philanthropy
who. with the interior department, under direction
of the President shall supervise and control tho
disbursement Of appropriations for Indian purposes
The bill was then passed, and the Senate went into
executive session, and after some timo adjourned.
HOUSE. Most of the session was devoted
to the discussion Of the Covode contested election
case. 1t was finally recOmmitted to the Election
Committee with instructions to report upon the
merits of the case.-A bill was passed authorizing
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to extend
Its branch line from point rear Portland, Oregon,
to Puget Sound and to connect the same with lis
main line on the Cascade Mountains, the company
not to be entitled to any subsidies, money bonds
or lands, except such lands as may be included IN
the right Of way--twcnty.ive miles of the extern
sion TO be completed by the lst of July 1911 and
forty miles per year thereafter After some fur.
ther business. the House adjourned.
SENATE, April 3.-The bill to extend the
| time for the construction of railroad from ST.
Crox river to Bayfield,, on Lake Superior, was
amended and passed. The House resolution fixing
the Sth inst as the day for final adjournment C mo
ND, and, after some debate was amended by strik-
| ing ont sth and inserting 10Th, and then adopted
Very little other business transacted, and, Of-
ter an executive session, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE. Considerable time was spent in
Committee Of the Whole on the deficiency bill;
several amendments were agreed to- when tho
Committee rose and reported the bill to the House.
and IL was passed. The total sum appropriated is
50 1863 95i, including the following itGms for the
treasury department: Salaries, incidental expenses,
| &C. $3.50 0; salaries and expenses of collectors
and assessors Of internal revenue, s20OOO0O; post
Office department, temporary clerks for the defalca
| ton of +. B Omstead, etc, $46,600 House of
Representatives, miscellaneous, S&,5O0; war dc
paTtment for premiums to architects, $4,000 The
foregoing items are for deficiencies In the present
fiscal year Tie following are for deficiencies for
| the next fiscal year: Treasury department, tenn
poIary clerks. $4,000; Office of first controller
clerks, $l500OO Office Of sccOnd cOntrollc4, clerks,
| $4,000; Office of FIRST auditor, clerks, $4,000;
Office OF second auditor, clerks, $4,000; House of
Representatives clerks, S2,66ls territorial ex.
| penses. S873O.-The concurrent resolution for
| final adjournment was taken up, and the Senate
amendment fixing Saturday, the 10th, as the timo
| for adjournment, was concurrcd in. Adjourned.
| NHNATE, hDIll OlIl.--- IG greater puIb vi
| the session was occupied In discussing the joint
resolution for protecting the interests of the Uni
| ted States in the Union Pacific Railroad The ques-
ton pending was on Mr.. Shcrmans amendment
concerning the iunCtio At the two roads, etc, ALL
thOriZing the President Of tho Tn ted States to fix
the point Of junction of the Union Pacific and Gen.
tral Pacific Railroads, and for That purpose II no
deems il expedient, to appoint board Of eminent
citizens, not exceeding five i'll number, to examine
and report In regard TO the proper point OF juno
| tInn. ind al in n Of pnf
read, and what sum will be required to complete II
as irst-class railway according to law. Without
| coming to vote the Senate went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
HoUsE-There was O considerable num-
Der of bills and resolutions introduced md refer
rod.-Several resolutions of instruction were
adopted, among which was one instructng the Ju.
dietary committee to investigate the charges againFt
Judge Busted, of Alabama.-The following Senate
bills and resolutions were c0ncurred In: To carry
into effect the treaty with Mexico for the adjust.
ment OF claims; to continue in force the act ex.
tending the charter Of Washington City; for the
| relief Of settlers on absentee Shawnee lands In
| Kansas continuing the Freedmen's Bureau hos.
ptals at Richmond, Yicksburg, and the District Of
| Columbia.-A message from the President annOuno.
ed that he had signed the tenure-Of-oiice bl,-
| The post route bill was passcd.-The remaining
business Of the session was unimportant
SENATE April 9Th. Bills were passed to
make San Diego, California. port of entry to ex-
tend the time for the construction Of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad; extending the time
for the completion Of the Portage and Lake SIper-
ior Ship Canal removing political disabilities from
certain persons-The Joint resolution TO protect
the Interests Of the United States In the Union Pa
cihc Railroad came up as unfinished business, and
was discussed through the remainder OF the ses-
sion. Amendments 10 the resolution were adopted,
directing the President to fix the point Of junction
according 10 the legal rights of the respective
roads, and directing the Attorney General TO lnves-
tigato whether not the charter aud franchises Of
the company have not been forfeited and to execute
all the necessary legal proceedings, II they have:
whether the said company has not made M Illegal
dividend on It's stock andif 80, TO exocrle the ne
cessary legal proceedings 10 have the same rein-
bursed; and whether any of the directors, agents
or employees Of the company have Violated any pc
nal law and If 30, TO institute proper criminal pro-
ceedings against all who have done so The Senate
adjourned without reaching final vote.
HOUSE. The bill to provide for taking
| the census In 1870 was taken up; several amend
ments were adopted, and finally one was adopted
striking out oil after the fifth section, aud adding
new section giving the Joint Committee on Re-
trenchment power to inquire as TO the best method
and report bill at the next session. The bin VIA
then passed.-The House spent some time In Com.
mittee Of the Whole on the Indian appropriation
bill, and concurred In twenty-five of the Senate
amendments but rejected large number OF 9th.
ers. vote In the House was not reached before
adjournment
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