The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-30
,ed business the supplementary

AZ unfinished business the supplementary
Mr.. Harlan moved to postpone this and all
prior orders, and proceed TO the confederation
Of the Indian Appropriation bill. bost-yeas,
An Smendment by Mr.. Sherman was agreed
to. providing tnst IN the Redistribution of TIE
banking circulation the reQuisitons shall
commences with banks having an excess of CTR
oulation exc xceedinR $1,000 600. In States having
an excess OF ciroulation, and having Withdrswn
then proceed pro rata With banks having q cir
oulation exceeding 100000.
House of Representatives.
A message from the Senate Announcing the
appointment OF a conference omm1t' ee on the
Tenpre.of. Office bill was received and laid on
the BILE.
Mr.. Butler asked unanimous consent to go to
the Speak er's table to take no that message,
but objection was made by Mr.. Brooks, and
Mr. Butler called mp the bill for the organiza-
tion of provisional government for the State
OF Mississippi, and then moved To postpone IL
until after The morning nour. Agreed to- And
the House at half-past ~ proceeded to the
business of the morning hour, being the call
of committees for reports.
MIR. Kelley, from the Committee on Coinage,
reported back the bill for the coinage OF one
cent. three cent, and tive-cent pieces of nickel
copper, Of not less than rs per cent. or more
than 33 per cent of nickel, such coin to be a
legal ender up TO the amount of fifty cents.
Mr.. Kelley proceeded to explain and advocate
the bill, which, he said, omitted the clause In
the former bill for the suppression OF ten-cent
notes.
stat ed in this bill all HIS objections had been
obviated and that he Wes heartily Ia favor Of
IL reply to MIR. Jenckes, Mr. Kelley stated
that the cont plated coinage would amount
to about 800, 600 600.
After some further description as to the use
OF the French weight (he gramDle) in coinage,
and 10 the unitcation of the coinage of the
world, the bill was passed.
MIR Jenckes, from the )mmlttee on Patents,
reported q bill for the renewal OF the patent OF
James NJ. Miller for the Improvement OF sur
face, condenser for steam-engtnes
After an explanation the bill was passed.
Also, q bill for the reissue of Atkins patent
for a self-raker, for seven years from the lst of
December, 1865.
After ex planation the bill was passed.
Also. bill for the extension OF Cark's pa
tent for preparation of hay and manure from the
5th OF March, 1864. After an explanation by
Mr.. Jenckes, the bill was passed.
Also, q bill extending the patent OF Richard
| NJ. Hoe for an improvement in printing presses
for seven years, commencing 29th July 1858
provided that 1t shall be open to legal inquiry
and decision as Ii issued under the general law
and provided further that all persons enjoying
| the lawful use of such improvement may con
tinue its use without furLher payment tnere
for ~
Mr.. Jenckes proceeded to advocate the bill
He was satisfied that the ex tension fthe patent
would not in the least affect the price OF news
papers. The inventor has never charged any
patent fee. His profits had been from the
| manufacture of presses The publishers
acknowledged the benefit they had received
from the invention, and recommended thu
| extension of the patent. The proprietor of tn,
| New York herald had set out in an affdaVi
| before the committee how he had been able u
| throw of, many years ago, what was ther
thought the extraordinary issue of20,000 copies
and now, IL he wished to increase thatnumber
he would be obliged to duplicate his forms ant
| The morning hour expired, and the bill wen
over until tomorrow.