Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
Csnciusisn Of Yesterdays Proceedings.

SkNATf-Affer our report closed
Mr. Stewart offered an amendment to the
Indian APPROPRIATION bill looking 10 the trans
TT OF The Indian Bureau TO the control OF the
War Department
The amendment was reieeted-yeas 8, nays
26-Messrs. Anthony, Conkling, Edmunds.
Grimes, Harris, Howe, Morgan and Stewart in
the affirmative
The hill Was then passed.
The Tax bill was received from the House,
read twice, and referred TO the Finance Com
Mr.. Edmunds moved TO take up the bill rela-
tive TO the tenure ONCE act, which was
sgreeu 10.
The Senate then adjourned.
HoUsE-After our report closed
MIR. Blair, NJ ich.) from the seiec, committee
on the New York election frauds, offered
resolution directing the Sergeant-at- Arms to
arrest and ming 10 the bar CT the House John
ii Ball and Dsniel W. Re- se, of Orange coun.
ty. New York, for contempt of the authority OF
the House in refusing to testify before the Select
Committee ON the New York election frauds.
ADOPTED.
MIR. Pike, (Maine) from the Conference Com
mi tee MADE report on the disagreeiug votes
between the two Houses on the bill 20 amend
certain acts relative To the Navy and NJ irins
Corps
Tie conference report was read 1t amends
the first section of the bill as follows 1.-The &C.
tive list of the United States Marine Corps
shall consist OF the following officers Due
brigadier general eommandant, one colonel, one
lieutenant colonel three majors. one adluraut
iuspeCtOIs one puym one
MASTER, one assistant quartermaster, l. cap
tains, "a first heuteTants, - second IieutenauIs
one sergeant major, | quartermaster sergeant.
! drum MAJOR, principal musician, l67 SER
GeanLs, l15 corporals, 30 musicians for band. 81
dTummers, 80 hfers and 1StO prIyates: pro vided
that no commission Of any Off .er nov in the
Marine Corps shall be vacated bv this act,
but no appointment shall be made IN any of
the grades of said corps until the number Of
officers in that grade shall have been
Guced below the number herein authorized 8"
ha 10 th,vl ,o.ut
abolished, but no commission of any officer of
that grade who has been wounded in battle
while liz the service shall he vacated on ac-
count of this act. No promotion to the grade of
commodore shall be made until the umber in
SAID grade shall have been reduced below fiji
teen, " hich shall thereafter be the mum Der al
lowed by law. No promotion In the grade of
lieutenant commodore on the active list until
the number of said grade is reduced to eight
As the number of lieutenant commanders is
reduced the number OF lieutenants is TO be in
creased until II shall reach 2SD. The mum Der
OF masters and snsigns is fixed at isO in each
grade, and enslgIs shall hereafter b. steerage
officers unless assigned 10 duty as watch and
division officers. There Is an additional section
added providing that there shall De IS surgeons
50 passed surgeons, % assistant surgeons, 50
paymasters, % passed assistant paymasters
and % assistant paymasters.
After considerable debate, the report of the
committee WAS adopted.
At the evening session, MIR. Boutwell, Mass.
IN the chair as Speaker pro tenn
Mr. Butler Mass moved that the expenses
of removing the remains OF the late Hon
Thaddeus Stevens from Washington to his
home IN Pennsyivania be paid out OF the
tInEeni fund If the House. Agreed to-
Mr.. Churchill, N. y from the Commit tee
on he judiciary. reported bill 10 define islo-
mes and InIsdemeanorS, and TO regulate per-
ell ptoIy challenge. Passed.
The House went mo Committee of the
Whole-on the Post Office ApproprIa ION bill.
Mr. Braman (MIch.b moved to amend the
item for letter carriers by reducing il To SJOJ,-
y'u
a generaI discussion ensued on thus PROPOSE
uOh and upon a division IL was found that
there was no quorum present, and the re-
maInder OF the session was spent IN efforts to
obtain quorum
The House adjourned AT I. 10 a. m