Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-17
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

In Lne SENATE, on Jno 0Q, reSOiutlOnS
were adopted for the appointment of committee
Of Ave by the President of the Senate, whose duty
it shall be tolconsider the whole subject of re-
deeming alluvial lands on the Lower Mississippi
from overflow by complete levee system . "A bill
was reported, with, amendments, TO extend tbe
provisions of the presumption laws to Colorado.
A memorial and resolutions were presented and
referred OF Isrselites OF udea, calling attention to
the massacre ofJews in Roumania, and requesting
the 1nterpositi onof the President of the United
States m their behalf; and resolution was
adopted calling upon the President for any inior-
| nation in the Department of State concerning
said persecution and massacre. The Indian APP
preparation bill was proceeded with, and number
| OF amendments were reported and adopted, max
ing appropriations to fulfil treaty stipuations, be-
Ing principally in payment of subsistence annui
| ties, &c, Of Indian tribes, and appropriating
$50 900 to Collect locate and subsist rowing I'M
dans on the borders of Texas and New Mexico
IA Joint resolution was introduced, authorizing
the Secretary of the Interior to increase the pay of
Assistant Marshals for taking the census of 1870,
| the increase not to exceed 30 per cent. OF the
amount now allowed by law....Adiourned.
In the House, on the Sd, bill was
passed amendatory of the act of May II, SO as to
| allow wrts of error from decisions in Probate to
the Supreme Court. =. The Senate amendment to
the ii ouse Deficiency bill was concurred in. "A
resolution was offered and referred to the Foreign
Commtte, relating to the alleged prosecutions of
Israelites in Roumania. The Tax bill was taken
income tax to- thtee per cent,-S9 to Fs4; making
the exemption S2000-138 to 81 ;limiting the allow
ance for house rent to $500-85 to As; and amend
ments were rejected-to confine the tax to invest,
ed capital; that inc me tax shall notbe collected
after 1870; TO strike out all sections relative to n
come tax to tax the interest on all United States
bonds. The bill was further considered, and the
last section reached. when the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 4th, bill was IN.
troduced, authorizing the Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny to take up coal lands necessary to operate the
road. "A bill was reported, containing appro-
priation of land nor money, to encourage the con-
struction of the Int national Pacific Railroad of
Texas. The joint resolution for an increase of
compensation to census takers taken up and
discussed, and several proposed amendments were
rejected -. The Indian Appropriation bill came up,
priating $4,000 for the purchase of wagons teams,
agricultural implements, live stock, seeds, ETC.,
and for the erection of houses for Indians in the
Northern SUPPLEMENTARY Executive session,
and adjournment
In the House, on the 4th, petition
was presented of 120 firms of Louisville, KY, for
the redu' Jon of the tax on manufactured tobacco
to Is Coats per pound. "A bill was introduced
and referred to provide for carrying the mails be-
tween the United States and the west coast of
South America, granting subsidy of $31 250
for each round voy age. ..Joint resolutions were
passed-giving captured ordnance for mon nument
to General Nathaniel Lyons and other soldiers at
North Springfield, Nilsson to amend the law ap-
of Darien so that it may be expended under direc-
tion of the War or Navy Department. "a bill was
reported for the appointment of an Assistant
Treasurer of the United States at Baltimore. "A
joint resolution was introduced and referred, con-
cerning the arsenal grounds at st. Louis. The
Senate bill appointing managers for the National
Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers was re-
ported and passed. The Internal Tax bill was
further considered, after which the House ad-
journed. aa zuTe8
In the Senate, on the 9th, bills were
reported--with amendments, granting 1anus co aIu
in the CONSTRUCTION of canals for irrigation pur-
poses in California; with amendments, for the inn
provement of water communication between the
Mississippi river and Lake Michigan, by way of the
Wisconsin and Fox rivers. Bills were introduced
granting lands to the State of Alabama to aid the
construction of the Savannah & Memphis Railroad:
to prohibit contracts for servle labor, applying
particularly to Chinese immigration. The joint
soluton for an increase of the pay of Assistant
Census Marshsls was TAX en- up and amended by pro-
vding thatthe increase shallnot exceed 50per cent.
of the present compensation, nor shall the entire
compensation be more than $s per day, exclusive
of mileage for the time actually employed, and the
bill was passed.. The bill to repeal existing laws
authorizing the transportation aud expectation of
goods wares and merchandise, in bond, to Mex
leo, overland or by inland waters, was passed. -.
The Indian Appropriation bill was proceeded with
and variously amended. The House joint reso-
luton granting right of way to the Memphis, ri
Paso & Pacific Railway Company was indefinitely
postponed. The bill for the settlement of claims
for quartermaster and commissary stores furnished
"a ra-
beIIion dnring the late war came up and pro-
posed amendments were considered Adjourned
a., -,
In the House, on the 9Th, bills were
introduced and rererred-to facilitate telepranbic
communication between the United States and the
Bermuda Islands to encourage building ships for
foreign trade, by allowing drawbacks on imported
materials, and an equivalent allowance where
branch of the contemplated Southern Irans.Coenti.
mental COmDanV North Carolina
Western r. a;Irnad Gompnanv. for the anno;ntmant
of conmittae ~ copsiSey the svste, IF Iaaine
Mississnni lands: TO nroyide for the pavmepff
of Invagf claims for nroner+v ~ toyan oy AZ
s,,orad h,, A. Irn;todp Stotes. tn' rro,;do For
smvJnu ~ , ono az, 'aIes, De- pi1situ ~,
its month and Shreevennrt. to antb"rize
the President to submit q pronosition to tbe
Sro,;s Gara,n on+ for tbo sadttianront ~ tba Sif
" an S ~ .Df y, ;ne
iti. IA " "a S,urS ;1 " ovG W
Freedmen's Homestead Commission: II to autborize
knaynoant-of honnty TO co1orad mon anroI1ed os
psy 80 ,,;,a; & ~ por az
Hnron, W;cb for The ;mnrovement ~ the Tarhnr
Of Duluth; authorizing the Huron Bay q Lake
toip hr;dae across tha M;ssissn, T P;ver -
ing public lands to the Great Neahoma Val
ley Railroad; to encourage the establish
lsnI VI ilne " puLSe VI Eelppe, az a
u,ss ssss anu Onlna, W ahenu ins aee " oune ~
tooo, 1a1es & on aastea aa. spaats anu To-
allowed ON alcohol A resolution was adonted-
11e to 70 -instrnctiro The Committea On Wevs
end Maons to renort b;il eholsh;no tbe ter;4f On
Gnu 1s m " rSpoo I'LL uuang =" aig ro ra IA a;, ~
at Ave O'Clock was rescinded i' On motion The thss
14th of June was assigned for the consideration
OF the majority and minority reports OF the Com
on os aa ia S ~ raet f ne ~
catior of what purported to be the report of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to Cuba,
and said publication was stated to be an
| imperfect report of statement of the
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