Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-11
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WASHINGTON, January lO.-Ihc House
met al i PM, under call OF States.
Bills were introduced and referred by
Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, to change the time
of meeting Of Congress at its second ana
third sessions, TO the first Monday in jan
uary; also, TO provide a reyisory board
for the navy. and TO regulate The naval
rank; also. TO regulate the rank of the
medical staff of the navy.
Mr.. Poland introduced a bill author
izing the entry Of Canadian products
without Consular certificates.
Among other bills introduced were the
following:
Exemptinz farmers and gardeners from
having a brokers' tax on sales OF their
products, and repeating the tariff duties
on animals imported for breeding pur-
noses. and to promote the interests of
general education among the people Of
the United States.
To admit Virginia 10 representation ip
Congress, ana 20 extend the privileges Of
the National Banking act.
TO repeal all acts Of Congress on the
Subject of bankruptcy, providing the re-
peal shall not affect any case or proceed
ings in bankruptcy commenced before the
passage OF this act, or any pains or penal
lies or forteiturcs incurred under such
acts.
in aid of the public schools In Arkansas.
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To establish comediaries Of Judicial Cir
cults Ofthe United states.
To amend The homestead act by allow
ing soldiers to enter 100 acres of the alter
nately reserved sections along the railroad
grants, instead OF SO acres aa now limited,
and that when any person enters for a
homestead of 100 acres Of land not mineral
or timbered, and only capable Of cuitiva-
riOr bv irrigation, he may in addition en-
E@ of Ig
capabIe OF ofcultivatiOn bY irrigation, half Of
which NAV be timber land, and that any
uerson entitled 10 a homestead may enter
5L-sections of land, incapable OF oultiV6-
ton bv irrigation, not mineral nor tim
bered. only valuable for grazing, and with
it so acres Of timbered land, 10y paying for
the same.
The appOrtiOnment Of Representatives
among the several States:
Section one enacts that after March 3.
1870, the House of Representatives shall
be composed OF SEQ members; provided,
first, that if new States shall be admitted
after the next census, their representa-
tives shall be additional 70 the three hum
dred. Second, if any State shall be re-
duced in the number of Representatives
bv the appOrtionmeut, such reduction
shall not take affect in the XLlIth Con-
gress; but its Representatives in that Con-
gress in excess OF the number fixed by he
appcrtionment. shall be additional to tho
three hundred. And third, II the repre-
sentation of any STATE shall be increased
by apportionment, additional Representa-
tiyes shall be chosen by he state at large
unless its Legislature shall otherwise pro-
vide.
Sec. ,. REQUIRES the Superintendants OF
the census to submit to the Secretary OF
the Interior before August Is, 1870 pre-
liminary report showing first the whole
number of persons in each State, Terri
torv. county and parish. Second, the
number Of male citizens therein, twen-
ty-One years % age, whose right to vote
for certain officers is denied or abridged,
except for participation in the rebellion
or other cause, with other necessary sta
tistics.
Section 8 provides that after the pre-
iminary representation is msde to the
Secretary Of the Interior he shall, in ac-
cOrdanne with section ID of the &INth
Amendment OF the Constitution, aster-
tain JhereirOm, and from such rsturps OF
sUbordinates as be shall find 1t necessary
to consult: first, the basis OF representa-
tiou OF each state, and second, the aggra-
gate basis Of represBG Gtsti0n Of the United
States, and shall, thirdly, ascertain the
basis of representation OF the Congress
ional Districts by dividing It's basis Of
yaDreseutstio bv the basis OF the single
districts rejecting factions, ana shall ap-
portion to the State having the largest
rejected fraction one 10 each, and enough
representation to make the WhoIe three
hundred.
Sec requires the Secretary of the In
terror TO transmit statement Of his pro-
ceedings under this act duly sealed and
certified to the Speaker Of the House and
TO each Governor on or before Sept. 10,
1871.
Sec. 5 provides that the Secretary Of the
Interior shall include the basis OF repre-
sentation Of each Of the States Of Mis-
sissippi, Virginia, Texas and Georgia IN
the aggregate mass of the United States,
but shall not transmit the statement of
his proceedings to their Governors until
they are respectively admitted TO repre-
sentation IN both Houses of Congress; and
that If the XVIII Amendment shall be
duly ratified before Dec. 10, 1874, there
shall be no reduction of tho basis of any
State on account Of previous denial or
abridgement Of any right which shall be
secured by that amendment of any State.
Mr.. Bingham introduced joint res0iu-
ton declaring Virginia entitled 10 repre-
sentation in Congress, and moved the
previous question on its passage. The
preamble recites that the people of Vir-
ainia have adopted Constitution repub-
lican in form, and have IN respects con-
formed to the requirements of the act of
Congress of April 10, 1863, authorizing the
submission Of the Constitutions OF Vir-
ginia, Mississippi and Texas TO a vote of
the people, and authorizing and election
for State Office. The previous question
was seconded, aud the main question or
dered- 63 to 6S.
Mr.. Paine moved to lay the resolution