Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-21

md referred relating 10 The organized importation
n rbipaner declaring that II 10 agar ~ me
n III. age 70 bring immigrans TO TINS count ,n
souds fs,r terms OF years or even months, snh IN
..rrr4,ng ,be 1omr1ittee on Education and Labor /
I, investigate the subject. incindinR tns e1n.isct
Is stem practised in various paris o. we couny.
md reDort bill az soon a. prac icEole promoting
ne tntroductiop OF bendmen from China OF eiee-
where providing for the protection Of those vno |
yo.uDfa.iy reek our shores IN quest o. free boHss,
30 bsti and customs Of the people. msk
Ing it criminal ffsnse, punirhanie ~ Ane "a. -,
TO be party. direct o. 'nunscL ~
slsyery The serats amendments to the Tag |
r,II were reported. and a motion " eosteno !he
rules aud strke from the bin ali relating 70 Tie
income tax was ,etnspe he income tax to
Two and half per cent was coneurte0
in-ga to rs: several othen OF the ssnats
amendments were eop 3esS 10 ~ commitsee q
Conference :. The Senate bill extending the time
tor resent.pg claims for additional bounty ior nx
m9sa. 70 was ron he
LSgisa,ive Appropriation bill. "A bill vas MIRO
duced sua referred TO encourage tne sEsora
me"t Of, line Of se.msnlps a. pa ~ United
tSta.se msps to the different ports Of Eu.ope, III
dia, and China, and for the promotion Oh 'mmigl@
ton. Adorned.
Ia the Senate, on the nth, the creden-
tialsof Senators Anthony spd Cragin, reelected
for sx years from the 9Th OF March next. were pre-
sentad. "A bill was reported to establish the
Easurn Judicial District Of Kentucky biiis
Sscsst sss disposal he e.sain ord
1 nsncs to be used In the erection u an eQues.
trisnsfatue OF Generd Rswlins; for the removal
certain eases from me ssass cou ,Is =. ~
ers Il lands sold for taxes In the late insuneetion.
AIRY statee; Lsnc Grant bill in aid Of rs,Irosa
from sioux City la S.c1 70 0o'o iss bridge;
Of The New Orleans, Mobile z chstisnooea Rail.
road Company post roads. The bill for pensicn
to Mn. Lincoln was laid aside-yess -, nays -.
Tax bin was received mos. ~. House. and Com.
.s Of .ossS e IN
W. and Hamilton (Md.). Bes.rs morrill, tMe.l
Drake and Stockton were appointed = COMMITTEE
II Conferences on the Naval Appropriation DILL.
Adjourned.
In the House, on the nth, bills were
introduced and eferred--providing for joint
committee to inquire into the danger threatening
the country from Chinese immigration, and report
the proper means for guarding against or avertfng
rights under laos and treaties Of the United
states; to incorporate me Looms Asrls, rc
fcr the relief OF purchasers OF land sold ior taxes
in the insuuectionsry States; TO refund the IN
terest on money paid by Missouri ior war par.
he central Pacific Railroad, in Nevada, TO
Others 70 perfect titles to land p.dsr the
homestead act also various bills for the removal
of political disabilities and donating condemned
cannon for soldiers monuments. "A resolution
was adnpted.Iso to s?-declsring tnat me r9u y,
the Constitution, having been ratified by the Leg
islaturcs Of three-fourths OF the several States;
are valid to all intents and purposes AZ part o
I 49, ff<...s tStt1Hf< and
obligatory on the Executive. Congress, the JUDI,
cary Of the several States and Territories, ano
ell citizens Of the United States resoiutlon
| was then offered and went over under the rule,
declaring the resolution just adopted foreign 70
the duty OF legislators, and mischievons IN lts
tendency and effect. The Senate amendmen NJ
| to the Naturalization bill were c0Dcurreo h-io
to So :, A bill wss reported and passed, PROVO
ing that pork packers, lard rendereIe. ana those
| smoking hams, curing meats, snd others known
as provision dealers shall not be liable 70 the In
terna tax levied on manufacturers, and RENTING
any such tax assessed bat not collected. In tbe
| Kentucky contested election case OF selgier
nority was adopted and Rice retains the seat, and
| the House refused TO give Seiger more
thai $2,01 for contesting The speaker APP
| pointed Messrs Echenck Kelley and Brooks
| IN r. Conference Committee on the Tax and
Tsif bill The Senate amendments 10 tae
Naval Appropriation bill were reported and some
! OF them non -concurred in, and a Commitfee OF
Conference was appointed, composed Of Messrs.
| Feshburne (Wis.) J. Sconeid and HibacR .the
tcnate Joint resolution appropriating $S0,0U 70
say the expenses OF Indian delegations to Wash,
Iirgton was passed . In The election case ol
tfoseph segar, claiming seat q. member At large
from Virginia. the conclra:on Of The mslority ina!
ntso6 Was adopted providing for the print.
tfng Of 275 0O copies OF the Agricultu raj Report
for 1863 Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
pas.ed-continuing the st. Panl & Sioux City Rail
road scross Dakota to Yankton, and granting lands
In nf ha N
Guiding one for an increase Of pension to $50 per
month 10 the Wild w OF General Haycs, Killed at
The battle oil the Wilderness In 1854 The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was proceeded with, tey-
eral amendments we're agreed TO, and the bill, az
amended, WAS passed. - be Senate insisted upon
its amendments TO the Army Appropriation BILL
and appointed Committee OF Conference con.
sistiIg Of Messrs. Wilson, Cameron and Warner
The report Of the Conference Committee on
the bill for Of grand and petit Jurors
In United States and District Courts and for other
purposes, was adopted. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, the Senate
amendments to the Army Appropriation bill were
reported, and the bill to reduce the number Of
army officers, as agreed to by the Conference
Committee but rejected by the Senate. was sub
stitulcd for the provision CT the Senate on that
which prohibit bills being sen. TO either House Or
to the President the last three da, Of the ses
sion. were su pc. ded The Senate joint resolu
ton to relieve Insurance companies from ltaeili-
lies 10 the income TAX Tor un0tftF1DuLepIe sur
plus, cffryipg 1t to their contingent fund, was
passed. with an amendment applying 1t also to
sumo held by mutual life insurance companies
70. tns .se sbRs 0e ;ysjsees 10 IsRor,
the Conferences Committee on the Judiciary bill.
and another Conference Committee was ordered,
and the previous committee was resppointed, con
aisting Of Schenck. Hooper, and Marshall. "A
C0niereIc, Committee was ordered on the Georgia
bin, and Messfs. Butler, Farnswor,h, aud Hoyne
were appointed. The Senate Joint ieroluti0n ex-
tending the time to construct railroad from the
~. Croix River or Lake, to the west end OF Lake
Superior and 10 Bay field, was reported back, with
q substitute proposing TO extend for seven years
the privilege Of the original grant Of land TO Wis
consln for the use and benefit Of railroad compa-
MES designated by that State in 1869. ;. .Ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
in,roduced-to settle and adjust all claims OF the
Choctaw nation against the Uaited States; giving
bounty TO soldiers honorsbly d discharged who en-
tered the service between the An OF My and 99d
OF July, 1851, and to the widows and children,
fathers and mothers OF soldiers killed, or who died
In the service. enlisted for less than one year .
memorial was presented from citizens OF the
western part Of kaneas for land grant In aid Of
railroad through that section Bills were passed
Annual Post-soute hill ssta bltshin9 port OF
delivery At Kansas s City, MO-; In .id o, the New
Railroad; for the relief Of the Ken.
to pay for the destruction OF bulldogs during
the war Deficiency Appropriation Bill, wi 3
amendments; exempting pork packers, lard
rnnAarprs and Defuons engaged n amor nO hsu,x