Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-06
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

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Bills were passed repeating the act of February
2S 1893, prohibiting the importation of persons o.
color into certain States; prescribing the oath o.
Office for persons VIII participated in the rebellion
but are not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, the oath being Identical
with that required of those whose political and
legal disabilities have been removed; providing
for the obtaining of the action of. the Legislatures
of the States in which National Cemeteries are 10
Gated to perfect the title of the United States
sso0o6oc to prevent the counterfeitlng Of foreign
trade marks protected by treaty stipulations. "A
joint resolution, providing that all public lands in
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Ar
kansas shall be subject to disposal under the Home
stead laws by pre-emption under the came regula
etions as apply to the lands of other States, was
amended and laid over Several bills were indef
nitely postponed, among them one to provide fol-
return to specie payments. :. Executive session
and adjournment to the 25th.
In the House, on the 22d, several pri-
vate bills were passed, among them one to relil
quish to Dubuque, Iowa, the title of the United
States to certain lot of ground The considera
tion of the Tariff bill was resumed in Committee o
the Whole. :. Adjourned. I4aFe eEef#
In the House, on the 23d, the cTeden:
tias7of Erasmus D. Peck, member elect from the
Tenth Congressional District of Ohio, in place Of
Hosg, deceased. were presented, and Mr.. Peck
took the oath. -. "A bill was passed-96 to 54-in
relation to the Hot Springs Reservation of Arkan.
sas, allowing the question of title to be decided
by the Court of Claims. "A resolution was adopt
ed, limiting leaves of absence heretofore granted,
to the I'd of May: The Senate amendment to
the Income Tax bill was non-concurred in. :. The
Speaker announced Sthe appointment of Messrs.
Garrison, Allison, and Cox as a Conference Com
mittee on the Census bill Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 25th, bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee covering
the subject of the enforcement of the Fifteenth
A {bo
mittee on Foreign Relations, making an nappropri-
alton to carry into execution recommendation
of the President of the United States in pursu-
ance of an award made by the Joint Commission
between the United States and Peru. "A bill was
introduced amendatory of the law for the disposal
of coal lands, &c, on the public domain. Bills
were passed-extending three years the time for
consolidating tie statutes of the United States
giving priority in the courts of the United States
cases to which State is party, where the exc
cution of the revenue laws of State may be
stayed by judicial order or process =. The bills
to authorize the settlement of accounts of Off
GERS of the army and navy, and to make the i'm
pOrtation of immigrants under labor contracts
unlawful, were referred The Senate insisted
on its amendments to the Income Tax bill, and
Messrs. Sherman, Williams, and Morrill, w.t. },
were appointed Committee of Conference. -.
Messrs. Conklin, Carpenter, and Bayard were ap-
pointed Committee of Conference on the Cen
sus bill The bill specifying regulations for the
foreign and coasting trade on the Northern,
Northeastern and Northwestern frontiers was
passed. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 25th, bills were
introduced granting lands for railroad from On
tonagon to the Michigan State line; for railroad
from Lake Superior to Vermillion Lake, and for
the Omaha & Northwestern Railroad for a survey
OF the Mississippi River, from the Missouri to the
Maramac; for the relief Of the people of the
United States by reducing taxation, providing
that on the 3Dth Of June next there shall be a re-
0uctlOn n
per cent. on import duties, except on spirits to-
bacco and cigars, and that no income derived after
December 81, 1869, shall be taxable, and abolish
ing all special licenses, except distillers, brew
ers,and manufacturers of tobacco, snuff, and cigars
"A resolution was adopted, instructing the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions to consider
the propriety of providing pensions for all surviv-
ing officers and soldiers of the of 1912 Pc
tition was presented of ninety-four business firms
and companies Of Cleveland, against the passage
of the Funding BILL. "A joint resolution was
passed, appointing commission to procure an
appropriate burial place for the remains of Gen.
eral John A Rawlins, late Secretary of War, and
TO provide for the erection of suitable monu-
ment over the grave and that the cost of the same
be paid out of the contingent fund of the
War Department. Joint resolutions were
passed--to enable the Secretary of the Treas
ury to collect wrecked and abandoned property,
dereict claims, and claims belonging to the United
States; donating four pieces of condemned cannon
to the Ladies' Monument Association of Peoria, IL
llnO1s. "A report was made from the Election
Committee, in the election case from the Fourth
District of Louisiana, that Michael Ryan is not en-
luton was adopted, calling for the formation of the
amounts expended in the Improvement of the BOs-
ton and New York harbors, Delaware breakwater,
and mouth of the Mississippi The Tariff bill was
further considered in Committee OF the Whole
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 26th, a memorial
and resolutions of public meeting in Chicago
were presented and referred, recommending that
fha ha1o m HuO oc
the Chinese indemnity fund be conveyed into the
United States Treasury as special fund, either to
be returned to China or to be used for the estab-
lishment OF universities of learning at Pekin:..
A report was made that the Finance Committee
were unanimously of the opinion that no change
ought to be made in the rate of taxation on dis
ed siIIhs s were ere reported from commit It.
regulate public printing and discontinue the pub
lication of books and public documents; donating
to the Wilberforce University $25 900 from the
funds of the Freedmens Bureau. "A bill was in
better protection of the frontiers OF
Texas. a resolution was adopted-dire citing the
Committee on Education and Labor to inquire in
to the expediency of dividing the net proceeds of
sales of public lands among the several States for
educational purposes and otherwise so providing
by law that all the people of the United States
may have an opportunity of acquiring common
school education. :. The joint resolution relative
to the conduct of the Spanish Government in it's
treatment of the Cuban insurgents was indefinite
ly postponed. :. Bills were passe9-providing for
disposition by the Interior Department of useless
military reservations; relating to the entry of
tain lands in Wisconsin ; to aid the construction OF
the Green Bay q Lake Pepin Railroad. The bill
for the survey of the ship canal and railroad
the Isthmus of Darien was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. Executive session
and adjournment.
In the House, on the Goth, the Fortifi
cation Appropriation bill, appropriating s1,26i,-
$50, was made the special order for the 4h of May
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nF int
ceedng ffty-three at any one time, for the purpose
of making examinations of books, papers, and &C.
counts of Collectors, and other officers of customs
of justice, of which the Attorney General is head
THE Speaker appointed Messrs. Schenck,
Dawes and voorhees, Conference Committee or
the lncome-Tax bill. After further consideration
of the Tariff bill in Committee of the Whole, the
House adjourned. I'D .1 rA
In the Senate, on the 9th, Commit.
tee Of Conference was ordered on the House bill
relative to the Hot Springs Reservation, Arkan
sas. -. Bills were reported-for the removal o.
causes in certain cases from State TO United
States Courts; the House bill fixing the time foi
the election of Representatives and Delegates in
Congress-; to organize the Territory of Oklaho
ma, and consolidate the Indian tribes under
Territorial Government. The bill for the en-
forcement of the Fifteenth Amendment was made
special order, and comes up next after the
Franking bill :. "A bill was introduced and re-
ferred to extend until July, 1875. letters patent
issued to Richard N. Hoe number of private
bills were passed. The joint resolution for the
sale of the Bergen Heights Arsenal was passed
also, bill appropriating $30O,0OO for the Albany
Post Office. Adjourned.
In the House, ON the 27th, bills were
reported and passed-for additional terms of the
United States Courts at New Albany and Evans
vile, Ind; giving construction to the provisions
the act of April 90 1870 in reference to the more
efficient government of the rebel States; reraov
ing disabilities from eleven citizens of Texas
report was made from the Sub Committee on Elec
tons, in the election case from the Fifth Congress
siona District of Louisiana, that there was no law
ul election in that district, and that neither Geo