The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-04

the senate a Communication from the
PRESIDENT in response to the senate feso-
Winnepeg, which was referred .........l ne
Senate, at O'Clock, went into Executive
session, and soon afterward adjourned.
BoUsE-In the House, bills we're intro
ducsd by Julian, amending the Home
stead Acts; by Allison, to brIEg the meas
ures and weights of the metre system into
public use.........Culiou0, from the Commit
tee on Territories, reported a bill IN aid OF
the execution of the laws IN Utah, winch
was recOmmitted. The Tenth Section
makes Incompetent as grand or petit Jurors
ali who believe In or advocate the practice
of bigamy. concublnage or polygeTny. The
Thirteenth section enactS that any ma q
in Utah VINO shall live or cohabit with one
woman or more other than his lawful wife,
as his wives, shall be adjudged guilty of
the crime of concubinage, and, on cOnvic-
ton thereof, shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding ten thousand dollars and
Imprisonment in the PenitentiaTy at hard
labor not exceeding five Years Tha Sew
enteentn Section authorizes the U. 8.
Marshall, If resisted or threatened with
resistance in the executiOa of any writ or
process, TO apply TO the Commander of
any Military Camp in the Territory for a
pcssee. The Nineteenth Section enacts
that no alien practic1ng bisamy, polyga-
my, or cOncublnage, shall be admitted to
u. S. citizenship, nor shall aoy poiygam-
ist hold any office or trust or profit in the
Territory, VO.e therein, or be entitled 10
the benefits of the Homestead or Pre- en-
tion laws. The Twenty third Sec ion
enacts that marriage IN the Territory may
be solenniZed Cniy By Justices of the Su-
preme Court, by Justices of the Peace duly
appointed and qualified, and by any priest
or minister of the gospel eguIarly or
dained and settled. 1t declares ali cOnSan-
gninOus marriages incestuous and void,
eod punishable by twenty years impris-
onment in the penitentiary. The bill is
very long, and contains "a SectiOns............
Several Obner bills were lEtrOducsd-One
by Cobb. of Wisconsin, to amend the act
OF March 3, 1865, in relation to additional
DOunt1eSs extending It's benentS 10 the
widows and children of soldiers who had
enlisted for less period than one year,
and had been killed or died in the service,
passed motion OF Schenck,
the Tax ELL was made the special
order for the first OF March, TO be
taken up after the Tariff Bili-.............
Butler, OF Massachusetts, Chairman OF the
Reconstruction COMMITTEE, reported a bill
TO admit the State of Mississippi to repre-
sentation in Congress, and asked to have
IL put upon Its passage. T2e Dill having
been read, Butler said it was exactly, word
for word, the bill under which Virginia
had been admitted 10 representation, al
though, In some respects, the members ,e or
the committee, himself among the
number, would have been glad 10
have had it changed. Butler gave way
to his colleague Beck, who offered a sub
stitute that the state be admitted to repre-
SentatiOn without pream ole or condition.
.........Beck's amendment, after discussion,
was rejected, IS to g8, after Whlcn the bill,
as reported, was paSsed--...-..N ol1eS was
given that the case of contest between
Green and Van Wyck. of Tennessee, would
be called up next Wednesday ma
w deficiency bill was taken up and dis
cussed at great length by Dawes and 9TH
ers, into which the question of the recog-
milton of Cuba was ragged, and after an
amendment reducing the appropriation to
sI,5oO,000 the bill was passed, and the House
adjourned at 4:3O.