Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-17

In the Senate, on the 30, q Dill was re-
ported from the Finance Committee to authorize
the funding and consolidation of the national debt
TO extend banking facilities and establish specie
payments. IA bill was introduced and referred
to reorganize the marine hospital service, and pro-
vide for sick and disabled seanlen "A resolution
was adopted instrueting thef QnMlttee on the
Judiciary to inquire into the p6Wer q the Govern
the limits of certain southern States, and
to report what legislation IL required, and
especially to inquire into the. constitution
atty and aHediency Of establishing ma
tional police Zee for the better enforceme OF
law. The Joint resolution authorizing the Sccre-
tary of the Navy to transfer to the use OF the Blu
cheering such appropriations to the credit of other
bureaus In that department ms may be required,
was taken up, debated, and amended 20 as to pro-
vide that the wages of workmen employed In the
Navy Yards shall be the eame as paid by private
employers. "A communication was received from
the President and referred In response to the SEN
ate resolution Of inquiry relative to the trouble In
Winnipeg Territory Executive session and ad-
journment.
In the House, on the 3D., bills were in
Notwithstanding the homestead acts; to bring
weights and measures OF the metre system into
public use; for the location and entry Of swamp
lands by actual settlers In Arkansas granting lands
to the Minnesota & Missouri River Railroad, for a
railroad from the Minnesota State line to Yankton
Dakota. The bill to aid the execution Of laws
IL
ritories, and recommitted. "A resolution for q
per CAPITA dog tax OF $2.5O was offered and referred
"A bill was passed 70 amend the ~ OF March 3,
1885 in relation to additional bountt4s, extending
Its benefits to the widows and children OF soldiers
who had enlisted for less period than one year and
had been killed or died In service Tho fax bill
March, to be- taken up after the Tariff
bill. . The resolution calling on the Presi.
dent for Information az to the treatment Of
aes. sssns n ~. s as e. p3sd
similar in eli respects to the Virginia BILL for the
admission OF Mississippi, was reported frem the
Reconstruction COMMITTEES and passed, 2 PROPOSE
ton to admit that State Internationally having
been voted downb8 to 06. The bill to supply de.
fcienciss In the Navy Department, BY transfer Of
funds from one bureau to another, was amended SO
passed -. Resolutions were passed, TO print 20OO
extra copies Of tho Tariff bill and 1000 copies for
the Senate, and 8 OO0 for the House, Of X Y: Hoy
s ass N sspSs. 'ns =
In the Senate, on the 4th, bill was
passed authorizing the Secretary Of the Treasury
to Withhold moneys due to any State which may be
bonds held In trust by the United States. The
House bill for the abolition Of the franking privi
lego was taken up and debated until the expiration
O. the morning hour when %G.Ss 70
Several bills Of a. private nature
were considered ana passed Blls and re sssS S
lions were reported from cOmmntLcoe -IOf the us
Reservation in Minnesota; 10 amend the act
granting lands to the state Of Kansas to aid In the
construction Of railroads; relating to settlers on
the Sioux Reservation IN Minnesota. =. Pending
tho consideration Of the bill relieving from legal
and political disabilities under the Fourteenth
Amendment large numberof persons IN various
States, the senate adjourned to the 7th. i
In the House, on the 4th, resolution
was adopted, authorizing the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs to inquire % to whether any member
OF the House has ever sold, or offered to SELL his
influence ~ 4 member in securing appointments to
the Military or Naval Academy; and whether any
member had received, or Expressed willingness
to receive, any valuable consideration for using his
with power to send for persons and papers,.
Several private bills were passed "A bill TO per-
init Francis 4. Sholzer, member elect from North
Carolina, 10 take the oath prescribed for
test OATH was tabledSs to IS. I. Bills were intro
duced and refcred--to provide mode OF paying
pensions; to prevent the sale OF coal oil, or other
OIL for illuminating purposes, that will ignite at
lower temperature than ITO degrees fahrenheit
distribution; to check the drain d c0in ard pre-.
pare for permanent resumption OF specie pay
inent The bill for the relief Of the Poor Of the
District Of Columbia was amended md passed -llO
to 60. Adjourned. itt 8ifs Ess4a tfs ~
In the Senate, on the 18th, the resolution
Of the Georgia Legislature. accepting The condi.
lions recently imposed BY Congress, BY changing
the State Constitution. and rAtifying the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments, was presented:
=. Bills were intr0duced-t0 regulate the SAFE Q!
ot he sssf ~ 81 & Salt Lake City
Utah: granting lands 10 aid the constructi0n q
extending the prOvisi0ns OF the C1vn
Rights act, and for the enforcement Of the Ell