Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-07

OF the army and AZ their pay. Bill were passed
: 70 create an additional lard district IN
Dakota; firing the posa! OF junc;,on Q,
'he Union and centr.! P.c.hc hsii i.,
ri Ogden and within the iiEAts Of Section 70, OF
% = Of f.Hse :. stu1ts nOftt aud west q
the princip. neriaiAs ana base ile 10 tae ts.fI-
to,y o. Utah and granting TO the company six ad-
6itousl sectioas sne -ec,ios 81 las IN esca iown-
hip being reserved fer the bessft Of scboois In
Utah. these lands - be pAid ior st tse regular
gwen r:eut price. &s50 per acrene rights OF phi
s1te pc sons 10 BE- affected ~ the act Pending
the consideration Of The bill extending the home
stead ard pre- mp,i.n avs 10 pubic I.nor 10 A,a
Senate w-nt into executive ees.ioa on the San Do
rnilgo treaty Adjourned totse 18Th.
In the House, on the eth, resolution
was adopted, directing the Committee on Public
Lands 20 inquire into the psopriety 81 extending
the land laws and government surveys to Alaska
Bills were introdlced-to compensate the
officers and crew Of the Kearsarge for the destrIc-
ton Of the Alabama; 10 regulate the matter Of the
payment of pensions. "A large NUMBER OF pri-
vale bills were reported and disposed Of. The
Tariff bill was further considered In Committee OF
the Whole Adjourned the session on the 18th to
be for general de pate only.
In the Senate, on the 18th, resolutions
OF the Iowa Legislature, in favor Of Cuban beiiig-
erency, were presented and referred. "A memo
rial Of 1873 members OF the St Louis bar in favor Of
q bill increasing the salaries OF Judges OF United
States courts, was presented and lad On the table
explanatory Of the fourth article Of the treaty OF
February %. 1857, with the Quapaw. shawnee and
other Indians, declaring the strip q land thereby
ceds 10 the United SiaIes open 70 entry under the
pre-emptiou laws :. Bills were introduc1d-g
ing lands to aid the construction OF railroad rom
the Central Pacific Railroad ir Sevaaa 10 the Col.
the Construction Of The New Orleans and North
eastern Railroad; for the relief Of pre- emption
settlers in the West Point District, Nebraska.
Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 23th, bills weIe in
troduced and refered-to prevent the collection Of
illegal taxes levied by State authority; incorporat
ing the Southern Trans Continental Railroad Com
pany and granting lands and right Of way thereto;
authorizing the construction OF bridge acrore the
Mississippi at st. Louis; prov ding for the payment
sin Legislature. asking further appropriation fa
harb0rs on Lake Superior, and memorial by the
Minnesota Legislature for the removal OF certain
sented and referred :. "A joint resolution was
passed. authorizing the supply OF arms, for nstruc-
ton and practice to certain colleges and universe
President for information relating to the San
Domingo treaty: granting leave to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs to present in print for the con-
sideration OF the House. the majority and minority
reports on the Cuban question, April 8, to be the
special order for that day aud every succeeding day
until disposed Of. Petitions were presented of
vi Banks; to issue $500, 900 900 in greenbacks: to
make them receivable and payable on all dues, I'M
ports and taxes and to pay off $40 O000 900 OF the
hve-twenty bonds; also, of citizens of Newton
Falls, Ohio against any change in the tariff laws,
As suggested; by the Free Trade League, for
the reduction Of the duty on tea, coffee, etc; and
for the reimbursement Of the duty on manufactures.
=. The Tariff bill was discussed in Committee Of
the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Goth, bills were
reportedto provide for the better security Of life
on board steam vessels to relinqush the interest
Of the United States In certain lands in the city
OF Ban Francisco; the General Deficiency
bill !; substitute for the Hoase joint resolu-
ton declaratory Of the intention OF the law
relating to the income tax. providing that after the
year 1870 there shal be levied and collected a tax
Of per cent. per snnum on the several incomes,
resolution, and in the mode and manner hereto
fore provided by lava bill was introduced
and referred to prevent and punish election frauds
The bill for othe appointments OF special COM
mittee on Indian affairs laid by the casting
vote OF the Vice President. motion wac adopted
to discharge the judiciary Committee from further
| consideration Of the Texas bill, and the bill was
taken up ss proviso that the act shall not Affect in
| any manner the condition and guarantee upon
which the State Of Texas was anne sd and admitted
u
TO 11being similar to the bills admitting Virginia
| and Mississippi The bill allowing the United
States Judge OF the Eastern District Of Texas to
resign continuing his salary and providing for his
successor, WAS passed. Adjourned.
In the House, on the Goth, majority
report was nade in the contested election case
from the Fifteenth Congressional District of Penn
sylvana, with 4 resolution that John Reading, the
sitting member 10 not entitled to seat, and that
the contestant Caleb N. Taylor. is, and a minority
report, with opposite conclusions, was also pre-
seDtcd !; an adverse report was made on the Claim
OF segsr, Representative-at-is large from Virginia
-. On motion, 1t WAS ordered that all general de-
bate on the Tariff bill close on the Both. an hour
and half after the House goes into committee.
The Tariff biz was then taken up and debated in
Committee Of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Both, a Commit
tee Of Conference was appointed on the bill
amending the usury laws of the District of Co
lumba The bill providing for u Post ONCE
building at Little Rock passed. Bills were in
troduced and referred-fYing the Tuesday ne xt
after the nrst Monday In November as day upon
which the Representatives and Delegates Of Con
gress shall be elected throughout the country; to
incorporate the Indian Territory, Gulf u Pacific
Railroad Company and enable the same to con-
sruct certain railroads and branches 30 ~ to give
a transit by rail through that Territory on equal
term. to railroads reaching its borders. "A bill
ing to the United States Circuit Court for the Dis
trict OF Missouri, amended to make 1t general
bill by providing that nothing in the act approved
April TO- 1859, be constructed to require Circuit
Court to be held in any district where not he'd
under the existing law Executive session and
Adjournment.
In the House, on the 30tb, concurrent
resolution. were adopted unanimously, expressive
of regret ut the death of Gen. Thomas and author
izing such arrangements In connection with the
obsegnes will best show the sympathy of Con.
gress in the national bereavement. Bills were
pas-ed-removing disabilities from several vr-
ginans granting the Marine Hospital at Natchez
TO the State of Mississippi The Senate amend
ment 10 the bill admitting Texas to representation
In the Union striking ont the provisO that MOI hing
In the bill shall affect the conditions which Texas
originally annexed TO the Union, Was con-
cured IN 1872 81. Bills were reported to es-
tabish n system OF national education. intended
only for those states which refuse to establish a
system Of public education; to allow the
School Trustees OF Arkansas to enter lands
for school purposes under the Home
stead law, allowing them to take in,
fence, snd improve forty acres for each scholar
providing tnat the Office OF education In the De-
psrment Of the Interior shall be hereafter named
the Bureau of Education, to which shall be trans
ferred the unexpended funds in the Treasury OF The
United States to the account OF the Freedmen's
Bureau, for education and support of refugees and
freedmen and also transferring to the War Depart
ment the other duties of the Freednen's Bureau
-. On motion, general debate on the Tariff bill
was ordered closed on the 3lst. "A message was
receiycd from tho President annou ncing the nro-