The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-02
Congressional Summary.

4UESDA1g Jun6 L.
SENATE The following bills were re-
ported from the Judiciary Committee,
and indefinitely postponed; For settle
ment OF 1nO1an claims By Commission;
the Joint resolution declaring void any ac-
tion OF State Legislature as to Constitu-
tiOnal Amendments, after the Secretary of
by three fourths OF the States; Joint reso-
tuition to enable the Secretary of the Trea.-
ury to collect abandoned property and
dues belonging to tue United States. The
bill extending the time in watch pension
and bounty frauds may be presented was
reported without amendment. House
bill, to 2nnul certain statute OF New
Mexico, was reported without amend
ment. House bill, annulliDg certain acts
of he Idaho Terri DRY bill TO change Ju 1
cial circuits was discussed, amended and
passt d. In the Supreme Court the JUS
tices, except the Chief Justice, are reQut ed
TO n side IN their respective circuits. and
the Chief Justice is 10 be known as Chief
Justics of The Supreme Court OF the Uni
ted States. The senate then went Into
Executive session, q ter which at O'Clock
the Senate adjourned
HousE-Af er some discus on 1t was
agI ee to- { the business of the Committee
on Banking and Carregcy cy, set for ytsteT-
A8 Intellectual effort as MADE tn have Te-
ported back and put npon its passage,
Law ence's bill authorizing he appoint
ment OF women as Deputy u. =. Marsha ais
TO tai e The census. Stevenson presented q
pet tion ofthe business men and citizens
of Cincinnati, relative to taxes on TOBACCO,
and demonstrating sgatnst the increase of
tax on smoking tonat CO. Cox presented q
petition from the New York tobacco man.
facturers, for uniform tax OF l6 cents per
pound on all manufactured tobacco and
snuff The House proceeded to the consid.
eratlon OF q Dill 10 reduce Internal taxes.
and g. Q 18th section amended by allowing
discount of 10 per cent. on proprietary
stamps supplied by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, on exc 81 above Fl ve
hundred purch aSed at one time. In the
course of the discussion in legard to the
renaliies for washing defaced stamps
ScHenek stated that it. was the intention
OF the Committee of Ways and Means to
wipe out the whole system OF spies and In
formers. and allow no more moietles.
The section in relation to stamps was
amer ded by striking out that pos ton OF the
paragraph as to bank checks, leaving II
10 read "bank check. draft or order, Tor
the payment of any sum OF money what
soever, drawn upon any bank, banker, or
trust company. two-cents." In course
OF The discussion, Sargeant stated
from the Treasury Department showed
that under existing tariff and revenue laws
there would be received into the Tresury
ext year from customs SIS5 OOOO: from
Internal Revenue taxes SI75, O0,CO0; from
81, ,OO0,O0 making a total of S393, % 10 ,0e0.
The estimated expenditures were S29I COO
600, which wonld leave a surplus of slO2OOO.-
20. A few days ago he had Introduce d
a proposition to reduce Customs 10 per
cent and internal Revenue taxes Is per
cent; to take OF the income tax, aud ab0I-
ism al spcilai taxes. This would leave q
surplus OF so 40, on ger yer, and he had
Calculate ed that that sum used as a Sinking
Fund would in thirfy-four years extin-
Rulsh the national bit and leave surplus.
The r. onse refused TO strike out Section
twenty, relating TO stamp, by vote of
sixty-dve 10 one hundred and twelve.
Sections twenty one and twenty-five were
transported An additional section was
Inserted, providing that in states where
resi- ondenis are allowed TO testify, the
same right shall exist for the person
charged with the violation of the law.
The tax on matches was stricken out, but
was afterwards reconsidsred, and the
proposition rejected. after a protFacted
discussi on on . proposition to strike out
theincome tax,wtth sundry amendments,
increasing the exemption to SIS O. and TO
So 600 or $500; without any action the
House adjourned