Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-07-08
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to Committee of the Whole reduce the tax on al
kinds of salt fifty per cent. :. The report OF the
Conference Committee on the currency Dill wal
called up and discussed. -.Adjournea.
In the Senate, on the e29th, . memorial
was presented and referred, upon the importance
of making a full appropriation for the Louisville
Canal, according to the engineers estimates. "a
bill was introduced to divide the State Of Ten
nessee into two judicial districts "A motion to
reconsider The Texas Pacific Railroad bill was de-
feated-15 to 81 The bin TO authorize the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad Company to extend it's rail-
way and telegraph line to El Paso, New Mexico,
was Considered, and a substitute offered. The
Tax and Tariff bill was proceeded with, ndseveral
ipg,the duty bituminous coal and shale so cents
per ton Of twenty eight bushels, eighty pounds to
the bushel, was defeated and rejected-1S. to S3-
motion to strike ont the duty on bessemer steel
rails gave rise to discussion, and, without action
upon it, The Senate adjourned. .ss5as
In the House, on the Goth, Senate bills
were passed-amendatory to the act Of July a.,
1863 to protect the right OF actual settlers on pub
lie lands; to establish the Western judicial Dis
trict of Wisconsin; to amend the act to establish
and proteCt nation cemeteries; to regulate the
northwestern frontiers of the United States; to
regulate the effect ofa vote of thanks OF Congress
upon promotion in the navy; in relation to m
sold lands in the counties OF Porter and Lake,
Indiana; to establish an additional land district
inKansas; for the admission of photographs for
exhibition free of duty; giving the consent OF
Congress to the reception of certain bequest by
the State OF New Jersey under the will OF the
late Edwin A. Stevens for the disposal
of lands within the Fort Ridgley military reser-
vatons in Minnesota: auth rjzing construction OF
bridge across the Arkansas river at Little Rock
TO amend The act of 1860 to carry into effect the
provisions of treaties between the United States
and China. Japan, Siam, Persia, and other coun-
tries ;giving certain Judicial powers to Ministers
and Consuls, and other of the United
States certain sections of acts passed by
the Territorial Legislature of Wyoming "A re-
port .of the Conference Committee ON the
bill for the relief of certain officers OF
the navy, to strike out the second sec
tion of the BILL which referred to retiring officers,
was agreed to. "A report was made from the Com
mittee on Elections in the Missouri contested cleo.
tion case that Dyer, the sitting member is not en-
titled to the seat, and that VIM. f Switxler, the
contestant, is and notice was given that it would
be called up for action on the 7th OF July, and the
yiewsof the minority of the committee, with op-
posite conclusions, were asopresented. "A reso-
luton was adopted, directing the doorkeeper to
retain in the service during the recess the crippled
soldiers now employed under him. .Consfdera-
tion of the Conference report the Currency bill
was resumed and after considerable discussion
the report was rejected -33 to 132-and on motion
another Conference Committee was ordered. -.
The Senate amendments to the Indian ApproDr1a-
tion bill were reported back from the Committee
on Appropriate ons. Adjourned.