Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-03

the relief OF the District OF Columbia. The bill
10 provide for the national currency of coin notes,
and to equalize the distribution and circulation OF
notes. was taken up and discussed. .. Executive
session and adjournment.
In the House, on the oath, a large num-
Der of bills were introduced, among which were
fixing the compensation Of lettercarrers at 1920
to increase the number of Judges of the Supreme
Court of the United States to regulate the mode
of determining the ratification of constitutional
Amendments; granting 100 acres OF land to sol
dicrs who served in the late war; to adjust the
payment of pensions on gold basis providing
for the health and safety OF persons employed In
coal mines; for survey OF Fort Gratiot Military
Reservation in Mchigan; to authorize the
people OF New Mexico to form constitu-
ton and State government preparatory to admis.
sion asa State granting agricultural school lands
to several Territories; to establish postal tee-
graph line; making appropriations for harbors In
Michgan to provide for q consolidation OF the
Indian tribes The reply of the General OF the
Army to the call for information as to authority for
certain military officers acting as Committee on
Elections In the Georgia Legislature, stating that
they we're not acting as such cummittee, but as a
board outside the Legislature to assist General
Terry IL the execution OF his office and duties i'm
posed on him by act of Congress, was referred to
the Committee on Reconstruction. The Virginia
bill, as amended by the Senate, was then taken up
and. after considerable discussion, was adopted
1870 to o.. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 25th, the proceed
ings OF public meeting of Cleveland merchants
against the continuance of the Income tax, were
presented and referred. "A substitute for the res
olutions regarding the income tax was reported
from the Finance Committee. providing that the
several duties on incomes, dividends, and salaries
imposed by said section shall continue for and
during the year 1870. and no longer: and so much
of said taxes as are not paid or payable during said
year, shall be collected and paid In the year 1871
80. The Currency bill was taken up and discussed
....Adjourned.
In the House, on the Goth, petition
was presented against allowing American register
to foreign built ships, and for reduction of the
tax on shipbuilding and commerce IA bill was
passed. providing tina. title shall be acquired or
perfected to any agricultural public lands In the
State of California not heretofore disposed OF, ex-
cept by settlement under the homestead or pre-
emption laws. -. Bills were introduced and referred
f. authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany to issue its bonds for the construction OF its
road and to secure the same by mortgage; grant
ng lands to Arkansas and Missouri for railroad
rom the Mississippi to the Arkansas. The
League Island Navy bill was further considered.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Howell,
of Iowa, took the oath as successor to Mr.. Grimes
The joint resolution of the Legislature of
Kansas. asking for the removal of the Capital to the
fOrb l4cdNenWOTlu military IleeciNailont was SUI
mitted :. Petitions were presentation an amend
ment to the Constitution extending suffrage to fe-
males; asking for an increase of salaries OF Judges
of the United States Supreme and Circuit Courts
Ia bill was introduced, supplementary to the
Currency act of June g. 1864, authorizing free bank
ing under that act The bill for the disposal of
public lands in the Fort Ridgey reservation WAS
taken up and discussed during the morning hour,
when it was recommtted to the Committee on
Public Lands, and the Currency bill taken up and
discussed until adjournment,
In the House, on the 26th, resolutions
were adopted-calling upon the Secretary of the
Treasury for information regarding the Govern
ment and the Union and Central Pacific Railroad
Companies directing the Committee on Mines
and Mining to inquire into the cause of the Avon.
dale disaster, and whether Congress has power to
legslate in the matter. The League Island Navy
Yard bill was taken up and discussed, and was
finally tabled by vote Of "a to ". Resolutions
of inquiry were adopted-as to the appointment
OF Land Commissioner to aid landless people
in the South to procure homesteads; as to the
extent and value of imports which could be pro-
duced in the United States. =. The Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was de-
bated in Committee of the Whole, after which the
House adjourned.