Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-03-03
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL. i

In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
bill authorizing the constrnction OF bSidges over
the Mississippi and MSsour Rivers, by the Louisi-
eua & Missouri Railroad Company, as amended by
the Senate Committee on Post Offices, was passed.
:. On motion the Judiciary Committee was dis.
charged from the further consideration Of various
petitions referred to that committee for female
suffrage. The Legislative Executive and judi
cla Appropriation bill was further considered aud
various amendmepts were dispotsd OF. Executive
session ard adjournment.
In the House, on the 18th, the Army
Appropriation bill was considered in Committee OF
the Whole, reported to the House and passed. -.
The bill reported by the Committee on Foreign
Affairs authorizing the President 10 cooperate
with the Government of Grent Britain In the ap-
nointn,ent OF a joint Commission for determining
me boundary line between the United States and
British Territories between the Lake of the Woods
and the Rocky Mountains, and an appropriation
OF SlOOOQ0 annually for the expense Of the work,
was considered In Committee OF the Whole and re-
ported TO the House The report of the Judiciary
Committee on tllu McGarrahan claim was debated,
-. Adjourned,
In the Senate, on the Goth, - House bills
were reported to guard the purity Of
election; without amendment allowing home
steed SETTLERS IN ckse OF sickness to make Anal ai
davlts at their residences; without amendment
extending the time for filing bounty claims under
the act of July q, 1895 to Jan. 49,, 1870 The
Legislative Appropriation bill was taken up, aud
amendments We're disposed Of, one repeating that
part of the law regulating evidence in the Court
Of Claims, which makes the possession of par.
-. Adjourned.
In the House, on the Goth, resolutions
of the Wisconsin Legislature in favor of the re-
newal of railroad grants were introduced and re-
ferred. a memorial was presented and referred
from the Kansas Legislature for the immediate re-
mqval OF the National Capital to the Valley of the
rbnh faI fba unit
tee on Foreign Affairs, authorizing the President
to appoint joint commission to establish the
northwestern boundary line, was taken up, and,
after discussion, was passed :: A dispatch from
the Associated Press, announcing the safety of the
Tennessee, was laid before the House by the
Speaker The Sundry Civil Service hill, appro-
priating $30,0OO,V0, including $i,5OO,0C0 for
pensions under the recent law, was re.
Dist The rYpoft 6F the Judiciary Com.
mittee ON the McGarrahan claim was considered,
and the substitute offered by the minority was
adopted-l10 to 9l--dlrecting the Secretary Of the
Interior to cause record of the patent to Pan
oche Grande to be Transcribed into the records as
the same stood on the record book in the General
Land Office at the time II was examined, without
any mutilauon or erasure whatever. so that the
legal effect Of the record so transcribed shall be
the same as If the original record had never been
interfered with or mutilated, and authorizing and
reqtifing the President OF the United States to do
in the premises whatever may in his judgment be
just and equitable, without regard TO any action
proceeding had subsequent to the nth OF
March, 1868, the date OF the patent recorded.
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 21st, bills were
introduced-for aid in the establishment and sup
port OF public schools in States lately in rebellion
to increase the internal revenue derived from lot
teries, and for other purposes. Bills were passed
authorizing the United States Circuit Court for
Indiana to make partition of the Miami reserve
of the Interior; the Legislative Executive and Ju-
dciai Appropriation bill, with amendments. .Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 21st, the Senate
bill entitled act to incorporate the Texas & Pa
cifc Railroad Company, and to aid in the construc
tion of the road, and for other purposes, dis
cussed at length, amended and passed-13t to 70.
IA report was made from the Committee on
Elections in the Missouri contested election case,
Shields against Van Horn, and resolutions were
adopted declaring that Shields, the contestant is
not entitled to the seat and that Van Horn, the
sitting member, is, and that Shields shall be paid
$5,OOO FOR expenses. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 22d, the creden-
tials of Lot NJ. Morrill,, as Senator from Maine for
Elk years from the 4th of March next, were pre-
sented and read IA petition was presented and
read, from the citizens OF Dublin, Fayette Coun-
ty, Ala, praying for protection against Ku-Klux
outrages.. The annual Post Route bill was con-
sidered and passed The Indian Appropriation
bill was considered, and several amendments were
disposed Of. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 22d, the Deficiency
Appropriation bill, appropriating s1O,677 ,525 was
considered, and lengthy and personal debate en-
sued, after which the bill was passed-96 to A..
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23d, the House
joint resolution relating to Panoche Grande being
the MGaTahan claim, was received from the
House and temporarily disposed of by being laid
on the table. The Texas Pacific Railroad bill
was also received from the House, and action
postponed until the bill Is printed Bills were
passed-HOuse bill to extend the provisions Of the
nifty fifth section of the banking act of June, 1864,
Furnishing embezzlement by bank officers, to
banks organized under the provisions of the bank
ing act of February, 1853; Indian Appropriation
bill Senate bill TO amend the bounty laws, pro-
viding that all soldiers who were mustered into
the service of the United States for three years be-
tween May and July %, 1861 and who were
honorably discharged before serving two years by
reason of disability contracted in the service, are
entitled to receive 500 bounty. Bills were
reported-Army Appropriation bill, with
amendments; to facilitate commerce between the
United States and China, Japan, and countries of
Asia, Incorporating the Asiatic Commercial Com
pany for the purpose OF carrying on general
mercantile and shipping business, with amend.
ment; adversely, TO increase internal revenue
arising from lotteries and other purposes .Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 23d, bills were
passed-relatiye to taking dispositions in Courts OF
the United States; for an extension of the time fol
the completion of the Portage Lake and Lake
Superior Canal; making appropriations for the
construction, preservation, and repair of certain
fortifcations, and other works of defense; with
amendments, making appropriations for the com
pletion and preservation of certain public works
on rivers and harbOrs, and for other purposes. .
The Senate resolution prescribing the oath to be
taken by Senator-elect Miller, of Georgia, was
passed Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Gath, the creden,
tials of William Window, as Senator elect from
Minnesota, were presented and read. Bills were
reported-iayoraby, repeating the test oath; to
provide for Assistant United States Treasurers al
Cincinnati and Chicago. The bill relating to
bridges across the Mississippi River was consid
cred and passed. Mr. Miller, of Georgia, was
sworn in. The House Enforcement bill, entitled
an act TO amend the act approved May 81, 1870, tC
enforce the right of citizens of the United States tC
vote in the several States of the Union, and fol
other purposes, was taken up, and a lengthy de
bate ensued, when the bill was passed by party
vote of 80 to 10. Adjourned.
In the House, on the gath, the bill
making appropriations tor the sundry civil ex
penses of the government, known as the Omnibus
bill, appropriating $33,5s3 992, was taken up, ant
Its consideration occupied the greater portion o
the day. session, twenty pages out of ffty-hve o
the bill being disposed Of Adjourned.
FOREIGN.