Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-02-15
Congressional Summary.

Sawyer, of Wisconsin, has introduced
into the House bill granting land for
q railroad from Berlin, Wis, to Bay
field, Wis, with branch.
The House has passed a. joint resolu-
/ tion, by vote Of 179 yeas. toI21a nays,
giving on behalf of Congress and the
people, to the Fenian prisoners just ar
rived in New York, a cordial welcome
to5the capital and the country. nm 21s
The Senate bill appropriating $780,
900 for the prosecutions of the work on
the st. Mary's River in Michigan has
been eopcurred in by the House.
r The House has passed the bill pro-
lviding that assistant matshals for the
ninth census where, the pay did not
amount to five dollars per day, be al
. lowed increased pay to that amount. p,
81 The Senate and House have appoint
ed aleommittee of conference to settle
the dispute between the two houses as
| to the power Of the Senate, under the
Constitution, to- originate the bill re-
pealing the income tax. go
| The House has passed a bill to ex-
tend the bounty land system to soldiers
and sailors of the late war, and their
widows and orphans. It provides that
all honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors who served in the late rebellion
ninety days, their widows and orphan
children, can acquire homesteads on the
public lands Of the United States, or
If discharged on account of wounds
received, or incurred in the line
of duty, their term of enlist
ment shall b e deducted from the tim
heretofore required to perfect title.
In case of the death of any person who
would be entitled to q homestead under
| the provisions of the first section of the
act, his widow, unmarried, or, in case
of her death, or marriage, the minor
orphan children, shall be entitled to all
the benefits enumerated in the act,
ProUjded, that if such person died
! during the term Of enlistment, the
whole term of enlistment shall be de-
| Quoted from the time heretofore re-
quired to perfect the title. Every
private soldier and seaman, marine
and officer who served ninety days and
is now inscribed on the pension rolls
is entitled to the benefits of the act.
| The Senate has adopted, and the
House concurred in, a joint resolution
commencing the suffering of the bel
Eigerent nations of Europe to the char
tiles of the American people.
! Joshua Hill has been admitted to the
Senate as Senator from Georgia.
ol The house has passed the Senate bill
of April last prescribing the oath of
Office to be taken by persons who par
ticipated in the late rebellion, but who
are disqualified from holding Office by
the fourteenth amendment. The bill
provides that such persons shall take
the oath prescribed in the act of the
18th of July, 1868, prescribing the oath
of Office to be taken by persons from
whom legal disabilities shall have been
removed. ass1 Lrt 10 lr.t .-..r rn
The House has recommitted the bill
extending the time for constructing the
railroad from st. Croix River or Lake
to the west END of Lake Superior and
Bayfield,, to the Committee on Public
Lands. This is said to be equivalent
to rejection. The vote stood, yeas,
1O2; nays, 81. There seems to be a
general feeling in the House against
I any more subsidies to railroads 7Do5'5