The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-03-18
Summary Of Important Congressional
ErOCeeIinrS.


The Senate has passed the Legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, with amendments repeating 80
much of the law regulating evidence
as makes the possession of a pardon
evidence. of dlslavaltE consolidating
The public grounds south of Pennsyl-
vanla avenue for a grand park and
raising the salaries of the Judges of TIE
Supreme and District Courts, and of the
Comptroller and Auditors of the Treas
ury department., the Assistant Post
MASTER end the Commissioners Of Gus
toms and Pensions The Judges sala-
ries now stand in the bill as follows
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. IS 500
Associate Justices of the Supreme
:. Court ................ 5000
United States Circuit Court .. 5000
Chief Justices Of the Court of Claims
and the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia 5000
Associate Justices OF said Courts. ..t $500
United States District Judges ..s.. 5000
The. saiafies 3f he other officser
tamed are increased to 81 900
The House has passed a bill reported
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
authorizing the President of the United
States to aorcitt JOINT committee to
establish the northwestern boundary
line. During the debate on this bill.
Dawes stated that there had been ex-
pended on this matter In the last fiji
teen years $3.50, 400, yet nothing had
been accomplished toward the settle
ment Of the anestion 4 further sum
OF $500, 600 will be required.
The House hes adopted Joint reso-
luton in relation to the McGarrahan
claim, directing the Secretary of the
Interior to cause record of the patent
to the Panoche Grande to be tran
scrlbed into the records az TIE same
stood on the record book of the General
Land Office at the time it was exam
ined, without any mutilation OF eiasure
whatever, so That the legal effect of the
record SO transcribed shall be the same
as If the original record had never been
mutilated; and it requires the Presi-
dent to do in the premises whatever
may, IN his Judgment, be equitable,
without regard 80 any action CT FRO
ceedihe had subsequently to the 14th
of March 1861, the date OF the patent
recorded.
The Honse has passed the Senate
Southern Pacific railroad bill with two
amendments first, changing the name
and some of the corporators, and re-
dhclng the capital to $50, 200, 900, and,
second, prohibiting consolidation with
other roads hereafter to be built.
Senator Warner presented IN the Sen
ate petition from citizens of Dublin,
Fayette county, AlaEa1iia, playing fo1
/ protection against Ku-klux outrages,
and asserting their preference for mill
/ tary rule to their present unprotected
! condition
The House has passed q deficiency
bull witch apprOpriates so, 677, 525.
/ The Senate has passed bill amend
/ ing the bounty law so that all soldiers
who were mustered into the service Of
the United States for three wears, be
tween May and July %. 1861, and
who were honorably discharged before
serving two years by reason of disabil
ity con racted III the service, shall be
entitled to SlGo bounty Tie aggre
gaze Of these boitnties will he about
$500, 900.
After a debate which continued until
after midnight, the Snate passed the
House bill to guard the purity of cleo
ttons, entitled can act to amend AL
act approved May 31st, 1870, to enforce
the rights of United States citizens tc
vote in the several States Of the Union,
and for other purposes" by a strict
party vote-yeas SO, nays 10.