Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-09
In the Senate. on the 2sth. the creden

In the Senate, on the 28th, the creden
tails Of John A. Logan, as Senator from the State
of Illinois for six years from March 4. and OF
Phineas w. Hitchcock az Senator from Nebraska
for the ensuing term were presented, read and Or
dered fled Bills were paseed-House bill To au-
thorize the duplication of registered bonds in GER
tain cases; to enable the Jackson, Lansing n Sag
NAV Railroad Company TO change the northern
terminus of lie road from Traverse Bay to the
Straits Of Macknac; large number Of pension
bills. The River and Harbor Appropriation bill
was reported, with amendments. :. Conference
Committees were aunounced-on the Indian APP
preparation bill, Messrs. Cole, Harlin and Stock
ton; on the Legislative Appropriation BILL Nessrs.
Sawyer, Trumbull and Bayard. ;. The Army APP
preparation bill was proceeded with, and amend
ments were disposed Of. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 28th, bills were
passed-to amend section of the act Of July 20,
1863, In relation fermented liquors. SO as to ap
ply to making fermented liquids used for the man.
ufaeturc OF vinegar exclusively, but not to be
strued to authorize the distilatiOn OF fermented
liquors anywhere except In authorized distileries
TO promote the construction Of the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad; repeating all laws and parts
Of laws imposing duty on foreign coal-1A TO A.
April, 1870, for giving effect to various grants of
public lands TO the State Of Nevada, and allowing
the selection of school lands Ia California The
Senate amendment to the House bill for al Interna-
tional Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876, was con-
Cured in and the bill was passed; also, the Senate
amendment TO the House bill allowing the issue Of
registered In cases Wncre tnc OTl1l
mails were believed to be lost or destroyed, was
concurred In, and the bill was passed. Confer
ence committees were announced-Messrs. Sar-
gent, Beck, and Clarke (Kansas) on the Indian APP
preparation bill; Messrs. Dawes, Washburn Wis
consn) and Niblack on the Legislative Appropria-
ton bill. "A bill was reported from the Recon
structlon Committee to protect the loyal and
peaceable citizens of the UnitSd States In the full
enjoyment OF their rights OF personal liberty and
property, and to enable such citizens TO preserve
and perpetuate evidences OF losses claimed to have
hQof f.uf ham In tafn
lately In rebellion. "A motion to reconsider the
vote whereby the Omnibus bill was tabled pre-
vailed, and q substitute was agreed to-10s to So
bill, and containing the following amendments
adopted by the Houre Appropriation Committee:
Sixty thousand dollars for the Little Falls Bridge;
increasing the compensation Of Winnie Ream from
5000 to $4,000; increasing the appropriation for
the survey of the Western coast from 500 600 to
$2a0,0OO; appropriatng $4,000 for continuing the
survey Of the Northern and Northwestern lakes;
the bill was then passed-112 to %. "A Confer
ence Committee was ordered Oh the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the list, the creden-
tias Of Senator elect Frelinghuysen, of New Jer-
sey; Kelly, OF Oregon and Wright, of Iowa, were
presented, read, and ordered filed. IA resolution
was adopted to continue the investigation, by spe
cial committee, OF the alleged Ku-Klux outrages
In the South during the first session Of the Forty
second Congress-. .Messrs. Cole, Ramsey ard
Sherman were appointed Conference Committee
was made and c0ncurred In, from the Conference
Committee on the Indian Appropriation bill -:
The bill repeating the duty on coal was received
from the House. and read for the first time, its
ond reading being objected to The Army APP
preparation bill was further amended and passed.
e. The Navy Appropriation bill was considered
In Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the House, on the list, bills were
passed Senate bill providing that no tax shall be
imposed upon any sums added to the contingent
funds Of insurance companies or on unearned
premiums; Senate bill to amend the act of March
2, 1863, to establish and declare the railroad and
bridges Of the New Orleans, Mobile and Chatta-
nooga Railroad Company post road relating to
the records Of the Courts Of the United States;
Senate bills granting lands Tor the construction OF
railroad from the western boundary of Minnesota
to the Winnipeg district in British America and to
provide for the erection Of government building
at Trenton, N. D.. Resolutions were adopted to
pay Messrs. Rogers, Of Tennessee, and Eggleston,
OF Ohio, contestants for seats, $500 and $1,000
respectively. The Senate amendment to the
House bill creating additional judicial districts in
Arkansas was amended by providing that the pres
ent District Judge of Arkansas shall remain Judge
of the Eastern District The report of the Confer
ence Committee on the Indian Appropriation bill
was agreed TO. Adjourned.