Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-02
of Congressional Proceedings.


The Senate has passed a bill extend
ing the time for the completion of the
railroad between Madison and Portage
City, and giving construction to the
acts OF Congress granting lands to the
State of Wisconsin to aid in building
railroads, throwing open the lands
within the company's grant to actual
settlement, and imposing other restric.
tions.
The House has passed the Senate bill
authorizing the sale of the military
reservations at Forts Line and Walla
Walla, Oregon; Fort Serah, Kansas,
Camp McGarry, Nevada; Fort Sumner,
New Mexico; Forts Wayne and Smith,
Arkansas, and such portions of Fort
Abercrombie as east of the Red River
of the North, and such portians of Fort
Brdger, Wyoming, as are no longe,
required for military purposes.
The Senate bill extending the laws OF
the United States over Alaska, has been
concurred in by the House.
A bill has been passed by the House
for the sale of timber lands in Califor-
mia and Oregon and Washington Terri
tory. 1t authorizes the sale of timber
land in quantities not exceeding GAG
acres at the minimum price of 81. 25
per acre, except alternate sections with
IN railroad grants, which may be sold
at double the minimum price.
Miller, Senator from Georgia has
been admitted to his seat.
The House has passed a bill to en-
able the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw
railroad company to change the north
ern terminus of the road from Traverse
Bay to the Straits of Mackinaw.
The Senate has concurred in the
House joint resolution appropriating
five thousand dollars to George T. Rob-
inson, in recognition of his services in
saving the life of Secretary Seward.
The House has passed a bill, by q
vote of 144 to Ga, to enforce the rights
of citizens of the United States under
the fifteenth amendment to vote in the
several states. 1t is principally an
amendment of some of the details of
the bill of the 31st of May, 1870, on the
same subject. 1t provides for the APP
pointment, by the United States Cir
cult Judge, of two supervisors of
election of different politics in
towns having over 10000 inhabitants,
and prescribes their powers and
duties. 1t also authorizes the United
States Marshal to appoint special dep
uty marshal to assist in the supervis-
ion of the election, and prescribes their
powers and duties, and authorizes them
to call to their aid byseanders or a posse
comitatus direct. The authority to call
on the military authorities is struck
out. 1t also provides for the appoint
ment, In each judicial district,
of chief supervisor of elec-
tions, and prescribes his powers
and duties. 1t extends the ju-
risdiction of the United States Court
to all cases in law and equity arising
under the act 1t also provides that
hereafter all elections for Representa-
tives for Congress, to which elections
the whole bill is confined, shall be by
ballot, written or printed, anything in
the law of any State to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The House adopted resolutions di-
recting the restoration of cadets Baird,
Barnes and Fleckinger, who were ex-
pcuou ny tHc HcilDcIo VI tlc ISt CidoS,
and ordering the dismissal of the lead
ers and instigators of the first class and
the court-martial of the others.
The army appropriation bill was tax
en- up on Friday and discussed at length
in the House, but not disposed of. 1t
appropriates s27, 475, 900.
The House has concurred In the Sen
ate bill establishing territorial form
of government for the District of Col
umbia.