Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-23

n IN psssse eonveyanoes, place: q smussnsst.
| to incorporate the Japan Steam Navigation Con
| pany, confined 10 the naviesSae waters Of Jspen;
10 facilitate c0mn1erce between the United States
and carry into effect the oonsutution, and form 9
government for the Indisn Territory; 70 provide
Tor the erection Of government building .
tain silrosds in Coiorsdo provide for tie trans
pOrtAtion a. mails between the United states ana
Europe, and other purposes; declaring tAe tfue
construction Of the second section Of the Get Of
| March s. 1851 to settle certain accounts between
the United States and Mississippi; TO aid 10 the
constructionsof railroad from Lincoln, Nehfaeka.
| the Texas Pacific halfway Company, run6si the
| name OF the North Carolina Extension Raifyry
Company--the companies to be TIE kssiera ana
road, Wilmington, Charlotte 4 Rnthsrford Rail.
road, and the spartsnburg Union Railroad aaa o.
sg.: q snd %
Viclsburg with the Texas Pacific Railroad; incor
poratng the Shreveport q Red River Improvement
Company; creating Shreveport q port OF delivery
| to provide for the segregation ana survey OF
swamp lands in Oregon. Adjourned.
| In the House, on the 9th, bills were in
troduced-to repeal the duty salt; for the repeal
of the duty on coal providing that in all cases Of
insurrectop or obstruction to the law. either OF
the United States or Of any State or Territory, by
| a combination too powerful TO be suppressed Dy
the ordinary Judiciary proceedings and In a cases
where the constitutional authorities Of any State
or Territory eha fail refuse to execute the laws
It shall be lawful for the President TO employ the
! hand or naval forces Of the United States to sup
! press such combinations and TO execute the Jaws
even though the Legislature or Executive OF such
State may not call for such forces; for the appor
! tjonment OF Representatives to Congress among
the several States according TO the ninth census.
g., The Committee on Esctions was announced,
! as follows: Meesrs. w. w. McCreary, Stevenson,
Hale, POLAND, Finkelnburg, Thomas, Kerr, Pot,
| ter and Arthur ...A resolution was offered and
referred against paying compensation 70 contest.
ants for seats, who may be declared by the House
! not entitled to them, but that the House may al.
| low them actual expenses. The bill TO repeal
the dnty on salt was considered in committee Of
the whole. Adjourned. as3&
In the Senate on the 10th, motion was
agreed to to proceed to the election Of standing
committees, and q resolution was submitted with
list asagreed upon by the Republican caucus,
and request was made by Mr.. Sumner, Of Mas
eachusetts, that his name be eliminated from the
Committee on Privileges and Elections, and mo.
hOn u that effect was agreed TO. A lengthy and
bitter debate then ensucd on the question OF the
removal of Mr. Sumner from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, OF which he had been Chair.
man for number OF years. Mr.. Cameron, OF
Pennsylvania, being substituted in his stead.
motion to postpone the consideration of the ques
ton was finally lost, and the resolution confirm
ing the committees AZ agreed upon In caucus, with
the exception of the change made In the Commit
the on Privileges and Elections, was adOpted-33
to Q. -. Majority and minority reports were made
from the select Committee on Southern Outrages,
and were ordered TO be printed Executive ses-
sion and adjournment TO the 18th.
In the House, on the 10th, a joint reso-
luton was passed constituting the Internal Rev
enue act Of July H. 1870, AZ to provide for the
admiration of animals. especially those imported
TOT oreeuiHg puippseS' hi H. oi uy .n umo 20
ilin,on OF SansnS. .DiIis were ntlo9". s W
aoosn .ne w a.,,st. ths conatrnc
ton Of bridges across the Mississippi Missouri
anu ONO ,vers W h a a". y, rnmnse ali
LEGAL and p,litical disal,iities Bills were passed
to grant certain articles of machinery to the In
dustrial Home School Of the District Of Columbia;
a Deficiency bill, appropriating Sal, 555 A res
olutiOn was adopted for the appointment Of a
select committee OF five members on the subject of
the construction and maintenance of complete
and effective system of levees on the Mississippi
River. with authority TO Fit during the recess.
The bill to repeal the duties on salt and coal was
considered in Committee of the Whole. ..Ad-
iourned to the 13th
49,, .o., !, ~,
In the senate, on the l3tn, all Dlils anu
petitions previously introduced were taken from
tho tahIe and refarred IN the newly COM
D ,. .1o0 r,~1 ..,'', A..n,saI
mittces Bils were intr i. es,apilsn an
Eastern Judicial Dstrict In keni.ucky; iop snip
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Lake Michigan; for the enlistment OF three hum
dred additional seamen In the United states navy;
making land grant TO AID the Green Bay q Lake
Pepin Railroad, and railroad rom Milwaukee TO
Lake Superior, Ella Green Bay, Wis.,; extending
the time for constructing the railroad rom
st. Croix River TO the west END OF Lake Saper,nr
and bayfield,; to amend the Kansas rac ;,.. ~,
KR.sha ~ tha nste J mdar s manas Az. am
east from Marshal, and maLina tbe "a aauoa y the
,rho'a Inc nsnrn anu a my ~ d.h
waite, yice Hamilton, and Reynolds, ciaming
seats IN the senate, with the claim OF ex-senator
and referred ~ he Cnmmittae "n prr,,.ces and
Elections. Executive session and adiournment.
In the House, on the 18th, bills were In
troduced and referred-to enable the Atlantic q
poc,ec po,,-ooa Tor,non, 90 ,,,-.,,.e i.s "a
"."o As1' oau Ho.'p"nJ w ioi.s"so no ioau
ana confer jurisdiction on the District OF missouri
70 promote the construction OF the cincinnati
Southern naiIr0ad; giving additlonai representa-
tion 70 certain states In the House OF Representa-
tlyes providing ior the construction OF bridge
over the missouri river at bonneville, and declar-
ing tne same post route; making appropriation
ior the repair, preservation ana compienen or
Rmpllc works ~ Monroe, Mich TO grant ianss 10
Dakota i2r ralIroaa purposes; TO enable the peo-
government, and TO enable the people OF New
Mexico TO 40 Likewise, the latter under the name
Union cnncnrrept reso,ntion ra ," Agreed ssS