New-York tribune., 1871-12-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Bills were introduced and referred as follows:
Mr., POLAND REP Vtl-To regulate actions IN & tne
Court OF Claims BY loyal owners OF property Seized under
Mr., MAzIEToN lRsp, n. .JlAnthorizlng an appro,
tsUs stasioDs on the .n F' coast
Mr. sCOFIELD Rep; Psnn.,EFor lighthouse on the
Mr.. STORM CDem., Penn)-ro prevent tn" enlistment
in the army Of persons under the age OF 2l years
District Court in Toledo. Ohio.
Mr.. GOLLADAY (Rep., Trnn)-Resolutions Of the
Sir. CALDWELL. (Den., Teunl lGranttn9 1000 acres
OF public land for cveeng the Mississippi River In Ken
Mr: VAUGHAN Dem, Tenn)-For an United States
public building liz Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.: HERND0N (Dcm.l, was sworn In as Representa-
iSvEsrIGATIxG THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
Mr.. DAWES Rep. Mass) offered resolution directing
Executive departments 1t is similar in its wording
that offered yesterday by Mr. Lynch except that the
Mr.. cox (Drm, n. " inquired whether this rcsolu-
tion would cover III examination into tho Syndicate
Mr.. DAWES replied 1t would not, as that matter
I'm the Treasury Department. but he assured his impa
soul in patience he would Be satisfied that the Secretary
OF tho Treasury had cOnfOrmed TO the law In every par
The House then took up the b to con sodate the Post.
Office laws, and utter some Little discussion the bill was
Mr: RINGHAM RsP; Ohio. trSm the judiciary Gem
sfn esooss to 'S @ len and
Messrs. BINGHAM and SHELDON (Rep., La.) ex-
provisions Of tho Louisiana Constitution After some
discussion the bill was postponed until the second
s"fsaf Mr. PETERs sp Ge from tho Judiciary Commit
tee reported bill for the benet Of purchasers Of lands
sold for direct taxes In the insurrectionary States
Mr.. ARCHER Dem. Md.). from the Committee on No
roll the names Of the widows and minor children Of
Newton H Adams and John Rudenstein, late surgeons
In the navy. Passed -
THE GENEVA CONVENTION.
Mr.. BANKS (Rep, Masso, from the Committee on
81 Rs II
under the Washington Treaty He explained the neces
on Saturday next but ssd the fullest opportunity for
the holidays other points, particularly in regard to
the shcries In which his colleague Butler felt much
to whether the subject should should not De
sPEHKER Decided against the point holding that
tho rule. House only required the general sppro
After long discussion on technical pOints Of ORDER
the bin referred to the Committee Of the Whole on
The Hous tssD a vent into SSm%Tsss q ths
s M sss 'na ~
He had started with tho as:a@pon Of so = re total
number Of RspresentatiyeA There were four ste.ss-
below the ss"rs satns sn 70 one Rspss
sentative but they wsss snate6 tS one HspIesen-
lson Of the other $ States BY lS figure, after
much calculation he bad arrived at the ratio gave -
members more, thus maitng re memoera Then there
the ratio had fraction Onehal Of tho is7so He
gave ssch Of saess sn @ !Ss srcn 90
titled additional Rspresentays for these frcStons
iasnd Connecticut, New-Yorh, NewJsxsey, Reunsyl.
vsnis Maryland Virginia, North Carolina 0oorgiA
Kentucky, Arkansas. Michigan Texas, Iowa, wiscousn.
California, and Kansas.
After further discusston By nessrs eHEILABAH03R,
having taken any action on the bill.
M. mWNSRND (Dsm., N. - offered resolution in.
srctnS tho Secretary VI the Treasury 70 ascertain and
report whether any Of the national banks in NewYork
arc interested concerned In promoting IN arnoia
scarcity Of money Adopted.
Nr. kYERS 0aep., Penn.) introduced . bill for the
better detection and prevention Of fraud IN the naval
ta1yS% A4Ssss.s4.