Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-20
General News Summary
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CiatIot of Tennessee, ASKING raymeht for the de
prohibiting the sale of liquors in the District oi
Columbia, and a motion was made to refer it to
+ the judiciary CogmmiHttes but aftet discussion
rnittee from consideration of the subject . Bills
were reported--to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue coupon bonds and exchange reg
istered bondss TO authorize the President
to release the Empire of Japan from the payment
Of the indemtiity dte to the United States under
the Convention OF 1864; from the Cofnmittee on
Finance House bill for the relief of the sufferers
by the Boston fire, the committee being equally
divided on the subject. "A bill was introduced
anu referred, transferring to the Exora, Denison
3 Sioux City Railroad Company, of iowa, al the
rights or interests heretofore vested in the Cedar
Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company, by
the acts of May Is, 1856. and June 2, 1864 to any
public lands lying within twenty miles of the
IA resolution was adopted directing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the expedi-
ency Of so amending the Constitution as to pro-
ytde for the election of President and Vice
President and United States Senators by the di-
rect vote of the people. Bills were passed-to
authorize the construction of bridge across the
Ouachita River. at or near Arkadelphia, Kansas;
to provide for the removal of the sunken wreck
obstruCting the channel off Sandy Hook. :. Mr..
Stevenson, of Kentucky, was announced as q
member of the Board of Regents of the Smith
senian Institute, in place of Garrett Davis, deceas
ed. Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 10th, bills were
introduced and Observation-Disclosures Collectors to
grant special orders for unloading steamships at
night; establishing new scale of fees and sala-
ries of custom officers; repeating the Bankruptcy
act; to repeal the special tax on retailers of leaf
tobacco; to repeal the Enforcement act; abolish
ing the stamp duty on blink Checks and abolish
ing the special tax on leaf tobacco; to amend the
act of May %, 1872, for holding United States
Courts in Toledo for a railroad bridge across the
Ohio River at Owensburg, Ky The bill reported
al the last session, to enable honoraby discharged
soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphan chill
authority to assign their certificates and to locate
by attorney, was debated e. The Indian ApprO-
priation bill, appropriating $5,379.3b5, was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, and several
paragraphs were disposed Of. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 11th, bills were
passed-to admit free of duty the statue to COM
memorate the sailors who fell in the late war;
placing colored persons who enlisted in the army
on the same footing as other soldiers to bounty
lands; authorizing the settlement of the claim of
the estate of the late Admiral Dahlgren establish
ing an Assay Office at Helena, Montana;
13ss House bill rem0vng the asp pStciI s dsaD Mdre
introduced the removal to the Indian Terri
tory of certain Indians in Nebraska; providing
for the recomputation of the accounts between
the United states and States, growing out of mon
eys expended by the States in the War of 1S12...
The House bill for the reduction of officers and
expenses of the Internal Revenue Bureau was re-
ported, with amendments. :. The House resolution
for the holding recess was adopted. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, Mr.. Kelley,
of Pennsylvania, asked to be, and was, excused
from further service as Chairman of the Commit
tees on Civil Service Reform and on Coinage,
Weights and measures . The Speaker announced
the following appointments to fill the vacancies on
committees: "Committee on Elections, Foster,
of Ohio; Claims, Hawley, of Connecticut; Judi
Reform, Crooker, of Massachusetts, and Dodds,
onse oRo weSs eSh and f'M Measures coHno
and b S1 at
erable length. The Indian Appropriation bill
was further considered in Committee OF the
Whole, reported to the House, and passed-111 to
43 The Senate amendment to the House bill for
the removal of the sunken wreck off Sandy Hook
was concurred in, and Committee of Conference
was ordered. Adjourned
In the Senate, ON the 18th, the bill for
the reduction of officers and expenses of the In
ternal Revenue by abolishing the Internal Rev.
enue Assessors, was called up, and, after consid-
cradle debate, was passed, with amendments pro-
posed by the Finance Committee. -. The bill for
the relief of the sufferers by the Boston fire was
called up and debated. Executive session and
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
bill authorizing the National Bank
of Lyons, Mich, to change its location and name
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
coupon bonds for exchange for registered bonds,
the expense of the change to be paid by the owner
a substitute for the Soldiers Bounty Land Dill
-116 to 55providing that every soldier or sailor 10
who served for ninety days In the army OF the
United States during the late war and was honor-
ably discharged or to the widow of such soldier or
sailor shall be entitled, or the minor children, II
the widow be dead, to enter one quarter section OF
the public lands either in person or by agent; Pen
sion Appropriation BILL appropriating $780, 100000.
Adjourned.
In the Senate, On the 18th, a note was
read from the Vice-President, stating that he
would be absent for few days, and Mr.. Anthony
was chosen President Dao tene "A substitute for
the House bill to authorize the construction OF SIX
steam vessels of war was reported from the Naval
Committee the substitute authorizes the Secre.
tary of the Navy to construct ten steam vessels OF
war of such class or classes as he may deem most
suitable to the demands of the service, each carry
ing six or more guns of large cabre, and the nuns
to be built of iron or wood, as he may determine
. Bills were passed-appropriating $500,O0O for
the purchase of an addition to the site
of the Boston Post Once to prescribe tnss
George E. Spencer, reelected Senator from Ala,
bama, were presented. :. Bills were introduced
and referred-to organize the Territory OF Oklo-
hama consolidate the Indian tribes, and carry out
the provisions Of treaties with certain tribes to
promote immigration to the United States; creating
q Bureau of immigrant IN, and providing for the
comfort and protection of immigrants In many
ways while aboard ship, and after landing The
Boston Relief bill wds taken up and, after long
discussion, referred! to the Judiciary Commlttee
iiiAi'sr 18th an executive 'sSS''D' 'o'''' " ~
In the House, on the 18th, a resolution
was adopted calling OIL the Postmaster General fol
certain information COL cerning postal cards. post
age stamps, etc. "A number of private bills were
reported. :. The bill to reimburse the college Of
William and Mary, in Virginia, $65,0O0, for prop
erty destroyed during the war of the rebellion
was taken up in Committee of the Whole, reported
to the House, and an amendment was adopted-S 8!
to 7e--providing that no part OF the money shoulc
be paid until it had been officially declared by tht
College authorities that the institution is
and Shall be in the future, at all times, open
for the admission on equal terms, and VIII
equal privileges, of all persons, irrespective OF
race, color, or previous condition OF serv1eude e
The Bill as amended was then rejected--yeas, 80
nays 1876. The Senate amendments TO the House
bill abolishing the Offices of Assessors and Assist
ant Assessors of Internal Revenue, were taken NJ
pointment of twenty-five Treasury Agents, wkicf
was rejected-s9 to 26-and Committee OF Con
ference was ordered. Adjourned, the session or
the 18th to be restricted to general debate
In the Senate, on the 10th, bills were
ntroduced-regulating the taking of private prop
erty for public uses; granting the right of way t.
the Kansas & Colorado Railroad; to extend th
time for the payment by settlers on the Osag
lands in Kansas; granting the California Centra
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company certain right
over the public lands at Benicia, California. -.
resolution was adopted--56 to Scaling for tn
appointment of a committee of seven on tn
question of providing cheaper transport alton froI
the West to the East. Bills were reported-yit
amendments, House bin authorizing the ez
change of registered bonds for coupon bonds; re
vising the Mint and Coinage laws, with amend
ments. :. "A report was made from the Committet
of Conference on the bill relating to the bed Q
Beaver Lake, Indiana On motion, the Senate ri
ceded from its amendment to the Internal Reyt
nue. bill, providing for the appointment of twenty
five additional revenue agents The Frenc
Spoliation bill was calledup and debated. Exec
utive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 10th, among th
hills introduced were-to accept the Louisville