The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-13
CLOSE OF THE SECOND SESSION OF
THE FORTY SECOND
CONGRESS.
LIST OF PROMINENT BILLS PASSED DURING
THE SESSION.

IdE SESSION.
Congress adjourned at 8 p. M, Monday
The bills passed during the session are a
follows:
Acts making appropriations fol expen
SEES which may be incurred under the
Treaty of Washington relating to the
Commission Of Arbitration at Geneva to
give effect to the provisions of the Treaty
of Washington relating to the British
and American claims for the construction
of public building at Chicago, ILL., to
provide for deficiency in the appropria
ton for the expenses Of taking the ninth
census Of the United States relating to
the limitation Of steam pressure on tow
ing and freight boats on the Mississippi
River and It's tributaries an act for the
apportionmert of Representatives to
Congress among the several States accord
ing TO the ninth census an act to
amend an act entitled an act to
provide a National currency, secured
by pledge OF United States bonds,
and to provide for the circulation and re-
demptjon thereof, approved June 8, 1864 !;
lying near the head waters Of the Yellow
stone River for q public park an act to
constitute Shreveport in the State of
Louisiana, port of delivery an act to
authorize TIE construction of bridge
across the Missouri River at or near ST.
Joseph, Mo- an act to amend Section IS
Of an act entitled an act to reduce inter
nal taxes and for other purposes; an act
entitled an act TO prevent the extermina
ton Of turbearing animals in Alaska ;
an act authorizing an American register
for the brig Isadora, owned by Edwin NJ.
Fowler, Of Newton, Mass; on act to re
peal the paragraphs Of schedule G Of the
internal ReveDne aces imposing taxes on
canned meats, fish, and certain other ar
ticles; an act to authorize the Warren
National Bank, of South Danvers, in the
State of Massachusetts, to change it's name
to the Warren National Bank OF Peabody,
Mass; al act 20 authorize the sale Of pub
lie property at Houston, Maine; an act to
restore the records of the United States
Courts in the Northern District Of Hi
nois; an act to amend Section 50 of an
act entitled an act to reduce internal tax
es and for other purposes an act auGhor
lzlng the survey and making of the boun
Diary between the territory of the United
States and the possessions of Great Britain
to the summit of the Rocky Mountains !;
an act tor the relief of presumption set
tiers in the State OF California an act
extending the time for the completion of
the Portage Lake 81 Lake Superior Ship
Canal an act to provide for the report
ing and printing Of debates of Congress :;
an act to enable honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors, their widows. and
orphan children, to acquire homesteads
on the public lands of the United States ;;
an act for the relief of sufferers by the
fire at Chicago; an act granting right of
way through the public lands Of the
United States for the construction of
railroad from Great Salt Lake to Portland,
Oregon; an act relating to the proposals
and contracts for transportation Of the
mails and for other purposes an act re-
peallng the duty on tea and coffee al
act to promote the development of the
mining resources of the United States
an act to establish the pay Of the enlisted
men of the army (; an act to establish o
system OF deposits, to prevent desertion
ana elevate the condition of the rank and
file OF the army an act to authorize the
Commissioners of Claims to appoint a
Committee to take testimony, and for 9th
er purposes ; an act to provide that minors
shall not be enlisted in the military ser
vice of the United States without the con
sent OF parents Or guardians an act to
prohibit the retention of soldiers dis
charges by claim agents and attorneys an
act regulating the mode of making pri
vate contracts with Indians; an act to re
move political disabilities imposed by
the Fourteenth Article of the amendments
to the Constitution Of the United States
an act to amend an act entitled an act to
establish uniform time for holding cleo
tions for Electors of President and Vice
President in all the States Of the Union,
January %, 1916 an act to reg
ulate criminal practice in Federal Courts i
an act to provide for the completion of
three volumes of Wilkes United States
Expedition an act granting a
pension to the widow of Admiral Farra-
gut; an act supplemental 10 an act emit
tied an act for the apportionment of Rep
resentatives to Congress among the sever
al States according to the ninth cersus
an act to change the location of the Rail !
road National Bank of Lowell, Mass, to
the City of Boston, Mass. an act supple
mentary to an act entitled an act to aid in
the construction OF telegraph lines, and to
secure to the Government the use of the
same for postal, military, and other pur-
poses, approved July a. 1865; az act to
authorize the appointment of Shipping
Commissioners by the several Circuit
Courts of the United States to superintend
the shipping and discharge of seamen en-
gagged in merchant ships belonging to the
United States, and for the further protec.
tion of seamen an act to reduce duties on
and to reduce internal taxes, and
For othnr rl1rnacns an act for tho halter