Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-18
Various bills were

lands for any person.... Various bills were
] reported from the Committee on Public
| Lands, explained and passed, including the
| following: To amend town site laws; to de-
| clare the Usage Indian tract lands in Kan
sas subject to disposal for cash only to ae-
| sual settlers in quantities not exceeding 100
| acres, in accordance with the general plin-
| ciples of the presumption laws; in reference
to lands granted for improving naviga-
ton at the Falls of ST. Anthony, Mimi to
] quit titles to certain lands in Missouri......
! The Speaker appointed Messrs. Ketchum,
! Rusk, and Holman as the Committee of
| Conference on the st. Croix and Lake Supe-
rior railroad ill.....Adjourned.
In the Senate, April Sd, on motion of
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, the Commissioner
| of Agriculture was directed to communicate
to the Senate a statement of TIE compare
tive importations of wool and woolens each
year of the last decade, and all the facts in
the fluctuations in the production of sheep
| and the prices of wool Mr.. Wilson, from
the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
with amendments the House bill authoriz-
| ing the payment of bounty to accepted vol
unteers, who enlisted under the proclama-
ton May 3, 1861, prior to the I'D of July
the same year Mr.. Stewart, from the
Committee on Pacific Railroads, reported
adversely on the bill Incorporating branches
of the Texas Pacific railroad under the name
of the North Carolina Extension Company
and on his motion it was indefinitely post
poned...... Mr.. Wright, from the Committee
on Claims, reported with amendments the
House bill authorizing the Southern Claims
Commissioners to appoint special commits
sioners, etc......Adjourned.
! In the House on the Sd, on motion of Mr..
Slater, tie bill was passed granting the
right OF way through public lands, for a
railroad from Salt Lake City to Portland,
Oregon. On motion Of Mr.. Ketchum, the
bill was passed confirming to the Selma,
Rome, and Dalton railroad, as the successor
to the Alabama and Tennessee Company,
certificates of land issued to the State of
Alabama for the latter company. A re-
port was made by Mr.. Dunnell from the
Committee on Lands. for bill to incorpor-
ate the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River
Railroad Company, and grant it the right
of way through the public lands. The bill
was postponed till Tuesday, April 9......Tne
Steamboat bill was taken up and discussed
until adjournment.
In the Senate, April 4th, Mr.. Morton,
from the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons, reported with amendment the House
bill relating to evidence IL contested cleo
ton cases...... Mr.. Ramsey, from the Post
, Office Committee, reported favorably the bill
authorizing a bridge over the Mississippi
: | river at ib6i wing, i'm MT. AlLnOnV
from the Committee on Naval Affairs, re-
ported without amendment the bill for the
relief of the officers and crew of the United
States ship Wyoming 49,. Mr.. Corbett, from
, the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill
to promote ship building and the CONNER
f cial interests of the United States.....A bill
giving the assent Of Congress to a subscrip-
lion by the District of Columbia to the stock
of the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Com
pany was passed.. The Senate then went
into executive session, and soon after ad-
journed
In the House on the 4th Mr.. Wood made
some remarks in eulogy of Prot. Morse
The Steamboat bill was passed..... Mr.
Dawes introduced bill to amend the ma
tional currency act, which was referred.....
The report declaring Hadley, of Alabama
the sitting member, entitled to his seat, was
agreed to. The contestant stated that his
expenses amounted to $685.. The bill
from the Committee on Commerce, for the
appointment of shipping commissioners, in
the interest of commerce, was taken up and
discussed until adjournment:
In the Senate, April 9th, the House
bill for the relief of the settlers on public
lands il Iowa, under the Homestead act
was passed 49, On motion of Mr.. Pomeroy
from the Committee on Public Lands, til G
bill was passed granting the right Of way tC
railway from Salt Lake to Portland, Ore
gon 1.-THE Indian Appropriation bill was
discussed. .....Adjourned to Monday, April
Sth.
In the House on the 9Th bill was passed
authorizing joint entry by pre- emption set
tlers......The Senate bill to erect colossal
statue of Admiral Farragut was concurred
in......Mr. Starkweather, from the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, reported bill to pay
, to Captain Winslow, officers and crew of the
! Kearsarge at the time OF the destruction Of
, the Alabama, $193, 600, the estimated value
, thereof, in the same manner as prize money
: Passed ...... Mr.. CoUghlan, from the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, reported the bill to pay
to R. M. Green $4,000 in full for the use by
the Government of his patent machine fol
/ bending cable links, connecting shackles
and tackle hooks, which was passed.. Mr.
Holman, from the Committee on Commerce
, reported bill authorizing the construction
, of railroad bridge across the Mississippi
i river at Fort Madison, Iowa. Passed. 49,.
The Army Appropriation bill was passed af
, ter sharp discussion in Commi ttee of the
!, Whole...... Adjourned.
In the Senate on Monday, April s, 3
bill was passed authorizing the constructor
of bridge across the Missouri river a
Bonneville, Mo.......Quite a number of pri
vate bills were passed, after which the In
dian Appropriation Dill was taken up anC
E discussed until adjournment.
/. In the House on the same day, larg,
f number of bills were introduced anc
S referred, among them one by Mr.. Hawley
= of Illinois, proposing an amendment to tn,
Constitution, providing that the two Sen
o atJrs from each State shall be elected b,
!. the people thereof. The House Instructed
J., the Committee on Banking and Currency t.
g investigate as to the National Banks en-
e gagged in the conspiracy to lock up money
r The committee is to have power to send 70
persons and papers. The Secretary Of tn
Treasury was directed to report any in
formation he has received on that subject
e and what legislation is necessary to proven
Y its recurrence......T The DILL to carry out Ger
tain provisions of the Cherokee treaty 0
q 1866, and for the relief of settlers on tn
: Cherokee lands in Kansas, came up ard wa
# passed under suspension of the rules......
Mr.. Sargent introduced bill to allow age
and infrm pre- emptors on public lands t
make the necessary affidavits before an,
+ officer authorized to administer caths
Pa ssed.....The House then went into Com
o mittee of the Whole on the Senate amend
!, ments to the Legislative, Executive, an
d Judicial Appropriation bills, and soon afte
! adjourned.