Connecticut western news., 1872-06-21
What the II. S. Congress Did.

Among the bills passed by the late Congress which are of general interest, we note the following among the large number passed:
 An act to give effect to the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, relating to British and American claims.
 Relating to the limitation of steam pres sure on towing freight boats on the Mississippi River and it's tributaries.
 To authorize the payment of duplicate checks of disbursing officers.
 An act for the appointment of Representa- tives to Congress among the several States ac- cording to the Ninth census.
 To admit certain machinery imported from foreign countries free of duty.
 Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1872.
 To amend an act entitled "An act to pro- vide national currency secured by pledge of United States bonds and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof" approved June 8, 1864.
 To amend section 35 of an act entitled "An Act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes"
 } Supplementary to an act entitled "An Act to prevent the extermination of bearing animals in Alaska
 To repeal the paragraphs of Schedule c of the Internal Revenue acts imposing taxes on canned meats, fish, and certain other articles. Authorizing the survey and marking off the boundery between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the summit of the. Rocky Mountains. To amend an act to authorize protection to | be given to citizens of the United States dis covering deposits of guano, approved August | IS, 1850.
 | To enable honorably discharged soldiers ard sailors, their widows, and orphan child ren, to acquire homesteads on the public lands of the United States. | To amend the Sd section of an act entitled | " An Act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes, approved July IA, 1870.
 Defining the rights of part owners of yes. sells in certain cases.
 | Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned ordnance to certain soldiers mon. umental associations.
 In relation to bounties
 To amend the first section of an act entitled ''An Act to provide for the disposition of use. less military reservations"
 Repeating the duty on tea and coffee.
 For the relief of purchasers of lands ssold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary States
 To perpetuate testimony in the Courts of the United States.
 Authorizing an appropriation for the en- ploy ment of surfmen at life-saving stations or the coast of New Jersey. .
 Several acts for rights of settlers on United States lands. | To promote the development of mining in
 terests in the United States
 To amend an act approved February 2S 1871, amending an act approved. May 31
 1870, entitled "An act to inforce the right o
 citizens of the United States to vote in tn,
 several States of this Union, and for othe
 purposes" ..'y - To provide for furnishing trusses to disa
 blei soldiers.
 To provide for the abatement or repaymen
 of taxes on distilled spirits, in bond, destroyed
 by casualty
 To establish the pay of enlisted men in tn, army. .- .... To regulate criminal practice in the Fedora courts.
 } To provide that minors shall not be enliste. : in the military service of the United State F without the consent of parents or guardians. To amend an act entitled "An act to estab l fish uniform time for holding elections fo
 electors of President and Vice-P President flo
 all the States" Approved Jan. 23, 1S45.
 Defining and limiting the appropriation c
 certain moneys for the preparation, issue, an 8 reissue of the securities of the United States 8 and for other purposes. -. , To prohibit the retention of soldiers dis r charges by claim agents ana attorneys.
 To remove political disabilities imposed b the fourteenth Article of Amendment to tn Constitution of the United States. To remove the political disabilities of tn I persons therein named. Q To authorize the appointment of shippin Q commissioners by the several Circuit Court t of the United States, to superintend the shiT e ping and discharge of seamen engaged in mel f chant ships belonging to. the United States T and for the further protection of seamen. . Relative to the entry and clearance of ferry
 boats and of bonded cars passing from on : State to another through continuous foreig U territory.
 e Relative to the Centennial Internations a Exhibition to be held in the City of Philade d phia, State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1876 0 To amend an act entitled "An Act to estal !. fish and protect National Cemeteries. a To provide for the issue of bonds in lieu (
 destroyed or defaced bonds of the Unite
 States. .-.1 .--
 To reduce duties on imports, and to reduc T internal taxes for other purposes. + Making appropriations for the support { 8 the Army for the year ending June 30, 187s D and for other purposes. V To reimburse United States Marshals fe Q moneys necessarily expended by them in tax a ing the Ninth Census, in excess of the con v pensation allowed them under the law ' force at the time of the passage of this act r For the better security of the bank reserves and to facilitate bank clearing g-house e1 'A changes.
 e To authorize the appointment of deputit o of Clerk of Circuit and District Courts. gl For the completion and publication of th e Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion " To amend an act entitled "An act to estal s. fish uniform system of bankruptcy through "a out the United States.