The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-31
Proceedings in Congress.

In the Senate on Tuesday, May IA,
the time was principally occupied in debate
on the Enforcement act. But little pro-
gress was made.....At the evening session
the following bills were passed Granting
right OF way to the Davenport and st. Paul
railroad TO authorize the Secretary of War
TO accept the peninsula in Lake Erie, OPP
posite Erie, Pa. to amend the act to regu-
late the foreign and coas,ing trade on the
Northern, Northeastern, and Northwe tern
frontiers and for other purposes for the
better preservation Of harbors, Ravens,
channels of navigable rivers and other
navigable waters in the United States I;
authorizing the city Of Buffalo to construct
tunnel under the Niagara river, and to
erect and maintain an inlet pier therefrom
for the supplying of the city with pure wa
ter authorizing the construct n Of a rail
road bridge across the Ohio river, at Mount
Vernon, djourned.
In the House on Tuesday, May IA, the
day was spent in discussion of the Tariff
and Tax bill in Committee OF the Whole. No
amendments of any consequence were made.
In the evening a message was received
from the President, calling the attention OF
Congress to the hardships and privatians
endured by immigrants. Referred to the
Committee on Commerce" journed.
In the Senate en- Wednesday, May Is,
the Military Committee reported At bill TO
provide crutches for soldiers and sailors dis
abled during the war......The report Of the
Committee Of Conference on the Deficiency
bill was agreed to by vote of IS to 24......
Adjourned.
In the House on "Wednesday, May IS, the
second section of the Tariff and Tax bill was
finally disposed Of in Committee OF the
Whole. This reduces existing duties 10 per
cent. on manufactures of cotton, wool, etc. /;
iron and all maputactur es of IRON; printing
paper, india rubber, straw oilcloths, etc.,. |
Bill were passed as follows: To establish a
uniform time for Presidential elections
II ouse bill providing for stenographers for
United States Circuit Courts...... The confer
ence report on the Deficiency bill was agreed
to. 1t provides that the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized and directed to pay
to lawful owners, or their legal representa-
tives, the value Of all cotton seized after the
30th Of June, 1865, by agents of the Govern
ment unlawiully and in violation of in
structions, the net proceeds, without inter
est, to be actually paid into the Treasury,
receipt thereof being full satisfaction of all
such claims, and not to apply to any cause
now pending before the Court of Claims or
any cause not filed in the Treasury Depart
ment within six menths after the passage
of the act.....Adjourned.
In the Senate on Thursday, May Is,
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Depot
bill was passed "". The following bills were
reported from the Committee on Indian AZ
fairs and from the Committee on Public !
Lands, and passed. To authorize the |
President TO negotiate with the chief men |
of the Shoshonee and Btnnock tribes OF In |
dians for the reliEquishment of porti ms of |
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provide for the sale Of certain Indian lands |
in Kansas TO confirm to the Great and Lit
tie Usage Indians the reservation in the In
dian Territory; for the sale of the Black
Boo Indian lands In Kansas to enable the
Secretary of War to pay the expenses in
Cured in suppressing Indian hostilities in
Montana in 1857; to confirm the sales of
the Shawnee Indian lands, Kansas, under
direction and with the approval of the Sec
rotary of the Interiors; granting right Of
way through the public lands 20 the Pensa-
cola aud Louisville Railroad Company; to
create an additional land district in Mime
sofa; to secure homesteads TO actual set
tiers on the public domain concerning the
land grant To Oregon for the establishment
of an agricultural college; to settle land
titles in Iowa; in relation to settlers on GER
tain reservations in Minnesota ...... The fol-
lowing bills were passed In relation to
oH tut tsb Wisconsin railroad; TO
authorize the construction of bridge
across the Mississippi at or near Red Wing,
Mimi, and to establish it as a post route
......Adj ourned.
In the House on Thursday, May 10, the
Tariff and Tax bill was taken up in Com
mittee of the Whole. The duty on auinine
was reduced from rs per cent. TO 10 per cent
Paper of all kinds was added 10 the list of
articles to which the 10 per cent reduction
of the existing duty is to be applied. .. Mr.
Dawes's resolution for adjournment sine die
on Monday, June 3, at IL o'clock, was agreed
to-yeas lag, nays 57....The following bills
were passed To create an additional land
district in Kansas; relating to the erection
of new land districts granting the right Of
way to the Dakota Grand Trunk Railroad
Company; granting like right of way to
the Utah and Northern Railway Company;
granting like right of way to the Missouri
Valley Railway Company for the relief of
certain homestead settlers on public lands;
10 confirm entries of lands under the act of