The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-03-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

MARCH l2.-In the Senate, the bill
to refund the taxes on State officers
was reported adversely. The bill
granting the right ofway to the Great
Southern Railroad in Florida was
passed. A resolution was adopted
that the President be requested to
furnish the amount Of moneys paid
by the government for telegraphic
dispatches in the last three years. Mr..
Morton presented q petition from
1000 soldiers of Indiana, for an equal
ziation Of bounties and a modification
Of the homestead laws. The legisla-
tive appropriation bill was then taken
up. The amendment repealiag the
law for the publication of the laws in
the newspapers was laid on the table,
and $4,000 for that purpose appropri-
ated. An amendment was adopted
that after the publication of the laws
Of the present Congress such pubiica-
ton shall cease. An amendment
was offered, raising the salaries of As
sistant Secretaries and number of
other bureau officers to $4,000. Mr..
Sherman proposed to amend this by
raising the salaries of all heads of bu-
reaus to $4,000 Pending the discuss
ion, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, the Yerba Buena bin
was discussed, recommitted to the
committee, with instructions to
amend it, by providing for a commis-
sion of three members to fix upon a
rent to. be paid by the company, but
was finally left in the hands of the
committee. B. F. Meyers was declar-
ed entitled to the seat fIom the Six
tenth District of Pennsylvania. The
Postoffice appropriation bill was ia
ken up. An amendment was offered,
increasing the subsidy for the China
mail service to 1000, 600; provided &c
be semi-monthly and carried in ships
built in this country. Without dis
posing Of the amendment, the House
adjourned.
MARCH 13.-In the Senate a bill
paesed to survey the boundary line be-
tween the United States and the Brit
ish American possessions from the
Lake of the Woods to the summit Of
the Rocky Mountains. Mr.. Conkling
tried to get his resolution relative to
through, but the morn
ing hour expired, and it went over. |
The legislative appropriation bill was
taken up. Amendments were adopt
ed raising the salaries of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture, Solicitor of the /
the Treasury, and Solicitor of Inter.
nal Revenue Department to 1900 |
each; increasing the appropriation for
he Bureau of Education; increasing
he salaries of the heads of bureaus,
he Commissioner of Education, and
md Supervising Surgeons. Ad-
In the House a bill passed granting
he Davenport & st. Paul Railroad the
light of way over the government
bridge at Rock Island, the Company
% contribute one-third Of the expenses
# maintaining tie bridge. The Post
Office appropriation bill was resumed
IN Committee Of the Whole, the ques-
ton being on the Amendment in
creasing the subsidy to the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. Messrs.
Potter, Palmer, Conger, Sargent, and
Brooks, Of New York, favored the in
crease, and Messrs. Coburn, Crebs.
Hereford, Morgan, Burchard, Butler
of Mass, and Farnsworth opposed n
Without dispOsing Of the amendment
the House adjourned.
MARCH lS.-In the House the
House resolution asking Congress 70
grant one hundred dollars bounty A.
every Union soldier who was honor
ably discharged on account Of sick
ness or disease prior to the expiration
Of two years service in the late war.
was unanimously adopted. A resolu-
ion was offered IN the House, asking
Senators and Representatives in
Congress to use their influence dur
ng the present session to enact a law
o enforcea reform in the civil sery-
ee Of the government in the following
To prohibit members of the
supreme Court and all United States
,fficiaIs in exercising government
,atronage in any manner not in COM
,liance with the rules relating to sp-
lately adopted by the Pres