The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-30
42d CONGRESS-.
wAaHrSaroS, April 30.
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The House met at II o'clock, as IL vii
during, the remainder Of the session. I'm
the call oi States, a number OF unimport
ant bills were introduced and referred
several Of them having been read al
length on demand Of the Democratic
members, so as TO have no time In The
morning hour for action on HoopFR'f
supplementary civil rights bill. l'03
Z, Among the bills Introduced and refer.
red, was one by Mr.. WooD, to regulate
and facilitate the payment oI duties on
imported merchandise. 4,t,,, ..,g.. ,-r,s 7,
A bill to remove legal and political
disability from the member elect from
Raleigh district, North Carolina, was
reported by Mr.. PETERS, from the Judi.
'ciary Committee, and passed. ry8
- Mr.. FARNswoRTH offered Q resolution
instructing the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, TO enquire 70
what extent purchases have been made,
or public buildings erected and furnished,
without advertisement. Adopted. :,
s. Mr.. WHER1RR moved to suspend the
rules and take up for consideration the
Senate bill supplementary to the act Of
the Sd ot March, 1871, to incorporate the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company, chang.
ing the title to Texas d Pacific Railroad
Company, and making provision as TO the
Issuing Of mortgage and land grant, &c.
. The motion was agreed to without dlvi.
sion, and various verbal amendments, re.
ported from the Committee on the Pacific
Railroad, were adopted after some expla.
nation and discussion, during which It
was stated by Mr.. WHEELER that the
bill did not increase the land grant: The
bill was paased=-103 70 23. ~ 9Frs' 81 :.
"A bill prepared by the Commissioners
Of the Centennial Celebration OF the
Declaration Of Independence to be held
at Philadelphia was introduced by Mr.,
MYERS, incorporating q company for the
erection Of exposition buildings, &c. r
After some discussion 1t was referred 10
the Committee on Foreign Affairs with
instructions to report, as the corpora.
tors the names Of two persons from each
congressional district, four from each Of
the States Of large and two from each ter.
ritory.
The House then took up the report of
the Conference Committee on the iegisla.
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill, and after considerable discussion ne.
jected .it-yeas so; nays 81, the principal
objection toit being the provision for an
increase Of the salaries OF several execu.
tive officers and OF Judges Of the Court Of
Claims. The bill was recommItted TO
the same Conference Committee.
MIR. TOWNSEND, of Pa, from the Com.
mittee on Public Lands, reported sub.
Btitute for Senate bill releasing TO the
State Of Indiana the lands known as the
bed Of Beaver Lake, In Newton county,
Ind, which was passed. M
The House then went to the business
on the sPEAKER's table, and disposed Of
Il as follows: g.L 5.52 Q: 2. ~ llfI
Senate amendment to House bill su.
the Commissioners on Southern
Olaims7to appoint special commissioners
10 take testimony was concurred In;
Senate amendment to House bill
for the reliet of settlers on the
Usage lands inI.Kansas was concur.
red In; Senate amendment to the House
bill extending for two years :the time of
by presumption settlers In Min.
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Dakota,
was concurred In; Senate amendment to
The House bill TO promote the develop.
ment Of the mining resources OF the Uni.
ted States was concurred in; Senate sub.
stitute for the House bill to facilitate
testimony In the U. 8. Courts was concur.
nedin; Senate amendment to the House
bill for the relief Of purchasers of lands
sOld for direct taxes In insurrectionary
States was concurred in; Senate amend
nents to the House private bills were also
,oncurred In. The Senate concurrent reso.
ution accepting from the State Of Con.
lectlcut for the statues Of Jonathan Trum.
bull and Roger Sherman was adopted.
i. Mr., ,HAMBLEToN presented the confer.
snce report on the bill for railroad
bridge across the Arkansas river, which
was agreed to. g7 si'l 10 |
The House adjourned. ~ rssa. l.a.t
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