Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-13

at his pleasure. He can keep a stock of
them on hand. They can be used at any
tins In certain emergencies in the
money market. This bill will not stop
speculation. It will not lead to
prosperity or wealth. The Secretary Of the
Treasury should be held to legal restric-
tioDs and not allowed to step over the law
as he has done in other cases.
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky-I will vote for
the bill. 1 do not see that it has anything
to do with the syndicate. 1t places two
classes of bonds on the same footing, and
facilitates negotiations Of these bonds.
Here the discussion closed aud the bill
passed. Yeas, 1876; nays, %.
MIR. Beck from the Committee OF Ways
and Means reported the bill for the relief of
Scales & Manning. of Nashville, Tenn, in
reference to their distillery.
The House then took up the soldiers
bounty land bill which was discussed by
Messrs. Cobnrn, Storms, Niblick, Holman,
Stoughton and Shellabarger, chiefly in favor
of it.
A vote was then taken on motion of
Mr.. Hawley, of Illinois, to recommit the
bill, which was snegatived-yeas so, nays SO.
A substitute offered by Mr.. Holman was
adopted-yeas 105, nays 6.
The substitute is as follows:
That every private soldier, musician and
officer, who served In the army during the
late war ninety days, and was honorabiy
discharged, including troops mustered into
the service of the United States by virtue
Of the third section of an act entitled an act
making appropriations for completing the
defences of Washington and f5r other pur-
poser, approved Feb. 10, 1882, and every
seaman, marine and officer and other per-
son, who served in the navy of the United
States, OF In the marine corps during the
late war for ninety days, and was honorably
discharged, and the widow of such soldier,
musician, seaman, or officer, or if there be
no such widow, his orphan children
under twenty-one years Of age shall be
entitled to enter quantity of public lands,
not mineral, not exceeding 100 acres,
which shall be composed Of continuous
tracs according to legal Subdivisions, In
cluding alternate reserved sections Of public
lands along the line of any railroad or other
public work, or other land subject to entry
under the homestead laws of the United
States, and receive certificate of such en-
try without the payment Of any Govern
ment fees.
OcC. Ss i uds SuCH cudi 70 L1nuC III
the name OF the person entitled as above
or ty an agent under such regulations as
| the Secretary Of the Interior shall prescribe,
and patent for the lands so entered shall
| be issued only to such soldier,
musician, seaman or officer, or to
his widow or orphan children, provided for
in the first section of this act; but no sale
of such land or any interest therein or
power of attorney authorizing such sale or
other contract or agreement in any wise ef-
| fecting or concerning such land, made, eX
ecuted or entered into prior to the issuing
| of the patent therefor and the actual deliv-
cry Of the same to any person to whom is
sued, shall be of any effect whatever, Jut
shall be null and void.
Sec 3. That the Secretary of the Interior
shall prescribe fules and regulations to car
~ the several provisions of this act into ef-
| feet.
The bill as amended then passed, yeas
116, nays 55.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported a deficiency bill
appropriation of $1,639,0OO, which was
made a special order to come after the pen
ssioa appropriation bill.
The House theAat $50 P. NJ. went into
Committee of theWhole. Mr.. Hoar, of
Massachusetts,, in the chair on pension ap-
preparation bill which appropriates S3,-
048,000.
Mr.. Garfield gave some statistical infor-
nation iD regard to pension laws, stating
among other things as curious fact that,
of widows of Revolutionary soldiers
who were on pension rolls, less than ten
per cent died during the year. Over 49,
600 persons were put on the pension rolls
during the year of whom over 1900 were
soldiers of the war of 1872, and some 5000
names were dropped from death and vari-
GUS other causes.
The Committee rose and reported the
bill, which was thereupon passed by the
House.
| Adjourned.