The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-23
WASHINGTON, Nay Is.

The following bills we're reported from the |
Committee on Indian Afair., and passed:
Bill auihorixing the President 70 negod. |
ate with the chief men of the Shoshone and
Bannock tribe Il Indians, for Tie Eelinqu1h- |
ment Of portions Of their reservation in
Tertiary.
Bill to provids foe de sale Of certain Ne~
York Indian lands in Kansas
Bill to confirm to the Great and Little
Oase Indians their reservation In the Indian
Territory.
Bill ior the sale Of Black Bob Indian lands
in Kansw,
Bill to enable the Secretary OF War to pay
the expeuces incurred in suPpre1.ing the In
dian hostilines in Nontana IN 1867.
Bill to confirm the sales Of the Shawnee
Indian lands in Kansas under the direction
and with the approval Of the Secretary Of the
Interior.
Bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers
On the public domain.
Mr.. Cole, from the Committee Of Confer:
ence on Naval Affairs, reported the Naval
appropriation bill, which Was concurred IN.
Mr.. Merrill, Of Maine, introduced . hi! to
provide for an equestrian statue Of the late
Gen. Rawlins.
Mr.. Scott called up the hAbeas corpus sus'
pension bill 70 Is to make it unfinished busi-
ness for to morrow.
The Senate then took recess until $50.
HOUSE.
4 bill passed authorizing defendants to tes-
tify in the United States courts in their own
behalf
The tariff bill was then taken up in Com
mittee Of the Whole.
On motion, the duty On quinine was re-
duced from 25 per cent 70 10 per cent.
Mr.. S;arkweather moved to strike out the
item taxing saltpeter three cents per pound
and put it on the free list.
Mr.. Dawes warned the House that thu
motion was in the interest of The HAZARD and
Dupont Powder Companies, two OF the
greatest monopolies in the country. Amend
men. agreed to-7S 10 So.
The amendment striking out the item o.
taxing sal soda and soda ash 70 ooe-fo0rtk
cent per pound was rejected. The duty o.
saptoriue was reduced to one dollar PEI
pound and strychnine to thirty cents PEI
ounce. The duty on rum essence or oil am
bay rum essence or oil was reduced 10 6tiy
cents per ounce.
Mr.. Hoar moved to add to the item Of tax
ing books. etc, to twelve and . half cent? o.
the pound, or the exemption Of tho.e i'm
ported fot public Libraries, colleges. schools
philosophical societies, etc.
Mr.. Kerr moved to reduce the rate to tel
cents on the pound.
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