The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-05-30

ordered to revise the rules Of the
House. A bill passed granting the
widow Of Gen. Robert Anderson a |
pension Of SO a month. A bill also
passed simplifying the collection of
the tax on fermented liquors
MAY 25.-In the Senate q bill was
reported to pay Kansas $4,000 for
war expenses. The tax and tariff
bill was taken up, and the Senate
went into executive session.
The House sat all night Oh Friday,
aud at half-past s O'Clock Saturday
morning adjourned till Monday. The
bill to reimburse Mr.. Wallace, Of
Lexington, No, for a house destroyed
during the war to prevent its use by
the rebels, occupied the night. There
was much trouble to get a quorum to
vote, but in the morning it passed by
a vote Of 113 to 35.
MAY 27.-In the Senate, the House
resolution to prolong the session to
June Sd was reported, and went over.
Bills passed to regulate the construe-
ton Of bridges over the Mississippi
River, and to pay the Kentucky war
claims. The report Of the conference
committee on the steamboat bill was
ordered to be printed. The Commit
tee on Judiciary was discharged from
further consideration Of the petition
against recognizing God in the Con-
stitution, in favor Of exclusion from
Office OF persons addicted to the use Of
intoxicating liquors, and against
amending the Constitution so as to
make a foreigner eligible for the pres
idency. The reports Of the commit
tees ofconference on the bill for the
appointment Of shipping commission
ers, on the postal appropriation bill,
and on the Miami Indian bill, were
agreed to. The Senate receded from
the Brazilian subsidy amendment.
The tariff bill was discussed at length.
Among the amendments agreed to
were the following: Provided that
the bill shall go into effect on the 1st
Of July, 1872; on all slack coal, or
culn, or such as will pass through s
or ] inch screen, 40c. per ton Of 2S
bushels, so lbs. to the bushel. The
Senate amendments relating to lum-
Der were agreed to; also, one renew
| ing the provisions Of the old tariff
laws, levying an additional duty of
ten per cent. upon products Of conn
tries east Of the Cape Of Good Hope,
imported from countries west of the
Cape Of good Hope, except as to raw
cotton and silks.
In the House a substitute was adOp-
ted for the bill relating to pensions,
and the bill as so amended passed. 1t
fixes monthly pension for disabilities
as follows: Loss or total disability
Of both hands; loss of sight one eye,
the sight of the other having been
previously lost loss or total disabili.
ty Of both feet, or other total disabili.
ty rendering the person utterly help.
less-S4O. Loss Of one hand or foot
or total disability Of same, $50; any
other disability rendering the person
unfit for manual labor, $50; loss o
the hearing of both ears, or any othel
disability not provided for, S13. Th'
House adhered to its position on the
Brazilian subsidy. A resolution wa
l adopted extending the session til
8 June 5. The conference report on th'
shipping commissioners bill wa
: agreed to. Bills passed for refundin.
: the duties paid on tea and coffee re
manning in bonded warehouses o
5 public stores on the first Of July next
= Also, bill for the sale of part of tn,
Fort Gratiot lighthouse reservation
at Port Huron, Michigan.