Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-03-28
Proceedings i'm CONGRESS-.

In the Senate on the 14th the bill for the
erection of public buildings at st. Louis was passed.
1.-THE Legislative Appropriation bill was taken up.
of United States District Judges and the Judges of
1 The CANT TsriT # 6n Gla Mas d IT, 8 ;SSSai s Mith ths s seti Sassedxzd'
journed.-
propriating SssS 900 to reimburse Kansas for her eI-
penai tT IL s%agiPping, sgb IS and paying troops;
to appoint special commissioners to take testimony,
m mfs es' on the deM Bin S for the SGT 81. louis e1i oe Snstomca o1@.
E @ede eG E report 1T 9Sn n;TSEG 8gIss $500 10000 for the s site; and I'd
and the House adjourned
In the Senate on the 18th a bill was
passed authorizing the President to appoint a Pay
master General in the army--The House bill ex-
tending en- the time for the completion of the Portage
der of the session was occupied with the discussion Of
In the House on the 18th the Wisconsin Land Grant
T S6ii r. 81 taken ak q. up; A sg9 3S ! sn T YaSd sdS SrsSts6 6y b a
Congress in 1856 and 1864 for lands for the construction
= aas SS syi Sso szp $Hs y ESf iim i%sfs1St are as dssla1sd f 5er,
subject to homestead entry and settlement under the
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BENEFIT f, Of any ny r fni I s Company RgS G9 fSsf amy an , assumed 1%i
Grated in the grant to the 81. croix Raiiroad COM
Rany shall in any case revert to the NJ rthern Pacific
acts inconsistent with this provision: The bill as
There was no session of the Senate on the
10th.
In the House on the 10th the attendance was slim.
and NO business was transacted beyond the reading or
filing of speeches on miscellaneous subjects.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Conkling's
resolution calling for the number of applications for
appointments made by certain Senators came up.
An amendment to include the Senators from Indiana
w Smsa accepted ted. by sd MT. g GGOnkTltbn linz ;cS and t the b Rs sss9lp pff N as
taken up. but the Senate adjourned without reaching
In the House on the 18th, after the introduction of
several new b biI f. the Senate bill t %, contract rae With, with the
and publishing the long debates in Congress for, two
~disposing of the bill.
In the Senate on the 10th the bill for the
relief of the officers and crew of the Kearsarge was
passed. 1t directs the Secretary of the Treasury to
n r,e5 Sa,e T sSd fa 4eisete up. A sdTTd0qs amendments were
In the House on the 18th The Bill in relation to the
capture e S Of the ned rebsl irSn.clad Aibema an5 was vas EsfSs;e n
the debates in Congress was taken up: An amend
of the ' proc ae Rsls0 Of the House, / 9 s@p Without : the APPROVAL rspU5Ssff
of the Speaker. was agreed to, Mr.: Amber offered
to publish for three months an adyertisement il at
proposals for reporting and printing the debates of the
Forty-third Congress; and also to have estimates
bates BY the Congressional printer. ana providing that
close Of the PRESENT Congress. except on a Written con.
Inaet Tnere as4ee eY t anth %he Iii III G as gmsnds dh %a am then
passed without division....:Mr. Cox offered a resolu-
rule restricting the publication of debates to debates
tbeS w eGtq intS S ScGgTffs; a Ag Gre Whole t9iis on he P aSHss
Mail Subsidy bill, but adjourned before reaching a
In the Senate on the goth the Chicago Re-
lief bill, as reported from the Finance Committee,
was passed by a vote of 20 to H-..Bills were intro
duced authorizing the construction of bridges across
the Mississippi river at Quincy, ILL.,, and Red Wing,
Minn--.The Tariff bill was discussed until adjourn
ment.
In the House on the 10th the bill authorizing the
construction of bridges across the Ohio river, aud
prescribing their dimensions, was passed...The
amended bill was passed authorizing the construction
Of a bridge scrSss the Mississippi river at Clinton.
road-:-..A resolution calling on the Secretary of State
for information as to the amounts paid to newspapers
for publishing the laws of the United States, was
adopted-.-.The Postofice Appropriation bill was
passed, and the House adjourned.