The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
XLIID CONGRESS..SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON June THE Vice-President
appointed Messrs. Stewart and Stockton, menu
berssof the board of visitors to West Point, in
place of Messrs. Wilson and Blair, declined.
The bill reimbursing United States marshall
for monies necessarily expended, in taking the
ninth census in excess of compensation, passed.
Mr.. Trumbull moved that the judiciary COM
mittee be discharged from further consideration
of the bill to regulate the seizure and eXamina-
ton of invoices, books and papers in custom
house cases. land the bill will be placed ON the cal
endar. MIR. Conkling objected. Mr. Fenton
hoped that the committee would be discharged,
and that the bill will be taken mp and passed.
After discussion, Mr.. Edmunds moved to lay
Mr.. Trumbull's motion on the table, Not
agreed to. Yeas, 20, nays, 49,
The discussion continued till the close of the
morning hour, when the subject went over.
Mr.. Bayard asked to have a vote taken on his
motion, to allow the minority of the New York
Custom Honse committee to print their views
during the recess. Mr.. Cole objected.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was then
taken up The question was on the motion to
strike the section, allowing pay for Southern
mail service, prior to May, 1860. a.
The motion prevailed by a vote of % to II. A
motion to restore to the creek orphans of 1882,
certain funds to which they are entitled, was
discussed at length.
Mr. Cole moved an amendment authorizing
the Secretary of War to extend the signal SER
vice to take observations for the benefit of agri-
culture. Agreed to.
Dnring the consideration of the sundry ap-
preparation bill, Mr.. Kellogg presented as an
amendment, substantially the supplemental en-
forcement bill, removing the restriction of the
provisions of the original enforcement act, to
places having 10000 population and upwards,
and extending them to all voting precincts.
Mr. Thurman raised point of order that the
amendment was not german. The point was
over ruled, and under the rulings of the chair,
Mr.. Sumner presented his civil rights bill as an
amendment. The session continued until an
early hour Saturday morning, in rambling
political debate. .a.
= I'D ~1 HOUSE. .F
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Mr. Dawes of Massa
chrsetts, from the Ways and Means committee,
reported bill providing that when it was
shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, that parties are entitled to refund
of the duty paid on goods in public stores, or
bonded warehouses, the first of August, 1872
under the recently passed tariff act, it shall be
the duty of the Secretary to draw warrant for
the amount passed. Ten thousand copies of the
tariff act were ordered to be printed; also the
same number of the new postal code We're or
dered to be printed.
The house took up the message of the Presi-
dent, vetoing the bill granting a pension to
Mary Ann Montgomery The senate having
reconsidered and passed the bill, the Presidents
objections Notwithstanding the house after
brief debate, passed the bill by the required two
thirds. Yeas, 101, nays, "A. The senate amend
ment releasing twenty-five acres of laud to the
Pttsburg and Canada road, was concurred in.
A substitute to prevent and punish obstruc-
tons to justice in United States courts, was re-
ferred
The House took up the Senate bill to declare
and enforce the civil rights of citizens of the
United States.
Mr.. Poland of Vermont, offered an amend
ment, providing that no penalty should exceed
$1,000 the minimum to be at the discretion Of
the court,