Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06

had been extinguished; authorizing the Texas &
Pacific Railroad Company to make payable in law
full money the bonds which it has hitherto been
authorized to issue The credentials OF L. b. s.
Pinchback Senator-elect from Louisiana We're
presented :. The bill to authorize the construc-
ton OF six new sloops OF war was taken up, and an
amendment was agreed to, limiting the aggregate
tonnage of the vessels to 10000 TONS and the az
gregate cost to 100000.
In the House, on the 21st, the Com
mittee on Appropriations were instructed to in
quire into the present value of existing telegraph
lines, the cost of constructing the same, and the
probable cost of new lines "A bill was passed
authorizing settlers on untimbered land to enter
forty acres of timBered land for every one hun
dred and sixty acres of untimbcred land, at $l.25
per "A report was made from the commit
tee on Elections that Mr.. Niblack, contestant
entitled to the seat from Florida, as against
Walls. The bill for the admission of Colorado
was taken up and debated. The bill reported
from the Committee on Commerce, for the encour
agement of the foreign commerce of the United
States, was considered.
In the Senate, on the 22d, bills were
passed-House bill abolishing the grades of Ad-
miral and Rear -Admiral of the Navy; to authorize
the Secretary Of the Interior to negotiate with the
Creek Indians for portion of the lands occupied
by them; supplemental to the act incorporating
the Texas Pacific Railway Company; to provide
for the construction OF ten new sl41ps o. war u 10
neXt--}3 to TO-. The credentials of Mr.. McMll-
Ian, elected by the Warmoth Legislature to fill the
Senator from Louisiana, and the credentials of Mr.
Ray, elected by the Kellogg Legislature, were pre-
scented and referred "A substitute for Mr.. Nor
toms bill to regulate the distribution Of the Gene
va award was reported from the Judiciary Com
mittee. The bill to allow women to vote and
hold office in the Territories was indefinitely post
poned.
In the House, On the 22d, bills were
passed-to amend the act granting the right of
way to the Walla Wala Il Columbia River Rail
road Company; appropriating $113, 500 to supply
the deficiency for the expenses CT the United
States Mixed Commission on American and Brit
ish claims The bill for the admission of Color
ado as State taken up and debated. A mes
sage presented from the President vetolng
the act reducing from two years to six months the
time in which new trials may be, on motion OF the
United States, granted IN the Court Of Claims.
In the Senate, on the 23d, MIR. West
was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Com
mittee on Pacific Railroads, and Mr.. Ames on the
Committee of Commerce. IA bill passed APP
Investigations in regard to the elections in Kan
sas, Louisiana and Arkansas Petitions
We're presented-for the repeal of the
Bankrupt law; from soldiers, Tor the
ment to the Appropriation BILL for increasing the
pay of members of Congress to $4,000, was tabled
81 to Is.
In the House, on the 23d, a bill was
passed relieving from taxation all alcohol used for
scientific purposes. A resolution was passed
reciting the allegation that members of the
House who have s been v E K,h
road, which has received subsidy in
lands had been managed by the Credit-Mobilier,
and directing that the Select Committee, the first
Committee appointed (Poiand's), investigate the
matter and report what members have been inter
ested with the Dubuque Sioux City ana the
Central Pacific Railroads.