The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-12-25
CONGRESSIONAL.

this section
s,sEc. 2. That aIl-sultsnnd proceed
ings as,9 psbdIng1H n TIE C09ft ~ the
| U6tfed states wherein an sdjndieatiOn
of banfFar1lSf has been Enadslsnail be
proceeded with and governed by the
/ provisions Of EXISTING laws, which are
/ hereby continued in force, only for
the purpose Of closing 1P suits and
proceedings now pending, provided
that from and stter the passage Of this
act the fees, commissions, and charges
of officers and agents Of the courts IN
/ bankuDtey cases shall be reduced te
one heif of the fees mdnsssiCus2 A1d
charges heretofore Showed y
/ The select COMMITTEES reported q bill
Ito repeal the salary law, the fEst sec-
tior Of which repesls ali the provi-
hsIons Of the act Of March 30, 1873,
(which increases the salary or comPen-
lsstIon Of Senators, Representatives,
and delegates In Congress, or Of any
officer or empIoys Of the government,
except so far as related to Judges OF
the Supreme Court and to the Presi-
dent Of the United States. during his
present term Of oAee.
The second section provides thst
hereafter the compensation OF SenA-
tors, Representatives, and Delegates
| iu Congress shall be at The rate Of So
500 peg anurEs, and -this ehail Pc n
Hen ot ar asDwances exeeHt aethal
and necessary. travelling expenses,
coming and returning nom the ma
tional capital once every session,
which shah be paid 10, every Senator,
Representative, and Delegate on the
same being certified by him to the
proper accounting officer; and the
salary or compensation Of all Officers
and employees of the goyerRmentr
subject to the exceptions named In
section l, shall hereafter be the same
as they were prior to the passage Of
the act Of 10. -.
The third section requires the. Sec
retary OF the, Treasury to cover int
the Treasury all sums that may re-
main undrawn, or that may have
been received as increased compeDsa-
ton, which shall or may have come
into rhis~pOrTyiOHT BY the return
] thereof.
An amendment was adopted, max
ing the sfdzctIon rseoh back 70 AsrcI
/ 1873, and those who had drawn theil
advanced salaries spsre TO taEeoh de
! dacssd fsen thsis meath!EPsEin th'
future The House then adjqusne'd. d..
| DEC. T.-In the Senate. a bin was
introduced to reimburse the State OF
West Virginia and directs the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury to pay that State
upon the order Of the Governor OF
isaidstgt@ tke sum of s5Ooio io9op tpTbs
1 applied to rebuilding the bridges
court houses, school houses, churches
turnpike roads, and other public prop
erty I'm said State, destroyed by fede-
raj troops, by military orders during
the late civil, vat ssIeua
A resolution was introduced in
structing the Committee on Pensions
hto inquire into 1.-The expedieney ol
hmending the pension law so as tc
allow the same pension for the loss Of
an arm above the elbow as for the
loss Of leg above the knee. The
House ,bIHlfopappropristing S4.O9e, 0ge
to the navy was passed.
In the House most OF the day was
spent on the salary repeal bill. After
q warm discussion and many person,
alitiss among members, the following
ss1hstitnka far tha nriGinaI- hill Uas
passed BY vote OF yeas 122 and nays
"a: l.-af
THAT from and after the passage OF
this act the compensation of Senators.
Representatives and Delegates shall
be at the rate of 5000 per annum
payable monthly, and In adciEior
thereto, the actual individual expen-
ses of each Senator, Representative
and Delegate In going 70 and return.
ing feom the seat Of govern aaeltto ace
in each session, tobe eeftified 41fYfF
Il ting BY each. : 81 - - Z
SIC. g That the Compensation o.
the Speaker Of the Hoase OF Repre-,
sentatsves shall be at the rate OF
s., ,000in addition to bis pay as Repre-.
! tentative, amounting in all Il
( SS. 600, and that OF the Weep Pfesiden
2 shall be the same amoun., with. tn
same allowance for traEeling expen
ses as hereinbefore provided. ia p
SEC. 8. That all laws and parts 0
laws inconsistent with the pFOvisissn n
of this act are hereby repealed. -, -
SEC. 4. That the Secretary OF tht
Treasury Is required to cover into tn
Treasury all sums that remain M
drawn, or which have been receives
as increased compensation under tn
i provisions of said act approved Merct
13l, 1873, which shall have, or ma,
come into his possession by theo re
rurn taefeoi. -szasE qssh
DEC: lS.-In the Senate q petitiol
was presented from citizens Of Kansai
4 asking the passage OF law allowing
soldiers in the late war 8 bounty, n
180 acres of land. Referred. Senato
AntHony7 IFom the lC0mmittes d
Printing. reported back the biIfto pro
-tvide for printing biennial register o.
4 blue book. Passed. In the course o
, the discussion outhebiH, Senator Sar
gent said be had ie4rnet That sine
I the abolition of the franking privilege
500, 900 had bseu expended by tn,
Government for scales to weigh mail
able N utter, and he understood -tha
the eost 70 the GJvernment nov K
send documents over the country wa.
hgreater than before the ranking priv
hilege lwaO . Abolished i lsshStsf Asa e.
man said he would vote against prin
ting every pubic document unles:
some means be adopted to distri6ut,
them. He5had received notice stha
there were over 200 public documenti
waiting bis order, and the question ir
his mind was how to distribute them
Hebupp6ses pfherASsnst tors were Il
aszns > dia11cdlty. sFke House ssE
ary bill was read aud referred to the
Committee on Retrenchment. A
long fusncisl dlseusslonwkS held AM
the Senate adjourned.
Iu the House several personal ex
| planstiehs,wsre made 7in1 YiIich1 eey
eral gsiatfen1et e extofied tneir . wt VI
tus at the expense of others.
A5p0stal telsgraph bill Was intro
duced and referred - .Fs1 81 alisa sal
Mr., DIVES oHared.a rpne6rrent res
koLutioh-0f adj0usnhent'over the holf
days. ffonaatOsnorr0EstiA Monday
the 5th of January Adopted. TIL,
Speaker announced that heT had sd
poihtsd Messfal E r. AHoar, Cox an,
I Hszleton Rsgents ofthe Smithsonian
Institate iof the next two years. SIR
Butler (Mass.,l from the Judiciary
! Comn1lttse, rep poffsi the So1pIeai sn1
tary Civil Rights Jbill ! I'D prdtidel
that any proprietor of public, inn,