Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13

pIetcd rnilrOad, and twenty dollars per acre
when it is for the relief Of owners OF land
sold for direct taxes in the insurreci"nary
states, allowing repayment Of net proceeds or
for the apportionmont OF all taxes, expenses,
interests, ETC.; for the construction Of a rail-
road bridge across tho Mississippi River at st.
Louis for the payment Of claims allowed by
the Commissioners of Southern Claims; to
amend the act establishing Department OF
Justice to remove the political and legal dis
abilities Of VIM. Smith, OF Farquhar county,
Virginia.; in regard to tho sale OF public
lands; for to REIMBURSE Montana
TOR expenses OF Indian hostilities to remove
disabilities OF Sheldon N. Leake, OF Virginia
TO quit the title of lands to settlers on lands
belonging to the West Wisconsin Railroad
Company; to secure homesteads to actual
settlers on the public domain to authorize
Inquiries into tho Causes of steam boiler ex-
plosions to encourage the growth of timber
on western Prairies to place colored persons
who enlisted in tho army as slaves on the
same footing as other soldiers as to pensions
to establish an assay Office at Montana to
authorize certain postrnasters to deposit pub.
lie moneys in public banks: !: for the protection
OF owners OF saw mills on the Mississippi
river; to purchase certain improvements with
for the cession of q portion OF the Creek Indian
reservation occupied by :. friendly. In
to restore their capital when
impaired; to extenditho time for the compile
ton OF the Portage Lake and Lake Superior
Canal for the care and preservation OF the
U. s. cemetery near the City Of Mexico to
confer upon the Superintendent Of the Mill
tary Academy the power to convene a court
martial for monument at Salisbury,
n. C., to soldiers whU died in prison and are
there buried to pay in gold scamen in foreign
countries: making Captain George Preblc
and promoting other officers OF
the navy; to allow Lieut.. B. NJ. Mason, of the
Of Brazil to establish the custom house value
OF the English pound sterling at $4.86 lilo,
and to fix the par OF exchange; for
negotiations with the Grow Indians;
for the surrender Of their reservation in Mon
tana: to authorize preemptOrs or homestead
settlers to alicnate portions of their preemp-
tions or homcsteads for certain public pur
Santa Fe Railroad to extend its route from
the western line Ct Kansas to Pueblo, Colora-
do, and branch road from point on the main
line southwesterly to San Felpo, on the Rio
Grande extending for nine months the time
for completing the st. Paul and Pacific
Railroad: Conference reports on the
sundry civil appropriation bill, the bill for
post Office, army. legislative and judicial, river
and harbor and deficiency appropriation bills,
and on the bill to amend tho revenue laws,
was concurred in. A resolution OF thanks to
Speaker Blaine was adopted. The committee
appointed by the House to imp ach Judge
d, lahey, of Kansas, reported til they had
performed that duty. The Judica.y Commit
pcachmcnt Of Judge Sherman, that tho com.
mlttcce had no time to give the accused
hearing, and reported back the testimoDysto
bo presented to the next House.