The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-08
XLIId CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, JAN s.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on Fl
| nance, reported bill authorizing Deputy Col
lectors and other subordinate officers OF Gus
toms to aci as disbursing agents in the absence
or sickness of he Collector or Surveyor when
50 designated by the Collector.
Mr.. buckingham introduced bill amenda-
tory of the national currency act of July 30
1864. The bill provides for free banking; pro
hibits direct or indirect payment of interest on
deposits; allows United States bonds bearing
coin interest 10 be counted as well as lawful
money in the reserves, and provides that banks
may redeem their circulation notes either in
coin or legal tenders or United States bonds, at
par with accrued interest at the option of the
banks; also that United States legal tenders in
sums Of $1,000 may be redeemed in demand of
the holder either with coin Or United States
currency bonds bearing coin interest OF 90 per
cent, and that the principal of any United
States bonds bearing coin interest shall, on de-
maud maud OF the holder, be paid by the United
states treasury in legal tender notes and the in
terest IN coin. All bonds issued under the pro
a,siois Vi thls act are to be free from State and
municipal taxation. The last section requires
the Secretary of the Treasury TO issue the bonds
as nerein described, and legal tender notes of
denomi9ations OF not less that $1,000 and S. re-
spectlvely, and to make all the regulations
necessary to execute the provisions Of tbis art
Mr.. Anthony presented bill DIRECTING the
Secretary of the Navy to enter ,nto o cn1tract
with the New York and Brooklyn Imnrove-
ment Co. for lease and improvement of swami
and overlooked lands connected with the U. s
Navy Yard at Brooklyn. The Company is To
expend 100000 in said improvements and en-
joy the use of lands and contemplated docks for
fifty years as compensation therefor, or be re-
imbursed if the government takes the property
sooner.
Mr.. Frelnghuysen presented joint resolu-
ton proposing constitutional amendment to
provide that disputes arising with regard to
persons chosen as electors of President or Vice
President in any State, shall be decided by the
Supreme Court of the United States, and that
Congress shall have power to enforce this arti-
Gle by appropriate legislation.
After discussion of an hour and a half the
Senate passed Mr.. Sherman's resolution calling
for an investigation of the Louisiana and Ar
kansas difficulties
The ished business being the Indian
Appropriation bill it was resumed, and the
usual discussion of the Indian policy followed.
An amendment was adopted directing the
Secretary of the Interior to communicate to
Congress what appropriations may in his judg-
ment be dispensed with.
An amendment was adopted appropriatiup
BOT, 600 to remove the Winnebago Indians of
Wisconsin to the Indian territory if thew con-
scented to go. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Several bills were introduced and referred.
+. q. Bunnell of Penn, took the oath and
seat in place of Judge Mercur, resigned
a nc !1ouSe reIuSeu 10 Order third reading
OF bill Al to 80, and the bill was recommitted
MIR, Packard of Ind, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported bill to enforce
stlpnlatons of the conve ntion with Venezula
OF April 25th, 1866, and the payment of adju-
Gated claims, which was passed.
Mr.. Nitlack of Ind, from the COMMITTEE on
Appropriations, reported the annual fortifica-
ton bill which was made special order for
tuesday next 1t appropriates $999,0OO
~, The House then went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr.. Dawes in the chair, on the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation bill,
ST. ,041 ,352
An amendment was adopted forbidding the
payment of contestants in the contested cleo
ton cases After disposing of twelve pages,
one-fifth of the bill, the committee rose.
The speaker announced the following select
committee ordered yesterday on the Credit Mo
bIller and Union Pacific Railroad questions:-
Messrs. Wilson of Indiana Shellabarger of
Ohio, Hoar of Massachusetts, Swami of Indi-
ana and Slocum of New York. Adjourned.