Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-05-29
CONGRESSIONAL.

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| CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, the resolu.
ton providing for the adjournment of Congress on
! the 22d of June was agreed to. The House bill
| for the benefit of occupying claimants on public
/ lands was passed The Legislative, Executive
/ and Judicial Appropriation bill taken up, and
as amended was passed. :. .The sundry Civil Ap-
preparation bill was reported, with amendments
...Adjourned.
In. the House, on the 10Th, some of the
Senate amendments to the Naval Appropriation
| bill were non-concurred in, and Conference
Committee was appointed "A bill to amend the
customs laws and to repeal the system OF moieties
debated at considerable length. and finally passed
=. "A majority report was made in the sLoulsiana
contested election to the effect that neither OF
/ the claimants Pinchback or Sheridan, had pre-
sented evidence to establish his right to the seat
Representative Large. but that they should have
the right to take further testimony and minority
report was also made that Pinchback was not and
| that Sheridan was, elected. An evening session
was held TOR general debate.
| In the Senate, on the Goth, an adverse
report was made on the bill to provide for settle
ment of the claims of loyal persons against the
| United States accruing during the rebellion, and
for other purposes. The bill to enable the Secre-
tary of the Interior to make nnal settlement with
/ the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indi-
ana under the treaty stipulatlons existing with
| them was passed. The Civil Rights bill was
taken up and debated. Adjourned.
In the House, on the Goth, the Senate
resolution for final adjournment on the 22d of
June was agreed to-143 to 49... The Pension Ap-
preparation bill (about $50 600 oOO) was reported
/ from the Appropriation Committee The Post
| office Appropriation bill was considered and
amendedin in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 21st, two bills
were reported for the improvement of the mouth
of the Mississippi "A bill was introduced to es-
| tablsh the compensation of certain customs Off
GERS ETC.. The Civil Rights bill was further de-
bated.. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 21st, petition
was presented and referred from the Women's
Christian Temperance Union of Indianapolis.
requesting Congress to amend the oath OF
ernment shall be required to abstain
from the use of Intoxicating drinks as a
beverage during their, terms of office An
agreed to-134 to TITO let the annual and month
| ly reports of the Agricultural Department pass
through the mails free and the bill was passed. as
was also the Pension Appropriation Dill; ;Ihe
bill to repeal the law under which the Sanborn
! contracts were made was discussed. The bill
| for the admission of New Mexico as a State was
H. IA
Senate substitute for the Currency bill was made
| from the Committee on Banking and Currency.
| Adjourned.
| In the Senate, on the 22d, memoria
of the National Agricultural Congress, which was
recently in session in Georgia, was presented ask
ing that of the proceeds of the sales OF the
public lands be used toward the support OF agri-
cultural colleges, education and labor; "A
| favorable report was made on the House
bill to extend the time for filing claims for addl-
| tional bounty under the act Of July %, 1866.
The House bill authorizing the President to issue
| army ratOns and clothing to destitute people on
| the Tombigbee, Rio Grande and Alabama Rivers
was passed. The Civil Rights bill was further
debated the session lasting all night, no vote be.
| ing reached up to two O'Clock on the morning OF
| the 23d.
In the House, on the 22d a bill was re-
| ported and passed making appropriations for the
| payment of claims which have been reported as
the act Of March 3, 1871 Several private bills
| were disposed of in Committee OF the Whole...'
| Adjourned.
| THE allnight session of the Senate for
the consideration of the Civil Rights bill termi-
| mated at 6:15 ON the morning of the 23d, the bill
being finally passed by vote OF 20 yeas to ID
nays. The first section of the bill as passed pro-
Jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled
| TO the full and equal enjoyment OF the accommo.
dations, advantages, facilities and privileges OF
INNS public conveyances On land or water, thea
ters and other places of public amusement, and
also of the common schools and public institutions
of learning or benevolence supported In whole OF
in part by general taxation, and of cemeteries sc
supported; also the institutions known as agri
| cultural colleges, endowed by the United States
subject only to the conditions and limitations es
tablished by law and applicable alike to citizens
of every and color, regardless of any previous
condition of servitude. Severe penalties are inn
posed for the violation of the law, and the District
and Circuit Courts Of the United States are given
jurisdiction in of its violation, and actions
may be presented in the United States Territorial
District or Circuit Courts, wherever the defendan
may be found, without regard to the other party
1t is also provided that citizen shall be dlsqua
flied for service on any jury because OF race, colo
or previous condition of servitude. Adjourned
| the 25th.
In the House, on the 23d, bills were
passed-donating condemned cannon and cannon
balls to various Posts of the Grand Army OF the
Republic, for monumental purposes; for the sale
of the Rush Valley Military Reservation in Utah
for the sale of the buildings and ground known al
the Detroit Arsenal, in Michigan: One OF the
Senate amendments to the Legislative Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was rejected, and
others were discussed at considerable length:
A bill was reported allowing bounty OF $500
per month to soldiers during the late war, ano
also providing for grants of land to them. .Au
journed.
In the Senate, on the 25th, bills were
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Company and to aid in the construction OF the
road House bill to revise, consolidate and amend
the laws relating to pensions, approved March D,
1873, which provides that all persons who have
lost an arm at above the elbow shall be rated
in second-class and receive a pension OF $24 per
month. IA joint resolution was introduced pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution prov1d-
ing that if any State shall fail to maintain COM
| mon school system under which all persons be-
tween the ages o6 five and eighteen years, not In
! capacitated for the same, shall receive free OF
may prescribe, Congress shall have the power to
establish therein such system ana cause
| the same to be maintained at the expense OF
such State. The conference report ON the Naval
Appropriation bill was agreed to Several amend
| ments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill were
adopted 1.-The House resolution was presented
announcing the death Of Representative Melllsn,
| and after few appropriate remarks by MI ConK'
| ling che Senate adjourned
In the House, on the 25th, among the
bills introduced were the following: Providing
that the residence of three years shall be sufficient
| to entite an alien, being free white person, to
/ become citizen, his declaration TO be made one
year before his admission; declaring that all cor.
porations doing business in any State are suDleci
to the State courts of that State to repeal the law
which suspended payments TO loyal masters Ior
slaves drafted and received as volunteers IN the
military service; restoring to the pension roll the
off for disloyaty The Senate bill to facilitate
the execution Of and to protect certain public
i works of Improvement at the mouth OF the Mlssls
sippi was passed :. A motion to suspend the rules
and take up the substitute for the Senate Currency
bill was lost, as was also motion to suspend the
rules and take up the Senate supplementary Clv1l
/ RIGHTS bill and refer 1t to the Judiciary Com
mittee, with leave to report at any time. An
nouncement was made of the death OF MIR. Melllsh,
/ and appropriate remarks were made. and resolu-
tons relating to his funeral were adopted.
Adjourned.
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