Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-05-01
CONGRESSIONAL,

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 21st, the House
bill for the relief of persons suffering by the
flow of the Mississippi River was passed, with an
act shall expire on the 1st of next September. -.
The bill providing for the payment of
the bonds of the Louisville & Portland
Mas agreed o4o to rpe
the amendment in the House bill that the canal
should not be taken possession of nor any money
paid till the State of Kentucky should cede to the
United States the jurisdiction over the same,
together with all right to tax the property. 80.
Adjourned.
In the Hou 3, on the 21st, bill was in
troduced and referred, directing the temporary
suspension of the Legislature of the District of
Columbia. "A lengthy report was submitted from
the Committee on Railways and Canals, ordered
printed and recommitted, on the bill to charter a
double-track freight railway from. tide water on
the Atlantic to Council Bluffs, on the Mis-
on The report says the company proposing to
build this great freight railway will accept the
scale of low rates of freight agreed upon by the
committee fifteen cents bushel from Chicago,
eighteen cents from ST. Louis, etc-the company
asking the Government to guarantee its per
cent cent. bonds I at t., the rate OF $4,000 per
any me By the 5p0csa commttee wh0q
bill was passed extending for one year from the
passage of this act the time for completing the
tries OF the Usage Indian lands in Kansas. "A
bill was reported to provide for the appointment
of commission of engineers to report permanent
plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of
the Mississippi River subject to inundation.. The
Senate amendment to the bill for the relief of the
sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River
was cOncurred in. The Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was further con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 22d, the message
of the President, transmitting the report of the
Civil-Service Commission, was received, read and
ordered printed. The bill to enable the Mennon-
ties from Russia to effect permanent scsSeinent
on the public lands of the United States ken
up, and amendments were adopted: - &sssage
the Financial bill, which message was ordered
printed and with the BILL to lie on the table until
the ensuing week. "A bill was introduced and re-
United States. Bills were passed-Senate bill
obviating the necessity of issuing patents for GER
tain private land claims in the State of Missouri
Senate bill 10 authorize the County Commissioners
of Thurston County, W. T., to issue bonds for the
purpose of constructing railway from Budd's In
let, Puget Sound, to intersect the Northern Pa
cifc Railway. at or near Tenino; Senate bill for
the benefit of the Kentucky Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association; House bill for the relief of
settlers on the Cherokee strip in Kansas Exec
utive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 22d, bill was re-
ported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to
carry into execution the provisions Of the Four
teenth Amendment to the Constitution, concern
ing citizenship and to define certain rights of
citizens of the United States in foreign countries,
and diplomatic consular officers. -. The Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation
bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole and
the item of 100000 for the purchase of official
postage stamps for the Treasury Department was
reduced to $5,ooO the idea being to let the small
out regard to their face value and not to charge
the Treasury Department with the payment Of
postage. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23d, bills were in
troduced and referred-to reduce the tax On the
circulation of State banks to an amount equal to
that paid by the National banks with statement
that the tax on the National bank circu-
lation was per cent. and that on State
bank circulation 10 per cent, which prac
tically prevented any circulation of the lat
porate the Texas Pacific Railway Company, and
to aid in the construction of the road. The bill
to enable the Mennonites of Russia to effect per-
manent settlement on the pubic lands 2 OF the
of an additional amendment. "A resolution was
agreed to- to print 500 copies of the report of the
Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads upon
the bill to provide for transmission of correspond
ence by telegraph The Louisiana bill was fur
ther debated. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 23d, resolutions
were offered and misunderstanding the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency to inquire and
report the reasons why the $25 100000 of National
Bank currency authorized to be withdrawn from
the States having more than their proportion
has not been Withdrawn and distributed under
the provisions of the act of the 18th
of May, 1870, and what further legislation is nee
essary to secure that result; calling for informa-
ton on the subject from the Secretary of the
Treasury. y....A bill was introduced and referred
providing that the tax on State banks shall not be
other nor greater than the tax on National banks.
....The bill reported from the Committee
EOrelUn
ship and rights of United States citi-
zens in foreign countries was taken up and debat-
ing SOL Of which S5634, ,s42 is to Come out
of the Treasury, the rest being derived from the
postal revenues, was reported and referred to
ecutive and Judicial Appropriation bill further
debated in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Gath, bills were
assed-amendatory of the act to provide internal
revenue to support the Government, to pay inter-
est on the public debt and for other purposes, ap
proved June go 1864, the amendment providing
that no legal document or paper required by law
to be stamped which was made, signed or issued
in the Northern States prior to the list of july 1866
shall be deemed held as invalid, of effect,
by reason of the failure to impose thereon the re-
quired stamp; House bill to render available GER
tain balances of unexpended appropriations for
the payment of bounty and prize money to colored
soldiers and sailors. "A bill was introduced and
referred to provide for Commission upon the
subject of postal telegraph. The report of the
Committee on Transportation Routes was pre-
sented, and a motion was made and referred to
print 1,C0O extra copies. The Louisiana bill was
further debated. Adjourned to the 27th.
In the House, on the oath, message
from the President was received and referred,
transmitting copies of all the orders and CORE
spondence in relation the troubles in Arkansas,
in answer to resolution of the House. :. "A bill
was introduced and referred to repeal the second
section of the act of the 9th of July, 1872 which
reduces the duties on certain imported articles
10 per cent. . The Consular and Diplomatic Ap-
ported, and referred -. The Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill was further
considered in Committee of the Whole, and sew
eral portions Of the bill were disposed of ....Ad-
iourned.
SENATE not in session on the 25th.
In the House, the Legislative. Executive and Ju-
d;cial Appropriation bill was disposed of in Com