The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-07-02
xLrId UNITED STATES CONGRESS

The consideration of the Moiety bill was re-
sumed, and another long debate took place, in
| the couree of which letter from A. L. Stewart
of New York, was read giving his opinions as
| to what the provisions Of the law should be
several amendments were agreed to, and
| finally the bill was passed-38 to g. repeating
! the Moiety system as now carried on in the
United States Custom Houses.
| BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. Sherman, of o., from the Committee on
| Finance, reported favoraby on the House bill
to admit free of duty articles intended for the
international exhibition of 1873. Passed
THE FINANCE BILL.
The report of the Conference Committee on
the Finance bill was agreed to by a vote Of 32
to 23.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
The resolution of the House, disagreeing to
the Conference report on the Currency bill,
was presented Mr.. Edmunds opposed the
| appointment of new Conference Committee,
and Mr.. Sherman favored such action after
discussion. a new Conference Committee was
ordered, 3S to II.
REMOVAL OF CAUSES FROM THE STATE COURTS.
Mr.. Carpenter reported a substitute for the
| House bill regulating the removal of causes
| from the State courts to circuit courts of the
| United States
| MIR. Bayard moved to amend so as to provide
| that the section should not apply to cases of
libel or slander. In support of the amendment,
he said Washington City was the great head
quarters for newspaper correspondence and
the section as proposed by the Judiciary Com
mittee would permit the service upon them of
processes as agents for the publishers of the
papers which they represented. A paper
might be sued in the District Of Columbia
simply by serving process ON its agent here.
Rejected SO to 20.
MIR. Carpenter moved to amend the section
80 as to provide that copy of the process
served on an agent shall actually be delivered
70 tne Plinclpal OF such agent anywhere in the
United states Agreed to.
The bill was then read third time and
passed-yeas 80, nays %.
TIE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Mr.. Edmunds of Vermont. from the Com
mittee on Conference on the Bankrupt bill
made report which was agreed to. He ex-
planned that as the bill passed the Senate it
provided that voluntary bankrupt should pay
thirty-three per cent. of his indebtedness as
modified by the Conference Committee volun-
tary bankrupt could be discharged upon the
payment OF thirty per centum of his indebted
hess; with the consent of one-fourth of the
number OF creditors representing one-thrd of
the value of Indebtedness
The Senate instructed the Committee on
Appropriations to report an amendment to the
, River and harbor bill, for the survey of four
routes from the Mississippi to the Atlantic.
THE ST. ALBANs RAID.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont introduced bill to
: pay persons ana corporations for losses
sustained by the so-called st. Albaus raid. Il
was reported TO the Committee on Claims
PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE on PRINTED MATTER
, Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post
Offices and fost Roads reported favorably the
bill to provide for prepayment of postage OF
, printed matter, and asked its immediate con
/ sideration but objection was made, aud i
+ wassplaced on the calendar. This is the Hous,
bill without amendment.
Z IN THE HOUSE.
| REPORTED BACK.
MIR. Dawes, of Mass, from the Committee oil
9 Ways and Means, reported back adverse
f various bills, including the following:
! To abolish the tax on cigars, tobacco an
1 snuff to remit the duties on certain good
g destroyed by fire in the Boston conflagrariou
q to repeal the tax on deposits in savings banks
to repeal the act of March 18th, 1869, " t
strengthen the public credit - to repeal take
> on distilled spirits and tobacco for the issue
: convertible bonds to impose an income tax
a to remove all internal taxes from apple brandy
e to repeal the duty on salt.
TIE GENEVA AWARD BILL.
y The Butler substitute for the Geneva Awar
J. bill against allowing the insurance companie
/, to take part in the award was, after an excite
and personal debate, passed by a vote OF 1872
10l. BY this vote the claims of the insuranc
companies for losses sustained are omitte
from the bill.
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
~ Mr.. Eldridge, of Wis, moved to suspend tl
. rules and make III order to the Civil Appropr
e alton bill an item of S75 600 for the Wasbins
Y ton Monument. Negatived by yeas 14S nay
e 81. not two-thrds in the affirmative.
:, Mr.. Maynard, of Tenn, said the Committt
:, on the Washington Monument had intended I
ask small appropriation for monument
7, the mother of Washington at Fredericksburg
% but in view of the vote just taken the commi
II tee would not now submit the proposition.
e BILLS PASSED.
l. The bill appropriating $500, 900 for the reli
+ of persons suffering from the overflow of IL
q lower Mississippi river, of the Tombigbe
% Warrior. and Alabama rivers, and of the Tel
'e nessee river the authority of the Secretary
lf expire on the first of September next. W,
y passed.
The bill amending act for construction
Il a railroad from the Missouri to the Pacific, vi
~ passed as 1t came from the House.
Is The Senate passed the bill providing for Il
s. publication of the Revised Statutes Of ii
r United States.
G. CIVIL SERVICE.
S. The House refused to vote any more mon,
al for civil service reform, by vote of As yeas
ia los nays.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
': In the House. after considerable discussio
- the report of the Conference Committee on Il
ls Moiety bill was made; the Senate amendmen
n Conference Committee was ordered The Co
al ference report on the Currency bill was the
r made, and after short debate it was rejecte
70 l0S to LAG, and o new Committee ordered, 1
st o 4S.
as CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS.
De The Sundry Civil appropriation bill, whit
r, appropr ates S23, 900, 0OO (some 1000 900 le
TO than last session) was passed by the Hous
.. after being before the Committee Of Whole T
q. four days.
Ie THE CHocTAw CLAIM.
The proposition to pay the Choctaw India
80, 300, 900, for 10 COO 600 acres of land, whi
was awarded by the Senate in 1858, was SHARP
discussed ip the House and finally laid over I
"a next session.
ANOTHER POTOMAC BRIDGE.
" The Senate bill appropriating 145,oO0 for
VI bridge across the Potomac near the Navy Yai
%. was passed.
., QUALIFICATIONS FOR DELEGATES TO CoNGREI
CT Mr.. Smith, of New York, reported bill pl
ny vidIng that nobody shall be delegate in t
IT. House of Representatives from any Terrific
,al who shall not have attained the age of twent
;s five years and been seven years a citizen of {
- United States and who shall not be an inha
uU tant of the Territory, and 10 person who
ng guilty either of bigamy or polygamy is to
NJ eligible.
to WAR CLAIMS.
MS Mr. Lawrence of Ohio, reported a bill {
oe tending to the 4th of July, 1875 the time will
,o1 which petitions for allowances may be p
20 sented to the Southern Claims CommisslC
us and providing for the appointment OF two
Ie' ditional Commissioners. The bill passed.
he LAND SOLD FOR DIRECT TAXES IN THE soUl
hg Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, moved to suspe