New-York tribune., 1874-03-20

MT N, :, nm, wiae any right interest In real estate
which any person holding such certcas ma nave
nad mr. NAV pos he about 70 ACQUIRE theeip,
Inv reason of purchase thereof or by deVss 70 ; or
which may have been derived py any & 1"o .r6ca,e and
bv reason his having possessed sucn ceruoao , m
believing himself to have been iawruiy anu piopo'S
sEc That all petitions deposltious or applications
made TO any circuit OF the United STATES ,ne
provisions OF this act and an a1 napers OF any kind
used arising hereunder snai oe ".n \" ,h ,o
officers whose duty shall be to proceed In any wise 10
any case arising under the provisons Vi his = ros s,
receive and shall be allowed and paid from the Treasury
81 The limited States for any and all services rendered
Hereunder, the same fees IA by law s9ch % W S, @
cerks of the district courts OF the United STATS
are allowed to receive charge for similar services
save that any Commissioner acting hereln9hder sms snail
for his atendances and tho taking OF the upo
any hearing before him provided for IN tnis nc'
the OF 81 in each case referred 20 @ DID Shs % pD M
more than three atendaDces In one case shah oo
allowed or paid bm; aud all accounts OF any Oh tn9
officers upon whom by ,he terms OF TINS ae exnm
ined and certified in provided for the ac
counts OF chief Supervisors oil elections
From the title of this bill, no one who has not care
fully studied the statutes at large would be very lkeiy
To discover it's purpor and its Intended effect At the
very outset Of the document there is blunder which, II
It. we're to be passed, would render IL invalid instead
OF "a bill TO amend" it should be ian act to amend"
for Congress do nothing except by act Its auhor
promoter advocate and the person whom II 10 cheny
intended to benefit s John T. Davenport, United states
Commissioner and Chief Supervisor OF Elections. lie
has been twice heard before the Judiciary COM
mttoe of the House In its favor, and has
procured ils reference to sub-committe con-
sistng OF the Hon. Lyman Tremain OF New-hork'
the Hon. Ale xander White Of Alabama and the Hon
Charles A. Eldridge Of Wisconsin The provision ID
Section g. the chief supervisor shall have power 10
make for his personal Information copies OF all recorus
and papers relating to naturaliZations that may DC
for,d VA any conrs vv,'h' 'iS "iSct at tho tat" VI l"
cents q folio would in the City ana County OF New
York he worth 10 the favored individual who holds the
Office from s2JO0O to s5OOOO0 What or will be done
with them does not appear, except that they VIII be
carefully flied away probably sort Of curiosity In the
Office OF chief supervisor Another provision In the
same section that the chief supervisor should receive
s. per day for attendance at courts where naturalization
proceedings going As tho courts IN this city
naturaze less every day. the revenue The cci
supervisor would receive from this quarter would be
from sl5OO to 1890 yearly. The judges Of the Si-
perior Courts Record, whose ability ana intcg
| rlty this blli Is an lnputatlon, are Inc
following: In the Supreme Court. Noah Davis John X
| Brady, Charles DJnOhne George G. Barrett, ana
Abraham H. Lawrence In the Superior Court Clludlus
X Mcneil william l.. Curtis, Hooper &. Van NOorst,
Speir; In the Court Of Common Pleas, Charles r. Day
Hamilton W. Robinson, Charles H. Van Brunt kLcbard
| Iarremore. Joseph T. Daly and fredrck W. Loow.
The true purpose or this document haS lately Dcch iuy
explained TO the subcommittee which ~ ~ expected
will make report the subject TO the JGdcl1fy Com
few days. Ii Is not AZ all probable 'h't IL
VIII 20 any further.