The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
The House..

The House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Two hundred and
thirty EIGHT. OF the 3O1 members Of this bod,
Chittenden and Schell, Of New York, ant
, Carpenter, from South Carolina.
Mr.. Phelps asked the unanimous consent Of
+ the House to introduce a bill repeating the
newspaper gag law. Mr.. Hale, Of New York
objected.
The Presidents message was read and lis
tened to with unusual attention
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on Ap.
preparations, reported the legislative, execu.
tive and Judiciary appropriations bill, which
was made the special order for Tuesday Of
next week.
Mr. Hale, Of Maine, from the same commit.
tee, reported the naval appropriation bill,
which was made the special order for Wednes-
day Of next week
The same committee reported the army
appropriation bill, which was made the spe-
cial order for Thursday OF next week.
Mr.. Loughridge, from the same committee,
reported the Indian appropriation BILL which
was made the special order for Friday Of next
week.
Mr.. Starkweather, Of Connecticut, from the
same committee, reported the fertilization
bill, which was made the special order tor the
22d Of December.
The amount appropriated by these several
bills is as follows: Legislative bill S19, G53, 134,
navy SIG. $1,000; army S27, 70l, 500. In}Hhns
So, SCI, 5O7, Notifications $3.50, 900. Mr.. Tyner
OF Indiana, from the same committee, reported
a bill appropriating thirty thousand dollars
for the purchase of scales for the use of the
Post Office Department, in executing the law
requiring the prepayment OF postage on news
papers.
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amendment, excepting from the operation of
the law cases where subscriptions were taken
prior to January 1st, 1875, and allowing post
age in those cases to be paid at the place Of
destination.
Mr.. Tyner declined to allow il to be offered
or spoken of by Mr. Cox, who intimated that
in the next House he would have more privi-
leges. To which Mr.. Tyner replied that he
| (TyIer) would not be there to see. Laugh
teri
| The bill then passed.
Mr. Cox thereupOn introduced a bill to
carry out the obje:t indicated by him, and it
was referred to the Post Office Committee.
Mr.. Phelps, Of New Jersey, gave notice
that he would, next Monday, if he got the
tioer, move to suspend the rules, and pass tie
bill which he sought to introduce and pass to.
day. ITO repea! lie press gag law"
The Senate.
The bill for the better government Of the
District OF Columbia, reported to-day by Sen
ator Morrill,, Of Maine. from the Joint Select
Committee appointed for that purpose by
Congress at the last session. provides that
department shall be created i'll the Govern
ment Of the United States, called the Depart
ment OF Columbia, and that it shall have q
corporate capacity.
1t is to be headed by board of three re-
gents, to be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, and to be removable
by the President at any time for cause. The
first board are to be appointed for terms Of
six, four and two years respectively. There
after the term o: office will be six years; their
salary will be $500 each per year.
They are to appoint and have power to re-
move Tor cause, subordinate boards OF super
intendents Of health, police, excise. street
cleaning, public buildings and fire depart
ment also three members of board of edu-
cation, which shall contain three other mem
bers elected by the District OF Columbia, and
be presided over by a United States Commits
sioaer OF Education. WHO shall be ex-otficio q
member.
The public works Of the District are to be in
charge of au army engineer detailed by the
President for three years, and the Board Of
District Public Buildings will be headed by
the United States superintendent Of Publlc
Buildings. The powers and duties Of all these
subordinate officers, and those also Of the
regents, are infinitely specified, defined and
limited, and the same general principles OF
rigid responsibility runs through the bill,
which is very voluminous, consisting Of eighty
printed pages divided into fifteen chapters.
The power to make alter or abrogate local
ordinancasis confded exclusively to the Board
Of Regents, and no officers are to be elected
by the people, except three members OF the
Board of Education, as above stated
The bill fixes two per cent as the rate of
taxation, which shall be levied Oh all the req! |
and personal property owned by individuals |
or corporations in the district.
The valuation for purposes Of taxation is to
be made by three assessors, appointed by the
Board Of Regents, and is to be ''that just |
valuation which would be recognized on ap.
praisement between debtor and creditor. |
All taxes are to be payable to the United |
States Collector of Internal Revenue and to be |
paid by him into the United States Treasury /
All other revenues or monys of the District f,
are to be collected and deposited in the Fed. |
eral Treasury in the same way.
All vouchers and bills OF expenses of every
description are to be audited in the United |
States Treasury, and ali warrants for the pay
ment of moneys on account of the District |
shall be SUBJECT to the Second Controller OF
the United States Treasury.
The bill provides explicitly that no expendi-
ture or liability shall be incurred by or for
the District of Columbia that has not been
for by Congress. and no pay
ments for the District shall be made ont OF
the Treasury except in conformity with the
OF Congress. The bill finally
provides Tor the revision and codii cation of !
all laws of the United States which relate es-
pecially to this District
Vice President Wilson was in the chair.
MASS MEETING.
ArcI-sT. Dec 7-Aslarpe mass meeting was |