Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
XLuId CONGRESS.
SENATE.

passed. 1t provides that all who enlisted In
the army Of the United States under the proc
lamat:on Of the President Of May 8, and pre-.
vious to August, 1851, be paid the bounty OF
$1,000, providing the same has not already
Mr.. Hitchcock, of Iowa. introduced bill
providing that all lands granted to railroad
companies shall be subjected to State and
county taxation. Committee on Public Lands.
After one or two verbal amendments, the
thirty-ninth section Of the original Bankrupt
law, as amended and reported by the Judiciary
Committee, was agreed to by the Senate, with
the exception Of filing the blank as to the
time when the provisions Of the section should
| apply to all cases Of compulsory or involuntary
bankruptcy. Other amendments we're agreed
to. The Committees amendments, as passed
by the Senate, fix the time at forty days within
which any banker, broker, merchant, trader;
manufacturer or miner who has stopped
or suspended, and not resumed pay
ment Of his commercial paper shall not be
deemed bankrupt, and prescribe that the fees
commissions, charges, and allowances, except
ing actual and necessary disbursements Of and
to be made by the officers, agents. marshals
messengers assignees, and registers in cases
OF bankruptcy, shall be reduced to one-half OF
| the allowances heretofore provided for. The
Justices of the Supreme Court, who are to
make new rules and regulations in respect to
| the law, are empowered to consolidate the
duties Of register, assignee, marshal, and
| clerk, and to reduce the cost Of charges to the
end that prolixity, delay, and unnecessary
expense may be avoided.
Mr.. Boutwell,, Of Mass, introduced bill
| amendatory Of the National Currency act.
Referred to the Finance Committee. The
| following is the full text Of the bill:
| Be IL enacted, &C., That it shall not be lawful
| for any banking association, organized under
the said act, or any act amendstory thereof, to
pay interest on deposits to banks, banking
companies or banking associations nor shall
any such banking association receive interest
upon money deposited with any bank, person,
party, or corporation; and any banking associa-
ton guilty Of q violation Of the provisions OF
this act shall be liable to penalty equal to four
times the amount Of interest 30 paid or received
| to be recovered in any court Of competent
Jurisdiction. and 1t shall be the duty Of the
Comptroller Of the Currency to cause proceed
ings to be instituted for the recovery Of the
penalties aforesaid and for the benefit Of the
| United States.
Sec. 2. That not more than one-fourth part
Of the amount Of lawful money Of the United
States that any such association may be re-
quired to have on hand. as is provided in such
| acts, shall consist OF balances due to such as
sociations, as is available for the redemption Of
it's circulating notes from banking associations
approved by the Comptroller Of the Currency.
amend the internal revenue laws.
1t provides that all provisions Of law hereto
| fore exising in relation to the imposition OF
| stamps upon written instruments, and all PEN
aties imposed by law for the omission or failure
to stamp such instruments as bear date prior to
the establishment of revenue districts in the
States engaged in the rebellion, be repealed.
| Mr.. Cameron, Of Penn, from the Committee
on Foreign Relations, reported without amend
ment the House bill requesting the President
| to extend in the name Of the United States,
a cordial invitation to foreign governments to
take part in the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia.
to the bankruptcy bill, which was agreed to, to
the 21st section Of the original act, as follows :
But creditor proving his debt or claim shall
not be held to have waived his right of action
| or suit against the bankrupt when q discharge
has been refused or the proceedings have been
determined without discharge. The bill hav-
| ing been considered in the Senate as Com
mittee of the Whole, was reported to the
| Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Mr.. johnson. of Va. modified his amendment,
previously offered, to read as follows All
| notices OF sales under this act by any assignee
| or officer Of the court shall be published in the
| newspaper or newspapers to be designated by
the Judge, which in his opinion shall be best
calculated to give general notice OF the sale.
Agreed to. The question then recurred on the
passage Of the bill, and it was passed-Yeas,
43: Nays, IL.
| Mr.. Boutwell,, OF Mass, introduced bill to
provide for the survey and disposal Of timber
| lands. II requires such lands in the mining
districts to be surveyed in tracts Of 160 acres
each and allows any person engaged in the
business Of mining to make entry OF the
stumpage upon any one such tract and remove
all the timber except one tree to the acre within
three years, paying therefore at the rate of
90. so per acre. The Secretary of the Interior
| is also required to make surveys of the timber
lands suitable for agricultural purposes, and
any homestead or preemption settler may enter
not exceeding forty acres of said timber lands
at the rate Of $3.50 per acre.
| The Senate discussed Mr.. Bayards resolution
calling upon the President to inform the Senate
whether any officer Of tie United States Army
on duty in South Carolina had been instru-
mental in procuring compensation from the
State for his services. The resolution went
over.
The Chair laid before the Senate resolutions
of the Wisconsin Legislature, instructing the
delegation in Congress from that State to vote
for the passage Of the law reducing the pay OF
all civil and military employees Of the Govern
ment to a scale commensurate with the duties
performed by them. Referred to the Commit
| tee on Civil Service and Retrenchment.
| Mr.. Sargent presented memorial from Cali
fornia for the prevention of the evils arising
from Chinese emigration.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Dawes, OF Mass, introduced bill to re-
duce the rate Of letter postage to two cents.
BY Mr.. Platt, of n. Y.-Fixing the salaries
of the Postmasters of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati, Balti-
more, and San Francisco. It fixes the COM
pensation Of the Postmasters named at the
following rates, viz: At New York, $40, 600
Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and st. Louis,
at $4,000 each and Brooklyn. Baltimore, and
Cincinnati, $4,000; provided that such salaries
shall be paid from money received at the post
offices from box rents sales of postage stamps,
and other sources in excess Of the expenditures
allowed and made thereat for rent clerk hire,
fuel lights, furniture, stationery, printing, and
the necessary incidentals.
By Mr.. Woodford, of n. Y.-To regulate the
hours Of service in the departmental at Washing
ton. and to reduce the number of clerks.
BY Mr.. Smith, of n. C.-To repeal the in
ternal revenue taxes on whisky and tobacco.
BY Mr. Stone, Of Mo.-For the construction
of the Fort st. Philip canal. Also for the free
circulation Of weekly newspapers.
Mr.. Cox, Of n. Y, presented the memoria OF
VIM. Raddie and 4, 162 citizens Of New York; FOL
belligerent rights to Cuba
Mr.. Butler, of Mass, made personal ex
planstion in the House in reply to attacks made
upon him by the press.
The House in committee Of the whole on the
| Eortifcoti tiop hill took the following action