Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04

nittae 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.
Mr.. Carpenter moved to amend the section
so as to provide that copy of the process
served on an agent shall actually be delivered |
to the principal Of such agent anywhere in the |
United States. Agreed to.
The bill was then read third time and |
passed-yeas 80, nays %.
THE 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
ness, with the consent of one-fourth Of the
number of creditors representing one-third 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.
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pay certain persons and corporations for losses
sustained by the so-ealled st. Adams raid. 1t
was reported to the Committee on Claims.
PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATTER.
Mr.. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads. reported favorably the
bill to provide for prepayment Of postage on
printed matter, and asked it's immediate con-
sideration; but objection was made, and it
was placed on the calendar This is the House
bill without amendment.
BILLS PASSED.
Apportioning Wyoming Territory for legisla-
tive purposes; admitting free of duty mer
chandise sunk for two years and afterward
recovered; providing for a commission of
Engineers to report a plan Of permanent
reclamation of the alluvial basin of the GIissis-
sippi River; prohibiting the publication in
newspapers of the revised statutes of the
United States to authorize the construction
of bridge across the Mississippi River at or
near the City of lacrosse Wis. to authorize
the use of gilt letters for the names of vessels;
to provide for the establishment of an Inter
national Commission Of the maritime Powers
to lay down ocean courses for steam vessels
and otherwise provide for the increased safety
of sea travel; to provide for the establishment
of ife-saving stations and houses of refage
upon the sea and lake coasts Of the United
States and to promote the efficiency Of the life
saving service.
BILLS PASSED.
To encourage tie establishment of public
marine schools to fix the time for the election
Of Representatives in the Forty-fourth Con-
| gress from the State Of Mississippi.
IN THE HOUSE.
BILLS PASSED.
The bill appropriating $500, 600 for the relief
of persons suffering from the overflow of the
lower Mississippi river, Of the Tombigbee,
| Warrior, and Alabama rivers, and of the Ten
nessee river the authority of the Secretary to
expire on the first of September next, was
passed.
The bill amending act for construction OF
a railroad from the Missouri to the Pacific, was
passed as it came frem the House.
The Senate passed the bill providing for the
publication of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The House refused to vote any more money
for civil service reform, by vote Of 4S yeas to
108 nays.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
In the House. after considerable discussion,
the report of the Conference Committee on the
Moiety bill was made the Senate amendments
were voted on without discussion, and o new
| Conference Committee was ordered the Con-
| ference report on the Currency bill was then
made, and after short debate it was rejected,
108 to LAG, and new Committee ordered, 19a
to 48.
CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, which
appropriates $23, 900 600, (some SO 900, 900 less
than last SESSION. was passed by the House,
after being before the Committee of Whole for
four days.
THE cHocTAw CLAIM.
The proposition to pay the Choctaw Indians
| 50, 800 900 for 100000 acres of land, which
was awarded by the Senate in 1858, was sharply
discussed in the House and finally laid over till
next session aa
ANOTHER POTOMAC BRIDGE.
The Senate bill appropriating $145, 900 for q
bridge across the Potomac near the Navy Yard,
was passed.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
Mr.. Smith, of New York, reported bill Pre-.
viding that nobody shall be delegate in the
House of Representatives from any Territory
who shall not have attained the age of twenty
five years and been seven years citizen of the
| United States and who shall not be an inhabi-
tant of the Territory, and ne person who is
guilty either of bigamy or polygamy is to be
eligible.
| WAR CLAIMS.
| Mr.. Lawrence. Of Ohio, reported bill ex-
tending to tho 4th of July, 1875, the time within
which petitions for allowances may be pre-
scented to the Southern Claims Commission,
and providing for the appointment Of two adj
ditional Commissioners. The bill passed
LAND SOLD FOR DIRECT TAXES IN THE SOUTH.
Mr. Beck of Kentucky, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill for the relief of the
owners and purchasers of land sold for direct
taxes in insurectionary States, which was
agreed to.
| INTERNATIONAL ADMIRATION.
Mr. Weodford, of New York, offered a reso-
| luton authorizing the President to negotiate
with all civilized powers for the establishment
of an international system of arbitration where
by matters of dispute between Governments
may be adjusted by arbitration and without
recourse to war, Agreed to.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
| Mr.. Woodford, of New York, offered reso-
luton authorizing the President to negotiate
with all civilized powers for the establishment
of an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of arbitration where
By matters of dispute between Governments
may be adjusted by arbitration and without
recourse to war. Agreed to.
BILLS PASSED.
Recurring the Secretary of the Treasury to
report ON the necessity for public building in
| BROOKLYN, and the estimated cost thereof for
the reapportionment of the Legislative repre-
Eentation IN Idaho Territory,
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