The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-07-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
busy Week in Congress Passage of
Various Bills.

various BilISs
The pension bill has passed both
| houses Of congress. The principal fea-
tures of the bill are the increase of the
| monthly allowance of those totally dis
abled in the army to fifty dollars, and a
| slight increase Of the pensions of those
! who have lost one leg or arm. These
changes will not perceptibly increase
the appropriations.
The senate has passed the house bill
for the appointment of commission of
engineers to report upon plan for the
| reclamation of the alluvial basin of the
Mississippi river subject to inundation.
The committee of conference on the
| finance bill has come to an agreement,
making the report of the former com
mittee the basis of their action. They
struck ont sections 3, 7, 8, and 8 of that
report which proposed to repeal so much
of the national bank act as restricted
the amount 'Of circulating notes and
provided for retiring and reducing
United States notes until the maximum
should be 5000, 900, 900 and for exchang-
ing such notes for bonds, etc, and ad-
d several sections with regard to a
redistribution of the banking currency
as heretofore recommended substantial
ly by Comptroller Knox. The bill pro-
vides that the amount of United States
notes outstanding shall not exceed
1882, 600, 600; ffty-fve millions OF ma
tiOnal bank notes are to be withdrawn
from states having an excess of such
notes, as application is made therefor
from other states and awarded to the
latter; provided that not over thirty
millions be withdrawn during the fiscal
year ending June 3, 1875. The title OF
the bill is amended to read as follows
can act to fix the amount of United
States notes, provide for redistribu-
ton of the national bank currency, and
for other purposes.
Tue senate committee propose to
strike out the item of sundry appropria-
tiOn bill, abolishing the civil service
commission and insert an item of $780,
900 for Louisiana sufferers.
It is probable that the Canadian re-
ciprocity treaty will be postponed until
next session.
The house Pacific railroad commit
tee, by a vote of against 5, refused to
recommend an investigation of the Cen
traI Pacific railroad company, and the
contract and finance matters.
The civil rights bill has again been
defeated. I
Both houses of congress have decided |
that no town Of less than 10000 inhabi-
tants shall have letter-carrieYs.
The attorney general is considering
the course OF proceedings to be adopted |
against the Union Pacific railroad under
the act recently passed, requiring the
earnings. It issaid that after the ex-
phi alton of thirty days from the demand |
made by the secretary Of the treasury,
should the money not be paid, the de-
partment will move for adjudication in
bankruptcy. " T-.u .,
The bill abolishipg the moiety sys-
tenn has gone to the president for his
signature, having passed both houses OF
The president has signed the curren-
cy bill, and it becomes law.
The president has approved the act
the charter of the freedmen's
saving and trust CO., and the act to re-
live Thomas Claiborne, of Tennessee,
of pO itieM disabilities.
The comptroller of.the currency is
prepared to receive applications for the
of national banks in all
western and southern states. The state
Of Indiana will be entitled to $280,000,
Ohio to abaut $4,000, 900, Minnesota TO
$4,000 and Nebraska to $780, ,O00.
The other western and southern states
will be entitled to much larger amounts.