Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19

| mn and passed-yeas 30, nays ~. .Ine D1nH
rnp bill was taken up B, a sba 18th SECTION, as
amended and reported py d ,ns w co Ios.-yeas
DO nays 2s An amendment wa Ssse sionrd or
suspended and not resumed payment o.
mercial paper shall not be deemed - HAVING cons
med act o. bankruptcy ann a asav n ss n ne
| ton of ninety days, instead Oh iofy' az ~ ''o
| original bin. :. Adjourned. -,
| In the House, on the 9TH, bills were
pa.sed concerning practice In the TerritoriH
| courts. and appeals therefrom; TO amend me 40.
/ - March X 1874 TO encourage the grown oi
| timber on the Western praries Inc Dli 70 IA
corporate the Colorado Canal irrgauon anu ~. Cam
| COMPANY was reported adversely from the Com
! mittee on Public Lands. and laid on the table
The Army Appropriation bi was inatnsI IN, Io y,
sjdercd in Committee OF the Whoie. Inc pl,i ~
revise the statutes was considered at the evening
session. -
/ In the Senate, on the 9th, bills were
nassedin relation 10 bounties, providing that all
who enlisted In the army under the proclamation
/ q, Nav 3. and previous 10 August, 1851, be paid
bounty OF 300 providing the same has not Already
! been paid House bill ameDdatory OF an act 70
provide for M the removal T 81 bill was
| Introduced and referred prounlng hnm
/ ali lands granted TO railroad companies sn ra
be subjected 10 state and county taxanoh ne sde
| ments were disposed Of among those agfeea ~
being one fixing the time at forty oays within
which any banker broker, merchant, tfaae
| manufacturer or miner. who has stopped or sus-
pended and not yet resumed payment OF hls com
| inercial paper shall not be deemed bankrupt.
/ The Chair announced as member OF Ine Com,
| mittee 10 Investigate into the Management OF
| the District Of Columbia Government, Mr.. NORTH
| me in the place OF Mr.. Conking. Mr. Morrill,
| requested TO be, and was subsequently, excused
| from serving on such committee ADJOURNED.
In the House, on the 9th, number OF
private bills were reported and acted upon, after
which the House adjourned, the session on the 'in
| TO be for general debate.
/ In the Senate, on the 9th, the credentials
OF John s. Hager az Senator from California were
presented, and he was sworn in. Bills were in
troduced- -amendatory OF the National Currency
act: 10 amend the Internal Revenue laws. MI
| Mc(reery at his own request, was excused from
further service on the Committee on territories
and Senator Hager was appointed ia his place.
A bin was pasaed-40 TO s6-for the relief OF the
East Tennessee University, and appropriating
$4,000 to compensate that Institution Tor properly
belonging TO II occupied and destroyed by the Fed
eral troops during the late war. The Bankrupt
bin was further considered, and several amend
ments were disposed Of. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 9th, bills were
introduced and referred-to reduce the rate OF
letter postage two cents fixing the salaries or
Posma.ters IN certain cities; 70 regulate ,me
ton, and to reduce the number OF clerks I;
for the construction OF the ST Philip
Canal; also, OF the Atlantic ~ Great western
Canal, and for opening the navigation OF the Ten
nessee and Coosa Rivers In Alabama, and the oc,
mulgee In Georgia; to repeal the Internal
Revenue taxes on whisky ana 'op a,eoi
Western Canal Company; to amend the
law authorizing railroad bridge over the Missis-
sipp River at Clinton, Ia. "A concurrent reson.
ton for sine die adjournment on the 18th OF
May was debated and finally referred to the Com
mittee OF Ways and Means. Resolutions were
adopted--declarng II TO be the sense OF the House
that Congress should not adjourn until some
measures are enacted providing for q reform In
the present system Of the currency, on the subject
Of transportation, and for more economical adj
ministraion Of the Government; declaring II TO be
| within the constitutional power OF Congress by
law 20 10 regulate commerce among the States AZ
| to protect that portion Of the internal commerce
which Il among the several States from all unjust
or oppressive tolls taxes distractions, or otner
| burdens, whether imposed by railroad companies
or by combinations thereof, or by other common
carriers and that the present condition and mag
nitude OF the commerce among the States demand
a prompt and wise exercise OF those powers
and duies-i20 TO "a: Majority and minor
iiy reports In The contested cleo h,,
trct OF Arkansas were presented and ordered
printed. The majority report gives the seat TO
Wiltshire az his prinaa facte right. The minority
report directs the Committee on Elections TO report
on the merits OF the case. =. A bill was passed
appropnating $4,000 to dredge and protect the
i navgablc channel at the mouth OF Buffalo River
4 against the sADd Oar FORMED by the gaze last De
/ cember Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 10th, joint reso
luton Of the Legislature Of Missouri in regard to
Illegal charges made by the Union Pacific
| Railroad Company was presented and referred
-. Bills were introduced-to relieve the political
disabilities of Raphael Semmes, Of Alabama; di
recting the Secretary Of the Interior to appoint
Commissioners to locate and open road for mill
tary, postal and commercial purposes across tbs
Indian Territory from, the mouth Of thu
main Cashee River, In Texas, via Fort Cobb
Fort sin and Wichita, to the mouth OF the Wal
nut River, In Kansas; granting to the Atlantic q
Great Western Canal Company currency notes Il
the extent Of $4,000 per mile for each section o
ten miles of canal that shall be constructed, pro
vded that the Company's first mortgage forty yea
bonds to an equal amount shall have prevlousl.
been deposited rs security for the Government
pieces The House bill requesting the Prcsiden
TO extend in the name Of the United States, cor
dial invitation to foreign Governments to TAX
was reported from committee without amendment
The Chair announced, rs member OF the Com
mittee to investigate into the manage
co of se ia paes 81 a IN Morrill,
Maine, excused, Mr.. Allison, Of Iowa, 9
that the Committee now consists OF Boutwell,
| Thurman and Allison. The Bankrupt bill wa
taken up, and amendments were agreed to-pro
viding that arrangement for settlement between
creditors and debtors, In order to be valid, shal
receive the signatures Of two-thirds Of the numbe
OF creditors, representing one-half the value O
| the debts; that creditor, proving his debt Q
| claim, shall not be held TO have waived hi
right OF action or suit against bankrupt whel
! a discharge has been refused, or proceed
ings been determined without discharge; tina
all notices OF sales under this act by any assigne
or officer OF court shall be Published in newspa
per or newspapers, to be designated by the Judge
which, In his opinion, shall best be calculated 3
| give general notice of the sale. The bill a
amended was passed-yeas AZ, nays II ...Ad
journed.
In the House, on the 10th, bill wa
passed prescribing an oath to be taken by Post
masters. Several postal bills were reported, on
| providing that on mail matter OF the third elias
the name and address OF the sender may be writ
ten, and also the number and kind Of articles In
| closed, and there may also be written In any boo
or pamphlet sent through the mail the form Of pres
entation, without extra postage being charged.
The Army Appropriation bill was considered 1
Committee Of the Whole. IA resolution wa
adopted providing for an investigation into tn
affairs and management Of the First National Ban
OF Washington Mt the time OF and prior to its fall
ure. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill 70
the withdrawal OF SIS 1000 OF National Ban
currency from those States having an excess an
the reissue OF II to States not having their pre- rat
OF currency came up In regular order, and a
| amendment to the section authorizing til
Comptroller OF the Currency TO issue $25
J 00O,0OG TO those States having less than thei
proportion, declaring that the Comptroller nigh
do SO without waiting for the return OF the circu
| lating notes OF other banks was agreed to- afte