The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-16

sections, making all deposits from nov
until July !, 1875, special deposits, and In
vestments made OF them 10 be for tht
credit Of such special depositors.
The House OF 11:20 went into Commit
tee ol the Whole, Mr.. Dawes In the chair
on sundry Civil Appropriation bills:
mr. Buffers amendment repeating the
law for the Civil Service Commisslon. I'd
amended by Mr.. Haskins, giving prefer
ence to discharged soldiers and sailors
and their dependent relatives was agreed
to without division.
Mir. Kellogg offered an amendment
similar to that offered by Mr.. Kassou Sat.
urday, requiring the heads OF the Exec
uttVe Departments to prescribe rules and
regulations covering the appointments to
Office. The amendment was agreed to;
90 to 5s.
Il reads as follows after having been
modified on the motion OF Messrs, Butler
and starkweather
"And 1t shall be the duty OF the officer
at the head Of the Executive Department
at Washington to prescribe and publish
rules Tor ascertaining the qualifications OF
applicants for appointments at his dispo-
sal or made under his authority, and to
make such appointments only from can
didates who have qualifications Of honesty,
efficiency and fidelity, and not as rewards
OF mere party zeal giving preference only
70 those who have additional quRlihCa-
tions of honorable record in the military
or naval service Of the United States, or
widow, wife, daughter, sister or mother
OF such soldier or sailor, and It will be his
lurther duty to make such an appointment
as equitable as possible from qualified
candidates presenting themselves from
several congressional districts and with
reference to their population, and upon
the removal OF any appointee, reason for
such removal shall be stated on the rec
orda ol the Department where the service
was rendered"
THE cHocTAw NATION,
Mr.. Hale moved to strike out the third
section OF the bill which provides for the
paying ofsome 90 0O0, 900 to the Choctaw
and Chicasaw Nations, in conformity
with the award made BY the Senate in
March, 1859, as the price Of some ten mil.
lion acres Of land in Mississippi ceded by
these Indians to the United States in
1880.
Mr.. Kssson moved to strike out the
names OF Pltchlym and FslSam and insert
In their place the Secretary Of the Interior
ior the benefit of the Choctaw Nation.
After some discussion Mr.. Kasson's
amendment was agreed TO by a vote Of
9S to 20, and then the substitute for the
whole section was agreed to by vote Of
01 to 10.
The substitute which was offered BY
Mr.. Wheeler directs the Secretary OF the
Treasury to inquire into the amount Of
the liabilities OF the Choctaw Indians to
individuals, and to report the same OF the
next session, with view Of ascertaining
what amount should be deducted from
the sum due to the Choctaws by the
United States.
Tho Committee Of the Whole then
arose and reported the bill to the House.
The amendment striking out the third
section, In regard to the Choctaw claim,
and substituting for 1t instructions 10 the
Secretary OF the Treasury to inquire as to
the amount Of liabilities which ought to
be deducted from the claim, was agreed
to-yeas 11s, nays 103. The bill then
passed.
APPROPRIATIONS.
MIR. Garfield, Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Appropriations, stated that this bill
Appropriated Q little over $23 100000, as
against $32 .0O0, 600 in like bill last year.
But there was this difference between the
two bills: this bill did not contain any
appropriations for the Board Of Public
Works of the District Of Columbia as the
bill Of last year did.
The House then proceeded to vote on
the amendments reported from the Com
mittee OF the Whole. The amendment
striking out the provision that the wages
paid 10 printers and binders in govern.
ment employment shall not be above the
average price paid for similar work in the
cities Of New York, Philadelphia and Bal.
timore, was agreed to-yeas 129, nays 90.
So the provision was struck out,
The next section, repeating the law for
a Civil Service Commission and giving
the preference for office to soldiers and
sailors and their relatives, and making Il
the duty Of the several heads OF depart
ments TO make honesty, efficiency and
fidelity tests, was agreed to as q whole
without division.
TIE BRIDGE BILL.
On motion OF Mr.. Cotton Senate bill
appropriating $145, 900 for the construc-
tion Of q bridge across the Potomac river
near the Washington Navy Yard was
taken up and passed.
The House then took recess till 7.SO.
the evening session to be for the business
reported from the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. aitg III
nUBIIo BUILDINGS,
Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, reported
bill extending the limits Of the expendi.
lures In public buildings and removing
all restrictions as regards materials to be
used, as follows: Philadelphia, $4,000.
900; Cincinnati, $S,5O000O; Nashville,
100000; Raleigh, $4,000 Atlanta,
Ca, $780, 900: Evansville, Ind, $500 600;
Covlngton, KY, $3.50 900; Fall River
Mass, 100000; Trenton, N. J., $S5O0OO
also authorizing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to accept sites for public build
ingS that may have been rendered by mu-
nicipal authorities at the following places:
Carson, Nevada; Greenville, South Caro-.
lima; Jefferson City, Missouri; Tallahassee,
Florida. Also directing the Secretary Of
the Treasury to report TO Congress at its
next session whether public buildings are
necessary at any Of the following places,
and the estimated cost OF the same, in
Guiding site: Erie, Pa; Charleston, W,
Va; New Albany, 1nd.i Quincy, Ills;
Council Bluffs, Iowa; Bowling Green,
Ky; Jefferson City, Mo-; Kansas CITY,
Mo; st, Joseph, Mo-; Leavenworth, Ks;
Topeka, Ks; Duluth, MINI; Red Wing