The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the senate, on the 11th, Mr.. Conk-
ing presented memorial of a workingmen's
convention that the two houses of congress
adjourn sine die He said the Judgment of
these memoralist was that the uncertain feel
ing now prevailing throughout the country, on
account of financial troubles, would be most
effPctuGly ended by the adjournment of con-
Gress- Referred TO the finance committee.
A resolution was adopted directing the COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds to as
certain if the material in the present unfin-
ished Washington monument wOulI be suffi-
cient for the erection of an arch. to be called
the Washington Arch, and if the Washington
Monument Society would consent to such an
arrangement. Senate bill for the better Or
ganization of the district courts IN Louisiana
was reCOmmItted to the Judiciary co iInittee.
The Geneva award bill was considered
until the hour Of adjournment.
In the house, on the 11th, bills were
| introduced and referred To provide for free
banking and better security to depositors,
and to hinder usury, give elasticity to the
currency; preserve it's value toIthe people and
prevent financial panics by. locking mp cur
rency, to fix the term of the presidency at six
years. and to prohibit reelection to the office:
to authorize the commissioners of internal
revcnue, by summary process, to compromise
| cases arising under internal revenue laws in
! which penalties and forfeitures NAV have been
| incurred wit out fraudulent intent for the
| election OF supervisors and collectors of in
| ternal revenue by the people of their respect
I've districts. The bill aDprOpTiating $4,000
! Tor the Improvement of OOstanaula river in
| Georgia was passed The river and harbor
| appropriation bill was then taken up and
| passed-l61 to 5S. Among the appropriations
! IS S25, eco for the Improvement of Tennessee
| river, above Chattanooga, 81, 500 below Chat
! tanOOgR, 800 Geo for the improve nent of the
] Mississippi river, S1S 600 for removing raft in
| Rcd river, in Louisiana, $50, 900 for the i'm
| piovemeut of the harbsr at Mobile, s 100, 900
| FOR the Improvement OF the harbor at Savan-
/ nah, Georgia. "A resolution was adopted
| declaring that if any increase OF taxation. be
! found necessary, such increase shall COM
! menco wlGh taxation of persons and corpora
/ lions on their annual incomes, dividends and
! salaries A resolution offered author
! IzIng the president to appoint a provisional
governor for Arkansas, to mold Office until the
! question of the fact and law at present in dis
! pute there can be settled by proper judicial
/ tribunal Referred TO the Judiciary commit
tee. AIT er brief discussion of the military
/ and deficiency appropriation bills the heuse
djourned.
In the senate, on the 18th, the com
| nittee on railroads reported back the biz
| supplementary Of the act to incorporate the
! Texas Pacific railroad, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute, and it was placed
! on the calendar. The committee on military
! affairs reported favOrably on a bill aTneadatoTy
! OF the act increasing the pay of the sailors OF
tho United States army Consideration was
resumed of the Geneva award bill. Amend
! meats were adopted to strike out the CLAUSE
| excluding the claims of insurance companies
| and that =. claims provable or to be allowed
/ under the act shall be estimated and adjusted
! upon the basis of United States gold coin q
to Is.
In the house, op the 18th, George o.
| Cannon, of Utah, was admitted as a delegat,
from that territory The house went intC
| committee OF the whole on the bill to amend
the passenger steamboat law. The bill CON
/ tains seveu ty-three sections, covering eighty
! three printed pages. It is in part a Te-enact
ment of the act of February 2S 1871. /
makes provision for the inspection of hulli
/ and boilers, and for licensing of CAPTAINS
! pilots officers and engineers, and establishes
rules for vessels meeting and passing eacl
other. After proceeding as far as The
second page of the bill the committee rose
and soon after the house adjourned.
! In the senate, on the 18th, bill wal
introduced for the better protection OF inmi
grants. Mr.. Davis addressed the senat,
upon the bill introduced bv him. appropriatin,
$500, 900 to reimburse the state Of West Yir
ginia and its citizens for losses incrrred b,
reason Of the destruction Of bridges c0urt
houses, scbOOl-houses. churches, etc. bv Fed
eral troops during the war. Speeches wert
made on the finance bill, and the senate ad
iOurned
In the house, on the 18Th, the bill t,
amend the law Of 1871. for the better security
Of life on board Of steam vessels, was passed
Senate Dill to distribute the Geneva awarC
was referred and the house adjourned.
In the senate, on the 14th. the com
mittee on pensions reported adversely on
large number OF petitions Of soldiers OF tn,
war Of 1912 for pensions. The finance biI
was further amended and passed-25 to 19-
and the senate adjourned.
In the house, on the 14th, a bill wal
passed amending the charter OF the freed
mems bank. The deficiency hin was dis
cUssed and passed, and the house took up tn.
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill
The following is a summary Of the bill Tots