Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-02
Proposed Bureau of Internal
Commerce.
Anti. masonic Memorial i'm the
Senate,
The House Passes the Tariff Bill.
Wall Street Sales Taxed Half a
Mill ON the Dollar.
Ben Butler Calls up Civil Rights
Bill for Reference to the
Judiciary Committee.
The Motion Still Pending at Adj
jOurnment.
SENATE

i SEAAlE-
WASHINGTON, June 1.-Mr. Window
presented a RESOLUTION Of the NatiUnai Agti.
cultural Convention, recently IN session at
Atlanta, Ga, in favor of an appropriation
for increased water communication from
the interior to the seaboard. Referred.
Bureau Of Commerce.
Mr.. Window from the Committee on
| Transportation, reported back the bil to
provide for 4 Bureau OF Internal Com
merce with the amendment in the nature
Of substitute. Placed on the calendar.
The substitute provides that there shall
be established in the Treasury Department
a Bureau Of Commerce, in which shall be
merged the existing bureau Of statistics.
The new Bureau is 70 be in charge of a
Commissioner of Commerce, appointed by
the President and confirmed by the SEN
ate, and Its duties VIII be ia include the
collection 6f Statistics and facts relating to
foreign and domestic commerce, the costs
of the operations, management and charges
of railroads, and the accounts and returns
as to tonnage, registration, enrolment and
licensing of vessels. The bill also requires
all persons and corporation. engaged in the
Interstate transportation of freight and
passengers to make sworn reports to the
Chief Of the Bureau annually in regard to
the amount of business, rates of freight
and passage, and generally to furnish full
details of the condition and operations Of
their respective lines.
Mrs Gen. Candy. f.r.
Mr.. 0glesby, from the Committee on
Pensions, reported favorably on the bill
granting pension of fifty dollars per month
to Louisa A. Candy, widow of Gen. E. r.
5. Candy. Passed.
Anti-Masonic.
The Chair laid before the Senate a men,
orial of citizens of the United States, pray
ing for the repeal of the charter granted by
Congress TO the Masonic Hall Association
of the District of Columbia; the enactment
of laws making the appointment to office,
of persons bound by IL. Oaths of secret or
ganizatiOns unlawful, according the
right of the peremptorv challenge OF jurors
VINO are members of secret societies, and
for a law making a change of venue allow
able, where the presiding officer of the
court is member Of such societies. Re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
The morning huor having expired, the
Senate took up the bill making appropria-
tions Tor the support of the Military
Academy.
The Indian Bill
Mr.. Window called up the Indian Appro-
priation bill, and gave notice that as soon as
it was disposed of, he would call up the
resolution reported from the Select Com
mittee on Transportation, providing for
new surveys for projected lines of interior
water communication. He explained the
items Of the Indian Appropriation bill and
said as 1t came from the Committee on
Appropriations, it called for $3.50, 705,
which was an in increase over the bill as il
came from the House of $50, 943.
To Regulate Bridges and Ferries.
Mr.. Wright introduced a resolution in
structing the Committee on TRANSFORMATION
to inquire whether any legislation is re-
quired to regulate commerce passing from
one State to another across navigable
streams and report by bill and otherwise.
The Indian appropriation bill was then
considered. Pending discussion the Sen
ate went into executive session. At 5:35
P. NJ. the doors were reopened and the
consideration of the Indian appropriation
bill was resumed. Finally the bill was
laid over till tomorrow. Adjourned.