The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

/ oNeTuCW OF tne ml5SlSslppl river was reaQ anG
referred. -. The judiciary committee report
| ed unfavorably on the bill for the relief of
purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in
! the insurrectiOnary states. The bill was
placed on the calendar, with adverse report.
| The committee on military affairs re-
! ported bill to equalize the bounties of sol
| dlers who served IN the late war. It provides
| that there shall be paid every discharged vol
/ uDteer, nOn-cOmmissioned officer private sol
/ der or marine, and wagoncr, including those
| born as slaves, who served in the United States
| in the war of the rebellion, the sum of eight
and one-third dollars per month for all his
/ time of service between April IL 1861, and
| May g. 1865, CT, in case Of a volunteer to the
| time Of muster of the volunteer organization
TO which he belonged In case of the death
OF such person, payment is to be made to his
WIDOW or any children. Any bounties hereto
fore received from the United States, or any
state, are to be deducted from the allowance
hereby authorized. No bountes shall be paid
TO substitutes or persons discharged as mi
nors. No attorney shall be allowed on pain
OF fine and Imprisonment, to charge more
than ten dollars for prosecuting any claim un-
der the foregoing provisions. The commit
tee on privileges and elections made report
in the case of Sykes against Spencer for a
seat as URited States senator from Alabama
with the recommendation that Spencer retain
his seat and the committee be discharged from
further consideration of that subject. The
senate resumed consideration of the Louisiana
In the house, on the 20th, bills were
introduced to fix the compensation of the
president of the United States at S25, 900 per
annum levying tax of one-twentieth of one
per cent. on the sale of stocks, bonds, gold
and silver bullion, promissory notes and other
securities increasing the tax on the circula-
tiOn of national banks, from one-twelfth to
one-quarter per cent. per month . Resolu-
tlOnS OffaFad for raaOunitIOn of (nhaTa
/ Independence, being the same recently intro
duced in the senate by Mr.. Carpenter .. "A
| resolution was adopted instructng the COM
mlttee on banking and currency to inquire
into the expediency of establishing by law a
uniform rate of interest throughout the United
States and Territories A bill was passed
! for the better protection Of the frontier set
Elements OF Texas against Indian and Mexican
depredations, by the construction and main
| tenance of line of telegraph from Dennison
| Texas, to Fort SILL Indian Territory, and
thence along the northern frontier line of the
settlements, and by various military posts, to
Brownsville, and appropriations S100, 900 for
0hat purpose. The bill appropriating s.
0O0,00 for the centennial celebration at Phila-
delphia was made, the special order for May
4th. The house disposed of five pages of
the appropriation bill and adjourned.
In the senate, on the 21st, the COM
mittee on military affairs reported, without
amendment, house bill for the relief of per-
sons suffering by the overflow of the Missis-
sippi river. An amendment, providing that the
provisions of the act shall expire on the LIST of
September, 1874, was agreed to, and the bill
passed. e. House bill providing for the paw
ment of bonds of the Louisville and Portland
| canal, was amended and adopted-40 to 4.
The bill now goes back to the house for the
| concurrence of that body. Still further con-
sideration of the Louisiana bill, and the SEN
ate adjourned.
In the house, on the 21st, bill was
! passed extending for one year, from the pas
sage of this act, the time for completing en-
/ tries in the Usage Indian lands IN Kansas.
The committee on Mississippi levees reported
a bill to provide for the appointment of a
| commission of engineers to report peTma-
nent plan for the reclamation of the alluvIal
| basin of the Mississippi river subject to mum
| dation. Laid over until tomorrow. The
| senate amendment to the bill for the relief OF
| sufferers by the inundatiOn by the lower Mis-
! sssippi was concurred in. More discussion
! of the appropriation bill, without marked pro
! gress, and the house adjourned.
In the senate, on the 22d, the chain
presented message from the president, trans
mitting a report of the civil service commits
sion, which was ordered printed. The pri-
vate secretary of the president appeared at
the bar of the senate and announced mes
sage from the president yetoeing the financial
bill. Action on the veto was postponed until
next week The bill for the relief of the
| Kentucky agricultural and mechanical associ-
alton was passed. The bill to enable the
! Mennonites from Russia, to effect permanent
| settlement on the public lands of the United
States, was amended, but no final action was
had thereon.
In the house, on the 22d, nothing Of
Importance was done except the disposal Of
fourteen pages Of the appropriation bill
In the senate, on the 23d, bill was
introduced to reduce the tax on the circulation
of state banks to amount equal to tina
paid by national banks. Also, bill supplement
tary to the act to incorporate the Texas Pacific
railroad company. and to aid in the construc
ton of the road. -. More discussion of the
Louisiana bill, and the senate adjourned.
In the house, on the 23d, bill was
introduced that the tax on state banks shai
not be other or greater than the tax on ma
tional banks. e. The committee on appropria
tions reported the post Office appropriation
bill. 1t appropriates S35, ,653, ,391, of which
$5, ,634, S42 is to come out of the treasury, the
rest being derived from postal revenues fol
steamship service to China and Japan. I
appropriates $500, 900 to Brazil, and to tht
Sandwich Islands $500
In the senate, on the oath, bill wa.
passed. amendatory 70 ma act to provide in
ternaI revenue to support the government, tC
Fay the interest ON the public debt and fol
other purposes, approved June so, 1864
provides that no legal document or paper, re
quired by law to be stamped which was made
signed or issued IN the northern states priol
to the 1st of July, 1865, shall be deemed o.
held as invalid or of no effect by reason OF :
failure to impose thereon the required stamps
t.. The judiciary committee reported, with
out amendment, the bill passed by the senate
last session, for the creation of a court of ad
judication and disposition of certain money!
received into the treasury, under sn aware
made by the tribunal of arbitration constitu
ted under an article Of the treaty concluded
at Washington, May s, 1871, between the Uni
ted States and the Queen of Great Britain
and it was placed on the calendar. HOusI
bill to render available certain balances of un
expired appropriations as bounty to coloreI
soldiers and sailors, was. passed. The sen
ate went into executive session, and soon af
ter adjourned until Monday.
In the house, on the z4th, the speak
or presentei a message from the president
transmitting copies of ell orders and cores
pondence in relation to troubles in Arkansas
in answer to a resolution Of the house. Re
ferred. The appropriation bill was fUrthe
considered in committee of the whole, ant
I all bfA afv r,aeyas diapOse1 Of