The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-17
WASHINGTON.
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WASHINGTON. June 16.-At the Cabinet
meeting to-day, ali the members We're pres
ent except the Secretary of War. The ses-
sion was unimpOrtant. Numinations-Jas.
NJ. Kinds, Alabama, ConsOl at Rio .)aneirO,
VIM. NJ. Douglas, Virginia. Consol at Brad
ford, England, Jno l.. Cadwallader New
York. Assistant Secretary of State.
The formal report of the Senate Committee
asserts all the rascalities in the District Gov
eminent foreshadowed in the dispatches.
The debt is S2l.000,o0O.
The conference report on the Moiety bill
makes the following arrangement of the
points of disagreement between the HoLse
and Senate. The repeal of moieties is confined
to those arising under the customs aud
revenue laws, as provided by the Senate,
section of the House bill as passed by the
Senate, authorizing the production OF books,
any book, or paper i'll court on motion Of
the District Attorney, with the prOvi>o that
the owner or agent should he present and
retain their custody during the examination
which must he confined to the specific point
at ISSUE is recommended for retention.
The defendants are to be allowed to APP
pear and testify in their own behalf, in
order to secure uniformity in this respect in
all the States. Judges are allowed to decree
Imprisonment, not exceeding two years, III
addition to other penalties, provided for by
bill for making false entries with the inten-
ton to defraud the revenue. The Senate
amendment extending forfeiture to the en-
tire package COZ tanning the articles tainted
with fraud but torbidding the forfeiture of
the entire invoice on this account, as re-
Inired by the existing law, is retained by
the Conference Committee.
The Committee restore the provision of
the original House bill allowing any owner
or claimant to obtain the release of mer-
chandse seized. ny giving bonds satisfactory
to the Collector, after all accrued duties
shall have been paid.
The Committee also restore the section
originally offered by the Finance Commit
tee, requiring the Judge, on his own motion.
or on the motion of another party to IA suit,
to submit to the jury, as "A distinct and
separate pr"position the question whether
al actual intent to detrand the revenue has
been shown.
The Conference Committee also restores
section Il of the original House bill, for
bidding United States officers from making
any compromise. or to settle any claims of
the United States arising under the customs
laws, but amended tins section SO as to
allow the Secretary of the Treasury to
remit fines or penalties, as provided by eN
listing laws.
lie conference committee recommends
fixing one year, instead OF three, as the
time which no claim shall be made by the
United States for duties on imported goods,
unless frauds are discovered, or a protest
has been filed by the owner.
They also fix two years instead of three
as the time after which no suit shall be com
menccd for the recovery OF any custom
penalty, or forfeiture. The Conference Com
mittee report in favor OF fixing the salaries
of customs officers at New York, Boston,
Baltimore, San Francisco, New Orleans and
Portland, as proposed by the Senate
Finance Committee, and heretofore pub
lished and recommended that the sa-
laries of all other customs officers shall
remain as fixed by existing laws.
Tue CO Inference committee recommended
that the last section of the bill as passed by
the Senate, shall be amended SO us TO read
as follows: That all acts and parts of acts
with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed; that nothing herein
shall eff ct existing laws of the
United States, and in all eases in which
have been actually commenced
for fOrfeitures incurred.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall have
power to make compensation, as provided
in the fourth section Of the act, to the per-
sons who would, under former laws, have
been entitled to share in the disposition OF
such forfeit. The report is signed. on the
part of the Senate, by Messrs. Scott and
Bayard, and op the part of the House by
Roberts, Sheldon and Wood. The signature
of Senator Howe, the Remaining conferee, is
not appended.
Associate Justice Bradley is here.
The judiciary Committee meets to-mor-
row again, when they threaten to take some
action in the impeachment eases.
The friends of the ST. Philip Canal have
neither abandoned hope nor action i'll favor
Of the ST. Philip Canal, this session.
1t will include several appropriation bills.
?. J. Kennedy had several hours interview
with Vice President Wilson, who expressed
himself in full sympathy with the flooded
people of the Southwest. Wilson will use
bis influence in behalf of the pending bill
Tor two millions for levee purposes. Wilson
thinks the Federal Government should take
the levees in ha .,d.
Illness of john Harper.
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