The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-16
CONGRESSIONAL,

In the house, on the 31st, the bill
providing for the payment Of the Louisville
and Portland canal company came M for con-
hideration. An amendment was aereed n
providing that no money shall be paid undeT
this act until Kentucky shall have coded the
1 1n5isaetion OF the canal property to the Uni
ted states. aud the ball passed. =. The house
resumed discussion OF the currency bin. and
speeches were made for and against expan-
sion.
In the senate, April 1st, the commit
too on claims reported joint resolution.
which was agreed to, allowing Robert NJ. and
Stephen A. Douglas to have their cotton claim
adjudicated by the court of claims; also IA
vorably on bill to pay James and E. G. Cam
eron, Of Tennessee, for property taken dur
ing tire war, and IL was placed on the calendar
80. House bill to secure to the Episcopal board
Of missions land ia White Earth Indian res
ervation, IN Minnesota on which is situated
the church and other buildings was passed
49,. Dir. Schurz presented Joint resolution
OF the legislature Of Missouri, for the i'm
pro cement Of the mouth OF the Missouri riv-
or... The senate resumed consideration of
the bill to provide for the rede1nption and
reissue OF United States notes and free
bantting' and 1t was discussed until adjourn
In the house, April 1st, the principal
business was a discussion on the currency
bill, leaving the matter precisely where it was
the previous day.
In the senate, on the I'd, some de
bate took place ON the house amendment to
the bill in relation to the Louisville and Port
land canal, but no action thereon was had
petition was presented from Mrs. Mary Hall.
widow OF Capt Hall, for a pension. The
senate resumed consideration of the bill TO
provide for the redemption and reissue of
United States notes and for free banking, and
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notes for circulation. in addition to such cir
culatiOn now allowed by law be issued to the
national banking associations now organized
aud which may be organized hereafter, and
such increased circulation shall be distributed
among the several states as provided by sec
ton 1 Of the act OF July u, 1870, WAS adopted
In the house, on the I'd, considera-
ton Of the currency bill was resumed, which
was discussed until the hour OF adjournment.
In the senate, on the Sd, after refus-
ing to c ntertain motion to adjourn over
Good Friday, consideration was resumed of
the bill to provide for the redemption and re-
issue of United States notes and for free
banking The business of the days session
was unimpOrtant.
In the house, on the 3D., a bill was
passed to legalize pontoon bridge across the
Mississippi river at Prairie du Chen, Wis.
The claim Of J. d F. AIcCleon, Of jackson,
Miss, amounting TO nearly 81 900, OO0 for cot
ton and mills destroyed during the war by or
der OF Gen. Grant, and for cotton bonds and
confederate money taken from the bank at
Jackson, was rejected.
In the senate, on the 9th, bill was
introduced giving jurisdiction to the court Of
claims 10 hear the claim OF G.. W. Oustis
/ ee, son Of General Lee, to the Arlington
estate. Tho petition accompanying the bill
recognizes the sacred use to which the prop
erty has been put, but thinks petitioner should
be compensated. The bill to provide for the
payment OF the bonds of the louisville and
Portland ca al company was taken up and
referred to the committee on finance. "A
bl was referred to the committee on commerce
nmendatory OF act to limit the liability of
ship-owners. The bill provides that the non
liability clause OF the act OF March 3, 1851,
shall apply to all vessels, steamboats, ana
other craft engaged in inland navigation.
Consideration was resumed of the bill to pro-
vide for the redemption and reissue of United
States notes, and for free banking. The bill,
after much debate, was read the third time
and passed-20 to a.
In tho houoo, on the 9Th. the COM
mittee on elections made a report on the Ken
tucky contested election case, that Young, the
sitting member, is entitled to seat. "A
resolution was referred instructing the COM
mitteo on commerce to inquire into the quos-
tion OF levying a capitation tax on emigrants
at the port Of New York. Adjourned
In the senate, on the 7th, the chair
presented a communication from the secretary
OF war, transmitting the report OF the board
Of engineers appointed to examine and report
upon the James river and Kanawha canal
project. Tho finance committee reported
uufavoraby on the bill to refund the internal
revenue taxes enormously assessed and col
lcoted. After the consideration OF several
private bills the senate proceeded to the con-
sdoratiOn OF executive business and soon
after adjourned
In the house. on the 7th, the commit
toe on education and labor reported adversely
ON bills granting million acres Of public
land 10 trustees OF Browns Institute in Flor
ida, donating the former United States court |
house building at st. Augustine, Fla, for ed
ucational purposes, and to promote education
IN the territories. The currency question
occupied the remainder of the session.