The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
ESTABLISHED 1859

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the benefit of depositors, was passed TIL
committee on elections made report In th
Arkansas contested electien Gaze showing sha
the sitting membet wsa not entitled to a seat
and that Guntar, contestant was the repre-
sentative, which was unanimously agreed {,
| without discussion, and Gunter was swon
/ in. A bill was passed providing that nObOd'
shall be delegate in the house OF representa-
uyes from any territory who shall not have at
tanned the age of twenty-five years and beer
seven years citizen of the United States, anO
who shall not be an inhabitant of the territory
and no person who is guilty either of bigaml
or Oolygam ID to be eligible. A bill extend
I ing to the 4th OF July, 1875 the time within
which petitions for allowances may be pre-
l'sented TO the southern claims commission, ant
providing for the appointment OF two addi
| ttonal commissioners, passed -. The bill fol
the relief or the owners and purchasers q
lands sold for direct taxes in the insurrection
/ ary states was agreed to. .---A large number oi
private pension bills were disposed of and the
house adjourned
In the senass. on tie I7th. tie siII tn
'NaaA'sro eile act il- relatiaa ta ths survey OF
certain lands grantedto the Northern Pacific
railroad was passed House bin to provide for
hezaPpontnent of a comniittee OF engineers to
hinyestfgate and report upon a permanent plan
Tor the reclamation of the alluyial basin Of the
| Mlsslsslppl river subject to inundation was
| also passed. A bill was reported for the re-
lief Qf the overhowed levee districts of Mis-
! slssipi, Arkansas and Louisiana and placed
| on the calendar. The conference commits ee
| on pension appropriation bill made report.
/ which was agreed to. By its terms, the house
! agrees to senate amendment, which fixes the
/ fees'of pension agents at % cents FOR preparing
/ vouchers and administering oaths "A bill
/ was passed prohibiting the publication in
newspaper OF revised statutes OF the United
/ states. House bin repeating all revenue
/ tax on savings banks having no caWtal and
| whose Investments are made solely for the
( beneht OF depositOrs, was passed. =. The post
! ofhce appropriation bill was amended by pro-
/ viding that so much OF the act as fixes the
/ rate of postage on newspapers and periodicals
/ shall not take effect till Jan. 1 next, aud the
/ bill was then passed.
! In the house, Oh the 18th, a resolu-
tion was adopted, that all civilized powers CO.
/ operate in the establishment Of an interIis-
| tional system of arbitration, whereby matters
I IN dispute between governments may be ad-
/ Justed by arbitration and without recourse to
war The Judiciary committee made report
on the case of Judge Durrell OF Louisiana
and recommended his impeachment A mi
Monty report was also presented, dissenting
from the conclusions OF the majority, and
both reports were recommitted
In the senate, on the 18th, bill was
introduced and referred to charter double
track freight railroad from the tide-water Of
the Atlantic ocean to the Missouri river. and
limit the rate of freight thereon. The south
ern claims bill was passed 800. The report of
the conference committee on the moietv bin
was agreed to- after some debate House bill
to encourage the establishment of public
schools was concurred in.
In the house, on the 18th, bill was
passed fixing the limit of the cost Of public
buildings at Covington. elentucBy. at $3.50. 600.
and removing restrictions as to material to be
employed. An effort was made to suspend
tbs rules and pass the bill for the removal of
troops from the southern states and placing
them on the frontier Of Texas to protect set
Elements against Indians, but it failed - The
conference report on the mOiety bill was agreed
10.
In the Senate, on the 18th, house bill
to revise, amend and consolidate laws relating
to security of life on board Of vessels. pro-
pelle1 in whole or in part by steam. was placed
on the calendar. The river and harbor an
PROPORTION biI was taken mp and an amend
the ChattahOochie and Flint rivers, Georgia,
was agreed to. The report of the confer
ence committee on the finance bill was dis
cussed and finally agreed to-
In the house, on the 18Th, bill was
passed fxisg at $3.50, 900 the limit Of ezpendi-
ture for puolic buildings at Atlanta, Ga.....A
joint resolution was adopted, appropriating
three hundred dollars for the purchase and
J.
fayette, of the watch presented by Gen. Wash
ington 20 Lafayette. The watch was lost at
Nashville by Gen. Lafayette, or his last visit
to America. 1t is now owned by Mr. Ward
of Texas, who bought D at pawn-broker's
shop in Louisville for seventy FIVE dollars
some years Senate bill for the relief
of the East Tennessee university was passed,
80. Senate amendments to the postoffice ap-
preparation bill were considered, and as all of
them we've not agreed to conference com
nittee was ordered.
In the senate, on the 10th, the reso-
luton to purchase the watch presented to La
fayette by Gen. Washington, and to restore it
to his heirs, was passed. The senate pro-
ceeded with the consideration Of the sundry
civil appropriation bill and the amendments Of
the committee were agreed to, among which
was one limiting the cost OF public buildings
at Nashville to S377, COO The second section,
abOlishing the civil service commission, was
stricken out-by the committee, and q new geo
ton reported restoring the commission and
sppropriating 5l5, 600 for the expenses there
Of, was agreed to, as was also an amendment
to repeal so much of the sundry appropriation
bill for the year ending June 80, 1874, made
an appropriation of 100000 to replace worn
and niutilated national bank notes.
In the house, on the Goth, the speaker
presented message from the president, call
ing attention to the provision in the district
in bonds TO be issued by the sinking fund COM
missioners, running fifty years, and bearing
interest at the rate of S.65 per cent per annum,
with the payment of principal and interest
guaranteed by the United States. The presi-
dent objects to the rate of interest, saying
that bonds bearing 3.65 per cent. interest,
when issued, will be worth much less than
their equivalent in cum ent money of the Uni
ted States This wsuld effect a depreciation
of the claims of creditors and would reflect on
the good faith of the United States. He urges
congress to increase the rate, so as to make
the bonds negotiable at par. The confer
ence report on the currency bill was agreed to,
after debate. A bill was passed to amend
the gold bank law so to allow the circula-
tion OF gold notes to be 80 instead of so per
cent. of the par value of the bonds deposited.
"A resolution was adopted authorizing the
issuing of subpoena to John McEnery, Of
Louisiana, and others, requiring them to pro-
duce the original election returns before the
committee on elections, on or before the first
Monday in next December. The supple
mentary civil rights bill came up, and the vote
taken on its passage resulted in yeas 14O, NAYS
81. There not being twO-thirds as required
by the order under which the business on the
speakers table was taken up the bill was not
passed, and still remains on the speakers
table,. The conference report on the def
cheney bill was agreed to-
In the senate, on the 22d, the tariff
bill was taken up, amended and passed.
The conference report on the postoffice bill
was rejected, and new committee ordered.
. The report of the conference committee
on the Geneva award bill was accepted ..The
resolution of the house extending the session
of the present congress until four o'clock P
NJ Tuesday, 23d inst, was agreed to.
In the house, on the 22d, the confer
ence report on the Geneva award bill was
agreed to-. The house non-concurred in the
senate amendments to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, and a committee of conference
was appointed, The house, after dispssing
of a great deal of miscellaneous business
agreed to confirm the purchase of three acres
of land near Nashville, Tennessee, known as
the site of Fort Houston, and to convey the
same TO Fisk university e. "A concurrent reso-
luton was adopted, extending the session un-
til P. N. Tuesday.
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