Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-14

Means 20 nmittee on the Sanborn contracts, the
i. zee recommending the passage of bill re-
ge g the provisions of the act of May s 1872 IN
Ge1 Which these contracts were made, and direct
g the revocation and annulment of all such con-
tracts, and providing that the Court of Claims
shall have no authority TO consider or decide upon
/ any claims for damages by reason OF the discon-
tlnuance OF such contracts or for any profits or per.
/ centages under them. Adjourned.
! In the Senate, on the 9Th, the bill for
the relief of persons suffering from the overflow of
the Mississippi River which appropriated $4,000,
with an additional section directing the Secretary
OF War TO issue temporary supplies OF food and
! army cIothlng 10 those suffering. and apprOprlatng
/ SoU,UUO additional for that purpose,
| reported from committee, and an amendment was
onered providing that the provisions OF the bill
shal expire on the list of September next and after
consluerao pie debate the bill was recommIJted-
/ d favorable report was made from the Committee
on on uOIc Lands on bill 10 extend TINE 10 pre-
emPIocs on public lands IN Minnesota to
4iahe nhaI payments. The Supplementary Civil
hlghts Dill was further considered. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 9Th, bill was
passed providing that in the adjustment of all rail-
way land grants, if any of the lands granted be
touno IN possession of an actual settler whose
entry OF ming has been allowed under the Pre-
empuon or Homestead laws subsequent TO the
ume Wnen the right of the railway company was
declared TO have attached TO such lands, the com
Pahy ShalI De entitled to select an equal quantity Of
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WIInln me limits OF the grant to winch the com
pany shalI secure title the same as though orlgi-
1al!y granted The bill defining the rights and
| Guues OF citizens abroad was recommltted to the
| committee on Foreign Affairs. The Centennial
Dill 1or an appropriation of S3,0OO,OCO was debated
aI coHs!derab!e length in Committee OF the Whole.
! ....Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 9th, the House
bill amendatory of the National Currency acts
and TO establish free banking was reported from
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dar, with an amendment in the nature of a substi-
tute. =. Bills were Uassed-to establish an ASSAY
! once at Helena, Mont; to facilitate the eXpOrta-
uon OF qlsulled spirits, and amendatory of the
acts IN relation thereto. Executive session and
adjournment.
In the House, on the 9th, minority re-
port was made from the Judiciary Committee,
and ordered printed on the condition of affairs in
South Carolina, briefly reCiting the list of griev
ances complained of, and predicating from them
that the charges of the memoriaists are true, and
stating that, in view of the whole case, we can
not hesitate to recommend the appointment of
committee of both houses of Congress, with
power and authority TO go into the State of South
carolina and fully inquire and investigate INTO
the condition of the State and the charges and
complaints of the memorialists -. Bills were
passed-tO amend the Consular and Diplo
settlers on the Fort Randall military
reservation IN Dakota, confirming the
rights of settlers who had been in occupation of
their lands prior to June, 1860, when the reserva-
ton was established, and of those who made set
Elements in good faith between 1867 and 1870,
when the reservation was not occupied for military
purposes The Centennial Appropr alton bill
was further debated in Committee of the Whole.
....Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, sundry memo
rails from citizens of Wisconsin asking for ap-
preparation for the improvement of the Fox and
Wisconsin Rivers and the mouth of the Mississippi
River were presented and referred. Bills were
passed-House bill for the relief of persons suffer
ing from the overflow of the Mississippi River,
with an amendment as an additional sec
ton which authorizes the Secretary of
War to issue temporary supplies of food
and army clothing to destitute persons
there, and appropriating 100000 for such
purpose the provisions of the bill to expire on the
1st of September; authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to transfer, from time to time, to the
office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York,
from the bullion fund of the assay office at New
York, refined gold bars bearing the United States
stamp, or bars from any melt of foreign gold coin
or bullion of a standard equal to or above that of
to the redemption of coin certificates,
or in exchange for gold coin at not less
than par, subject to such regulations as he may
prescribe; giving the assent of Congress for the
improvement of Wolf River across the MenOmo-
nee Indian reservation in Wisconsin. "A Con-
ference Committee was asked for by the House,
and ordered, on the Senate amendments to the
bill to facilitate the expectation of distilled spir-
its and amendatory OF the acts in relation thereto
Bills were introduced-amendatory of the act to
aid in the construction of railway from the Mis-
souri, River to the Pacific Ocean, providing that
the bridge across the Missouri River from Omaha,
Neb., to Council Bluffs, Iowa. shall be operated
part of the continuous line of the Union Pacific
Railway; for the relief of settlers on odd-num-
bered sections of land within the limits of the
Union Pacific Railway, in the Territory of Dakota
-. Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 18th, the Senate
amendments to the House bill to facilitate the ex-
portatiOn of distilled spirits and amendatory of
the in relation thereto were non-conCurred in,
and Committee of Conference was ordered. =.
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Committee of the Whole and, after lengthy de-
bate, motion ordering the bill to a third reading
was rejected-yeas 80, nays 1873. motion was
made to reconsider, and motion to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table was lOst-117 TO 120-and
the motion to reconsider was agreed tO-114 to 112.
This resalt brought about by the personal infu-
ence and persuasion of the Pennsylvania members,
with the understanding that the bill would be re-
committed A motion was then made to lay the
bill on the table. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 6th, several House
bills of private nature were passed, including
one to relieve certain persons, members of the
Fifty-eighth regiment of Illinois Volunteers, from
the charge of mutiny. "A favorable report was
made on the bill explanatory of the resolution for
the relief of the settlers upon the Shawnee lands
i'll Kansas. The bill to enable Indians 10 become
citizens of the United States reported without
amendment. ;. The Geneva Award bill was on
motion taken up and briefly debated. Executive
session and adjournment until the 18th.
In the House, on the Sth, the motion to
lay the Centennial bill on the table was with.
drawn, and the bill was recommitted. The Sen
ate amendment to the bill for the relief of the
sufferers by the Mississippi River overflow, chang
ing the amount from $4,000 to $3.50, co., was con
CURED in. The rule setting apart Fridays and
Saturdays for private business was changed
so as to leave Fridays only for that pur-
pose. bill was passed directing the
Secretary of War, under the advice of the At
torney General to compromise, adjust and settle
all demands, legal and equitable, between the
United States and Tennessee, in reference to rail
ways and railway property purchased by various
railway companies from. the United States, and to
charge for the actual market value of the property
purchased, the date of the purchase, with legal
interest. Several private bills were passed. -.
An evening session held for debate. .Ad-
| iourned.
The Great Devastation at tie South.