Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-24

it be passed as amended. y. "A bill was introduced
to regulate bids for goods, supplies and transpor
tation on account OF the Indian service 1.-The bill
to provide for a new election in Louisiana wa:
taken up and debated. Executive session and
adjournment M
In the House, on the 14th, bills were
reported from the Civil Service Committee-to
provide for commission to reorganize the Gus
toms service; for the reorganization of the
Treasury Department. "A bill was passed ahol
ishing the office OF Appraiser OF Imported Mer
chandise at Providence, Portland, Cleve
vile, Norfolk, Mobile, Toledo and Pitts
burgh, providing that there shall be only
one Appraiser of Imported Merchandise at Phila
delphia, Baltimore Charleston and Savannah. ). A
joint resolution was introduced and referred, sub
mitting to the Legislatures OF the several States
an amendment TO the Constitution of the United
States providing for the election OF United
States Senators by the people of the several
States. The Currency bill was taken mp and the
previous question was seconded-1i4 to S3--and
after the rejection OF proposed amendments the
bill was passed-128 to 49,. The Senate bill tc
amend the National Currency acts ard to establish
free banking was taken up and passed-i40 tc
f02-and the bill now goes to the President fol
his signature, while the House bill has to await the
action of the Senate. :. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, the House
bill amendatory to acts to provide National cur.
rency and to establish free banking was referred
to the Committee on Finance. The House bill
making an appropriation of $9, ,750 for the payment
of teachers in the public schools Of the District OF
Columbia, and providing for the levy Of tax to
reimburse the same, was passed. A bill was IN.
troduced and referred to reimburse the State oi
West Virginia for moneys expended in arming and
equipping militia to aid in suppressing the REBEL
ion. The bill to provide for q new election in
Louisiana was further debated. Adjourned. s
In the House, on the 10Th, a bill was
passed-1S6 to 49-to abolish the mileage of mem.
bers of Congress- and providing that they shall be
paid their actual travelling expenses to and from
Washington once each session. The Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was
considered in Committee of the Whole. .Ad.
journed. s.f r F.r aa9 -
In the Senate, on the 10th, joint reso-
luton was introduced and referred declaring that
it has become the duty of the United States to
recognize Cuba as one of the Independent nations
of the earth, and that the United States will OBJ
serve strict neutrality between the contending
parties Bills were introduced-to enable dis
abled soldiers to receive money commutatlon
upon orders for artificial limbs that are dated
before June 16, 1870; amendatory of the Pacific
Railway act, requiring the Union Pacific Railway
Company to pro rata all freights carried over
its line in connection with other, railways. :.
The bill to enable the Mennonites of Russia to ef-
feet permanent settlement on public lands OF the
United States was considered, and substitute
was offered. The bill to provide for new
Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee, ordered
printed and recommitted, for the distribution OF
the Geneva award The Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was further con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, and several
proposed amendments were disposed OF, spicy
debate ensuing on motion to reduce the item or
the Presidents salary from $50,000 to $25, ,COO-lt
being contended by some of the members that the
increase of salaries including the Presidents, at
the last session was unconstitutional. The motion
was finally rejected. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, resolutions
adopted at a meeting of citizens of Cincinnati,
against any expansion of the currency,
were presented and referred, The bill to provide
for the purchase of the bonds OF the Louisville
several amendments were agreed to-. The Louis
lana bill was further debated. Adjourned TO the
20th
In the House, on the 18th, resolution
introduced and referred for furnishing rafons,
forage and clothing to the people who are suffer
ing from foundations from the overflow Of the
River and its tributaries The Legis-
lative Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
was further considered in Committee or the
Whole, and an amendment was adopted TO furnish
official postage stamps to the State Departmenc
to an amount not exceeding $5O,0OO. .Ad-
iourned.
No SESSION of the Senate on the 18th.
=. In the House, bills were passed-giving the
assent of Congress to the improvement of Wolf
River across the Menomonee Indian reservation in
Wisconsin; donating ten pieces of ordnance TO
the people of Concord, Mass. for monument
the first repulse OF the British
troops at old North Bridge, April 1e, 1775; en-
powering the President to direct the issue OF food
and disused army clothing for the relief of the suf
ferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River:
bill was reported and referred to indemnify
the holders of .pre-emption and homestead
certificates within the Des Moines River ,
Iowa on, account of fsure M gS, 1f ss title tile
reported from the Appropriation Committee. and
made thespecial order for the 22d. The Legls-
latiye, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bil
amendment was adopted that male employees IN
the departments shall not be paid more than fe-
male employees for the same services. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the Goth, the House
bill for the relief of persons suffering from the
overflow of the Mississippi River was read and re-
ferred. :. Bills were reported from committees
to equalze the bounties of soldiers who served in
the late war; unfayorable for the relief OF the
purchasers of land sold for direct taxes in insur-
rectionary States. ;. The House bill to
enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
condition and Importance of the fur trade in the
Territory of Alaska was passed J. Resolutions of
the Wisconsin Legislature for the construction OF
u Canal around IOWtT Idplub VI nlisel-ciPPl
River for the erection of a Postoffice and Court
House at Green Bay, and requesting the return OF
rebel battle flags captured by Wisconsin regiments,
were presented and referred. "A Dill was Inlro-
duced and referred amendatory OF the act
to aid in the construction of a railway and tele-
graph line from the Missouri River to the Pac1nc
Ocean =. Majority and minority reports were
seat as United States Senator from Alabama, the
majority report recommending that Spencer retain
the seat. The Louisiana bill was further debated
Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the Goth, bills were
introduced and referred--to fix the compensation
Of the President OF the United States at $25,oOO
per annum; levying tax of one-twentieth of one
per cent on sales Of stocks bonds, gold and silver
bullion, promissory notes and other securities;
for the collection Of money and the re-
covery of lands wrongfully held from the Govern
ment by the Kansas Pacific Railway Company
National Banks from one-twelfth TO one
quarter per cent. per month. Bills were
passed-for the better protection OF l1e Ironuer
settlements of Texas against Indian and Mexican
depredations by the construction and mainte-
nance of line Of telegraph from Denison, Tex,
to Fort SILL Indian Territory, and thence along
the northern frontier line of settlements and py
the various military posts to Brownsville and ap-
propriating 100000 for that purpose; allow
ing certain fractional townships in missouri
:. Resolutions were offered and referred for the
recognition Of Cuban independence. .Ihe pili
appropriating $3,000000 for the Centennial ceie-
hratior, was made the special order for May 5....
A resolution was adopted calling on the President
for copies of the correspondence kilograms, mill
tary orders ETC., touching the troubles In Arkan,
sas The Legislative, Executive ana Judlclai
Appropriation bill was further considered In Com
mittee Of theWhole. Adjourned.
Laugh and grow fat" is quite a ven
erable adage, and Sterne tells US that
every time man laughs he adds some
thing to his life. An eccentric philoso-
pher of the last century used to say that
he not only liked to laugh himself, but to
see and hear laughter Laughter is good
for health, provocative to appetite, and
friend of digestion. DIR. Sydenham
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