Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14


way land grants, if any of the lands granted n,
found in possession Of an actual settler who's
entry or filing has been allowed under the pro
emption or Homestead laws subsequent 10 ibo
time when the right of the railway company wa
declared TO have attached TO such lands, the COM
pany shall be entitled to select equal quantityo
other lands in lieu thereof, from any public isnS
within the limits Of the grant to which the com
pany shall secure title, the same as though or,g
nally granted The bill defining the rights ma
duties of citizens abroad was recommtted ia H.
Committee on Foreign Affairs. The CeDter,eI
bill for an appropriation Of S3,ot0,0C0 Was debated
at considerable 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 reported from
the Finance Committee and placed on the calen
dar, with an amendment in the nature OF a substi
tute. -. Bills were passed-to establish an assay
Office at Helena, Mont. TO facilitate the eyportn
ton of distilled 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 griey
ances complained of, and predicating from them
that the charges Of the memorialists 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 memorialisls -. Bills were
passed-to amend the Consular and Diplo
matte bill; Senate bill for the relief of
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
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 Appropriation 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 an ap.
preparation for the Improvement of the Fcx and
Wisconsin R1ers and the mouth of the Mississippi
River 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 rs an additional sec.
War to issue temporary supplies of food
and army clothing to destitute persons
there, and approprating SlgO,O0O 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
| the United States, and to apply the same
|
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 pr
its and amendatory OF the acts in relation thereto
-. Bills were ntroduced-amendaory of the act to
| aid in the cons ruction 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
as part of the continuous line of the Union PaCnc
! Railway; for the relief of settlers odd-num-
! bered sections of land within the limits OF the
| Union Pacific Railway, in the Territory OF Dakota
| o.. 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 act in relation thereto were non-concurred in,
! and a Committee of Conference was ordered. 80.
| The Centennial Celebration bill was taken up in
| Committee of the Whole and, after lengthy de-
bate, motion ordering the bill to third reading
was reiected-yeas 90, nays 13S. motion was
made to reconsider, and motion to lay the motion
| to reconsider on the table was lostll1 TO 120and
the motion to reconsider was agreed o-l1i to ll2.
This result brought about by the personal inlu
cnCe and persuasion of the Pennsylvania members,
with the understanding that the bill would be re-
| committed. motion was then made TO lay the
| bill on the table. Adjourned.